the first is the capitol, there's the white house. that is where the washington monument is and you can see that mall as we know it now beyond that would be the lincoln memorial, that is a landfill, so it is a period i'm talking about the mall kind of ended and the potomac river began just to the left for the washington monument is a you can see the effect of the urban development on the capitol. finally, that is dupont circle and gives you the sense that the grid kind of populated urbanized area was smaller than the washington we know now, anything up passed on connecticut avenue toward the park up past where hauer howard university is now, none of those made it onto the map not because people didn't live there but because those were not considered the kind of mean parts of washington city so that kind of gives you the sense that we are talking about a city that is a relatively smaller of course than the city we know now as washington. now i'm going to talk about this washington history touching on three different points. first, i'm

first, kelly o'donnell joins us from capitol hill. >>> hi, there, ann. three times in 24 hours, the president, speaker boehner, and leader reed all in the same room, trying to strike a budget deal. a fight over money, the troops, and social issues like abortion. shuttling between the white house and capitol hill. >> all of us sincerely believe we can get to an agreement. >> we're going to continue to work to get this done. it's -- um, not easy to do, but it's doable. >> reporter: polite standing together, but earlier, open hostility over who is to blame. >> this is the time, we don't have the time to fight over the tea party's extreme social agenda. >> reporter: democrats claim this fight shifted away from the size of spending cuts to divisive social issues. >> there's a fight here about values. this is a fight about what you value. >> policy changes related to the abortion and environment, known

they were only allowed to carry the gun from the capitol garage to their office not the floor. but the shooting of gabreille giffords in arizona brought the attention to the vulnerability of politician. >> should makers be denied the second amendment? >> i believe they shouldn't. i hope that the speaker will reconsider that. >> capitol visitors go through screening before entering the state capitol and the this month the sergeant at arms carried semiautomatic weapons to enhance safety given the large level of rhetoric on taxes and other proposals. armed chp officers guard the building. >> i don't believe i would ever need a weapon. the state senator received death threats but believes that the building security is adequate and a sergeant and arms is available for events outside of the capitol. >> we have to trust those individuals who are detailed to support and help and protect us. >>> and lawmakers added to the list of people allowed to carry gun system making its way through the committee. they are looking into reinstalling the panic button that alerts the sergeant of arms o

starting on capitol hill, susan? >> budgets, are political documents by nature. paul ryan said this isn't a budget, this is a cause. you talk to democrats and they say what obama said this was the opening salvo in the 2012 presidential campaign. i think we're seeing the broader agents -- arguments we'll have in 2012. it's going to be about fiscal responsibility and health care. medicine care and our social safety net is probably going to be the biggest clash between the two parties and we're going to have another argument over tax cuts. the bush tax cuts and the president saying this week, i extended them once, i refuse to do it again and having republicans on capitol hill saying we're not raising taxes. >> both you and janet spent your week prowling the granite halls on capitol hill and one thing that john boehner, the speaker of the house said, said he's succeeded in shifting the debate into a debate about spending cuts, not about spending. is he right? >> the frame of the debate really has shifted in that direction, whether boehner is single-handedly responsib

the one on capitol hill.l government has operated without a budget for 183 days now and if it doesn't pass one in a week, government will shut down and nonessential workers would be locked out of their offices. >> they are haggling over where to cut, but democrats and republicans actually can't even agree on whether or not they have an agreement on that baseline number. next week, paul ryan is expected to roll out the budget for next year. the president has wroled out his. maryland congressman chris van hollen joins me now. let's start with the issue of whether there is or not an agreement on the baseline figure of how much to cut. the vice president suggested that at least the two sides had come together on how much to cut if not how to get there. where do you stand on this issue? >> well, we thought there was some agreement on an overall number to cut, but of course, we had the tea party movement here on capitol hill yesterday and they were telling speaker boehner and the republicans to stand firm, get 100%

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the second piece of the strategy is authorities capitol improvement category. we recently recosted our program which is a 20 to 25 year program and it will cost us 24 billion dollars to do that. if we truly want water supply and reliability we need to pay for it. it does not come cheap. someone asked earlier in the earlier panel. what if the projections are wrong. we're talking a lot of money. my concern is what if the projections are right? are you willing to jeopardize your communities water reliability by saying we may not have to do that? some of ourcip? what we're implementing may make no sense in other areas. where we're spending our money may make no sense in seattle where they have a different portfolio, supplies and timing. so we have a variety of components that we're doing and, we're going to be spending between 2 hundred and 4 hundred million a year for a really long time. what's important though, is that our community understands it and we - our communication is critical in getting the community to understand these situations to realize how these c

no moment in tea party history could be more important than today's rally at the capitol. this is the moment for the tea party to roar, to show its strength, to show the depth and permanence of its commitment to change, to budget cutting, to killing planned parenthood and national broadcasting and every other socialist thing like med sxair social security that democrats love to support. politico estimates the tea party crowd who showed up today to witness history and to make 's your lace panties. stop being noleck ke rg, , unwavering stand for and with the american people. our republic depends on you. >> and if liberals in the senate would rather play political games and shut down the government instead of making a small down payment on fiscal discipline and reform, i say shut it down. >> no wonder they're so afraid of you. they're afraid of you because you're powerful. so i'm here to give you a message. stay courageous. we will stand for cutting the size of government. we won't change our principles. we're going to say no to another debt ceiling increase. we're not going

susan mcgines is on capitol hill. the clock is ticking, susan. >> reporter: it sure is, dana. negotiators are struggling at this hour on capitol hill to come to that agreement by that morning deadline that the president gave them otherwise the government shuts down in less than 22 hours. >> reporter: president obama turned up the heat again thursday evening. they emerged without a budget deal. >> we made some progress today. those differents have been narrowed. and so once again the staff is going to be working tonight around the clock. >> all those in favor say aye. >> aye. >> reporter: earlier house republicans passed a bill that would keep the government running for another week and fund the pentagon through september. but the white house threatened to veto it calling it a distraction from the real work of a budget compromise. >> senator reed, mr. president, what part of broke don't you understand. >> reporter: the budget showdown has become a blame game. >> this is not the appropriate vehicle to have items debated and voted on. >> reporter: funding for planned parenthood a

like the capitol building. won't be able to go into the capitol.ter: middle school director for travel. >> some of the museum closed. monument ran by about and we can see them. >> what do you think about tha that. >> that would be disappointing for even. that's one of the things we are really looking forward in going to washington. >> he understands the money issue behind the shut down but he couldn't get the inability to find a solution. when one of his classmates didn't have enough to make the trip he went into his own pocket to help he her. >> she was my strend. i felt bad she couldn't go because she didn't have enough money and scholarship fund wouldn't cover it. >>reporter: he told the principal. >> mr. runnion was first. josh doesn't go around talking about it which is more to his credit. >>reporter: nominated as student of the month. told me he's pretty upbeat that congress will fix a fix for their money problem too. >> i don't think it's necessar necessary. >>reporter: the trip even with the shut downs will be a teachable moment. when worki

now say it was a busy day on capitol hill we'll tell you about obama's plan for reducing the deficit over the next twelve years and we'll find out if it has any chance of going anywhere and the cia is having trouble when it comes to hiring and keeping the best and the brightest for the government intelligence agency or tell you why there's a brain drain and where government employees are going for a more profitable job and then what's going on in afghanistan capitol hill hasn't been talking much about the war and the white house has said absolutely nothing on the schedule troop withdrawal that's supposed to begin in july so we're turning to contractors who are on the ground to give us some insight and then think on this and the u.s. student loan debt has for the first time surpassed credit card debt shocking we thought so but could this encourage teens and young adults to avoid college and for a different option for their future and then it's a bipartisan effort to keep your privacy private we'll tell you about a proposed bill that's going to protect your online privacy from data col

you did it don't worry you didn't miss much for a more significant analysis of the budget debate on capitol hill turning to dawn herald tonight a guest who nominated adam vs the man dot com we'll also get an insider's look at the military commissions from one of the military prosecutors of the detainees at guantanamo bay time me up with a dark turn all the strobes and craig of the metallica you're watching adam vs the man. speaking of president obama's speech yesterday apparently rachel maddow who recently flirted with being a principled critic of president obama seems to me back in love this does not sound like barring burning stuff but the point president obama is making here is exactly the point that the president's supporters have been waiting for him to make if only he was doing the things his supporters were waiting for him to do mean while vice president biden took advantage of the opportunity to knock off for at least thirty seconds during the president's speech yesterday if george washington university officially titled the country we believe it but which will forever be known as t

have in your representatives actually representing you apparently not much and as we found out on capitol hill yesterday they're just starting to listen to the veterans who's afraid of a little pink t. of benjamin of code pink joints jake and i and tell us how death and taxes aren't a certainties but go hand in hand atlas shrugged comes out today and we'll check in with film professor craig that while and sit down with abby alger of the leadership institute and andrew sharp of young americans for liberty about the surge we're seen in objectivism welcome to the last episode of the first week out on versus the man. they're currently about ninety thousand troops on the ground in afghanistan and that's not counting at least as many non military personnel on our government payroll in that country that we will probably never get a percent number on it costs about one million dollars to keep a single soldier deployed for a year there and according to cost of war dot com the war in afghanistan is nearing four hundred billion dollars and cost by the way iraq has cost us nearly twice that and those

congressional correspondent nancy cordes is on capitol hill with the details. nancy, good evening. >> reporter: harry, good evening to you. congressional leaders are sounding slightly more optimistic tonight about their negotiations but time is almost up so the administration is finalizing its plans for a shutdown. >> well, i think we've made some progress, yes, but we are... we are not finished, not by a long shot. >> reporter: that wasn't good enough for president obama who told congressional leaders today to act like adults. >> we've agreed to a compromise but somehow we still don't have a deal because some folks are trying to inject politics. >> reporter: with 4.4 million workers here and abroad, the federal government employs more americans than the nation's ten largest companies combined. if there is a shutdown, about 80% of those workers would stay on the job without pay including air traffic controllers, the border patrol, the f.b.i., and the military, even troops in iraq and afghanistan would not get what they're owed until the government reopens. most

capitol to express their anger about this. that as republican speaker of the house, john boehner signaled a compromise is coming. >> as i said from the beginning, our goal is to cut spending, not shut down the government. >> we're continuing to work very hard to avoid the terrible consequences that would come with the government shutdown. >>> speaker boehner has agreed to discuss the cut of around $33 billion. that's down from the $60 billion in cuts that house republicans have already passed. >>> well, a vigorous debate about the u.s. involvement in libya is echoing through the u.s. capitol building. the bottom line, a limited u.s. roehl for the present time. >>> in libya, leader moammar gadhafi is maintaining a defiant stance. joel brown has the latest. >> reporter: these cheering supporters refuse to leave moammar gadhafi tripoli compound so they can stay on as human shields. >> we're not afraid. we will always protect our leader. >> reporter: on state tv thursday, the ruler released a statement saying he's not the one who

he staged a rally at the state capitol yesterday. bill calls for a crackdown on so suald sanctuary cities and punish employers that knowingly

former sju students have jobs an even elected officist in capitol capitol. >> gas prices continue to soar they've earned the -- the average price per gallon is $4.22 and $4 and 19 cents in san jose. the increase in prices over the past few months has drivers looking for the cheapest in town. however they won't see anything under $4 making this seem like a joke. the drastic increases are causing people to ditch the four wheels for two. >> i do a lot of things, so if i have to go locally, i'll go by -- i was very happy, you know,. >> although people have been avoiding the pump altogether and the demand for gasoline in the united states has decreased, the prices continue to rise. the unrest in the middle east played a huge role in the pricing of gas hire in the u.s. the country of libya alone supplies 2 million barrels of crude oil a day, which is about 2.5% of the global supply. the bay tae -- japanese student association held another fund- raiser tuesday for relief efforts in japan. selling candy, wristbands and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, the two groups raised $360. the wrist

capitol in tech start up. this is an irng baytor outside cairo work to go strengthen tie between start up and silicon valley. investigators see good ideas and new climate since the change in government. >> they did not expect that the caliber of entrepreneur to exist in egypt and caliber of idea presented to them. >>reporter: none of the company will get any investors today. however they have made some valuable contact which could lead to some investment and help international start up to flourish here in silicon valley, money scope. >>> when we continue here tonight. video that contradicts police report and got a san francisco drug case thrown out. tonight chief says got a san francisco drug case thrown out. tonight chief says he's had enough his strongest language yet. defense secretary robert gates spells out exactly how he feels about u.s. forces on the ground in libya. >> it wasn't enough to win the world series. brian wilson got what he really wanted today from "the new york times". . another ♪ when he t

the killer cure. >>> the tea party marched on washington today and rallied at the capitol hanging on michele bachmann's every word. they were there to scare congress into voting for the tea party budget. dave weigel was there and joins us with his official crowd estimate. >>> plus, what you and i missed last night at the radio television correspondents dinner in washington as congressman anthony weiner calls on speaker john boehner to give up and embrace the correct phonetic pronunciation of his last name. john b-o-e -- oh, wait, i can't say that on tv. >>> tea partiers may be sunshine patriots. literally. on a gray and damp day in washington the queen of the tea party, michele bachmann, called on her followers to show up at the capitol to fight for the first tea party budget ever to co f aotinoness. no moment in tea party history could be more impoanth toy'ray the cit. this is the moment for the tea rttooar, tsh i strength, to show the depth and permanence of its commitment to change, to budget cutting, to killing planned parenthood and national broadcasting and every other socialis

let's begin with nbc's kelly o'donnell on capitol hill with the very latest. kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. the final hours of the budget mess have been filled with hints of optimism and lots of finger pointing. there had been some discussion that democrats believed they had a deal for somewhere around $38 billion in cuts this year. republicans rejected that and it's been several hours since we have seen the leaders come forward. at the washington monument, the last tourists have filed out and the first signs to arrived that it's not business as usual. while only a few have been in the negotiating room, the fight belonged to everyone with news conferences all over capitol hill. >> frankly, it's an embarrassing moment for the congress of the united states. an embarrassing moment i think for the american people. >> it's not fair for the american public to be held hostage to a senate that is unwilling to work with us. >> reporter: today, democrats framed the budget disagreement with two words, women's health. >> what is this over? it's over women

and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture unfortunately it's gridlock on capitol hill again as lawmakers duke it out over the budget and with less than fifty hours left before the government goes dark we're going to explore what's at stake for americans if the shutdown really takes place plus i think you're not footing the bill for against them think again i want to break down the actual figures that you and i are shelling out and be warned in a pretty radical war costs don't make you sick there's always seafood to do the job especially if it's coming from japan we're going to talk about how that country's radiation we could hurt the global food chain all of us. are right you need to know this when the clock strikes midnight on friday april eighth it is now all but certain that americans will experience their first federal government shutdown in fifteen years that president obama is meeting with congressional leaders this evening in a last ditch effort to come to a deal on the budget as both sides mean billions of dollars apart and at odds over where to find savings now hous

state is devastated after dozens of storms destroy buildings an lives across wide areas from the capitol to small towns. >> it sounded like the whole world was just being sucked up into the air. >> mitchell: i'm russ mitchell. also tonight trail of destruction. one north carolina county is especially hard hit. with more than 20 deaths and miles of devastation. an economic speed bump, as the price of gas soars above $4 in more and more states, fears that the economic recovery could stall. and open for business, a year after the bp oil spill, deepwater drilling is back in the gulf with few new regulations or oversight. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. residents across a huge part of the country are counting their dead and cleaning up the rubble after a brutal weekend of tornadoes and severe storms. let's take a look at the latest. at least 45 people are reported dead and hundreds of homes and businesses have been destroyed. more than 240 tornadoes in all touchdown across 14 states. that's a record number for a sin

and in the capitol and in the white house. and they were burnt down in 1814, and it took three years to rebuild. again, they relied on slave labor to do that construction. now, meanwhile, in this ten-year process while they're building the nation's capitol, the issue is where will the president and the rest of the government be? and for a short period they were in new york, but eventually then they all moved to philadelphia. so washington and his entire household, including his black slaves, all moved to philadelphia. now, he had two problems in philadelphia. one was that it was the center of the abolitionist movement in the country. this is where you had the most number of free blacks. this is where you had the quakers, and they were on it. and they had set up the underground railroad, they were doing petitions, they were doing lobbying, they were fighting to get rid of slavery, right? this is what george washington comes into with his household of at least nine blacks who were enslaved. the other problem he had, though, was

and that's when he finally admitted he said i heard it on a radio station here on my way into the capitol one day then burn went on to say i don't know dearborn michigan but i heard it shari'a law is accepted law here on the radio isn't true so little berman is just introducing laws wasting taxpayers' time and money because he heard something on the radio way to be irresponsible politician if politicians listen to everything on the radio we all be living in rush limbaugh scary world we're socialism has taken over the leo berman has made texas the fifteenth state to ban or at least try to ban shari'a law despite it being a non issue so for keeping the islamophobia alive and well here in the us texas republican congressman leo berman is tonight's tool time winner. and now do you know the saying if you can't beat em join em well apparently the democrats are taking this motto to heart for the upcoming two thousand and twelve elections turns out democrats are forming organizations designed to accept campaign contributions from undisclosed donors and i'm to let you think on that for a minute. t

nonessential workers would stay at home that is half the congressional staff enough to grind on capitol hill to a halt. >> two hollywood actors are visiting capitol hill to press congress to preserve funding for the arts. hundreds of arts activists will join alec baldwin and kevin stacy. the actors were scheduled to testify today was cancelled. they are helping members discussions for budget negotiations, stacy says that it's a win-win. >> we have senators who are on the subcommittee that will decide on this appropriation who believe in the arts and believe that they are an important part of our lives, not just because of the economy but because of what they do for our nation's spirit and health. >> some republicans have called for a $40 million cut to the national endowment for the national endowment to the arts. >>> it is brisk. temperatures in the 50s downtown. 70 in antioch but everyone experiencing the cooling trend but this is just the preview. i'll explain coming up. >> plus, royal watchers are hoping new memorabilia is not of prince and kate. we'll explain. >>> we're seeing the

just days after taking their oaths of office, and while many were still learning the capitol's maze ofnnels, a gunman opened fire at a tucson, arizona, shopping center, killing six and wounding a fellow member of congress, gabrielle giffords. when you heard this, you're a freshman, did you think, "oh, my gosh, what have i gotten myself into?" >> my first reaction was pure shock. the fact that we had just been sworn in. that there's so much hope and optimism about this congress and the awesome responsibility that we all share. >> reporter: many on capitol hill hoped the tragedy would usher in a new era of bipartisanship and civility. >> i think the tone changed for about two weeks, and then i think after that we went back to the partisanship. >> reporter: karen bass, who went from speaker of the california house to the lone democratic freshman on the budget committee, says the feelings of unity after the tucson shooting are long gone. >> the tea party on your side-- as so often is the case... >> ( boos ) >> couric: efforts to tone down the rhetoric soon ran head first into a bitter figh

they are cutting up the plane into five pieces to transport it to the state capitol for further inspection. see the piece on the left-hand side? they just cut this piece off. two people actually picked up that piece and set it on the ground. that's how light it is. according to this new witness we spoke to, the pilot may have had a chance to return to the airfield. >> he was trying to level it, but there was family there. >> reporter: according to a witness, the engine stall happened the second time the pilot take the plane over the water. >> he was flip flapping through the air. then he disappeared. then we heard him again and he came out and flip flapped. then we didn't hear anything after that. >> reporter: the pilot appeared to be rocking the plane from side to side as if the plane was having rutter problems. >> did he go back over the airport? >> he went back around. that's where i heard him the second time. he was flapping his wings. >> the coroner identified the pilot from redwood city. >> the pilot did depart from the northfield runway yesterday at 3:30. >> reporter: an environment

nonessential workers would stay at home that is half the congressional staff enough to grind on capitolill to a halt. >> two hollywood actors are visiting capitol hill to press congress to preserve funding for the arts. hundreds of arts activists will join alec baldwin and kevin stacy. the actors were scheduled to testify todayas cancelled. they are helping members discussions for budget negotiations, stacy says that it's a win-win. >> we have senators who are on the subcommittee that will decide on this appropriation who believe in the arts and believe that they are an important part of our lives, not just because of the economy but because of what they do for our nation's spirit and health. >> some republicans have called for a $40 million cut to the national endowment for the national endowment to the arts. >>> it is brisk. temperatures in the 50s downtown. 70 in antioch but everyone experiencing the cooling trend but this is just the preview. i'll explain coming up. >> plus, royal watchers are hoping new memorabilia is not of prince and kate. we'll expl are you trapped and don't kno

northbound and southbound 101 between capitol expressway and story road.ou will find a couple of lanes blocked until 5:00 this morning and the capitol on-ramp is closed as well. we have the san mateo bridge moving slowly . construction westbound bay bridge between treasure island. we have the tol plasa. >> we are following developing news in oakland. six people were shot in a single attack. it happened near third and broadway and just a few blocks from police headquarters. two victims were killed and two more in critical condition in the hospital. there is no information on the suspects yet. an hour later, there was another shooting two blocks from the first scene, one person was hit in washington near broadway. that victim is in stable condition. right now police don't believe the shootings are connected. we'll have more in a live report in the next half hour. >> here in san francisco the red cross is helping people displaced after an apartment fire. the fire broke out in powell and green streets at 12:30 this morning. no word on how serious those injuryi

capitol power plant is about a century old, at this point.it burns coal. it provides ice water to senators. that's its primary mission. a couple of years ago, the architect of the capitol, who manages it, decided, "well, maybe we ought to try to convert it to a lower-polluting natural gas." and he was immediately told by powerful senators who control his budget-- mitch mcconnell of kentucky and robert byrd of west virginia-- "oh, no, you're not. we'll cut your budget if you try to tamper with our baby." it's as if tony soprano had a seat in the senate. if this congress can't even clean up the most egregious polluter in its own backyard, how can they deal with the problem across the entire united states? >> smith: but in 2008, there was a new push on capitol hill to rein in carbon emissions. >> sir, i started by members... >> ...that were highly controversial in the energy committee. >> smith: senator john warner had drafted legislation, along with senator joe lieberman, to mandate a 60% cut in greenhouse gases by mid-century. >> well, we have

there are some good signs coming from capitol hill this time though.nd senate democrats are both saying they want to reach a deal to avoid a shutdown. >> as i said from the beginning, our goal is to cut spending, not shut down the government. >> we're continuing to work very, very hard to avoid the terrible consequences. that would come with the government shutdown. >> lawmakers have until april 9th to reach a deal. they need to fund the government through september 30th. >>> while d.c. public schools investigate accusations of cheating on standardized tests, the woman tapped to be the new chancellor is underfire now. mayor vincent gray's choice interim leader kaya henderson. at a town hall meeting, d.c. council chair kwame brown got an earful about those who are mad about henderson's resume and that no other candidates were considered. >> i don't even know her. she's just a carbon copy of michelle rhee. >> they already had in their mind who they wanted to select for the chancellor. she was very close to michelle rhee. so, i think it should be a good s

who are some of the big advocates for nasa up in the capitol?st: senators and congressmen from the states with nasa facilities, such as the johnson space center in houston, kennedy space center in florida are very active on this front, because not only do they want to see the technology preserved but they want to see the jobs preserved, so from their perspective, any change in the space program that jeopardizes jobs is a key concern for them. host: our next call comes from paul in illinois. hi, paul. caller: hi. how you doing today? host: good. caller: i am so concerned that they will not follow up and keep us going in a space program. the space program has benefitted the american people, the world, so much with the technology that gets developed just to get our people up there and back safely, just to be able to live there. it will be the downfall of america if we don't continue it, because other nations are vying for it. they're fighting for it. there's even the talk about territorial fights for space on the moon. we need to be there. we have

ken, vice president for scholarship and education of the united states capitol historical society for asking me to be here today and to say i'm so happy i am a member of this organization and have been for many years. we're so fortunate to have a vital historical organization like the united states capitol historical society help us recognize the importance of our heritage as americans. isn't it studying of the past that gives us the strength and vision to press on ward into the future? every time i get into the eleanor roosevelt material and i must say that i and my husband, hank beasley, who has joined me in researching eleanor for many years has been into roosevelt literature for a long, long time. every time that we get into it, we're struck by how much the life of this woman can speak to us today. i hope i'll be able to share a bit of that with you today. i also want to introduce another person who we will hear more from later and that's cornelia jane strauser. would you wave? she knew eleanor roosevelt personally, she visited in the white house as a small child, and her mother,

long to catch on we're back with facebook it's an interesting situation you know they do lobby on capitol hill they just spent two hundred thirty thousand dollars in the first three months of twenty eleven to connect with members of congress and to federal agencies but that pales in comparison to the googles in the microsoft's of the world that spend millions of dollars just in a month not even yours i mean facebook is on track to potentially have its first million dollar quarter but you know it still is not the level of some of these other companies facebook has to its credit in part of the reason why it hasn't looked at a pack just yet is that it's able to connect with all five hundred thirty five members of congress and the president because they're using its tools you know when these politicians have facebook pages they have profiles of accounts and they interact with commenters they're using the technology and facebook but sometimes they just to connect with the members. but that's exactly what makes me nervous and skeptical of this entire scenario is that i feel like they're going t

contingency plans for the shutdown have been made capitol hill appears to be in chaos you heard or chaos why is everyone moved into crisis mode we still don't know if a government shutdown will really actually happen so is the panic justified or is it just a lot of hype because if you're worried about the government's financial fallout it's possible the worst is still yet to come. and did portugal it appears already to be here the country is crumbling under the weight of its debt is now saying it needs a bailout this after bailouts in greece and ireland does this threaten the eurozone stay on that little economy. and what is the u.s. can't get its books together what would happen if the u.s. lost its golden aaa credit rating people started worrying uncle sam couldn't pay his debts. all these americans accidentally killed your family. and looking back at a rocket outrage over the toll of u.s. air strikes killing civilians hidden from american view what are we seeing deja vu in libya. prime minister has made it official the country in the midst of a sovereign debt crisis is calling for a b

contingency plans for the shutdown have been made we were all capitol hill appears to be in chaos. why is everyone moved into crisis mode we still don't know if a government shutdown will really happen so is the panic justified or is it just a lot of hype is if you're worried about the government's financial fallout possible the worst is yet to come here in the u.s. . and in portugal it appears already to be here the country crumbling under the weight of its debt is now saying it needs a bailout for bailouts in greece and ireland does this threaten the euro zone in the global economy which of the u.s. learned. and what if the u.s. can't get out can't get its books together what would happen if the u.s. lost its golden aaa credit rating and people started worrying uncle sam couldn't pay his debts back. all the variations of accidentally killed your family. and looking back at iraq that outrage of the toll of you as air strikes killing civilians hidden from american eyes are we seeing deja vu in libya. that evening it's wednesday april sixth seven pm here in washington d.c. i'm laure

more of that they want to see more investment instead of education they want to see more reform on capitol hill with an eye on education and immigration and they want the president frankly to look more issues like trade that said we are seeing more from obama on those issues so you know the tech community likes what it's seeing but it wants to see a little bit more right now the kid down to where this is really value can talk about jobs you can talk about getting the youth vote but this is about money everyone knows that california is a money pot is specially for democrats there are a lot of rich people there are there are a lot of liberals and progressives there and especially in silicon valley and at these tech companies during our you know how much money facebook is throwing around when it comes to political issues well with facebook they don't have a political action committee so they're not donating directly to obama through the same kind of pac you see companies like microsoft getting it's important to know the google and microsoft actually their employees were among some of the top

many mosques and in the capitol were shut down. >> and news from other parts of the world and said not -- and is from other parts of the world now. an intensive search resumes in japan. united states is helping with the operation, the largest deployment of japan's forces since the second world war. ireland's credit worthiness has been downgraded by standard and poor's. an investigation revealed that the country would need another bailout. it did say a further downgrade of irish credit was unlikely. not to the american economy where president obama said there were signs of real strength after unemployment figures dropped again. now at 8.8%, the figure has gone down a full percentage point in just four months. but at last, what americans have wanted to hear. >> we do have good news. >> the unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest level in two years as employers continue to create jobs. the man in charge of counting the jobless into the employment situation may have turned a corner. >> for more than two months, we've had pretty steady job earth. it has been around 140,000 a month. the

. >>> the future of medicare is a hot topic on capitol hill. >> now when obama does it it's seen as a great wonderful thing for folks. when ryan does it for medicare we are cruel and horrible. >> controversial plan is hitting a possible presidential candidate. >>> and rocking out for a good cause. the bay area teenager who is using music to help stop a common problem. >>> san mateo bridge traffic looking good. >>> good morning, we have cloudy skies. very light rain moving over. nothing too heavy. it's the pattern that hasn't changed much. we will see temperatures in the upper 50s. low to mid 60s with occasional showers. >>> this morning a nato air strike in libya again targeted the compound of moammar gadhafi in tripoli. this was video shown on libyan state tv. 45 people were injured in what the government calls an attempt on gadhafi's life. last month the nato cruise missile targeted in that compound. >> a massive search is under way for the 12,000 bodies of the missing people in japan. 25,000 japanese troops are on a land and sea mission. boats and drivers are also searching the wat

>>pam: turning to the budget battle brewing on capitol hill, a partial government shutdown is lookingblicans and democrats continue the fight over cuts for this year's budget. cement the reports on what's at stake. >>reporter: the was the second day of budget talks scheduled at the white house wednesday as the president left for pennsylvania leaving congressional leaders to battle it out on capitol hill. >> democrats and republicans did to get together, work for their differences. >>reporter: at stake a living partial shutdown of the government by friday. this is it they don't agree on the budget. democrats rejected a proposal tuesday to cut an additional $12 billion and extend the deadline one week. >> every time we agreed to meet in the middle the move for the middle is. >>reporter: finger pointed out more on wednesday, they blame the democrats and the president. >> we been trying to go forward but the president and harry reid have been missing in action. >>reporter: among the sticking points proposed cuts to health care reform, for a girl funding for planned parenthood and the envi