host: we want to welcome ceci connolly from the "washington post." what is the issue like in washington? what has the president proposed? what is likely to happen with congress over the summer? guest: this was a big topic in the last campaign. president obama came in and said it was his top domestic priority and that he wants to get something done this year. taking a lesson from the clinton experience of 16 years ago, president obama and his team are not writing legislation. he has laid out eight principles. they are fairly broad. he wants to get on a path to covering every american. as importantly, he wants to control the out-of-control rate of spending going on right now in health care. he wants to improve its quality. they're big things that just about everybody can agree on in principle. most of the action is on capitol hill. on the most part, it is in the democratic caucuses of a few key committees. the senate finance committee is the key one. they are working hard. we expect to see a build from them within the next few weeks. on the house side,

you can read more from ceci connolly the "washington post." tomorrow, we will spend part of the program looking at the anniversary of the d-day anniversary in june of 1944. the war came to an end about one year later. president obama will be there with those who served along with our allies from france. representatives from germany will also be in attendance. we will have live coverage tomorrow. on sunday, we will look at the 2008 presidential campaign. we will also look closely at the situation in california with deep financial situation and budget. up next, angela merkel and president obama were in a dr dresden. the news conference focused on the speech in cairo yesterday. here is that news conference from about 4:00 a.m. this morning east coast time. c-sp[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] . . i think that this is indeed a trip up a highly symbolic nature. let me remind all of us of the visit to the concentration camp we will take later in the day. it is important

after that cease sigh connolly of the -- ceci connolly will discuss the health care plans in legislation. it begins every morning at 7:00 eastern. later in the morning we'll get an update on the may employment numbers. live coverage from the joint economic committee begins at 9:30 eastern on c-span 2. >> president obama delivered a speech at cairo university in egypt and called for a two-state solution in the middle east, a unified effort against so-called violent extremism and greater freedom and equality for women in the region. the speech was broadcast worldwide. it's about an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you very much. please. >> thank you. thank you. thank you so much. good afternoon. i am honored to be in the timeless city of cairo and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. for over 1,000 years, you've stood as a beacon of islamic learning and over a century cairo university has been a source of egypt's advancement. and today we -- and together we represent the harmo