really rude to claire mccaskill. enator, who lashed out at me on stage. >> i was being funny, but i did lash out. >> do you remember what you said? >> i think i might have told you to maybe shut your mouth about being thin and healthy. >> right. and now look at you. 50 pounds later. >> holy cow. >> congratulations. >> it's amazing. >> to be able to do it hodgestly on your schedule with the events and traveling and all the different types of bad food available in this country, i want to know, first of all, how you did it and what inspired you to take this on right now. >> honestly, i knew -- first of all, i'm caring for my mom at home and she has adult onset of diabetes and she's 83. and i realize how hard things are for her, and i don't want that. i want to be active and fit for as long as possibly can. secondly, karl rove carted going up on tv with ads against me, and it's a year and a half away. and i realize, you know, i'm in the fight of my life here. >> yeah. >> i better get some energy. i better get some focus b

senator claire mccaskill visits section 60 of arlington national cemetery reserved for military personnel killed in iraq and afghanistan to review an ongoing investigation into mismanaged records. it's to look at graves unmarked or mislabeled after they found errors in the army's burial system. leading up to this weekend's new york city marathon, about 1500 runners carrying flags from 75 countries will participate in the parade of nations in central park to recognize the global running community. >>> and actor matthew mcconaughey turns 42. >>> all day long you can stay on top the latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." here's a look at what's coming up later on the "today" show. pop superstar justin bieber is live on the plaza to talk about his highly anticipated new holiday album. and struggles of the young and famous. former "snl" funnyman darrell hammond opens up about battling his own demons. >>> keep it on this channel for continue local news, sports and weather. i'm lynn berry. thanks fo

senator claire mccaskill will tour the cemetery to think about changes. mccaskill is the senate of the subcommittee investigating the mismanagement of records and funds at arlington. >>> this weekend you have an extra hour to enjoy an extra cocktail or two or sleep an extra if you want to. remember to set your clocks back an hour before you go to bed, and daylight-savings time will end at 2:00 in the morning. this is the best weekend to change the batteries in your spoke detectors. and because of the time change, metro will provide an extra hour of service. the agency will close at 3:00 a.m. on sunday morning. >>> prepare for weekend delays on metro's red line. tonight metro will close five stations for track work. tacoma, silver spring, and wheaten and glenmont stations will close friday night and re-open monday morning. metro suggested adding at least a half an hour to your travel time to compensate for the station closures. >>> i am going to check in with tom kierein for the latest on the forecast. >> the sky is brightening a bit and the low clouds we

senator claire mccaskill of missouri will tour the cemetery this morning to review the changes. is a member of the senate subcommittee which has been investigating mismanagement of records and funds at arlington. >>> 6:35 now. a happy homecoming today for more than 175 sailors of the united states navy. they return back to andrews naval base after a three-month tour of duty in afghanistan. the star warriors of electronic attack squadron 209 accomplished a 100% mission completion rate. no word on when they will return for another mission. welcome home. >>> 22-year-old nanny in d.c. is being credited with helping to change bank of america's plan to charge a $5 monthly debit card fee. when molly first heard about the $5 fee, she started an internet petition. she got 300,000 people to sign it. on tuesday, bank of america said it had changed its plans. catchpole says her impact on bank of america has to do with good timing as well as good efforts on her part. >> that's right. >>> 6:36. ahead, the capitol hill staple reopening this morning. >>> why the occupy wall street protesters wi

efficient is something that leaders in both parties have worked on from senator tom colburn to claire mccaskill. we haven't seen as much action out of congress as we'd like. that's why we launched on our own initiative the campaign to cut waste. not just to cut spending but make government work better for the american people. for example, we identified thousands of government buildings we don't need. some sat empty four years. so we're getting rid of those properties. and that's going to save the american people billions of dollars. as part of this campaign, i also asked federal employees to do their part and share their ideas in making government more efficient and more effective, and two of them are here today. so i want to introduce them. roger rhodes, from department of commerce. raise your hand. there's roger. he found a way to save the department almost $2 million a year on its cell phone bills, and i'm sure there's probably consumers out there that would like to talk to him, find out what they could save on cell phone bills. celeste steele is here. she works at the department of homeland

senator claire mccaskill of missouri will tour the cemetery.he is a member of the senate subcommittee investigating mismanagement of records and fuch funds. >>> with all the traffic in our area, accidents are bound to happen, of course. now we know how much all those wrecks cost. according to a study by aaa, accidents on washington-area roadways cost $7.4 billion per year. that takes into account some 350 traffic deaths and more than 42,000 injuries in 2009. but crashes cost less in our area compared with the rest of the nation. with a crash costing about $1300 per person here compared to $1500 per person nationwide. researchers say that's likely because we drive more slowly and slow-speed accidents cause less damage. >>> a traffic alert for drivers in fairfax county. this weekend vdot will be shifting lanes on i-495 to bring relief to congestion. by monday morning all lanes of the beltway will shift onto a new bridge that goes over route 123 or chain bridge road. drivers can also use an on ramp from chain bridge road to get on 495 northbound i

claire mccaskill and jon tester, both of them are going to have -- those races are going to be fantastic to watch. i don't know why people are pulling a lot of the races these days. they will be two-point race is no matter what. if tim kaine and virginia is up by one or george allen is up by one and it's basically the only result you were going to see from now until the end of the election. the partisan polls that actually get into the issues and why people are voting for one or the other, those would be the ones that matter. the democratic open seats are largely in the states that are going to be competitive in the presidential election and in the states like wisconsin, which is perpetually it part of what we call the blue wall but may in fact be a little more competitive this year. we saw the big republican swing in wisconsin in 2010, in mexico perpetually a swing state moving away from republicans i think, but a chance for the former congressman heather wilson if she remains unscathed largely in the republican primary to steal a democratic senate seat and i already mentioned tim kaine

let's ask senator claire mccaskill. she sits on the services armed committee.did you make of that give and take between senator mccain and leon panetta? >> well, i know that the president would never allow our military to remain in a country that refused to say we will not hold them criminally responsible for any actions they undertake as members of our military. that's what happened, gretchen. the iraq government said, we will not regive your troops immunity, which means our men and women, if we left them there, could be criminally prosecuted by the government of iraq. we can't allow that to happen. now, should we keep troops in the area to hold a check on iran? of course we should and, in fact, we will be doing that by repositioning thousands of our troops in kuwait so they are available if they need to respond to any acts of aggression by iran. >> gretchen: but some people argue that the president could have been more involved in this process and i believe phone records show that it had been months since he had spoken to the leader of iraq. >> you know, i go

something that leaders in both parties worked on from senator tom coburn, republican, to democrat claire mccaskillwe haven't seen as much action out of congress as we'd like and that's why we launched on our own initiative the campaign to cut waste. not just to cut spending but to make government work better for the american people. for example, we've identified thousands of government buildings that we don't need. some of them sat empty for years. so we're getting rid of those properties. and that is going to save the american people billions of dollars. as part of this campaign i've always asked federal employees to do their part and share their ideas making government more efficient and effective and two of them are here today. i want to introduce them. roger rhodes works at the department of commerce. raise your hand, roger. there's roger. he found a way to save the department almost $2 million a year on its cell phone bills. i'm sure that there probably is some consumers out there would like to talk to him to find out what they could save on their cell phone bills. celestial is here. raise yo

. >> gretchen: we'll get the inside details and senator claire mccaskill will be here and michelle malkin because it's thursday. >> brian: what do you want to do in the last three seconds? just stare? >> steve: let's wave good-bye. bill: fox's alert starts morning. federal reserve trying to save the global economy from another meltdown. concern growing over europe's debt crisis. that is where we start. breaking news. happened this past hour. how are you doing? i'm bill hemmer. martha: i'm doing okay. scratchy voice. i'm martha maccallum. good to see you as always, bill. good morning, everybody. this is a big story, one as americans we want to ignore at some points but the fed is now, our fed, is now revving up the printing presses and they're planning to make a lot of cash readily available and the stock market may be the only positive point in all this, they are surging. bill: print, print. we're not only ones riding to the rescue. european central bank, japan they're all involved. stuart varney breaking the news on fbn a short time ago. good morning. how will this work, stuart? >> it is

that leaders in both parties have worked don, from senator tom coburn, a republican to democrat claire mccaskillwe haven't seen as much action of congress as we'd like and that is why be launched our initiative the campaign to cut waste. not just to cut spending but to make government work debtor for the mac and people. for example we have identified thousands of government told things that we don't need. some have said empty for years. so were getting rid of those properties and that is going to save the mac and people billions of dollars. as part of this campaign i've also asked federal employees to do their part in share their ideas on making government more efficient and more effective in two of them are here today. i want to introduce them. roger road smack works at the department of commerce. raise your hand, roger. he found a way to save the department almost $2 million a year on its cell phone bills and i'm sure that there probably are some consumers out there that would like to talk him out of it. celeste steele is here. celeste, raise your hand. celeste works at the department of homel

. >> thank you, senator webb here's claire mccaskill. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this is obviously have more respect they i can never describe for the guy sitting to my immediate left remarried the reasons including his incredible service to our country as a member of our armed service and as a marine and i also appreciate incredibly effective cross examination center granted. you can tell he spent time in the courtroom. i do think this is a difficult question and the only thing i want to point out with mr. johnson is a fight that your testimony carefully and it appears to me that you have not said whether or not you support or oppose this legislation, but is rather asked to make sure that it is not legally ambiguous. is that a correct characterization of your testimony? >> yeah. i am not here to state a policy position one way or the other. i was asked to attend to point out the potential ambiguities of this becoming law. and i think as you've noted, i've laid that out in my prepared marks. >> i just wanted to put that on the record because i was a little surpris

something that leaders in both bodies work on, from senator tom coburn, republican, democrat claire mccaskill. we have not seen as much action out of congress as we would like, and that is why we launched our own initiative, the campaign to cut waste. not just to cut spending, but to make government work better for the american people. we have identified a thousands of government buildings that we don't need. we are getting rid of those properties. that is going to save at the american people billions of dollars. as part of this campaign, i've also asked a federal employees to share their ideas for making government more efficient and effective. two of them are here today. roger works at the department of commerce. raise your hand, roger. he found a way to save the department almost $2 million a year, and i am sure there are consumers who would like to talk to him and find out what the bank can save on their cell phone bills. [laughter] celeste, raise your hand. celeste works at the department of homeland security, and she is saving taxpayers millions of dollars by changing the way we get ser