richard engle, nbc news, along the turkish/syrian border. >>> congress and the white house are bickering again over cilindra, who turned over what and when. >> congress subpoenaed documents from the white house were due yesterday. the house commerce and energy committee issued the subpoenas november 3rd. the committee is not specific p what documents are missing. in fact, it didn't ask for exact names of documents. so whether or not the white house actually failed to give the committee what it asked for is up for debate. and no doubt they will debate that. comcast is roaring out a netflix competitor, they're going to call it stream flix. it's down about 5% this morning on the news. i should point out, comcast owns this tv station. and san mateo-based sony computer entertainment started selling this early this morning. the sony veda launched at midnight. you recall we had this gadget friday a few weeks back. it's sony's latest hand-held game machine, does all kinds of interesting things. will play media as well, everything but a cell phone. but it does have a cell phone chip inside. it's

the weeper of the house then there are those perpetually unresolved issues in congress the white house will ask congress to increase the limit on the federal government's borrowing or the president is asking congress morning creech to the debt ceiling of one point two trillion dollars a little incentive for those job creators not only is extending the payroll tax go to porton for the economy as a whole congress is expected to vote today on a compromise to extend a payroll tax cut for millions of workers or throwing a lifeboat to those who have lost their jobs if you want construction workers rather than schools like this one yes this bill. there was footage of back in the classroom pass this bill while it's groundhog day again by reliving the same day. that fellow. writers. still colors now. and then there's that other thing i know that i have deeply hurt and disappointed my wife darlene. my children both in and outside the walls of washington in the past few days i've begun to atone for my private failings with my wife so to my children and my entire family i hurt her i hurt you all i

congress. >>> the white house thought it put it to rest, the controversy over its contra accepting policy. >> religious liberty will be protected, and a law that requires free preventative care will not discriminate against women. >> reporter: under pressure and facing growing anger from religious organizations, the president announced a revamped policy institutions who are morally opposed to it would not have it pay for it for the employees. on friday, the catholic health association applauded the accommodation, and even the catholic church seemed to be on board, but then over the weekend, the backlash kicked up again. catholic bishops blasted the white house for needless government intrusion and threatening coercion of religious people. >> the president is wrong in imposing his beliefs on all of us in terms of religion. >> reporter: religious institutions will be required to provide contraception as part of the healthcare coverage, but it will be the insurance companies who reach out to women employees and provide contraception free of charge. >> we've been piend full there's another -- min

congress. the white house says it aims to achieve four trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade. plan is fill with stimulus-style initiatives, including sharp increases for highway construction and school modernization. it is already under attack by republicans. they say it repeats failed policies and coast little -- and does little to slash the 15 trillion dollar national debt. >>> the average price of a gallon of gas has jumped nearly 12 cents over the past three weeks, nationwide average is $3 boy 65. in san francisco -- in san francisco $3.87. -- >>> there's a simple way to protect and improve your memory as you age. new study finds if you put less on your plate, eat less, you are likely to remember more. the study published by the american academy of neurology involves more than 1,000 volunteers 70 and older with no signs of alzheimer's. they reported what they ate and drank. top third took in more than 2100 calories a day the lower third 600 to 1500 calories, results showed eating less helps prevent memory loss. >> high -- the higher the daily calorie intake the higher the

. >>> general electric ceo and chair of the white house's council on jobs, jeffrey immelt urged congress and the white house today to adopt a budget plan along the lines of the simpson-bowles definite reduction package. he spoke at the start of a week-long conference hoefted by ge on u.s. manufacturing and competitiveness. following his remarks, mr. i'm meant joins a panel of corporate executives for a discussion of the role of the government on the economy. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> describing ideas and really talking about ways to create jobs and i think it's going to be a great week and a lot to be shared. if you would have read last month's harvard business review, roughly 75% ofhe surveyed think that america's competitiveness is going to decline over the next three years. i'd have to say that is in contrast to what we see, to what i see. i would go beyond that to say i think on a relevant basis i think american competitiveness is as strong today as i've seen in a generation. what i'm going to go through is just frame some of the things that are working and we've got a serie

congress. the white house wants to keep the fees low. with sub sidties to $5 to $10 billion on banks. fannie mae and freddie mac struggled with loans gone bad. >> you can't refinance them back to hell. you have to make sure the underwriting and the ability to pay is there. >> latest in the line-up of the mortgage programs that delivered mixed results. the so-called hamp program provided 1.8 million trial loan modifications since develop but 700,000 homeowners could in the keep up payments. the president's reify plan could help some homeowners. >> you might not get the 4-1/4 rate because there is mortgage insurance or faa premium tacked on. if you are at 6.5 or 6-3/4 24 could be a great deal. >> election year politics may determine if the republicans sign on to the plan if they want to help voters in the key states hit hard by the housing crisis. >> are the debt negotiators closer to a second greek bail bail-out? >> more protesters as they discuss the spending cuts. they are looking at 22% reduction in minimum wage over there. 20% cut in pension. talks reportedly stalled. >> bret: than

we need a movement that understands we're going to change the congress, the white house, the bureaucraciesand where necessary, the courts. and we all need to understand how real this is. this country was founded by people who came here in order to avoid religious persecution. a very basis of this country was religious liberty. our core document says we are endowed by our creator with certain unalienable writes. and barack obama seeks to cut across those. i frank lip don't care what deal he tries to cut. this is a man deeply committed if he wins re-election, he'll wage war on the catholic church the morning after he's re-elect md. we should not trust him. we know who he really is. we should make sure the country knows who he really is. for those who understand what a real bold solution approach is, go to newt.org, a 54-page paper we put together over a nine-year period that outlines how to rebalance the judiciary and how to re-establish the right of the people to protect themselves against dictatorial judges rewriting the constitution rather than enforcing the constitution. very serious top

we'll develop updates from the campaign trail, congress and the white house, and it starts at 5:00 p.m. eastern. house speaker john boehner today denied having a rift with eric cantor, the second ranking house republican. the newspaper politico had reported that there were new tensions between the two men. speaker boehner's comments today were about 15 minutes. >> this week we got word from the congressional bug office that after three years of the president's policies, unemployment is expected to stay high for the noer seeable future. it's clear the president's policies are not helping the economy, that's making it work. house republicans continue to listen to the american people, and the house is continuing its work on jobs this week. now various committees are bringing for -- the bill will help create private sector jobs and ease rising gas prices. by reforming the way taxpayer dollars are spent, it will reform safe roads and bridges that is required for our long-term economic growth. and it does so without any earmarks. it's going to be a different kind of transportation bill. and

. >>> this morning president obama will send his new budget to congress the white house says it will deficit reduction over the next decade. the plan is filled with stimulus-style initiatives, including sharp increases for highway construction and school modernization. it alls for eight billion dollars for new program that pairs community colleges and businesses together to better train two million workers for jobs in so-called high growth industry. it is being criticized by republicans they say it repeats failed policies and does little to slash the 15 trillion dollar debt. >>> er that historic homeowner settlement -- remember that historic homeowner settlement? doubts are being raised already. >> jane king joining us to tell us more. >>> good morning. you know the foreclosure settlement, lots of hoopla surgeoning that last week. as stays try to figure out now spend their share of the -- as states try figure out how to spend their share, california is supposed to get 12 billion the information is supposed to be posted on national foreclosure settlement.com you go to that website no d

a think tank says there's a lot going on between the white house and congress when the president needselp. jim angle looks at the practice of administrative earmarks. >> the report from the conservative heritage foundation says the obama administration used taxpayers dollars to persuade vulnerable lawmakers to vote for controversial proposes. >> there are 32 vulnerable house democrats who received significant federal grant money during the run-up. >> the amount of earmarks spiked during difficult votes then dropped, only to spike again during the dodd-frank and spiked the most before the vote on the healthcare bill. cap and trade was difficult for democrats because the president acknowledged it would cause energy price to say skyrocket. healthcare law is controversial today with a majority in polls continuing to oppose it. on the websites, lawmakers didn't advertise their votes but touted money they got for various local projects. >> as a way to counteract the negative sentiment these were attempts to make sure constituents knew they were bringing money home. >> the white house said no

we need a movement that understands we're going to change the congress, the white house, and when necessaryl need to understand how real this is. this country was founded by people who came here in order to avoid religious persecution. the very basis of this country was religious liberty. we are endowed by our creator with certain unailenable rights. and barack obama seeks to cut . i don't care what deal he tries to cut. this is a man that is deeply committed to wage war on the catholic church. >> that was a little desperate there. given the fact it was a peace treaty announced. maybe not right wing, but it seems like newt gingrich is just trying to wave the bloody shirt there. >> that's the reddest of red meat to a crowd like this. whoever the republican nominee is, even if it's mitt romney, whoever the nominee is is going to use that kind of argument. however, the hhs rules, they are going to say the president doesn't respect religion and he's engaged in a liberal overreach across the board in the health care law and then against peoples' religious freedom. it's going to be something that

we'll get updates from the campaign trail, congress and the white house. a simulcast of c-span radio "washington today" program next here on c-span 3. >> plus podcasts. all free with the c-span radio apps. ♪ >> we're going to ask you many things today, hopefully you came prepared to know a great deal about fast and furious. the important things that i'm going to ask today are what can you do to bring this to a close? what can you do before the i.g. completes her investigation to allow the american people to see change that tells them this is no longer going on and it won't go on in the future? >> so that's how the hearing began with chairman of the house oversight and government reform committee. the republican from california posing questions to the attorney general eric holder the two squaring off today over tissue of fast and furious. eric holder calling this a political issue. welcome to hour one of "washington today" here on c-span. also on capitol hill a former executive of the collapsed brokerage firm mf global said he warned jon corzine a year befo

congress. the white house today asked people to call, e-mail or tweet their representatives asking they not stop until a bill is on his desk. that tax cut amounts to about $40 per paycheck per person. the president says failing to extend it could jeopardize the economic recovery. congress is in recess all next week leaving only two days the following week to act before the cut expires. >>> the man expected to lead china through the next decade is here in washington tonight for a visit. the vice president is slated to become the president of china next year. president obama welcomed him today to the white house. both leaders hoped the meeting would strengthen the bond between the two countries but there have been differences on issues of human rights, currency and fair trade. >> with expanding power and prosperity also komz comes incr responsibilities. so we want to work with china to make sure everybody is working by the same rules of the road when it comes to the world economic system. >> the chinese vice president brought up human rights later at the state department. he said that china has ma

is yet another opportunity for us to have this important dialog and it's my hope that congress and the white house will join together and address entitlement reform. this is not something that the federal reserve can do, you kept interest rates low, it has given us an opportunity, but it's not an opportunity that will last forever. your appearance is also an opportunity for us to have another important dialog, this one on the federal reserve's dual mandate. and you discuss this in opening statements. the federal reserve's conduct of monetary policy through the manipulation of interest rates and it's control of the money supply implies a certain management of the economy cfrom the government. this makes the public and me uncomfortable at times, there's need for an independent central bank to set monetary policy. if one examines the federal reserves dual mandate, it quickly is apparent while the first part of the mandate involves monetary policy, the second is largely a function of economy policy. you acknowledged this chairman bernanke in your testimony for today's hearing, when you state that "whi

. >> my last question, your party had control of both houses of congress and the white house for all of 2009 and 2010. why didn't you do those things when you were in control? >> we'll let you get back to him in writing. >> please. >> let's go to -- we are -- mr. young next. >> thank you. mr. zients, thank you so much. we've almost hit the end here. only a couple more questioners. i really appreciate you being here today to explain this budget. i do have to say, you know, when i visit my constituents in southern indiana, and i do town hall meetings, i frequently go through a budget presentation and power point presentation. where i start is where the money goes. and i think many americans don't really appreciate how much money is spent on so-called mandatory expenditures. medicare, medicaid, social security, being the largest of those expenditures. they account for projeapproxima 70%. net medicare spending increases by my reading about $135 billion of the next ten years, correct? >> if you've done the math, you've done the math. >> president's budget, medicaid spending, more than dou

the people of america, not special interests. >> rick santorum is not shying away from his comments. looking to draw a distinction between congress and the white house. >> as you said in the debate last night, i'm going to take one for the team. how can we be sure you won't take one for the team again on something this bad? >> because i'll be the team leader not a team member. president of the united states is the team leader and when you're responsible for leading the team as the president is, i think you're clear you look at the agenda i put forward this is something the president of the united states ran on. george bush ran on, you know, reforming the education system. this was one of his signature issues in the campaign. >> with education front and center, santorum attacked president obama's push to send more young people to college. >> the bottom line is, if you look at 62% of kids who go into college with a faith commitment leave without it. i understand why barack obama wants to send every kid to college. they're indoctrination -- >> absolutely. >> and, you know, i've floated the idea and trying to figure out how we can make it work of someho

we need a movement that understands we're going to change the congress, the white house, the bureaucracies and where necessary the courts. we need to understand how real this is. this country was founded by people who came here in order to avoid religious persecution, a very basis of this country was religious liberty. our core document says we are endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights, appeared barack obama seeks to cross across those, and i frankly don't -- this is a man who is deeply committed, if he wins reelection, he will wage war on the catholic church the morning after, we cannot trust him, and we should make sure the country knows who he really is. >>> i want you to understand what a real bold solution approach is, go to newt.org, there's a 54-page paper that we put together over a nine-year period that outlines how to rebalance the yew dishary and reestablish the right of the people to protect themselves against dicta torial judges who are rewriting the constitution rather than enforcing the constitution. it's a very serious topic. finally. this is an administrat

the next 20 years will be coming out of the house and senate. >> does that mean whether mitt romney or rick santorum in the white house, they will be passive leaders, let congress set the agenda? isn't it the president's job to lead? >> well, the rest of the speech before that, i was talking about how obama has only been allowed to make two significant decisions during his presidency. he tripled the number of troops in afghanistan, democrats in congress did not insist on that, and he involved the united states in the war in libya, which the democrats in congress didn't. but the stimulus spending, written by the democrats in congress. the trillion dollar increase in domestic discretionary spending, written by the democrats in congress. he just signs this stuff. the dodd-frank bill wasn't the geithner bill, wasn't the obama treasury bill, it was dodd-frank. the democrat and senate who contributed most to creating the problem wrote a bill that's supposed to fix it. the president signs it. the democrats for 30 years have had leadership come from the house and senate, and then the democratic president gets to sign the legislation that they put forward. so the idea t

today, we must think the white house and the congress -- think the white house and congress. n board of regents, the secretary the director of the national museum of african-american history and culture. in the entire staff. -- and the entire staff. it is these people who have taken a dream deferred and help it find it placed -- its place in history. this is the beginning. there is still much work to do. we must not shrink. we must call upon the courage of those who were in the strouble long before any of us were born. -- in the struggle before any of us were born. we have to tell the story of african-american contribution to this nation's history from slavery to the present. it without anger or apology. the problem we face today makes it clear there is still a great deal of pain that needs to be healed. the story told in this building can speak the truth that has the power to set the nation free. i look forward to lonnie bunch. i look forward to the day where i can search through bid archives, participate in the programs rest my tired feet in the cafe -- [laughter] and the in

the white house? do you lobby congress? " we do not really lobby. we put out our own views. we will be working this year on progressive tax reform. and we would provide those ideas on our website and send them to the white house and around the hill to both sides of congress. we do not really go lobby on particular pieces of legislation. we have a government affairs staff that works directly. but as an organization, we put our ideas out there and we hope people accept our ideas and work sometimes with the white house to give them ideas on something where we have -- we haven't advocacy arm, but that is not all we do. >> here is a video clip talking about the issue of defense. breakdown was he says. will not be easy.>> this somebody has to look at the department of defense. if we do not, we will end up like general motors with a payroll cost. for example, when you decide on a military pay raise, how much you should get, they're using base pay. any of you who have been in the service knows that base pay is less than half of your compensation. so the pentagon's on reviews have sai

actually, the white house proposals in terms of helping homeowners under water would go a lot further. if congress and the white house could get on the same page in terms of funding, you could make a difference. as far as justice, the federal prosecutions that seem to be lining up against the wall street firms, low-grade housing pieces of paper. that's a better place to go after the people behind the wrong doing that led to this collapse. if you want to go after the people that did bad things, there are big players in wall street that are still in the firing line. >> we have kristen welker live from the white house. give us a sense where the administration is going with this. this would seem to be a monumental day for them. the president has been under fire for unrelated issues involving contraceptive coverage. what does this change the optics war for them? >> reporter: you're right. it does change the optics for this administration. this is something that president obama wanted to announce during his state of the union address. they didn't have the deal done in time for that. this is, of course,

we need a movement that understand we will change the congress, the white house, the bureaucracy, and where necessary, the courts. in this country was founded by people who came here in order to avoid religious persecution. a very basis of the country was religious liberty. the record document says we are in doubt by our creator. barack obama will wage war on the catholic church the morning after he is reelected. we should not trust him. we should make sure the country knows who he is. [applause] for those of you do not understand what a bold solution approach is, go to newt.org. there is a 54-paper that outlined how to rebalance the judiciary and how to reestablish the right of the people to protect themselves against judges you are writing the constitution rather than enforcing the constitution. it is a very serious topic. finally, this administration, which lies about to our enemies are, it refuses to tell the truth about what threatens us, is blind to the dangerous, seeks to weaken it our defense system, has crippled our intelligence system, and is making a series of decisions aro

boehner said if the administration does not reverse the policy, congress will. the white housested a compromise is possible. >>> well, the super bowl brought tens of thousands of visitors to indianapolis, many of whom who got to experience the nfl super active sboult village but now officials are wondering if one of the people had measles and measles could have spread to others. aaron gilchrist is at the super screen with more details. >> good morning. yes, several states are taking precautions to make sure the people who attended the super bowl are protected here. the indiana officials say a person with a confirmed case of the measles visited the super bowl village in indianapolis last friday along with about 200,000 other visitors. now, since then, three other confirmed cases of measles have shown up in two different counties in that state, and that has led the folks in indiana to warn both new york and massachusetts about those cases, along with the cdc. health officials are most concerned about the home states of the giants and the patriots, new yorknd a massachusetts becau

houses of worship are exempt. the speaker of the house says if the white house won't change, congress will act. >> this attack by the federal government on religious freedom in our country must not stand and will not stand. >> some catholic democrats oppose the new rule as well. >>> on the campaign trail, republican presidential hopefuls have been bashing the new contraception rule. meanwhile, the resurgent campaign of rick santorum is cashing in on his recent success as he plans his next move. susan mcginnis is in washington with all of this. good morning, susan. >> hi, good morning, betty. the money has been flowing in since rick santorum's big win this week. mitt romney responded by going on the attack. >> at a church in texas, local area pastors put their faith in rick santorum. the former pennsylvania senator is trying to build his conservative base after winning four of the first eight nominating contests. >> you need to have someone who will go out and paint that vision of what america looks like versus barack obama. >> he's filling out paperwork for future primaries and he's planning a fundraising blitz in c

the way he sees fit. >>> other news, deadline for congress set by congress, rather, for the white house to hand over all of the solyndra documents ex-peers today. the white house did turn over a number of document oevz the weekend. that same group of politicians on the house committee for energy and commerce wrote a letter to the federal trade commission urging the ftc to investigate google and the latest accusations against the company over privacy. recent missteps by a number of silicon valley companies have awoken washington's interests in privacy. back to you. >> scott mcgrew, thank you. >>> parents, if you want to help keep your kids in check there's a new app called pix checker works with your kid's cell phone. recovers every message and picture sent from their phone and shares them with you in real-time. some parents say this goes too far. others say it does provide a sense of security. >> definitely you know a good way to not spy but to keep track on what your kids are doing. >> it's currently available for most phone models that use google's android operating system but not available for the i

bill, the president signed and moved on and didn't talk about it, it does not help the white house's message that congress is ineffectua but looking forward to this year, you talked to republicans and talked to democrats, there's not a lot more options for compromise this year.

the occupied house. clean the white house and congress. >> occupied d.c. protesters are vowing to pick up the pieces and return. >> there will be a re- occupation that nobody can ignore. we are just a few hours from the latest gopn contest. for the otherson candidates to fight for second and third place. there are 28 delegates at stake in this race. this is important. though it looks like mitt win, delegates given out our proportionate. candidates are scrambling for second and third place to increase their delegate count. the action today was off the las vegas strip. not one candidate campaigns today in nevada. it was not all quiet on the western front. candidates will head to the other western region next week. >> the west of the country and the world will notice. vegas is a says las for him.h mitt romneyot find scrambling for last-minute votes. in colorado. there is reason for romney's confidence in nevada. show he has a double digit over gingrich going into tonight caucus. he has a good track record in state. the 2008 caucus in 2008 of the vote. gingric

in the race and some of those other folks, he's correct, they'll have a race full of people whose experience came in congress, and in the case of president obama in congress and then in the white house, all washington characters. that's absolutely his line of attack there. it's worth noting that sanitorium's reply is that he likes to point to the number of earmarks that governor romney and the state of mass chew sets requested when governor romney was the governor there. the earmarks are something that definitely just about everybody played that game. there are a few people who id didn't, speaker john boehner, senator john mccain, folks like that who didn't play it. that's something that hits everybody. the broader issue romney is raising there about spending in washington, that will be really interesting to see how that plays. it's clear that's exactly the attack romney will go down. any problems you dislike -- you republican voters dislike about washington, he's one of the guys there when you disliked them. make sure to include them in your dislike. >> i have to follow up. i wonder if that will resonate with voters, if company will connect rick santorum with record deficits and go

the making. deadlines set by congress for the white house to hand over all of the solyndra documents expires todaythe white house did turn over a number of documents over the weekend. some of the same politicians from the house committee have sent a letter to the federal trade commission asking it to launch an investigation into google's privacy practices. washington has been taking a strong interest after a series of missteps by several companies. it's like they are caring washington to crack down. >> thanks. 5:26. still ahead new details on the search for the freed freak killers. >> a building about to go up for sale. all the details up next. >> and we've got a nice warming trend before showers move back in this weekend. we'll take you through both forecasts, the rain and the sunshine, coming up. >> as we drive highway 24 it's a smooth drive from the lafayette side all the way through the caldecott tunnel. i'll show you other bay area choke points that could be an issue coming up. ♪ [ female announcer ] there's no right way or wrong way. every baby plays by his own rules and they need a diaper t

today, we must think the white house and the congress -- think the white house and congress. n board of regents, the secretary, the director of the national museum of african-american history and culture. in the entire staff. -- and the entire staff. it is these people who have taken a dream deferred and help it find it placed -- its place in history. this is the beginning. there is still much work to do. we must not shrink. we must call upon the courage of those who were in the strouble long before any of us were born. -- in the struggle before any of us were born. we have to tell the story of african-american contribution to this nation's history from slavery to the present. it without anger or apology. the problem we face today makes it clear there is still a great deal of pain that needs to be healed. the story told in this building can speak the truth that has the power to set the nation free. i look forward to lonnie bunch. i look forward to the day where i can search through bid archives, participate in the programs, rest my tired feet in the cafe -- [laughter] and the

tomorrow is the deadline congress has set for the white house to turn over all of the documents it has regarding solyndra, the white house handed over thousands more over the weekend. republicans criticizing that timing, saying it was designed to minimize news coverage over the long holiday. >>> since it's presidents' day, how about a presidential app? roadside america has an app that points out all of the presidential history around you. so, for instance, a few miles from our studios you can find a mini mt. rush more and memorial to william mckinley who visit san jose before he was assassinated. did you know president harding died in the palace hotel on new montgomery street in san francisco? a little presidential trivia for you this presidents' day. >> i like the palace hotel. thank you very much. >>> giants catcher buster posy back in action at spring training in arizona. team manager bruce bochy is not beating around the bush when it comes to keeping him safe at the plate. you can see posy here, suited up and taking practice catches at the team facility in scotsdale. bochy say his