conrad in 2012 will have served 45 terms. joe lieberman, senator, connecticut, chairman homeland security committee, independent. democrin 2012, lieberman will h served four terms. question, which of these retirement benefits more now? democrats or republicans? i ask you. >> the republicans. i think you look at the seats that the democrats are working away from, it's going to be very difficult for -- to hold, for example, a virginia, it will be impossible to hold north dakota, where kent conrad is not running again. and the democrats are going to have to hold a number of seats. i think -- it's almost nearing certainty that the republicans will probably get the majority in 2012. >> is there any common denominator to those retirements, pat, ie incumbency is a dirty word? >> well, a lot of them are concerned about that mainly some of the democrats, because they're fearful they'll have -- but in arizona, kile stands down. gabby giffords is okay could walk into that seat for them but i think the democrats have about 22 seats up, j

conrad murray, has pleaded not guilty to a marge of manslaughter.the pop star's death. a potential witness is now speaking out about what she heard the day michael jackson died. and our ashleigh banfield joins us live from houston, with much more on this. good morning, ashleigh. >> reporter: good morning, robin. prosecutors say dr. conrad murray was on the phone, when he called his girlfriend, the moment he discovered michael jackson was dying. that waitress said she wasn't his girlfriend. but she is talking about the relationship, the man and the fateful call that was made the day michael died. >> i thought he was very nice. he was very friendly. he's a good person. >> reporter: she met dr. conrad murray, while working at a houston steak house. >> the first thing he said, you're too beautiful to be waiting on people at a place like this. >> reporter: he left cash tips for her, in the hundreds, and other gifts, too. >> a cell phone, a dress, and cash. >> reporter: how much total do you think he gave you in gifts and money? >> close to $2,000. >> rep

senator sessions. >> thank you senator conrad. you've raised the challenges that's facing us very well. i know have made a case that a lot of what we've done has been successful. and i understand that. but there are others who have concerned about what we've done and how well it's worked and how much we have accomplished. i'd like to get into the discussion with our excellent panel. i'm sure we'll learn a lot from them. it does appear we've been kicking the can down the road. and i thought that the round table discussion in barrons with some of the world's biggest financial investors early this year raised some of the same problems and questions that you've raised and maybe some others also that lead us to a conclusion. we've facing a very, very serious national challenge that i believe this committee as you indicated at our last meeting will have to provide leadership for. and i would be glad to be with us in that effort. i had the honor to meet with mr. mateek, former prime minister of new zealand that took over the country that

conrad murray has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of jackson. a hearing is scheduled for late next month. >>now, here is gabe slate, with some tech news. >>gabe: technology is being developed for cars that make driving safer there and cut down on accidents. high-tech windshields will someday be in our cards. it's more like a computer than a piece of glass. gm is developing what's called enhanced vision systems. tune in to kron 4, to fight with his high-tech windshields will do for you in the future. are you trapped and don't know how to escape your addiction to cigarettes? one out of two regular smokers will die prematurely from smoking. you don't have to be one of them. escape the trap. say "enough." for free help to quit smoking, call the california smokers' helpline at 1-800-no butts. >>pam: justin to the news room, a contra costa superior court judge has ordered a repeat sex offender to be sent back to state mental hospital after he repeatedly violated the terms of his conditional release. this is video from a few years back when he was in c

. >> television cameras will be allowed to film next month's trial of conrad murray of involuntary manslaughter. jury selection will begin in march. the trial is expected to last six weeks. he faces up to four years in prison if convicted. protesters have taken to the streets of the haitian capital demanding that the outgoing president step down immediately. his term was supposed to end on monday but he received approval to stay on after the first round of elections were marred by fraud and corruption. the new vote is due in march. >> they were only warning shots but the message was forceful and clear. the protests had to end. heavily armed police were called in after several hundred demonstrators took to the streets in port-au-prince. in earlier clashes police used tear gas to disperse the crowds. it worked but when the gas was blown into nearby homes some bystanders paid a painful price. monday was supposed to mark the end of the president's five-year term but with no and elected to replace him, he announced he will not step down for another three months, to the fury of his opponents. >> toda

you've got a kent conrad, who was on the commission not seeking re-election. that gives him some freedom. have you a tom coburn, a republican of oklahoma who's willing to grind the senate to a halt to get something done. they've got some credibility with their peers and they're looking at four areas from the tax code to entitlements, really killers of medicare and medicaid. those are the budget-busters and social security. but they're looking at things like triggering tax increases if congress does not hold itself to cutting back the debt. so it's a system to try to get everybody to do what they say they want to to do. on the house side john boehner saying he thinks there's a six to eight-month window to have this conversation everybody's talking about. >> that's really interesting. john, mike allen, of course, spoke with paul ryan. >> right. >> he said that in april they are going to include entitlement reform in their budget. why do they want to do that? >> they want to show credibility and particularly want to show credibility on health care costs, which th

conrad sent us this summary of the midweek trading session in frankfurt. >> despite the strong earningseport, the shares of declined. some investors are not happy that daimler invest more for research and development. s in from daimler, diebolt has prevailed. sanofi-aventis buys genzyme. clarion takes over a german chemical company. >> that was from a frankfurt, where we can stay for a closer look at the thee numbers and the blue-chip dax pinup finished 0.2% higher, 7414. the euro stoxx 50 locking in gains of more than 1%, finishing at 3061. in new york, the dow jones also enjoying healthy gains, up by more than 0.5%, 12,295. the you're trading at a value of $1.3560. shares in german carmaker daimler fell by more than 4% wednesday. the maker of the iconic mercedes grand earned a fourth quarter profit of1 0.1 billion euros, staging a very strong comeback from a loss a year ago. the carmaker issued an upbeat outlook and also announced a higher than anticipated dividend o. business is booming at germany's biggest mail-order company. it posted record sales of over two billion euros in its l

conrad paul sent us this wrap up the day's trading action from frankfurt. >> the german stock market did not manage to decide on a direction all day. what made investors and secure was between other reasons, the unrest in countries of the mediterranean and the middle eastnd a credit defaults swaps for government bonds from bahrain and saudi arabia were on the rise again. also the prices for silver and gold continued to increase. on the stock markets, car shares declined, because in china, the government again took measures against an overheating of the economy and against inflation. which means that german car makers must prepare for less in new orders from china. >> that was from a frankfurt, where we can stay for a closer look at the market numbers. ngmany's blue-chip dax finished 0.3% higher going into the weekend, 7426. the euro stoxx 50 index of leading eurozone blue chips added a couple points, finishing at 3058. on wall street, the dow jones average up by 0.4%, 12,369. currency markets, the year of trading at a value of $1.3686. the reuters news agency said it has received con

conrad murray has pleaded not guilty in jackson's death from an overdose of powerful drugs. >>> a gradual cooldown will continue here. [ no microphone ] >> the microphone is disappearing, seems to create a bit of a problem so we pantomime through the rest of the -- we can do this. we can always do sign language that would come in handy. we are looking at a cooling trend across the area continuing through the day today. gusty northerly winds as we have a mostly clear start out there. but as gianna showed us earlier, over the bridges, 30 to 40-mile-an-hour breezes here this morning. and by this afternoon, we'll continue sunny and cool with gusty winds settling down a bit later this evening. taking a look right now at the satellite picture, we see a weak disturbance slip to the interior yesterday setting up a strong pressure gradient across the region. [ no microphone again ] >> which will once again keep the winds gusty through the day today. we'll look for the pressure gradient to relax a bit by the evening as the winds shift to more of an offshore direction. right now we have enough of an

conrad: mr. president, the c.b.o. letter says clearly that they estimate that enacting the health care law repeal would increase federal deficits in the decade after 2019 by an amount that is in the broad range around one-half percent of g.d.p. for that period. the g.d.p. for that period is $293 trillion. $293 trillion. mr. president, one-half of 1% is an increase in the deficit and debt of this country of more than $1.4 trillion. now, we've heard colleagues on all sides say we've got to get our deficits and debt under control and yet one of the first measures here is to explode the deficits and debt, add $1.4 trillion to the debt. mr. president, that is not just irresponsible, it is reckless. i urge my colleagues to support the budget point of order. the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: only in washington could you argue with a straight face that starting a new multitrillion-dollar entitlement program is going to save money. c.b.o. could only look at the proposi

. >> thank you, senator conrad did you have raised the challenges facing us very well. i know you have made a case that a lot of what we have done has been successful, and i understand that. but there are others who have concerns about what we have done and how well it has worked and how much we have accomplished. i would like to get into a good discussion with our excellent panel, and i'm sure we will learn a lot from them. it does appear we have been kicking the can down the road. i thought that the roundtable discussion with some of the world's biggest financial investors earlier this year raised some of the same problems and questions that you have raised and maybe some others also that the test to a conclusion. -- that lead us to a conclusion. we are facing a very serious national challenge that i believe this committee, as you indicated in our last meeting, will have to provide leadership for. i will be glad to be with you in that effort. i had the honor to meet with the former prime minister of new zealand, who took over our country that was running the system an

conrad mar has pleaded not guilty to michael jackson's death. >> james: 6:52 a.m., live pictures from as we head off a break. this massive fire burning in a factory, we are getting word nobody was inside. crews at this point they are trying to make sure this does not spread to surrounding buildings. firefighters not going and it is too dangerous they will fight it from outside. more to come. ♪ [ female announcer ] starbucks via is planted the same... ♪ ...harvested the same... ♪ ...and roasted the same as our other premium coffees. it only makes sense it would taste the same. so, try it for yourself. buy a pack of 100% natural starbucks via ready brew. we promise you'll love it or we'll send you a bag of starbucks coffee. it's the starbucks via taste promise. look for it where you buy groceries. >> darya: we are seeing positive territory. it is up 10 points. we are feeling positive about the ski season as well. we take alive look at lake tahoe. we're waiting for a list to get going. it will be another sunny day. they have a good amount of snow. but the light fresh powder. >> james: th

senator conrad max. >> thank you, madam chairman. i am new to the intelligence committee and i just want to say how impressed i am by your leadership and by the way you and the ranking member work together on this committee. this is the way it should read and i'm delighted by what i've seen already. i also want to say to the gentlemen here test signing how deeply impressed i have been by what i've learned about the operations you have underway, things that we cannot talk about. i have been so struck a criticisms in the press, directed at you, that you can't respond to. but the american people should know that what i've learned here tells me you have had remarkable success. i am so impressed by information that was provided specifically in egypt, truly it some point in the history they will be a chance for this tories to be told of what she's done and it's really remarked wolf. i want to go back to the question of saper. because as i look across a broad front of the this country, i think it's a place that's getting too little attentio

senator conrad, next. >> thank you, madame chairman. and i'm new to the intelligence committee and i just want to say how impressed i am by your leadership -- >> oh! >> -- and by the way you and the ranking member work together on this committee. this is the way it should be. and i'm delighted by what i've seen already. i also want to say to the gentlemen here testifying how deeply impressed i've been by what i've learned about the operations that you have under way -- things that we cannot talk about. i have been so struck by criticisms in the press directed at you that you can't respond to. but the american people should know what i've learned here tells me you have had remarkable success. i am so impressed by information that was provided specifically on egypt. truly, you know, at some point in the history, there will be a chance for the stories to be told of what you've done and it's really remarkable. i want to go back to the question of cyber, because as i look across the broad front of threats to this country, i think it's a plac

conrad has been trying to get the statistics. how many contractors at the the have? i do not know. the of something between 250,000 medium contractors. no one will miss them. they do not even know where they are. they are scattered all over the world. we are saying this is an absurd. when we started, there are some politically correct people of both parties. it is real. the first time in our history we have had a war with no tax to support debt, including the revolution, and now we have to o wars and no budget to support them specifically. >> how many military bases to many overseas? >> we need about 1000 bases in europe and asia. it is hard to believe. we recommend closing about 1/3 of those. we as the military how many contractors we had appeared they said it does rain 1,000,010 million. -- we had, and they said it was somewhere between more and million and 10 million. we pay about 123,000 vs 61,000. we cut research at the pentagon by about 10%. we to give back to the reagan levels of inflation. we have tough decisions you will make. we have to make choices. the asked him what he

who's names he would based many of his characters, horton of "horton hears a who" is based on horton conrad, bill covens, he would dedicate books such as donald bartlett who went with him to dartmouth. he had a sense that dartmouth was the place he would never lose because he made a connection between this place and the place he went to when he needed to recover the resources of belonging and security. when all else seemed in fragments and ruin. let me explain how that connection was sealed. theodore geisel had one ambition when he was at dartmouth. not to become an excellent scholar. he was 165th in a class of 385, he had a 2.65 grade point averaged. he explained he learned more in the "jack-o'-lantern" office in writing than any of the classes in english. a claim that we have forgiven him for. and as a consequence, he turned that jack-o'-lantern college into the face -- space in which he wanted his identity to be acknowledged. so his deep ambition throughout his first three years at dartmouth was to follow normman mcclane as editor of "the jack-o'-lantern" on may 15th, 1924, that's the da

conrad murray has pleaded not guilty to an involuntary manslaughter charge. >>> a pregnant woman is waiting to find out the health of her unborn child. marinna civil have picked up a pill at a pharmacy and found out after she took it it was an abortion drug instead. she was rushed to the hospital where she was given charcoal to absorb the drug. now she is worried about her baby. >> for all of this to happen now is really overwhelming to learn i have to come home and sit and wait. >> safeway has extended an apology. >>> our time is now 6:48. there is a story coming out from romania. romania witches may -- this will require witches to get a permit. the law would also require witches to give their customers receipts and they could end up in prison if their predictions turn out to be false. witchcraft has been part of the culture in romania for centuries. romania changed their labor laws to officially recognize witchcraft as a profession. >>> 6:49 is the time. let's go back to sal for a little traffic. >> all right dave and pam. good morning, once again. the wind will be an issue for some drive

conrad paul sent us this wrap up the day's trading action from frankfurt. >> the german stock market did not manage to decide on a direction all day. what made investors and secure was between other reasons, the unrest in countries of the mediterranean and the middle east and a credit defaults swaps for government bonds from bahrain and saudi arabia were on the rise again. also the prices for silver and gold continued to increase. on the stock markets, car shares declined, because in china, the government again took measures against an overheating of the economy and against inflation. which means that german car makers must prepare for less in new orders from china. >> that was from a frankfurt, where we can stay for a closer look at the market numbers. germany's blue-chip dax finished 0.3% higher going into the weekend, 7426. the euro stoxx 50 index of leading eurozone blue chips added a couple points, finishing at 3058. on wall street, the dow jones average up by 0.4%, 12,369. currency markets, the year of trading at a value of $1.3686. the reuters news agency said it has received

conrad murray has pleaded not guilty to a voluntary manslaughter charge in the death of michael jackson. >>> a pregnant in colorado is waiting to find out the health of her child. she picked up antibiotics from a safeway finding out after she took the first dose it was an antiabortion dose. she called a doctor to make herself vomit. she was rushed to the hospital. now she is worried the drug may have hurt her baby. >> for all this to happen now it's really overwhelming to know i have to come home and sit and wait. >> now safeway has offered an apology in this case. the prescription was supposed to go to a woman with the same last name and a similar first name. >>> former san francisco supervisor makala has joined the crowd running for mayor in san francisco. she filed papers yesterday. her grandfather was mayor from 1968 to 1976. pier was termed out of office last year. as of now five other san franciscans are in the race for mayor. >>> we showed you this story yesterday morning as it unfolded. the san francisco fire department says rags and deck staining chemicals ignited causing the f

that was not just senator conrad talking for himself. i think that we will see a deal this week. host: also talking on sunday was chris van pollan. he was talking about congress and whether we will be able to avoid a deficit. this is what we had -- what he had to say. >> we are very focused on avoiding a shut down. it appears to be the case for now. of month's republican leadership and democrats in congress. -- amongst republican leadership and democrats in congress. there is a lot of pressure from new republicans in the house to have their way or shut down the government, if that is the consequence. there remains a real danger that it will do that. that cooler heads will not prevail at the end of the day. host: will they be able to get this done in two weeks? orpen have they kicked the can down the road for a couple of -- or have they kick the can down the road for a couple of weeks? guest: there is clearly a willingness on both sides to have a republican shut down. republicans are clearly scarred from the 1995-1996 shut down, where they took a bath. everyone is saying that thin

however, as i, the writer, and go into the history of the german computer built by conrad in berlin ofhe 30's, what i am seeing is not that barkley did it the wrong thing. your nose. maybe he did. i don't know. he was the guy who carry the little plant out of the greenhouse in to the world. colossus was destroyed. tommy flowers was forbidden ever to the put it on his resonate. security reasons after the second world war. so there went to losses as the originator of the modern computer. and absolutely miraculously they get it out of berlin. the story of how they got that out of berlin rally makes your hair stand on and. but once they got it into a stable somewhere in austria what were they going to do with that? it could not originate a computer either. so mauchly was as essential to the building of the modern computer as atanasoff was. abc was destroyed, the colossus was destroyed. this teefor was sidelined. where were they going to go? well, yes, it had its origins in abc, but mauchly was the only guy. he was the only guy who cared and was able to see what the abc was all about and co

one of them said he's not coming back, kent conrad, to try to create an atmosphere of working together and come up with really tough problems. the republicans are pretty good in terms of who's there. mike crepewell from idaho, a really good guy, he doesn't publish his academic credentials in idaho when he runs but if you take a look at them, they're very impressive. coburn is a pretty good guy. tom coburn is realistic. if he gets this, he's willing to give that. you need those conservatives in the room. durbin is there from the leadership to make sure that they know what's going on but i served with dick, and he went through that commission. he's frustrated, and i hate to say this, but it's possible that a major breakthrough may actually come from the senate. [ laughter ] and when i end on the note that our hope for a major change is placed in the united states senate, you know how desperate i am. [ laughter ] thanks a lot. >> okay, thank you very much, bill. we now, i know looking around the room we've got some very knowledgeable people here so i want to give you a chance to put your

conrad sent us this summary of the midweek trading session in frankfurt. >> despite the strong earningseport, the shares of declined. some investors are not happy that daimler invest more for research and development. s in from daimler, diebolt has prevailed. sanofi-aventis buys genzyme. clarion takes over a german chemical company. >> that was from a frankfurt, where we can stay for a closer look at the the numbers and the blue-chip dax pinup finished 0.2% higher, 7414. the euro stoxx 50 locking in gains of more than 1%, finishing at 3061. in new york, the dow jones also enjoying healthy gains, up by more than 0.5%, 12,295. the you're trading at a value of $1.3560. shares in german carmaker daimler fell by more than 4% wednesday. the maker of the iconic mercedes grand earned a fourth quarter profit of 01 0.1 billion euros, staging a very strong comeback from a loss a year ago. the carmaker issued an upbeat outlook and also announced a higher than anticipated dividend o. business is booming at germany's biggest mail-order company. it posted record sales of over two billion euros in its

conrad murray has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter. an autopsy showed the singer died of a lethal dose of drugs. the trial is examined to start next month. >>> court documents reveal the banter between two top administrators in the southern california town of bell about raising their salaries to exorbitant levels. they include e-mails between bell's former police chief and the assistant city manager. the former officials joked about acting like pigs and creating a paper trail to hide their mischief. former police chief randy adams wrote, i am looking forward to seeing you and taking all of bell's money. okay, just a share of it. angela spaccia wrote back, well, you can take your share of the pie just like us. we will all get fat together. >>> it is 6:21 now. what is the secret to living longer? a little bit of sleep probably would help. but there is one thing you need to add to your diet as well. >> plus, it's ruff competition at the westminster kennel club dog show. we'll show you some of the pets in the running for top dog. ,, ♪ [ fe

kent conrad think you should be cutting deeper in the name of trying to cut that deficit. >> i've only given you a few examples. if i move out of the area of domestic discretionary spending, we've taken defense and said it can't continue to grow fast every than inflation as it has for more than ten years. it needto come to a zero real growth level. that reduces defense spending by $78 billion for the base defense budget from where it would have been in last year's budget. when we look at defense overall including spending on afghanistan and iraq because of the reductions in troops in iraq, we see more than a 5% reduction in defense spending compared to last year's budget. outside of the area of discretionary spending i think we all agree, we certainly believe, you cannot deal with the fiscal challenge we have by just dealing with discretionary spending. >> ifil:elephant in the room, mr. lew, entitlement, social security spending, medicare, medicaid, nowhere in this budget. >> reporter: let me start with what's in this budget. i'm happy to talk about the things that may not be in the bu

conrad murray pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter.iving the king of pop a lethal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol along with other settives. jackson was 50 when he died in june of 2009. murray's trial begins march 28th. >>> bank of america will pay $the 410 million to settle a lawsuit after it was accused of charging customers with excessive overdraft fees. in 2 the complaint b of a routinely processed debit transactions from biggest to smallest instead of in chronological order. now, as a result, the account balances dropped faster so that allowed the bank to then start charging overdraft fees. b of a has already changed many of its practices including eliminating fees for debit transactions. >>> people in san mateo should be cautious when picking up the phone today. telephone scammers have conned a handful of elderly residents into wiring money abroad. suspects have pretended to be grandchildren in need of money. a public defender, even a lottery official. the victim of at lottery scam completed eight transfers and received

the secret agent by joseph conrad, everybody is a police spy. they run out of the russian embassy. in g. k. chesterton's seven anarchists' come each one named after a day of the week, the all police merriman -- spies. you have to watch the ones bumping back and forth between london, the heart of the anarchist community of the wealthiest part, the most elegant part of london, now charlotte street and all that, but it was very poor. the autonomy club on wind mill street. those are the ones you had to watch. and so he becomes one of the individualists and groups of anarchists. that is the bombers, propaganda by the deed as opposed to the association would be the future of the sort of cynical was some. after all that. now he had killed before in 1892. 1892 at the 11th avenue which is still there, i bump into a to various times, they find a package in front of the mining company. there were big time strikes in the south of france. that is where the great socialist assassinated on the 31st of july and 1914 to read the find a package and i guess they should have been a little more careful

we are joined on the committee by senators conrad, newell on our side and senator coats, blunt and rubio on the republican side. so we have six new members of this committee which i think both the vice chairman and i look forward to.the i note that senator coats is go fwraurd to.o the committee, having served here in the 105th congress.note thasenator also want toco congratulate senator saxby chambliss on his voice chairmanship. we've worked together on this wo committee since you joined, h senator, in 2002, and i look woh forward to a close, good, positive working relationship, and all i can say is 2002. all i can say is so far very good. >> there are that provides an opportunity to present to the committee and the public their assessment of current and projected national security threats to the united states. three important authorities under the surveillance act. the business records, roving wiretap and loan wolf provisions will sunset. that's three weeks from now. the attorney general and the director of national intelligence have written to the congressional leadership in support of

conrad murray has pleaded not guilty in jackson's death from an overdose of powerful drugs. >>> 5:46.oday's top stories. it is back to san quentin today for the federal judge who closed california's death chamber five years ago. the facility has been rebuilt since then and judge jeremy fogel will take a tour before he decides if executions may resume. >>> a south bay family is offering a reward to help catch the driver who ran down an 1- year-old in east san jose. -- 18-year-old in east san jose. erika luna was injured sunday morning when she was dragged hundreds of feet down the street and the car kept going. >>> today the federal transportation department will release the results of a 10 month investigation into toyota. it's likely to shed light on whether toyota vehicles have problems with electronics that caused unintended acceleration. the investigation followed recalls of 11 million cars. >>> a breakfast staple just got a little healthier. a usda review of eggs finds that the average amount of cholesterol in one large egg is 14% lower than previously thought. that may be because

conrad murray has already pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in connection with michael jackson'seath. his lawyers are also expected to present a list of witnesses who could be called to testify. that trial is expected to begin march 24th. >>> well, windshield washer fluid is credited with saving the life of an elderly man who was lost in the desert of arizona. the 84-year-old, right there, spent five nights in the desert after missing his exit off the freeway. police say he drove on 17 miles of dirt road then had an accident. he was finally found by some campers who flagged down a helicopter that was searching for him. he suffers from dementia but he was able to use some things in his car to help him survive. >> he took a rock, opened the hood of his car and broke the windshield wiper fluid and was using that with a napkin to keep him hydrated. >> incredible. hank also sipped some of the fluid. he ate the dinner leftovers that he found still in his car. and he kept warm by using the floor mats as makeshift blankets. >> incredible story. >>> 5:49 is the time. let's go back to sal

as a member of the fiscal commission he stepped up along with democrats durbin and conrad and said we have got to look at the entire budget not just 18% of the budget. we have got to look at the whole shabank and i hope that we do this in a comprehensive way and not just take a weed whacker to the domestic budget while letting the pentagon off free. >> chris: what you said is we probably will need an extension of the cr for a period of time before we work out o a deal. speaker bohhner said if there is an extension there has to be real cuts in it. >> i'm not going to move any short-term cr at current levels. when we say they are going to cut spending read my lips, we are going to cut spending. >> chris: senator coburn, will there have to be cuts in any extension of the cr and if not are we headed for a government shutdown? >> i don't think we are. i think nobody wants that to happen and i think everybody realizes that we have to make some significant cuts. you can't play the waitingy game saying we don't want to agree with this now, give us a month and we will figure it out next month,

conrad murray has already pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with michael jackson's death. now lawyers are expected to present a list of witnesses who could be called to testify. the trial is due to begin on march 24th. >>> windshield washer fluid is credited with saving the life of an elderly man lost in the arizona desert. 84-year-old hank spent five nights there after missing his exit off the freeway. police say he drove on for about 17 miles on a dirt road and then got into an accident. he was finally found by some campers who flagged down a helicopter that was actually looking for him. he suffers from dementia but was able to use things in his car to survive. >> he took a rock, opened the hood of his car and broke the windshield wiper fluid and was using that with a napkin to keep him hydrated. >> now he also sipped some of the fluid. he ate the dinner leftovers that were luckily in his car and he kept warm by using the floor mats as blankets. >> very resourceful. >> yeah. >>> time now 6:48. hey, sal, any problems with the wind or wet roads this mornin

. >> reporter: the chairman of the senate budget committee democrat kent conrad of north dakota spoke yesterday on cnn. >> will you accept this $4 billion worth of cuts over two weeks to try to get a longer- term plan? is that acceptable to you? >> it is acceptable to me to have $4 billion and savings and a two-week package, sure. the make-up that, you know, is up for discussion and nor iations. that notion is... negotiation is ongoing. >> reporter: senate republican leader mitch mcconnell today welcomed signs of increased democratic support for the republicans' two-week spending plan. >> this bill represents an effort to change the culture here in washington. it says let's start to change the mentality around here. let's find $4 billion that all of us can agree to cut and cut it. and continue from that good start. democratic leaders in congress resisted even this up until a few days ago. now they've started to suggest they might be willing to agree to it. this is progress. >> reporter: at the white house today press secretary jay carney said the president hasn't committed to signing

kent conrad, the budget share assailed him for the lack of leadership and lack of responsibility coming out of the white house. mr. liu was forced to admit that the white house budget does not include interest payments. >> you think the house is currently on the right track? caller: yes, i do. host: thank you for calling in this morning. this is laura, an independent from michigan. hi. caller: hi. it is a start, but it is not nearly enough. right now, we are building an embassy in london at the cost of $1 billion with a moat around it. we build 11 new embassies last year. not only that, but in my line of work, i write federal grants. if people could see where our money goes, you would be astonished. right now, if you look on the grants.gov website and read some of the projects, we are giving money to put bibles in libraries. we are giving money to research ways to make jet engines quiet. this is ridiculous. this is a waste of money. host: if you are a grant writer, you get paid to solicit money from the federal government. caller: yes, i do. host: what is your role in this process? call

that was not just senator conrad talking for himself. i think that we will see a deal this week.t: also talking on sunday was chris van pollan. he was talking about congress and whether we will be able to avoid a deficit. this is what we had -- what he had to say. >> we are very focused on avoiding a shut down. it appears to be the case for now. of month's republican leadership and democrats in congress. -- amongst republican leadership and democrats in congress. there is a lot of pressure from new republicans in the house to have their way or shut down the government, if that is the consequence. there remains a real danger that it will do that. that cooler heads will not prevail at the end of the day. host: will they be able to get this done in two weeks? orpen have they kicked the can down the road for a couple of -- or have they kick the can down the road for a couple of weeks? guest: there is clearly a willingness on both sides to have a republican shut down. republicans are clearly scarred from the 1995-1996 shut down, where they took a bath. everyone is saying that things a

but there are lots of democrats doing the same thing, including conrad. that is where the hair and the eyeballs lay on the floor when that comes up. >> having negotiated a balanced budget in 1997, i can tell you it is a process. we will not go through that overnight. >> let me just mention another thing. it is a shame we are in america now, where you mention that joe biden is helping us. somebody will go oh, god. he is terrible. get over that. get over that. this system can't work with that type of hostility. it is disgusting. i see progress on so many fronts on a person-to-person basis. here is one for you. do not throw your dinner roll. bill clinton is very helpful to us in this process. very helpful. put it in your notebook. >> very good. >> solvant americans owe you guys a great debt of thanks for your hard and popular work. thank you very much. i read your plan pretty carefully and i understand why they are back loaded. serve scared to death of this thin recovery we have. there are some that think it is more smoke and mirrors than anything. the censu

senator kent conrad is on your screen they will talk today about economic recovery. among the witnesses, they will hear from mark zandy and a representative, the executive director of the national governors' association. this is the u.s. senate gaveling in today on c-span. >> i want to welcome everyone today. today, we will focus on challenges that are facing the u.s. economic recovery. we will look specifically at challenges in the areas of unemployment, housing, and state fiscal crises. we are really fortunate to have four outstanding witnesses with us today. dr. mark zandy, has been helpful to this committee and has testified several times in the past. we're grateful to have you back again today. dr. tilvan wachter and my daughter is getting a ph.d. at his university. i was up there a few weeks ago and he was teaching a great books class. that was very interesting. dr. ray shepback, the director of the national governors' association. after nearly 30 years, he is retiring but will go to uva. i commend you on your years of public service. you are always somebody wh

here is "the hill" -- it says senator conrad will pitch his democratic colleagues at their annual treat -- retreat today on putting forward proposals on the debt commission. they started gathering for their annual policy retreat. "usa today" has this headline on the front page. u.s. jobs program, tap, $18 billion a year. the federal government spends $18 billion a year on 47 separate job training programs run by nine different agencies. all but three overlap with others to provide the same services to the same populations. "the new york times" has this front-page story on jobs. obama offering rescue to states. president obama proposing to ride to the rescue states that a borrowed billions -- also, "the washington post" has the same story about the president's plan. there had line -- obama offers states a reprieve. yesterday, the white house also announced it would like to spend about $53 billion on high-speed rail. that is in "the financial times." obama build ks for investment. also on the housing situation, "the financial times" reports a white house report will worn over the mortgage

conrad rate pleaded not guilty to the pop star's death.orneys are also set to set the names of the witnesses. the trial is expected to begin march 24th. thinking it will last six weeks. >> mark: federal prosecutors don't want barry bonds' lawyers to argue that the government spent too much money in their seven-year probe of the former giants outfielder's suspected use of steroids. bonds' lawyers, meanwhile, are eager to stop his former girlfriend from testifying about bonds' temper - including an occasion on which he allegedly threatened to kill her.in pre-trial filings made monday, both sides asked trial judge susan illston to set limits on the testimony and evidence that jurors can consider when baseball's home run champion goes to trial on perjury charges march 21 in u.s. district court in san francisco. the trial is scheduled to start march 21st. michael beck will appear on the oprah winfrey show airing on february 24th. he will talk about his time in prison. >> darya: the nephew of the delhi lama has been killed off of a florida highw

conrad murray has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in connection with michael jackson's death. now, his towers are also -- lawyers are also expected to present a list of witnesses that could be called to testify. the trial is expected to begin on march 24th. >>> the brother of the -- the date princess diana is getting married. charles spencer announced his engagement to karen gordon. he's best known for the moving eulogy he delivered to his sister during her 1997 funeral. this will be the third marriage for charles spencer. the wed hing is set for -- wedding is set for june 18th. >> i remember his words. >> yes, i do, too. >>> this morning a safety alert for thousands of parents of young children. this one involves a massive recall. it's a book about life underground. surprising new details are revealed about 33 trapped chilean miners and how they spent their time. >>> still no word on the cause of educate of a pass -- death of a passenger on board caltrain. a man was found by a crew member yesterday afternoon when the train stopped at the hillsdale station. that investi

they talk with john mccain, independent senator joe lieberman, and kent conrad. then connecticut democratic governor dan lloyd and former republican governor >> got. rick scott. the five network television talk shows are brought to as a public service by the networks and c- span. we begin at noon with nbc's "meet the press", 1:00, "this week,", fox news sunday, 3:00 p.m., cnn's "f state of the union," and listen to them on 90.1 radio. on xm satellite, channel 132. >> i think our system of government is breaking down. i think the system of checks and balances we have in our systems are not operating properly. >> winslow wheeler headds ths te strauss military reform project. >> congress has to read key powers, the power to go to war, the power of the purse, and the power to investigate. the first two powers -- to go to war and of the purse -- are meaningless if congress does not exercise the power to investigate, and it is not doing that. >> see the rest of the interview tonight on c-span's "q&a." with congress in recess and march 4 deadline for funding the federal