i'll speak with former comptroller general david walker. >>> and michael j. fox on his battle with parkinson's and funding the research and finding a re. "the wall street journal report" starts right now. >> this is america's number one financial news program, "the wall street journal report." now maria bartiromo. >>> here is a look at what is making news as we head into a new week on wall street. disappointing news about america's economy. another look at the gdp for the first quarter by the federal government showed an annual increase of just 1.8%. that's a slower pace than economists had expected, and a sign of a softening economy, even though it is a backwards-looking indicator. the week started off with a blue monday as the markets fell on concerns about europe, but broke a three-day losing streak by wednesday. the markets were back up later in the week. >>> encouraging news about the housing market for a first time in a while. new single-family home sales hit a four-month high. that was a surprise to analysts, and was the second straight month of gains.

me now to offer his take is david selig former marine and federal tax practitioner and advocate david walker of the program. thank you for having me on and thank you for your guests the last time i was on i got a lot of really nice letters and supportive remarks so i appreciate it that's great . david fellow by the new matthew alexander a senior u.s. interrogator who oversaw and performed over thirteen hundred interrogations of iraq guy you know he basically done everything requestion question a waterboarding said this to any good man on her democracy now program. torture and abuse was ok his number one recruiting tool and remember these foreign fighters they came to iraq they made it ninety percent of suicide bombers. they killed hundreds if not thousands of american soldiers and so this policy of torture and abuse did not make america safer what it did was it caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of american soldiers who are now buried at arlington national cemetery stow hundreds or thousands of american soldiers dead because of torture. you know that's nonsense that's absolutely untr

as former comptroller general david walker has stated, our country was founded on principles such as limited government, individual liberty, and fiscal responsibility. the president's budget falls short on each of these three principles. it increases spending. it grows government as a percentage of our economy. it is clearly fiscally irresponsible. and because of the legacy of deficits and debt, it creates -- it will undoubtedly infringe upon the liberties of future generations. in 2006, then-senator obama argued against raising the debt limit. he believed at that time that the very need to raise the debt limit was a sign of leadership failure. by his own standard then, president obama is not living up to his standard, so is that leadership failure? would he admit that today 1234* -- today? his no vote in that year was to make a point about needing to get serious about fiscal discipline. we're in the third year of president obama's presidency. we're in the midst of the third consecutive year of a trillion dollars of annual deficit. deficits have gotten larger, not smaller. now, of co

considered a sentimental gesture, she chose a look by the late catherine walker, one of princess diana's famous designers. david beckham, in a dark suit with a top hat. on his lapel, his medal designating him an officer of the order of the british empire. and on his neck, a tattoo peeking out over his collar. now the royal wedding's worst dressed. first, fergie's daughters disastrous toppers. beatriz in valentino, but a phillip tracy hat. sister eugene, look as if a bird landed in her hair. princess anne adorned with a large flower that matched her coat. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> after the ceremony, the cameras didn't stop rolling, but obviously this vicar didn't know that. caught cart wheeling down the red carpet central aisle. now this video has gone viral. what was your favorite moment of the wedding? come on to "e.t.'s" facebook page and let us know. a lifetime full of memories as a dream came true on the world stage for britain's favorite couple. >> chris jacobs and i will be back in >>> celebrating an "e.t." weekend birthday on saturday, "big bang theory" johnny galecky is 36. and which actress shared her first on-scree