. >> we mover now on to the second theme, recovery from the recession, led by edward lee. >> we all hope that next spring we will indeed be recovering from the recession. but we will be be faced with some very difficult choices because we will have a budget deficit of 14%. for every four pounds that we spend, we will be borrowing one pound. so some very difficult choices will have to be made. do you not think that we should have an open debate now about what we intend to do with our public services, and in particular, about where cuts should fall? >> well, first of all, we've got to get back to growth, and we've got to get back to employment in the economy. the major determinant of our deficit and debt is the level of growth and indirectly, the level of employment in the economy. so the first priority is to get growth and employment into the economy. and that is why we are spending additional money now to make sure that we come out of recession, and the additional money is to create jobs. i think you have seen from the unemployment physician yesterday that the rate is slowing. the creati

lee edwards. [applause] >> well, thank you patrick. and good morning, ladies and gentlemen. it's a beautiful day at washington. and a greatay to be alive. especially if you are a young conservative. we're sitting he on this stage and you sittinghere in the audience, we agree on one thing. books can change a life and even the course of history. they certainly made a profound difference in the life of ronald reagan. in mid october of 1965 my wife ann and i spent two days traveling with reagan in southern california. when he was considering whether to run for governor of that state. at the end of the second day reagan took us up the road to his hom in pacific overlooking los angeles to serve us some ice tea and cookies. he and nancy were in the kitchen and i walk over to the bookcases in their library den and beg examining the titles. they were works

lee edwards. [applause] >> thank you. good morning ladies and gentlemen. it is a beautiful day in washington and a great day to be alive. especially if you are a young conservative. [applause] we sitting here on the stage and you sitting there in the audience are agreed on one thing, books. they can change a life and even the course of history. they certainly made a profound difference in the life of ronald reagan. in mid october of 1965, my wife and i spent two days traveling with reagan in southern california when he was considering whether to run for governor of that state. at the end of the second day, reagan took us up to a winding road to his home in the pacific palisades overlooking los angeles to service -- to serve us some iced tea and cookies. while he and nancy were in the kitchen, i walked over to the bookcases and and began examining the tight. they were almost without exception works of history, an ex -- economics, and politics. they included the road to serfdom, of a good witness" -- and a local of the road to witness". that is not good enou

the second team will be led by edward lee. the third subject of constitutional issues has been sub-divided. the reform of parliament and constitutional structures will be included. we shall go straight into the first team. >> the key. good morning, prime minister. the pay package at rbs is very similar to the new contract at real madrid. is the case of business as usual? is he running rings around the government regulator? >> we just published the first report of the walker commission into the report of government banks. he makes clear recommendations that i believe will be adopted. the first thing is that remuneration has got to be long term. in other words, it is only on the basis of long-term performance that we can guarantee the bonus system that is to be used in the future. he is recommending that the bonuses and remuneration should be over five-year period. the second thing is transparency. you may have seen the chancellor talking about this. there has to be far greater transparency so that the public is aware of what is

lee edwards is a fellow of the conservative thought and heritage foundation, and chairman of the victims of communism memorial foundation. he is the author of 20 books including biographies of ronald reagan, barry goldwater, histories of the heritage foundation and has worked on the translated into chinese, japanese and french he is a fellow of the institute of politics at the john f. kennedy -- of harvard. dr. edwards has appeared on many tv and radio programs and has had many articles in national newspapers. his upcoming book is a biography of william f. buckley. he currently resides in virginia with his wife. >> thank you. good morning, ladies and judgment. it is a beautiful day in washington, and a great day to be alive. especially if you are a young c books made a profound difference in the life of ronald reagan. in mid october of 1965, my wife and i spent a today's traveling with reagan in southern california when he was considering whether to run for governor of that state. at the end of the second day, reagan took us up the steep road to his home in pacific palisades, overlooking

lee's family lived and he left of course during the civil war, and in 1864, this is called the arlington house now. the secretary of war, edward stanton put a cemetery on the ground right up to almost the base of the house, because he wanted to make absolutely -- absolutely certain that robert e. lee's survivors would never get that house back and it would remain the property of the military and property of the union for history. but now as you can see, the procession is going across the memorial bridge, and then across a mortal drive -- straight across the oriole dr. and uphill onto the grounds of national -- arlington national cemetery. brian wilson, from your position you should see the procession heading your way to mac we're beginning to see the red and blue lights, chris, as they come across amara bridge. as long as i have been in washington i never tire of that youthful vistas of the city, and it's always a remarkable new sinker sessions whether they are in celebration or moments where we're paying honor attribute to someone in the city. and this is one of those moments where you just sort of have to stop and take any s

lee herself in our new interview. and also we have more on the passing of senator edward kennedy. >> you can see that here on wjz. >>>eople in spain participated the town red today. during the annual festival. participants got the chance to pelt each other with thousands of pounds of tomatoes. trucks carried them through the local streets. about 275,000 pounds of white tomatoes were used during the massive food fights. no tickets required, obviously. >> hot and humid on this wednesday evening. meteorologist tim williams has your updated first warning weather forecast after this commercial break. >>> taking a look outside right now. clouds are starting to move in just a bit. the feel of the air is not real terrible. >> not horrible, compared to what we had about a week or so ago. where the humidity levels are high for a period of time. today, they kind of went up for a little bit. but because we haven't had days upon days of that building heat and humidity. today feels comfortable. we'll take a look at your current condition. while the dew point is very high, as vic mentioned, we haven't had a prolonged period of this

lee's house on the hill, will be closed to the public beginning at noon on saturday. and the first opportunity for the public to seeenator edward kennedy's grave here at arlington national cemetery will likely be sunday morning when the cemetery opens at 8:00 a.m. back to you, joe, eg m>>an mly >>y eger v . mch, th aner v much. funeral mass err kfo fte maldass dyr ted kdy rr to a tomorrow at a historic owurnchch i .stnill be flown ty wlil be flol liarntoioatnallet ceremy for riava pteia blurviera sce which begins at 5:00 tomorrow evening. >> a police officer pulls a baby from a burning car after the fa this was the sceneci i. asthis w the scene inanis massas yesterday morning. police say officer h meath oyle tried to pull or sp ngee di,ut b speeding, but the driver kept going. ended up crashing into a stone wall. as the car caught fire, police say the driver got out and started running. officer oyler caught the suspect he'sthhen wuy t gcuat s'sthhe t 7-month-old daughter was still in the car. >> just able to get her out. i got her out of the car. she was still in her car seat. i set her down by my car on the grass and went back

lee dugard and two children captive in a makeshift housing behind his home. >> reporter: and a private memorial service will take place tonight for senator edward kennedy at the kennedy presidential library in boston. public viewing of the flag- draped casket ended this afternoon. a funeral mass will be held in boston tomorrow morning and senator kennedy will be buried tomorrow morning at arlington national cemetery. meanwhile, a local girl will be forever known as senator kennedy's last reading buddy. >> when he could no longer come to see her every tuesday he sent a dc elementary school student a letter. ken mcleod has the story. >> the very shy soft-spoken third grader showed me the book ted kennedy gave her as a birthday gift. >> he asked when my birthday was and he would say that's pretty close. >> reporter: it was so much more than that. almost every tuesday as part of a literacy program everybody wins kennedy came to brent elementary school and read to students, most often lorne. >> he didn't want the hoopla and attention but he would come through the back door and his dogs often waiting for him. >> he didn't really share much about himself. >> reporte

edward kennedy's body will lie in repose today and tomorrow before the funeral scheduled for saturday. we have team fox coverage now. carl cameron covering possible senate replacements for ted kennedy. but, first, david lee miller, he is at the presidential library down there in boston. david lee, what's it been like there so far? >> shepard, there is a sense of camaraderie, a sense of togetherness here. this as thousands now line up outside of the library to file past the closed casket of senator ted kennedy. yes, there is also a sense of sorrow. also perhaps more than anything else there is a celebration of life. people are here today to thank the senator for what he has given them. shepard? shepard: david lee, what's the word on saturday's funeral plans plans? >> well, we understand that president obama is already hard at work at the eulogy. it is highly unusual for someone outside the kennedy clan to participate in a family eulogy. also, note worthy, four of the four living presidents have all been invited to attend the funeral service on saturday. now we are getting word that bush 41 and his wife say that they have been in touch with the kennedy family and they will not be able to attend the event.

edwards, the quarterback, excited. it's a bigger weapon. they drafted james hardy to give them a big weapon. he tore an a.c.l.. leevans is a $9 million receiver with a lot of skills and teams are doubling him up. that's going to free him up. they're implementing the no-huddle offense. that's going to be something else for defenses to have to fight with. and then i talked to dante whitner, the safety on the defensive side of the ball, and he's been amazed at how hard t.o. practices 359 years old when he does practice obviously. he still practices like a rookie trying to make the team. so naturally there is a honey moon period. they're going through the honey moon period. it will be interesting to see the no huddle offense. they're playing against the bears tomorrow night. the bears with lovie smith had to prepare for peyton manning and the colts' no huddle offense in the super bowl a few years ago. last week they played the titans who play against the colts in that no huddle offense. so it's a good rehearsal first two preseason games for the bills, and terrell owens last week won't be playing this week. >> another

edward kennedy has been open to the public. crowds gathered arrest at arlington national cemetery yesterday to pay their respect and some left flowers to honor his memory. now hear's maggie. >>> jaycee leeafter being held cap 2i6 18 years. here to tell us how she's doing is her stepfather, carl probyn, and join us live from berkeley, california, twot officers who broke the case wide open, allison jacobs and lisa campbell. the biggest heros in america. good morning to all of you. let me start you with you, karl. i know you spoke with jay so he ig owe stepsister last night. she is with jaycee and the two girls in california. how are they do something. >> they're doing okay. step by step, like being on mars. this is a brand nuf situation. it's never happened before. 18 years being gone like this, it's pretty remarkable. >> how has the trance sis been? we talked about that a little bit this morning with an expert, how hard it will be for jaycee and her two daughters who never knew anything about this existence in captivity to kind of get back into society. >> it's going to take a long time. they thought jaycee was her sister. they didn't realize that she had been kidnapped and the national