frances beinecke is our guest. do you see the anniversary one year later as giving this more attention in the public eye? guest: i think it is important to talk about this on the anniversary and i am glad you are covering it. the people who lived in the gulf of mexico have not forgotten about this for one minute. i think it is important for all of the people across the country to think about the cuts occurrences of this spill. in essence -- think about the consequences of this bill. in essence, this is because of our addiction to oil. we have 2% of the world oil reserves. we are going after everything. all of this is an indication that this is a way to remind and to bring into focus for people all across the country that we need a new energy plan. we did focus on much more efficient at harvard cars, public transportation -- effie cient hybrid cars. as the price of oil goes up, the imperative is greater. host: our guest is the president of the nrdc, frances beinecke. you can find out more about our coverage of that

frances beinecke is our guest.o you see the anniversary one year later as giving this more attention in the public eye? guest: i think it is important to talk about this on the anniversary and i am glad you are covering it. the people who lived in the gulf of mexico have not forgotten about this for one minute. i think it is important for all of the people across the country to think about the cuts occurrences of this spill. in essence -- think about the consequences of this bill. in essence, this is because of our addiction to oil. we have 2% of the world oil reserves. we are going after everything. all of this is an indication that this is a way to remind and to bring into focus for people all across the country that we need a new energy plan. we did focus on much more efficient at harvard cars, public transportation -- effie cient hybrid cars. as the price of oil goes up, the imperative is greater. host: our guest is the president of the nrdc, frances beinecke. you can find out more about our coverage of that th

frances beinecke. we are live on c-span radio and on c-span television at 7:00 a.m. eastern, 4:00 a.m. on the west coast. they give for joining us on this palm sunday. hope you enjoy the rest of your week. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> next, "newsmakers." then president obama will talk about the deficit followed by senators mitch mcconnell and rand paul. rand paul. >> rick mays is the congressional letter. frank, we will start with you. >> good to see you again. you talk about your concerns about cutting the defense budget and saying that you did not think it should be cut. a few months ago we spoke about this. yesterday, now you said you are talking about cutting some things from the budget in fiscal year 2012. can you talk about what kind of cut to would like to do. if you cannot give specifics, can you speak generally? >> i do not know if there are any cuts that i would like to do. it is ludicrous to think that out of $550 million that you cannot find some savings. anyone in the