we are talking about defense spending with george wilson of "congress of daily."his is your peace from today -- "congress daily." this is your peace from today. "gates' swan song." guest: he wants to kill the c-17 in the sense he wants to purchase no more of them. a modern transport that has turned out to be a good airplane, but as far as he is concerned, but enough is enough. if you are a politician, you will resist that. people say that gates cancel the f-22, but he did not do that -- canceled the f-22, but he did not do that. he just canceled making any more of them. he wants to reform the purchasing process. he has asked good questions, like why we need 11 aircraft carriers with 20 billion air wing -- 20 million air wing. if congress keeps regarding the pentagon program as a jobs program, he made this their and leave the pentagon by the end of the year -- he made this their -- he may despair and leave by the end of the year. host: florida, good morning. caller: donald rumsfeld had announced the there was money missing from the defense budget. joseph kinds was

and george wilson looks at defense spending and one program that may be cut. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. dollar supreme court nominee elena kagan is meeting with

david chavern talks about the efforts to foster job creation turned and george wilson will look at defense spending and what programs may be cut. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. 7:00 a.m. on c-span.

and our correspondent george wilson looks at defense spending and what programs they be cut."washington journal," clyburn morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. next, "q&a

host: george wilson, thank you for joining us this morning. that will wrap it up for this morning's "washington journal." we will be back tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. eastern for your comments and calls. see you then. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] ♪ . . >> the house returns tomorrow at 2:00 eastern on boats on several non-controversial measures. a couple of items is we authorizing science and technology programs, another extend tax credits and unemployment benefits. see the house live on c-span. more hearings on the response to the gulf of mexico oil spill today at the senate homeland security committee. this is homeland security secretary general of peloton up. live coverage starts at 2:30 eastern, on c-span. campaign rallies for candidates running in pennsylvania's 12 congressional senate race. first, johnstown, pa., and then a rally for republicans in washington, pa. pretty special election is for the remaining term of the late representative john murtha who passed

george wilson looks at defense spending and what programs may be cut. live at 7:00 a.m.eastern on c- span. up next, a house hearing on the creation of an infrastructure bank, and in the speech from the president of the federal reserve bank of minneapolis, and following that, joyce apple be. elena kagan is meeting with senators. learn more about the process in c-span's latest book. pages of candid conversation with all the justices, providing unique insight about the court. available in hardcover and also as an ebook. >> ed rendell and the los angeles mayor of year-ago so were on capitol hill testifying the creation of a national infrastructure bank. those running the bank would attract financing for transportation programs. this is about two and a half hours. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> the members of this committee have a lot of opinions. our part of the job involves the bank aspect, where the revenue comes from, whether the bank can utilize tax-deferred bonds, and whether the bank w

if your play dead for prince george's county into alexandria and down south, officials say will face massive delays if you take the wilson bridge. where is the rose of the rail, traveling around town is going to be tough starting tonight. major projects are under way near the wilson bridge, on the chain bridge, in tyson's cozy corner, and a bike event will tie up roads. starting at 9:00 tonight, only one of three lanes will be open. drivers heading from maryland and virginia are warned to avoid the wilson bridge. >> if only 40 percent of people the verse, we could end up with the tenor 15 mile backups which result an extra hour 0.5 -- an hour-and-a-half of travel time. >> i'll use the bell way because it is a mass and it takes twice as long. >> after 10:00 tonight, metro cruise will have 30 minute delays on the red, orange, and grain lines as the city is busy with a washington national's three game homestand. >> i will be stuck in it like everybody else. >> of the inner loop work is scheduled wrap up monday morning at 5:00. this is one of the last pieces to get finished as part of the overall wilson bridge project. it sh

george's county. many people passing through simply didn't know what to expect. signs were posted to warn drivers who were passing through to take another route. >> only folks coming in from maryland across the woodrow wilson bridge into virginia and the maryland state highway group has signs, the mobile signs all the way up in the beltway and on to 95 to warn travellers. >> the lane closures were supposed to last until monday but transportation officials say that the concrete damage was not as significant as they thought. >>> a jet carrying 166 people crashed in southern end kwa today. killing nearly -- india. killing everybody on board and the pilot overshot a hill and plunged over a cliff. only eight people survived. some were able to jump from the plane moments before it burst into flames. the airport is on a platemr pla they say it's a tricky spot. >>> the main military base in afghanistan has several international service members wounded. no one claimed responsibility but the kandahar base is in an area known to be a taliban strong hold and also the launching pad for thousands of u.s. forces pouring in for a surge in that country. today's attack was the third on nato an afghanistan this week alone. y

century, where there was a fundamental shift in the climate of ideas, but like you heard george talking about woodrow wilson. this was the elite of the north east coming from the elite universities who were fundamentally rethinking government. it is no longer to be a necessary evil. it was to be an interest meant the instrument to solve all problems. -- it was to be an instrument to solve all problems. the only problem was the constitution. in the early decades, the court for the most part found that much of what was being proposed by the progresses was unconstitutional. there were inroads being made. things came to a head during the new deal. especially during the election in 1936. the missiles threaten to pack the courts with 16 new members. the court began literally turning the constitution on its head in 1937, it got rid of these powers. in 1938, it gave us to levels of judicial review. . have you also spoken about freedom of the press? >> we did indeed. we had a discussion yesterday afternoon on free expression. we talked about that issue in its broadest terms. including restrictions on the press, on b