drop out. >> haley barbour dropped out. he had been testing the waters in the very traditional sense and he said is he didn't feel the fire in his belly, which most people took to mean he didn't think there was much of a chance to win, but the field is very unsettled and someone like a donald trump who under normal circumstances where the party finds its candidate and begins the procession toward the core anition, donald trump couldn't have gotten the traction. but now people know his name, it's registering by the in the polls. >> there are some people outside the white house who have made the argument that the birther argument was simply a proxy for people going after the first african-american president, people were uncomfortable seeing him in the white house. if that's the case that could move on to other conspiracy theories. donald trump immediately started talking about his academic brack -- background and how he got into harvard. >> exactly. gwen: they've always had a kind of tightrope they walk when the question of r

haley barbour has problems of k street lobbyists. on a personal level, he has a record to talk about. unlike mitt romney, who cannot talk about his governorship in massachusetts to republican audiences. but haley barbour can talk about having been governor, as ken pawlenty. >> pawlenty is the obvious candidate. he is successfully pandering to the right, a two-term governor of a midwestern state. the one problem is he looks boring. >> what about this one? >> he would do all the right things. he is my candidate and has my endorsement. >> wow. >> that is why he is not running. >> it is like being on the cover of "sports illustrated." >> news flash, he just announced he is withdrawing. >> bruce babbitt of the republican party, r those of you old enough to remember that race. >> there was a comment after barry goldwater's losing in 1964, and in the loss in 1988, that arizona is the only state where mothers do not tell their children who is visiting. and then there is john mccain. as far as tim pawlenty, his breakthrough has to be in iowa.

gwen: donald trump rocks the boat and haley barbour gets out of it entirely. and as americans worry about jobs and gas prices, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke goes before the cameras. >> there's not much that the federal reserve can do about gas prices. after all, the fed can't create more oil. gwen: covering the week, mark mazzetti of the new york "times", tom gjelten of npr, karen tumulty of "the

haley barbour is on the local south carolina poll. going after the southern base. tim pawlenty trying to dip in the evangelical base. that is a crowded area. >> chris: i want to look at three currently non-candidates. on the screen. start with you, kevin, but we can go around the table. mike huckabee, sarah palin, donald trump. nina just answered it. she thinks huckabee will get in. do you think any of those get in? >> i think huckabee and palin get in. i don't think trump gets in. >> chris: you do think huckabee and palin get in? >> i do. find myself in one percentile of people that believe that. when i was in seventh grade, my seventh grade teacher talked about a guy trump running for president. that was a long time ago. like 1985. >> it's like me. i have been down this road before. i was in seventh grade to. juan? >> mike huckabee, he has a shot to win if he gets in. palin and other folks is about raising the speaking fees and books. >> chris: anybody get in? >> i was surprised after today palin's speech was good and sounded like she was running. >> chris: okay.

. >> reporter: governor haley barbour deployed the national guard here to assist in some of the hardest hit area, and tomorrow, people will start going back home to see what if anything is left. >> ron motte, rounding up our team of extraordinary coverage. just relentless. that's all you can say, a staggering area. >>> a foot note, president obama, who you saw earlier, will travel to alabama tomorrow to view the damage, meet with state and local officials and families. later in the day, he flies to the kennedy space center in florida to watch the shuttle launch. >>> dr. greg forbes is about the best known veteran in the weather business. he's the weather channel's severe weather expert. he's been kind enough to join us tonight from their very busy headquarters in atlanta. and dr. forbes, i know you got to see this by air this afternoon. this is hardly your first time. but i'm curious as to where you place this event in recent weather history. >> well, the damage, brian, is staggering. we flew over into the tuscaloosa, alabama, area. i'm calling it as bad or worst i have ever seen. so ma

mississippi governor haley barbour announced he wouldn't run for president after all. he had already hired staffers, traveled to some early primary states, was talking the talk, and even shed a few pounds. he said supporters deserved no less than absolute fire in the belly. he said he couldn't offer that with certainty. >>> when you come back, how do you protect thousands of well-wishers, hundreds of dignitaries, and one royal couple on a very big day? >>> and it's a live picture of puppies sound asleep, and that's pretty much exactly the point. >>> the picture tonight of the iconic tower bridge in london. that city is buzzing with last-minute preparations for the wedding of prince william and catherine middleton this friday, and an event of this magnitude, as you might imagine, requires massive security preparations. nbc's stephanie gosk is with our nbc news team in london and is with us tonight from trafalgar square. stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: london police are used to securing big event. even for them, even for this city, the royal wedding is a daunting c

mississippi's governor haley barbour said america's volunteer tradition is enormously strong and plain to see. >> you have seen the devastation here, yet the shelters that have been opened have hardly anybody ipthem. that's because their neighbors have opened their homes and said, come stay with me, come stay with our family. >> reporter: families of strangers perhaps feeling a collective pain, pledging to heal these wounds together. ron mott, nbc news, smithville, mississippi. >> the only thing more relentless than the bad news around here these days, the stories of good will. >>> one note about president obama tonight, after he toured the damage here, he and his family went on to visit the kennedy space center in florida, despite the fact we learned earlier today that the space shuttle "endeavour" launch was delayed, scrubbed for now due to an engineering problem. the president met with the crew, including commander mark kelly, husband of gabby giffords. the president had a private meeting with the congresswoman as well. we'll take our first break. >>> when we come back, what happene

>> well, haley barbour, obviously, is a successful popular governor. but he concluded he couldn't win it. he knew he had some baggage, he was a lobbyist. he represented business interests. and friends of him told me he also knew it would be hard for an old governor from the deep south to take on the nation's first black president. he's a shrewd politician and if he couldn't win it, he decided he just wasn't going to be in it. >> realizing many potential candidates have not declared yet. from who we know is running, who does this benefit right now? >> of all of the people who signaled they're running, this most benefits tim pawlenty, former minnesota governor. let's take a look at the race right now. obviously, jeff, it is very early. but right now mitt romney, the former massachusetts governor, is considered the front-runner if we have one at this point. all of the other names most people have never even heard of outside of their home state. but if the race goes on, it's going to shake down to really the top two or three. so these other candidates out

haley barbour from mississippi, a potential candidate. he supported the speaker. a former minnesota governor, tim pawlenty said that it was a bad deal. republicans shouldn't vote for it. so you're going to see the republican presidential candidates sort of insert themselves in these congressional debates. it's easy for them because they don't have to take a vote on this. the one potential candidate the white house is keeping their eye on is john huntsman. he comes back from china in a couple of months. gwen: he's the president's ambassador to china. a republican former governor of utah. >> they'll smother him with love. they'll see how that works. but they are agitated by him and i would say the white house is slightly preoccupied by him. gwen: somebody happened to leak some conservative online publications that he'd written all these nice letters about the president saying he was a remarkable leader, whichic i guess is what you say about your boss. >> the president could smother mitt romney with love on health care too. mitt romney signed the massachusetts health

>> next, remarks by haley barbour. that, a house hearing on the management of arlington national cemetery. national cemetery.

it was a little over one year ago that the governor haley barbour of mississippi signed a similar lawthe first data shows very strong decreases in their methamphetamine problem. it seems to be something that other states are examined very closely. >> the second and drug strategy report was due in february. we still have not seen it. where is it and what is the delay and when can we expected and went -- what can we expect when it arrives? guest: every president's drug strategy is usually their most important piece. when president obama released the drug strategy in may of last year, it was a couple of months later. one reason for that is that his direction to meet was that he wants the voices of the american people in the drug strategy. rather than sitting here inside the beltway and writing this up, we actually toured the country listening to people. the second strategy should be out and it builds upon the first strategy which you will see increased emphasis in the area of college students and what we should be doing for them and increased emphasis around are military veterans and act

they have a lot of respect for haley barbour's political skills. they're not sure whether he's capable of really doing it as a candidate. so there is as much confusion on the democratic side as to who the nominee is going to be as there is on the republican side. >> the president is raising a lot of money. he's kicked off his campaign. at this point, much more active than any of the republicans. why is that? on both sides? >> well, the interesting thing when you talk to democrats and some of the people around the president, they are a little bit baffled as to why the republican field is moving as slowly. because their view is this is a big enterprise that we're taking on. they raised north of $700 million last time and raise more this time. it takes a long time to raise that money. but just as important for the obama team, they still have this kind of grassroots mentality. and they know that their organization needs energy, enthusiasm. it needs to be rebuilt. they do that in a very particular way. one on one, a lot of work at the grassroots. they k

mississippi governor, haley barbour, has decided not to run in 2012. barbour says he lacked the fire in the belly that a candidacy would require. however, texas congressman, ron paul, is announcing he is forming an exploratory committee. >>> and donald trump is questioning president obama's background and qualifications. this time, the donald wants to see mr. obama's college records. trump told the associated press, he wants to know how the president got into two ivy league schools. >> i heard he was a terrible student. not like okay. i heard he was a bad student. how does a bad student then go to columbia and then go to harvard? how does this happen? >> earlier, of course, trump had jumped on the birther bandwagon, questioning exactly where the president was born. >>> and now, for this morning's weather from around the nation. severe weather that's been battering the south moves north later today, bringing hail, high winds, also tornados to the ohio valley, buffalo and pittsburgh. rain in the upper midwest, changing over to snow, in minnesota. up to a

that's going away it's going to be a lot of never stops giving sarah pailin to any of that list haley barbour all those people are viciously anti union there's going to be no question the labor movement is going to work to try to get barack obama reelected but here's the key question what is the rank and file going to do and you may remember i would be quick about this remember with bill clinton. actually in the congressional elections one of the reasons i would argue that bill clinton lost the congress in one thousand nine hundred four was he was out front supporting nafta and that was considered for the labor movement a do or die issue and so a lot of people felt that the rank and file been told for months and months and months nafta was a terrible thing which i agree about and so many many states rank and file workers union members simply did not come out to vote because they were so angry at the understood because the labor movement educated them that that would be a defeat for the labor which any jump now to two thousand and twelve a lot of people are going to have heard that barack obam

. >> whether candidates are what are potential candidates i should say, governor haley barbour was in florida this past week and he said that he is going to be competing in florida if he gets in the race. regardless of what happens with the primary calendar. when you hear that kind of language, what does that say to you about what's going to happen with florida and with the primary calendar? how can you threaten it some of your top candidates are investing about messing they don't care basically? >> guest: i mean, you have to understand that, and i think you do, that i in here at rose other republican national committee as chairman. it's my obligation as chairman of this committee to enforce the rules of the committee. it would seem that any fuel or any had any organization, one of their top obligations either enforce their constitutions or bylaws or articles of incorporation, my bylaws and my rules say that there are four states that go in the february primary window, and than any other state outside of those four states can compete after the first tuesday in march. now, what the rul

people heart of the obviously you know i was for we go tonight it's time for our tweet of the day haley barbour's wife told the a.b.c. affiliate in mississippi at the thought of her husband running for president horrifies her so the alone a show has to tweet us to us to have a nice show thanks for tuning in to make sure you come back tomorrow but washington post office has the goldstone report on israel and crimes in the news again so have a panel discussion on this. in the meantime don't forget to become a fan of the a lot of show on facebook and follow us on twitter and if you missed any of the night's show or any other nights you can always catch it all the slash steal our show where we post the interviews as well as the show in its entirety coming up next is the news with the latest headlines from the u.s. and other words. john berman here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. more news today violence is once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to look for asians to rule the day. and. downl

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the results of see pack two thousand and eleven one percent coming in last and that was this haley barbour's he's still in the race no no jon huntsman they were dick cheney son i think. ok also coming in a one percent not not much of a threat john thune senator senator i'm also not in all right rick santorum i think he's got a body fluid named after him and i think he has a website ok now in our hands it's of the more seriously former governor mike huckabee a candidate a lot of republicans i was very close to ron needs based practice too much and he only gets it on sundays one day a week music practice and they can be able to run. an up herman cain it's a guy he's a guy well if i know you want to live or die just be sure to come he raised two hundred thousand dollars last year that's i could raise that in the afternoon now trump was at the c. pac convention and this year he was not registered in the poll you can't win can't win you're crazy crying berthe or stop you just can't win i've moved around prosody just from a so qantas. was hoping to do it all with that with all the press is getting

before we go to a break, mississippi governor haley barbour says he will not seek the g.o.p. nomination. sources close to him say he saw a path to the nomination but not to beating obama. tell us the picture that was there for haley barbour that dissuadeed him from going any further with his hopeful -- this bid for him? >> he's the current governor. he is the governor of mississippi, and it's hard to run for president and have to go to iowa and new hampshire and south carolina, and run your state, and i think, you know, he mentioned that he didn't have the fire in the belly and i think that he wasn't -- it wasn't, you know, it is going to be whoever gets the republican nomination, a tough campaign against the sitting president, but i think that he didn't feel like he was had the commitment for it and he is also the current governor and running the state is something he has to pay attention to and i think he just didn't want to go any further. >> quick comments, haley barbour, from you? >> it is the fire in the belly thing and we have seen that before. it is an interesting com

haley barbour coming out against libya and outright opposing what we're doing in afghanistan and calling for reductions in the defense budget. bachmann coming out flatly against what we're doing in libya. no pun intended, but i think we're going that have a debate about national security that we have not had for a long time in this country. it will have to do with intervention, heavily influenced by the cost of our military budget, and it will be a good thing but something we have not seen for a long time in this country. >> join me in thanking the panelists for a great panel. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> the annual radio and television correspondents association dinner was held wednesday here in washington. it will be seen tonight at 8:00 eastern p.m. here on c-span. >> the student can competition had students across the country to look at washington, d.c. through their camera lens. they needed to better understand the role of the federal government. >> this is a -- an explanation of how a system work

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does he ultimately back somebody like haley barbour. but you have it was of those finalist who is will go into a crowded field and will get the closer scrutiny and romney is positioning himself to be able to draw this out and win kind of a through somewhat of a default as he goes deeper and deep near the primary process. >> david gregory, david, thanks for your insights. >>> melissa francis is at the news desk with more of today's top stories for us, melissa, good morning. >> good morning, everyone. we begin in miami, where another air traffic controller fell asleep on the job. nbc's michelle franzen has more. >> reporter: another air traffic controller asleep on the job. this time, during the midnight shift saturday at the miami air route traffic control center. and now the federal aviation administration is planning to make changes to air traffic controller's work schedules to combat fatigue. >> the fatigue that we're seeing in the control tower is the result of two few qualified controllers in the nation that can fill in. so they're

haley barbour's wife said the personal sacrifices for running for president horrifies her.he said it would consume the last part of their productive lives. asked whether she would support her husband if he does run, marsha said it was a commitment i'm praying about. rut-roh. we'll be right back. we're america's natural gas. and here's what we did today in homes all across america: we created the electricity that powered the alarm clocks and brewed the coffee. we heated the bathwater and gave kelly a cleaner ride to school. cooked the cube steaks and steamed the veggies. entertained dad, and mom, and a neighbor or two. kept watch on the house when they slept. and tomorrow we could do even more. we're cleaner, domestic, abundant and ready now. we're america's natural gas. the smarter power today. learn more at anga.us. we're with you when you're saving for your dreams. [ woman ] when you want a bank that travels with you. with you when you're ready for the next move. [ male announcer ] now that wells fargo and wachovia have come together, what's in it for you? unprecedented s

haley barbour proprietor. i don't know what anyone would expect to get by placing those kinds of bad. this week's issue of the nation has an article about the very act of a strong and hopefully successful single-payer campaign in vermont. describes the role of unions in supporting the. the critical role played by the workers association and the critical role played by independent political action enforcing these democrats to do what they haven't done before in that state or anywhere else and certainly not under howard dean. the new governor shall mind is doing what he is doing on the single-payer front going behind obamacare in the state level to the extent that's possible, as fast as possible and it's pretty slow because the strong democratic majority in both houses of legislator and a shumlin himself have to do with a viable political formation to the left. the party in vermont as members of the house have now elected a state matter with an independent socialist u.s. senator bernie sanders who is then a very

a rally taking place in support of two sisters hoping for a parred friend mississippi governor haley barbourovernor released the women from prison earlier on the condition one would donate a kidney to the other. the sisters served 16 years of a life sentence for a 1993 armed robbery when released. the governor will not pardon the women because he's never pardoned anyone who hasn't expressed guilt or remorse. >>> and you might have to fork over more cash in order to get your own cash out of an atm machine. banks like jpmorgan chase pla planning to charge $5 if you're not a customer and use their machines. in addition, other banks are planning to penalize those who don't keep a certain amount of money in their accounts. the fees are an attempt to make up for lost revenue. >>> a wisconsin judge hearing arguments about a proposed law to sharply limit union bargaining for public workers. scott walker, the man behind the law, forced to suspend it yesterday because the judge ruled it was not properly publiced. a wisconsin legislative staffer testified today that nearly 3,000 people were denied acce

. >> i would like to follow up his question, jeb bush, witmy question, haley barbour? >> liberals and conservatives are like venus and mars. it would never occurred to me to say joe biden -- ugh. haley barbour is an experienced politician. he has the best infrastructure, he has fundraisers. he is a very effective policy thinker and an experienced officeholder, and he has gone to the better than the pa unditocracy will think. >> thank you very much. it is start to head blacks who will discuss the decision to use this in libya. a look at the proposal for social security. it the chance to live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> they are dependent on the network news. it is their primary source of news and informations. >> coincide pivotal moment online. what it would every program from 1987 through today. it is bringing politics and public awareness, connecting you elected officials. weekdays, watch live coverage. on saturday is the communicators. you can also what our programming. it is all searchable. it is washington, a your way. >> this year's competition asks student

. >>> gladys and candace scott are hoping a rally at today's capitol will persuade governor haley barbouron them for a 1989 robbery. they're 16 years into a life sentence and were release ds on the condition that one donate a kidney to the other. that surgery is on hold until they both lose weight. barbour's office telling the ap he's unlikely to grant the pardon. >>> we're just one week away from a government shutdown. we've watched that countdown. we're hearing conflicting reports from the hill. democrats have floated the possibility of a deal with a magic number of $33 billion in cuts. but speaker boehner has repeatedly said it is not over till it is over. the speaker is trying to legislate and appease tea party freshmen trying to take a hatchet to this debt. nbc capitol correspondent luke is with us now. you were saying thaboner was like a groom trying to get married to this deal. how is the feud going on today? >> reporter: the tea party republicans and a lot of conservative members of congress here on the hill are very much opposed to any type of compromise that would be worked out

governor haley barbour toured there today. >> the great need here is for us to have the capacity to unravel all of this debris, to see if we've lost any more citizens. and that's going to take a little time. and then, we'll start cleaning up and rebuilding. i can tell you, smithville, they're chomping at the bit to start cleaning up and rebuilding. >> suarez: the national weather service reported the tornado that hit smithville had winds of 205 miles an hour, the most power to hit the state since 1966. even tombstones from the 1800s were ripped up and knocked aside. and the roll call of disaster continued across the south-- in tennessee... >> you wake up, you see everything you worked for and how long it took you, and it's all gone. >> in about ten seconds, it's gone. >> suarez: ...and in northern georgia, where dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed. we get the latest on the city hit hardest by the storms-- at least 42 people were killed and roughly 900 were injured after a tornado ripped through tuscaloosa, alabama. mayor walter maddox described what happened as a "nightmare," and he j

. >> i would like to follow up his question, jeb bush, with my question, haley barbour? >> liberals and conservatives are like venus and mars. it would never occurred to me to say joe biden -- ugh. haley barbour is an experienced politician. he has the best infrastructure, he has fundraisers. he is a very effective policy thinker and an experienced officeholder, and he has gone to the better than the pa unditocracy will think. >> thank you very much. it is start to head down. thank you all very much. >> defense secretary robert gates talked to reporters about military operations in libya. gary johnson launches his presidential campaign. >> here are some of the programs featured on c-span. three former secretaries of state, about american diplomacy, a revisit of the starr vs. clinton case, and memories of the white house during the presidency of her grandfather and father. on bob dole. for complete list of this week and cost programs, go online at c-span.org. the congressional directory, a complete guide to the 112th congress. contact information, including addresses, map

host: in politics for 2012, this is "usa today" with the news that haley barbour will not run for presidentit was the first of several to be announced the next few months, quickening the lethargic race for the republican nomination. it was a difficult zero arsenal choice, said barbour. it says that grover norquist, leader of of americans for tax reform, could see him as a white house chief of staff for a vice- president. ron paul is expected to announce today the creation of a presidential exploratory committee. this could trump those who have not made a decision whether to run. and they notably talk about mixed daniels, the governor from indiana. other politicians news. here is a new poll about donald trump running for president. he is fired up but he likely will not be hired. broad resistance, 63% of americans, including 43% of republicans saying they would not vote for trump for president. in the same poll, 38% say that obama was definitely born in the u.s.. 15% say that he was probably born in another country. 9% say that he was definitely born elsewhere. manhattan, credit is a democrat

haley barbour. i would also like to thank the media for their coverage of the event and helping us keep the public informed. event and helping us keep the public informed. i would like to thank all of our volunteers and donors and those of you watching. govern barber, if you could come up, i have a special thank you that comes with the message. >> just knock that bottle of water over. >> we will fix that later. to send you home with something to remember us by, i have been asked to give you this special gift that is a new hampshire made maple syrup proudly produced by the thompson family and the message that comes with it is it is in the honor of the great former governor of new hampshire tuesday great governor of mississippi. then i was just trying to be responsive to the questions. >> i happen to serve as a commissioner of the agency -- which you have in mississippi as well as here. >> stay in touch. >> would love to have repaired them -- would love to have you. >> thank you. >> this is where we'v

mississippi governor haley barbour says he was not seek the 2012 presidential nomination.ire in the belly to run. but texas congressman ron paul plans to announce today in iowa that he's forming an exploratory committee. paul is favorite among libertarians and also tea party members. >>> and president obama took a turn as the easter bunny's assistant yesterday as 30,000 kids and parents turned out for the annual easter egg roll. the weather could have not been more perfect for the white house lawn event. >> it was great weather. and mr. obama was hands on the leader as he helped kids get their eggs across the finish line and then high-fived the winner. keeping with the first lady's theme of, let's move, the kids also got a chance to play basketball and tennis. gorgeous weather there in d.c. >> not a bad day. i heard donald trump was there too looking for the birth certificate but didn't turn up anything. >> goes on and on and on. good luck with that donald. >> yeah. >> we'll be right back with more of "world news now." when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aa

mississippi governor, haley barbour, has decided not to run for president. as republicans struggle to find a front-runner, texas congressman, ron paul, is expected to form a committee today to explore his second presidential run. >>> nfl players are being told to report to work, a day after a federal judge granted their request to end a six-week lockout by owners. however, the labor dispute and next season remain up in the air because owners are already appealing the ruling. >>> and finally, beauty that's truly in the eye of the beholder. they have wrinkles and a killer overbite. but in a didn't stop 50 slobbering dogs from getting all dolled up at drake university's beautiful bulldog contest. the third time was a charm for lucy brown. shy she finally clinched top prize and will become a mascot of the track event there. >> she's kind of cute. >> she's very cute. >> thank you, sharyn. >>> let's go out to sam, now, with the weather. hey, sam. >> hey, george. we told you we have a severe weather outbreak for the next three days coming. in that, there's going to

we didn't see mitt romney at the rallies or another possible candidate, mississippi governor haley barbour. they are being a little more cautious, trying to strike that balance to reach out to the energized conservative tea party voters but also appeal to some of the more moderate republicans. >> cbs' jan crawford, thanks. here's erica. >> hard to believe but another air traffic controller was caught sleeping on the job over the weekend. it was the sixth time in a month. that prompted the faa to announce new rules. wyatt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the road show starts today. the head of the faa and the head of the air traffic controller's union begin a joint seven-city national tour today to stress face-to-face to air traffic controllers it is not acceptable to sleep on the job. and explaining to them the new faa regulations governing sleep and their schedules. the new faa rules order controllers to get more rest. the eighth case of sleeping on duty surfaced on saturday in miami at a regional control center for high altitude flights but in this case there were other controll

in line with what the president outlined just the other day and i would point out that governor haley barbour said if we republicans don't propose some savings of money on defense, we will have no credibility on anything else. of course the pentagon has never passed a g.a.o. budget and i think everybody who does budgets recognizes there are savings to be down -- found there. with that i yield three minutes to the distinguished assistant leader, mr. clyburn. the chair: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for three minutes. mr. clyburn: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i thank my friend for yielding me this time. we have heard from our republican friends that they are transforming medicare. they call it a move to premium support. they also say they are just fixing the flaws in medicaid. they say they are being brave and finally tackling entitlement reform. but earlier today on one of the morning shows i heard my friend from texas, jeb hensarling, being finally candid about the republicans' view of medicare, medicaid, and social security. he called them cruel ponzi schemes. so there

has the-- haley barbour is an experienced politician. he is a very effective policy thinker and an experienced officeholder, and he is going to do better than the pundits are going to suggest is the case. >> thank you very much. this has been a great panel. i appreciate all your comments. [applause] i also want to thank our underwriters. thank you all very much. >> here are the programs featured on c-span this holiday weekend. american diplomacy, lawyers who participated in thestarr vs. clinton case. president ford lost sonst steven. tom brokaw on bob dole. for complete list of this weekend us programs, go online at c-span.org. >> this weekend, american history tv on c-span3, an artist takes us back to the 19th century white house. ed larsen looks at the constitutional effects of the election of 1800. get the weekend schedule at c- span.org/history. >> this weekend on c-span2, in a covert affair, paul and julia child. from inventing the george washington, the legend of america's first president. also this weekend, the americanization of

governor haley barbour, a potential presidential candidate makes an appearance in new hampshire. now, today's "washington journal." in 45 minutes, massachusetts governor deval patrick. also >> we do not have to choose between a future of spiralling debt and one where we forfeit the investment of our people and our country. to meet our fiscal challenge, we will need to make reforms. we will all need to make sacrifices, but we do not have to sacrifice the america we believe in. as long as i'm president, we will not. ♪ host: president obama unveiled his deficit reduction plan yesterday. we want to get your thoughts on what is in the plan and the politics of it. the numbers to call this morning -- good morning and welcome to "washington journal." you can also e-mail us this morning. you can also find us on twitter. we will get your comments. let's take a look at some of the coverage of this story. "the washington post" leads with the headline "obama's plan combines cuts with tax hikes." host: very different interpretations of what this means and opinions in the opinion columns. "the