zero heartbur lou: the next guest says the postal service must generate $20 billion in revenue generations step was cutting $2 billion per year by reducing mail delivery. joining us now is the man who is going to get all of that done. patrick donahoe, sir, it's great to have you with us. lou: sequestration. will it have effect on you? i would think maybe you could use a few more. >> fortunately that is one thing we don't have to worry about. but you're right, we have enough others. lou: let's talk about every american who is connected to this. the problems that he faced and are trying to resolve, they are immense and profound. let's just take a look, taking a look at $16 billion. the bulk of the losses due to future retiree health benefits. we have a 2006 law that forces you to pay 5.5 billion into the future retiree benefits. this is a tough situation. the first question is will he be able to make it here, and will the postal service survive? >> yes, we have a plan. it is rather complex for things that we have to do, but everything is doable. we can get back on firm financial footing and

zero heartbur lou: when it comes to the future of the rpublican party, branding is a big deal. new poll shows voters supporting a budget plan by a 2:1 margin. they plan very similar to that ryan proposal. yet when asked which party they trusted more on budget issues voters trusted the democrats by 35%. it is a bigger margin than the margin of victory for president obama in november. the republicans 30%. that is on trust, that is as they say in the trade a big deal. the national republican committee today issued a scathing self critique of the republican party recent failures focus groups describe republicans as narrowminded, out of touch. $1.2 billion last year in the last presidential election alone and the future of the g.o.p. understanding you can't get it done just with money. as a result, the republican national committee has decided to pour resources into its ground game targeting youth and women and hispanics and other minorities while focusing on making the party's message more inclusive and open to different views. i don't know what they paid for the study, but that is

zero heartbur lou: tonight, this is sort of a congratulations to the members of the mainstream liberalia. i have been wanting to do this for a long time, and compliment you. you finally start pushing back against the obama administration. let's be honest, you have been taken for granted, haven't you? all it took was for a left-leaning legendary journalist to disclose that white house economic advisor had warned he might regret his reporting on the sequester. thanks to that, the national journal coming forward with their own accounts of white house bullying. we can count at least seven other threats by this administration. the white house just can't help itself, apparently. and the media because they are starting to show independence and wants to return to their responsibilities. but those numbers stayed away from it. and here are some of the examples of what happened with this white house, they started out early with my favorite outfit, fox, of course. october 2009 right off the bat the president tried to boycott fox news from a round of interviews with kenneth feinberg. the backlash e

zero heartbur lou: breaking news tonight, former customs and bored protect officer in california hasal immigrants for financial gain, we used to call that smuggling, hector rodriguez received bribes. it sounds like he brought in a lot of illegal immigrants. that in exchange for letting them enter unlawfully. we want to deal with this carefully, rodriguez worked at an inspection lane at san ysidro port of entry, he faces up to 35 years of prison, let me get this right, the corruption is not just on southern side of the border. it is on both sides, we found one guy they convicted amazing, we're back. we're talking about the political correctness, politics of this. you know, let's put away our partisan viewer and talk about the idea this mentally disturbed young man, his mother, with the gun she taught him to shoot. what in the world could she be thinking. >> you hear that, what was wrong with this mother. but it was probably the only way she could connection with this kid. she had a kid that could not connection with the world, it is possible, at at the time she was teaching him he was

zero heartbur lou: my next guest, one of most important figures in conservative movement over last 40familiar with ed foalner. man who helped shape ideas william f buckley. andarry goldwater, great to have you with us. a fascinating book. >> ed, started out with just very simple idea h called briefcase test. that was that we don't -- that people take a year on write or read. lou: he could have done well in television. >> can you put the research in a brief case, can you read it within an hour. today every think tank in washington d.c. does the same thing. lou: going through the issues, whether free trade, foreign pocy, role of the individual, freedom of the individual, you don't hear people talk about independence, individualism, self reliance, those values are all but unheard of and undiscussed in washington, d.c. >> that is what your new president jim demint is determined to do something about. we've been working in washington all these years. we realize we have to go to the grassroots, because i the people in congress won't see the light, make them feel the heat. that is what senat

zero heartbur ♪ lou: well, amidst all today, the housing market showing signs of a robust recovery.r vice chair of the fed and noted economist alan blinder joins us here tonight to tal about the possibilities of a return to prosperity. and on wall street, the dow jones industrials powering through all those zero lorries to close higher. many investors still concerned about the eu bailout and the cyprus rejection of the eu mandated tax on the small depositors. news that the housing sector is stronger than expected helping to overcome some of the markets and today. the dow up about four points. the s&p fell to the sameumber, the nasdaq down almost nine. big board volume today picking up. gold moving higher, up 670, closing at 161130. crude oil dropping a dollar 58 to 9216 per barrel. the bond market and interest rates falling. the ten year treasury just under 2%. federal reserve policymakers beginning their 2-day meeting. my next guest said the fed will has been substantial, don't expect changes anytime soon. that should be music to the ears of most investors. joing us, former federal

zero heartbur ♪ lou: by now just about everybody knows, especially if you watch this broadcast, thats mayor, michael bloomberg, is financing the assault on the second amendment that is now nationwide. essentially, the billionaire mayor wants to buy second amendment. here's just one example of where he's spending part of his estimated, well, "forbes" estimates his net worth at about $27 billion. i think that's probably fair give or take a billion. the mayor's superpac has poured more than $2 million into one congressional race in chicago, illinois, alone. now, that's the bluest of blue states, and the district previously represented by jesse jackson jr., making it one of the bluest districts of a blue state anywhere in the country. the mayor's pac decided to spend that millions of or dollars on ads to defeat a democratic candidate in the primary who didn't support a ban on assault weapons, and the mayor's candidate did prevail. but the good mayor, who is now in his third term and who's spent more than $100 until in his last campaign just to win an office that he was term limited out o

zero heartbur ♪ lou: the prosecution in the murder trial accusing the defense psychologist of havings for the defendant on the sixth day of testimony from dr. richard samuels. he maintains she suffers from ptsd indonesia. just wrapped up his testimony. expert on domestic violence. joining us tonight, fox news legal analyst from a criminal defense attorney. former federal prosecutor. good to have you both here. let me start, if i may, with you. i mean, how much attention can you give the defense witness? wearing neon. >> and we are on the number 35, but here is the thing. the defense really needs the jury to believe this guy. he is a paid expert. he needs to explain why she has a problem with telling the truth whenever lips are moving because if the jurors do not believe her , she is going to get the chair. if they do believe her she has a shot. frankly, i don't think he's doing a bang a job. lou: your thoughts? >> that is a euphemism if i ever heard it. i think the ag completely stepped in the rink. his testimony was horrible. his entire reason for being there is a tell the jury why

zero heartbur ♪ lou: billions of christians around the world celebrating good friday, marking the dayvatican city, pope francis presided over is first good friday massenet after becoming the first catholic to wash the feet of both christians and muslims. in jerusalem hundreds of christians retracing the traditional route that jesus took his crucifixion. in the philippines devoted catholics re-enacted the crucifixion of jesus, spending several minutes delta crosses in an annual ritual. almost daily threats now coming from north korea, the number three and later, his country's missile units and rocket units are on standby to attack u.s. military bases in south korea and the pacific. his move comes one day after a nuclear capable u.s. -- to bomber dropped in nerd munitions on a range in south korea to make a point that during joint military drills with south korea . the white house dismissed today's developments in the united states is both capable and willing to defend its interests in the region. and in philadelphia tonight a man is being called a hero, risking his life for a stranger.

zero heartbur ♪ lou: joining me now, the "a-team," opinion page editor., and radio talk-show host. good to haveou all here. let's start with, well, first, see pac saying, you know, mr. vice president, keep your advice and we will keep our guns. the battle is on. the judiciary has move the legislation out to ban assault weaaons. how is this going to wrap up? >> i don't think anything is going to move forward. i heard you earlier in the program talking about some colorado legislature passing a -- i guess they want to register guns. tried that here in florida. that is not going to fly. and as for shot guns being fired into the sky, he is right. the vice president continues to say stupid things about guns, and that is just better for us. lou: well, if we could slow down the stupidity the originating with politicians it would be quite a different world. one of those politicians would be michael bloomberg who has gone after just about everything in this city but pot holes and poverty. under his terms of foo stamps have doubled. hair you shocked? >> no because f

zero heartbur ♪ lou: the long awaited results of the federal reserve board stress test of the nation'sgest banks released after the close of the market today only one bank failed to demonstrate that it could handle a severe economic calamity, allied financial. the other 17 the fed says are able to handle the sharp deep downturn in the economy. next week the fed will announce which banks will allow it to proceed with higher stock buyback and dividend payment plans. of course, more good news for markets and the brimming with positivity three days of record highs from the dow. the market continues his winning ways are we do for a pullback? we will be talking with the president of holland balance fund will join us in moments. first, if we may, few market notes. dropping to los level since president obama has been in office for the third time this week with the dow reaching another record high. the dow up 33 points. the new record 14,000. higher. the s&p in the dow up five straight sessions. the nasdaq up nine points. volume o the big board. the dow is not the only record high. all three br