we're also publishing the awaken there, and long awaited more by helen wheeler about her life with jack kerouac, lenny bruce, allen ginsberg, in greenwich village in the '60s. she is also involved in the publishing scene in the '50s so it is more than just focusing on kerouac, it presents a bigger picture of literary life in new york in the '50s in greenwich village which continues to voice seemed to be of interest so we're excited about that one. in and that our latest but that just came out is called the people diaries, learning to love watching ourselves and our neighbors by how we need to me and when helen is talking about is at one time everyone was interested in pop culture because they were as numerous celebrities, but he has pointed this term and that the focus is down from celebrities to the focus on yourself, that you actually can be the celebrity and you can do that by blogs and web sites and youtube videos. it is a commentary on what the change of technology has traded for social and cultural life in the u.s. and it is very entertaining and actually in search ourselves and a

he gets to the podium and takes a question from helen thomas. robert gibbs gets up there, says, the president believes that judge sotomayor's life story is a compelling one and her voice will be an important addition to the supreme court. then he calls on helen thomas. question, did she pay her taxes? mr. gibbs said, pardon me? question, did she pay her taxs? mr. gibbs, well, i have not seen anything on that. in fairness, i should know -- i should note that it appears jouge sotomayor has paid her taxes, so there's some complain that she's had life experiences other obama nominees have not. there were more serious issues that emerged in the rollout process two. issues concerned comments she made not in the context of a written judicial opinion but comments she made in articles. the first was her statement she made at berkeley law school where she said, i would hope that a wise latino woman, with the richness of her experience, would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white man who hasn't lived that life hsm second was at duke la

as drew, packages of common sense, with the executive director and newest member to our coalition, helen. the interview for policy studies, the executive director, these are a range of organizations who believe in the integrity of government. you couldn't have a better panel of people representing how to fix the american defense system. the 3 people behind us -- the first behind me, the editor of the book, winslow t. wheeler, he is currently the center of defense information, has a fantastic history as the only person to work in congress simultaneously for a democrat and republican, i don't think anyone else has ever done that. and he also worked at the general accounting office. next to him is tom christie is started in the 50s in the pentagon, most recently serving as director of operational test and evaluation for 4 years in the pentagon. and nt also having started in the defense industry, pierre sprey was one of the original whiz kids who went to be part of the spider mafia, and is part of the fantastic team responsible for the design of the f-16. i am going to sit down because we ha

. >> thank you, helen. she is 101 years old and she is here with them here.y is enjoying watching ryan zimmerman getting a base hit here in tampa bay. >> bob: isn't that something, long before ryan zimmerman was a gleam in our eye. >> rob: that's his great grandmother? she is 101. that is amazedding. >> i'm just hoping to be up right at 61. >> bob: well, 51 is the new 35. and a base hit to right field for b. j. upton. look out now. this is where the rays can get their base running going. they have a disrupter who stole 18 and they have a disrupter in the batter's box who has stolen 35. crawford bounced tout anderson hernandez up the middle, first time. upton holding. best defense against that, getting ahead in the count. strikes 1. so these two have combined for 53 steals and they only have been caught eight times. >> that total is probably more than 24 teams in baseball. >> quick release, safe at second is b. j. upton. josh bard got rid of that ball in a hurry and that's number 19 for b. j. >> you want your catcher, you see that josh bard getting ready to fi

we're also publishing the way kenner, it is long awaited by helen weaver. she is also involved in the publishing scheme in the fifties it really presents a bigger picture of literary life in new york in the '50s in greenwich village which continues to always seem to be of interest and we are excited about that one. the latest book that just came out is called the peep diaries. what howard talks about is at one time everyone was interested in pop culture because everybody is fascinated by celebrities but he coined the term that the focus has gone from celebrities to the focus on yourself that you can be the celebrity and you can do that by blogs, websites, youtube videos, it is a commentary on how that change in technology has created for a so-called -- social and cultural life is very entertaining and insert himself and lots of scenarios. he was at be a today twittering people's secrets. people were asked if they wanted to get a book today they have to tell us a secret and he went on the twitter account and treated as those the sigrid's. and some of the new

will he admit -- i wouldn't listen to the honorable member from helen's south. he's pretty useless when he worked for us and he's pretty useless to us now. will he now accept his spending plans from 2011 mean a real terms cut? >> what he is saying to us and i just he better listen to this debate 'cause it's going to go on for many months. yes, exactly, exactly. what he is saying to us is regardless of growth, employment, interest rates or inflation. he is dogmatically set on a 10% cut in most departmental expenditures. let me read the real term current expenditure. 603 to 299, to 642. what is that a real terms current expenditure. i've already explained about capital expenditure but what's happening after the olympics but gross investment real term -- well, mr. speaker, he hasn't produced one figure yet and i've just given him the figures. 63, 55, 49. and we are going to make up that by the asset sales we've already announced in the prebudget report and i have to tell him -- i have to tell him that current expenditure will continue to rise in cash and real terms

then he calls on helen thomas. >> question, did he pay her taxes? >> mr. gibbs says did she pay her taxes? >> well, i have not seen anything on that. in fairness i should note that it does appear she has paid her taxes so i think there is some truth to the claim that judge sotomayor has had life experiences that other obama nominees have not. there were more serious issues that emerged. two of the issues that arose concerned comments that judge scothe made of a written opinion, but law school forum and the like. the first was the statement she made at berkeley where she said "i would hope that a wise latino woman with the richness of her experiences would reach a better experience than a white man who would never live that life." the second is where she said the court of appeals is where the policy is made. she said i know this is on tape and i should never say that. i think both of these comments raise concerns. both present perfect legitimate areas of inquiry. the u.s. senate and individual senator haves a constitutional evaluation to evaluate the nomine

helen? >> the "new york times" -- why didn't the president totally -- >> the i have not seen that number. i think the president has discussed ensuring that there is a public option to increase choice and competition in healthcare as we seek to reduce costs for families and small businesses. >> the president said today that as part of the healthcare reform act that he'll ask congress to enact this year, and then he talked about the agreement that he was hailing today, in discussing the $80 billion agreement that he was praising today, he talked about it in the context of the broader medicare -- broader healthcare reform. is this in any way hooked to the passage of x, y and sechlt or will this agreement stand alone even as everything else flows? >> i think f a.r.m.a. is better to answer that but to get broad-based savings in healthcare, we'll need comprehensive healthcare reform. >> do you have any more guidance on wednesday for us in terms o of -- >> i'm sorry? >> the townhall, the healthcare

asking tough questions with other people in the news, backing up people like helen to get the job done. again, i am a dilettante in this, but like all the good government actions going on right now, i realize that, you know, i am the far end of the internet. i know enough to see when something good is going on, and then i will stand up for those activities, and then, i will do more. today, the fda announced the new transparency initiative. not bad. i will tell people about it. i do not think i am being a journalist when i do that kind of thing. i am just trying to be a stand a guy with all of my fault. >> a tough question. identify yourself. >> what moral and ethical responsibilities should there be for an advertiser on craigslist? i did get a job from your list that i did work for in january, february, and march that i still have not gotten paid for. do you have a suggestion for me to try to get my current pay? and one result from the situation is that i have had an extended but not always welcome email correspondence with ted leonsis and another used to be at aol. >> well, there are

there are certain international norms of freedom of speech, freedom of expression -- hold on a second, helen -- that's a different question. and i think it's important for us to make sure that we let the iranian people know that we are watching what's happening, that they are not alone in this process. ultimately what's going to be most important is, what happens in iran. and we have all been struck by the courage of people and i mentioned this i think in a statement i made a couple of days ago, some of you who had been covering my campaigns, know this is one of my favorite expressions, dr. king's expression. we have to believe that ultimately justice will prevail. all right. thank you, guys. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the house is in recess until 6:30 eastern for votes on bills debated earlier today. a look at the administration's plans for health care reform. >> joining us from the break room at the white house is linda douglas. the overall question seems to be who is going to pay for this and how, can

recovery act funding is sustained in 2011 and beyond with regard to early childhood and healthcare, and helen factor plan to work with the secretary commerce secretary duncan, to look at the coordination of services for children who are under five. >> thank you congresswoman. as you have just said, the 2000 budget does include an increase in funding for head start and early headstart that would start with a platform that was put in place by the enormous investment of the recovery act money, and i think that is so essential. i have had the opportunity to do a lot of work in early childhood education and i take very seriously the notion that this is probably the best single investment we can make in america, and their research on brain development is pretty clear that come up between birth and for years old particularly is an enormous growth period. we in fact, i had the first one when i was still governor of kansas, and he was already the secretary about the

we are already publishing in the awakening, a long-awaited memoir by helen weaver, about her life with jack kerouac, lenny bruce, allen ginsberg, greenwich village in the '60s, also involved in the publishing scene in the '50s so it is more than just focusing on kerouac, it really presents a bigger picture of literature life in new york in the '50s in greenwich village which continues to voice seemed to be of interest. we are excited about that one. and that our land is put that just came out as, like learning to love watching ourselves and our neighbors. and what he is talking about is at one time everyone was interested in pop culture because everyone is fascinated by celebrities but he has coined the term people culture and that's the focus is gone from celebrities to the focus on yourself that you actually can be the celebrity and you can do that by blogs and web sites and youtube videos. if seven is a commentary on what that change in technology has created for social and cultural life in the u.s.. is very entertaining in he actually inserts himself and loss of scenarios. he blogs

[inaudible] >> hold on a second, helen. that's a different question. and i think it's important for us to make sure that we let the iranian people know that we are watching what's happening, that they are not alone in this process. ultimately though what's owing to the most important is what happens in iran, and we've all been struck by the courage of people. and i mentioned this i think in a statement i made a couple of days ago. some of you who have been covering my campaigns know if this is one of my favorite expressions was doctor king's expression that it bends towards justice. we have to believe that ultimately justice will prevail. all right. thank you. >> [inaudible conversations] >> president obama spending about 50 or more minutes answering a dozen or so questions from reporters in the brady press briefing room. we would like to get your reaction. make sure you turn down your television or radio when you call in. and if you have called a program in the last 30 days, give others a chance to call in this afternoon. president obama dealing large