just ahead on the night shell just days after closing its deal with the huffington post a.o.l. confirmed that it's going to lay off employees of staff first so tonight we'll speak to a writer that striking against the huffington post or there at the lead. by john berman here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture a. new web site with twenty four seven live streaming news towns what to do about the ongoing financial hardship unlimited free high quality videos for download. the top ten stories you'll never find on mainstream news. some of these so we listen to. posting more on aren't just touched. for flimsy low and he has told them rachel about these women nothing people are suggesting she's a looker you know she says she's a star. fleet . love. when a well bought the huffington post for three hundred fifteen million dollars last month we asked if that would mean that paid employees of a.o.l. would be cut since the huffington post has an army of contributors who don't receive a dime and it looks like to some extent that prophecy is now coming t

now bill lately we've seen a lot of mergers huffington post and a.o.l. are the only ones you see in the daily beast and newsweek do the same thing and you know compare that to the way that the huffington post started with just a few people with a one million dollar investment do you think that we'll still see new alternatives new huffington post popping up or is everything just becoming you know to mesh together in the hands of too few people. i'm a small independent art publisher i have no expertise in that area so i couldn't give you an informed answer but every when you look at the the media landscape and especially on the internet when it comes to blogs you know with the feeling that. there's a real problem i think that professional writers journalists have in this country the media overall really has had a dumbing down as so many commentators have indicated and what we were guard our interest to be is to carry on as high level of public conversation about visual art and we think that should apply in all other areas as well we are not operating at th

economy but it's a battle between two media outlets and personalities new york times takes on the huffington post claiming the only one of these two is the king when it comes to media royalty so who's the winner we're going to find out and i do you consider gays to be second class citizens we'll speak with a man who use of that explanation to get himself out of jury duty and he'll join us to tell us to say why he thinks he isn't considered equal then is joe biden was visiting with russian heads of state and talking about recess national intelligence director james clapper claim that russia and china are mortal threats to the united states so which one is it and we would like to toast our friday with a dose of happy hour or discuss the latest dating sites and there's even one school in florida who is redefining the term hot for teacher details on all that and more in tonight's show but first let's move on to our top story. a catastrophic eight point nine earthquake struck off the coast of japan today followed by a devastating tsunami that battered many regions of the country and officials est

and that would be old and in with the new is it time for the new york times to get with the times huffington post seems to think so we'll debate old media versus news . it's friday march eleventh four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine friends out there watching our city. well to start off today we want to look at the situation in japan where a catastrophic eight point nine earthquake struck off the coast there followed by a devastating tsunami that battered many regions of the country now officials estimate thousands are dead and thousands more missing throughout the day today devastating pictures of cars being fronts on highways by powerful water and people literally running for their lives that the most major damage was to the port city of sendai in the northeastern part of the country and the close of major city to the epicenter of the earthquake and now of the aftereffects include not only aftershocks but fears of a radioactive fallout after a japanese nuclear power plant northeast of tokyo is having the major issues i want to go now to columbus ohio and speak to harvey wasserman he is

pay for huffington. because it is creating real content the reporters are really going out and tracking down sources eccentric cetera so they have that going for them but again in the present climate where people are mining news for people are looking for stuff that appeals to them and a validates their own point of view you could say validates a liberal point of view with huffington post validates a conservative point of view with fox and certain blogs people aren't looking for that deep analysis they're looking for stuff that the validates their own opinions and they can get those quickest be it about politics or charlie sheen but i was just about to say a you know people also look for even intelligent people look for the gap that they look for those cute kitten videos do you need those cute kitten videos those gossip those blogs yet to be successful get macuser you do but you can mix it and i think that again the times is a little bit over here but moving towards huffington post i'm going to post as i

with the old and in with the new is it time for the new york times to get on with the time the huffington post seems to think so we'll debate old media versus new. it's friday march eleventh eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for us now you're watching our t.v. well the sun has now come up in japan and the fallout from japan's eight point nine earthquake is getting worse by the minute the tsunami that it triggered was the cause of some of the most dramatic pictures from that region homes swept up in the wave cars literally being washed off the highway people running and swimming for their lives well it turns out the chain reaction of events has made things a whole lot worse and the country has now declared states yes states of emergency for five nuclear reactors to power plants about twenty thousand people are being evacuated from the vicinity of the fukushima plant or a backup generator failed making it impossible for the cooling system to supply water to cool the reactor now we are hearing reports of radiation levels of one thousand times normal inside that plant and there's a ch

you know people will come so you know on one hand we've got a look at the numbers here arianna huffington elise estimates there are estimates that she has seventy percent more unique page views than the new york times so what's going on here with this back and forth it's a lot more complicated than a battle of you know godzilla versus rudy and in the old japanese monster movies. it's not an ego thing it is a structural thing but it's also not as complicated or not complicated not as simple as old media versus new times as in first of all a lot into beefing up its online presence or area on the turns around and says well we have a lot more people coming to see you know the new war a lot more people go see a stupid romantic comedy. a really complex drama i mean there's no mystery there but the fact is the new york times is the source of a lot of the news that the quote aggregate on to other sources in other words yes they do pick and choose and cherry picked other stories you're based on their stories on other people's work because there's not a lot of original news gathering here anymore a

between watching him and talking to arianna huffington all night and kirk douglas, i didn't hear what>> jimmy: you were at the vanity fair party with arianna huffington, isn't she. >> crazy like a rich fox. >> jimmy: yeah. >> richer than you. >> jimmy: i know she is but still there's many people that are crazy that are richer than i am. >> why would you think she's crazy. >> i'll tell you why because she did something to me once a long time -- >> now we're getting to it. >> jimmy: that i've never told anyone before. i used to do "win ben stein's money." [ applause ] >> jimmy: and she was on the show and she was eliminated. i'm standing at the podium and she started squeezing my ass during the show. repeatedly squeezing it and i didn't know what to do. i turned bright red. i was like 12 years old or something at the time. and i go, this is a crazy person. who would do this? >> what did you do with your erection? >> jimmy: i always leave it in the dressing room. >> that's -- [ laughter ] >> that is certainly not the arianna i've known. >> jimmy: she never touched you. >> i'm going to ta

not just one faction robin i'm a good over the program contributor to the huffington post news website as you are thanks for being on r.t. . it is let's get back now to that meeting between prime ministers of russia and slovenia the crisis in libya was at the center of attention there as well journalists are split in a post into a comment on his recent harsh comparison of the libyan campaign to a crusade a previous reply counted media speculation about differences within the russian leadership over the issue we've got it translated for you now. and used to be really pretty units we were different so use on appearance in libya within the russian leadership the president of the russian federation is in the only one who finds foreign policy and there can be nor do virgins here this was the crux of the matter is that we should be thinking about the victims the number of whom the scrawling use a result of the civil war still look lambing obligations to retore those who are behind us tragic you should think about this and predict their saul's will be important and you can also catch up with

writers to fill those spots some are even now protesting the huffington post and we'll find out why the tales on all those stories and much more but first our top story. today marks the start of the homeland six house homeland security committees hearings on radicalization in the muslim community with congressman peter king leading the inquisition artie's kalen for brings us more on the first day of the hearings. chairman peter king launching his hearings on the radicalization of muslims in america complete with beefed up security dozens of cameras there's a dramatic witness and someone to blame we just got these extremist invaders from raping their minds american citizen hearings have received much media attention since they were announced but some say the hearing still from what could be underlying causes the muslim radicalization in the united states including the role u.s. foreign policy in the arab and muslim world has played in muslim feelings towards america but some muslim. say it's u.s. support for oppressive regimes in the middle east. and interventions in iraq and afghani

. >> aol announced today it would cut jobs worldwide after its recent purchase of the huffington postmost are from india. after today's cuts, aol total work force is what the company had in its peak in 2004. >> president obama acknowledged the efforts of two mill valley sisters this morning at the white house anti-bullying summit. they met with the president and first lead michelle obama. they got interested in the story after hearing about libya. they wrote a letter of support and encouraged their friends to do the same. in the month that followed, libya received thousands of more letters around the country and those letters were eventually compiled into a book. >> support for young people. they've wanted to wish olivia well and let her know somebody out there was talking or thinking about her. let her know that she wasn't alone. and because those children treated olivia with that small measure of kindness, it helped olivia perceive there was a light at the end of the tunnel. >> the president and first lady welcomed more than 150 students, parents and educators to discuss how to make

part of the deal allows orienting huffington to run the media operations.rt will not hear any these challenges to the reference to god. they're saying it infringes on eat his religious beliefs that the with the inscription of the motto in god we trust on u.s. currency. a programming note we will be running nbc programming as the giants' game errors on nbc you can touch " to do you think you are? kron4 news at 11. dr.phil which normally carries a clock will be on at 3:00 p.m.. we'll be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues a live look of san francisco a few high clouds. [ jerry ] look at this! you got a state-of-the-art man-cave, but the savings account of a cave-man! hey sports fans check this out. [ beep ] oops, my bad. earn more with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking, baby! ooh, 3-d! instead of earning bupkus, your savings could be earning three times the national average! three times more. go online to capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? what's this do? [ beeping ] >> mark: hazelnuts tainted with e. coli, seve

welcome back to the kaiser report you know nobody goes to drudge report or huffington post anymore they go to business insider dot com why this man joe wilson fall the cia or the oracle the no are all joe welcome back to the kaiser report thanks for having me it's been a long time all right joe let's let's hop into it in you are a legendary paper bug. but i love paper are i love printed currency i love central banks i figure the way to prosperity is to just print more and more that's right and but somehow you managed to see the silver lining in just about every mushroom cloud out there so you're you're conflicted within your soul joe you need to seek an exorcist and have that devil of paper bugged him removed but anyway joe wiesenthal nuclear disaster in japan revolutions in the middle east north africa chaos reigns and yet joe is a dull you're still a paperboy you still kind of see things. japan is faced with the exit an existential crisis and everyone wants to buy yen what is this collapse going to happen that this this is a great paper this club every time record trees economy gets i

the cuts to eliminate overlap in personnel from recent purchase of the huffington post. 700 job cuts are in india. and 200 from content and technology departments in the united states. today's announcement leaves aol with 3500 employees in the u.s. and 500 overseas. at its peak there were more than 20,000 employee autos you tube is teeming up with two major universities to launch a new media program. the video sharing web site announced the you tube creator institute at the university of california and columbia college, chicago. the course work ranging from digital film making to social media strategy. and first course begins in may. >> a new musical opens up at eureka theater, representing years of work for a san francisco composer, crediting a parks theater program for providing his start. >> inside of the mind of a dreamer reflected on a failed relationship told in the show "as always". words never spoken like this. >> the story about love and loss and redemption i've been fascinated by dreams at nights. >> this life under scored by cello and piano. >> started out as a collection

the move comes after this week's purchase of the huffington post. a.o.l. will cut 200 jobs in its u.s. editorial and technology units, including journalists and support staff. the rest of the job cuts are in india. as part of the restructuring, a.o.l. says it will rely less on freelance writers, using more full-time journalists. >> susie: washington is closely watching the nation's farm belt. the head of the federal deposit insurance corporation, sheila bair, says rising farmland values could create a credit problem for farmers. prices for crop land have doubled in the last decade. but as diane eastabrook reports, there's little fear of a price bubble in the midwest. >> reporter: 65 miles west of chicago, 179 acres of prime farmland are up for grabs. the asking price-- just under $8,000 an acre. >> it has almost a mile-and-a- half of frontage that curves around this way. >> reporter: land broker ray brownfield says farmers and a few investors are among the interested buyers. >> we've got some really good prospects looking at the ground, so we're hoping tha

with us today, "the huffington post's" howard fineman, the bbc's katty kay, msnbc's norah o'donnell and "time magazine's" rick stengel. "time magazine" has this cover, is america still number one? nobody knows, job growth is on the right path right now but if we don't cut the debt, will america's greatness end, and if we don't invest in education and research, will greatness end? decade after decade, we relearn that the american belief in our strength tends to be self sulfilling and presidents to speak to that faith in the future tend to lead there and those who speak to worry don't do as well. jimmy carter, 1979. >> the erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of america. >> the 2012 race will test president obama's ability to inspire confidence, optimism in the future in the face of increasing global rivalries. there's a big partisan divide on this and nbc's last poll, 39% of democrats said the country's in decline, just 39%. but look at this jump. 58% of independents and 69% of republicans who live in the same country think

. >> area huffington just got paid millions of dollars. why not just call them commercials and move on? >> that is not who we are. we are public radio, and it is part of the fabric that we do that we are non-commercial and not for profit. we have corporate underwriting. if you'd be hard-pressed for anyone to listen to the five- second spots and think they are anything like what you hear on commercial radio. would love to have more revenue from philanthropists, from listeners, from corporations? of course. we work very hard to try to increase the revenues so that we can have more money to spend on our reporting. but we have no plans and will not have a plan to become a commercial enterprise. that is not who we are. that is not how we are chartered. it is part of the implicit pact that we have with our listeners that we are a not-for-profit news organization. >> the earlier question about

and the huffington post media group. we'll have more on that in just a moment. twitter has just released a new video featuring users from all around the world. check it out. >> people can exchange ideas and information instantaneously. countries and cultures are brought together like never before. >> i want to listen to the american people. >> i use twitter to keep in touch. >> i use twitter to listen. tavis: there are a thousand thoughts i had watching that tape. the last one was that twitter may be the only thing in washington these days that is bipartisan. didn't i see democrats and republicans in that piece? >> yes, you did. tavis: everyone using twitter. did you imagine this five years ago? >> i want to say yes, but absolutely not. the only thing we imagined is creating blogging platforms and other ways of expressing yourself. we had a hunch it could be potentially valuable. but at the very beginning, it was about fun. it was about scratching an itch. about building something that we really wanted to be building. tavis: since you say valuable, i'll ask one

foreign minister most of those next hour in our program and michael hughes a journalist for the huffington post says those who are pushing for gadhafi his regime to be destroyed aren't considering what the situation will be in the be without him. russia has it you know. we need to stay out of business but what bothered me was the western agenda it's always been anti-gay topics. and for some reason we want to. we need to use him as a pariah kind of rallies i rally western rail because he's the antithesis of what america what america is about. as a vision of it is great for the right wing you know people like mccain mcconnell get all excited about on the farm another country so and they think toppling him is the key to taking control you know they have no idea what it's going to look like if they did that song you know could be a host so war civil war if you will we could be the tribal tribal factions going at it and then you have the you know the implements element ironically if we are being erratic we're going to be intervening on the side of one of us once again here we go i panic and aga

and michael hughes journalist for the huffington post says those who are pushing for a get off his regime to be destroyed aren't considering what the situation will be in libya without him. russia has it but you know. perfectly well we need to stay out of this in a tenth of what. western agenda is always been anti to the topic. and for some reason we want to. we need to use him as a pariah kind of rally i rally western rail because he's the antithesis of what well at america what american about freedom. just isn't this a vision of it is great for the rightwing people like mccain mcconnell to get all excited about going to another country so and they think toppling him is the key to taking control you know the i'm ill i view what is going to look like after the battle there can be a host so more civil war if you will it could be tribal tribal factions going at it and then you have the you know be a drama selman ironically if we are being direct we're going to be intervening on the side of a lot of is one thing then they will go i understand again so we're going to invade them and so we're

and michael hughes a journalist for the huffington post says those who are pushing for get out his regime to be destroyed aren't considering what the situation will be in libya without him. russia has it it's you know. we need to stay out of business sense of what bothered me was the western agenda it's always been translated. and for some reason we want to. we need to use him as a pariah kind of rallies but i really western rail because he's the antithesis of what america what america is about. his vision of it is great for the right wing you know people like mccain and mcconnell we get all excited about going to another country so and they think toppling him is the key to taking control you know they have no idea what is going to look like that there should be a coast to war civil war if you will it could be the tribal tribal factions going at it and then you have the you know the atlantic element ironically if we are being eroded we're going to be intervening on the side of a lot of us once again here we go i have banished management so we're going to invade and then it's already in va

i do think that there are efforts in places like florida folks like the huffington post are trying to unite the homeowners who are underwater the homeowners who are fighting it to hang on to do something to change something and you know as they say politicians don't don't see the light it's really feel the heat there you go michael hudson brilliant thank you so much for being with us tonight thanks dan. meanwhile the banks toure's who inflated the housing bubble and lured people into signing exploding mortgages are doing just fine now thanks to their government bailout and their tax cuts courtesy the republican party now they have enough money to from inflate another bubble so they can screw us all again have you noticed how gas prices and food prices are both on the rise and think the same bankers for that i'll have more on this and still take . it's time for a daily poll your chance to tell us why you think the question for today two years after the u.s. housing market crashed twenty five percent of homeowners risk losing their homes will anything be done here are your choices a yes

this round of lay offs will eliminate over lap from aol's recent purchase of the huffington post. >>>ornia added more than 23,000 jobs in january. the labor department also published unemployment figures that showed nevada with higher unemployment rates. followed by california at 12.4%. florida was in third place. the national unemployment rate in january was 9%. >>> on capitol hill, senate democrats are vowing to fight a plan to cut housing plans for some homeless veterans. christien kafton met with a vet. getting back on his feet that say the cuts will leave him out on the street. >> reporter: he made some bad decisions and wound up on the streets. >> we're not asking for a hand out but a hand up. >> reporter: seacrest is in transition housing. saying that cuts to help veterans may side track his effort to get into permanent housing. >> i have a daughter and a fiancee and they are struggling. i don't know if i'm going to make that change without that vet voucher. >> reporter: homeless veteran advocates say there is a long list for housing and that list grows every day. >> they have

yeah this is a fascinating topic i have anti sexist expert jackson cats who writes for huffington post on my show recently he said the reason women like michele bachmann and sarah palin are actually popular among white men who tend to vote for republicans is that they themselves subscribe to some of the same sexist massaging as added pseuds that may be typical of the white standard republican voter that's why you're not seeing a hillary clinton on the republican side it's very deeply rooted in that voting bloc with white men which is so important for republicans i don't know if you ask me it's there and not caught or definitely a huge everyone is in charge and that family let's switch over to donald trump of course he will publish that he loves the spotlight loves the media he has now said that he has more foreign policy credentials than anyone else because of his international business deals that he's made and he also said that he could beat obama easy so is he just being allowed here or do you think he's actually serious about iran he's being loud he may run and he won't you know don

aol just bought the huffington postfor $25 million. >>> the federal reserve says household network hit $56.8 trillion in the final months of last year compared to the previous quarter. networks still would have to rise an additional 16% to reach it's prerecession peak. >>> the average price of debt is moving closer to levels from a year ago -- the average price of gas is moving closer to levels from a year ago. it's close to the highest recorded average of $4.11 in july of 2008. oakland's average price is $3.94 a gallon and in san jose $3.93. those numbers are just the average, at many gas stations the prices are well over $4. >>> many say it was just a matter of time. but democrats and republicans are now playing the blame game. here's house speaker john boehner. >> that would lower costs and create jobs in our country. >> democrats fired back calling boehner's comments off base. he then went after the house gop spending grant. saying it would slash money for agencies that oversee gas companies. >>> president obama will address gas prices at a news conference. he will speak and answer

. >> aol announced today it would cut jobs worldwide after its recent purchase of the huffington postmost are from india. after today's cuts aol total work force is what the company had in its peak in 2004. >> president obama acknowledged the efforts of two mill valley sisters this morning at the white house anti-bullying summit. they met with the president and first lead michelle obama. they got interested in the story after hearing about libya. they wrote a letter of support and encouraged their friends to do the same. in the month that followed libya received thousands of more letters around the country and those letters were eventually compiled into a book. >> support for young people. they've wanted to wish olivia well and let her know somebody out there was talking or thinking about her. let her know that she wasn't alone. and because those children treated olivia with that small measure of kindness it helped olivia perceive there was a light at the end of the tunnel. >> the president and first lady welcomed more than 150 students, parents and educators to discuss how to make sc

this round of lay offs will eliminate over lap from aol's recent purchase of the huffington post. >>> california added more than 23,000 jobs in january. the labor department also published unemployment figures that showed nevada with higher unemployment rates. followed by california at 12.4%. florida was in third place. the national unemployment rate in january was 9%. >>> on capitol hill, senate democrats are vowing to fight a plan to cut housing plans for some homeless veterans. christien kafton met with a vet. getting back on his feet that say the cuts will leave him out on the street. >> reporter: he made some bad decisions and wound up on the streets. >> we're not asking for a hand out but a hand up. >> reporter: seacrest is in transition housing. saying that cuts to help veterans may side track his effort to get into permanent housing. >> i have a daughter and a fiancee and they are struggling. i don't know if i'm going to make that change without that vet voucher. >> reporter: homeless veteran advocates say there is a long list for housing and that list grows every day. >> they

it was -- i wrote a very detailed account of what happened for the huffington post website.it there but it all turned out fine unless i'm dead right now and this is what hell is like. but or heaven, i don't know. when i see guillermo i think maybe heaven probably. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: well, wait. we could also be in mexico, i don't know. but suffice it to say i will not be doing anything ever again. all future vacations will be taken in a military bunker 5,000 feet under the mountains of idaho. it's terrible what's going on in japan. text red cross to the number 90999 to make a $10 donation to the american red cross or you can go to their website to donate more, but, of course, the really important thing is the "the bachelor" finale tonight is what we should be focused on. i'll say with all that's going wrong in the world it's kind of reassuring to watch two people find true love under the gentle persuasion of a 90-person production crew pointing cameras at their home. two-time bachelor brad chose who he wants to spend the next four to six months with and guess

cuts are mainly to eliminate the overlap in personnel it now has from the recent purchase of the huffington from aol content and technology department here in the united states and many in india. the announcement leaves aol with 3 3500 employees in the u.s. and 500 overseas. at the peek back in 2004 aol had more than 20,000 employees so they have reduced significantly. >>> more to bring you here recall. still ahead on 7 news at 9:00. >> we should have good space. >> tries the -- helping new ge >> so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. jeans. >> up scale condominium tower in san jose headed for foreclosure. one of the headlines of tomorrow silicon valley business journal. the 23 story building which was currently vacan

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you can block out from cnn, huffington post, google news, twitter, all that stuff.y lohan and sheen leading the list. with nell gibson justin bieber not far behind with people folks are tired of hearing about. >>> something a lot of people will be talking about. hugh hefner engaged to his 24-year-old fiancee crystal harris. a 60-year age difference. >> i don't get it. they have lots to talk about. >> they have a lot in common. apparently she has a lot in common with dr. phil's youngest son. >> get out of here, girl. >> his older brother is already married to a playboy model. i wonder what dr. phil has to say about this. >> i bet you're right. >> so, they were seen cavorting. they say the two have been hooking up behind the scenes and supposed to be getting married. crystal is supposed to marry hugh hefner this summer. like he was kissing her shoulder. >> dr. phil's son messing around with hugh's girl. >> he could have two playboy daughters-in-law. that would be interesting. >> they need to get on dr. phil's show and talk it out. >> with hef. >> and the robe. >> that

fred said, huffington post, $315 million according to america online? the daily beast bought "newsweek," not the other way around. a two-year-old web site bought "newsweek." we live in a very different media culture. there's no more walter cronkite who could say, in february of 1968, that he went over to vietnam and looked at it and decide it was unwinnable, and within two weeks public opinion went from 60 something -- 64-of 5% in support of the war to about 40% in support of the war. because of one man. 25%. i've looked at the gallup numbers. it's very stark. it's also around the time of the tet offense simple. i think we can credit cronkite more than not. there's no more media culture like that. so in a sense, the "times" is -- i wouldn't say one among many equals because i think it's still obviously the leading newspaper in the united states. but it has to share a lot more -- has to share the atmosphere, the oxygen, with a lot more outlets than it ever used to, and that oxygen is much more contested now, and the whole media landscape is much more emb

. >> area huffington just got paid millions of dollars. why not just call them commercials and move on? >> that is not who we are. we are public radio, and it is part of the fabric that we do that we are non-commercial and not for profit. we have corporate underwriting. if you'd be hard-pressed for anyone to listen to the five- second spots and think they are anything like what you hear on commercial radio. would love to have more revenue from philanthropists, from listeners, from corporations? of course. we work very hard to try to increase the revenues so that we can have more money to spend on our reporting. but we have no plans and will not have a plan to become a commercial enterprise. that is not who we are. that is not how we are chartered. it is part of the implicit pact that we have with our listeners that we are a not-for-profit news organization. >> the earlier question about public radio branding. i looked at it from a different perspective, obviously a very rich website to have with breaking news and to catch newscasts you mig

david, the huffington post. the most recent assessment is negotiations are a great idea, but first we have to get a little bit of an edge over the taliban over the battlefield. the taliban has the same approach. what is your assessment of whether those ideas are for public consumption? how much do you think the u.s. military and the taliban -- how do you get beyond that kind of assistance to negotiating? >> we addressed that question i extreme blanks. there is no question at all that it was very much in everybody's mind. when you are at the height of your power, the slope ahead is all down hard. -- downward. it takes to negotiate, obviously. -- you want to be careful to select your time. it takes two to negotiate, obviously. with all of the fact that we have put on the table and with all the conversation that we had, the appropriate time to begin the exploration. on the american side, there are pending changes. we are not sure that even force reductions will mean a great deal of difference in terms of force capa

this is from the huffington post this morning. john edwards hires greg greg in endeavored to ward off indictments. president barack obama's former lawyer has signed on to help john edwards had he tries to ward off criminal indictments over payments to his ex mistress. this was first reported by npr. this is from "washington journal" this morning. ohio senate votes to restrict public unions. nearly votes to approve a sweeping bill that would narrow the power of public employee units to negotiate contracts. the vote came as union supporters protested the measure for a second day on the grounds of the statehouse in columbus. gop-sponsored bill passed the senate 17-16. six republicans voting against it. it now goes to the house in ohio where it is expected to pass and then to the best of republican governor john kasich, who is expected to sign it. ohio republicans revise the bill to restore collective bargaining on the issues of wages, hours, and certain conditions but also extended an existing ban on strikes to include teachers and a

." -- huffington post." it goes into the long debate over budget cuts. the resolution proposed friday, lawmakers included many of the proposed cuts to noa. they run weather service information. that is a little bit of the political aspect. this morning, for us, if you feel there are lessons to be learned from japan's incident and what is going on there, the numbers will be on your screen. you can also reach us via e- mail and twitter. we will keep that information up on the screens as well. let's go to a call. the first is from new mexico, republican line. charles, good morning. caller: i was curious. i have been watching tv since 2:00 this morning. they came on and said there had been an explosion at the nuclear plant. the building had blown up. the end result would be an evacuation washington all the way to chicago. why are not be prepared? i thought the president's address this morning was going to be in that address telling people to prepare to evacuate. >> how do you think we stand as far as being prepared? you can talk about your own state as well

on this subject and others, he's a regular contributor to huffington post and made a feature eleventhdocumentary. i was fortunate enough to meet him last fall at a screening here and that's when we discussed about having him today. other stories told about the hurricane's aftermath via online video were compelling. that are still there on the website at mydamchannel. as some of you know, one of my priorities this year is to use this series to focus on journalism. we did that a week ago, vivian shiller who at the time was head of public radio. [laughter] as we know, she's now resigned. some the topics have serious themes, we're all looking forward to enjoying the unique sense of his sense of humor, one of the many gifts our speaker is blessed with. give a warm national press club weekend to harry shearer. [applause] >> thank you very much. good afternoon. good morning central time. i'm honored an delighted to have been invited to appear here at the national press club today. in fact, just to get this out of the way at the top, i adventure to say this whole occasion is excellent. [laugh

david, the huffington post. the most recent assessment is negotiations are a great idea, but first we have to get a little bit of an edge over the taliban over the battlefield. the taliban has the same approach. what is your assessment of whether those ideas are for public consumption? how much do you think the u.s. military and the taliban -- how do you get beyond that kind of assistance to negotiating? >> we addressed that question i extreme blanks. there is no question at all that it was very much in everybody's mind. when you are at the height of your power, the slope ahead is all down hard. -- downward. it takes to negotiate, obviously. with all of the fact that we have put on the table and with all the conversation that we had, the appropriate time to begin the exploration. on the american side, there are pending changes. we are not sure that even force reductions will mean a great deal of difference in terms of force capability. however, i would like to emphasize again the central thesis of our view is th

alec baldwin had some advice for charlie sheen and this is what he said to "huffington post."ans demand it. >> i think it's a great idea. you kill them with kindness. >> you have seen his show "two and a half men." >> i almost tried to sit through an episode. >> i'll be honest. i've never seen it. >> the interesting thing about the show is the show is kind of quirky and off beat and kind of not like what you think it is. and then when you see him on youtube, i mean, charlie sheen's recipes and stuff like that, it's so crazy. you can't beat that. and people love train wrecks. and he is a train wreck of bounteous proportions. >> another celebrity ticked off over the weekend. jake gyellhal was in a men's room and i guess a paparazzi guy came over and tried to snap a picture of him and jake took coverage. >> whenever your publicist comes out and says, they're just talking. >> jake was urinating and the guy took a picture. that's, you know -- >> man rule number four, you don't look down or over when you're in the bathroom. that's why they put the blockers pup. for you to take a pic

. >> area huffington just got paid millions of dollars. why not just call them commercials and move on? >> that is not who we are. we are public radio, and it is part of the fabric that we do that we are non-commercial and not for profit. we have corporate underwriting. if you'd be hard-pressed for anyone to listen to the five- second spots and think they are anything like what you hear on commercial radio. would love to have more revenue from philanthropists, from listeners, from corporations? of course. we work very hard to try to increase the revenues so that we can have more money to spend on our reporting. but we have no plans and will not have a plan to become a commercial enterprise. that is not who we are. that is not how we are chartered. it is part of the implicit pact that we have with our listeners that we are a not-for-profit news organization. >> the earlier queion about public radio branding. i looked at it from a different perspective, obviously a very rich website to have with breang news and to catch newscasts you might n