[applause] >> jay edwards, senior property manager. kevin and i started, almost to the day, 2 1/2 years ago. it was the blind leading the blind, i have to tell you. taylor street reconstruction, i am surprised i am not a part of it. the project under way with community support, kevin was willing to hear all sides, put people together. i cannot thank you enough for your support and help. i consider him a great friend. [applause] >> kevin, do you want to say something? >> [inaudible] >> thank you. thank you very much. before we go on, i would like to ask corrin to come up. >> [inaudible] >> right. >> corrin woods, member of the central waterfront advisory group, and trash-picker-upper. watching that crane deteriorated has been so sad. i would like to thank the port for your support in its rehabilitation of an earlier time in port maritime history. thank you. >> including many members, next is -- i do not know if i have words for the next item. fleet week this year was more phenomenal, more astounding. bigger, better, everything, over las

jay carney will bring us more. melete barnes will be leaving the white house at the end of the year. while the houses out this week, don edwards joined us this morning -- donna edwards joined us this morning. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] guest: it is a new day for libyans. host: that is donna edwards giving us her reaction to libya. you have sent letters to the debt reduction committee -- or the debt committee, talking about what you would like to see done. one of those included no changes to medicare. is that a fair assessment? guest: i think that is a fair assessment. would you can strengthen medicare is to reforms, but not to cut benefits are asking seniors and those in disabilities to reach more deeply into their own pockets, which are not so deep these days, to pay additional amounts for medicare. i think we can do that and still meet their obligations. the reality is that, on the revenue side, if we actually got rid of the tax cuts for the wealthiest 1% and 2%, it would free up an awful lot of money where we do not have to ask seniors and