jim mcdermott. thank you for your time this morning.ll take a short amount take a look at usair/british relations. plenty more time for your calls on that topic. in the meantime, updated news from c-span radio. >> an update on the budget talks on capitol hill. in a statement to be released shortly, house speaker john painter says he is disappointed but not surprised that the white house has chosen to attack budgetan briryan's proposal. if he wants to have an adult conversation about solving the school challenges, he needs to lead instead of sitting on the sidelines. meanwhile, chuck schumer says that if negotiations fail and a government shutdown happens, the tea party will be to blame. he went on to say there is a glimmer of hope in talks to resolve a budget stalemate and some progress was made on talks last night between house republicans and senate democrats. if there is a government saysown, joshua log rogan uniformed military personnel would continue to work but stop receiving paychecks. when the shutdown ends, they would receive b

we will talk to chase in chaffetz and democratic congressman jim mcdermott.ater, adam boulton about the ongoing nato mission in libya. each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. to and the c-span video library has just won a peabody award for its contribution to history, scholarship, and public alike. now way year-old, you can watch every program aired on c-span 90 cents 87, over 200,000 hours watchable, cheryl, and free. it is washington your way. >> treasury secretary tim geithner said there would be global economic consequences if congress did not raise the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling limit before may 16. he testified for an hour 15 minutes. minutes. >> good morning. i am pleased to open this meeting. i want to welcome my ranking member of kansas. welcome to your new position here. i am looking forward to working with you, and my colleague from illinois, senator mark kirk. let me start with an apology, but it is all the president's fault. he decided at the last minute to call -- to call in the leaders, so i apologize to all those in attendance. today we will

host: congressman jim mcdermott talked about his viewpoint on twitter.he: let's take a look at "usa today" break down by susan page and richard wolf. this is how the options for cutting the deficit measure up. host: let's go to the phones. bill in charlotte, n.c. on the line for republicans. caller: thank you for taking my call. we have people going back and forth on this budget issue. paul ryan's budget and the president's budget. i cannot think this president seriously with as much as we have incurred in debt under his watch. he does not have a budget and a plan. to be the savior again, just to paul ryan's plan, which is doing something -- it perplexes me how the american public keeps beating up this stuff -- keeps eating up this stuff. they did not produce a budget before the last election. if the american people saw what was in it, they would not have voted democratic for sure. when are people going to wake up and realize the emperor has no clothes. >> we are presented with a vision that says the american people, the the united states of america, can

representative jim mcdermott made a more pro sayic prediction that within two years of enactment, the bill would put 1.5 million to 2.5 million children into poverty. even daniel patrick moin han warned that the wall would have, quote, children sleeping on grates.