host: john solomon will spend the full hour with us. the first half-hour is your calls on the many issues -- health care and the other issues in the news. his reporters have been calling -- covering all of them in washington and lots of international reporting. then at the half-hour mark, we will switch and focus on a series the newspaper has been doing on the past several days on the aftermath, especially in the areas of mental health, of hurricane katrina. give us a quick insight. guest: we spent four weeks on the streets of new orleans been chronicling the one story perhaps americans have not heard about, and that was the rise of mental illness on the streets of new orleans. more than doubled since the train appeared mostly related to katrina. they call it post-katrina stress disorder. host: there is an interactive web site with lots of photographs and video. there's a special line for louisiana viewers during the second half hour. let us spend a little more time on the front page and then we will take telephone calls. right below th

i did think john solomon the executive better who was up the times for a year and a half he came over right after i signed the contract and i don't think he minded at all. i gave him a signed copy i think my editors who were looking the other way who knew i was heading down to bahamas to interviewed jimmy while we have the political crude-oil dealing with the other crew. but no provision had to be granted. the thing with "the washington times", i will speak for the other reporters are like to say we are conservative editorially speaking and take the position similar to the "wall street journal" like the sacramento bee and there are many others. the reporters take offense at that because they r.j. school graduates they took journalism 101 and every other course offered a right to the middle of the road and cover both sides i do believe we are fair and balanced and let the editorial guys who do not put their name on anything. [laughter] >> host: the overall account of the bahamian based marijuana smuggling conspiracy fell to a little sanitized, not just as jimmy and let me explain. i di

did think john solomon who is the executive editor who has been at the time for about a year and after taking over right after i probably signed a contract to write the book from the washington post and the associated press before the. and i don't think john i did at all. and akamai gave him a signed copy. i think my editors whore looking the other way when they knew that i was juggling bookwriting and heading down to e bahamas to interview jimmy with barack obama and john mccaij and all the other cast of characters that we had a. the crusoe has become in washington, the political crew while dealing with the other crew. but no, no permission had to be granted or anything like that. and to think about the "washington times," and i was before the other reporters there because i know many othem, i like to say that we are a conservative editorial speaking on the editorial pages they make and take a position as similar to "the wall street journal" on other conservative leaning papers. t@ere are many others in this country. the reporters take offense at that because they are j. school gradua

i did think john solomon, the executive editor who has been at the times about a year-and-a-half, he came over after i signed the contract to write the book from the "washington post" and associated press and i don't think john landed at all in fact i gave him a side copy i think my editors looking the other way when they knew i was juggling book writing and heading to the bahamas to interview jimmy with barack obama and john mccain and all the other cast of characters we had up here, the crusoe to speak in washington while dealing with the other crew. but no permission had to be granted or anything like that and the thing about the "the washington times", and i will speak for the other reporters because i know many of them i like to say we are conservative editorial we speaking. they take a position and is similar to "the wall street journal" and other conservative leaning newspapers, "the sacramento bee" is one that pops to mind and there's others. the reporters take offense at that because they r.j. school graduates and took journalists on one no one in every course offered and ha

. >> coming up in a moment, john solomon, executive editor of "the washington times" joins us. then andrew jakabovics from the center for american progress. then european parliament member daniel hannan gives his perspective on europe's health- care systems and the economy. we will also get an u

of a good washington journal" we are joined -- warning on "washington journal" we are joined by john solomon. the european parliament member daniel hannan but europe's economy in the health-care system. you also get an update on the nomination of judge should my door -- judge sotomayor . later, a senate panel discusses the u.s. postal service. they said they are set to lose more than $7 billion by the end of the year. this begins at 10:00 p.m. eastern. >> now a senate hearing on autism research. witnesses include the director of the national institute of mental health and the parents of children with autism. tom harkin of iowa talks. this is about two hours and 15 minutes. >> today's hearing is on autism intervention and research. the center for disease control says that one out of every 150 children born this year will be diagnosed with autism. among boys, the rate is even higher. we do not know what causes this disorder. most researchers agree that every discovery seems to raise more questions even though autism has not just one of genetic prospect but many. we still do not know with the t

john solomon joins us for a discussion of the news. after that, andrew jakabovics. a european parliament member talks about europe's economy and their health care system. and we will get an update on the nomination of judge sotomayor and the government's cash for clunkers program. "washington journal" begins each morning at 7:00 eastern. and later, a senate panel examines the financial state of the united states postal service. they announce they expect to lose $7 billion by the end of the fiscal year. it begins at 10:00 eastern. . le>> please tell me in welcoming home laura ling and euna lee. [applause] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [applause] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> we were taken to a location, and when we walked through the doors, we saw standing before us president bill clinton. [applause] we were shocked, but we knew instantly in our hearts that the nightmare of our lives was finally coming to an end, and now we stand here, home and free. euna and i would just like to express our deepest gratitude to president clinton and his wonderful, amazing, not to me

solomon co. it is widely available in your bookseller. thanks for him being with us. next month primetime. tv, the former investment banker, john talbott, author of so forth. elicitor elicits little less than an hour. >> thank you all for coming. it is a rainy night out there i found out the hard way. i am going to give you some a short opening remarks and leave plenty of time for questions. i would like to thank the folks from c-span for being here today and filming us. i just returned from an economics conference in italy for the one of the sessions was a mock trial in which the economists of the world were put on trial, accused of completely missing the warning signs of the current crisis. not predicting it, doing nothing to prevent it, and thus far doing little to help in that smart reforms to end it. i had to give a talk on my book at the same time as the mock trial across town in italy, but i didn't want to miss it so i sent roberta pretty, the chief prosecutor of the trial and himself a top economist, the following memo. it was in title with this for the prosecution, and it read as follows. roberto, i see you were speaki