staff, and it's the task forces, including the other members of that domestic council staff like john whitaker that really begins to make the difference. john urlichmann was close to the president which means these initiatives got paid attention to else where in the administration. >> i agree with a lot of what has been said. in 1969 the administration was formulating domestic programs and debates about welfare reform and revenue sharing, they submitted them in something like august, 1969. i sort of think that moynihan was too exciting and too liberal and burns too boring and too conservative and urlichmann to a certain extent benefitted from that. if he had any id yol, he was a moderate, a tack tigs, and i think that appeal to a very important part of mixon's character. >> moynihan was brought in to get a hold of what nixon saw bass a terrible wal fare program. the family assistance plan fails which is what both richard nixon and daniel patrick moynihan really wanted to get put through in some form in congress. when that fails, arthur burns goes off to the fed, is that where he was -- >> um-h

and it's the task forces, including the other members of that domestic council staff like john whitaker that really begins to make the difference. john ehrlichman then gets a lot of attention because he was very good at what he did and he was close to the president which meant that these domestic policy initiatives got paid attention to elsewhere in the administration. >> i agree with a lot of what has been said here. in 1969 the administration was formulating its domestic programs. you had debates about welfare reform and revenue sharing. these were coming to a head. i think they submitted them in august 1969. i sort of think that moynahan was too exciting but too liberal. byrnes was too boring and too conservative. to a certain extent, ehrlichman benefited from that. if ehrlichman had any identity, it would be that of being a moderate. i think that appealed to a very important part of nixon's character. >> moynahan was brought in to get ahold of what nixon saw as a terrible welfare program. the family assistance plan fails which is what both richard nixon and daniel patrick moynahan r

when you consider the other names attached to the project, forest whitaker as allen, john could y cusak politics are. she's an actress. >> it does, a.j. everything is political these days. it's a sad thing, actually, in many respects. a.j. hammer, thanks so much. if you want information on everything breaking in the entertainment world, a.j. has it tonight on "showbiz tonight" at 11:00 p.m. eastern on hln. i'm a home in a high-risk flood area. it doesn't look risky. i mean, phil, does this look risky to you? nancy? fred? no. well it is. in a high-risk area, there's a 1-in-4 chance homes like us will flood. i'm glad i got flood insurance. fred, you should look into it. i'm a risk-taker. [ female announcer ] only flood insurance covers floods. visit floodsmart.gov/risk to learn your risk. >>> baseball season is upon us. all it right with the world. game one is in the books. the oakland a's take on the seattle mariners before a full house in the tokyo dome, and that mets a homecoming for ichiro. he was welcomed with a flurry of flashbulbs. he went 4 for 5 as the mariners beat the a's 3-1 i

considering the other names attached to the project, forest whitaker, mila kunis, liam neeson as lb j, johnixon and oprah playing eugene allen's wife. amazing cast, right? it really shouldn't matter what an actresses political affiliations are, right? she is an actress, that is her job, to act. >> you are an actor, actress. thank you very much nischelle turner. appreciate it. >> all right, don. >>> want more information on everything breaking in the entertain am world, check out "showbiz tonight" at 11:00 eastern right here on hln. >>> okay. there we go. that's a congressman, by the way, on the house floor. not afraid to wear his hoodie where he works. i'm going to talk to this lawmaker who is refusing to be silenced. that's logistics. ♪ ♪ chips from here, boards from there track it all through the air, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ clearing customs like that hurry up no time flat that's logistics. ♪ ♪ all new technology ups brings to me, that's logistics. ♪ >>> two people are dead and 28 homes destroyed as a wildfire continues to burn near denver. meteorologist jacqui jeras is here now. we're hear

whitaker will play reagan? >> he will play the butler. other potential cast members not signed yet include opera winfrey as aen's wife lia meson and john kusak the fact that jane fonda is going to play nancy reagan? >> it's always great to play against cast and this could be about as much against it as i can imagine. >> martin sheen to play reagan. >> he played robert e. lee and that rank he willed civil war afficianados to be sure. it would be a bigger stretch. >> i am done. i was listening to him. >> okay. >> get out, man. get out of there. >> he's got to go. sometimes i lose count the let's start with the big story here in washington d.c. i went by the supreme court yesterday. >> not far away. >> big big circus out front, and somewhat of a circus inside. the headlines are talking about the fact that the individual mandate really came under severe questioning, which it should. >> that's a hard case. >> exactly. >> what is actually going on here in terms of you've got a piece this morning about whether this should be the court or the congress decide issues like this. >> i wrote in my column for national journal today, it's for subscribers u