senator kerrey was on the campaign bus. he was going to get to the stopped just after tom ridge had gone public with raising the threat of large. what we did not want was for the president to be blindsided. how does the bush white house get a call through to the kerrey campaign? the answer is that in an incredibly polarizing environment, two people who had worked in the clinton administration, i knew that i could get him to the phone. we laughed about it. r kerrey was not surprised by it. he may not have agreed. in terms of the good of the nation and the security of the country, we were able, by virtue of a personal relationship, to get past the politics. that did not stop howard dean from casting aspersions and the rnc pushing back. by chris about that. but what gets you through is that there -- i cringe about that. but what gets you through it is that there are people for that. too often, these important issues get reduced to these silly sound bites that to really do not tell you anything and do not really advance the pub

senator kerrey was not surprised by it. he may not have agreed. in terms of the good of the nation and the security of the country, we were able, by virtue of a personal relationship, to get past the politics. that did not stop howard dean from casting aspersions and the rnc pushing back. by chris about that. but what gets you through is that there -- i cringe about that. but what gets you through it is that there are people for that. too often, these important issues get reduced to these silly sound bites that to really do not tell you anything and do not really advance the public debate. i think that is dangerous. it happens on both sides of the aisle. both are equally wrong. i think there has to be a free zone where we can really debate substantive issues and divorce them from some of the top. >> both senate -- both president bush and senator kerry made a very smart comments about what a reasonable expectation of terror over the long term is. senator kerrey said we need to reduce it to an almost nuisance level. they were both creamed. cable cre

senator kerrey was not surprised by it. he may not have agreed.ms of the good of the nation and the security of the country, we were able, by virtue of a personal relationship, to get past the politics. that did not stop howard dean from casting aspersions and the rnc pushing back. by chris about that. but what gets you through is that there -- i cringe about that. but what gets you through it is that there are people for that. too often, these important issues get reduced to these silly sound bites that to really do not tell you anything and do not really advance the public debate. i think that is dangerous. it happens on both sides of the aisle. both are equally wrong. i think there has to be a free zone where we can really debate substantive issues and divorce them from some of the top. >> both senate -- both president bush and senator kerry made a very smart comments about what a reasonable expectation of terror over the long term is. senator kerrey said we need to reduce it to an almost nuisance level. they were both creamed. cable cream to t

. >> reporter: for "today" nbc's kerrey sanders. >> where the investigation goes from here is msnbc analystlint van zandt. two months before his arrest his roommates found child pornography on his computer and it's hard to wonder what's going through those investigators minds now thinking to themselves, gosh, could we have prevented this? >> yeah, you know that's a good question, for all of us hindsight is 20/20 and i think those investigates that beating themselves up. the reality is that pornographic websites unfortunately are some of the more popular websites in this country and there are a lot of people downloading and viewing pornography, in this case allegedly child pornography dealing with little girls was eventually found. but authorities say no rush was put on the computer analysis so it was two months later. had it been two months before, had he been arrested, i think that's what the authorities have to consider, maybe he could have been in jail. >> and the sheriff says he believes this case was a random crime, meaning this was a crime of opportunity and not necessarily a premedit

this security video shows a pair of robbers stealing $10,000 worth of kerrey mcmullen's belongings, in just 13 minutes. >> one goes in the bedroom as the other is taking the laptop. >> reporter: the men had broken in, just minutes after she left for a concert. >> i posted on my facebook page. who the band was. we were going. >> reporter: mcmullen didn't think anything of the timing until posting the video on facebook. a break in the case came immediately. 1 of her 500 friends recognized the suspect as a facebook friend she hadn't seen in 20 years. >> i did not recognize him at first. but after seeing pictures now, i mean, it's definitely him. >> reporter: police believe her status update tipped off the burglars. in stories like this that inspired the website, pleaserobme.com. it revealed people's whereabouts taken from social tracking sites like foursquare and brightkite. sharing is everywhere. i'm letting my facebook friends know i'm getting coffee near work. my whereabouts are instantly known to hundreds. but i'm not the only offender. just today, more than a dozen of my friends have

senator gramm, senator kerrey, senator lieberman are all working on a proposal like that in the senatend i know the president is hopeful to get an update on just from them but others in the house and senate working on these issues. >> is cap-and-trade doable this year? >> putting together a coalition of somebody like senator kerry and senator gramm who represent obviously different political philosophies demonstrates yes it is certainly possible to do that. >> robert, the president didn't go to the gridiron dinner and isn't giving this year. is there any message the president is sending to the media or the gridiron? >> he will be in indonesia. that is the message from this year. >> [inaudible] >> if he went to the radio correspondents dinner last year and is going to the white house correspondents' dinner as well. yes? >> to follow on david if question, the energy meetings today, we shouldn't expect a tall figure passes we shouldn't expect the president to pivot and start pushing cap-and-trade in the coming days and months? >> let me not get ahead of the update the president gets today

>> all right, who is here from senator kerrey's office?one of the strings epa has is an incredible staff with people who have worked on years for water generally thought to be said of the art models. we model every regulation we put in place. we do it to look of the impact on the economy. my argument is we have never looked of all the benefits in the economy. but the modeling takes six to eight weeks. it takes a long time because the models are interrelated and complex. and the time, now that we get legislation, but as we get specifications -- [inaudible] >> several months ago, the epa postponed a decision on an ethanol label to raise the amount in field to 15%. they said a final decision would likely be made in mid march, which is next week. since we are about their, do you have news on the issue today? are you still expecting a final ruling in march? >> i am sari. i have to back up a little bit. p epa has already been final rules that encourage the next generation of biofuels. and grandfathers' in the current supply of ethanol. it is mad