liz ann sonders, charles schwab chief investment strategist. and the js journal economics editor david wessel, author of "in fed we trust, ben bernanke's war on the big panic." great it see you all. >> nice to be there. >> good to talk with you. let's talk about this historic, really, moment in time that we were september 2008. professor steglitz, what have we learned in the past year? how would you characterize the environment today? >> i don't think we learned the right lessons. that's one of the important things. one of the lessons that too many people took away from lehman brothers is that we have to save financial institutions in trouble with a blank check, and what we should have done is that when financial institutions get into trouble, when they are too big to fail, too big -- so big, we have to have a mechanism of orderly resolution, and that doesn't mean a blank check of protecting bond holders and shareholders, the kind of bail-out that we've done for citibank and so many, which is a real problem going forward, because the concern ab

liz has known him for a long time. i have known him since the day he came to wesley hospital, the night i was born to take my dad out for a drink. that's a very long time. it is hard to shake stu who died on halloen this year. but this book, brangs him back to life for me in an unexpected, and, unbelievably charming and real way. i know you agree, liz. paul and harvey, whose idea? how did you do this? who is the genius that came up with this? it is unbelievably good. >> paul. >> did he? >> paul, deserves i think you know, paul deserves, you know, like, i think a lion's share the material, the praise for doing the book. for one thing he has taught oral history for a long time at brown university and, you know, he is for a long time been a studs terkel admirer, and fan. i think that, you know, that, i think the artwork was real nice too. it was just -- >> it is not all yours either it is not all yours, is it? >> no. i didn't mess around with his words. i didn't change anything. >> yeah. >> so, you know, i mean, i just, b

liz ann sonders and david wessel.he president clearly stated that health care reform is key to economic reform. do you agree? >> yes. i mean, obviously over the long run he is absolutely right. a major source of our deficit, but there are other things as well. >> 29% of americans are covered by government insuranc according to the most recent census department figures. the uninsured rate is at 15.4%. can this $900 billion proposal change the situation? >> yes. it is the beginning of the process to change our health care system to bring down costs. for instance, one part of it is a tax on -- or one way of putting it, withdrawing the tax exemshoj shon that we have for the luxury health care plans, increase the demand and one part of the system, drive up overall health care costs, using that to finance the uninsured who we all pay for, because when they go to thhospital tshg adds to our bill because, you know, we're not a society that will turn somebody away from the hospal. >> right. >> and the result of that is we all

liz palmer in geneva tonight, liz, thank you.nwhile, in washington today, the supreme court agreed to take up the constitutionality of chicago's ban on handguns. last year, the high court said a handgun ban in the district of columbia violated the second amendment. now with the chicago case, the justices will decide whether the d.c. ruling should apply to other cities and state laws as well. and coming up next here on the "cbs evening new," the first lady tries to convince the international olympic committee that chicago is their kind of town. ring ring ring. progresso. your chicken tuscany says it has fiber in it. yep. four tasty new soups with 28% of your daily fiber. but i like this chicken tuscany. i like it too. but it has fiber in it. that's right. fiber? yeah. but i like it. (announcer) progresso. you gotta taste this soup. discover a light yogurt like no other. activia light! delicious, fat free, and above all... the only one that has bifidus regularis and is clinically proven to help regulate your digestive system. activ

i'm curious, liz, i know you had conversations with her.e other night have any impact on mom? >> ed, it had zero impact on her. i was, like, i have been listening to her rhetoric over and over and over. just to give you an idea of who my mom is, she's 88 years old. she's half deaf and watches fox news which means she gets half of half of the truth. she has her five children trying to explain to her when she watches fox she doesn't get the truth. we can't get it out of her. i videotaped her last night to show you what i'm talking about. here's my mother's take on medicare and socialized medicine. >> what is it that you think is the scariest part of health care reform? >> well, socialized medicine. i have enjoyed medicare. i know there's a lot of waste in it. socialized medicine does scare me. the government taking over that worries me. social security has been screwed up and so has medicare and the post office and so many things run by the government that it scares me. >> you know, liz, she's got all the bullet points down. i mean, everythin

i know you agree, liz. whose idea, who was the genius that came up with this, it's unbelievable good. yeah, i mean ihink paul bdy service i think, you know, paul deserves, you know, like i think a lion's share of the material. i mean, t praise for during the book. for one thing, he has taught oral history for a long time at brown university and he has for a long time been a studserkel at marra -- at meijer a i think that the work is nic too. [laughter] >> it's not all yours, eher. >> you kno i didn't mess around with his words. i didn't change anything. i just broke t text down into panels for some of the artists that apparently didn't want to work. [laughter] but paul iave been wking with on a feprojects now and he suggests somend then -- >> when he suggested ts did you all of a sudden -- were you excited immediately about it? >> i'm alwayexcited when i get a cnce to make more mey. [laughter] nothing t thrills me more. [laughter] but, you know, i was aware of studs terkel, and i have a connection with him.

liz cheney has made the cut.he's jumping on the bandwagon with the righties who are criticizing new jersey schools for allowing kids to sing a song about president obama. here's what liz had to say about it. >> clearly, this is so inappropriate, and it is very scary. the president who, you know, you watch every speech he gives about national security or foreign affairs, and it's always, you know, sort of blaming america first. there's sort of a self-admiration society going on that spreads out among some of his supporters and i think it's inappropriate and it's, you know, unhealthy for american schoolchildren to be subjected to that. >> oh, brother. inappropriate? scary? unhealthy? give me a break. let me show you the song, folks like liz cheney are all cranked up about. here it is. ♪ mmm, mmm, barack hussein obama ♪ >> oh, we have to fix public education, don't we? it's not like the kids are out there pushing president obama's political agenda. they're talking about equality and obama didn't have anything to do

liz crenshaw reports on retailer. can't believe we're talking about it all right. >> and guess who's jumped into the battle. liz reports that 7 lefb is talking about more than coffee and hot dogs. >> a lot of clout. is it too early to talk about holiday shopping? it may depending, by the way, on what you're selling. the "usa today" reports that holiday sales may rise 1%, as consumer confidence improves. that may not sound like much, but it's way better than the almost 6% decline we saw last year, but that good forecast may not extend to sellers of gadget, according to the "wall street journal," it says there's a lack of blockbuster gage either to excite shoppers this year, so the forecast for selling gage either looks grim. that may affect stores such as best buy, walmart, sears and radio shack most. the only gadgets this year creating any kind of excitement are netbook computers, private label speakers, and electronic book readers, none of which have the cachet of the iphone or the nintendo wii. are your pills in the

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. >>> i'm liz crenshaw. if your "check engine" light comes on, the answer could be the code to your car. >>> in the district if you look up, you'll see plenty of historic monuments, buildings and tattered flags. many flags fluttering over our nation's capital are in disrepair. "the washington times" captured pictures and video of old glory neglected. each department is responsible for its flags. several have been replaced. >>> one of senator ted kennedy's final wishes was honored when the governor of massachusetts appointed an interim senator to take his place. deval patrick appointed paul kirk, former chairman of the dnc. he will serve until a special election is held for the seat in january. shortly before ted kennedy's death, he asked massachusetts law makers to allow the governor to appoint an interim replacement. kennedy did not want democrats to be one vote shy on the issues such as health care reform. >> so you hear it from me, consistent with senator kennedy's wishes and the expectations of the gover

mayor who blogs at liz mayor.com.f you. jason, didn't a lot of the previous republican administrations grow and use a lot of czars? >> the first instance i can find of a czar joining a government was in the nixon white house. and yes, the term has been used throughout, throughout -- since then and the bush white house also pointed a lot of persons that they termed czars. i appreciate the definition that lamar alexander offered but we should be clear, a czar is a shorthand that allows the media to express border czar instead of department of homeland security assistant secretary for border affairs, nothing to do with russian imperialism. >> what about that, liz? aren't republicans just stoking the flames on this one, republicanen past presidents have used czar and added to this growing bureaucracy? president bush created a lot of czars? >> that is true but not detracted from the fact there is a fundamental principle here and valid debate about this. ultimately, i think it is fair to say that there are issues with regar

adam sorer is a writing fellow forth american prospect and liz mayor blogs at liz mayor.com and formercommunications director at rnc. thank you for joining us. adam, let me start with you, since hurt in studio. why is this significant? this could be a ground breaking decision? >> this is more significant than may first appear, a number of liberal groups have joined gun rights activists in filing amicus briefs in this case because the legal argument being used by gun rights advocates could be used to apply to all the rights granted in the bill of rights. what could end up happening as a result of this gun rights case is everything else in the bill of rights could be strengthened from privacy rights to gay rights, even free speech rights. >> liz, for the people who are really want to fight for their rights, a gun in their homes this could be seen as their worst nightmare? >> their worst nightmare in what regard? >> in regards to the idea that someone is trying to take away their rights to own a gun? >> yeah. no i absolutely agree with that and i think that that's something that we have i

>> liz. [ laughter ] >> liz. and, liz, where are you from?nd, liz, what you do for a living? >> i'm a waitress. >> she's a waitress, ladies and gentlemen! [ cheers and applause ] so she knows about indigestion! she knows about it! you see, indigestion is a heavy burden. and you start to feel wrong. and then you pull out your privilosec and you take it, and then you feel strong. and then you look to the heavens and say, "i might be able to go on because i got my privilosec. and i feel so ready to go on." so, everybody, say, "yeah!" >> audience: yeah! >> yeah! >> audience: yeah! >> yeah! >> audience: yeah! >> yeah! >> audience: yeah! >> yeah! >> audience: yeah! >> yeah! ♪ >> privilosec! privilosec! it's in your stomach! it makes you good. it makes you ready to feel like you should! just say, "yeah!" >> audience: yeah! >> yeah! >> audience: yeah! >> yeah! >> audience: yeah! >> yeah! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] oh, jimmy -- jimmy, they know about it now. >> jimmy: yeah. thank you very much. give it up for reverend daryl bivens, everybody. anna fari

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a look at candid camera. >> reporter: i'm liz crenshaw.f you care your food com >>> well, here's a question for you, is the product made in thailand? if the product says product of thailand? the answer is, maybe thailand, maybe china, maybe somewhere else. liz crenshaw has an interesting story tonight where anyone wants to know where their food is coming from. >> reporter: sometimes defies common sense. the food label clearly says product of one country. but when you dig a little deeper you end up in a different place. >> two complaints from the same consumer against two different stores. >> reporter: eric friedman is taking me to two montgomery county grocery stores. friedman runs the montgomery county consumer protection office which handles consumer complaints. >> our complaint was that she went into the store. she purchased a product. on the outside of the product it has a label that it came from one country and pealed back that label, it turned out that the product had come from another country? this country of origin is becoming more

tony, did you feel like we have liz taylor on our side? you couldn't stop giggling?s so inspiring. i was excited to meet her. >> you do a lot of giggling. >> i guess happy people giggle. are you a giggler? >> i guess i giggle. i google, i do everything. [ laughter ] well, i'm sorry that it didn't work out. i figured you'd go farther in the competition. >> oh, thanks. >> i guess if you don't win it it doesn't matter what place you finish, right, tony? >> well i wish i had a few more weeks with her. i enjoyed working with her. she's a special person and i hoped that america would see her heart, how wonderful it is. >> you guys are going to shed tony is giggling. >> no, i have the best teacher in the world, such patience and the big thing though is the character and the integrity. unbelievable. >> i have always said that about tony. >> amazing. >> well, i'm sorry, but we're gonna this -- this is a tradition here on the show. kathy, you have been eliminated from "dancing with the stars" so let's go outside for the ceremonial burning of the capezios. kathy, time for your

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liz cheney joins us, and then, breaking news. police just found something on the property, of the neighbors of celebrex which of philippine -- of philipllip garrinodo, ande have branded photographs of the two daughters, and this is where it gets grissom. apparently, these are the two children fathered by the alleged captor, but first, hawpe john, but only if you are fighting mad about health care and taxes, and you think our government is sticking its nose too far into our business. 35 cities in 16 days to land in d.c. and give their politicians an earful. we were with them in nevada this weekend. >> and they are stepping on the constitution. they are stepping on all of our civil liberties. >> the movement is growing. >> ♪ bombs bursting in air >> america is not going the way we should be going. christianity is our base. >> ♪ if you love my country i do not mind working, but i mine all of this nonsense. >> ♪ and the home of the brave ♪ be greta: we are being joined now from flagstaff, arizona. griff? >> welcome to flagstaff, ariz

. >> i'm liz crenshaw. toys "r" us thinks it has a better idea for the holidays, temporary stores. >>> you are looking at live pictures of the house of representatives right now. leading democrats are taking action against the outburst by ngressman joe wilson during president obama's speech on health care last week. some house members are working to draft what's called a resolution of disapproval. the move comes after wilson refused to apologize on the house floor for yelling, "you lie." he already apologized in person to theresident and said one time is enough. >>> welcome back to news4 at 5:30. i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger. we'll have lunch with lyndsay, and the redskins' lawsuit. a name battle lands in the high court. >>> an emotional appeal for help solving the murder of a silver spring woman. simone white was found shot to death last week outside her home in the briggs cheney community. >> you know, she really didn't deserve this. she did nothing, nothing. everybody you will ever speak to will h

if you have aquestion, send it to liz at nbcwashington.com. use the e-mail address for any store idea you have or ask liz questions. >> they are like people who come to your house for a party. no, no it was two weeks ago. >> stop buzzing me. >> there may come a time when teenagers will be prohibited from using tanni beds in howard county. it may come sooner than later if it's up to county leaders there. officials there say they are sending proposed regulations to the county board of health for consideration. the proposal would ban teens younger than 18 from using tanning beds. tanning beds are widely suspected of causing melanoma. a briefing on the issue is expected tuesday at the county health department. >>> jim vance joins with us a preview of what's coming up on news4 at 6:00. >>> scientists say they discovered the coldest place in the solar system. temperatures measured there at almost 400 degrees below zero. we'll tell you where that is. >> we'll contie reporting on first lady michelle obama's push for health care reform. a painting that

let's see a map, liz. go ahead, blake. >> that would have taken her straight through central california straight down and toward the baja coast of mexico toward san felipe where the couple had that vacation home. like you said, the two dogs her beloved basset hounds left in that nice, pricey white hummer outside of the home. her neighbors, the last to see her and those dog ace parentally. >> now, what can you tell me about the husband allegedly having a girlfriend? >> yeah, good question. her name is hut, that's her last name. i apologize i don't have her first name in front of me. but the alleged girlfriend here has been mixed up in this from the get-go as the investigation got under way into her disappearance. >> hold on, hold on. we're showing a shot of teresa hut is, the alleged girlfriend of the still-married husband. go ahead, blake taylor. >> yeah, and that's randall wright is the husband. like you said, they are still married, but karen wright did file for divorce back in october of 2008, again she

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liz, you go first. the clock starts now. >> 20 seconds, i do think this is a good thing, okay in its early conception, everything that needs to be tinkered with, what they are talking about is banks and financial institutions have higher tax reserves a good thing. trying to figure out not to promote high risk taking, a good thing. trying to figure out how get some countries to save more, spend more that is a good thing, okay? i really think in the end this will be a good idea. >> noel why is this a bad idea? >> the question not whether it is a good orred about idea, the question, how is this going to work, 20 different countries 20 different levels of gdp and expected to come to a global regulation agreement with all these hurdles? you cannot expect the united states, a large economic power to compete with other and coordinate with other smaller countries to achieve this level there is no way this thing can work. >> put us at a disadvantage, noel? >> absolutely, it puts us at a disadvantage we would be

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vif this thing thaes coming, it's liz claiborne. as a good designer you feel things coming, and you react and you kind of adapt quickly, or you die off. do you know what i mean? it's like the good ones that precede, you know -- that understand what's coming and act. those are the good designers, and they will stand their ground. >> militia boem wore one of your designs, and this is on a trip to new york. this is just a few months ago, right? you say she has created the new democracy of fashion. what do you mean by that? >> well, i mean, you know, she doesn't really value things because of what they cost. she's the least snob person that you can think of. you know, she doesn't just wear expensive clothes. that's what i like, that she wears everything at equal levels. everything is as important as everything else. she doesn't -- just because something is expensive or inexpensive, it doesn't make it better or worse. it's how she works in it, how she feels it. >> as a designer, that's what you are going for. that's who you want to desig

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liz crenshaw investigates. >>> welcome back. veronica johnson here in storm center 4.e a look outside. a blue sky this afternoon mixed with a few leftover clouds on this friday. our temperatures right now in the upper 70s. nice and mild with the clearing, gradual clearing we had today. 78 in d.c., 75 in baltimore. 76 a stretch of annapolis and clinton and pax river at 76. 77 currently in quantico. st. mary's at 76 with a light west wind. cambridge at 76. one of the cool spots through the area, st. mary's as well as cambridge. 60 was the low at hay market. your temperatures tonight will be dipping down comparable. a few clouds will be left lingering. sunshine unfolding for tomorrow. the high 76 degrees. let's look the at that seven-day forecast. we have sunshine on tap for the weekend. mostly sunny to partly sunny for sunday. the high on sunday 77 degrees. an active wet pattern sets up for the beginning of next week. got to tell you the one thing you'll notice about this weekend, saturday night, sunday morning, october-like cool temperatures coming our way. we get ready

liz taylor, 77 years old, waited two hours for them in the heat.was some guest list, liz taylor, al sharpton, cory feldman, macaulay culkin. this is the family as they arrived. of course, a few elephant friends of michael's. monkeys and walking bears. another one of the mourners was former baseball player barry bond whose past steroid use came in handy for a change. he was able to do all the pal -- to do the pall bearing all by himself. appantly, the jackson family decided to buy 12 burial plots ongside him for themselves. how that is going to work and who is going to be buried where was not make clear until joe jackson was on cnn detailing his plans. >> we've got a few reasons for the cemetery. number one, clambake. we dig up the ground and put a hunk of clams inside and set them on fire and then throw them away because i don't like no damn clams. number two, i'm using one of the holes to store my beanie baby collection. and number 14, hey, guys gotta go to the bathroom somewhere. and buy my new record. and okay, time is up. now to you and you and

liz, see if you can bring ronald back up. ronald, where does the mother -- >> i got you. i got you. >> okay. good. everyone, ronald cummings is joining us there at the command center in satsuma, florida. mr. cummings, where does haleigh's mother live? >> in baker county, in glen st. mary. >> what is that, about 150 miles away? >> i would say approximately 90 to 100. >> have you and your girlfriend both taken a polygraph, right? >> yes, i have. passed it with flying colors. yes, she has passed hers. >> and you volunteered to do that. and you've been cooperating with police. right? >> yeah. why not? why -- i don't have anything to hide. i just want my daughter back. anything that's going to help them eliminate more people is the best thing. >> exactly. mr. cummings, you said the door was propped open. describe to me what you saw when you got home. >> i came in the house and immediately checked all the bedrooms, the bathroom, everywhere, just to be sure. walked to the back door. it was wide open. as i walked out the back door, the screen door was propped open with a cinder b

let me start with you, liz. this announcement with sarkozy and prime minister brown dramatic stuff out of pittsburgh with the announcement of this new secret site. does that score points for this president? >> i don't think it scores points because it is really bad news they have been doing this in secret under the u.n.'s noses. but the president sitting next to france and great britain is tough. he will not put up with it. he will make tough sanctions i believe it's the right thing for him to do. >> people are look at the president and wondering if he is layinging down the law with mahmoud ahmadinejad. we saw a scathing attack. it came from benjamin netanyahu. he came down really strongly against the iranians. is president obama being tough enough when it comes to the iranians? >> interesting. i think that he is doing the right thing for what we know now. i expect him to be much tougher during the days and weeks as we learn about the program as inspectors get in there to learn more about what's is going on what

i'm liz crenshaw. the battle is on. who wins favorite pizza for the next academic year? our taste test is coming up on news4 at 5:00. >> unfortunately we just ran the tease instead of the package. we'll try to get that together for you. essentially they went at it for about four hours, which was fun. >> whoa. that's a lot of pizza. how many kids did you have? >> there were more tha200 students doing it. >> a lot of pizza, a lot of happy college students. >> you want me to give the answer? >> no, wait. we can do a couple of other things and find it in the machine, yeah. >> all right. >> we've been hassling her already. >> this is a problem now. see? i'll run out and get pizza. >> i would be more than happy to tell you what's coming up at 6:00. as a matter of fact, coming up at 6:00, we are going to have a report from capitol hill surrounding the controversy sparked by republican congressman joe wilson of south carolina. he's the one that southed out, "you lie" during president obama's health care speech last night. there are some changes to tell you about regarding securi

liz crenshaw has more on cracking the code to your car. >> reporter: this 2004 chevrolet malibu has a problem. how do we know that? because we broke it. or rather the good mechanics of precision auto in germantown, maryland, broke it on purpose. >> unplug unof the sensors on this car and set a check engine light. >> reporter: the device where unplugging is the absolute pressure sensor. no, i don't know what that is either. but as soon as it is unplugged, the check engine light pops on. so if this happened to your car, what would you do? well, the makers of automative devices such as this $35 code kae hope you will plug it into your car to diagnose the problem. >> these devices interact with the computer in the car to read the trouble codes that are set by that computer. >> reporter: can these devices save on your car repairs and eliminate unnecessary repair costs? to find out, we go back to our broken chevy malibu and precision auto technician andy wildman. all right. how do we do this? >> first, plug it in. >> reporter: to that little thing under the dash. now what? >> we will turn t

have a healthy school year. >> yes. >> that was liz crenshaw reporting. if you are thinking that looks like too much work, you can make your mornings less hectic by planning ahead. put the meal together the night before. even make them well in advance and freeze them. there you go. if i pack celery with m&ms, i have a feeling the celery will come back. i carried a brown bag lunch to school for years and traded all kinds of stuff mom made at home for us. anyway, more -- more importantly, people are interested in the forecas because it is the ekend. everybody is up and going. first cup of coffee down probably. working on the second cup now. maybe you are a tea person. >> i like tea. like both. green tea. >> beautiful. green tea. wow. you can't sell that to kids. beautiful weather for today. nice weather is going to last all the way into your sunday as well. i don't think we have another chance for rain until we get to monday. by then who cares if it is raining outside. under a mostly clear sky. here in the washington area. our temperatures are on their way

liz crenshaw has been following this story for a long time now. let's start with the basics. what is overdraft protection? >> reporter: overdraft protecti happens whenever you use a debit card and your balance falls below $1. soon as go below zeier oechlt. it hits if you go to the grocery store and buy $300 grocery. if you are below zero, overdraft protection kicks in. sounds like a good idea so you don't get embarrassed at the cash register, but every time you use your debit card when you don't have enough money in your account, they hit you with a $35 fee. a lot of consumers are not aware of this. they've gone over and it's $35, $35, $35. it could be hundreds of dollars in fees because they dip below zero. >> go ahead because that does add up. >> reporter: that is an interesting point. some people say i would rather be embarrassed. others would rather be covered. >> what about the big banks do today? >> a couple of big banks decided to get ahead of this because they are getting heat from congress. jp morgan chase is going to remove the overdraft fees if the account is $5 or

. >> liz started working on this book i would say 15 years ago now? she is a reporter, we're both reporters now. and it took her a while to sort of nail it. and it really came together when we decided to do it together asco authors, and then decided to bring our other siblings on board to write the book as well. we're all extremely close, and it was an easy collaboration. >> it's really a triump, though, considering the heartbreak you went through. if you can tell us what you did have to survive. >> well, i think the doubl whammy of our experience, our father died in a car accident in 1983, and then our mother was diagnosed with cancer a month later. and it's true, our mother was a famous soap opera actress, and we lived in a fancy house. and on of being widows, our left her $1.1 million in debt. our mother had to go back to work at the same time that she was battling cancer, and ur family, which was, i think, looked at as a sort of fairy tale, four kids, beautiful mother, handsome father. >> beautiful kids. >> so when our mother died three and a half

health experts warn half your grains should be whole. >> that was liz crenshaw reporting. here is what you need to remember. you want to look for 100% whole grains as one of the first two ingredients. at least three grams of fiber for each 100 calories and no more than one gram of sat rated fat per serving and resist the advertising hype. >>> redskins fans are koung down to the home opener and the team's coach says the players are ready to lay it out on the field. here is dan hellie with a look at what's coming up tonight on "the jim zorn show." >> tonight at 7:30. rit after "redskins show time." jim zorn and larry weizman. i'm dan hellie. coach, i'm predicting a win. tell me how you will get there sunday against the rams. >> we will come out and fight much like we did last week with improvement just overall the week's practice and all the hard work we have been putting in. we play with passion. we are going to give it everything we've got. and this week we have the extra element and that's our fans out there to help us win this game. >> first home game of the year, larry,

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liz says they should be flaunting it. they should be cutting more. >> they should be cutting more. even the g.a.o. has said medicare warrants a special status as a high risk program because of the waste that is going on in the system. we know that. everybody knows that. that is a common theme. but the extension of medicare to cover all sorts of drug costs was a real problem the bush administration should never have done and own the obama administration is sending out medicare strike fors to placeslike miami where it is known that you can defraud the medicare program with these for selling wheelchairs and charging taxpayers for people that have sprains. so, it is out of control and the administration is getting it right. david: steve, medicaid and medicare going broke and bringing states down. they have to be cut, no? >> if they knew how to cut fraud and abuse and the idea that government can is preposterous since there is so much fraud in medicaid and medicare but they want to cut medicare advantage which people like because it gives tell more choice and flexibility. that is where

it spotlights dick cheney's daughter, liz, as a rising star in the republican party. the no holds barred defender of cheney's policies. quote, this is from "the times." like her father, miss cheney states in almost academic cadences, head veering down into her notes. she also shares his willingness to pummel the president in stark, disdainful tones, not so much criticizing as taunting him. well, the "new york times" piece made one error. the reporter, mike leibovitz, an excellent reporter otherwise says liz uses her maiden name. that's not technically correct. she has adopted the more cheney. that's one case of like father, unlike daughter. >>> finally, batter up. newest addition to the supreme court, justice sotomayor, threw out the ceremonial first pitch to the yankees this weekend. hero to baseball fans everywhere for issues an injunction in 1995 that led to the end of that baseball strike. sotomayor got the yankees off to a good afternoon. they beat the sox 3-0. not that that's good for the country. >>> time for today's "big number." we learned today president oba

dick cheney, the former vice president and his daughter, liz cheney, are using fear in this fight.s cheney last may speaking to the neo conservative american enterprise institute. let's listen. >> the administration has found that it's easy to receive applause in europe for closing guantanamo, but it's tricky to come up with an alternative that will serve the interest of justice and america's national security. keep in mind that these are hardened terrorists picked up overseas since 9/11. the ones that were considered low risk were released a long time ago. among these, it turns out many were treated too leniently because they cut a straight line back to their prior line of work and conducted murderous attacks 234 the middle east. 14% of those released previously are believed to be back in the business of jihad. i think the president will find upon reflection that to bring the worst of the worst terrorists inside the united states would be cause for great danger and regret in the years to come. >> one of cheney's biggest allies in this debate, none other than his daughter, liz. her