matt lewis tells us why who are there and who we're hearing from. and later in the program, we'll talk about as far as on this eve of father's day. he's with the national fatherhood initiative and will join us later of that discussion. the changing nature of as far as as well. we want to talk about our "newsmakers" program. it is with the chairman of the house committee, republican john klein -- kline of minnesota. >> i think it's important to know that the house passed legislation to avert that doubling on july 1. i think it's very solid legislation. it was very much in keeping what the president of the united states has proposed and that is to get away from politicians deciding what that interest rate ought to be every year, tie it to the market or use the 10-year treasury. that's what the white house proposed. that's what we have in our language. so we think it's a very good proposal. it prevents the doubling. it is a long-term solution. to get to your question what has to happen, the senate needs to pass something. the senate tried two bills. on

matt lewis, senior contributor at the daily caller. matt, what is this all about? well, there is a owe there is a possibility there this is all innocent, larry, because it does make sense you would have a couple e-mail addresses. i'm not being facetious. if you have a public e-mail address being inundated with hundreds of e-mails, you may have a second one to communicate internal internally. the problem, though, is that when citizens or media outlets -- do a freedom of information act request to obtain this information, which they have every right to do, usually, almost every time, these secret e-mails go unreported. and so whether it's by design or just a nice coincidence, some of the things being said by our government officials and people in these departments are not discoverable. >> yeah, now you're cooking, come on. the usual e-mail accounts they're setting up, this is not to text message the babysitter, okay? can we just -- let's just put that right on the table. we know that, okay? now, you've got this other guy, tom perez. he's the former assistant attorney

let's ask dale ally caller senior contributor matt lewis and washington editor of realclear politics,on. thanks for being with us this evening. start with that. was there anything about or are first let me start with you, eric. should the -- i'm sorry, karl. should the media have gone to this meeting? >> well, you can argue that either way, judge. some of them didn't. the huffington post didn't. the washington post didn't. ap didn't. excuse me, the washington post did. associated press didn't. the new york times didn't. others went. and we are trained to go where the news is and here is this is the principle, the attorney general going to explain himself finally and also the bureau chiefs had a chance to explain the press' view. your instincts would be for go but you don't want to be compromised either. you are in an awkward position. you are there and it is off-the-record and the reporters ask you and you to go against the rules. it is kind of a mess. >> judge jeanine: what is the point of even being there if it is off the record. that means you can't really quote what he says so why

we are joined by matt lewis. then we will look at the national fatherhood initiative and public policy issues they promote. "washington journal" why the baucus andnator max dave camp discuss tax policy and irs oversight. facebook at the christian science monitor breakfast in washington for about one hour. -- baked spoke at the christian science monitor breakfast in washington for about one hour. Ï»¿>> everybody, please be seated. ok, thanks for coming, everyone. i'm dave cook from christian science monitor. our guests this morning and nonpartisan alphabetical order are senate finance committee chairman max baucus and house ways and means committee chairman dave camp. representative camp was our guest two months ago. senator baucus'last appearance with the group was 14 years ago. i was not in the moderators chair then, so it cannot he something i said. a warm welcome to both of you. senator baucus group up on a 125 thousand-acre ranch and heard his law degree at stanford. after working for the securities and excha

we are joined by matt lewis. a look at the national fatherhood initiative and the public policy issues they promote. " live on c-journal span. the library has reached a milestone. there are now more than 200,000 hours of original programming, public affairs, history all searchable and free. a public service created by public industry. >> the white house debated and passed the law authorizing 23 defense programs by a vote of 315. adam smith a reagan democrat committee -- a ranking democrat committee talked about a framework that would close guantÁnamo bay. thismendment failed area debate is about 25 minutes. >> is a very straightforward amendment that asks the president to put a plan to close guantÁnamo bay. one of the complaints in recent weeks as we have seen as guantÁnamo bay, more untenable and continues to be an eyesore. way back in 2007, george w. bush said it should be close. candidate john mccain said it should be close last week. senator mccain and other senators went down and reached that conclusion. com

and matt lewis on the faith and freedom coalition.hington journal" is live starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i think that what we are doing projects american civil liberties. the issue is we have not been able to explain it because it is classified. so that issue is something that we are wrestling with. how do we explain this and still keep this nation secure. that is the issue that we have in front of us. you know that this was something that was debated vigorously in congress. but the house and the senate within the administration. when you look at this this is not us doing something under the covers. this is what we are doing on behalf of all of us are the good of this country. i think we need to bring the facts out. i agree with you. but from the perspective, we are trying to hide something because we did something wrong. we are not. >> we look at the secret data collection programs on saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. also this weekend on c-span2 and booktv, the annual trade show. saturday at 1:30 p.m. and on american his

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matt wieters did the same. the orioles have the tying run at the plate. houston even as the series. remember the ray lewis under armour commercial -- "protect this house"? the ravens were welcome to the white house by the president. the president received a jersey. not farardi trophy away. the president honored the super bowl champions. they have theike momentum and the lights went out for half an hour. [laughter] these ravens always pulled through. >> the super bowl celebration not over. the ravens will receive their super bowl rings tomorrow night. . classic game last night boston in the dark jerseys. pittsburgh tied it in the second period. second overtime. just under five minutes left. the break away and the game winner. boston wins. nba, a game won tonight. >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 6:00 a.m. >> good morning. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. here's a look at some of today's top stories. >> baltimore police all looking for this man. police want anyone with informa