they say in the interest of safety the media has been slammed as a pointless invasion of privacy and mccaw the deputy director of the big brother washington eyes ation says the new measures would do nothing to catch people who pose a real security threat. the u.k. government seems to think that it's necessary to monitor the communications of every person in great britain rather than actually looking for the people who are actually committing crimes they're going to drive those people further and further underground of the internet and they're only going to capture. the innocent and the incompetent as far as i'm concerned not by any means saying that communications data isn't important but when you have the director general of m i five talking about the evidence that was used to make this spill and calling it pretty heroic assumptions that we've been made that the m i five obviously going to need this information and will react to this information if they're saying that this bill isn't based on fact it's based on fund the full. imitations of facts and this is why we need to go and have a ve

they say in the interest of safety the move has been slammed as a pointless invasion of privacy and mccaw the deputy director of the big brother wash organization says the new measures would do nothing to catch people who pose a real security threat. the u.k. government seems to think that it's necessary to monitor the communications of every person in great britain rather than actually looking for the people who are actually committing crimes that are going to drive those people further and further underground of the internet and they're only going to capture the the innocent and the incompetent as far as i'm concerned not by any means saying that communications data isn't important but when you have the director general of m i five talking about the evidence that was used to make their spill and calling it pretty horror assumptions that we've been made that the m i five obviously going to need this information and will react to this information if they saying that this bill isn't based on fact it's based on fun see full. imitations of facts and this is why we need to go and have a very

mccaw's office said it was the first time mr. obama called in since new year's eve.s white house officials faced questions on whether the buck stops with the president. >> the president is commander in chief, and he is very concerned. that is why he has put forward compromise proposals again and again. >> house majority leader eric cantor fired back, the president should stop scaring the public about how me it digress restore will stop being inspected and criminals will be let free by budget cuts. instead reach out to senate democratic leader harry reid who did not get a call from the president today and bush and to pass one of two house republican plans to stop the sequestered. cantor declaring house republicans have acted, and it is time for the president and senate democrats to join us. it is time to get off of the campaign trail and get to work, show us with spending reductions you prefer and let's find some common ground. in a tit-for-tat fight, carney brought out shots on the president's own plans to cut spending and tried to turn the blame game back on publica

if all the democrats stay together, senators collins of maine, mccaw ski of alaska, mike johanns of nebraskaed. collins will vote no on the nomination but vote to proceed. if they get 60 they could vote later tonight. the senate by unanimous consent, you can get the sun to rise in the west. they could get back the time. the rule is in the senate that there are 30 hours of debate required after or available i should say. 30 hours of debate available after you invoke or cut off debate. there are some pretty -- some senators who are dug in and the question is would they want to do that if they're able to maybe have a few hours to talk about this. maybe vote later tonight. otherwise we could look at a final confirmation vote late tomorrow night. >> leon panetta has his bags packed to go back to california and won't until this is resolved. this is kind of weird, isn't it? have we ever had this for the defense secretary pick? >> this is what harry reid said. we're without a defense secretary. there are a no, ma'am of departments that don't have people confirmed or nominated. department of labor fo

here you can actually experience going to see jaurgs and mccaws at the same time as you're going to gohrown in. the luxury lodges there cost $165 a night. >> that's a really good price. >> yes. >> second place is in mexico near the ruins. >> yes. >> what makes it so great? >> pure beach vacation. if you're looking to kick back, hanging on the sand with a book or maybe do a couple of yoga classes, this is the beach for you. there you can -- there are luxury lodges there, too. but really the great value is in the beach cabanas which start at $100 a night. >> for city and beach life, you recommend oahu, right? >> absolutely. it's perfect for urbanites looking to have night life shopping, et cetera. it's also great for families looking for a great value vacation. we found flights from about $400 to $450 roundtrip from both coasts, by the way. and lots of cheap and cheerful places to stay. places that won't break the bank. >> i'm thinking the prices have been reasonable. if you can get hotel rooms for $100-plus in these kind of resorts, isn't that a good deal? >> it's a fantastic deal. i wo

mccaw -- pick up options. i would like to say to reassure them that we will pay you if you have a contract with us. even under sequestration we will find a time to keep it to the vendors on time. >> if the base number of civilians [inaudible] estimated savings would be? >> we do not know the exact number, it will depend on those exceptions. 50,000 of them are foreign nationals. there will be exceptions to make it smaller. it will depend on the exceptions. that is a process we just started to ask command to identify. >> are there going to be more than 50%? >> i think so. >> temporary term employees that have already been terminated? >> this is an ongoing issue, 6000-7000 are being laid off or are in the process of being laid off. i think you will see more. for those near term actions, particularly, there were mission critical exceptions. >> [inaudible] >> by the end of this month we would have a pretty good idea. assuming this goes forward, which i sure hope it does not. >> these exemptions, can you tell us mor

mccaw -- pick up options. i would like to say to reassure them that we will pay you if you have a contract with us. even under sequestration we will find a time to keep it to the vendors on time. >> if the base number of civilians [inaudible] estimated savings would be? >> we do not know the exact number, it will depend on those exceptions. 50,000 of them are foreign nationals. there will be exceptions to make it smaller. it will depend on the exceptions. that is a process we just started to ask command to identify. >> are there going to be more than 50%? >> i think so. >> temporary term employees that have already been terminated? >> this is an ongoing issue, 60007000 are being laid off or are in the process of being laid off. i think you will see more. for those near term actions, particularly, there were mission critical exceptions. >> [inaudible] >> by the end of this month we would have a pretty good idea. assuming this goes forward, which i sure hope it does not. >> these exemptions, can you tell us more