how about you meghan? >> i grew up in new orleans.: i knew what you listened to. >> i had soul influence and when i turned 14, my mom helped me put a band together and i started playing. i mean everything. dolly parton was my first love, aretha franklin and the music can make you feel something when you hear it. tavis: i mentioned the story at the top about how this thing really happened. >> we were doing a radio interview the other day and we told the story how we met in the karaoke sounds like a story that was made up. tavis: this town is good about creating lies and that's why i asked. that's how it happened? >> true. i walked into international in 2006 and i just got off work and i walked into this little place and heard this huge voice and i turned around and saw her and i could see clearly that she was a complete star. and god, this girl doesn't have a record deal. and i got the courage to walk up and put in a song and we hit it off. that's where it is. tavis: i assume you agree or tell me either way, about how hard this busines

you are on with meghan mccarthy. caller: my concern is right now with the the cuts come and work for a school district, but the cuts we're seeing now with a lot of teachers losing jobs, there are a lot of educated people losing their jobs because the money the state to down receive is really hurting them. my concern with medicaid and all of this is that there are a lot of elderly people who have paid into it and they're a lot of people who did not, but at the same time, they still expected, too, because they still pay into it as the work. there are hard-working people that are not reaping the benefits and there are a lot of the people losing their jobs because of the money they did not receive. host: is there more incentive on congress and the state governments and everyone involved in trying to create jobs to put people back to work regarding those who are unemployed to put a greater strain on medicaid? guest: definitely. medicaid enrollment has gone up by about 8 million people since 2007. there is some research th

i would like to be joined by meghan, and from the fillmore cbd, [unintelligible] from me -- from the sheba piano lounge. every once in awhile, a person just needs a good piano lounge. we will talk about why she is deserving of this honor. >> i am really happy. i feel she deserves this award. she is a real community member. she does a lot for the district. she is very generous. she is wonderful all around. when you walk into the piano lounge, she is very nurturing and very smart about how she does marketing. if you walk in, you will see her paging through a recipe book. she is always finding new recipes for people. i am so sorry. net is one of my favorite people in the fillmore district. she is one of my favorite people. she always gives me a hug when i walk through the door. if you are a waiter or server in the fillmore district, you are going to she broke -- to sheba piano lounge at the end of the evening. we are an entertainment area. she brings music every night. she brings a positive attitude. she participates in all the community events. she is wonderful, and she works hard. she

i know that reverend meghan morore could not be here today. she does a lot of work in the ltte -- lgbt community. we would like to support her. for seat six, will daley. i am open to hearing back from my colleagues. commissioner farrell: i was with you on all of them except for the one, but i would be happy to defer to you. i have put debra mews 463, but i am more than happy -- for seat three, and i am more than happy -- commissioner elsbernd:. commissioner farrell: i still have an issue if i have never heard from an applicant. absent her being here, my preference would be for ms. treggiari. she has spoken before us twice. i would find it difficult to replace her with someone who does not come at all. i do not feel as strongly, but i would defer it to fill up with. i will leave it at that. chairperson kim: i am more than happy to continue seat three. i continue to support the reverend, but i have had the opportunity to meet with her and my colleagues have not. i want them to feel comfortable with the recommendations we move forward. commission

also, meghan of the mayor's budget office is here as well. we are here to answer any questions. >> is there any public comment on the budget? any questions? >> question. while admitting that i probably could have looked at this myself, but last year i believe is the first year we did a terribly well-year budget. i'm curious how 2011/2012 now compares to what you thought what happened last year. >> that is a very good question. i'm going to have andres go over more detail, but some things have changed. we have french rate increases higher than expected. we also are adding new debts to the terminal, and we cut our project more than anticipated and also a reduction in his work orders back were one-time users or to reflect the actual spend rates, so i will have andres , and give more detail. >> good afternoon. i think elaine touched on most of the things. primarily, the drivers have been a fringe benefit costs, which have been going up significantly, and also some additional costs. as we have been rolling in some new infrastructure and updating t

to be honest and open and transparent from the beginning when annoys me about that interview with meghan kelley is the fact that he was so brazen about it after lying over and over again about how they're just trying to balance the budget was complete b.s. you know and the fact that they're trying to get rid of the unions so obama will not get reelected in two thousand and twelve that just shows you that they are against democracy and the thing that makes them so hypocritical is the fact that when obama got elected the republicans were saying oh my god he's a socialist he's going to violate our democracy he's going to get rid of democracy got to be careful what are the republicans doing right now out there doing anything they can to undermine our democracy so democrats basically won't have a voice corporate interests will have a voice that's what's egregious here but we have been seeing protesters of course it was constant for the past three weeks and seen protesters in other streets across the u.s. q some out there even said that governor scott walker is the best thing to happen to demo

fitzgerald the top republican in the senate said exactly what it's all about one on fox news with meghan kelly and said here's what we're doing. if we bust the unions we will take away the support for the democratic party and barack obama will not win wisconsin in two thousand and twelve quote on quote you can say it any clearer who had nothing to do with the budget and nothing to do with saving wisconsin so i think the policy was correct but it certainly has devolved into a political situation now where we've galvanized both sides and you've got a union base that really was responding to the message of the tea party and now they're galvanized again as democratic foot soldiers and we in other words this this is like populism a long term in a populism of a good idea you know if i want to start a year from now the republican party is going to say how do we get stuck with scott walker get him out of here he's destroying the party destroying the image of some war on the middle class this is not good for the party in the long run i think it's going to backfire and i'm not interested in a majo

our guests are meghan stolen from the national journey, -- "national journal" and ms. c ryan. and the retired general wesley clark. "washington journal" is next. host: an image of the white house where president barack obama is today, recently back from his trip to latin america. a lot of focus right now on the president's decision in libya and what role the u.s. has welcome to "washington journal" this friday, march 25. in "the baltimore sun," -- nato to take the lead. what do you think about the nato and u.s. role in libya? the numbers to call -- send us your tweets and we will read them. coverage of the nato-u.s. relationship in libya. allied forces hit a libyan jet that ventured into the air. taking a look at "the washington post" coverage. they are starting out with "obama pressed for clarity over libya." coming from both parties in congress, as well as others, to get some sense of where the u.s. is going with this. let's get to the phones and hear what you think. lydia in maryland. democrats' line. caller: i think it is great he is turning over command of the no-fly zone

the "washington journal" tomorrow morning, we will focus on the military situation in libya with meghanulley and mr. ryan and wesley clark. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. friday night on c-span, female bloggers, writers, and activists from the middle east discuss civil unrest within their countries. you will hear perspectives from women grappling with political and religious freedom as they take a role in changing the political system in egypt, iraq, iran, and saudi arabia. >> the situation is bad for women and for everybody in iran. but that is one side of the crime. we live in a very dark area. nobody knows about us. our stories have never been heard because we are very strong in terms of oil. we support the west with the oil. and is lamp, it is the homeland of it is lamb. >> watch fright -- and islam, it is the homeland of islam. >> we will feature the top you winners of this year's studentcam competition. it focuses on an event, issue, or topic that helps them better understand the role of the pro- government. meet the students who created the

meghan mccarthy talks about the struggle between the executive branch and state governments over medicaid is washington journal at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i find more and more the behavior to be unseemly in the sense that they want hundreds of millions of dollars for the communities, yet they do not really participate in the problems of those communities. >> this sunday on "q&a", sally jenkins of the intersection of sports and public policy. >> the treasury department official in charge of financial stability says the government's troubled assets relate program has been a success story. because of the program will be a fraction of what was initially projected. the remarks came during the congressional tarp hearing on the overall impact of the tarp program. the oversight panel is due to issue its final report later this month. the former delaware senator, ted kaufman, the cheers this hearing. -- chairs this hearing. >> we appreciate your willingness to join the troubled assets relief program. there is no doubt our economy is a challenges today. the stick a moment to imagine that th

meghan mccarthy talks about the trouble between the executive branch and state governors over the status and medicaid. >> wi-fi more and more of the behavior -- i find more and more the behavior of sports owners to be there. the 100 million some dollars. >> remarks came during the final public hearing when the overall impact of the target program. they are due to issue their final report later this month. let's take a moment to imagine that the challenges could be far worse. many lost their jobs in just two months. the highest financial institutions were beginning to topple like dominoes. it is fair to describe this in there as dire. yet, that is precisely these in their that faced our economy in late 2008 around the time congress passed t.a.r.p. into law. today, the panic of 2008 is a slowly fading memory, and t.a.r.p. played a role in turning that grim chapter in american history. or all of its programs successful? not that a long shot. even so, any hearing on t.a.r.p. should begin by recognizing its greatest success, that in a moment of financial panic, it helped to pull our market ba