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if confirmed by the senate, michael froman would replace ron kirk. that announcement set for 10:15 eastern this morning. we will be live here on c-span. after that, the president will leave for a four-day trip to mexico and costa rica. he will meet today with the president in the country's capital. they will discuss immigration, trade and the drug war. they are said to hold a joint news conference and we hope to bring that to you live, here on c-span. while we wait for the announcement, a preview of his trip from this morning's washington journal. we will return to the president's trip to mexico today. the president talked about his trip on tuesday from the white house. here is what he had to say. >> a lot of the focus is going to be on economics. we spent so much time on security issues between the united states and mexico that sometimes i think we forget this is a massive trading partner responsible for huge and hugef commerce numbers of jobs on both sides of the border. we want to see how we can improve that, and maintain the economic dialogue ove

slated to be one michael froman. it is spinning fast as ever. states that if you spend less than 20 percent of your time lobbying in washington you don't have to lobist. powerful lobbyist delegate authority to subordinates it is a loop hole that should be closed before the revolving door stops spinning. >> the market is up again. s&p 500 finished ahead 15 and the nasdaq up 41 and half. a man who fired a gun inside of the houston airport is dead tonight. it is unclear if he shot himself or kill would by a homeland security agent that confronted him. no other injuries were reported. a new investigation into what went wrong in benghazi. we'll talk about it with the fox all-stars when we come back. ♪ [ female announcer ] recently, jcpenney changed. some changes you liked. and some you didn't. come back to see us. we listened to you. now we'd love to see you. ♪ when ouwe got a subaru.s born, it's where she said her first word. (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever. the back seat of my subaru

and he tapped current economic adviser michael froman to be the next u.s. trade representative.man is a former executive at citigroup. mr.obama made the announcements in the white house rose garden. >> i've had a chance to get to know penny and mike not just as leaders and professionals but also as friends. one of the reasons i'm proud to nominate them is they don't forget what matters. they know this is not about just growing balance sheets. it's about growing opportunity for people. it's about growing a sense of security for the middle class. and most of all they operate with integrity and they understand that public service is a privilege. >> holman: both nominees are predicted to have easy senate confirmations. one final cabinet nomination remains to lead the small business administration. there were reports out of syria today that 50 to 100 people, including women and children, were killed by government troops and gunmen. the british based syrian observatory for human rights said president assad's forces took over a village near the mediterranean coast. many reportedly were

also be nominating michael froman on your left as the new u.s. trade representative. right now is one of the president's top economic advisors. again, you are looking live at the white house. the new nominees to the president's administration. >>> in the next 30 minutes, the president is due to leave the white house and fly to mexico. this afternoon he meets with the president of mexico. this trip could play a big role in the immigration reform fight right here in the u.s. >> reporter: president obama is counting on the u.s./mexico relationship to appeal to congress to move on immigration legislation. president obama and mexican president are on the same page with immigration reform. both support a path to citizenship for the 11 million people in the u.s. illegally. and both to establish a temporary seasonal work program for people from mexico and other parts of latin america. against a proposed boarder fence and moving in that direction could damage the commerce and trade relations. the struggling u.s. economy counts on mexico. in the top 3 for buying american goods.

president set to nominate michael froman. he is wife house chief economic affairs visor.watch it it is streaming live on foxnews.com on our website online. martha: looks like democrats are now getting a little bit nervous about obamacare after one of the senators who helped to create the bill said that he was very concerned. >> i just see a huge train wreck coming down. you and i discussed this many times. and i don't see any results yet. what can you do to help all these people around the country who are going, what in the world do i do and whether i know what to do? martha: that is not helpful, right? top senate democrat harry reid says i agrees with baucus but he has got a solution. the president can spend more money on it. here is reid in a radio interview on this yesterday. >> max said, unless we implement this properly it will be a train wreck and i agree with him. i wish we had money just to do this on its own but he has agreed, he is determined he will take money from some of the other things that he feels are less important and in the health care bill and put it

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