the mainstream media. chris: mitt romney. >> there are times in the "the washington post," john mccain didn't talk to the "the new yorktimes" at all. at the end of the day, "the new york times" and "the washington post" and mainstream media are still going to be doing the stories that will drive the agenda. >> look, we're all being tested now. i think the survival of the so-called mainstream media has to do with quality and if you assemble a bunch of questions and go to a candidate and say, look, i'm serious. i really want to ask about this and you take them as seriously as they take themselves. believe me, they all take themselves seriously and you have done your homework and you're fair minded and neutral, they are going to engage. when i have done these books on bush and obama, i send in -- i hate to disclose straight craft here, 20-page memos, this is what i want to ask about. people say you're tipping them off. i say yes, i want them to do some homework themselves. i want them to be fully engaged, and i think you can do that with lots of work. but if it's -- we like to come in and chat about the news of the day,

to realize that it still doesn't mean the war in afghanistan is coming to a close to new york times the washington post reporting the president is going to remove it ten thousand troops by the end of two thousand and eleven and the rest of the surge goes by summer of two thousand and twelve but even if fifty thousand troops were to leave by the end of june and well that still leaves big eight thousand more we've seen these end dates come and go and even a transition to afghan control of security at twenty fourteen valens been walked back by military officials they go officials to and reports have said that secret negotiations for a permanent u.s. base in afghanistan have been underway so this is a long ways from over so what's the real course of action that needs to be needs to be taken what are the chances for peace talks with the taliban to be successful and it will this be our final war of a large ground troops at the extended global war on terror is fought with drones and special ops teams from pakistani government discusses with me is lawrence wilkerson retired u.s. army colonel and former chief o

and for so first starters do you know any information that i don't like i said in the new york times the washington post are saying that they got a call from the white house telling them before the speech that it's going to be ten thousand al by end of two thousand and eleven and the rest of the surge by summer summer of two thousand and twelve can you confirm that you know anything else i don't want to tell you. do you know that. a little like you log of the fact that the media are paying attention to it finally it's understandable why they're not no one's really fighting in afghanistan other than the foreign legion we've created with our forces but they're missing a huge component by that but no one's fighting other than that the foreign legion that we've created well that's what we've done less than one percent of those countries believe in dying for the rest of this country and so why should anyone pay attention to their son or daughter's not being in danger in afghanistan and there's no possibility for them to be in danger this is a this is a military that rapidly is becoming like the french foreig

our it's time for tonight's tool time award and tonight we've got a double winner the new york times and the washington post say these two newspapers set off the alarm this week they needed an army of volunteers to help them with a major project they needed citizens to help create some very important documents the release to the media yesterday and no was it another wiki leaks dump of documents pertaining to a war or a watchdog group releasing info and government waste oh no this was much much more important you see the state the state of alaska released nearly twenty four thousand pages of e-mails today from back when sarah palin was there governor that's right two major newspapers who run award after award for their hard hitting journalism decided that they needed help reading sarah palin's e-mails now both paper sent cruise to alaska to cover the major news event but they still needed that help from the public you just can't help but wonder why do they need help covering a non-story sarah palin quit her job sold out for fame and fortune and has spent the last two years making a living by criticizing othe

>> chris: even you make fun of the fact that the "new york times" and the "washington post" when the document dump of 24,000 e-mails of sarah palin was released, they got so excited about it they asked their readers, help us. go through the 24,000 documents. >> right. >> chris: how do you explain the fact that they would do that? they would ask the readers to help them go through the palin e-mails inconsequencial as they turned out to be but never said help us go through the 2,000 pages of the obama healthcare bill? >> the biased is toward sensationalism and laziness. i wouldn't say it's toward a liberal agenda. it's light fluff, so it's absolutely within the wheelhouse. i have mean if your suggestion is they are relentlessly partisan, why haven't they gone and backed away from weiner? now they jumped in the weiner pool, so, with such delight and relish, because the bias -- >> chris: some things are indefensible. >> oh, i'm not saying it's defensible. but the bias of the mainstream media is toward sensationalism, conflict and laziness. >> chris: you take your own shot recently at sar

the west c.n.n. fox news did you see the new york times and daily telegraph with the washington post and with that media coverage promoting psychological warfare upon public opinion they feel that they have all the military resources to impose brutal force so if anything what nato is telling the world is we have the armament we're going to impose our agenda on every country in the world whether you like it or not that's why i say what is happening in the middle east it was happening in north africa should be a wake up more protests we've got here because we might see it soon happening for example in my regional american right agents publish a author and researcher on the line with us when our fareed thank you very much for your time. we're going to go to greece now a european of european officials are ready to bailout to give greece about the european central bank and the german government are arguing over how to get private investors to contribute just one year after the first payment the next stage comes with conditions calling on nonsense to implement even stricter austerity measures but for more on

use the protection of the fourth estate and say that he is a publisher like "the new york times," like "the washington posttion. increasingly the media is cooling to julian assange, so he's looking like the lone spartan at the battle of thermopoly and the greeks just joined the persians. >> thank you so much for the sneak peek. can't wait to see the full story. that's "wiki wars, the mission of julian assange" this sunday right here on cnn. >>> coming up, battle lines are drawn here in washington. raise the debt ceiling or take our chances and default. i'll talk to a senator who's trying to find a solution before it's too late. and over the years, i've taught my family. we've created so much here together. so when my doctor said that over those years my high cholesterol was contributing to plaque buildup in my arteries, i listened. and that's why i'm fighting my cholesterol with crestor. [ male announcer ] when diet and exercise alone aren't enough, adding crestor does more than lower bad cholesterol and raise the good. crestor is also proven to slow plaque buildup in arteries. crestor is not right for eve

with us today, "time" magazine's michael duffy, nbc's norah o'donnell, "new york times" helene cooper and "the washington post," david ignatius. first up, it was the weeks politics of the war became clear er, and ending the surge in afghanistan is now a given. but is the president lagging the country on this? in a new pugh pole. 67% of democrats say get the troops out asap, as soon as possible. 43% of republicans agree with that. and the republican establishment, mitt romney and jon huntsman, may pressure president obama from the left. here's huntsman. >> i think we can probably be a little more aggressive over the next year. we've routed the taliban, we've dismantled al qaeda. let's get serious about what needs to be done on the ground, and that's a significant counterterror effort. chris: david, there's a lot of political pressure building that's come out of nowhere, really. republicans establishment candidates, like huntsman and romney, saying basically get going to get out of there. independents saying asap, come home, america. is the president going to stick to his focus on what the generals want, or wil

spectacle of hundreds of journalists tearing through these e-mails, news organizations like "the new york times," t"the washington post," putting out a call for citizens to help go through them. at the end of the day, this e-mail release may say more about the press and its views than it does about palin. >> are people saying palin was smart not to vehemently oppose these e-mails coming out? >> everyone was focused on it yesterday. so far no one has seen that smoking gun they've all been looking for. listen, a public official's correspondents and documents always can be valuable to help us understand their thinking, their priorities to get a full picture of the person. that's different than ripping through these documents, enlisting people you don't even know to find something damaging. palin was the vice presidential nominee. as you and i have discussed on this show many times, there's discussion she's going to run for president in 2012. her correspondents can show the issues she cared about as governor and how she will govern. that's what i think people are going to start looking for now in these e-mails. >> jan cra

it goes on and on and on, and yet you never see the editorial pages of "the new york times" or "the washington post all of these smug pundits on the other cable tv stations going on and on about how stupid and moronic the obama administration is and how they spend every day rewriting history. martha: yeah. your comparisons are very interesting. you know, what do you think about her? do you think that she is getting -- chris wallace was trying to get out of her whether or not her reaction that she got on this bus tour, which was tremendous, she, you know, blew mitt romney off the front page of the new hampshire newspapers, do you think it changes her mind about what she's going to do? >> well, i don't know what's in her mind right now, but i do know this, that this is her election and her race to choose. and if she gets in it, she's in it to win it, obviously. i know that's cliche. but i think the response of the liberal elite, i think the response of the liberal media who have been trailing her on this bus tour, desperate to grab onto her and to milk her for all she is worth. i mean, that's the thi

the new york times." i may rank among the worst ever made. "the washington post." shrill, insipid, mess.you think? >> that's the sort of stuff we were saying backstage. i mean, seriously. >> reporter: and, so, in march, producers shut "spider-man d" dn for three weeks to rework the show. while audiences give the new version a standing ining ovatio it opened in previews, tonight was the long test. the long-awaited opening. guests like president clinton liked it. >> i thought it was fabulous. >> reporter: the first reviews came out, and they were harsh. "a bloat eed monster," said one. and "the new york times" said "no longer the ungodly mess it was in february. it's just a bore." but audiences often defy critics. and spidey's beaten many adversaries armed with more than mere opinion.

this video and this suggestion will bring up an important discussion which is that the washington post and the new york times should not always be the winners now should the onion i agree now but maybe you know other smaller publications online publications will get a chance now or released at least be more seen as acceptable for being on a day that ever have people talking about it because they already have some celebrities on their side arianna huffington tom hanks and even georgian president mikhail saakashvili decided to put out a video supporting the bid for the pulitzer also want to something else and some reason to talk about john. stuart alarms nights you can see straight so he went on fox news with chris wallace and i think a lot of people would agree just totally destroyed him but just take a look at the reasoning and like the research that went into wallace's mind for the sake of a clear. case in point how did you physically have sex with tommy lee he said you know if you put them in front of my face i wouldn't know what they're actually seated at the piano. it's not exactly masterpiece theater yo

he always had the new york times and the wall street journal and the washington post. the last paper he read every day i think spoke great volumes about who he was. he you read "the grand rapids press," his home newspaper were he had been a congressman. policy of laws at the federal level are made in washington. but you have to read your local newspaper to find out if they get down to the people and really work on the local level. that was the importance, he thought, the local press. he could find out if whether the policies they were gone, whether the capital, the white house, the executive branch, congress, got down to the local level in michigan and serve the people. newspapers and the press were very important to him. we need to get on here. i just want to have the judging panel -- we have some of the judging panel here today. i want to thank them for being judges for us. we have two categories, for the presidency and the defense. our defense panel, we have devereaux than most, erik peterson, david olive, karen but be scowcroft, rob holzer, and michael chetniks. we

i have to say that even worse than armstrong armchair speculation the washington post which you just showed and the new york times happy reporters in tripoli who are obviously living in an alternate universe because what they were reporting their date lines out of tripoli were had nothing and in common with what we all saw on the ground first of all they were saying you know schools were closed and i watched the kids go to school yes things are not normal in tripoli long gas lines because of the sanctions imposed there is some shortages of food because collective punishment is being applied by nato blocked by the courts are blocked including fishing boats and can't get sea for a sea food and so yes it's very similar what goes on in gaza with the collective punishment on those people there but the khadafi has a lot of support in tripoli there's a report today from the murdoch normal rupert murdoch x. . distributors of propaganda the wall street journal and to take a letter saying that khadafi is getting ready to flee tripoli why would he has total support from tripoli all the way to the tunisian border we had to g

way the media dominates the conversation in washington, particularly in congress, is a lot t off from what is on the front pages of "the new york times" or "the washington post." if you want to get up to speed quickly you want to make a habit of reading with two newspapers. they drive the rest of the reporters, what they ask about all day. they drive what the members of congress are most interested in and what the congress will ask of the white house. and it is something that the white house has to manage constantly all day. and indeed, we have huge staff not only back in the reagan days but in the bush days and of course the obama days -- and some cases dozens of people whose job it is just to deal with the media and chase down different stories and try to get the president's message out. on reagan, you heard the old phrase, he was the great communicator. he was able to dominate the media center identify with people and that, iraq -- common man better than many comp -- politicians, which is part of the reason why he goes down as history as one of our greatest presidents. >> he understood the power of image. he understood the power of communication. i think

the area is outing himself as an undocumented immigrant. in an upcoming interview and new york times essay jose antonio vargas reveals he lived with the secret even as he began work at "the washington post." a product of mountain view high school and san francisco state his former principal says he was a phenomenally involved student. >> he was doing so well. you couldn't just push him out of the system. i had no basis for doing that. he was doing the right things. >> vargas did not find out he was in the country illegally until he tried to apply for a driver's license as a teen. he is at risk for deportation. he plans to lobby the dream act that would give undocumented immigrants educated in the united states a path to legal residency. >> apple wants to rule your tech world. quoting an unnamed former apple executive who says that the cupertino based company plans to enter the television market by the end of the year. we have doubts but the source claims apple will unveil a console that will have apple tv and itunes built in. the blog says that apple plans to team up with an existing manufacturer to provide televisions branded under apple's name, something apple almost never does. the l

the writer. in an interview, and a "new york times" essay, he reveals he lived with the secret for years, even as he began working at "the washington post." his former high school principal says vargas was a phenomenally involved student. >> he was doing so well. you couldn't just push him out of the system. i had no basis for doing that. he was doing all the right things. >> vargas, who is now at risk of being deported, says he plans to lobby for the dream act. that's legislation that would imundocumented immigrants education in the u.s. a path to residency. >>> can it really be done? predicting earthquakes? >> many experts say that they can't, they're too complex, too mysterious, too unpredictable. but may believe we haven't had the right tools to do it. tonight, garvin thomas shows it's not just possible but as close as the next big one? >> reporter: a couple years ago i asked if anyone could predict earthquakes. he said it's easy. i predict 20 earthquakes will hit california today. he was right, but most of them were small and he wouldn't know where. but what if you knew where and when the next big one was coming and who would you t

evening sun where she covered annapolis, she's proud to say and she went on to the "washington post" and to the "new york times." and then was very wisely and beloved tim russert came along and snatched her up and brought her to nbc news and where she was the chief political and congressional correspondent. and then gwen was the moderator, as some of you might remember, as the vice presidential debate. in 2004 and again, in 2008 where she stoically walked on to the stage with a broken leg. >> carried if i can say. by two strapping football players. >> yes. [applause] >> it was quite a sight. >> the best part of the night. [laughter] >> and, of course, she's gone on to win many awards and not went on to the pbs where she is the editor and monitor of "washington week" and the senior chief correspondent as newshour with jim lehrer and cohost at times. and then meschelle has the same kind of background which is really just extraordinary. she, too, started in newspapers. and she ended up -- first she was -- is it the "l.a. times"? and then to the "chicago tribune." and then "the washington post." and then she went

"the washington post," "the new york times," the washington journal" and others said a mass letter had been heavily edited by majority leadership if they address the leadership plan to end medicare. but americans know the truth, madam speaker. every day i hear from many of my constituents in the capital region of upstate new york who tell me how much they rely on medicare and how worried they are of the majority's plan to end the program. a voucher will not even come close to covering their rising prescription drug costs and doctors' visits. our senior community is tremendously wise. they know that the risks associated with the republican plan shifts the -- that the risk is shifted from our government to their pockets. no matter how it's spun, americans are opposed to ending medicare. let's instead work together to strengthen the plan and ensure it remains on strong financial footing. thank you, madam speaker. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. wilson: madam speaker, i ask permission to address the house fo

this is "the washington post." "the new york timesys, " obama will speed military pullout from afghan war." and "usa today" used a quote from president obama. "the guardian" has this headline. "the miami herald" and then we have "the denver post." a couple more to show you before we get to your phone calls. "the orange county register" and finally, "the washington times." we have this article from "the new york times" -- two articles from "the new york times" looking at this issue. "2012 pullout worries military experts." host: that is just a little bit from "the new york times" this morning. now to your reaction on president obama's speech last night. we will begin with a democrat, al, in redding, california. are you with us? all right. we will go to pennsylvania and bill on our republican line. looks like we're having trouble with our phones this morning. we will read a little bit more from some of the articles we have here and then we will try to get the phone calls working right away. this is back to "the new york times." "senior

the washington post. he has written a dozen books, the mind's are, new york times best books of the year. his articles have appeared in just about every major publication like the new yorker, scientific american, he has produced three pbs specials and contributed to national public radio. our second guest and speaker is seth mnookin. the it is of value even though you don't see it in his name. we had a discussion about that the other day. his book is "the panic virus: a true story of medicine, science, and fear". seth mnookin is contributing editor of vanity fair magazine and he has written a couple books like hard news which is the jason where scandal at the new york times and the ensuing meltdown of the news room at the new york times, troubles with his editor and such. he also wrote feeding the monster about the boston red sox and their rise to power after being a perennial also ran. i am familiar with his work. he has written quite a bit about the media. he wrote a terrific story about the new york times reporters serving in iraq. to his left is dr. naomi how a handful of scientists o

frankly for "the new york times" and washington post to ask their readers to do, quote, unquote, crowdds like a witch hunt. they are asking for more like rocks to throw at sarah palin. it certainly plays to her narrative that the media is biased and obsessed with her? >> what do you think she's up to? why do you think she's doing a high profile bus tour? do you think she was going to jump in at some point? the debate is monday. >> does sarah palin do anything low profile? i don't think so. sarah palin has been very successful. the most successful vice president depgs candidate who didn't make it to the white house in history. this is a woman who is "the new york times" best seller. making millions of dollars, raising her profile. seems like every day she gets huge amounts of money for speaking fees. all of these play into whatever sarah palin wants to do in the future. >> i don't know, sounds like she's auditioning for a campaign manager there. >> do you know sarah palin has been successfully getting the cameras on her. >> all right. amy, have a great weekend. >> thanks, suzanne. >> we

was going to read that day and he read five journals and always had "the new york times" and wall street journal and "washington post" and in the last paper he read every day i think spoke a great volumes about who he was. he read the grand rapids press. his local paper where he had been a congressman for 20 years. and he used to say to less steve, policy and laws are the federal level made in washington, but you have to read your local paper to find out if they get down to the people and workable level and that was the importance he thought of the local press is he could find out whether the policies they worked on in the white house of executive branch for congress but to the locals will fall in grand rapids michigan and served the people some newspapers in the press were very important to him. we need to get on here and i want to just have the judging panel we have some of the judging panel today and i want to thank them for being judges. we have to categories of the presidency and defense and our defense panel we've got deborah, eric peterson, david all left, karen scowcroft, robbed and michael and if we can jus

these are stories we wanted to bring to your attention on the former "washington post" reporter from "new york times" and "washington post" and "new york daily news". raymond from savannah, georgia. independent line. caller: we do need to cut the spending of the federal governme government. my friends and i were talking about why don't we lower the wages of congressmen and senators. they could take a hit on their wages and their retirement plan. as soon as they are voted out they start growing a congressional pension for the rest of their lives. why shouldn't they have to wait until they are 67 to start drawing their congressional pension? why should they start when they are 45 years old? if they are voted out or they resign at 45, they start drawing their pension right then. another thing, well, i will leave it at that. host: the story this morning on line at politico.com, obama takes the lead in debt talks. that is the story. the next call is lloyd from frankfurt, kentucky. good morning. democratic line. lloyd, go ahead, please. caller: thanks for taking my call. good morning to you. caller: our t

things like, "the new york times," it may rank among the worst musicals ever made. "the washington postme of the stuff we were saying backstage. i mean, seriously. >> reporter: six times the opening was postponed to deal with ongoing problems. from a story that seemed to go nowhere to a series of high-profile and dangerous accidents. do you blame yourselves? >> yeah, i think so. we have a lot to learn. you know, a lot to learn. we were way out of our depth. that's, i suppose, the uberis we deserved. >> reporter: broadway taught them show stopping lessons. they couldn't afford to go out and tour for months at a time and leave the to others to fix the musical. one thing is undeniable. the flying actors were engaged in death defying feats. what was at stake wasn't just artistry, but the safety of the actors. chris tierney fell 30 feet from éhd stage. >> broke three vertebrae, four ribs, my skull, scapula and elbow. >> reporter: you got pretty good stars out of that, i hear. >> yo! >> yeah, baby. >> reporter: we are going backstage. the humbled rock stars say they now appreciate just how mu

he read for five journals do know is that "the new york times" and "the wall street journal," l.a. times and "washington post." the last paper you read everyday i think spoke great volumes about who he was. either the grand rapids press. his local newspaper, where he been a congressman for 25 years. he is to say to us, steve, policy and lies at the federal level are made in washington, but you have to read your local newspaper to find out if they get down to the people it really work on the local level. that was the importance of the local press as he could find out whether the policies they were done weather in the capitol or white house or congress guy down to the local level and grand rapids, michigan conservative people. so newspapers in the press were very important to him. we need to get on here and i went to just have the judging panel and i want to thank them for being judges. we have two categories for the presidency in defense. our defense piano we have dad brad and oak still, eric peterson, david olive, karen scowcroft, rob holzer and if we could get them a round of applause. [applause] for the pr

and, you know, he always had the "new york times" and the "wall street journal," "l.a. times" and "washington post." and the last paper he read every day, i think, spoke great volumes about who he was. he read the grand rapids press. his local newspaper where he had been a congressman for 25 years. and he used to say to us, steve, policy and laws are at the federal level are made in washington. but you have to read your local newspaper to find out if they get down to the people and really work on the local news -- on the local level. and that was the importance, he thought, of the local press was he could find out whether the policies that he worked on, whether in the capitol, the white house or the executive branch or in congress got down to the local level in grand rapids, michigan, and served the people. so newspapers and the press were very important to him. and just have the judging panel -- we got some of the judging panel here today. and i want to thank them for being judges for us. we have two categories. the presidency in defense and our defense panel -- we've got deborah van olstol, eric

the washington elite. my friends, " would not be seduced by "the washington post" and "the new york times" and people who can rally americans in the next generation for solutions. i think you for allowing me to participate with you for a short period of time. may god bless you. may god bless america. thank you. [unintelligible] about receiving contributions from industries he would rally -- regulate. we should be better than that. i am dale peterson. let's show alabama we mean business. [unintelligible] >> here's dale peterson. >> hello. it is good to be here. it is could almost see you out there. it is good to be here celebrating ronald reagan's birthday, and thanks to roger and charlie and the whole bunch putting this together that has taken care of you guys. it is good for you to show up to listen to someone like me. ike and the guy you have been waiting to see tonight. i and the last guy. that is the last guy you have been waiting to see. i tell you, what is really funny about this his that this conference have speaking tomorrow the next president of the united states. and we will talk about that a littl

the new york times" reports that after talks with the leading military council -- expressed confidence the military ruler wants to transfer power to an elected government as soon as possible. other stories in the news, "the washington post" political roundup. he pointed out one of the good things that happen to democrat is the emerging star of governor andrew cuomo. saying his successful push -- looking at some of the images from the newspapers. yesterday in new york there was a gay rights parade, pride parade, a lot of focus on that because of the decision late last week to legalize same-sex marriage. our question for you this morning is about defense cuts and what you think they should be part of an overall package to cut spending. there are 36 days left before the debt ceiling needs to be raised in order for the treasury to make ends meet. but "the washington post" does have a cover piece about defense spending and how republicans see it on the table. our next viewer joins us, in favor of the cut. good morning. are you with us? welcome. caller: i call -- i am a democrat, but when the lady asked me what i was i told her -- she said she was not taking any calls, so i called on the republican line. host: i am glad you g

the bay area issed aing himself to an undocumented immigrant. in an upcoming "new york times" interview jose vargas reveals he lived with this secret for years even after working for "the washington postal student. >> you couldn't just push him out of the system. like i had no basis for doing that. he was doing all the right things. >> vargas who could be deported now plans to lobby for the dream act proposed legislation that would give undocumented immigrants who were educated in the u.s. a plan or ptos egas lal residency. >>> it is 9:27. we'll take a quick break and be right back. >>> welcome back. we are now in the 60s, even a couple 70s on the temperature map. 72 in sunnyvale. still where you see the green that's where we have mostly cloudy conditions. that will probably be the case until noon. so maybe a couple hours, maybe three hours before we see clearing over the city. 82 in los gatos today. 70 in oakland. 85 degrees in gilroy. the good news is we are about 20 degrees cooler today than where we were on tuesday. we continue to cool off tomorrow, 79 degrees. moderating temperatures, saturday through wednesday, low to mid-80s. finally a fair stretch of weather. let's check your

the new york times." pointed out when the bureau became the common currency for many europeans -- in greece, some of the demonstrations taking place in athens and elsewhere along the greek islands. inside "the washington post" is a story about spain's financial problems which prompted a series of protest throughout the weekend. writing from madrid -- dow futures, by the way down this morning. it has been a tough six weeks for those who have invested in the stock market. bill is joining us from little rock arkansas. democrats' line. dealing with the unemployment rate and the deficit. how you bring down both? caller: my thoughts is that private industry is sitting on a vote load of savings of money, and because of the squabbling between congress and the president they are uncertain. basically just doing a short cut ron and -- run and stop the wars and take the money and put it into public works programs to help the country. just stop the wars and -- very simple. take that money and put it into public works. host: thank you for the call. front page of "the new york times." companies pushing for a tax break on foreign cash. this story playing out on a number of different fronts. the front page of "the new york

new york times" -- >> host: al pointing out when the euro became the currency ten years ago, it was seated by reporters as a grand opportunity, turning a historic page with innovation. now with the euro -- >> host: and inside the "washington post" is a story about spain's financial problems which has prompted a series of protest over the weekend. >> you can see the segment in it's entirety on our web site at c-span.org. we are leaving it here to go live now to the senate. they will gavel in in just a moment to morning business. that means general speeches until 5:00 this morning. no votes are expected in the senate today. on the agenda this week, a vote on a judicial nomination in oregon. also debate and final passage of the nominations of leon panetta to be defense secretary. also work on a bill reauthorizing economic development programs. live coverage now of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain dr. barry black will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. o god of time and eternity, you made us. bring our wandering hearts under your control. infuse within our lawmakers a love for you that will make their obedience willing and glad. enable them to tu