directly from the senate, which is why i think barack obama is's decision to run when he did -- barack obama 's decision to run when he did was a good one. host: on a daily basis? guest: i went to tennessee with corker. i went to the minnesota state fair with klobuchar. i went to montana. those are the four. and then i talked to cardin in washington after they had been elected. host: what about claire mccaskill or bernie sanders? guest: having come from the house and was talking about the adjustment, the trick with the senate was simply a matter of learning how to use power. it had come down to that for him. host: he obviously wins in the state of vermont, and why does he win? how many people vote for him because he is a socialist? guest: not many people would say he is a socialist, but their rhetoric, bernie sanders, the little guy, not being a member of either party, a registered independent, wanting to take on both sides of the aisle when necessary, i think that is really appealing to people in vermont. host: so how did you go about this book? here we are, almost to the 2010 election. guest:

. -- at the d of president obama 's trip to china, since that time the united states has been engaged in a review of its own investment 3d model. it was reported to have come out in the end of last year and there are still working on it. could y give us a status report? it will there further acceleration or are we still stuck in the technical level? >> we are still working on it >> how about talking about the indigenous [unintelligible] >> this is a considerable concern to us. it has a huge impact on the united states, our firms, and our investment. in the long ter it is counter productive. the long history shows that this kind of industry protectionism for these tools in the long run tended to distort even the country who is trying to put its own interests first. we think they could benefit from a free and open playing field that global firms, including t u.s., could come compete on an even basis. clearly we would like to see china extend that into the procurement field. i will leave that to secrary geithner to elaborate on that. i think the chinese certainly understand our concerns

it is available now in hardcover aad also s anas an e-book. >> president obama announced the creation of a bipartisan commission to investigate the cause of the oil spill and offer recommendations on preventing a similar incident in the future. he is followed by louisiana senator david vitter who warns against using the oil leak as an excuse to prevent future prilling. he also talks about raising the cap on liability for offshore spills. >> one month ago this week,+ bp's deepwater riik exploded and killed 11 peoplee the resulting spill has dealt an economic blow to americans across the gulf coast. it also represents aa environmental disaster. in response, we're drawing on america's best minds and using the world's best technologg to stop the leak. we've deployed about 24,000 personnel, 11 vessels ooa pulp contain it. we're doing all we can to assist the struggling fisherman and small businesses and communittes thaa depend on them. folks on the gulf coast and across america are rightly -pdemanddd swift action to clean up bp's mess and end the ordeal. they are also demanding to know pla

. -- at the end of president obama 's trip to china, since that time the united states has been engaged in a review of its own investment 3d model. it was reported to have come out in the end of last year and there are still working on it. could you give us a status report? it will there be further acceleration or are we still stuck in the technical level? >> we are still working on it. >> how about talking about the indigenous [unintelligible] >> this is a considerable concern to us. it has a huge impact on the united states, our firms, and our investment. in the long term, it is counter productive. the long history shows that this kind of industry protectionism for these tools in the long run tended to distort even the country who is trying to put its own interests first. we think they could benefit from a free and open playing field that global firms, including the u.s., could come compete on an even basis. clearly we would like to see china extend that into the procurement field. i will leave that to secretary geithner to elaborate on that. i think the chinese certainly understand o

s. >> not too bad. >>> president obama is getting closer to choosing his next supreme court nominee to replace retiring justice john paul stevens. the president interviewed federal appeals court judge diane wood in the oval office on tuesday. she is the fourth noncandidate to get a white house interview. along with sydney thomas. the president of iran says he thinks osama bin laden is in washington, d.c. mahmoud ahmadinejad sat down for an exclusive interview "good morning america, coke and he was asked about rumors that osama bin laden is living in iran. >> if you did note that osama bin laden was in tehran, would you show him hospitality? >> i heard that osama bin laden is in washington, d.c. >> no, you did not. >> yes, i did. he he was a colleague of mr. bush in the old days. mr. been lawton -- mr. bin laden ever cooperated with iran. >> he said iran will defend itself against any hostilities. >>> and look at these clashes in the streets of athens today. tens of thousands of greeks are protesting harsh new spending cuts aimed at saving that country from bankruptcy. some protesters t

let me take this pportunity to congratulate president obama for s recent initiative to reduce the consumption of drugs. hope for the good of both natis and the tire hemisphere that this succeeds. now let me tell you what mexico is doing to confron another problem. first, we have not hetad to use all the power of the state, including the federal police and ard forces, in order to suppthe local governments that are facing the greatest threat from organid crime. this september i measured t restore orr. the goal i to provideocal governments time and the opportunity to strengthen their security and detailed institutions. second, we are weakening the financial and operational capability of criminal gangs. their operations haveed to record seizures drugs, cash, and weapons from the criminals. we a hitting them and we are hittinghem hard. the federal forces have also arrested many important felons who are now facing mexican justice, and we have extradited a record number of criminals to face justice here in the united states. third, we are rebuilding our institutions and security forces. especially a

obama family. they met in the 90's michelle obama was at the city hall and valerie met her in chicago.he met barack obama one night. -- father was raised in iran and her father was a doctor. they had a lot in common. she is also in charge of the office of public engagement. a lot of the public out of reach. in charge of relations with the business community, which becomes part of the issue that i deal with in the book. but she has a better sense of any of them of how the obamas, both the president and first lady, to react in any situation. she can almost tell you in an uncanny way what their response will be. it's good you started working on this in november of 2008 and finished it in march 2010. what is the importance of having a book about the first year of a president? guest: the last book i wrote -- "the defining moment: fdr's final days." i was researching that roosevelt's debut was critical and understanding him and why his presidency worked, and of course, it was a very eventful 100 days when the economy was in shambles, 25% unemployment, the decks of the depression, and i wante

's it's very apparent the obama administration does not want to fight the war on terror in public.private, rendition continues, drone missile attacks that killed scores of al qaeda and warrantless phone taps are used all the time. but that stuff is kept secret. the president, however, does not want to publicly criticize islam and that's why holder dances all over the place. right now the u.s.a. is getting good intelligence from some islamic countries like kuwait, jordan and egypt. the president does not want to take an anti-islam stance believing that does the country no good. that kind of makes sense. we need all the muslim allies we can get. but you can't deny the obvious. and have americans support you. we all know islamic fanatics are driving worldwide terrorism and it is not offensive to say that. it's the truth. you don't have to sky write it but when asked, answer the question, mr. attorney general. on another front, holder has made it quite clear he does not like the tough arizona law on illegal aliens. >> i think that that law is an unfortunate one. i think that it is, i f

obamas. they met in the 1990's when michelle obama was thinking about taking a job at city hall, and aalerie hired her in chicago and she met barack obama at dinner one night and they found that a shared things in terms of their past. valerie jarett was raised in iran, rather was an american doctor raised in iran and the esident was raised at least in his young life in indonesia. she is also in charge of the office of public engagement. a lot of the public out of reach. in charge of relations with the business community, which becomes part of the issue thai deal with in the book. but she has a better sense of any of them of how the obamas, both the president and first lady, to react in any situation. she can almost tell you in an uncanny way what their response will be. it's good you started working on this in november of 2008 and finished it in march 2010. what is the importance of having a book about the first year of a president? guest: the last book i wrote -- "the dining moment: fdr's final days." i was researching that roosevelt's debut was critical and understanding him and why his pr

obamas. they met in the 1990's when michelle obama was thinking about taking a job at city hall, and a valerie hired her in chicago and she met barack obama at dinner one night and they found that a shared things in terms of their past. valerie jarett was raised in iran, rather was an american doctor raised in iran and the president was raised at least in his young life in indonesia. she is also in charge of the fice of public engagement. a lot of the public out of reach. in charge of relations with the business community, which becomes part of the issue that i deal with in the book. but she has a better sense of any of them of how the obamas, both the president and first lady, to react in any situation. she can almost tell you in an uncanny way what their response will be. it's good you started working on this in november of 2008 and finished it in march 2010. what is the importance of having a book about the first year of a president? guest: the last book i wrote -- "the defining moment: fdr's final days." i was researching that roosevelt's debut was critical and understanding him and why hi

. >> reporter: the obama administration admitted in april that al-awlaki is on the c.i.a.'sist of targets for assassination, despite his american citizenship. >> because he's so visible, it would be very important to get him because it would send a message to radical islamists and jihadists around the world. >> so there is a section for the sisters, a section for the brothers. >> this is al-awlaki driving on the streets of america and preaching in an american mosque. before he went into hiding in yemen after the fort hood shooting. in spite of the religious freedom we enjoyed here, al-awlaki is now at war with america. he made it clear in the latest video that it's a religious war, calling president obama the leader of the war on islam and leader of the crusader campaign. in a commencement speech yesterday at west point just hours before the video was released, the president embraced american muslims. >> extremeextremistings want a war between americans and islam, but muslims are part of our life, including those who serve in our united states army. >> reporter: asked in a v

s of addicts. >> one of the things that president obama has been saying of late. he is arguing what is wrong with the culture is that we're too uncivil. there is no civility in our discourse anymore. have we become too uncivil? >> it seems to me that you bring -- if we go back to your c-span special which is called "the agenda for -- black america's agenda is america's agenda"? tavis: you got it. >> i want to congratulate you. you had thoughts flying in that room under control. i don't know how you did it. that's a gift. you had everybody talking and i think the answer is going to come in a quiet moment of stillness when an inspired thought strikes. because we have intellect liesed it too much and what that causes people to do is to take sides and now we have this partisanship that is so out of whack that even the israelis and arabs look at the republicans and democrats and go oh, my god! they are crazy! they are never going to get it together. [laughter] tavis: what about the -- i read the other day, a piece the other day and someone was arguing what is wrong wit

obamas. they met inhe 1990's when michelle obama was thinking about taking a job at city hall, and a valerie hired her in chicago and she met barack obama at dinner one night and they found that a shared things in terms of their past. valerie jarett was raised in iran, rather was an american doctor raised in iran and the president was raised at least in his young life in indonia. she is also in charge of the office of public engagement. a lot of the public out of reach. in charge of relations with the business community, which becomes part of the issue thai deal with in the book. but she has a better sense of any of them of how the obamas, both the president and first lady, to react in any situation. she can almost tell you in an uncanny way what their response will be. it's good youtarted working on this in november of 2008 and finished it in march 2010. what is the importance of having a book about the first year of a president? guest: the last book i wrote -- "the defining moment: fdr's final days." i was researching that roosevelt's debut was critical and understandingim and why his pres

have youver heard of the chicago and london -- exchange of obama in the 1990's?: it was a market for companies taking early action, anticipating in the 1990's. it was started by a gentleman that has since stepped down. it has been seen by a lot of companies try to get a head start in the process. also, it has created an agricultural offset market. there are pharmacists in iowa who are practicing novato practices -- no-till practices. host: i think the caller said that president obama started this. is that true? guest: not exactly true. i think you could connect three or four people who obama worked with in chicago to being on the board of the chicago climate exchange. host: bonnie on the republican line, you are a lot - our last phone call. caller: is john kerry going to give up his private jet? is he going to give up his big suv? all of these politicians have private jets, suv's. we pay for it. and they want to tell us we have to drive a small car, where is richard entering your heat down. -- wear a sweatshirt and turn in your seat down. host: do you know if joh

have you ever heard of the chicago and london -- exchange of obama in the 1990's? --guest: it was a market for companies taking early action, anticipating in the 1990's. it was started by a gentleman that has since stepped down. it has been seen by a lot of companies try to get a head start in the process. also, it has created an agricultural offset market. there are pharmacists in iowa who are practicing novato practices -- no-till practices. host: i think the caller said that president obama started this. is that true? guest: not exactly true. i think you could connect three or four people who obama worked with in chicago to being on the board of the chicago climate exchange. host: bonnie on the republican line, you are a lot -- our last phone call. caller: is john kerry going to give up his private jet? is he going to give up his big suv? all of these politicians have private jets, suv's. we pay for it. and they want to tell us we have to drive a small car, where is richard entering your heat down. -- wear a sweatshirt and turn in your seat down. host: do you kn

i know obama didn't expect to have the great recession on the 21st century when he started but he did say he would lo address s issue. i don't know if the mood in the country now -- if they defeated comprehensive immigration reform in 2007 when we had fewer than 5 percent unemployed do you really believe that the congress of the united states even as presently constituted will deal with comprehensive immigration reform as critically necessary as it may be? >> the probable we have right now, i think senator reed is ready to move on it, senator pelosi is ready to move on it. there's not one republican with the courage to stand up and do what's right. ronald reagan had t passed the immigration bill in 1986 a hero among republicans. where are the ronald reagans of 2010. even john mccain who supported comprehensive immigration reform the mccain kennedy bill switched to the position in arizona. it flip flopped. >> my hero. broke my heart. >> geraldo, what he has been -- what he is talking about all he is talking about a amnesty. >> you are an attorney takes 8 years it makes you pay a fine makes you go through every

s. i happen to think that obama's legacy will be how good a job he does in reforming public education. he has a great secretary, he has the right people. how will he convince this country that you cannot let your religion get in the way of education. they are separate things and we're making our mistake throughout the country. you can not let your opinions about who should be teaching dictate who is teaching, we have to have the best and the brightest. we have to fix education, we have to fix immigration. you have to understand that technology will always make people more productive. you can go back to when the steam engine it came in. you can go to when electricity came in. there are always these destructive technologies that are going to destroy the work force. in fact, we managed to work our way through it and come out stronger at the the other end. incidently, the same thing is happening and around the world. we are not the only ones with these problems. the fact was not being able to keep up with the demands of the work force and universal problems, i would describe this as a kind

those approvals that the gentleman cited were given early in the obama administration by careerists who were not policy appointees. sgloun b.p.'s lamar mckay was asked about the chemical dispersants beeb used at the wellhead to break up the gusher. the environmental protection agency gave approval for its use just last week. democratic peter defazio of oregon asked why b.p. selected the chemicals it did. >> there are others that e.p.a. measures more effective on this grade of oil and less toxic. why aren't you using those? because i'm concerned about what's in the water column here and what we're not seeing. >> we're using the preapproved dispersants. i believe-- >> there are 13 preapproved but there are some that are less toxic and more effect identify this. it comes from a company in which you don't have anyone sitting on board. this is coming from a company where you do have someone sitting on the board. >> brown: also today, the obama administration proposed eliminating the agency that oversees offshore drilling and manages leases. it would divide it into three separate entitys to eliminate potential conflicts of interest.

normally would be a tremendous asset: longevity, experience,nihe s a of that now becomeneti clinton won the primary vote against barack obama. >> lehrer: what about mullllan he lost his renom nakz primary race. does this fit in as well? >> it does-- well tdoes in the sense what has always worked in the past for the incumbent-- that is, senator smith, congressman jones, you may not like him, you may not agree with him on everything, but son of a gun, he got the new interchange. he got the contract that kept our factory over. >> lehrer: i'm mispronouncing his name. >> that's all right. 14 terms. he's third ranking on appropriations in the house.andd the emeritus chairman of the appropriationsst virginia had an federal spending. it didn't work for him. his opponent did run on allegations of ethical or unethical behavior on his part. the question of whether his net worth had-- which had had improved dramatically, and the rnal" did a ece g1on it. it was rea a, -incti-- >> but also antinsactiong1, a great country out there with an awful lot pe ile his pool-- i really think it is terribly elitist. it sounds the british ruling clas

obama, b.p. anger on regulators." the reporter writes about the reaction of b.p.'s chief executive and said he shared mr. obama's sense of urgency and that the company was doing "everything in our power to stop the leak." heyward added, "about the we are participating full until investigations that will provide valuable lessons about how to prevent future incidents of this nature." green bay, wisconsin, john on our line for you understand penalties. welcome to the "washington journal." caller: yes, good morning. i'm glad that they're going to hold the feet to the fire of all the regulators finally, along with just making the companies be held responsible and to get this done, but i wish the president -- i wsh we had a great conservative president, which we haven't had since 1963 when we had john f. kennedy, and he created the people's money, certificates, and l.b.j. on the plane back home after the central bankers did what they did -- host: john, what does this have to do with the oil spill? caller: i want regulation. i want everything regulated the same way. i wish he had the same outrage against the cen

obama administration officials will return to the gulf coast starting tomorrow to check on b.p.'sf the oil slick. judy. >> there was talk today that some of this oil may get west of the mississippi river. what more do you know about that? >> governor jindal said he gotÑi projection from the national oceanic association that there was a poss portion of the slick would get past the mouth of the mississippi and move to the west. if that happens, it will force the oil into baratarier bay, which is 70% of the available resources to louisiana fishermen, and that would, of course, cause some serious problems for them as well. >> woodruff: and governor jindal spoke about louisiana and taking some of the cleanup into their own hands. what was he referring to? >> tom: he was standing in front of a jack boat, which is a boat that has pillars, which allows it to put the pillars down into the floor of the sea bed and jacks the boat out of the water. there are going to be 10 of those, they hope, eventually, that will serve as floating platforms to allow the fishermen out there to deploy the abs

obama administration's response to this spill intensified today. senior white house correspondent bill plante has that story. >> reporter: the pol tibs of anger over b.p.'s failure to plug the leak has become as toxic as the undersea gusher itself. with b.p. making little progress, there's increasing pressure on the administration to find a solution. >> we're drawing on america's best mind and using the world's best technol to stop the leak. >> reporter: in his weekly address, the president announced a bipartisan commission to investigate the disaster and admitted federal oversight of the industry has been poor. >> even as we continue to hold b.p. accountable, we also need to hold washington accountable. >> reporter: but increase will, members of congress, some in the president's own party are, urging the administration to do more than just continue to rely on b.p. >> if the defense department or nasa or cia have technologies that can help, they should use them right now. >> reporter: iian mcdonald of florida state university, who first questioned b.p.'s low estimate of spill volumes, is one of four scientists signing g this "new york times" op-ed piece

i know obama didn't expect to have the great recession on the 21st century when he started but he did say he would lo address sue. i don't know if the mood in the country now -- if they defeated comprehensive immigration reform in 2007 when we had fewer than 5 percent unemployed do you really believe that the congress of the united states even as presently constituted will deal with comprehensive immigration reform as critically necessary as it may be? >> the probable we have right now, i think senator reed is ready to move on it, senator pelosi is ready to move on it. there's not one republican with the courage to stand up and do what's right. ronald reagan had t passed the immigration bill in 1986 a hero among republicans. where are the ronald reagans of 2010. even john mccain who supported comprehensive immigration reform the mccain kennedy bill switched to the position in arizona. it flip flopped. >> my hero. broke my heart. >> geraldo, what he has been -- what he is talking about all he is talking about a amnesty. >> you are an attorney takes 8 years it makes you pay a fine makes you go through every kind

s tom fitzgerald has the latest development. >> reporter: 5,000 feet underwater, the oil continues to fellow but above-ground the obama administration's response may be in deep water itself. >> if we find they're not doing what they're supposed to be doing we'll push them out of the way. >> reporter: interior secretary ken salazar's tough talk highlights a tough problem for the government. he's not happy about bp's performance but right now bp is the only game in town. >> reporter: the people we work with all over the world, we've had support from across the industry so i don't know what they would do different. >> reporter: bp is planning affix called a top kill where mud will be used to mruth well head. louisiana's governor called on both bp and the government to start working together. >> bp is the responsible party, but we need the federal government to make sure they're held accountable and they are indeed responsible. >> reporter: environmentalists redskin creasingly concerned that bp's choice of chemical disbursement has never been used in such large numbers before and runs the risk of becoming toxic >> the one that has been us

we have people from the 1960's including bill ayers were partners with obama.m originally from chicago. first of all, i agree that we definitely must do something with the fed. ok, so we have that point. now i am also going to be joining the tea party because i believe one of the things i want to point out in this conversation is that the the tea party people are not just republicans. they're not happy with the way the administration is running the country right now. obama, all these different organizations alu, and the unions are running this country. guest: in fairness, people are unhappy with what is going on in the country for a good reason. the middle-class is collapsing and poverty is increasing. we have a huge national debt. we are fighting two wars. we're not addressing climate change. the gap between the very rich and everyone else is growing wider. but to blame all that on barack obama is simply unfair. you had it for eight years the bush administration which largely ignored the most important issues facing the country. one of the reasons obama is get

s&p lost 4 # 1/2. losses come even as the senate passed the financial overhaul bill last night. president obama says that should prevent another economic crisis. >> i will ensure that we arrive at a final product that is both effective and responsible, one that holds wall street to high standards of accountability. >> what is in the senate reform bill? the senate version creates a new consumer protection bureau and restricts bank trading on their own accounts. it requires borrows are show pay stubs they can pay back mortgages. >>> part of a toastal area in louisiana is coated and authorities are especially worried bay dead pelican found covered in oil. british petroleum still plans to plug that well by pumping mud in and sealing it with cement. bp says more oil is spewing from the wellthon -- spewing from the well than originally estimate. >>> it sounds like science fiction and it is happening. we'll talk about what a molecular biologist created that could be major step closer to creating artificial life. >>> we'll tell you about a threat that i jetblue pilot is accused of making that got him t

the nasdaq and s&p 500 closed significantly lower. >>> president obama says the storm is receding atecession speaking at the national meeting of the council. the nation's top priority is economic recovery. >> we are determined to putting our nation in a stronger economical footing. we need a economic that is powered more by what we produce and build. >>> if you have been watching gas prices jump up, this may be good news. analysts say they do not expect prices to go much higher this summer unless there's a significant surge in demand or drop in supply. according to the aa the price of unleaded gas is $2.90 a gallon. that is $0.80 higher than last year. >>> i the man trying to blowup a car at time square almost got away or did he? what may have been the fbi's strategy. >>> and former mayor sheila you want to get a great looking lawn like this, but trying to grow grass from seed in tough areas like deep shade, along the driveway, and where the kids play can be a little intimidating... until now, with scotts ez seed. it's so revolutionary it's guaranteed to grow grass...anywhere. that's

s have considerable legacy problems associated with the older loans in their portfolio they are being used by the obama administration to take on additional risks." on christmas day of last year the obama administration announced it would prop them up with unlimited taxpayer funding, and that's exactly what they're doing today. the administration took this step so it would have the flexibility to continue its efforts to support housing market. some now are questioning those efforts. in "the new york times" piece that i mentioned, mrs. morganson quotes dean baker, codirector for the center for economic and policy research who noted -- and i quote -- "i do not understand why people are not talking about it" -- referring to freddie's losses. "it seems to me the most fundamental question is: have they on an ongoing basis been paying too much for loans ever since they went into a conservatorship?" mr. president, this begs the question whether the g.s.e. should widow them at this point. what is to be gained? mr. morganson posits a compelling theory. freddie may be racking up losses by overpaying mortgages de

s to finish up next week. >> of clothing website that promises the perfect fit, and the president wants to further tighten fuel efficiency standards. >> president obama is mandating higher fuel efficiency standards for cars. federal agencies already mandated higher fuel standards for cars and light trucks in the 2012 through 2016 model years, but now the president wants even stricter standards beginning in 2017. he pointed to the gulf oil spill as a reason to lower dependence on oil. >> i believe it is possible in the next 20 years for vehicles to use half the fuel and produce have the pollution that they do today. that will only happen if we are willing to do what is necessary for the sake of our economy, our security, and our environment. >> the they are trying on clothes at the store? there is a web site just for you. all you have to do is enter your measurements and then decide picks out the clothes that look best on your body type. so many clothes, all different sizes. which to pick? when you order online, do you know what size it really is, and can you take a chance? >> we basically match you. we are like a personal matchmaker for clothing. >>

has and will continue to work closely with the obama administration, our speaker, chairman levin, our n.g.o.'s to provide whatever assistance we can to provide for support, relief, reconstruction, and recovery efforts. i'd also like to thank chairman levin and also ranking member camp for their bipartisan work in bringing this bill to the floor today and for their commitment to supporting the people of haiti as they rebuild their lives and their nation. this is not a partisan issue. and i'm glad to see the commitment to the haitian people within this congress. that commitment as many of us know cannot and it should not be limited to foreign aid. emergency assistance is vital to any humanitarian operation. however, it cannot form the sole backbone of a long-term recovery strategy for promoting reconstruction and development. it is about many, many initiatives, including debt relief which another member of the congressional black caucus, congresswoman maxine waters, so valiantly championed. the gentlelady yielded an additional minute. ms. lee: such strategies must take a whole government approac

s. also, a house hearing with attorney general eric holder on procedures for questioning terror suspects. this morning on "washington journal," a look at the economy and the role president obamae 2010 campaigns with a democratic strategist and a republican seg

in fact, reporting on president obama's comments about the case today. this way, the f.b.i.'sinvestigating the suspect in last weekend's failed times square car bombing for possible ties to terrorist groups. president obama said today. speaking hours after a suspect was pulled off a plane about to depart for the middle east. mr. obama said justice will be done in the incident. the president also said hundreds of lives may have been saved through quick action by ordinary citizens and local, state and federal authorities on saturday night. law enforcement officials say the suspect recently returned from a trip to pakistan and bought the 1993 pathfinder three weeks ago and paid cash for that vehicle. again, from an a.p. story on the president's comments on that case. again, we are waiting for eric holder, the attorney general, and other officials on the arrest and the investigation into the new york city attempted car bombing. we'll bring this event when it gets started, eric holder on the attempted car bombing in new york city over the weekend. obviously running just a little bi

obama. a plan to make sure they have a place to call home. >>> the big apple's mayor mike bloomberg on capitol hill with a big warning about holes in the u.s.'sfforts to catch terrorists. we will tell you what he had to say coming up. >>> the uva campus is remembering a murdered student. the latest on the investigation. if you ride the red. big changes coming to metro's biggest and oldest rail line. see you at 6:00. >>> the massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico could have a huge impact on the fishing industry. >>> fox's steve hair began has the story of one firer men in florida who is trying to stay positive. >> 7,000 miles are now closed for fishing. the shrimpers industry is on hold. same goes for crabbers like donny more he will -- morel. >> you make any amount of money you want whenever it's good, depend on how many crab traps you have. >> the ten-year-old motor is powered by one battery. he moves back and forth between truck and vote. he made $40,000 his best year. enough to support his wife and two daughters. it's not the thought about lost income that brings tears behind the sunglasses. >> i can't imagine not come out here doing this

obama at the abraham national cemetery in the amyloid. >> this treaty is an evolution of agreements the comeback to the 1970's. particularly of the series of start agreements that started in the reagan administration and continued in some form in every subsequent administration. >> watched the moments that make history right now online at the c-span video library. washington your way, every program since 1987 available free online. [applause] d>> barbara bush, the daughter of president bush and laura bush, made a speech recently about help corps. at the national press club. >> i wanted to thank a few of the friends who have helped us. gene case, she has supported us from the very beginning. thank you, gene. charlie hill is one of our other co-founders. he is representing google at the national geographic spelling bee today. geeta gupta has been instrumental, sitting in the back and i am thrilled that she could make it. lastly i wanted to thank my sister, who is ironically now a member of the club. to my surprise and under the support of my family, she is a member of nbc's "today" show. she is now a member of t

so we have within the law school s some activist philosophies that are out there that suggest judges can allow their empathy and president obama said, their feelings, their ideology to influence how they interpret plain words in our laws. i think that's a danger. i think all our liberties are weakened if a judge is not faithful to the law. if they can change the law, the next judge can change the law and the next judge can change the law and it just weakens the protections that our constitution gives every single american. >> one of the issues you've clearly broken with elena kagan on is the issue of military recruiters on campus at harvard law when she was the dean there. they were banned from using the office of career services there at harvard because of her opposition to don't ask don't tell, feeling the military is discriminatory because it wouldn't be recruiting gay students. did you all have is a chance to talk about that? >> a little bit. i do care about that. i was involved in the legislation and the secondary laws that were passed about that to try to deal with this unbelievable problem that our great universities we

with a stroke of a pen, president obama could change the tax law which they did in the 1980's with ronald reagan and make it an incentive to invest in the properties of the united states again and be able to get growth that way instead of spending monny that way. let's try to solve the main problem. let's get the housing values up again it by making tax incentives to people that will get them to invest. we would be able to go back to work fixing them up. guest: i would disagree very strongly. this is not a handout. this is using the market to help jump-start an area that there is a strong public interested in realizing. there is $1.20 trillion of wasted energy in the economy every single day. -- excuse me, every single year. we are not making these investments because the real market barriers. we need policy so that the market can take over. the question of if this is a rebate or a tax incentive, we actually believe that a rebate will be more fast-acting, more streamlined, and it will put the money into the market. pe think it will be more effective than using the tax code. it is a little

s free condom program following at that large number of complaints. >>> the silver spring second grader who asked michelle obama about immigration has another question for the first lady. >> plus weather and traffic together on the 1s. we'll be right back. stay with us for "news4 today." >>> free fall. the dow sees its biggest slide in more than a year. change is coming to wall street in the form of new regulations from capitol hill. >>> beltway blues. repairs this weekend dhoot have you sitting in traffic for miles. good morning. thank you for joining us for "news4 today." i'm eun yang. >> i'm joe krebs. today is friday, may 21, 2010. our good friend right there is the sun on this friday morning. what a great beginning to the weekend. let the weekend begin. >> we have a great weekend. meteorologist tom kierein has our forecast for us. good morning. great morning under way. there's the live view from our sky watcher camera which is mounted on our tower higher up here about 275 feet above the terrain showing the eastern horizon. temperatures right now under that partly cloudy in the 50s. 58 at reagan national. o

s. you have really got to wonder how this accident occurred and what the green peace and mr. obama's radical allies were responsible for. it will be interesting to see what the investigation for the cause of the accident, up as. host: this is darlene from the independent line. caller: what that lady just said, i was willing to say something about that. what exactly caused this? i wonder who could have done this. i do not know. at any rate, i do not think that bush is any more at fault with katrina that obama is here. if you blame bush for katrina, you have to blame obama also. thank you. host: appalachia, florida. caller: we make a living here through oysters and commercial fishing. both of which are threatened by this oil spill. host: what is the best word you are hearing about when it will hit the shore? caller: still a bit of a ways from here, we are 60 miles east of panama city, florida. but it is a huge response. they are talking and lot but what we lose our income, i do not hear anything about unemployment for the louisiana oyster people. why is the president not talking about

s. it should not be a surprise that she is praising this new change that was introduced by the obama administration as part of the stimulus package. one of the key ideas of welfare reform, what used to be called aid to families with dependent children, what we did was to say that the more people u.n. role, the more money we will give you. and we will cut your funding if you cut the people. one of the things that we categorically did was decide it was a stupid incentive system. we decided to provide the states with a fixed amount of money. if they increased caseloads we would not give them more money. what the stimulus package did was reversed that, specifically saying the state's that if and only if you increase your caseload will be give you more money. it effectively gutted the core of the reform. the reform itself has been weakened severely over the last five years. guest: that is just not accurate. the way that it is set up, you have to have increased expenditures to be able to access the funds. if you have an increased caseload you can get increased money but you can get money for subsidized j

s just a fraction offthe federal budget. guest: i think this is very important to them. one of the great things about the obama administration is the secretary of education, secretary of agriculture, and kathleen sibelius' havv all been involveddin hunker. -pthey have noo -- have all bee+ involved in hong there. we all need to work together on this and they have been a huge caller: tom, please, -- tell me, please, didn't president he had a social program. is that correct? in the last 40 years, we have not won that war? we have not won the war after billions and billions and billions of dollars. socialist programs, we have not won the war on our own soil with our own people. whht makes you think that another $22 billion froo some while intended socialist program will win the war to date? guest: i am not the one who thinks it. the othhr important thing is that we have learned lot from both the successes and failures. we have learned a lot from the successes and failures of sociaa programs. they're nnt a lot of people who look to our programs today and find the waste and abuse that they once did. we're not talkin

obama? >> if you think back historically the last 20 years and mexican president visits to the u.s., there often characterized by ambitious agendas. you think about it salinas in the early 1990'sagenda was nafta. or when fox came here in 2001, on the agenda was comprehensive immigration reform right before september 11. this agenda for this next week will not be as ambitious as those. in part for optimistic reasons and in part for pessimistic reasons. the biggest issue today between the u.s. and mexico has been security issues. one reason why this is not an ambitious agenda is because the u.s. and mexico have been working quite well for now almost three years together on this agenda. this will be more of a touching base and pushing forward small cuts -- concrete forms. in the u.s. and mexico bilateral agenda, it has been developing. it started in the bush administration. in the obama administration, we have seen a transformation of the direction of the initiative, and it is going forward. moving from a much more military focus to one that includes and to student -- institution building in getting into socioeconomic factors underlying violence and the border. a little under two

s a little bit. especially the arizona law is a big deal and it came up. president calderon of mexico mention it in his remarks. president obama then did it about yesterday. the two are in agreement on the particular area of the law, and that they are not over the moon about it. but i think one of the reports coming out of last night was that -- the second mostsked question decide what you are wearing was the immigration bill. this dinner more than most in recent memory, truly was given a tily nature of the issue, an opportunity for people in the diplomatic and political community to talk about what is a really serious issue between the two countries and how they can work together on it. host: any surprises? guest: one's surprise, i think -- not so much a surprise, perhaps a group. the chief of protocol at one of the hollywood moments where he managed to slip and fall down and that sort of struck people as perhaps involvement -- emblematic of how hollywood d.c. is, that that is a big goof. hollywood -- slim, one of the richest man was there. and >> an update, the associated press is reporting secret service spokesman says the

obama, has chartered a new direction. americans are now paying the lowest amount of tax rates sincthe 1950's, getting deductions on property taxes, help with bonds for states so that they n rebuild hospitals and sewers and tax relief for tuition and teachers for their out-of-pocket expenses. and, finally, yes, we have to protest those coasts and increase the oil liability trust fund. but there is more to do, we all know that, and that's why this week we are looking to pass the americanobs and closing tax loholes that many coorations have taken advantage. we have restore credit to small businesses, extend tax incentives so american busisses can do the research at they need. and, yes, our young people need jobs. didn't you get one? i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for wh purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? i ask permission to address the house for one minute ando revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from florida is recognized for one minute to address the house. mr. bilirakis: thank you, mr. eaker. during these difficult eco