robert, jon. [applause] [laughter] >> good evening. first of all, jon and i wrote this book because we've known each other for about 20 years or so. we started together to post in january of '93 and we didn't know each other at that time. we were both coming to the post and both of us were a little skeptical of the other because like what kind of brother wants to work for the washington post. [laughter] so we were -- that's how we start off with each other. but we became friends, and we've covered politics, we've covered a number of things. i started off as a terry setup the washington xin center for politics and journalism and got to cover the washington, people like ron brown and others got to go to attend the white house events and see what the defense of washington look like. and terry's goal was to have thus become political journalists who would not be so one of ideology or another but sort of look to cut through that to say here is what the democrats say and what republicans say and introduce you to keep folks at the same time.

i am not only pleased to introduced robert s.jon jeter but i am jealous because i have not written a book and i am pleased he has done so. the only thing i asked if i get to ask the first question after the presentation. by the way with the exception of been a few represent-- exception never present all white people. [laughter] you say what do black people think? you can ask me what white people think. thank you. robert? and john? [applause] >> good evening. first of all, we have no need to other for about 20 years our sell and started together at the post january 1993 and we did not know each other at the time we both came to the post and both of us were skeptical of the other because what brother was to work for the post at? [laughter] we became friends. but we cover politics and a number of things i started off and that semester i could cover officials washington like ron brown and got to go to the by house and to see what official washington looks like. the goal was to become political or journalist who would not have one ide

he relied on roberts roberts and mar roberts and markakis to give him tips.been vocal on trying to pick guys up when they've done something wrong. adam told me he credits mike in the bullpen that's given the team lot of fight this year. he taught us about following every pick, being in the game, rallying behind one another. seems like the veterans brought in good leaders to the team. >> jim: gonzalez came from atlanta. tejada hit by a pitch. if you play for bobby cox you better play to win. >> rob: that was an interesting point amber made about guys being in the game. brian told me in every pitch i was hanging on. i was never in a game as much as i was watching that from the dugout. he said he was hanging on every pitch like it was a playoff game. >> jim: mike had a tough night tuesday night on opening night. he's obviously anxious to get back in. >> rob: he was the first guy in the clubhouse the next day. he told dave, i want the ball again. he was the first guy to shows up the next day. >> jim: luke scott is going to benefit from the orioles having two on w

in his statement, pretty much acknowledged chief justice roberts, then judge roberts, competency and qualifications but disagreed with him on philosophical and ideological grounds. but what goes on inside that -- that conference room is known only to the justices. it is very small, very simple, situated right behind where the chief justice sits in court. if you walk right back of that. i think relatively few people have had an opportunity to see that conference room. it is written about as a place where only the justices go. that if there's a knock on the door, as frequently reported, it's the junior justice who -- who answers -- who answers the door. but what goes on inside that -- that conference room decides the cutting-edge questions of the day. and it is my hope that the replacement will be someone with solid academic credentials, solid professional credentials, the intellect and really the capacity to carry on that battle which is an ideological battleground within that supreme court conference room. i urge further that the president look beyond circuit judges. today with the n

brian roberts, again, not in the starting lineup. he's still active on the roster, but we're starting to get to the point now where a decision has to be made. will he go on the disabled list to try to get this thing to heal or is it one of those things maybe he's available in a couple of days? and if he's going on the d.l., that means somebody has to come take his place because right now they're playing a man short. >> right. i'm told justin turner is on his way to baltimore. unless he has a strong hankering for a crab cake, it's to take roberts' place. the only other explanation is they may want him here in case they make that decision, otherwise send him back to norfolk. already sensing they are leaning heavily to putting brian on the d.l. turner makes sense, he's a second baseman, he's on the 40-man roster unlike andino and scott moore. he says he really needed another four to six days before he was ready to play. he said this morning he can't go more than a couple days without brian. so if you do the math, if he can't go more tha

robert weiss, monogamy history?don't think it's monogamy history. >> larry: do we know what percentage? >> more than 50% of the male population in the soouts monogamous. >> larry: how do we know that? >> we assume they're telling the truthful we do have a high level of monogamy in this country. a lot of people don't cheat. i haven't talked to the guys in europe. >> larry: fay itville, north carolina, as we go to some calls. hello. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. >> larry: sure. >> caller: i was wondering, why is it when it is someone who has fame and money, it is an addiction. but if you're just an average joe, you're just a cheater. >> larry: is that true? >> it does seem to be that way, yeah. >> larry: the average joe can't afford to go to therapy. >> exactly. and they don't necessarily need to do. that i think that it an attempt to make things right. they got caught. they want to make things good. i think in some ways it could be coming from a good place, i want to get some help, i want to do things diff

forbes those in the legal profession certainly knew the name robert rohrbough. it wasn't until the investigation and subsequent indictment of former baltimore city mayor cheel sheila dixon that his name and face became as popular as the person he was preparing to prosecutor. >> but really it never phased me. >> reporter: what did phase this veteran attorney is the gull that dixon showed during trial. as times more concerned about her fur coats tha than her futu. >> was i as towfnedded tha astot she wanted to talk about. >> reporter: during the interview i asked. >> reporter: boughrohrbough wht he thought dixon's downfall. >> pure greed. miss dixon has never explained to the public what that cash was doing in her bank account and where she got the cash. >> reporter: while some question the need for a state prosecutor, rohrbough is convinced it will always be important. >> we didn't spot corruption in this state. it has been going on since spear wagner. nothing is going to stop corruption, greed will always be there. it will just take a different form. >> reporter

i agree with robert completely. i don't think you're ever going to see the black support for barack obama dip below -- certainly below 80%. but i do think this. i don't think if things continue the way they're going, and i think they're going to, i don't think they are going to turn out for him in the next election. and, you know, the -- our presidential elections are not that complicated. there's a few states. i'm from indiana. he won't win indiana -- if the vote was today he wouldn't win indiana. i don't care who he's winning against. he won't win ohio and pens. -- pennsylvania. if some laid off worker benefits go out and vote for barack obama because he believes in all this hope and change, i don't believe it. if i had to bet money i would say sarah palin would she the next president because you look at -- if you look at -- really if you look at the history of this country and every time there's been any kind of -- even when it didn't happen but when there's this sort of recognition of the sort of -- the sort of

robert bork wants to be a supreme court justice. but the record shows he has a strange idea of what justice is. he defended poll taxes and literacy tests which kept many americans from voting. please urge your senators to vote against the bork nomination. if he wins a seat on the supreme court, it will be for life. his life and yours. >> robert bork ultimately made it through his confirmation hearing on the senate judiciary committee. but the opposition did not let up. as it headed for the senate floor. >> robert bork's america, there is no room at the inn for blacks, no place in the constitution for women, and in our america, there should be no seat on the supreme court for robert bork. >> robert bork's nomination was voted down on the floor of the senate, with 58 senators voting against him, including six republicans. rivaling judge bork in terms of pure drama were the hearings for clarence thomas in 1991. his confirmation process was going along sort of swimmingly until news reports leaked one of his former employees made stateme

>> if you read robert caro's masterful book which focuses on the 1957 civil rights act, it feels like you are right on the floor. the field general calling in the troops and getting the votes scheduled just the right time. there was a big reaction to that among democratic senators in johnson's own party who did not like to have their arms twisted once a day, thank you very much. the republicans were not too happy about that. so when johnson became vice president in 1961, the senate selected mild-mannered mike mansfield to be majority leader. let everybody have their raw opportunity. robert byrd became majority leader and said, "i would like to have the strength of lyndon johnson and the understanding and engagement of mike mansfield." it was howard baker hughes said that leading the senate is like herding cats, and and trent lott came out with a book, "herding cats." it is a good metaphor because the cats may go in a direction for a limited period of time but that does not last long. one of the most difficult things is to have a large majority. throughout history, you get factions wit

i'm robert pattinson.ifferent things that bother me. like the month of march bothers me, okay? comes in like a lion, goes out like a lamb. what the [ bleep ] does that mean? pick an animal and stick with it. okay? bothered! hey. i don't think like that. [ cheers and applause ] i don't really think that way. >> jimmy: you don't like what i'm doing? >> no. [ laughter ] >> how does it make you feel, mate? does it -- >> i don't know how it makes me feel, to be honest. a little bit annoyed. a little bit frustrated. >> yeah? something that starts with a "b" maybe? >> maybe a bit broken? >> no, maybe -- >> close? >> close, but maybe -- >> both -- does it -- does it bother you? >> yeah, i'm bothered. [ laughter and applause ] bothered! bothered! ♪ bothered >> jimmy: his new film "remember me" opens march 12th. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome robert pattinson. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hey, you got to be get out of my tree get out of my tree ♪ ♪ get out of my tree get out of my tree ♪ [ cheers and applause ]

>> also at noon, defense secretary robert gates, the fencsecretary clinton, and othes will talk about the u.s. nuclear policies for the next 10 years. they have been working on a report for the past year. we will find out more today live on c-span at noon. also, beginning at 6:30 p.m. this evening, johnson, the author of "13 bankers" talks about it. after that, former treasury secretary henry paulson on his memoir. then, at a 30 p.m. georgian congressman john lewis on this book "race and reconciliation." -- that is at 8:30 p.m. >> we are in unique position to go to war. we need to develop a roadmap so that we can get it done. >> something about energy policy that you would like to talk about on your blog-you can search it, watch it, and share it at the c-span video library. every c-span program since 1987. it is the latest get from cable to america.>> earlier today, gon announced parliamentary elections will be may 6. his labor party is in a tight race against the conservatives. in the british system of prime minister traditionally meets with the queen to request an election. he did t

robert gibbs goes after mismegyn kelly.tor brown from massachusetts show up at the boston tea party rally. check is next. >> bill: back of the book segment tonight, reality check where we search for the truth in all the wrong places. check one. miss megyn kelly has gotten the attention of white house spokesman robert gibbs is angry that something happened on miss megyn's broadcast. >> the president signed the stark treaty last week. and there was a lot of debate about whether us reducing our nuclear warheads was making this country less safe. and then the anchor disappeared and for several seconds there was a 1960's video footage of a nuclear test in a mushroom cloud. >> bill: mr. gibbs was treeferg a segment tease on america life. >> president obama heading for the check republic as we speak set to sign a new nuclear pack with russia. now the critics are asking will the new deal leave the u.s. defenseless until it's too late. coming up next hour. ment? explosion] >> bill: so, was that unfair to president obama? you make th

the denise roberts foundation is a community of minority women and men fighting breast cancer throughtion and early detection. diagnosed at the age of 34, denise focuses on those under the age of 40 who do not have the proper insurance, but it's also sharing her personal struggle that has truly allowed her to help others: two years ago during a self breast examination, darlene smith found a lump. >> when you first get diagnosed and that information is given to you, you are in, i call it, a fog. >> like other women in the community, darlene called on denise. >> until you talk to another woman that has gone through what you're going through and have been there, the most comfort you can get out of anything that happens to you other than standing on your faith. >> denise roberts is a two-time cancer survivor, first diagnosed at the age of 34 with breast cancer which she thought was her hardest test. but 11 years later, her reality was rocked again by a diagnosis of uterine cancer. >> it was detected early, as the breast cancer. but both of them were the same. same meaning that they were n

this act to more questions and in time to visit personally with robert and jon. don't forget they are honored by your presence but would be more by your money so go by the book. [laughter] this leedy will be the last. we will have three questions and then you can buy the book. >> i agree with a lot but i disagree with some things. i think one of the big issues -- i grew up in the caribbean is. [inaudible] i met resistance like why are you against obama. i have nothing against obama. i'm telling you this is not going to work well for you. [laughter] it's absolutely not who is quick to transition things and stuff like that. [inaudible] >> there was a great sense of people even try purely symbolic standpoint i think that his elections need to be seen against heber's coming in at the important issue of the time and here was a guy useful in the bankruptcy. some of the things especially you are talking about it seems to me speak to -- [inaudible] >> if we can get to the question. >> i think some of the critical of obama is setting we are in a crisis and to we have not

>> i feel differently than robert on this. supplies. i think this gets back to the on responsiveness of the government and i think that is complicated but i think we are very clear on some issues, not just african-americans but the country as a whole. when it comes to health care we are clear. poll after poll shows we want government financed health care system. we are very clear on that. we aren't we getting it -- we clearly want us to be out of iraq and afghanistan. we've escalated those wars at least in afghanistan. and i think this gets to -- anno this is heretical among black people, but i think in some ways it raises the question of what is -- people talk about how smart barack obama is and i never met him. i have no idea, but the first thing he did on the health care debate was to take single payer health care of the table. what good does that do? the employee free choice act for instance which we talk about in the chapter of the labor unions. this is something that really is as was originally offered was probably the most progre

. >> roberts is at bat already. struck out in his second at- bat. 0 for 7 over the first two games games. only 4 hits in this cause, the orioles have three. tampa bay, 1. there's a 5th in a row as roberts takes ball 1. trembley looking on. hoping for a win to end this series. >> he's also hoping for some hits with runners in scoring position. >> reporter: roberts takes, 1 and 1. >> jim: matt garza is 27 and 34 in his career, so he is 7 below 500, however, his career era is 3.99 and in the american league -- and now he's in the al east, as you refer to it arena baseball. 3.99 is very impressive. >> and then what, he's 18 and 7 against the american league east. >> against the os. so roberts is taking 3 pitches. reimold out at 2nd. his first with 2 down. foul past t-bone shelby. they were talking about the no decisions last year. garza 12, only java chamberlain. >> if you look at the runs scored, the as scored 103 and the red sox, 872. chris pena missed the last 25, 26 26 games. >> jim: roberts back pedals. >> good com

at goldman sachs, robert gibbs said nobody at the white house or treasury department had any idea the charges were in the work. bret? >> bret: major garrett live on the north lawn. thank you. get more on the goldman sachs charges from fox business network correspondent peter barnes. good evening, pete. >> reporter: when you buy a new dishwasher, tv or car, the government says the manufacturer must by law provide you with basic information about it. just look at toyota right now. it's in big trouble because the government says it failed to tell customers about problems with sticky gas pedals. the same thing with goldman sachs. the government says it broke the law when it sold investment products to two european banks since 2007. and that it did not tell them basic required information. the products were securities backed by billions in subprime mortgages. goldman did not tell the banks that a very savvy investment manager john paulson helped to create the securities and then turned around and made bets they would eventually blow up. which they did. it was financial car wreck. costing t

i joke with robert she's the blackest person in the book in some ways. but we wanted to identify and talk about sort of how every successful social movement in this country's history black people have played a central role. that's not to assert any kind of superiority. it is just true of the abolitionist movement, whether it is the civil rights movement, you know, every construction which is trying to build the egalitarian society not just for black people but poor white people who fought the war so what we are trying to do is give this place because typically when the blacks have been sort of have a leadership role as the rest of the country has followed in one way, shape or form a citizen of the things we want to do is give voice to people whose voices are increasingly marginalized but are very central to any kind of progress in this country in terms of social movements. >> if you can just keep the microphone and handed off to [inaudible] >> howarth you doing? i am a washingtonian kernan the graduate student. i want to give a statement and get your rea

that poet may have been familiar with an essay by robert wilkerson and which the early church -- wilken pointed out that the early church leaders was embedded in demands made of its members to embrace a new way of life. the church was less interested in transforming the disorders of the roman empire then of building its own sense of community, and it led these communities be the 11th that would gradually transform culture. -- be the leaven that would transform culture. it was itself a culture and created a new christian culture. that same point was made in a conversation i had with d.h. williams, a professor at baylor university. he teaches the work of early christian fathers. we were talking about how seriously the barely -- early churches the supervision of new converts to the process of enculturating its members in shaping its way of life. not just giving them a set of ideas to believe in. here is what williams said. in the process of teaching or catechizing you christians, it was taken with seriousness that the commitment they were making was a corporate one and an exclusive one. co

robert gibbs is the president's point man. why does his boss keep ripping cable chatter and rush and sean and glenn. our conversation at the white house. >>> in search of oprah. kitty kelley takes on the talk show queen and says much of the media is afraid to challenge her. is the author's new and gossipy biography fair? >>> second act. conan o'brien going from the "tonight show" to basic cable? is that a smart move? >>> plus, charging for tweets. will corporate advertising ruin twitter? >>> a major chunk of washington journalism is filled in through the prism of the white house, which is why you see so many reporters standing right here on the north lawn. and a good bit of that coverage involves the man whose job it is to deal with the media. as anyone who's ever watched robert gibbs in the briefing room well knows that can get pretty contentious. >> didn't expect to have this package within a party about the public option? >> again, contrived almost entirely by you guys. >> with all due respect, and i sympathize with you try

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robert glauber of harvard university. he was undersecretary of the treasury during the tenure of president george h.w. bush. and robert litan is a senior fellow of economic studies and global economy at the brookings institution. mr. glauber, i'll start with you. picking up on where we left off with senator shelby when he talked about the "too big to fail" question. would this bill as it is emerging now do enough to break up those bill banks or those big financial institutions that abused the process? >> i think by designating a large number of them as important systemically it puts them on a list of institutions that are too big to fail. i think that's a mistake. it's just not the right way to approach solving the problem of bailing out banks. >> ifill: alan blinder, what do you think? does this do enough to get to the heart of that problem? >> i think it comes pretty close. there isn't any perfect solution. i disagree with my friend bob glauber. the approach i've always favored or i shouldn't say always but since all th

robert bobb went to see the victims.at visiting a student who was shot outside of a public school was not listed as one of the conditions in your contract. >> no, it wasn't. but these were my kids. >> reporter: adding to the mess, there's brazen theft. so far this school year, thieves like these, seen on surveillance video, have stolen nearly $800,000 worth of computers. and corruption has been rampant for years. >> case number 0923. >> reporter: this woman was a teacher's aide. >> your honor, i want the court to be aware that this is a violation of public trust. >> reporter: but she was part of ring that embezzled more than $50,000 from the schools. she pleaded guilty to fraud. >> i'm sorry that it happened. >> reporter: her sentence -- probation. it's just one of more than 260 cases involving all sorts of wrongdoing that robert bobb's investigators have taken on in an effort to crack down. so you've found embezzlement, fraud, no-show jobs, double-dipping. are you an administrator or are you a law enforcement official?

drew pinsky and robert weiss remain. we're joined by steven a.adio host, fox sports columnist, the "philadelphia inquirer." one of the better sports writers in america. and dr. laurie buckley. clinical psychologist and sex therapist. before steven smith will have his strong opinions, i'm sure, doctor, you are a sex therapist. is there sexual addiction? >> i say no. >> you say no. >> i say no. there is sexual compulsion. there are problems around sexuality. i don't think we're so far off in a lot of our beliefs but as far as the clinical diagnosis of addiction, no. >> larry: so you disagree with both robert weiss and dr. drew pinsky. >> yes. >> larry: steven smith, is there sexual addiction? >> absolutely not. dr. drew knows how i feel about. this we've talk about it in the past. i think it is bogus. it is a perfect excuse to be used by men in this day and time because of something has ailed and plagued us since the beginning of time as far as i'll concerned. the influence of a woman on the male psyche, the male species as a whole. the fact is we

>> yes, robert. as the administration looks at the causes of this, would you support having a pause in new deepwater oil drilling, so that oil companies can prove they have the technology and the ability to control and prevent these types of spills? >> david, do you want to -- david and carol. >> everything is on the table. we are looking at -- that's why collecting the best minds this afternoon to look and see what the issue was. as robert alluded to, this is an extraordinarily unusual event. the last time there was a blowout like this with loss of life was 1984. and in the meantime, we have a thousand offshore platforms or mobile rigs in operation producing 30 percent of our domestic energy supply. but we are determined to get to the bottom of it, and to enhance the safety issues. that's why secretary salazar today is announcing the additional inspections, and we are looking at additional short- term steps that we can take. and i expect you'll hear more about that in the coming days. >> might those

have you been looking at this at all robert? >> i have not. >> i think it's interesting that what a difference 230 years make. that after all this time, what do they take from us? these horrible debates. they're awful! and it was interesting to watch, i mean the sets, and the walking -- >> and it was very much on our pattern. and i thought they wouldn't work because they debate in the house of common sense and prime minster is questioned there once a week. yet this did bring out things that we're not otherwise apparent. >> television. >> seems like every british election there is a threat or the promise of liberal democrats on the liberal party. combu it really never seems to go too far. >> i think the weakness of will appeal to the brits because it's a radical change. but the big concern for some people is that he has promised to go to proportional reputation which was a labor party position and they quickly abandoned that when they won. it has a lot of problems. it bedevils italian politics, it bedevils israel's politics, iris

productions, and narrated by robert macneil. here's a short clip from the beginning of the film. >> on a hill in jerusalem, a haunting memorial commemorates the thousands of jewish communities destroyed in the holocaust. the names of europe's lost ghettos are engraved in our memories. but the story of what happened to jewish communities in arab lands is largely forgotten. further up the hill a tree- shaded garden preserves the names of non-jews who risked their lives to save jewish lives. people like oskar schindler and raul wallenberg. they are known as the righteous among the nations. but for the writer and historian robert satloff, one nation is strangely absent. >> more than 20,000 non-jews here recognized for helping, saving jews during the holocaust. there's about 6 or so muslims. here's albanians. bosnians. there's a tree planted up on the hill in memory of the one turk. strangely though out of more than 20,000 names there's not a single arab. >> if arab schindlers ever existed, it might change how arabs view the holocaus

robert? i mean, it just seems to me it's the other side of the coin. >> we're extremely overbought with a percentage rise in just 13 months. we're losing upside momentum. we've got a 30-day trading index reading of 0.90. that is extremely low for -- >> the robert, the s&p right now is trading on forward earnings 14 times. the 18-year average is 16 times. in 1999, we were trading at 25 times. we still have a lot of room to the upside. you're discounting cash balance sheets at this point. >> no. valuation of the market is terrible. the dividend yield is 2.5%. there have only been two other tops in the last 100 years when dividend yield was that low. 2000 and 2007. the actual p/e -- >> corporations had to hold cash. of course the dividend yield is low. the balance sheet has never been higher. and, in fact, why wouldn't they be pulling out -- >> portfolio managers look at forward earnings at this point. so trading at 14 times forward earnings -- >> let the man reply. let the man have one last wor

yes, sir. >> robert, two questions. one on the nuclear review and the other the weekend. starnting with currency. after having put off this report, what are the next steps that the administration will take at the g-20 or in other forum to press china to move the currency? >> as we mentioned many times, the president has spoken directly with the leaders in china about his concern and his desire to see a currency that's more market braced. there are three important -- based. there are three important meetings coming up. our yearly dialogue with the chinese here. the summit. being two of those at which the administration will continue to press the chinese to -- as the president has said, value their currency in a way that's much more market based. that's -- the way we think is best at this point and i think we've seen reports over the past week or so about the chinese beginning to fake some steps and realize on their own that this is the best path forward. >> will you be pressing japan or any other countries from the g-20 to get this particular issue on the agenda for the g-

he walked up to the democratic leader, robert byrd, and made a deal. i will never surprise you if you do not surprise me. and senator byrd said, that is a good basis for cooperation. and senator dole became majority leader a couple of years later, and they extended that agreement in 1985. so it is essential, and that the relations between the two leaders are not good, then everybody is in trouble. >> what is the relationship between majority leader reid and minority leader mcconnell? >> you think that it would be tense. if you read the newspaper articles -- two years ago, senator reid did something that was rather significant. at the university of louisville, there is a mitch mcconnell center for the stubble -- for the study of public policy. they had an unveiling theire so senator reid interrupted his other duties, and attended the event. it was an enormously busy time and center, never forgot that -- and senator mcconnell never forgot that. beneath it all, there is a sense that we are brothers in a battle. there was a time where you draw the line and

chief justice john roberts said the law was over broad and could target videos about hunting. roberts wrote there is substantial disagreement on what types of conduct are properly reguarded as cruel. the 1999 law, he said, was not clearly defined. samuel ailey toe was the loan dissenter, saying animals will suffer because of the decision. he said the law was passed to prevent horrific acts of animal cruelty. tonight, members of congress are vowing to craft a law that will ban the selling of videos depicting only the most horrific of acts. pierre thomas, abc news, the supreme court. >>> and now, we turn to that volcano, and air travelers from new york to europe, travellers rejoiced. the first flights in five days landed in britain after a bill dollar loss by airlines during all of this, and miguel marquez tells us what a difference you could see everywhere today. >> reporter: today, paris' charles de gaulle airport packed to the gills. just 24 hours ago tx same terminal, a ghost town. at new york's jfk yesterday, it was stranded travelers in very temporary quarters. tod today,

reconciliation, you mentioned robert gold, and you have to care about senate procedure, but he is the master, a very bright guy who is taken on some tough assignments, and howard baker was lucky to have him. he basically turn reconciliation on its head. there reason for reconciliation was to reconcile differences between expenditures and tax receipts, and it was a minor matter to be done during the budget cycle. no one intended it to be used as a way to get around the 60-vote majority to pass major, controversial legislation. the republicans used it quite a bit in the 1980's. the democrats have not been shy about using it either. congress may be defined about how successful they aren't making reconciliation work with regard to health care. the whole business of how when the senator can visit the chamber and try to figure out how your survive in the environment, how'd you get your will it imposed on the other 99 senators? the -- you need some very seasoned staff like martin gold, and the democrats have their counterparts as well. >> another question right here, we need a microphone her

thank you. >> thanks very much, maria. >> robert reich joining us today. up next on "the wall street journal report," are you ready for april 15th? we have the tax tips that you need to know that will save you money this year, and then a hollywood mogul who career spans several golden ages with showbiz lessons he's learned from heavy hitters like frank sinatra and george clooney. >>> welcome back. the deadline for filing your income taxes is fast approaching. what are the changes you should know about this year that could save you money? amy mcanarney is with me. the director of the tax institute of h & r block. thanks for joining us. >> thanks, maria. >> first up, what's most important for taxpayers to be aware of this year that may be different than last year? >> this year there's 300 federal tax law changes, and there's some really key ones that people need to know about such as, you know, if you brought home a paycheck, you could get the making work way credit and that's $800 back in your pocket. if you're married $400, if you're single. that's a reall

signed: robert c. byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. predent the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will be in a period of morning business for one hour. during that time, senators will be permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. the majority will control the first 30 minutes. the republicans will control the final 30 minutes. following morning business, the senate will turn to executive session to debate the nomination of christopher schroeder to be an assistant attorney general. there will be up to three hours for debate prior to vote on confirmation of this nomination. upon disposition of the schroeder nomination, the senate will consider the nomination of thomas vanaskie, united states circuit judge for the third circuit. there will be three hours for debate prior to vote on confirmation of vanaskie. mr. president, i would note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:

speaking with robert moore iii his book marion a white girl coming to grips with race in america. who said he would always marry a white girl and why did they say that? >> if it was an internal feeling on my part. i grew up in i think a fascinating time period in the 1960's. we are one of the few laughs african-american families to ride the wave of the millions of those who left urban america in that time period. at the same time many african-americans were coming off the land in rural america and going to the city so i felt very unique and caught in between and i think the two groups almost like two sides and there is a time period this cultural so i felt internally that i was destined to marry someone who was white rather than african-american.

beyonce knows celebrated as hollywood duties and the williams sisters dominate the league's for its robert johnson the founder of bt they have made millions and oprah winfrey is rich and famous colin powell and condoleezza rice secretary of state and the attorney general and more to the point* of view 19 power and beauty barack obama is president of united states. first lady michelle obama who skin color alone would contempt year to ugliness of the 20th century figures as an icon of beauty and intelligence on a global stage none of these individuals is white blood being white these days is not what it used to me. [laughter] it is sensible to conclude

former maryland governor robert ehrlich is trying to get his old job back. he made the announcement today in montgomery county where he's offering to do battle with governor martin o'malley to take back the state. from the looks of it this is going to be a tough fight as both candidates are very good at campaigning and don't care much for each other. >>> rescue workers continue to search for four missing miernls after an explosion killed 25 others on monday. rescuers dug four holes to release any of the methane so they can enter and search for the workers. the mine is equipped with extra oxygen along the escape route that can keep the missing men alive for up to four days. >>> what a hot day. i'm just so amazed by some of these numbers, once again, 30 degrees above average. that's where we are. not quite to the old record. take a look at some of the temperatures out there. 90 for a high at bwi. we've also got 88 for

>> yes, robert.as the administration looks at the causes of this, would you support having a pause in new deepwater oil drilling, so that oil companies can prove they have the technology and the ability to control and prevent these types of spills? >> david, do you want to -- david and carol. >> everything is on the table. we are looking at -- that's why collecting the best minds this afternoon to look and see what the issue was. as robert alluded to, this is an extraordinarily unusual event. the last time there was a blowout like this with loss of life was 1984. and in the meantime, we have a thousand offshore platforms or mobile rigs in operation producing 30 percent of our domestic energy supply. but we are determined to get to the bottom of it, and to enhance the safety issues. that's why secretary salazar today is announcing the additional inspections, and we are looking at additional short-term steps that we can take. and i expect you'll hear more about that in the coming days. >> might those s

the spokesman robert gibbs says the white house was continuing to watch what karzai would say in the future before it made a final decision on that meeting, although he said of the meeting was still going forward. i think that is a natural reaction from what sounds like very outlandish comments coming from karzai, including one that has been denied by his spokesman just today, but he was reported by three sources in the meeting in kabul who said the pressure was not -- from the west, he might consider joining the taliban. host: this also came in part with the president's recent visit there. guest: it all got its start when the president obama the week ago sunday flew unannounced to cobble -- -- kabul. we don't know what they talked about but the security adviser james jones said of the airplane that it was time karzai was "seized" to eradicate corruption and the government. that has been a message they obama administration has been less gently sending to karzai since he left office. but must have set him off and some fashion. perhaps he felt he lost face and needed to regain his stan

a con sake with secretary of state hillary clinton and secretary of defense robert gets. plus our roundtable on all the week's political news. david brooks, david sanger, kathleen parker and harold ford junior, only here on "meet the press." >>> nuclear disarmament. the threat from iran. my conversation with secretary of state hillary clinton and secretary of defense robert gates after this brief commercial broke. >>> last week president obama traveled to prag to reduce the nation's nuclear stockpile by 30%. this webbing' eem host a global nuclear summit that begins right here tomorrow in washington. on friday i sat down with secretary of state hillary clinton and secretary of defense robert gates at the pentd gone to talk about nuclear security, the iranian nuclear threat and america's role in the world. >> secretary clinton, let's talk about the nuclear issues. you have critics on both sides of this decision, those that think it goes too far, weakens america, those who think it doesn't go far enough. if this nuclear disarmament decision represents middle ground, is it e

in the arraignment today of 21- year-old robert -- and another man brings to four the number of people charged in a shooting. both charged with first degree premeditated murder in the shooting death of three people. march 30th they were standing outside of an apartment building on south capitol street and were gunned down. lamar williams has been charged with three counts of first- degree murder in the shooting death of rochelle jones, nelson and devoir. he is also charged with the shooting death of how well that police think sparked the violence a week later on south capitol street.

. >> robert, in addition to being spokesman for the president is special assistant to the president. he is in the room when obama is doing things. he's much closer to obama than any of the previous press secretaries were. >> i think mike mccarty was fairly close. i watched them on several trips with the clinton administration. you could see they were banging each other, laughing, sharing a joke, probably an off-color joke. >> let me just make a point about that administration. there was somebody in that administration who was always exceedingly late. none other than the president himself. i have a very scornful theory about people like robert gives or bill clinton or others who are always that kind of late, and it is that they are passive agressive. they have all kinds of simmering recentment and they make people wait. it's a power trip. as i say, the scorn should be dripping from my lips because i hate people in real life who are like that. i have 15 minute rule with people. i think that the best thing the white house press core can do to robert gives is if he -- >> bob, i take it y

robert read the first chapter but his grandmother. i'm going to read from the last chapter which is about a young man named lee alexander, south africa, young south african, 28, and he married a young african-american woman from chicago. and he -- this chapter begins basically when barack obama is about to accept denver and there is a crowd of people, about ten people mostly black but not all, some blacks and whites, some arab and we are watching television as barack obama takes the stage and this young man, wheat, is watching and everyone else is sort of celebrate -- the ret in celebration, and lee is looking with his head between -- he's on his knees looking pensive almost like she's worried and i describe this leader in the conversation about this moment and why he was looking so peacefully -- pensively and i will store reading from here. materially very little has changed for his black countrymen since beijing quist right to lead the white minority rule in the first space election. on and plan it is higher than ever. economic disp