>> listen, judy, i think saxby and i will take some arrows. one of the things i think american public needs to know is most of our fights about spending cuts that the congress focuses on is only on domestic discretionary spending which is only about 12% of the budget. unless we want to whack a lot of program actually to some good, you've got to take on the entitlement issues as well and i think there's a growing recognition of that in both parties and i do think the president has continued to say he's open to this, i think you'll see some back and forth between the president's approach which does actually freeze domestic spending and has said he would look at entitlements as well. but you may need some of us in the bipartisan area to kind of go out in front and, again, take some of these initial arrows but at the end of the day we won't get this done unless the administration is part of this long-term solution set and i think he'll be there. >> woodruff: and senator chambliss, are you getting positive signals from the republican leadership? th

. >> lehrer: senators saxby chabliss and mark warner discuss their bipartisan approach to addressing the debt crisis. >> brown: plus, from mexico, bill neely of "independent television news" continues his series on the war against violent drug cartels. tonight: the story of one city's new 21-year old chief of police. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour."

he takes the wallet, stuffers it under some saxby are sitting on. the officers companion in shorter man was crewcut in a flowered shirt and he puts the buddha in his mouth and begins to pray. the cambodian buddhist ritual to some good fortune against imminent danger. his behavior is contagious. i take from my pocket a yellow rose that my daughter jessica had given me two weeks earlier when i had taken a five day breather in bangkok with my family dillinger the fall of montanan was near. i cut off the wires dems and carried it in my pocket ever since my personal amulet. sweat has turned into a -- looking across icy in his eyes would also must be in my mind, a certainty that we will be executed. jogging to preserve my dignity to get terrible look of his face i hold out the rows and say look i have a good look rose with me. nothing can really happen to us. he forces a grimace and i know he thinks i'm crazy. meanwhile, he's keeping up his pleadings with the driver of the karkh telling him we are not soldiers or politicians or anything hostile. no one he

committee, having served here in the 105th congress.note thasenator also want toco congratulate senator saxby chambliss on his voice chairmanship. we've worked together on this wo committee since you joined, h senator, in 2002, and i look woh forward to a close, good, positive working relationship, and all i can say is 2002. all i can say is so far very good. >> there are that provides an opportunity to present to the committee and the public their assessment of current and projected national security threats to the united states. three important authorities under the surveillance act. the business records, roving wiretap and loan wolf provisions will sunset. that's three weeks from now. the attorney general and the director of national intelligence have written to the congressional leadership in support of legislation that i have introduced to extend these authorities to december 31, 2013. the whole pariot act comes up for review at sunsets in 2013. that's really the time to look at the entire act and make some decisions. >> i am very concerned that these flee sections which are really vital

[applause] [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] to saxby. ♪ >> the banking industry continueso recover, but an increase in 2011 according to the federal deposit insurance corporation. that news conference with fdic chair sheila bair is next on c-span2. after that, from the u.s. conference of mayors we will hear from newark, new jersey mayor and education secretary ernie duncan. later melinda gates on increasing health care access for children globally. tomorrow on washington journal charlotte mayor anthony thoughts and oklahoma city mayor nick cornet discuss what budget shortfalls their cities could face. then bristol palin of the affordable housing centers of america on what his organization is doing to help those facing foreclosure. mike thompson of the council of state government on state budgets and changing present policies. washington journal live each morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. later in the day former republican governor mike hackett be will be at the national press club to talk about the state of politics in washington and his new book. governor had to be ran f