schwartz? ms. schwartz, aye. mr. captor? mr. captor, aye. mr. doggett, mr. doggett, aye. mr. blumenauer? mr. blumenauer, aye. ms. mccallum? aye. mr. yarmouth? aye. mr. pascrell? mr. honda, aye. mr. president ryan of ohio? mr. ryan, aye. ms. wasserman schultz? ms. moore? ms. moore, aye. ms. castor, aye. mr. schueler -- ms. beck -- mr. schueler, aye. ms. bass? ms. bass, aye. mr. bonamici, aye. mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. >> are there any members looking to vote or change their vote? ms. wasserman schultz? >> mr. wa-- ms. wasser man schultz? aye. >> the clerk will report. >> mr. chairman on that vote, the ayes are 15 and the nos are 22. >> the nos have it. the amendment is not agreed to. since we have four votes, markup is recessed subject to the call of the chair. >>> so this house budget commit markup of chairman paul ryan the 2013 budget proposal is going into recess now. so members can vote on the house floor. this all got under way about 10:30 eastern and wouldn't be a surprise if it goes late into the evening as they work to finish this. we'll show you openin

the staff will distribute. >> amendment offered by miss schwartz, relating to medicare. >> miss schwartz. >> yes. i think i would be more explicit to say it's an amendment that would prevent the budget to end medicare as we know it. and i would want to just begin and then a couple of others that want to speak to. for decades medicare has been a life line for older americans providing quality and affordable health coverage for all seniors in our country. the creation medicare in 1965 addressed the fundamental challenge of aging seniors as health care costs increase and incomes decline. prior to medicare little over a half of those over 65 had insurance and private insurers were terminating coverage to those in greatest need of care. medicare is a promise to our seniors that they will not be left alone to manage the burden of health care costs in the vulnerable years. house republicans are now again proposing to break that promise. the republican medicare voucher plan ends medicare guarantees of a specific set of health benefits to our seniors. it ends the wide array of choices currently a

schwartz. >> aye. >> ms. schwartz, aye. ms. kaptur. >> aye. >> ms. kaptur, aye. mr. blumenauer, aye. ms. mccole m, aye. mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. pakkarel, aye. mr. hahn donda, aye. ms. moore, aye. mr. schuler, aye. ms. bass, aye. ms. bonamici, ay. mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. mr. ribble. >> aye. >> mr. ribble, aye. >> are there any other members looking to vote or to change their vote? clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 17 and the noes are 20. >> the amendment is not agreed to. next we will recognize mr. van hollen for the purposes of amendment. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have an amendment at the desk. >> clerk will designate the amendment. staff will distribute copies. >> an amendment offered by mr. yarmouth -- or mr. van hollen. an amendment relating to taxes. >> the gentleman is recognized for nine minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment is very simple. it's designed to make sure that we don't finance another round of tax cuts for the wealthiest americans by increasing taxes on middle-income americans. as you c

let me go with congresswoman schwartz. try to explain to us.'re opposed to it, i assume you are. why are republicans in harrisburg, pennsylvania diddling around with this. ultrasound requirements in an age, what, 40 years after roe v. wade. isn't this another way to punish people having chosen to have an abortion? >> i can't speak to motivation of legislators who are pushing for this in harrisburg or the governor who is supporting it and really was pretty offensive when he said, look, women can just look the other way when this invasive procedure and unnecessary one at that is being done to them. it's pretty insensitive and outrageous. all you can say is they're ignoring the real concerns that women and men have, which is access to healthcare, access to women's health services that includes pap smears, mammograms, and full gynecological examinations and contraception. and it's pretty off the charts in terms of what really most men and women in this country are thinking about, which is i want access to my health care that i need, and honestly, w

schwartz. an amend r >> ms. schwartz. >> yes, i think i would be more explicit and say it is an amendment that would prevent this budget to end we know it. and i would want to just, begin a couple others want to speak to it. for decades medicare has been a life line for older americans. providing quality and affordable health coverage for all seniors in our country. the creation of medicare in 1965 addressed the challenge of insuring seniors as incomes decline. prior to medicare, little over a half of, of those over 65 had insurance. and private insurers were terminating coverage to greatest need of care. medicare is a prop is to our seniors they will not be left alone to manage the burd in of health care costs in the most vulnerable years. house republicans are now again proposing to break that promise. the republican medicare voucher plan ends medicare a specific set of health benefits to our seniors. it end the wide array of choices, currently available, under medicare. from traditional fee for service in whi

also have allyson schwartz from pennsylvania.ot her fault, this is state legislature, she's a national legislator, women have to have ultrasound before abortion. welcome to you both. i don't know where to start. let's start in pennsylvania. there are two measures. let me go with congresswoman schwartz. try to explain to us. you're opposed to it, i assume you are. why are republicans in harrisburg, pennsylvania diddling around with this. ultrasound requirements 40 years after roe versus wade. isn't this another way to punish those having abortion? >> i can't speak to motivation of legislators speaking for this in harrisburg or the governor supporting it. really was pretty offensive when he said look, women can just look the other way when this invasive procedure and unnecessary one at that is being done to them. it is pretty insensitive and outrageous. all you can say is they're ignoring the real concerns that women and men have, which is access to healthcare, access to women's health services that includes pap smears, mammograms,

nelson schwartz? guest: well, there have been a lack of prosecutions in the wake of the financial crisis. i don't think anybody would argue with you there. in terms of the big banks, they had a $20 billion settlement, so you are seeing some movement there. these are heavily-regulated industries. but you know, whether their customer service is good is another issue. host: corpus christi, alice, democrats line. caller: good morning. host: hello? caller: i love all the comments and the conversation. y'all are over with in about 14 minutes, is that correct? >> host: we're about 15 minutes, go ahead. caller: i'm from corpus christi. and there has been a lot of hulla ballew since perri came back as governor. but my main thing is with mr. nelson schwartz, i think that we need to get to the basis -- basic of your ethics on investment banks. host: and so do you have a question for our guest, ma'am? caller: yes, sir, i do. how much go ahead. caller: bank of america. yes, sir. host: go ahead, mr. nelson schwartz

schwartz. >> thank you. iant to appreciate the ranking member q a couple mai sure i had heard what your answer to a one. because the budget repeels the health law we passed, the affordable care act, the opportunity that is taking place tohe donut hole, prescription drug coverage and seniorsttinefirst ch t$250. know it is $500. this year and gradually w presc drug coverage. because the -- this, the budget assumes repeal of the, the law. that would go away. those dollars, that cost, would then be shifted back to seniors. is that correct? >> assumptions are the savings from affordable care act in the medicare area should not have gone to expansions in other entightmetlement programs. >> that's the same program. >> devoted to the savings in medicare should not use subsidies in medicaid and so forth. they should be devoted to medicare and deficit reducts. the budget assumes the expansions in the affordable care act are repealed. how that is implemented beyond that will be up to the ways and means and energy and c

joined by john schwartz and kim mcnicholas. a regular on the show. she's now with pando daily. we'll talk about more of that later in the show. in the meantime, thank you for being here. let's start with actually a fact we touched on the last time you were here. so the viewer understands this. oil companies, much to peoples' surprise, don't set the price of oil. >> that's correct. as you've mentioned, there's many factors that go into what we pay at the pump. >> and other than the production of oil, oil companies don't even have a say in the pricing oil. you could turn off the oil. that would affect the price. but in that sense, in the market, you are not saying price it at this. >> yeah. and i think the first thing to start with in this conversation is really important is that we understand the frustration everybody is having over what it costs at the pump. i mean, obviously, it's a big topic today. but it's really important to sort of peel back the onion and sort of talk about what really goes into affecting that price. and many of the things you mentioned do, but the single

schwartz, aye. mr. doggett, aye. mr. blumenhauer, aye. ms. mccollum, aye. mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio, aye. ms. wasserman-shultz, aye. ms. moore? aye. ms. castor, aye ms. bass? ms. bass, aye. ms. bonamici? aye. mr. chairman? no. >> the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 14, the nos are 20. >> nos have it, the amendment is not agreed to. >> do you have an amendment at the desk. >> the clerk will report on the status -- >> the midwest working together. an amendment offered by ms. mccollum related to women's health. >> thank you. women deserved access to affordable health care. unfortunately before the women health care act, women were not guaranteed access. a woman was dpe nighed health care buzz she had a c-section. in florida, a woman denied coverage because she was given anti-aids education after a sexual assault. a senior could not afford her prescription drugs while in the medicare doughnut hole. a woman in south dakota could be charged $1,200 more than a man for the same identical coverage. a woman in texas had her insurance rescinded beca

so so this weekend the schwartzs celebrate their 60th anniversary like a couple newly woods.ms today start at $319 a night. you can't put a price on true love, can you? thank you for joining me. my guests next week, sir richard branson, virgin group founder joining us. keep it where wall street meets main street. have a great week. see you again next weekend.

schwartz. >> thank you for this amendment. the republicans keep saying that their voucher plan, premiums support plan, they prefer to call it, will not change anything for current seniors and that is simply not true. they said there would be no change or shift in costs, only for future seniors but not for current seniors and that is simply not true. by repeal of the affordable care act, the fact that we're gradually closing that prescription drug gap means that more seniors will be paying more out of pocket right away if the republicans repealed the affordable care act and seniors will not able to afford their prescriptions and get sicker and increase costs for us. this is benefiting 3.5 million seniors now. they would lose this. benefit you can no longer say unless you vote for this amendment that you are protecting current seniors from a cost shift. this is extremely important to seniors. we have to make sure we protect their health and safety and economic security and their health security into the future. we should continu

here in the front of the room, and you were not i would say, bernard schwartz was a acolyte in that sense because you were talking about infrastructure and to some degree industrial policy, and i want to start out with the question of wra we are today and what your experience is today with the clinton and somewhat the obama administrations even though you are an adviser and not an official of the obama administration. what do you think that you wouldn't have thought or given at bre given the government experience. >> of course, nobody in the audience knows what i wrote there so to frame it in a way that relates to what we are hearing today, i was involved early on really in the definition of competitiveness. competitiveness as a term was not commonly used believe it or not a quarter of a century ago which is about how long i have been working on it, and actually a foreign concept to economists who might think of something like comparative advantage, but those of us thinking about competitiveness as countries to make themselves foundations to be a competitive place to locate and esse

david schwartz with the usgs, as always, thank you so much for that information.e we will be in touch throughout today. thank you, david. >> sure. >> and in the meantime, we're going to be checking in with our twitter messages, a lot of people e-mailing us as well about the responses how they were woken up on this monday by two separate earthquakes in the bay area. and check in with lawrence and elizabeth, on our weather forecast, and how this is affecting traffic as well. and we will be back in a few minutes with more coverage on the earthquake that happened at 5:30 this morning and also we have streaming live video on cbs-sf.com. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> welcome back. 6:44. breaking news this morning. two separate earthquakes here in the bay area. in the last hour or so. the big one, the 4.0. at 5:33. it is really lighting up social media on facebook, we've gotten a lot of e-mails as well as phone calls. but what we wanted to share with you was some twitter messages that people have been talking about, and ari forcer says just experienced my

up next "washington journal" with mike conaway, allyson schwartz, and liza mundy. >> elections are about the choices. today, hundreds of thousands of people in illinois have joined millions of people across the country to join our cause. ♪ >> and mitt romney won about 47% of the vote in illinois yesterday. we want to hear from you as we go to the newspapers about your candid it and why you are supporting him. romney supporters, the number for you to call is 202-737-0002 if you are a ron paul supporter, call 202-628-0184. he can also tell us why you are supporting which can it via electronic e-mail. or you can leave a comment on our twitter page. if you want to continue the conversation there, the facebook.com/cspan. here is the front page of "the chicago sun times" this morning. ," "romneygo tribune tighten script with easy illinois win." 46.7% while rick santorum took 35%. ron paul came in third with 9.3%. newt gingrich came in fourth with 8%. there were also some congressional races in illinois. jesse jackson had a primary challenge in the democratic primary for south chicago. jesse ja

. >> alan schwartz spoke to this yesterday. >> people are watching and saying okay -- >> alan schwartzn yesterday, too. >> you got a lot of for and above retailer. >> for a retailer that's good because they put -- >> back to the cash issue. if you don't spend the money, m&a -- >> when the aftertax shield goes from 2.5 to 1.25, when it's taxed at 50% it's not nearly as attractive, seriously andrew, 4% yielder which right now taxed at the low rates your aftertax is 3.5% so that's something -- >> becomes less attractive. >> the whole value of the stock market if you're basing any of it is on aftertax dividend yields it's much less attractive if rates go up to 50% which is where, if nothing is done, if things go back to the bush tax cuts expire and other tax cuts go in and the obama care, i forget, this he don't call it -- >> the likelihood of all of the things you said happening. >> if nothing changes right now. >> macy's closer to 1% and home depot 2.5%. >> at&t or verizon or pfizer, and there are some others. >> 5.5. >> there's some incredible yields. >> you agree the chances of that ar

. >> jimmy: you know how it is. [ laughter ] >> ben schwartz. >> jimmy: ben schwartz, in it, i know him citizen brigade," all that improv stuff. josh lawson, australian actor -- >> jimmy: i like what you do in the show, you have, like, this new terminology that i don't know. >> yeah. >> jimmy: when you tell people -- >> very few people know it. >> jimmy: is it real? >> it's absolutely real. >> jimmy: it is? >> yeah, it's this sort of management, consultant speak that they do to sort of you know -- all the subterfuge -- >> jimmy: all this magic -- yeah, yeah, yeah. >> yeah. look over here -- you know. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah, but what, like, give me an example of some of it. >> you know, "we want to open the kimono on this guy." >> jimmy: that's my favorite one. >> yeah, open the kimono. >> jimmy: but now, what does open the kimono mean? >> like, find out who this person really is. usually find out some secret that you can exploit, you know? that kind of thing. >> jimmy: that makes no sense. i love it. open the kimono. >> no. "chunk out a journey line." >> jimmy: "chunk out a journey

representative schwartz. you know, consistently in the last three years, at least, the republican budget plans always included medicare reform, that's true. but it included this caveat in that it wouldn't affect anyone that was 55 years and older. yet, the democrats -- and this budget is no different that came from representative ryan the other day. it's no different. yet, the democrats will lie by admission and never mention -- and scare old people to death that medicare reform, as proposed by the republicans, -- that is not true. whereas obamacare will cut medicare immediately, not in its entirety, as much as 40% to everyone right now. democrats i still say lie by omission. will you on air admit that the democrats' proposal on the budget will not affect anyone over 55 years old concerning medicare? i'll take your answer off the air. thank you. guest: first, let me take the second part first, if i may. when you say we will cut medicare, the fact is we didn't cut medicare, and some of the changes that we made

our reporter sara lacy and john schwartz of usa today this week on press: here. >> good morning, everyone. as a college student, my first guest used $11,000 worth of poker winnings to launch his first company. a risky move, riskier considering they weren't even his poker winnings. aaron leevie used his roommate's poker winnings to launch box.net and the decision to go on in paid off. box.net just got $48 million in funding, which makes aaron leevie a hot name in silicone valley. >> you have to do something that's actually really, really exciting. >> box.networks with big businesses to help employees store documents and data easily in the clouds. >> "the wall street journal" called his precocious. sara lacy, john, we'll let the precocious comments go past. >> i frequently have two words anytime i'm in the room with aaron leevie. >> what's that? >> calm down. >> because he's interesting and dynamic and you just told him not to do that? >> and, remember, let me start with the business that putting things in the cloud for enterprise, as more and more companies are online, as more and more por

miss schwartz, aye. miss captor, aye. mrs. mccollum, aye. mr.aye. mr. honda -- aye. mrs. wasserman-schultz. >> aye. mr. caster, aye. aye.chuler. mr. campbell. no. >> mr. campbell, no. mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. miss bass. miss bass, aye. >> any other members looking to vote or to change their vote? if not, the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman on that vote, the ayes are 16. the the nos are 20. >> the nos have it.e recognize katherine. >> thank you, members of the committee. i have an amendment. >> the staff will hand out copies of the amendment. the gentle lady from ohio. >> an amendment offered by miss castor. >> gentle lady from ohio is recognized for nine minutes. >> thank you very much. the amendment i'm proposed would establish the veterans job corps. it would employ 20,000 returning veterans in project to reserve the parks, the state parks and other public lands and touch up federal facility ls. the american people know jobs need to be our number one priority. and while the economy is gradually recovering, it's not yet come in fully. there are still

schwartz, no. mr. doggett, aye. mr. yarmith aye. mr. honda aye, mr. wright a. mr. ryan aye. ms. waszman schultz. mr. schuler aye. ms. bass aye. mr. chairman. mr. chairman no. >> any others looking to vote or to change their vote. if no, the clerk shall report. on. >> on that vote the ryes -- >> the amendment is not agreed to. i now yield to ms. bonamiche. >> an amendment offered by ms. bonamiche relating to wall street. >> thank you. i'm proud to offer this -- >> do you want to do the 15 or the 10? >> can i have 12 and a half? >> we have been watching this health budget committee mark up of the republican budget plan for much of the day here on cspan 3. our coverage is now moving to cspan 2. and you can also see out online on cspan.org. >> we do this in part by put -- coming up on cspan 3, british prime minister david cameron faces questions from parliament during prime minister's question. that's followed business the british prime minister with the presentation of the annual government budget. and later, libya's prime minister talks about his country's transition to democracy.

do or die time for the schwartz. start wing or forget the post shown shoot out against nashville.in style. first period fred on the power play. patrick horn quist depends auntie 'em with nothing. predator. shark open the power play. buck of right to thornton on the door step. 16 to tie it at one. scoreless to the shoot out brian low just trickle it past the blocker l. >> only goal to lead them 1 point of it final play off into the a dozen against left. that's the toyota sports repor report. >> thanks. >> "nightline"up next. >> if you can keep track of the latest breaking news bay area. >> back in the evening of course for all of us thanks for watching we pressure time. course for all of us thanks for watching we pressure time. >> good night everyone

schwartz, aye. mr. dogt, aye. ms. mcculm, aye. mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. pascarel. aye. mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio, aye. mr. schultz, aye. ms. moor, aye. ms. caster, aye. ms. bass, aye. mr. chairman, no. >> are there any members who wish to vote or change their vote. >> on that vote the ayes are 15 and the noes are 21. >> the amendment is not agreed to. now we will recognize the gentle lady from california for the designation of an amendment. >> an amendment offered by ms. bass relating to transportation. >> the gentle lady is recognized for nine minutes. >> mr. chairman and members of the committee i offer this amendment with my colleagues who are cosponsoring it with me that will save or create an estimated 2 million jobs in addition to accelerate highway construction, bridge repair, mass transit system and other essential projects that keep people and commerce moving quickly and safely. specifically this amendment will incorporate the moving ahead for progress in a 21st century act as passed by the senate into the house budget resolution. the bottom line is that a h

. >> reporter: mobile, alabama, businessman ken schwartz is undecided. >> trust is the thing. if you come out and you try to talk a certain way -- >> morning y'all. >> i've got kin here in mississippi. i'm not sure -- i'm very proud of it. >> -- or you try to dress a certain way, that's a cue that there's something there you can't trust. they can spot a phony right away. >> reporter: newt gingrich, rick santorum and mitt romney have all been running hard, trying to connect with the region's conservative voters. tomorrow's balloting could change the dynamics of the race yet again. >> it's like groundhog day. it's like every week it's a new election. >> reporter: in birmingham, voters say these east coast based candidates aren't generating much excitement. nita perry is voting for gingrich but without enthusiasm. >> it sounds like they're saying just what we want to hear. what they think we want to hear. >> reporter: andrew collins has owned lyric hot dogs and grill for nearly 40 years. he's undecided and uninspired. >> seems like when they start talking about grits and biscuits

schwartz, ms. captor, aye. mr. doggett. mr. mccollum. mr. yarmith. mr. pascarell. mr. honda, mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan, aye. ms. wasserman schultz. mr. schuler, aye. mr. bass, aye. mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. dharm. no. >> any other members looking to vote or to change their vote. if not the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 13 and the nos are 20. >> the matter is voted downing. >> mr. ryan. >> i have an amendment another the desk. >> the amendment and the staff will distribute copies of the amendment. >> the generous gentleman will be recognized for four minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, this amendment will end the tax subsidies to the bill oil and find the commodities future trade commission in order to more effectively enforce some of the gambling that's going on in the commodities market now, this will repeal tax subsidies into the integrated oil and gas companies and the lion's share of this money will end up going to deficit reduction, but it will also go to fully fund the dodd-frank

isabelle and joan schwartz spent their wedding night at the waldorf and back then it was $16.80 for the for a phone call. they have a policy of charging the original room rate to returning guests marking a milestone. this weekend they celebrate their 60th anniversary like a couple of newlyweds. rooms at the waldorf start at $319 a night but you can't put a price on true love, can you. thank you for joining us. my guest next week, sir richard branson, virgin group founder. he will be joining us. keep it here where wall street meets main street t. see you

schwartz. >> i share with my colleagues. i appreciate this amendment the sense of concern about this amendment. for those of us with high senior populations and also with governors who are really willing to make pretty drastic cuts already to then say to them we are going to cut even more is quite concerning. any of us who have had a loved one in a nursing home or needing home care i offered this amendment last year when my father was in and out of rehab, it was pretty tough to imagine as i walked by in those facilities and watch some of the other residents there who had spent everything that they had that actually we are not there through elective decision making. this was a choice they had to be there. they want to be treated with respect. we all are deeply concerned about the quality of our nursing homes and appreciate the ones that are really fine. the fact of cutting $800 billion, almost a third of our spending on medicaid and to think it will make no difference particularly as it goes up from there to the numbers we ha

. >> that is good expert number two, ait seems to me schwartz is here and she will talk about -- amye and she will talk about refreshing your house for spring in the 8:00 a.m. hour. >> good stuff. >> thank you holly. >> still to come a growing problem nationwide we are talking about bullying next hour an expert on the issue and children's author joins us with tips on what you should do if your child falls victim. >> also after 8:00 a.m., more reason to eat your fruits and veggies a new study suggests they may hold the key to healthier looking skin. fox medical team takes a closer look. how did this small colorado town get through tough economic times? freight rail. it attracted large eating over seventeen hundred jobs. then suppliers, stores, more companies followed, creating more jobs. economists call that the ripple effect. i call it the freight rail effect. freight rail connects every rner of america, bringing jobs and economic growth along for the ride. visit freightrailworks.org. not anymore. fiber one is bringing brownies back. at 90 calories, you can have brownies again. ♪ fib

i want to bring in pennsylvania congresswoman allison schwartz.ember of the house budget committee. she joins me now from capitol hill. good morning. it's good to see you, congresswoman. >> good morning. >> look, here's what he says. he says we need to absorb the fat from the influx of retirees and the cost of insuring them. he says unless we do this, all of these entitlement programs are going to go belly up. what do you make of his plan? what is the democrats' response? >> look, it's really very, very clear that what the republican plan put forward by paul ryan does yet again this year as they tried to do last year is three things. well, it does many things, but i'll just mention three. it ends medicare as we know it. we'll talk more about that, i'm sure. it actually shifts the burden, the tax burden, from the wealthiest americans to middle class americans, and it increases the tax burden on the middle class. not a good thing, we believe, and it does nothing to grow the economy. so this is a very sharp contrast to the republican plan. really, as

schwartz. >> thank you.y to talk particularly about medicare. but i did want to start by saying that the federal budget is a statementva oes and priorities. it is every year. it certa ie t put forth a budget that ensures we can meet reduce the deficit, and that we can grow our economy. first i believe that w the nati deficit in a fiscally responsible manner. this means spending cuts as well as revenues to make sure that we sustain steady economic demanding greater efficiency and effectiveness from all sectors of the government is necessary. both c protect and grow our robust middle class, inchrebet cent domestic manufacturing, and eliminate unnecessary and costly special interest tax deductions. secondly we must make investments tocompetitiveness. this includes investments in education to he ensure a skilled work force, in infrastructure td rail. and in research, technology and growth economy in the 21st century. ancommments as a nation to our children and to our seniors by protecting benefits and beneficiaries under medicare and the republican

isabelle and joan schwartz spent their wedding night at the waldorf and back then it was $16.80 for theor a phone call. they have a policy of charging the original room rate to returning guests marking a milestone. this weekend they celebrate their 60th anniversary like a couple of newlyweds. rooms at the waldorf start at $319 a night but you can't put a price on true love, can you. thank you for joining us. my guest next week, sir richard branson, virgin group founder. he will be joining us. keep it here where wall street meets main s [ crickets chirping ] [ traffic passing ] ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers... of secondhand smoke... and some of them can't do anything about it. ♪ [ continues ] [ gasping ]

efforts in afghanistan and debate over the budget with representative allison schwartz, democrat of pennsylvania. tune in tomorrow morning on c-span's "washington journal," 7:00 a.m. eastern time, 4:00 for those of you on the west coast. the irish prime minister in washington, d.c., today, including on capitol hill with david o'leary, an irish tenor with this famous irish song. ♪ the pipes are calling from glen to glen and down the mountainside ♪ ♪ the sun is gone

the schwartzs were married in new york city on march 2, 1952. they spent their honeymoon at the most romantic place they could think of -- the waldorf. in honor of their milestone, the hotel is giving them the same big room for $16.80. today that same room would cost $319. >> it was the epitome to go to the waldorf. and i can not fathom what another hotel would have charged if we thought $16 was a lot of money. >> that makes it easy to go back for the same price. i'm kind of looking forward to it. be interesting. maybe, you know, rekindle some memories of that first night. >> well, okay. the waldorf astoria says it will honor the original rate for rooms for any returning guests celebrating a milestone. there is a limit to how many couples could take advantage of the deal every year. >> wow. what a great concept. cool. >> yeah. $16 won't even buy a cappuccino there these days. >> couldn't get breakfast for it. >>> 4:54. coming up in the next half-hour, where district leaders hope to put a new redskins training facility. >>> first, unhappy at work

but, i mean, air force chief schwartz pretty much sort of told the guard that he was going to go afterthem. >> he did put the gauntlet down, but, çd:sú[drl!'16Ñ the scenes and behind closed doors for a couple of years now, i'd say the last four years. the guard has been pushing back against a lot of budget cuts and forestructure cuts. this has spilled it out into the open because it affects all 50 states. there's no way of keeping it inside the building and not airing the dirty laundry. >> i think the fight went public too over whether or not the guard chief should join the chiefs of staff. >> don't forget, in brac of 2005 they tried to close some guard bases and they didn't get closed, the one up in new york state. >> thanks, everybody. we really appreciate it. >>> coming up, how one organization is making a >>> we're excited to launch a new monthly segment profiling organizations and individuals that support u.s. military members, veterans and their families. helping families stay together is a top priority for hero mile the, a program by fisher house in partnership with the pentagon

313-ship fleet and it does very little to expand or modernize the air force whether that general schwartz notes is smaller or older than the air force at the end of the post cold war drawdown. so how do we reconcile this rhetoric with this budget? >> well, okay. first and foremost, you know, some of the questions you're asking ought to probably be better directed to an om bment director. >> can you do that, too. >> i can play any role. today i'm secretary of defense. and so, you know, i'm dealing with the number that was handed me and what we did to try to respond to that number. and the approach we took was to say okay. if we are going to emphasize the pacific and middle east, we have to have force projections. that's the reason we're maintaining 11 carriers. some proposed we ought to cut back on a carrier force. we said, no, we're going to maintain 11 carriers. they are very important to our ability to project power. we're going to maintain our bomber fleet. more importantly, we're investing in a new bomber. and developing a new bomber for the future. in addition to that, we continue to

because as bernie schwartz and others can tell you, we have got to have infrastructure. earch. we have to have a whole host of other programs if we're going to be competitive. and i think you could do that. there are legislative strategies that could put in place that would bridge you to the point that you did that. the dafrpg we are bridges is they first bridge and then they can't agree and then you get to the point where they kick the ball down the road instead of acting. i think you can put in place a bridging mechanism that has real teeth that would increase the probability that they have to act. >> how do you prevent them from building a bridge and then kicking a can over it? >> you're mixing metaphors. >> you mentioned there could be a market crisis if we don't deal with our fiscal problem soon. but u.s. treasury bond interest rates are very low right now. so why do you think we have to deal with them soon? and do you think we should have a public investment program that could help stimulate the economy, maybe raise incomes and help raise tax revenues? i think within the

gunderson the world and now for a view on the russian election from abroad we have steve levine a schwartz fellow at the new america foundation and public policy institute and think tank mr levine thank you for being with us. now if looking at the results so far do you think the russian opposition lost because they don't really have one clear leader and you think it might be better to have a two party system like in the u.s. . the your. premise is correct i think that the opposition needed to coalesce around one person it was handicapped for some time and the ways that the way the laws are are handled in russia work against the rise of a candidate who might. more seriously challenge. and. i do think that that. if one wanted a more robust system then we would then then one would allow the rise of a stronger and more independent opposition. well it can be said that putin has conducted a western style campaign clearly outlining his agenda in fact some people have said that he's campaigned harder than he ever has before do you think he will follow through with his promises. she did at the end

isabelle and joan schwartz spent their wedding night at the waldorf and back then it was $16.80 for the a phone call. they have a policy of charging the original room rate to returning guests marking a milestone. this weekend they celebrate their 60th anniversary like a couple of newlyweds. rooms at the waldorf start at $319 a night but you can't put a price on true love, can you. thank you for joining us. my guest next week, sir richard branson, virgin group founder. he will be joining us. keep it here where wall street meets main s ♪ [ female announcer ] hamburger helper cheeseburger macaroni. now even cheesier and tastier. helpers. forty dishes, all delicious. gives us the most nutritious of gifts. but only when they are ready to be given. that's why green giant picks vegetables at their peak. ...and freezes them fast, locking in nutrients ...for you to unwrap. ♪ ho, ho, ho. green giant great! at progressive, you can compare rates side by side so you get the same coverage, often for less. wow! that is huge! ♪ and this is to remind you that you could save hundreds! [laughing] man: yea