right there. [ applause ] the good news is that -- >> we're not just nominating obviously sylvia matthews burwellee on the right side of your screen, but that is ernie moniz with mccarthy. dan, what kind of task does sylvia matthew burwell have ahead of her? >> reporter: it's a major task we've been talking about the fact there have been so many fiscal crises happening over the last four years and certainly now as well that the most pressing one is trying to halt those spending cuts that took place at the end of last week. then there's what's going to happen in terms of funding the federal government and the white house has said that it supports this cr or this continuing resolution that would help sort of bridge the gap and allow the federal government to continue running and prevent that shutdown. these are important issues that she would have to deal with if nominated. you look back over the last four years and there have been things such as the fiscal cliff and the debt ceiling and these are all major fiscal issues that the office of omb has played a critical role and director has played a cr

. >>> well today president obama is expected to nominate sylvia matthews burwell as the next budget director. she runs walmart's philanthropic foundation. she served as chief of staff for former treasury secretary robert rubin. >>> well, coming up in the "morning news," cpr controversy. >> we need to get cpr needed. that's not enough. oklahoma? let me -- >> yeah. we can't do cpr. >> okay. then hand the phone to a passer-by. >> a nurse at a retirement home heard on an emergency 911 call refusing to administer cpr to an elderly woman. this is the "cbs morning news." refusing to administer cpr to an elderly woman. this is the "cbs morning news." more than two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. and every day since, we've worked hard to keep it. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy. we've shared what we've learned so we can all produce energy more safely. bp's also committed to america. we support nearly two-hundred-fifty thousand jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has ne

. >> president obama is expected to nominate wal- mart's sylvia matthews burwell as his next budget directorif confirmed by the senate, she would take the helm at the office of management and budget a time of heated budget battles between the white house and congressional republicans. >> she would also bring more diversity to obamas second term cabinet following criticism that many top jobs were going to caucasian man. >> meanwhile, president obama called democratic and republican senators over the weekend, seeking a compromise in the sweeping, across-the-board spending cuts now taking effect. however, neither side showed signs of relenting, as the latest washington budget battle threats furloughs for federal workers in cuts to government services. the so- called sequestered kick them friday night and requires federal agencies to make $85 million in spending cuts to be in the the federal fiscal year. >> and a new survey finds most business economists oppose the automatic spending cuts that took effect friday night. is a point with the gridlock between president obama and congress, most surve

he's chosen sylvia matthews burwell to be the new director of the office of management and budget or. burwell is currently the head of the walmart foundation. one of the country's biggest corporate charities. >>> the queen of england spending the night and probably a bit longer in a london hospital just as a precaution according to buckingham palace. the 86-year-old queen is suffering from stomach flu symptoms and she has canceled all of her official engagements for the week. >>> egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak will be retried in april. that from the country's state-run news agency. the 84-year-old successfully appealed a life sentence he received for his role in the deaths of hundreds of protesters two years ago. >>> an exciting and optimistic announcement today for doctors working to cure hiv and aids, they say an hiv positive little girl is functionally cured of her infection. cured. the 2-year-old got the virus from her mother. the girl is the second person ever declared cured of hiv. >>> the federal spending cuts that were never supposed to happen, well, they did happen.

the nomination to the budget director of sylvia matthews burwell, someone i know well from previous administrationspowerful job, and we have heard so much criticism, some of it here, of the white house for not appointing women, but appointing sylvia matthews as we knew her, burwell, so that position of budget director is a very big deal. nancy. >> i think you're right, and i think that, you know, we will probably see more such appointments going forward, whether they go through, as your earlier segment noted, is a question. >> gayle, final thoughts? how old are your twins now? >> they're 6 months. >> you do a lot of your work from home. you're a writer and researcher and an analyst, and there's no reason why you shouldn't be commuting from home? >> no. i mean, i think that this is the way the workplace is going, whether you are a male or female. i think the world is becoming a place where we're increasingly connected and where we physically are is less important than where we are virtually, and i think that's the way that the workplace is going globally, and i think that is unstoppable. whether it'

in the meantime, i am confident that my nominee for omb director sylvia matthews burwell, is the right person to continue his great work. [applause] in the 1990's, when she was 19 -- [laughter] sylvia served under jack lew as deputy director of omb for the team that presided over three budget surpluses in a row. later she served the gates foundation and helped it grow into a global force for good. and she helped the walmart foundation expand its charitable work. sylvia knows her way around a budget. she knows our goal is to reignite the true engine of economic growth in this country and that is a strong and growing middle class, and to offer ladders of opportunity. her mom is here. sylvia loves to talk about her parents, growing up in west virginia and the values they instilled in her as educators. i think that reflects everything sylvia now does. i am confident that she will do a great job at omb. those values are especially important to remember now as we continue to try to find a way forward in light of the budget cuts that are starting to cost us jobs already and hurting our econom

first he nominated sylvia matthews burwell to run the very important office of management and budget.e president nominated a nuclear scientist with amazing hair named ernest moniz to run the department of energy. he will replace nobel prize winner steven chu. and then gina mccarthy. the president nominated her to run the environmental protection agency. gina mccarthy is currently a deputy at the agency. at epa, she heads up the office of air and radiation, because that's one office. in the last few years, she has made quite a splash. she helped write new pollution rules related to lung-killing things like soot and mercury. power plants spit that stuff into the air, and it was gina mccarthy's job to say hey, let's do that less. environmental groups seem to be pretty happy with an epa pick like gina mccarthy, which means environmental groups had a much better monday than they did a weekend. and that's because of what happened in the friday afternoon news dump. at 3:30 p.m. eastern on friday, or as most people call it, 90 minutes until the weekend o'clock, somebody at the state departmen

his choice, walmart foundation head and clinton white house veteran sylvia matthews-burwell. >> one ofhe things you learn very quickly is it's not enough just to talk about the gains. but the real test is whether your priorities are reflected in a budget. and that's where the rubber hits the road. sylvia knows her way around the budget. >> the white house saying the president spent the weekend on the phone with members of congress calling for compromise to avoid a possible government shutdown poised to happen for march 27th. >> our hope is that as more republicans start to see this pain in their own districts, that they will choose bipartisan compromise. just yesterday, the president is on the phone calling both democrat and republican senators. >> so today on capitol hill, president obama introduced a bill that would keep the government running until the end of the year, even as republicans take a wait and blame approach to the cuts that are already happening. >> this is going to hurt the economy. it will hurt economic recovery. >> i don't know whether it's going to hurt the economy o

as the new head of omb, sylvia matthews burwell.currently the head of the wal-mart foundation. she work used to work at omb during the clinton administration. ernest moan niz -- monniz, new energy secretary. gene that mccarthy, epa air office is appointed permanent head of the epa all these require senate confirmation. ashley: peter barnes in washington. thanks so much, peter. >> you bet. tracy: now that those spending cuts are going into effect what will it mean for washington's next battle over keeping the government running? mark your calendars, march 27th. gerry seib, "wall street journal" bureau chief. gerry, there is some talk out there this might be an easier battle than last time. >> it starts to look that way. i don't think either side, either party has much interest in flirting with shutting down the government on march 27th because a bill can't be passed to fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year. i think the likely scenario, this will start unfolding this week already in the house is a bill, so-called co

it's expected to announce sylvia matthews-burwell to be the next white house budget director.urrently head of the walmart foundation. she's a veteran of the clinton white house, having served as omb director and dprut deputy white house chief of staff. >>> now, in corporate news, the nasdaq is reportedly executing u.s. stock trades at a loss. the financial times has been using the strategy since last month, betting the move about boost its overall market traction. both nasdaq and the new york stock exchange have been losing market shared competing exchanges, alternative trading platforms and the industrywide downturn in trading. it's interesting the amazon strategies that you might hope to pick up on volume what you might lose on individual possibility. >> absolutely. and, you know, it just shows you how badly they were hit by their own -- >> exactly. they have the industry generally moving against them, volumes goggles where regionally and in terms of products and some of the concern on the facebook ip last year. > >>>. >> pratt & whitney uncovered fraudulent engine testing s

bill: at the moment president obama about to name sylvia matthews burwell as the new white house budget who would be the director of the office of management and budget known as the omb. currently the head of the walmart foundation. it's confirmed by the senate she would be the second woman to hold this post. all this streaming live right now at foxnews.com. you can check it out online now. >> a california nursing home is now defending a nurse who refused to perform cpr on an 8 seven-year-old patient. shear is the 911 call. you can hear the operator practically begging the nurse to step in and begin cpr for this elderly woman. listen to this. >> yeah, we can't do cpr -- >> hand the phone to the the passerby, anybody there can do cpr. give them the phone, please. i understand if your facility is not willing to do that, give the phone to that passerby, that stranger to have it then. this woman is not breathing enough she is going to die if we don't get this started. >> i don't know where he is, but she's yelling at me and saying we have to have one of our other residents perform cpr and s

. >> also new president obama will be nominating wal-mart sylvia matthews burwell as his next budget burwell will take the helm at the office of management and budget at a time of heated budget battle between the white house and congressional republicans. she would also bring more diversity to obamas second term cabinet following. criticism that many top jobs were going to white men. she is a washington veteran, having served s zero id bees that the director of the clinton ministration in chief of staff for to treasury secretary robert rubin. she currently runs the wal-mart foundation, the retail giant philanthropic wing. burwell has been credited with being a credible architect of a series of budget plans in the 1990's that led to a budget surplus. >> cardinals are gathering in rome to discuss some of the major problems for seeing the catholic church. the talks, head of the conclave to elect benedictus successor as po. pe the cardinals are expected to discuss the vatican scandals, benedictus remarkable decision to resign and that efforts to keep christianity relevant today's world.