the most recent good thing that happened in "the washington post my life washington -- the less reason good thing that happens in my life with "the washington post," as to do with a woman getting on the supreme court. this is good for businessmen was what sylvia would always say. -- was what scalia would always say. i ask him if he was aware if he knew women were in business. -- i asked him if he was aware that there were women business owners. that made "the post" because he claimed he only was interested in issues our forefathers would have been interested about. i told him that there were no "foremothers." i also heard his response and that is what your newspaper picked up. his response was, "this woman wants me to throw out the constitution." we need a different breed a supreme court justices to understand this current. we live and. the bad story is that my company celebrated their 50th anniversary. we were honored by the greater washington board of trade and received other honors. no mention in "the washington post." i think for a local company that there should be some mention gr

the huffington post. catherine was fortunate to have a strong mentor, a grandmother, the late katharine graham, who led "washington post closed with more than two decades. she has been with open "the washington post" since 2006, serving legal and management roles. she was named publisher and ceo into thousand eight. washington, d.c., resident, she is also mother to three young children. thank you for joining us. [applause] >> thank you, rebecca, for this great and interesting introduction. it is great to be here with such a great pope of women and i see a few select men snuck in. great to see you. i am also thrilled to be part of the first gathering of this group. as i was thinking about women and technology, i want to tell you a little story. i was driving my nine-year-old daughter to school. she was playing on my io -- iphone. i told a, you know, when i was growing up, we did not have computers, e-mail, iphone, you name it. she said, wow, mama, it must have been hard growing up in the olden days. [laughter] we are living in this incredible time when the pace of change seems to be speeding up. new devices are bei

a story in "the washington post" president obama welcome to todd gay patrons. the president saw to assure guessed that he had not abandoned the issues important to them. next is a caller from miami. caller: i am calling from miami and i want the world to know what is happening in honduras. i have been happening -- i want everybody to know that what is going on in honduras right now is beneficial for the country. it was not a coup. it was a judicial order followed by the military. it was backed by congress. it was backed by the attorney general. all of the population is happy with what is going on in honduras. the images you guys see on tv is not a representation of what is really going on. this guy was driving our country -- it was falling apart. everything that is bad was going on in honduras. everybody is happy with what is going on. i think people have to know what the truth is, not just see what is shown on the television because that is not a representation of what is going on in the country. i ask everybody to these be informed when they back somebody beca

changing at "the washington post." >> hello. with the elimination of the business section in "the washington post" we now have two or three pages if we're lucky of business coverage. one, what does that say about respectful business in this town that is devoted to government? and two, is the expectation that we will not see business news, by and large, from your newspaper but we will get it from "the journal." >> we did not eliminate the business content, we eliminated the stock tables which most newspapers had already eliminated. we waited to do that because we knew that their readers to still cared about every week -- when we eliminated the tables, we needed to put the rest of the pages and another section. we decided to put them in maine news because business is such a part of the main news. it is a government town, but there are also a lot of stories about local business, the economy. we felt like it was a natural fit to be in the main section. we got very little outcry about it. we got a letter then the president of the wash

i would say, because we are "the washington post" and we are in washington, because of the brand that we have come so far we have not had trouble. in fact, we had an intern class that just started this summer and we had 20 some odd intern's just in the news room alone. what is interesting, i will go to a journalism school shortly -- the schools are teaching these kids to be multimedia journalists off the back. these kids know how to do video, how to edit it, how to twitter, how to do it all. to the extent we all believe that great journalism, but people still care about what is going on around them and they want someone to interpret it for them, that will not go away. short, there recognize the industry in is in a massive turnaround, but we still have great, young, talented the analysts across the board coming to us. >> i'm alexis, a work at cisco. for every one of the room who has come before me, i want to thank you for what you have done because not every day but most days i feel just like an employee and not a female at work. starting your career out, did you have hopes of being a

the pod cast. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome ceci connolly from the "washington post." what is the issue like in washington? what has the president proposed? what is likely to happen with congress over the summer? guest: this was a big topic in the last campaign. president obama came in and said it was his top domestic priority and that he wants to get something done this year. taking a lesson from the clinton experience of 16 years ago, president obama and his team are not writing legislation. he has laid out eight principles. they are fairly broad. he wants to get on a path to covering every american. as importantly, he wants to control the out-of-control rate of spending going on right now in health care. he wants to improve its quality. they're big things that just about everybody can agree on in principle. most of the action is on capitol hill. on the most part, it is in the democratic caucuses of a few key committees. the senate finance committee is the key one. they are working hard. we expect to see a build from them within the next few weeks. on the house side,

by the color of their skin, not the content of their character, says "bill washington times." -- says "the washington times." we showed you open code the washington post" earlier. charles is on the phone from richmond. caller: i agree with you to a certain degree, but the supreme court was an activist court. they tried to make a new law. they did i have always supported judge sotomayer. it was three judges. what she did was to apply the law as it was written, and it was sentenced to supreme court, and they looked added back and said, what you should do is we look -- re dashlook at the situation, because -- relook of the situation because much of it was a multiple choice. it is not what you would call it a good test to be a fireman. one man was dyslexic, which is disturbing to me. host: thank you. guest: he makes a bunch of good points, and i agree with everything he says. one thing we could pull out of his comment about dyslexia and editorial you just read is that this was an incredibly simple. the city of new haven made the biggest mistake messing with frank. this was a dyslexic guy. he used his own money to study and prepare for this test. you canno

in the "washington post," prime minister brown is going to stay as the leader of britain. he reshuffled his cabinet. the financial times has this editorial. they write time runs out for depord on brown. >> san antonio, texas, john on the line for republicans. >> let me see if i can put it easy. no one in the country is complaining about the mess that the government make in tax dollars. no one complains about nothing congress does as far as taking money unto themselves. and they live quite well. these little companies like insurance companies who make money to pay, the people invest in their money and people return on the investment. people complain they shouldn't do this. we have the best healthcare industry in the world in america. why do people come here from england. they come here from canada. from australia, they come here. all over europe, come here. sure you have to pay for it. everything you have to pay for. get the government out of the way. this obituary for barker. >> i see a glaring need for two different issues. one healthcare reform. the other health insuranc

the "washington post" is saying we'll hire you if the "washington post" offers you a buy you the. the people who took the first buyouts from the "baltimore sun" had options. there were good people who really wanted to stay because they were committed because their kids were in school. but by and large when you go with layoffs instead of buyouts you're saying we want to take the most expensive reporters, the ones with the most benefits, the ones who are making the most money. all we care about is the bottom line. we know what's going to happen is the buy you the ranks are going to be filled with the people who are the best people, who have other options. but we want buyouts, not layoffs. that tells you what was going on back in chicago and l.a. and everywhere else. they just didn't give a damn about the product. all they cared about was that 5%, 10%, 15%, not enough, got to make 30, 35, 37.5%. it was shameful. we destroyed ourself. >> one member of the audience asked "given how badly the big media outlets performed on huge stories with a ton of resource like the iraq war, why shoul

the "washington post" this morning. it's off lead story by paul cane, the headline, lawmakers reveal health care investments. the ties between those crafting legislation concerned health care and financial investments they have. senator majority leader harry reed has at least $50,000 vested in health care index. the republican from new hampshire has between $244,000 and $500 in major health care companies. the family of representative jane har man. senior member of the congress committee drefting the lens. 3 point 2,000,000 more than more than 20 health care companies at the last year. while no congressional rules barred none from financial rules from what they regulate. experts say it often reflects conflict of interest particularly if there is a chance the legislation could result in personal financial boost. there's a complete story inside the "washington post" and a graphic you can follow as well. you can go to that at "washington post".com. again we have open phones this morning. chicago, illinois. democrats line. j

it is an op ed in the washington post. the author is from the brookings institution. it refers specifically to detention policy. on september, soon after 9/11 attacks the bush administration face a choice about terrorist detainee's commission to get congress on board or should it go alone? president bush bypass the legislature for seven years, based u.s. detention policy on his own constitutional authority. working with congress would be hard, the administration officials reasoned. the legislature might constrain executive flexibility in the president had powerful arguments that he did not need additional legislative support. that is worthy editorial begins. we will read more of it in just a moment. the issue is between the approach of the bush administration and the executive authority for that of fdr's administration and working through the legislation. the supreme court is wrapping up its session. the ap is reporting, wrapping up the session with several decisions expected today in three final cases, including a closely-watched discrimination lawsuit by white firef

this is from "the washington post." there are signs that the firm wants to spend again. united airlines is planning a major purchase of airlines in the next few years. host: that host: is from the washington post this morning. -- that is from "the washington post" this evening. there will be an apple event this weekend. mortgage rates hit a six-month high. the piece points out that rates have risen to the highest levels in six months. it is threatening to the late housing turnaround by discouraging potential homebuyers. the issue this morning is unemployment. it is at 9.4%. robert is up from new york city on the democrats' line. caller: thank you so much for having me on. it is surprising that they are showing 9.4% in terms of the rate of unemployment. the line directly beneath that says that it is the most in 25 years. i had an opportunity to work with an organization hiring individuals for customer service representatives. it over the last few months, we have seen an enormous amount of individuals applying for this particular job. my question to yourself and the viewers

let me say one other thing, which is i am no longer with the washington post. i left four years ago. but let me just sort of talk a little bit about what this book is about. my book is essentially talking about what's happened over the last 25 to 30 years all over the world from chicago to bouygues aris to brazil. and so the things that kim talks about sort of this wage that this is the sort of thing we see everywhere. we see this sort of rising inequality everywhere, in south africa, here obviously. wages are being reduced and profits are growing. we see country spending less and less on education. actually about a quarter less than most countries and about a quarter less than they did 25 years ago on education. that the percentage of their gdp. and so on a micro level, what that means is we have things like any loan stores on the southside of chicago. they're all over johannesburg, south africa. we pay you syria's interest rates on our credit cards. so does brazil. we see crime rising everywhere, so does argentina which never had a crime problem and to basical

here is a line from "the washington post." d says the sniping among liberals might jeopardize votes needed to pass the bill. in the high-stakes battle, a growing cadre of liberal activists is aiming its sharpest firepower against democratic senators who they accused of being insufficiently committed to the cause. the tax branch from toward news releases to full-fledged advertising campaigns. they have elicited rebuttals from lawmakers and sparked a debate inside the party. that is the lead story there. we want to tell you about our newsmaker program today as congressman from indiana is on. it will be at 10:00 a.m. today and again at 6:00 p.m. on this network. he is the house republican conference chairman the talks about health care and other issues. >> republicans have been championing public performer over private health care insurance program for as many years as i have been in congress. health savings accounts where individuals and businesses could purchase a high deductible policies, create a fund for their first dollar be

washington journal to describe donald rumsfeld. this is one albert. >> host: bradley graham covered the pentagon for the "washington post" for many years and now a book that goes on sale today on donald rumsfeld, "by his own rules: the ambitions, successes and ultimate failures of donald rumsfeld." how did donald rumsfeld viewed the role of government official of public service? >> guest: he was a very interesting public service from a very young age, he was inspired in college senior year

in the "new york times" and this from "the washington post." "hostages." pointing out that one good way for beijing to send a message would be to relax controls along the border and invite international aid workers to assist the desperate women and other refugees whom ms. lee and ms. ling were investigating. mr. king could not endure such a policy for long. a related email. "if china wanted it, then the girls would be free." guest: well, i think it raise as a few points both editorial and the email. a few good points. that is, the chinese have lots -- they have a border, a long bored he, with north korea. a lot of refugees try to get out of that, as i said, that prison state. and a lot succeed. they go through china. china has international obligations under the united nations to work with the refugees and to find a home for them. but -- and oftentimes and often cases the chinese actually send them back to north korea. call them economic my grapts and send them back and try to close that border. so china has to, i think, live up to theable obligations under

scary part i think is this: if the times and the post with long enough eventually you're going to see national newspapers like in britain and you're going to see washington post st. louis addition, washington post baltimore addition, new york times then addition and they're going to hire tenet of people to create a sort of advanced usa today version of a local zoning paper or usa today gives a couple paragraphs of what your local news is. and they will give you a page and a half of the local mental coverage and because there are offering the times or the post international and national coverage and because you can get that on-line anymore for free because they're going to finally back on the aggregate is like google and yahoo! and return to a combination of this as yet press and reuters, you are going to see this sort of a modern version of the zone in addition, replaced were previously substantive full blooded metro dailies. that is the worst-case scenario. i would rather see locally owned newspaper survive in a rather see them try for this model sooner rather than later but i don't know that it is going to happen. you know, i do think though that journ

"the washington post" is focusing on the crash for the red line.he trend upper used breaks in a failed attempt to stop the six- car train. in this paper, the recession generation. those just starting find it in game changer, how young people are bracing for a lower standard of living. "the philadelphia inquirer" talks about obama assailing the iran correct them. for now the conversation is about a public auction in health care. the next call comes from the independent line in florida. caller: i would first like to comment on health care. as an insurance person i knew they do not charge willy nilly. the state's control what they can charge and they look at the experience. you cannot control experience. the thing that drives up the premiums in one place and keeps the premiums low and another is the indigent care hospitals have to give, and then bill back to the insurance companies who pay for people that can pay. the load it is as high as 750% in some places like brooklyn, new york where i practiced for a long time. they load the rate, they take the

"the washington post," december 17, 2006. whereas, on december 5, 2006, majority leader steny hoyer, stated, quote, we intend to have a rules committee that gives opposition voices and alternative proposals the ability to be heard and considered on the floor of the house, unquote. "congress daily" december 5, 2006. whereas, during debate on june 14, 2005, in the congressional record on page h-4410 chairwoman louise slaughter of the house rules committee stated, quote, if we want to foster democracy in this body we should take the time and thoughtfulness to debate all major legislation under an open rule, not just appropriations bills which are already restricted, an open process should be the norm and not the exception, unquote. whereas, since january, 2007, there has been a failure to commit to an open and transparent process in the house of representatives. >> the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. members and staff will take their conversations from the fl

there is an editorial in site "the washington post" called "no laughing matter, why the u.s. needs to get serious now about the long-term budget deficits. we will get your phone calls on this issue as well. 202-737-0001 on our line for republicans. 202-737-0002 if you are a democrat. and if you are an independent, 202-628-0205. among the front page stories in "the new york times," traveling with the president. we will talk about what came from the news conference with president obama and german chancellor angela merkel this morning. from "the new york times," the editorial points out that is neither surprising nor irreversibly dangerous that the total federal debt held by the -- held by the public looks as if 57% of gross domestic product by the end of fiscal year 2009, well above the previous four decades average of 40%. what is more alarming is that barring any major spending cuts or tax increases, president obama's budget could drive that figure to 82% by the year 2019, that according to the congressional budget office. let's hear from jerry on the issue of the deficit and

i was a reporter at "the washington post." as i have said i knew little about france's. spa i had the sense that she had done important things. i began to do a column that ran in a number of papers around the country where people could pose questions about the workplace problems and i got a letter from a man, a letter from a man who said he was locked into his office every night while they counted the money in the cash register ndps dead did i think that was on save? [laughter] well, it happen that we had just been writing about that terrible poultry fire in north carolina. i was aware of the triangle fire but i decided to call the historian at the labor department to get a little bit more information. i called the labor attorney who happens to be in the audience today, and he told me about the triangle fire but he told me something really important. he said, did you know france's. saw that fire? and that is what started me on the path. wet this point they were all these threads i am hearing. this is something that puts it all together and it became fascinated with the id

a story this morning and "the washington post." the house has approved this bill which would allow $4 billion under the house plan for cars and trucks sold in 1984 to be turned in for a voucher for the purchase of a car that has better fuel economy. to qualify for the $3,500 voucher a passenger car would have to get at least 4 miles per gallon more than the trade-in vehicle, qualify for a $4,500 voucher you have to get at least 10 miles per gallon more. when looking at small trucks to get $3,500 is 2 miles per gallon more. 5 miles per gallon more for $4,500. it goes on to other vehicles classes as well. good morning, on the madrid independent line. caller: good morning. i was going to give him a c, but i will probably go down to a d. while they are paying back money we still have the same systemic problems in banks beforas before crisis. nothing has changed. the burden of the bad loans in the transactions have been shifted to the taxpayers. we have eaten those bad debts, but nothing has changed to regulate these folks. we will end u

wells and the campaign against lynching was called the best book of the year with "the washington post" did "chicago tribune" although a final choice for the critics both juries award i am happy to report as of 9:30 p.m. it is the winner for the "l.a. times" [applause] she also holds the chair at the african-american studies at the college board also urge journalist who has been published in the near times, "washington post" broke among others. robert roper we are here to talk about biography related topics of most of his publish books are novels or story collections some of the titles include mexico days, he has written for magazines such as national geographic, "the new york times", "chicago tribune" and also of the losses angeles times. it publishes essays in the american scholar and teaches writing of the film department at johns hopkins. he has just written a new novel and on work of a second in search of another biographical historical subjects. his most recent book entitled "now the drum of war: walt whitman and his brothers in the civil war". final 8014 who needs no introductio

host: this photograph from the associated press and siad "the washington post" as the riot police scatter -- it is not blood, but spray-painted stopped the protesters outside the presidential palace in the capital city of honduras. john is on the phone from frederick, maryland. caller: i wondering if the guest might explain what happened in honduras and how the president actually broke the constitution. and then the congress of honduras and the supreme court said he was gone. and what i would think we need from central america is pro- american governments, which honduras was leading us not down that route. i just don't know really why colombia and the rest of central america is brought in -- on c- span. i don't know why you guys keep using twitter -- 90% anti- american calls. it is not a good, fair source for c-span. e-mail is a lot better. but twitter, think about it, it is all democrats. host: thank you for the comment, one of many voices including e- mail and your phone call on the republican line but we appreciate your observation differed on the earlier point, ambassador -- i appreci

for this piece in the outlook section of "the washington post," "quitter in iran." reen flags and a brown shirts," from "the national review." "this is an islamic version of oppression like nazi germany hi. not so powerful, of course, but equally assertive pure " jerry, independent line -- assertive." jerry, independent line. caller: people getting a taste of freedom after being oppressed for such a long time, this dictator is not what they want. i do not think that they want to get into a war, which is where this election is going. they just want to live as a free people. host: from inside of "the new york times," we showed to be twitter messages. "6 lessons learned. twitter associated with mass protests in the last couple of months. opposing the official results of the election, but does this twitter revolution oversell the technology? only a small number of people use twittered. -- quitter. six lessons, rather than being a vast self-contained world centered on a web site, it dreams of being a tool that people can use to communicate with each other. buyer beware, n

host: we can read a bit more from the washington post. you are talking about the executive approach, the alternative going to congress, will be painfully politically, the president can still get what he wants a detention if he works from congress in a bipartisan center. if he speaks often -- we will leave this now. president obama is coming to the podium. >> my administration mounted a sustained response for an economic crisis. even as we make decisive action to repair the damage to the economy we are also working to build a new foundation for a sustained and lasting economic growth. we know this will not be easy. this is a moment where we are called upon to cast off the old ways of doing business and act globally to reclaim america's future. nowhere is this more important than in building a new clean energy economy and ending our dependence on foreign oil, and limiting dangerous pollutants that threaten our health and the health of the planet. that is what we have done. thanks to a broad coalition, the democrats and republicans, and all w

and read your articles everyday, you know, when i am going to get "the washington post". president obama, i want to know what your take on him giving a good speech in cairo, and then the people critiquing him the way they do. he is trying to set up a new type of relations in the middle east. and we all know that the middle east is really controlled by the desires of god. and i would like to know your take on that. guest: what worries to me about the president's approach to the pal -- palestinian approach is historical and the honest broker, brokering the differences of israel and the forces, the hamas and all the rest who want to destroy israel. because israel is a salient of our values, in a dangerous and inhospital neighborhood, it seems that the united states is an ally of israel and gets many awards from that association. host: as we jump around about the policies in iran? guest: it's thrilling what is going on in iran. in the run-up of the election, twittering, i don't know the verb. twitting was important. when the ayatollah came back in 1969, he was using cassettes.

the latest headlines. "washington journal" continues. host: cover the pentagon for "the washington post" for many years. he is now out with a book called "by his own rules: the ambitions, successes and ultlimate failures of donald rumsfeld" -- how did donald rumsfeld view the role of public service? guest: he was very interested in public service from a very young age, inspired in college when it advice stevenson came to talk to his graduate in class. that was at princeton. stevenson urged all the students to use their educations to put them to work in public service. not long afterward donald rumsfeld ran for congress and became the youngest republican member in 1960 and believed in public service. he served not only in congress, but also in the nixon and ford administrations and returned in the bush administration. even in between when he was a corporate executive he stayed involved serving as a presidential envoy on a couple of presidential commissions. host: the book is 800 pages. did he ever have presidential aspirations? guest: some of his old high- school classmates remember his expressing an inte

by the color of their skin, not the content of their character, says "bill washington times." -- says "the washington times." we showed you open code the washington post" earlier. charles is on the phone from richmond. caller: i agree with you to a certain degree, but the supreme court was an activist court. they tried to make a new law. they did not try to interpret the law. i have always supported sonia sotomayor, just like the bushes and clinton. people are being very deceptive by saying it was only sonia sotomayor. what she did was applied the law as it was written. when it was sent to the supreme court, instead of sending it back, they said, ok, what you should do is relook at the situation. 60% of the test was a multiple choice. in other words, i give you a question and you have three answers. it is not what you would call a good test to be a fireman. host: thank you, charles. caller: he made a lot of good points and i agree with everything he said. one thing we can pull out of his comment about the man's dyslexia and "the washington times" editorial was that this was an incredibly sympathetic plaintiff. the city of new haven made the biggest mi

host: in "the washington post" in the world section, iran's stealing chief cleric. why haven't we seen more of i iotola commentinayatollah comme? >> we are seeing him taking issue. this is how he survived. probably most of you may know the way he became the supreme leader. he did not have the proper qualification or credentials to be an iotola. essentially, the person who was going to take over, the founder of the islamic state, he was basically pushed out and has been under house arrest for 30 years now. they decided to ratify the constitution to allow for ayatollah khameni to have that position. ahmadinejad is one of the people who elevate khameni to that position. the way he has survived, having all the insecurities is to say, as i said, above the fray and out of the personal conflicts and essentially, once in a while, if it becomes an issue come out and install some of them yourself. host: up next, the first of two calls from chicago. this is gloria on the line for democrats. welcome to "washington journal." caller: good morning. this is my second time calling.

host: from "the washington post," they report that the president proposed subsidies tossed bottles, "d -- proposed subs -- proposed subsidies to hospitals. guest: if they were able to help those patients, there would be a substitution. host: do you go along with the plan that has to go with subsidies to uninsured patients? guest of the president's plan is not to get rid of private insurance -- guest: the president's plan is not to get rid of private insurance. as i said, we spend more than any other country in the world, by far, on health care. we need to get that under control. host: we will be talking for the next 45 minutes about the spending patterns of the obama administration in areas like health care, the auto maker situation, and the financial bailout. if you would like to get involved in the conversation, for republicans, 202-737-0001. for democrats, 202-737-0002. for independents, 202-737-0205. john, give me your thoughts on the administration's spending with regards to trying to reverse the current situation with u.s. automakers. guest: i think it would have been better if

the column appears in "the washington post" newspapers around the nation on sundays and thursdays and the topic today is tobacco. why did you choose tobacco and what is you're point? >> guest: i've written a lot about it over the years because it is a fascinating ethical and legal problems because we are trying in to deal with a product that is legal and deadly if used as intended to be used, so it is curious we try to regulate advertising again we are regulating truthful communication of information about a legal product so it raises all kind of problems. it seems to me one of the great successes of government the last 50 years is the fact that 50 years ago half the adult american population will up and lit cigarette. today 25% smoke. that is a tremendous good thing. arguably the most efficient thing the government does in this middle class information on acquiring country is communicate public health information, cholesterol, blood pressure, it's tremendous public health benefits. but what caught my attention was congress passes this bill and how wering federal drug administration t

for those of you may have read the article in this morning's "the washington post, i think it's something up -- in this morning's "the washington post," i think it's sum it up -- it summoed it up. being in that sweet spot, i would hope so. i think it will remain to be seen how the votes will come out with this bill on wednesday. i do not know. i do not think that some of my colleagues think that it goes far enough, and a thing there others that think another piece does not go far enough, and i think there are others that think another piece does not go far enough -- i do not think that some of my colleagues think that it goes far enough, and i think there are others that think another piece does not go far enough. i think this is a positive. there aspects -- there are aspects. i know that many of you know that i have not been a supporter of r.e.s., but the standard we have in this bill is a more palatable standard with what we are able to get in as relates to new hydro -- excuse me, a new nuclear. we got some alaska hydro provisions -- excuse me, new nuclear. do i like it? no, but is it b

the "washington post" recognizes this as well. in an editorial this morning it said, "it is quite likely that any legislation that emergers es will great a hugely -- with no guarantee of the upward spiral costs being slowed." the "post" also said given the national debt already growing out of control and the risk of health care costs won't be controlled, you may worry about taking on a new burden, $1.6 trillion over ten years. i think that's exactly right. that's what makes people anxious about what they hear coming out of washington in the name of health care reform. so, i think it's fair to say that the spend more to save more thinking is what resulted in the wasteful and counterproductive stimulus bill that was passed earlier this year. a bill that we got on our desks, the conference report at 11:00 on a thursday night and we were required to vote on it less than 24 hours later when virtually no one had had a chance to even read it. now, i was comfort able with that vote, because i voted against it -- for many reasons, but one o

on the front page of "the washington post," "in triage month, the goal was to expand the fed power that triumphs over other goals." that began with phone calls. waterford, michigan. this is john. go ahead, please. caller: good morning. thank you for answering my call. host: thank you. caller: i want to comment on the fact that the federal government cannot protect us from insurance companies. my insurance company, who i had six houses with, i had a fire. they stole evidence out of my house, and it came out in my pretrial. a police officer from michigan lost his job over my fire. i have been to the fbi, i have been to john conyers. i have been to carl levin. i have been to john dingell's office. i have been to debbie stabenow. i have been to gary peters office, who works for the financial committee, and nothing has been done. host: i'm going to jump in because it is hard for us to do with individual problem the program. for comments on policy and what is in the news, let's go to louisville, ky. bob is calling on our independent line. caller: thank you very much. my name is bob and i have

host: here is more from a reporter in "the washington post." is as biden is often more helpful to the president's opponents then to the president himself. dick cheney was the go-to message magnifier for all big subjects. unfortunately, too often for bad and, when he talks they go. the best of the bush model with the private give and take between the president and vice president. only barack obama can evaluate joe biden in that respect. caller: these are chosen leaders. if the man says something and maybe he slips up and says the wrong name something -- if you called him accountable to that you're just being foolish. it is unnecessary. everyone says something that is a mistake. he should not have to -- maybe he needs to think more before him, but that is no reason to judge the fellow. host: and "the miami herald" the lead store concern's property taxes. longtime homeowners face a tax hike. those who bought before the housing bubble inflated will almost certainly see their tax bills jump, even as their home values plummet. one county office warns

a piece that you had a n "the washington post" earlier this week, you talk about the president's approach to this situation and you said privately obama is supporters are crediting him cairo speech. hal is the white house feeling about that? guest: they do feel something changed, attitudes about the u.s. in the middle east. days later they understood the elections in lebanon for the hezbollah-backed coalition was supposed to win and lost largely because there was a large turnout, much larger than expected for the pro-u.s. coalition of parties. they understood that immediately to mean something. they could not quite bring themselves to say publicly, gee, we think that he had a big influence on these elections. now we see something in iran. they are trying to walk the line behind it taking credit for something happening, a new, diplomatic opening in that part of the world, and not antagonizing the authorities in iran or inserting themselves into a debate that they still insist is a iranians debating their own future. it is impossible to say whether or not, how much influence about events th

"the washington post" -- "the washington post" outed me because i wanted to know -- i want to understand the science but i also wanted to go inside the industry. and we worked at the fda, and number of you together, we worked -- you know that nutrition facts panel that we worked on, someone in the food industry said to me kessler, the obesity epidemic is all your fault and i looked at him and i said what are you talking about? he said you folks at the fda were so successful with that nutrition facts panel you kept some of check on what was being put in the food supermarket. what happened was exploded in restaurants and that's when the real problem lies. they know, the food industry knows what the inputs are. they understand the outputs. fat and sugar, fat, sugar, and salt, they fought with the three points of the compass, but they stimulate, they stimulate intake. i thought i was eating two felmy op. tuzee seagate, fat and sugar, fat, sugar and salt stimulate intake. they make you work harder. it's not just conditioned behavior, it is conditioned behavior. you can tell what is on process

kilcullen is interviewed by "the washington post" david ignatius. the event hosted by the center for a new american security in washington, d.c. is one hour and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good evening, everyone. i'm john, the president for the center of new american security and it's a great honor to welcome all of you to what promises to be exported during evening of discussion about the most important issues facing america today. the counter insurgency campaigns in iraq, afghanistan and the global counter insurgency against al qaeda. and we couldn't have a better pair of thinkers to light to guide us through these minefields. david ignatius is a columnist and associate at the "washington post" where he writes on global politics, economics and international affairs. his award winning column appears on thursdays and sundays. david is also the creator and moderator of post global and online conversation about international affairs at "washington post" donner, which shows he knows where the newspaper industry is heading. david is particul

kristin downey former staff writer for "the washington post" recalls the life of frances perkins, fdr's secretary of labor and first female cabinet secretary. during her tenure frances perkins was responsible for promoting public works and implement projects which included the mandating of the 40 hour work week, the creation of social security and child labor laws. the event hosted by the library of congress in washington, d.c. is just under one hour. >> i'm so pleased to be here today. i love the library of congress. i spent many hours doing research, and i have made some very fine and amazing finds. often people are very interested in the big collections libraries have but at the library of congress it sometimes was the less known collections that proved so fruitful and i will mention one thing because i don't want to forget and i have got other things we are going to be talking about in the collection of an obscure new yorker named john king sperry stored away in boxes in the outer suburbs of maryland the library of congress staff kind we kept bringing back to me i found a yellowing

there was a story that was on christmas morning on page one of the washington post about barack obama's exercise regimen -- here is one sentence from the story. the sun glinted off chiseled pectorals. [laughter] this code could during for weightlifting sessions each week. and a body toned by regular treadmill runs and basketball games. this is the kind of stuff you'd expect to read in a romance novel with fabio on the cover. [laughter] [applause] not page one of the most important newspaper in the nation's capital and one of the two or three in the country. now, if you think i am cherry picking these two examples to make a point, i am not. the book -- i won't bore you with statistics -- but the book has a number of impartial studies again nonpartisan groups that make very clear that the media coverage was way more positive toward barack obama and then john mccain and at the same time we more -- of john mccain and then of barack obama. i should point out though in fairness that one of the offers of one of the study said that yes and the media did tilt in in barack obama's favor, but it w

one of the best team of editors i ever worked with was the guiding celebu might know from "the washington post" -- a guy some of you might know from "the washington post." some of these stories, there was a hole to drive a delivery truck through. that was an incredible gift. the ability to destroy a fraudulent piece of journalism before it was published. no such thing exists on the internet. people said in a room and they put two facts together and goddammit, will equal four. there is some great stuff in the realm of controversy. for commentary, which sells itself cheap on the internet, that is completely were the. to cover a beat as a reporter, i would not have done it for free or to inform my blog or for some sense of civic duty. i did it because "the b altimore sun" a mean to support my family. they paid me to go to the baltimore police department in a kiss ass every day to find out what was going on and to find out -- and to kiss someone else's ass. i had to compare one life to another and, take a mounted drinks, find the follow-up story. it was 14-15 hours a day. no one knows that as a ho

-led invasion that toppled saddam hussein, and the story can be found below the fold of "the washington post," six years and three months after the march 2003 invasion, the u.s. will withdraw its remaining combat troops from iraq cities and turn over security. however, "the washington post" pointing out that while there is still more than 130,000 u.s. troops remaining in the country, patrols by heavily-armed soldiers in hulking vehicles will largely disappear from baghdad, mosul, and other iraq urban centers. more from dick cheney yesterday on washington times radio that became the front page story this morning on that newspaper also available online at washington times.com. >> i'm a great believer in ray odierno, and what he says concerns me that, you know, there still is a can'ting problem. he, obviously, is doing what needs to be done in terms of keeping the u.s. commitment to get out of the cities, but it would look like, one might speculate, that the insurgents are waiting and as soon as they get an opportunity, they'll begin to launch more attacks. i hope that's not the case. i hope, c

views in "the washington post." the editorial writers of "the wall street journal," meanwhile, has obama and the roads, the lead editorial did they write, the risks of doing nothing are even more serious now because it would show the north and the world that you and sanctions would mean nothing. this article about north korea and iran. on north korea they write the threat of a north korean attack on the south is small, but also the danger of nuclear proliferation, the u.s. and its allies, is clear and present. we know p'yongyang has proliferated to iran and syria in the recent past. senator john mccain said yesterday -- he was on "face the nation" -- that the u.s. should board the boat the u.s. is shadowing off the coast of korea and count on domestic political support. will the president let kim jong- il make a mockery of u.n. condemnation? utah, good morning to dan, independent collar. caller: i just want to say i think obama is doing a good job by staying out of iran. also i think that the caller who called about

[applause] >> kirstin downey is the contributor and former staff writer for "the washington post." where she focused on labor and economic issues for 20 years. she was a member of "the washington post" staff who receive the 2008 pulitzer prize for their coverage of the virginia tech shootings. for more information visit the authors web site at kirstin downey.com. >> booktv is asking, what are you reading? >> former house historian, race moc, what are you reading? >> right now i am reading richard bernstein's book on the founding fathers, the founding fathers reconsidered which is a new book that is just out and richard is a wonderful writer who characterizes the founding fathers of this country, looks at them with a fresh eye and it is just a wonderful book. another one that is closely related is by richard beeman, delancy new book out on the constitutional convention and the men of the constitutional convention, so those of the two books i would read simultaneously right now. >> rett perlstein author of nixonland, what are you reading? >> i am reading the culture of narcissism whic

she's a journalist who has been published in the "washington post" and among other publications. at the far end of the panel robert roper, we're here today, obviously, to take about biography and related topics. but, in fact, most of robert's published books are novels or story collections. he's written for magazines such as national geographic, outside and men's journal, for newspapers including the "new york times," "chicago tribune," "san francisco chronicle" and happily the "los angeles times." he's alsok# been publishing ess in the american scholar and he teaches writing and -- teaches in the writing and the film departments at johns hopkins. he's, i'm told, at work -- just written a new novel and a work on a second and in search of another biographical book. finally, richard reeves who probably needs no introduction to any of you. richard is the senior lecturer at the annenberg school of communication at usc. he's probably best known for his presidential biographies of john kennedy, richard nixon and ronald reagan. his latest book, however, was a biography of new zealand ph

harvard law professor elizabeth warren heads the congressional oversight panel. a washington post-- "washington post" reports this morning that the government should repeat its stress test of the nation's largest banks if the subject of severity of the economic downturn prove too rosy. representative maloney and is worn in the room. live coverage here on c-span. -- and miss warren in the room. live coverage here on c-span. >> i want to compliment you on your research and all of your work in support of credit cards reform and your testimony and support were very important to the passage of the credit cardholder bill of rights. thank you. this is the third in a series of hearings this committee has held to examine the degree to which the troubled assets relief program has succeeded in its goals. the june report is the result of the government stress test, which were designed to evaluate the balance sheet of financial institutions. and to provide recommendations for further action. the results of the stress tests have gone on long way to restoring market confidence. huge losses shook