the mainstream media. chris: mitt romney. >> there are times in the "the washington post," john mccain didn't talk to the "he new york times" at all. at the end of the day, "the new york times" and "the washington post" and mainstream media are still going to be doing the stories that will drive the agenda. >> look, we're all being tested now. i think the survival of the so-called mainstream media has to do with quality and if you assemble a bunch of questions and go to a candidate and say, look, i'm serious. i really want to ask about this and you take them as seriously as they take themselves. believe me, they all take themselves seriously and you have done your homework and you're fair minded and neutral, they are going to engage. when i have done these books on bush and obama, i send in -- i hate to disclose straight craft here, 20-page memos, this is what i want to ask about. people say you're tipping them off. i say yes, i want them to do some homework themselves. i want them to be fully engaged, and i think you can do that with lots of work. but if it's -- we like to come in and chat about the news

the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: t chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. mr. smith: may i inquire of the sponsor, mr. rooney, i am the last speaker. then i will yield myself the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. mr. smith: thank you. there are a number of arguments about this issue, arguments in favor of ending the mission in libya. and i think the speaker articulated one which is basically we support the idea of the removal of gaddafi and they support the idea of supporting the people in libya who are asking for a representative government. they just n't like our present process. but that argument really doesn't make sse because if in fact their big complaint is that congress hasn't had the opportunity to authorize this, then the speaker of the house has had by his own admission 0 days to offer that voice, to come up and say, no, we support the mission but here's how we want to limit it and they have not done that. and i agree very strongly with mr. berman's statement, you can't have it both ways. you ca

it says about our society because it was obviously the article in the washington times and their outlook on it but they also drew upon this book and what relationships look like these days are we gauged in terms of our success by whether we get married or not. i think some people still look at it that way i'd like to think that our society has progressed to a point where we realize that you know success doesn't necessarily mean that you have to be married you know there were there was a huge pull that was recently done that showed that marriage is beginning to become obsolete a lot of people don't see marriage as something that you need to achieve in your lifetime to be successful and society is changing so i definitely think that it's not necessary to be perceived as successful anymore i think we're moving away from that and i think that's a good thing. i'm with you there i think i guess if there is one point from this book basically the conclusion that they came up with the actually does ring true is the probably it is harder for women out there that want to wait until they get married

and '70s rock and roll participant ted nugent who last week wrote a powerful editorial in the "washington timesillennials sleep as their future crumbles. today's youth snooze while government steals their fortune and lives." yeah! nugent know it is thing that's going to jolt our youth awake is the newspaper industry! (laughter) you see, ted remembers the social change of the late '60s, the '68 b.m.c. convention riots, protests over the vietnam war and civil rights and he finds today's youth by comparison "terminally stoned on apathy." (laughter) yes, apathy! which is a gateway drug! starts with apathy, it eventually leads to crystal meh. (laughter and applause) now, nugent longs for the kind of activism he witnessed back in his day, mostly from afar as he explains "i was either squirrel hunting or putting a sharp edge on my sonic guitar slaying skills having not awakened to my we the people duties quite yet." wait, what the what? we the people duties don't include killing swirls? (laughter) i'm not as patriotic as i thought. nugent believes young people should be outraged about our massive nati

and '70s rock and roll participant ted nugent who last week wrote a powerful editorial in the "washington timesed "millennials sleep as their future crumbles. today's youth snooze while government steals their fortune and lives." yeah! nugent know it is thing that's going to jolt our youth awake is the newspaper industry! (laughter) you see, ted remembers the social change of the late '60s, the '68 b.m.c. convention riots, protests over the vietnam war and civil rights and he finds today's youth by comparison "terminally stoned on apathy." (laughter) yes, apathy! which is a gateway drug! starts with apathy, it eventually leads to crystal meh. (laughter and applause) now, nugent longs for the kind of activism he witnessed back in his day, mostly from afar as he explains "i was either squirrel hunting or putting a sharp edge on my sonic guitar slaying skills having not awakened to my we the people duties quite yet." wait, what the what? we the people duties don't include killing swirls? (laughter) i'm not as patriotic as i thought. nugent believes young people should be outraged about our massive

host: one more call for bill gertz, the national security reporter for "the new york times." times."washington caller: a remember you were on a radio show in california in 1999. at that time, you told the george and the audience that the russians had no way to deal with the change going into the new century, okay? you said there missiles were very likely to go off and attack the united states. you said that you had a very secret information because of your contacts, okay? guest: i do not remember saying that. caller: this was a dean -- was the y2k problem. host: last call for bill gertz from akron, ohio. caller: the donald rumselfd issue $2.3 trillion missing. so you don't know? guest: it keeps going up with every call. host: let's talk about the battle between the administration and republicans over these spending cuts. what does the president want to do to lower the pentagon's budget? what do the republicans want to do? guest: defense has always been a target for liberal democrats. that is clear. republicans want to hold the line. the have always been in favor of more defense spending. how c

reportedly exempted themselves from the kerry bans in a vote of twenty eight to eight according to the washington times however the pleads in cali you know those not employed by the state will be restricted from legally defending themselves in this manner anthony porton teano democrats simply meant to california for the fourth district and the chief architect of assembly bill one four four released the following statement about his abridgement to the bill of rights quote this loophole should be closed you do not need a weapons of a cheeseburger or a cup of coffee. maybe the right of crime is gone people don't need a way to defend themselves in these everyday places except maybe in torrance california or man was rather gunpoint on tuesday just outside the coffee bean and tea leaf and other news a woman was gunned down i'll go to new mexico outside of a burger king on state speaking of new mexico back in my home state maybe our supreme court has been spending too much time in gun grabbing california possibly picking up kickbacks for old big bill richardson's thirty deals thanks to a recent ruling it will

host: one more call for bill gertz, the national security reporter for "the new york times." times."washingtonaller: a remember you were on a radio show in california in 1999. at that time, you told the george and the audience that the russians had no way to deal with the change going into the new century, okay? you said there missiles were very likely to go off and attack the united states. you said that you had a very secret information because of your contacts, okay? guest: i do not remember saying that. caller: this was a dean -- was the y2k problem. host: last call for bill gertz from akron, ohio. caller: the donald rumselfd issue $2.3 trillion missing. so you don't know? guest: it keeps going up with every call. host: let's talk about the battle between the administration and republicans over these spending cuts. what does the president want to do to lower the pentagon's budget? what do the republicans want to do? guest: defense has always been a target for liberal democrats. that is clear. republicans want to hold the line. the have always been in favor of more defense spending. how can

the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. >> thank you. i rise in support of this resolution. this is congress exercising its authority as is appropriate. mr. smith: and i agree with the people who say that congress should do this and i just wish we would understand that congress has a certain responsibility in that regard. yes, the president should have asked us but it's been over three months and this house has chosen not to act until now. i think it's appropriate that we are, i think we should authorize this mission in libya and strongly support that mission. like most americans, when this issue first came up, when the people in libya started rising up against their oppressive dictator, i was very reluctant about the idea of u.s. military involvement, as i think we always should be. i think in the past we have been too overanxious to use the u.s. military in places where it was not a good fit. w

thousand jobs were added in the past month the lowest figure since september and by the way the washington times has reported that seventy seven thousand. federal employees are actually paid more than governors with your money and oh here's another fun fact the number of government owned limousines is increased by seventy three percent during the obama administration's service according to the center for public integrity put simply we're each another case of i told you so as we begin our descent into the double dip recession also no more accurately as a depression all the while the feds fiddle away while the economy burns nearly half of college graduates are moving into their parents' basements while the fortunate take two or three make jobs that pay off loans for the useless college degrees they will never get to apply. hope you enjoyed that randomly inserted or to scroll through the dense part of the setter in orlando florida disobedient citizens of theirs are committing the foul and odious acts of feeding the homeless and not everyone has a magic lamp or a fairy godmother to grant them easy l

host: thanks very much for the corporate front page of "the washington times." dates confirming talks with the talibang theates -- gates confirming talks with the taliban. this morning from the front page of "the washington times." veronica from orange county, california. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i guess i basically agree with the previous caller about the elite rich. here in california we were doing fine until switch in a bear -- schwarzenegger allow corporations to take over. they don't want to pay unemployment. they don't wanna pay workers' comp. they don't want to pay taxes. they don't want to pay minimum wage. what do we get? we all need to put into this situation that we could all benefit from. maybe we should go back to public works. host: john from north carolina saying people -- people will pay no taxes like to scream bloody murder about people will pay a lot of taxes. reducing unemployment and reducing the deficit. from inside "usa today." golf is the front page of "the washington times." two outings in the washington area. u.

the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. mr. smith: may i inquire of the sponsor, mr. rooney, i am the last speaker. then i will yield myself the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. mr. smith: thank you. there are a number of arguments about this issue, arguments in favor of ending the mission in libya. and i think the speaker articulated one which is basically we support the idea of the removal of gaddafi and they support the idea of supporting the people in libya who are asking for a representative government. they just don't like our present process. but that argument really doesn't make sense because if in fact their big complaint is that congress hasn't had the opportunity to authorize this, then the speaker of the house has had by his own admission 100 days to offer that voice, to come up and say, no, we support the mission but here's how we want to limit it and they have not done that. and i agree very strongly with mr. berman's statement, you can't have it both ways.

a couple of editorials, beginning with "the washington times" this morning. : melanie is joining us on the line for independents from maryland. good morning. we will go to the next caller. good morning. caller: every time you have these callers call in and talk about the bush tax cuts -- it's not the bush tax cuts anymore. i'm calling in regards to these people calling in and all the liberal talking points about the bush tax cuts. really, it's not the bush tax cuts any more. it is president obama's tax cuts. he signed the law into effect for the former bush tax cuts. now they are president obama's tax cuts, but you never hear anyone directing -- anyone correcting that. they need to own up to that. host: thank you for the call. from sasha, "can we have logic 101 class?" and from a viewer in colorado -- to fourth host: linda is joining us on the line for democrats. caller: may i speak? host: please go ahead. caller: why is it the republicans are always on top and the democrats are not? they are second. the second thing i would like to say is debt talks stalled.

here is "the washington times." cantor is one of the members participating in the talks with joe biden. senator conrad, chairman of the senate budget committee, says $2 trillion is not enough. he says the goal of cutting $2 trillion falls short. host: and a republican in houston, texas -- anne, a a republican in houston, texas. caller: good morning. what the gentleman said about civil wars -- tribal conflict, civil wars go on and on. even though we have the rosetta stone, we went into iraq and afghanistan with hardly any of our people knowing arabic. i thought that was clueless. they did not even know how to go door-to-door. you could not conduct intelligence. you just have to store around and threaten people and make civilians feel unsafe and not like us. i do not mind war, if it is the right time. i do not think drafting a senator's son is any better than drafting a poor farmer's son. i do not believe in the draft. anybody who is not a good person who comes here can just come here and get on amtrak with anything. w

the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. inquire of the sponsor, mr. rooney, i am the last speaker. then i will yield myself the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. mr. smith: thank you. there are a number of arguments about this issue, arguments in favor of ending the mission in libya. and i think the speaker articulated one which is basically we support the idea of the removal of gaddafi and they support the idea of supporting the people in libya who are asking for a representative government. they just don't like our present process. but that argument really doesn't make sense because if in fact their big complaint is that congress hasn't had the opportunity to authorize this, then the speaker of the house has had by his own admission 100 days to offer that voice, to come up and say, no, we support the mission but here's how we want to limit it and they have not done that. and i agree very strongly with mr. berman's statement, you can't have it both ways. you can't sa

rendition of washington kneeling in the snow at valley forge, and i could give a whole lecture about how that image of washington kneel anything the snow -- kneeling in the snow developed over time. now, the truth is there's really no evidence for this ever happening for washington kneeling in the snow, but that hasn't stopped it from being a powerful image. president ronald reagan loved to refer to this. he said the image of washington kneel anything the snow at -- kneeling in the snow at valley forge is the most sublime image in our nation's history. to more and more -- so more and more stories developed. there's a story -- and they got to the point of being rather ridiculous. there's a story of washington praying in his tent during the revolutionary war and that it was a very special time for him. everybody knew, don't bother the general when he's praying. well, nathaniel green, much to his sorrow, blundered into the tent. george washington stood up and fired his pistol at him. [laughter] fortunately, he missed, but nathaniel green was so terrified that he ran away and didn't ever bother him at prayer again. and this was a story that spread throughout the 19th century. many p

this is "the washington post." "the new york timesys, " obama will speed military pullout from afghan war." and "usa today" used a quote from president obama. "the guardian" has this headline. "the miami herald" and then we have "the denver post." a couple more to show you before we get to your phone calls. "the orange county register" and finally, "the washington times." we have this article from "the new york times" -- two articles from "the new york times" looking at this issue. "2012 pullout worries military experts." host: that is just a little bit from "the new york times" this morning. now to your reaction on president obama's speech last night. we will begin with a democrat, al, in redding, california. are you with us? all right. we will go to pennsylvania and bill on our republican line. looks like we're having trouble with our phones this morning. we will read a little bit more from some of the articles we have here and then we will try to get the phone calls working right away. this is back to "the new york times." "senior

the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from washingtonnk you, mr. speaker. i will yield my final minute in a moment. consistent with the policy in here it says congress does not support deploying, establishing or maintaining the presence of members of the united states armed forces on the groupped in libya. the resolution -- ground in libya. it clearly prohibits ground forces. with that i yield my final minute to the gentleman from iowa, mr. king. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from iowa is recognized for one minute. mr. king: i thank the gentleman for yielding. and i would start out first to associate myself with the remarks of the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, who i think laid this out clearly. this is a message that goes globally, this is a destiny message. the speaker of this house understands his role, he understands that all of america is watching us today and even though if i'd had a vote i would have said no, don't go into libya, if i had an opportunity to amend this resolution i would say, let's extend the authorati

host: in a column in the "washington times, calls " the isolationist charges raised by senator mccaingop is not isolationist. here is a bit of what mr. blankley rights. almost 2.5 years ago, i was fun of the first to assess how was one of the first to conclude that the afghanistan conflict had served its initial purpose. the question is coming your message to the president as he announces the mark that troop levels in afghanistan? new york business, gary, an independent. caller: he needs to bring all the troops back at the same time. like any other war, prices go up because you have to pay for all the products going overseas. i think that would help to get the war out of the way. host: were you in the military yourself? caller: a 15-year veteran. i was a combat engineer down in texas. i was occupying the united states. host: thank you for your call. up the west coast, california, john, a democrat. caller: i am a vietnam veteran. you know, our voices will not mean a darn thing until we get out and hit the streets and tell the people of washington that we're not going to take this anymo

realize that it still doesn't mean that the war in afghanistan is coming to a close the new york times the washington post are all reporting the president is going to remove it ten thousand troops by the end of two thousand and eleven and the rest of the surge goes by summer of two thousand and twelve but even if fifty thousand troops were to leave by the end of twenty two well that still leaves before eight thousand more we've seen these end dates come and go and even a transition to afghan control of security at twenty fourteen allan's been walked back by military officials they do officials too and reports have said that secret negotiations for a permanent u.s. base in afghanistan have been underway so this is a long ways from over so what's the real course of action that needs going to be needs to be take it what are the chances for peace talks with the taliban to be successful and it will this be our final war of large ground troops at the extended global war on terror is fought with drones and special ops teams from pakistan and yemen here to discuss this with me is lawrence wilkerson retired u

tonight thanks so for starters do you know any information that i don't like i said in the new york times the washington post are saying that they got a call from the white house telling them before the speech that it's going to be ten thousand out by end of two thousand and eleven and the rest of the surge by summer summer of two thousand and twelve can you confirm that you know anything else i don't know anything else i do know that i would like you lord for the fact that the media are paying attention to it finally it's understandable why they're not no one really fighting in afghanistan within the foreign legion we've created with our armed forces but they're missing a huge gamble don't lose by that but no one's fighting other than the foreign legion that we've created well it's what we do in less than one percent of those countries believe in dying for the rest of this country. so why should anyone pay attention to their son or daughter's not being in danger in afghanistan and there's no possibility for them to be in danger this is a this is a military that rapidly is becoming like the french forei

our it's time for tonight's tool time award and tonight we've got a double winner the new york times and the washington post say these two newspapers set off the alarm this week they needed an army of volunteers to help them with a major project they needed citizens to help create some very important documents the release to the media yesterday and no was it another wiki leaks dump of documents pertaining to a war or a watchdog group releasing info and government waste oh no this was much much more important you see the state the state of alaska released nearly twenty four thousand pages of e-mails today from back when sarah palin was there governor that's right two major newspapers who run award after award for their hard hitting journalism decided that they needed help reading sarah palin's e-mails now both paper sent cruise to alaska to cover the major news event but they still needed that help from the public you just can't help but wonder why do they need help covering a non-story sarah palin quit her job sold out for fame and fortune and has spent the last two years making a living by criticizing

the "washington times" has a preview of the u.s. open. the location is secret, but many speculative will take place possibly of the army golf course in virginia. at issue today is the troops in libya. senator durbin said he wants more clever -- clearly white house support. let's listen in to what senator john mccain said yesterday on the senate floor. >> the net -- the administration may assert that we are not engaged in hostilities in libya, but the senate should go on record in authorizing these actions. we are in hostilities. we plan to introduce this authorization soon, and i would urge the majority leader to schedule a vote on it quickly. the senate has been silent for too long on our military involvement in libya. it is time for the senate to speak. host: from center john mccain yesterday on the senate floor. we're back to your phone calls. at issue this friday morning, robert gates with his legacy. what impact has he had on washington for the u.s. military? -- and the u.s. military? caller: good morning. you have good callers today

the "washington times" has a preview of the u.s. open. the location is secret, but many speculative will take place possibly of the army golf course in virginia. at issue today is the troops in libya. senator durbin said he wants more clever -- clearly white house support. the net -- the administration may assert that we are not engaged in hostilities in libya, but the senate should go on record in authorizing these actions. we are in hostilities. we plan to introduce this authorization soon, and i would urge the majority leader to schedule a vote on it quickly. the senate has been silent for too long on our military involvement in libya. it is time for the senate to speak. host: from center john mccain yesterday on the senate floor. we're back to your phone calls. at issue this friday morning, robert gates with his legacy. what impact has he had on washington for the u.s. military? -- and the u.s. military? caller: good morning. you have good callers today. they need to bring these boys home. i am 61 and half of my generation has been ki

times" -- from the "washington *" we're going to spend more time on the "washington journal" trying to understand what the status of things is and helping you parse through some of these things. let's go back to calls. topeka, kansas, lawrence. caller: i had to bring one of my children back from college. they are raising the rates are here in kansas and it is getting pretty tight. you can see the housing market has been affected here in kansas, in topeka, where there are a lot of houses and deed. -- empty. a lot of people are keeping their old cars and fixing them up. i work for the railway. i fear they are selling our auto industry and manufacturing to other countries. they sold 50% of chrysler to , which is italian. i just hope they do not try to embezzle any money out of the real way retirement -- the railroad retirement. they have tried that before. host: that me ask you about your daughter. you said she has come back from college. does that mean she will not be studying right now? she is going to take some losses on line to try to study. i have another daughter in the m

that story coming to us from the "washington times." should businesses to when it comes to the workplace and getting prospective employees ready? should they boost skills and be in the education system? let's go to south carolina, where mary joins us on the democratic line. caller: what they do here in our school district is they call it chatelin. the students get a chance to go to different jobs -- chatelin. shadowing. the students get a chance to go to different jobs to see how they work. they can come back to class, and each student discusses what they learned and how they feel about that particular business. it gives them a chance to say, this is what i want to do, because i have learned how it works. host: they can experience it for themselves. caller: exactly. that is the best way for a child to go out into the business world for themselves, rather than just learning the skills in class. you need to see how that particular business works. host: looking at a main story in the "usa today" this morning. it looks at the jobless rate a

this is from the wednesday edition of "the washington times." he writes that some photographs art illustrations. the dead man is an actor. the man with the hole is photoshop the baby is a creepy drawing. does it bother you some of the images are fake? guest: not at all. the effects are real. there could have been a reverse feeling if real cadavers had been shown. the fda went through a thorough research process to find out what people were most willing to accept. this was the result of research. the pictures to pack -- depict the results of tobacco use. host: we're talking about cigarette warning labels starting in 2012. the graphics were put out by the fda. beginning in september of 2012, some of these will be on packs of cigarettes. if you want to get involved in the conversation with tom glynn of the american cancer society, give us a call. we have numbers for smokers and non-smokers. if you have called us in the last 30 days, send us an email or follow us on twitter. when we start talking, make sure you turn down the audio on your television

host: regarding the balanced budget amendment, in the "washington times." constitutional amendment gets stronger push by gop. warren, ohio, on our line for democrats. you are on the "washington journal." caller: one correction to the caller from california -- it is eight years. i would say, mr. president, you had a debt committee and you didn't listen. you shouldn't be on national tv demagoguing and criticizing the opposite party. it makes it harder for you to deal with them. the know, we have been told for how many years -- you know, you have been told for how many years you are spending too much money. i put it on my own party. i hate to admit to it, but he had all kinds of chances to correct this. we had plenty of time. i could go on for ever. i don't have that much time. host: who was your representative? caller: are you talking about the senate's -- host: the house. caller: we have kasich -- host: i think he is the governor, is a need? caller: we have brown. host: what is your message to senator brown? caller: you can get through to him. host: he watche

"the washington post," "the new york times," the washington journal" and others said a mass letter had been heavily edited by majority leadership if they address the leadership plan to end medicare. but americans know the truth, madam speaker. every day i hear from many of my constituents in the capital region of upstate new york who tell me how much they rely on medicare and how worried they are of the majority's plan to end the program. a voucher will not even come close to covering their rising prescription drug costs and doctors' visits. our senior community is tremendously wise. they know that the risks associated with the republican plan shifts the -- that the risk is shifted from our government to their pockets. no matter how it's spun, americans are opposed to ending medicare. let's instead work together to strengthen the plan and ensure it remains on strong financial footing. thank you, madam speaker. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. wilson: madam speaker, i ask permission to address the house fo

we talked about it with the national security editor of the "the washington times." this is 40 minutes. >> host: bill gertz, here to talk about budget cuts and defense spending. let's begin with the change of leadership at security at the obama administration. yesterday the president announced that general martin dempsey will take over as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. let's listen to what he had to say. president obama: martin dempsey is one the most respected and combat led generals. he led against an inurgency, having trained iraqi forces, we knows the nation must ultimately take responsibility for their own security. having served as active commander in central command, he understands that security gains and political progress must go hand in hand, just as he challenged the army, i expect him to push all of our forces to continue adapting and innovativing to be ready for the missions of today and tomorrow. >> host: bill gertz, "the washington times" says after two months after elevating him to the army top post, they have made him the head of the joint chi

the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington. mr. smith: madam speaker, i reserve but i would inquire, i am simply going to give -- use up the rest of the time myself. do you have additional speakers? then i reserve my time. thank you. mr. mckeon: madam speaker, i yield one minute to my friend and colleague, the gentleman from mississippi, mr. to latzow. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from mississippi is recognized for one minute. mr. palazzo: thank you, madam speaker. we do not support the president's handling of libya and i agree with my constituents. our country, our military and their families are fatigued by 10 years of war in iraq and afghanistan. the white house is yet to clearly explain to the american people why we should commit more of our precious blood and treasure to a third war. where's the leadership americans expect and deserve when it comes to committing our troops to foreign wars? with reservation, i will support house resolution 292, only because the united states must honor our commitment to our frien

the "new york times" article. back to the phones. new hampshire on a line for republicans. jim, you are on the "washington journal." ller: i think that no top left behind refocused education to the subject area had a time when the world is becoming increasingly competitive. we need to get the schools to be able to compete with the other countries who are starting to play -- raise the bar. host: this call from our line from democrats. caller: i am on zero local school board, and i think it has been atrocious for education. none of them -- no children know how ride and read into basic math. because of our lives on a task force that we have to follow, huge amounts of lines -- of times are going to pass a task that takes away from us being able to do more standard offerings with technology and other parts of education, and specific math skills. and because there are some many districts and some tools that do not make proficiency, often because of special groups that we have. i was really surprised about that call are saying that children were taken out of his classroom because they did not pass the test. host: tell me a

stepping down as executive editor, the paper says jill abramson will take over the top stop, she ran the times washingtonoming number two editor eight years ago. jill abramson joins me now from new york. good morning. >> good morning. >> you've been part of of the "time" team running "the times" with bill keller. tell me one or two things you'll do differently that readers may notice. >> well, i think, you know, just the time period that i'm going to be leading the news room will mean an acceleration in what bill and i have been working on, which is making sure that the times is in the strongest position possible, kind of making the transition from print-dominated world to a digitally dominated world. >> since you are the first woman to get this job, in a century and a half, do you think you look at some stories a little differently than a bunch of white guys might? you know, talk about the female perspective. >> you know, i'm not sure it's a female perspective. i think i do look at some stories a little differently. but, you know, my background is as an investigative reporter and everyone at "the times"

the nation including pacific time zones. i'm lynn berry, and today we begin with asking for trouble. in a development that's certain to increase tensions between washington and islamabad, the "new york times" is reporting pakistan has arrested several cia informants who provided information that led to the killing of osama bin laden. for more on the report we go to nbc's tracie potts. she's in washington for us. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. five in all, according to "the new york times" report this morning including an army major who apparently was writing down license plates as they were going in and out of the bin laden compound. we've just gotten news this morning that a senior pakistani official says that this report is not true. he denies that they've arrested the major, but he made no comment on the other four people believed to have been arrested as informants of the cia. this was apparently discussed during secretary of defense gates' trip to islamabad. a cia official says that the relationship between the u.s. and pakistan is about a three on a scale of one to ten. since that raid, the big concern here we need pakistan'

the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the geleman from washington. mr. smith: madam speaker, i reserve but i would inquire, i am simply going to give -- use up the rest of the time myself. do you have additional speakers? then i reserve my time. thank you. mr. mckeon: madam speaker, i yield one minute to my friend and collgue, the gentleman from mississippi, mr. to latzow. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from mississippi is recognized for one minute. mr. palazzo: thank you, madam speaker. we do not support the president's handling of libya and i agree with my constituents. our country, our military and their families are fatigued by 10 years of war in iraq and afghanistan. the white house is yet to clearly explain to the american people why we should commit more of our precious blood and treasure to a third war. where's the leadership americans expect and deserve when it comes to committing our troops to foreign wars? with reservation, i will support house resolution 292, only because the united states must honor our commitment to our friends

the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from washingtonmr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. smith: thank you. the bottom line with this resolution, and i think the gentleman made a lot of very fair points, i certainly think that the white house could have handled it better in terms of communicating with congress, but what this resolution would do that he has presented would be to end our mission in libya. so all of the debates and arguments that you heard from the previous discussion apply to this just as well. it has some limited options in terms of what the president could continue to do in support of nato, but it very specifically disallows any effort at air support, any effort at suppressing opposition fire. it does allow for aerial refueling, it allows for rescue missions, but what the military has made clear is they will not do that without all ofhe other assets that are necessary to suppress ene fire, enemy fire. we are not going

spokesman, a union that represents about 600,000 federal workers discounted the report telling the washington timesny of these employees work at higher paid medical fields and many have reached the salary levels after many years on the job. any way, here's the question. should federal employees earn more than the governors of the states where they work go to cnn.com/caffertyfile. wolf? >>> chad myers, i understand that there's a tornado on the ground in new england? >> yes. yes. it has moved to the east of springfield, massachusetts, south of palmer. a big box there. it means the potential for tornadoes anywhere inside that box and there's a tornado on the ground here, southwest of woucester. there used to be a story of a kid hidden under the bridge. that is moving off to the east, north of moon socket. if it keeps going, it will track to the south of boston, massachusetts. another storm mere worster, that is spinning and could put a tornado down near wourster. we'll keep watching it. there's the video on the ground. that wassed it tornado crossing the connecticut river from west springfield to spr

this video and this suggestion will bring up a important discussion which is that the washington post and the new york times should not always be the winners now should the onion i agree now but maybe you know other smaller publications online publications will get a chance now or at least least be more seen as acceptable from the kind of the devil have people talking about it because they already have some celebrities on their side arianna huffington tom hanks and even georgian president mikheil saakashvili decided to put out a video supporting the bid for the pulitzer. want to something else and i want to talk about john. stewart a lot on tonight's show because he's great so he went on fox news with chris wallace and i think a lot of people would agree just totally destroyed him but just take a look at the reasoning and like the research that went into wallace's mind for this take a look at a clip. case in point how did you physically have sex with tommy lee he has a you know if you put anything in front of my face i would know whether i should or feed it up enough. so nothing exactly masterpiece theater

that story coming to us from the "washington times." should businesses to when it comes to the workplace and getting prospective employees ready? should they boost skills and be in the education system? let's go to south carolina, where mary joins us on the democratic line. caller: what they do here in our school district is they call it chatelin. the students get a chance to go to different jobs -- chatelin. shadowing. the students get a chance to go to different jobs to see how they work. they can come back to class, and each student discusses what they learned and how they feel about that particular business. it gives them a chance to say, this is what i want to do, because i have learned how it works. host: they can experience it for themselves. caller: exactly. that is the best way for a child to go out into the business world for themselves, rather than just learning the skills in class. you need to see how that particular business works. host: looking at a main story in the "usa today" this morning. it looks at the jobless rate an

the turkish-syrian border. >> joining us from washington is and you from the washington institute. the -- angie from the -- andrew from the washington institute. thank you for your time>> you are welcome. >> how do you judge the events that are unfolding in jisr al- shughour at the moment? >> it is going to be -- i mean, the account between the government and the protesters, the government says they are being welcomed with open arms. why is the population of jisr al-shughour and the surrounding area continuing to pour into turkey? that is probably because the regime has moved in with overwhelming force. there are reports of military defections in the area where the army was ordered to fire on civilians. they've refused. it is obviously a situation that the regime is actively trying to cover up. and because it is a traditional area of instability for the regime, they're worried it could spread to neighboring areas. >> being the expert on the country as you are, do you acknowledge that any rhetorical statements of condemnation of for violence by the regime are perhaps for this by the west? >> i think that to make these statements after 14 weeks of protests without any

"the washington times" last week headline on page one. urisdiction to oversee congress funds, like police training, like what we were just discussing, which i'm glad to hear you will or have already gone after two hundred million dollars worth. but there is a whole lot of money that is not written mortar. do you have or will you seek a written legal opinion -- britain from the office of legal adviser to back up what -- written from the office of legal adviser to back up your testimony? >> let me tell you my answer to that question. that question.

you know in the last 10 years, congress has raised the debt ceiling 10 times. i have been in washington three terms and in that time we have been asked to raise the debt ceiling half a dozen times. and every time i voted no on raising the debt ceiling. and right now i will be voting no again. because there are no serious cuts, there is only smoke and mirrors. and washington, d.c., that game is over. it's over. because do you know, if you got a dollar in your pocket, take it out right now. you probably don't, the government is trying to take it out. but if you got a dollar, hold it up. take a good look at that dollar bill. because i want to tell you something, and i know we are getting close to supper time, and i don't want to diminish your appetite. but take a look at that dollar bill and fold that in half, not quite in half. because 42 cents of every dollar that the government spends is borrowed money. borrowed money. could you live that way? i couldn't live that way. the federal government can't live that way either. because they are spending money we don't have. and i want you to kno