the white house yesterday. on "washington journal" tomorrow morning, we'll talk with scott wilson, white house correspondent for the white house post. two members of the armed services committee will look at defense and instantaneously security issues. our guests are todd akin and mark begich and we'll discuss the economy with the economics reporter for the "wall street journal." also on washington journal this week, tom ridge, former secretary of homeland security. he'll take your questions on thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >> the senate health committee continues to mark up a health care bill this morning with senator chris dod acting as chairman. he is sitting in for senator kennedy who is being treated for cancer. >> july 4 weekend on book tv, discover an unfamiliar side of our nation's first president as we're live from george  washington's mount vernon estate with historian and author john ferling. join our three-hour conversation sunday july 5 live on "in depth" on c-span 2's book tv. now a republican news conference on health care legislation. this is 15 minutes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [c

legislation "the new york times" has an article about posting bills online before the president announces them. during the campaign obama promised that once a bill was passed by congress the white house would posted online for five days before the senate. "when there is a bill that ends up on my desk as president you the public will have five days to look at it before a senate so that you know what your. government is your" five months into the administration he has signed two dozen bills, but almost never waited five days. various watch the groups have slapped his wrist for repeatedly failing to live up to the pledge. it has been branded it "a. promise " this is our independent line. caller: as far as taking a stand. from a college graduate like me , i feel like everyone is pointing fingers at the illegal immigrants, but coming from a 22-year-old male i point the finger at the baby boomers. the reason is because they never stood up for anything. they never stopped and revolted against these elitist, corrupt politicians. as a result you have people in their 20s getting out of college, still working jobs they did in high school making $8.50 per hour at the mall. it leaves us with $60,

the new york times has an article about posting bills online before the president signs them. the white housechanges the terms of a campaign pledge about posting bills online. obama during the campaign promise that once the bill was passed by congress, when there is a bill that ends up on his desk, you the public will have five days to look on line to find out what is in it before it i signed it, so that you know what i am doing. five months into the administration, mr. obama has signed two dozen bills but has never waited five days. on the recent credit card legislation, he would do just two days. there's watchdog groups were repeatedly failing to live up to the pledge, the fact checking arm of the st. petersburg times has branded it a promise broken. grand rapids, mich. on the independent line. caller: i am calling in regard to a standpoint from a college graduate last may. i am calling because i feel like everyone is pointing the fingers at illegal immigrants, but coming from a 22-year old male, i point the finger at the baby boomers. they never stood up for anything, they never stopped an

i think they see -- this is a white house that has reached out over mainstream media quite a bit. i believe "the huffington post" was called in the very first prime-time news conference. it is a white house that embraces new media, has its own blog on the white house website. that is a first. at the same time, you are right. it adds to the flow of information coming in and questions asked, and feeds the calls for more, for harsher language about what is happening iniran. host: from philadelphia on the the republican line. caller: good morning, mr. scott wilson, your newspaper and all the other liberal media seems to forget there were over 4000 american soldiers who died in iraq. it is right next toiran if i'm not mistaken. do you think that head anything -- that had anything to do with the change for people can see next door what is going on, other than just words from that speech that obama gave? guest: i have not forgotten that. i spent a lot of time in iraq. but the caller raises a goodpoint. yes, i think that iran -- not only is iraq on one side, but afghanistan is on the other. u.s. troops are on both side

outside groups meet with us are all the schools and posted on the white house blog.we make an effort to have a standard of transparency in the office that hopefully sets the right agenda and right on. and the other is accountability. i think we are working very hard to make sure that the vice president's staff and the president's staff work well together, that they are part of an integrated whole and serve a common agenda. i mentioned earlier and i want to take a second more broadly to talk about relations with congress, something the vice president spent a lot of giving his history. and people say it is a very exciting time to be in the administration. it is an exciting time to be in washington, but i think it's also a very exciting time on capitol hill. i don't think we should lose sight of that either. this president has a very, very aggressive domestic agenda that by necessity have to deal with many topics at the same time because of the situation our country finds itself in, and is addressing those issues by working closely and energetically with the congress. a

the record. minstar all this close and posted on the white house blog.we make an effort to have a standard of transparency in the office that hopefully sets the right agenda and tone. the other is accountability. we are working very hard to make sure the vice-president and president's staff will pull together as part of an integrated whole and server, agenda. -- serve a common agenda. while we talk about relations with congress, and the vice president gives a lot of time on spending -- spends a lot of time and giving the history. it is an exciting time to be in washington and in the executive branch, but is also an exciting time on capitol hill. we should not lose sight of that, either. this president has a aggressive domestic agenda. he has to deal with many topics at the same time. he is addressing those issues by working closely and energetically with congress. is that relationship and the progress we are seeing on capitol hill in passing recent bills, and the big work ahead on health care and energy and bonanza regulatory form, is the biggest change

the supreme court. shalem ra currently congressional correspondent at "the washington post" is also covered the white housend congress for "the wall street journal" and written extensively about congressional presidential elections. should read chief white house correspondent for cbs news also covered capitol hill for both cbs and nbc and anchored political coverage for msnbc. he was an invited reporter on the iraq war and filed stories on the war on terror worldwide. last but not least don wolfensberger director of project woodrow wilson center in washington is a well known, chris scholar and author of congress and the people and former chief of staff and longtime hill maysan chief of staff of house rules committee. we are when to begin with a brief opening comments starting with terry at the end and work our way down, and brief opening statements by the guests and then q&a exchange between the guests if they have any follow-up statements they want to make after each of them has their chants and finally q&a from the audience but there will be time for q&a from the audience and we look forward to your part

the white house appointing a pay czar. why are they naming somebody to this post? >> i think there has been a lot of pressure. there have been hundreds of billions of dollars into the financial industry, and you are seeing the same greedy behavior they have always exhibited. in recent years, there has been a problem with greed. make sure the company'ies who gt assistance from the government, that they comply. host: will he oversee all the executive pay for companies that get federal bail out? guest: especially those who come back a couple of times, he will be able to take a close look and approve or disapprove, and request changes from what we heard. four other companies that have received funds from the tar tar program, -- tarp program, they will face restrictions. the obama administration has been trying -- it is a delicate balance. host: is there any precedent for this kind of position? guest: we have seen the government step in before. it is a step beyond at least the finance industry, what we have seen in the past. especially because of public pressure, you will see a lot more desire, why are these guys m

biden generally is they think inside the white house that his heart is in the right place but his mouth often isn't. and that indiscipline which has come out post election has been a problem, has been a source of tension. when you have a very, very disciplined president. though during the campaign they thought he did a fabulous job of completing what he was setting out to do, which was reaching older white working folks in the rust belt states. host: good morning. caller: good morning. afe couple of questions for mr. wolf and then i will make a comment. i would like to ask him where he comes from. it appears he has an english accent. how long has he been in the country? where was he educated at? and is he a citizen? host: your question? caller: mr. obama comes out of the most corrupt political system in the united states, which is chicago, cook county. the other system that was more corrupt was in the 20's and 30's and so i think the country ought to know what type of a system this man comes out of. guest: background, sure. i was born in england, raised there, educated there, went to oxford university. came out to "washington post"ed by the fin

the white house keeping a list of the company's somewhere? are you guys going to pass that on recovery.gov? >> i do not know of those agreed to be posted or not. >> in other words, do we know how many such companies there are? >> again, i have read in a number of publications, some of whom occupy seats in this room, that people have hired -- that businesses have hired people back. i do not have the list with me. i assume there are people who are writing down what they see in the newspaper. as we said, the reports directed the impact of this. if you read a fair number of articles, as i am sure most of you do, they understand and see clean energy companies talking about their increased investment. i think you see the article over the weekend about tax incentives on clean energy buses that have allowed companies to keep the employees to meet demand. >> just a matter of housekeeping. can you talk to us about the week ahead? particularly tomorrow? >> i would never get a week ahead. we did not do it before i came out here today. >> on the green bay visit, his talk about people who need health care and he seems not to make an economic case ab

, you know, generally they think inside the white house he has his heart in the right place but is now often is it and that, in this plan, which has come out post election has been a problem, has been a source of tension. when you have a disciplined president also during the campaign they thought he did a fabulous job completing what he was setting out to do which was of reaching older white working folks in the states and he did a fabulous job. >> host: herber is on the phone on the republican line. good morning. >> caller: good morning. i have a couple of questions for mr. wolffe and then make a comment. i'd like to ask where does mr. wolffe come from. he appears to have an english accent, how long has he been in the country, where was he educated and how long has he been a united states citizen? the question is where does obama come out of the political system of the united states, chicago, the other system worker optus de kansas city during the 20's and 30's and he went to jail. so i think the country ought to know what type of system this man comes out of. >> host: door back routt -- >> guest: i was born in england, raised and educated and

that is normally, the white house get involved in exercises, sometimes we have rolled players in our scenarios, our command post scenarios, we will have rolled players for various people in government but i never that at all. >> host: your book is part memoir and part policy statement. he recount many details of 9/11 and that question reminds me of the description you have on being in the command center as you heard the word that president bush had authorized, if necessary, the need to shoot down flight 93. >> when i got back to the pentagon i was on capitol hill, got back to the pentagon, we had the world trade center and the pentagon had been hit, so three of the occurrences that they had happened, the fourth had not happened, flight 93. it was known to be hijacked and fought to be heading for washington d.c.. what dothought to be heading fo washington d.c.. what do you do about this? we went to get permission to shoot it down, you're shooting down an airliner with americans on it, probably people from other countries as well, innocent men, women and children. is not a good solution because you only shoot it

there is an account in the "huffington post" where [unintelligible] i am wnodering -- wondering if the report is accurate. >> what is the basis for the report? >> what is the white house's position? if a freshman wants to reject [unintelligible] are they still in good standing with the white house? >> we have dealt with members of both parties on some votes they have been with us and some boats that have not. the president in speaking with every member of congress would make a strong case for a supplemental bill that provides the necessary funding that our troops need in iraq and afghanistan. important money and that relates to our ongoing diplomatic efforts. in an important country like pakistan. there are a lot of important and strong things in that bill that, given the preparations that every health professional knows has to be undertaken between now and what is expected to be, another outbreak of h1n1 in the fall, there is important funding in there for medical treatment. i think everybody believes it will be necessary next fall. if people take a look at whether it is money to ensure that our troops have what they need, the diplomatic efforts that we can match the r

white house spokesman. what obama is likely to your is testimony to the value of digital records, a physician coverage in, preventive care, and transparency. that is from "the washington post" this morning. in "the wall street journal" -- how to stop socialized health care by carcarl rove. it says i would go the republican member of congress one for the -- it democrats and at a public auction health insurance program, america is on the way to becoming a european- child welfare state. competition is needed to provide health insurance privately. 1300 companies already sell health insurance plans. second, a private auction -- a public auction will undercut private insurers and passed the tab to taxpayers. for example, medicare pays hospitals and 71% and doctors 81% of what private health insurers pay. it would critter the private insurance market, forcing most americans on to the government plan. one group estimates 70% of people with private insurance will quickly lose with a no get from private companies and be forced on to the government-run role as businesses decided is more cost-effective to drop coverage. fourth, the public option is far too expensive. fifth, the public