obama's treasury secretary is going to be we know how key this position is who is going to fill tim geitner shoes some are suggesting jack lew. number one he's extremely close to the president he has the president's confidence and it's very important that the person who holds that job as tim geitner is had has the strong backing of the president united states is number two asset also very strong is that he knows his way around washington extraordinarily well and most specifically around the budget and tax issues will be rich will be front and center . dmitri can you guess is number three asset according to me now he's easy easy in what way he's easy as an easy easy money man. well i don't know but he is from wall street he was at citi group he executive was there alternative investments so he fits the protocol perfectly as i let him in there i think this is this is ridiculous obama says blankfein treasury secretary. said krugman at the central bank in washington head of the preserve because you know academic in there who really believes in ramping up the printing presses i don't think at th

he's expictureed -- tim geitner. he's expected not to leave right away. >> people like secretary geitner have put a lot of energy into the fiscal cliff and they're going to want to see it through. >> leon panetta is expected to stay a few months to see through the negotiations over the defense cuts and budget. this afternoon, mitt romney conceded florida. the move comes as the nation still waits to see what that state decided and they're still counting ballots there, not surprising. and miami dade finished counting absentee ballots and on to 3,000 provisional ballots. they blame the high volume of ballots that arrived on election day for delay. they're in the business of counting ballots. >>> inauguration preps are underway in washington. some of the area on the west side of the capital is blocked off. risers are going up, platform being built, the planners will meet the next few months to discuss security and crowd control. four years ago, the inauguration crowd is the largest on the mall and there is no estimate fo

don't think it's going to happen anymore and it makes me want to throw up our esoteric finally tim geitner terrorist at the treasury is leaving who's to going to take his place jamie diamond. you know right now why not because a bomb is going to put any friend in there right who will. do what he tells them what to do all right turby all that's all it's on we have thanks so much for being once again on the kaiser report thanks for having me max it's great to see you all right that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me max kaiser and stacy herbert or thank my guests terry buell you can find her at teri com so next time nice guys are saying oh and don't forget to sign your name mail at kaiser report r t t v are you by all. the. technology innovation. developments around. the future or covered. please speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on all t.v. reporting from the world talks about six of the i p interviews intriguing story for you. then try a small t arabic to find out more visit our big teeth dog called. the stairs. i miss it's

don't think it's going to happen anymore and it makes me want to throw up our esoteric finally tim geitner terrorist at the treasury is leaving who's to going to take his place jamie diamond. you know right now why not because a bomb is going to put any friend in there right who will. do what he tells them what to do all right that's all it's on we have thanks so much for being once again on the kaiser report thanks for having me max it's great to see i'm all right that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me max kaiser and stacy herbert our thank my guests terry bill you can find her at terry dot com so next time nice guys are saying oh and don't forget to send me an e-mail at kaiser report r t t v are you. by all. this was the plant that was responsible for causing the world's worst industrial disaster and now it had been abandoned in a condition where it had become a source of pollution or the most recent study that was done shows that this water pollution and spreading. continued to be more than hundred thousand people in. groups working and. ten times more likel

candidate obama which has been so supported by wall street to the extent that his treasury secretary tim geitner who was one of the main architects who are they all out and subsidization the current subsidization that goes on of the wall street banks right now is completely not even cover our in this election it's amazing to me that the treasury secretary of the united states is not even getting our modest amount of play in this election when the economy is supposed to be the prevalent subject in the read. and for that is because he is complicit and keep in lawsuit where it isn't keeping individuals where they are just in two separate camps and ronnie i honestly don't think he has a clue as to the ends and outs of regulation a fed policy is really anything but it doesn't matter from this perspective because he's just continuing the general the republican being and we're just going to get rid of it if it looks like regulation whether it is or not is it doesn't really matter and what it is lined up this election to support romney but i don't think that's because he's looking at obama's democrat wh

the two most high profiles, hillary clinton and tim geitner. john kerry could step into clinton's shoes when she leaves. >> time now to get a check on today's other top stories. >> for that we turn to sara. >> good morning. sentencing day for the man who shot former arizona congress woman gabby giffords. learn his punishment for the shooting rampage that killed 6 people. some of the dozen victims wounded will have the chance to confront the gunman who pleaded guilty three months ago that guarantees him a life sentence without parole. giffords and her husband will be in the courtroom. >>> they are using under cover police officers to track down the suspect. 9 women have been attacked so far. all of them grabbed from behind before the suspect took off. the latest attack happened last thursday in springfield. >>> also in fairfax county police are searching for a man who attacked a 17-year-old girl inside a library bathroom. she says the man followed her into the bathroom. after she went in there because she didn't feel safe leaving alone at night.

boehner and the other house republican leaders will meet on thursday with treasury sec tir tim geitner and the white house's chief congressional li aison to discuss the fiscal cliff. that's the hill newspaper. here's politico this morning, inside the talk, fiscal cliff deal emerging is what some write this morning. and that's from politico this morning. first call up on our question this morning, g.o.p. says address the spending problem and in silver spring, maryland, democrat, good morning anne. caller: yes, well i would like the g.o.p. to be a little more specific because all of them who signed the pledge they want to slink government. i listen to c-span. they're so upset about ben gauzey, which they should be upset about, they don't take into account that the state department has a shoestring budget. people are very upset about the compounding, but the f.d.a. operates on a shoestring budget because they have been shrinking government. host: so anne, do you see room for cut? caller: yes, i see room for budget cuts in the defense department. i'm a senior citizen facing retirement, and