joining me now on the phone to answer that question is "usa today." you wrote an article talking about this. when and where will he make this admission? and why now? >> well, he's supposed to make this admission monday when the show tapes. oprah winfrey is coming to his home in austin, texas. they are taping an interview and that is supposed to air next thursday now. as to why is he doing this now? the evidence came out against him, a massive file of evidence came out against him in october. and in the three months since then, he's been keeping a pretty low profile. and i think he's been deciding what to do about it. he's kind of cornered himself. because for many years now, he strenuously denied these doping allegations. and with all of the evidence that's come out against him, it's hard to deny it anymore. and he's making a calculated decision for himself personally, it's also, i think, a business decision for him. because it's affecting his charity livestrong and all of his sponsors have fired him. i think when he goes out in public now, he's getti

"usa today" is reporting that lance armstrong will admit to doping in an upcoming interview with oprah. we're following that story. >> i said it for seven years. i've said it for longer than seven years. i have never doped. i can say it again. but i've said it for seven years. it doesn't help. >> reporter: help may be something lance armstrong will need a lot of to redeem his reputation after "usa today" reports armstrong will admit to doping throughout his career. the newspaper does not name their source but says it's a person with knowledge of the situation. "usa today" says the former seven-time tour de france champion's admission, which had been widely rumored for weeks, is expected to come in a monday interview with oprah winfrey that will be taped for air thursday. as for why he's doing this now, the journalist who broke the story says armstrong had no choice. >> with all the evidence that's come out against him, it's hard to deny it anymore, and he's making a calculated decision for himself personally and it's also i think a business decision for him because it's affecting his c

i write a column for "usa today." you know what he said about it? openings of these segments are so far offbat. i don't think a president got much of worse press than he got in the first term about the economy and jobs. the other things are not scandals. they're mismanagement. >> greg: you would have been salivating if a scandal happen under a republican, wouldn't you? >> bob: on one of these? >> greg: yes. >> bob: no. not big now have be a scandal. >> dana: the media helps drive that. i am quoted in theiation usa story, one of the things that happen -- i'm quoted in the "usa today" story, one thing that happened with a divided congress like president bush found in out 2006 after theteams look over, they decided the stupidest things would be the scandal. one was the attorney that let go. political appointee. they spent millions of taxpayer dollars investigating that. front page story, and all for nothing. benghazi you look at it and say you're from another planet and weigh the stories -- freddie tray did a movie about her -- >> greg: they did a movi

but now "usa today" is reporting that it will go down monday with oprah. says the announcement is both a personal and business decision he has been cornered into because of all the evidence against him. >>> bp has settled with as many as 100,000 plaintiffs who claim they were sickened or hurt by the 2010 gulf oil disaster. a federal judge in new orleans signed off on the deal yesterday. the medical settlement covers clean-up workers and residents who live near the spill zone. bp spokesman says the company is, quote, pleased with the settlement. >>> the body of a million dollar lottery winner will now be exhumed for testing after it was proven that he died from cyanide poisoning. so far, no arrests have been made. >>> an attorney defending an alleged rapist in steubenville, ohio, is asking the court to move a trial to another location. he also wants to postpone the trial and close it to the public. he says it's because of the publicity of the case, possible threats to witnesses and the safety of the defendants. two high school football players are accused o

marc saltzman, a tech contributor from usa today, joins us.k, i have to ask you, you showed us yesterday about this technology, a thin coating that protects electronics from water being applied to a sony phone. is sony's agreement with hzo exclusive so far as you know? > > so far as i know it is not hzo's technology that sony is using, it's their own proprietary way of protecting the circuitry, and they have got tempered glass on both the front and the back of their android z - their xperia z smart phone is what you're referring to - and it does allow you to submerge it in water for up to 30 minutes, and that is good news for people who have accidently dropped their phone in a toilet or the sink. but hzo is a separate company altogether that i believe is inking deals with various smartphone manufacturers, and that does apply a thin coating to the internal circuitry of smart phones at the manufacturing level - so it's not something consumers do. but i believe that they are not exclusive to any one manufacturer at this point in time. i remember

usa today sports writer and wusa9 kristine brennan says sources are saying that armstrong is seriouslying about coming clean about his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs. but tonight, brennan told me it's likely too little too late. >> it was two months after he was basically kicked out of the sport and he's already trying to angle his way back in. >> usa today sports reporter kristine brennan on why she thinks lance armstrong met with the u.s. doping agency last month to hint at a possible confession after having his seven tour de france wins snapped away and a ban for competition for alleged doping. >> and he thought the world anti-doping agency and to think that he already requested and had a meeting with those people to see if he could apologize, it's mind boggling. >> armstrong apparently walked away from the meeting with no deal in hand. but brennan wrote the story just as we learned that armstrong will be joining oprah next thursday for a 90-minute no holds barred interview. >> he wants to be able to have a quick apology with oprah and then come right back to doing his t

well, last hour i spoke with "usa today's" brent schottenboer. >> why is he doing this now? the evidence came out against him in october, and in the three months since then, he's been keeping a pretty low profile. and i think he's been deciding what to do about it. he's kind of cornered himself because for many years now he strenuously denied these doping allegations. and with all the evidence that's come out against him, it's hard to deny it anymore. and he's making a calculated decision for himself personally it's also, i think, a business decision for him because it's affecting his charity livestrong. all of his sponsors have fired him. i think when he goes out in public now, he's getting a little bit different reception than what he used to get in t t that, you know, everybody knows now that if you believe the evidence that he did dope and lie about it for many years. and so this is really a personal decision for him and also a calculated business decision for him. >> schrotenboer also said that armstrong is taking a big risk by admitting to doping and could face legal a

sarah weinman of publishers marketplace and bob minzesheimer of "usa today," we appreciate your time oday on booktv. >> sarah kilborne recounts the crew of her great-great-grandfather, william skinner, a textile manufacture in the mid-19th century. the author recalls skinner's immigration from london and his career ascendancy from a worker and a silk mill to the owner of his own factory, the mill village, skinnerville. in 1870 for a dam burst near skinnerville and destroyed the town and forced william skinner to rebuild. this is about an hour. >> thank you, bill. and thank you for your support of "american phoenix." and thank you all for coming out tonight. and thank you and thank you, c-span, and booktv for being here. it's a real honor. and i'm thrilled to be able to share with you "american phoenix," -- "american phoenix: the remarkable story of william skinner, a man who turned disaster into destiny." so one question that every writer gets when people find out they have been writing a been writing about been writing about, whether you're at a cocktail party, in the supermarket or

he would be in competing at that age. >> cnn's calls to armstrong's attorneys for response to the usa todayort have gone unanswered. cnn atlanta. >> all right, nick, people railroad hunting pythons in florida today, including john, he will tell us why the state is holding a month-long contest to kill the reptiles. list of almost two thousand corporate partners - companies like microsoft, american red cross and adobe - to create options for you. not only that, we're using what we learn from these partners to shape our curriculum, so that when you find the job you want you'll be a perfect fit. let's get to work. because for every 2 pounds you lose through diet and exercise, alli can help you lose one more by blocking some of the fat you eat. let's fight fat with alli. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. >> people are hunting pythons in

"usa today" says he may admit to using performance enhancing drugs throughout his career. he has vigorously denied using drugs, but his fans are hoping to hear an admission and an apolog apology. >> better late than never. it is bad that he did it to start with, but come clean so to speak. >> now that he is dropped from the cycling world, it won't hurt him, and this is going to soften up and maybe his admission of the he does admit it, it will bring him back into the cycling world. >> of course, armstrong has not admitted to anything yet, and the interview with oprah is set to air on her network on thursday. >>> relatives of computer proprogeny aaron schwartz say they are in shock after learning of his suicide. the 26-year-old hang ed himself in his brooklyn apartment. he helped develop rss when he was 14. he was facing federal fraud charges based on millions of stolen articles from m.i.t. he had denied the claims. >>> it is unseasonably warm in parts of the south, and in fact, 76 degrees in atlanta yesterday broke the previous record of 75 degrees dating all of the way ba

and usa today you know i made this comment to you before we start getting these polls there's the quote from disorderly there's lies there's damn lies and then there's poll. so so you think the majority of americans don't actually think the climate change is a problem oh i think a lot of people in washington d.c. to think tonight climate change is a problem because it's about eight degrees outside but as far as manmade climate change i think most people disagree with it statistics show that the good of the climate has not warmed any in the last couple of decades you know you believe and yet you know. do as i mentioned there's no manmade climate change and prevent it i think the climate changes all the time it is different from weather and climate the question and i think we need to discern this definitively before we invest trillions of dollars which should be taken out of poverty programs things like that are you think that science is still out that i think there may be a role in a manmade role i don't think that a trillion dollars again taken out of anti-malaria programs aids programs

we're joined by paul singer, "usa today" politics editor.ece about the first bills of the new congress. we've met the new congress. doesn't look like it will be much different than the old congress. we don't know if they can be much worse. >> bill: it is nice to know they're already hard at work. >> they're off doing what they do. >> peter: what craziness have they brought us already? >> the first bills of the congress are largely an opportunity to make message. you sort of start by saying here's the things i would love to do like abolish the fed. we have a couple of suggestions to return to the gold standard. there are people who want -- again, these are not necessarily bad ideas but they haven't passed ever before. we have jose serrano who wants to abolish the 22nd amendment and allow the president to continue running as long as he can. which he's gotten a lot of flak for but in fairness, he's introduced it every year for the past 20 years. >> peter: have we had the repeal obamacare introduced? >> michele bachmann. she was the first bill.

usa today reported that during rhee's three-year tenure, well over half of her schools had been flagged for an inordinately high number of wrong-to-right erasures. >> there was one school where the fourth graders were erasing on average almost 13 wrong answers and correcting them to right answers. and the average was, you know, one for the district as a whole. and so statisticians are telling us, "your chances of winning the powerball are higher than this happening by chance." >> the usa today investigation looked primarily at one school-- the award-winning noyes education campus. >> more than 75 percent of its classrooms were flagged for high erasure rates. and noyes, during that same time, really saw its test scores spike. they went up from 44 percent in 2007 in reading. and then in 2009, it went up to 84 percent. 44 to 84? >> correct, from 2007 to 2009. big jumps. >> noyes's principal wayne ryan, who had been promoted to the central office, left the public school system, he said, to pursue other options. he did not respond to frontline's requests for an interview. ryan's successor wa

from "usa today."e want to let you know, our own andrea mitchell will be interviewing secretary clinton. that is wednesday at 1:00 p.m. on "andrea mitchell reports." don't miss that. >>> keeping up with the changing times the pentagon will boost its cyber security staff. according to "washington post" another 4,000 people will be assigned to help counter increasing threats against government computer networks. officials say they intend to focus their efforts on networks outside the u.s. [ male announcer ] how do you make america's favorite recipes? just begin with america's favorite soups. bring out chicken broccoli alfredo. or best-ever meatloaf. go to campbellskitchen.com for recipes, plus a valuable coupon. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec-d®. powerful relief of nasal congestion and other allergy symptoms -- all in one pill. zyrtec-d®. at the pharmacy counter. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. n

again, this op-ed is in "usa today."ack to live pictures from the senate armisticearmed services e room. colorado, independent line. you are on "washington journal." what are your thoughts on the secretary of defense nomination? caller:i like it. i think him of being a veteran, he would not put our servicemen in harm's way. i also think that he is trying to cut the military budget and i think he would do it in a way that would not harm us, with his experience in the service. as you know, we have the largest budget, military budget, in the world. we need to cut it down a little bit, a lot of other things. he did not always go along with the party, and he said what was on his mind. and of course, in politics, that gets you in trouble. but unlike his honesty -- like his honesty. you know where he stands, and he would be working for the present, so if he disagrees with the president, the president would act the way he wanted to do. the appointment would be a very good one. host: thank you for calling in this morning. curtis

lance armstrong reportedly will come clean tomorrow according to "usa today" at least. the truth about doping during his years as the world's top cyclist. the paper says the interview will be taped at armstrong's home in texas for broadcast on thursday. then there's this. in seattle, a quick thinking bus driver saved his passengers from harm when a fire broke under the vehicle. everyone got off safely before a fireball engulfed the bus. traffic was tied up for hours. the fire may have started due to a frozen brake line. first time i've heard that. here's what's trending around the web. the white house says no, it will not be building a death star no matter how many jobs it potentially could create. the idea to build one like the one in "star wars" was posted on the web as a petition. at a white house website. the white house said "the administration does not support blowing up planets." i think that's popular with many world leaders. the 850 quadrillion dollar price tag was also an issue. always cost overruns. a new mexico artist is getting attention for a new series of

. >> for more on armstrong's interview and the fallout, i spoke with a columnist for usa today. you wrote today that lance armstrong is not sorry he doped. he is sorry he got caught. pretty harsh. >> yes, but i think he deserves it. there is no greater fraud or bigger cheater in the history of sports, in my humble opinion. this ruse, this parade of going on oh road to apologize after more -- sure raid -- charade of going on oprah seems a desperate attempt to get back into the graces of the public. >> we do not know what he said to her yet. he has been banned for life. do you think anything could get that lifted? >> know, there is nothing he could have told her, unless he started to bring documents, checks, all of his calendars, and literally started naming of the characters in his world on this path to doping. but he can do to help himself is have a seat on the u.s. anti-doping agency couch, so to speak, which he has refused to do. if he were to give every detail, hours of testimony, new information, and new names, he could potentially reduce his lifetime ban to an eight-year ban

even "usa today" had an editorial this week that said social security is a pay-as-you-go program. no, it's not. it can never go broke provided that you don't take the trust fund and spend it on government debt, which is what we've done for 60 years. but social security has all but ended poverty among those over 65. medicare has all but ended significant health care problems among those over 65, and the g.i. bill gets very little credit in 2012 for being the key social policy that built the american middle class. the american middle class was built on two basic components of of the g.i. bill; access to education, affordable access to education which was a voucher program. it's meant that the g.i.s could go to any school that they want today go to. the money went to them and not the schools. and the second was access to affordable housing. if you roll the clock ahead to 2012, why is the middle class suffering? we don't have access to affordable high-quality education. our students are taking on vastly too much debt, and my two sons -- 38 and 34 years of age -- who have good incomes,

. >> usa today says it may be too little, too late. >> two months after he was kicked out of the sportd already trying to angle his way back in. >> reporter: the usa today reporter on why she thinks lance armstrong met with the agency last month to hint at a possible confession after having his seven wins snatched away and suffering a life-time ban from competition for alleged doping. >> he fought the agency and to think that he asked and had a -- that he requested and had a meeting. >> reporter: he reportedly walked away with no deal in hand. but he will join oprah next thursday for a 90 minute no holds barred interview. >> he wants to have a quick apology with apology and come back to doing marathons. the reality is, he is banned for life. and even if he comes clean and gives all the information about everyone else's cheating, it's still an eight-year ban. and that would take up to 50 years old. >> reporter: over the last decade, he has become a cultural icon. his work on behalf of people with cancer was perhaps even more legendary. but she believes much of the public sympathy has no

according to "usa today" lance armstrong may confess to doping during an interview with oprah.ll air on thursday night on the oprah winfrey network, but taping it on monday at armstrong's home in austin. also on monday, we'll be talking a lot about connecticut and the newtown sandy hook shooting anniversary. 27 people were killed in that tragedy. taking a look to the next day on tuesday, we'll be talking gun control. vice president biden will give the president his gun control recommendati recommendations. last month obama had vowed to prevent future shootings like nowtown. expected recommendations include all kind of things. universal background checks and a possible ban on assault weapons. we'll see if that happens on tuesday. also on tuesday, an expected vote on about $50 billion of superstorm sandy relief money. congress approved a $9.7 billion package, but, certainly, much more needs to be done here. and on sunday, looking all the way ahead to the end of the week. president obama's inauguration on noon at sunday. this is a private swearing in before the big festivities on

. >> reporter: i'm joined now live by senior nfl writer for usa today jared bell.wis thing kind of interesting and really no surprise something like this comes up during super bowl when all the media is here, but what's your take on it? >> reporter: it's always something. it's kind of ironic because when you think of ray lewis' legacy there's this shroud of mystery around him and i think a lot of that goes to that murder scene in atlanta a few years ago. it's kind of eerie in that he's going out right now and then there's something else to deal with, but hey, this deer antler extract thing has ever -- >> reporter: have you ever heard of it? >> reporter: not until yesterday. >> reporter: i hadn't either. >> reporter: supposedly it  promotes healing. there's an entire underworld out there with people doing things we don't know that are illegal, but the one thing i would like to add is i don't think it's something that he actually tests for. so he hasn't failed a drug test for that per se, but it is on the banned substance list. there are things on that list they ju

"usa today" reports that he is ready to admit to doping during his cycling career.he paper says he'll come clean to oprah winfrey on monday. in the past, armstrong has strongly denied using any performance enhancing drugs. overwhelming evidence from anti-drug agencies has cost him millions in endorsements. he's also been stripped of his seven tour de france titles. >>> number two, venezuela's vice president is in cuba to visit his boss, hugo chavez. chavez missed his inauguration thursday though the supreme court said he could be sworn in to his third term at a later time. 58-year-old chavez hasn't been heard from since he went to havana a month ago for cancer surgery. government officials said he suffered a severe lung infection after that operation. no firm evidence chavez is conscious. >>> number three, the deadly flu outbreak. the cdc is reporting that two more children died bringing the total deaths this season up to 20. officials also say that the number of reported u.s. cases has decreased, especially in the south. it's too soon to tell if the season has actu

stolen now, lookout app designed to detect malware on the phone but locates a phone stolen and usa today's ed bags says it will snap a picture of the thief who took it. >> front facing camera will snap the picture, capture location and send an e mail to the person whose phone it actually is. >> how cool is that? photo snaps when the thief tries to unlock it. the app designed for an droid but some will be working on iphones. and whoever invented that, i mean, really. how cool. >> that is cool. >> thank you. >> sure. >> okay. how about about those super bowl bound 49ers? time for the daily dose. did you ever wonder that those tattoos on collin kaepernick and what they say? wayne? >> this is 10 years since bay area had a super bowl. 18 years since 49 49ers had a super bowl. for those who haven't lived through this this, is a week where everything becomes magnified that. is the case here in santa clara today. if you've wond qlaerd a professional locker room looks like, this is on display for reporters seeking story was out mediocre angles with a week and a half left. until game time. then, col

. >> "usa today" reports beyonce will sing the national anthem at president obama's inauguration later this month. both she and her husband were outspoken supporters of the president during the 2012 campaign. a great concert. >>> south korea sensation will make his commercial debut at the super bowl starring in an ad promoting pistachios. >> how do they have enough money for $3 million. >>> for the 33rd july razzi awards includes "that's my boy" and "battleship." "breaking dawn part two" got worst picture and worst screen couple. if they were to win all 11 they would be the highest ever. >> adam sandler is good for a couple. >> he has the record with 10 last year. >> i still have to rent that. >> they are all good classic movies. there might be some pride. >> this comes to us from memphis, tennessee where hundreds celebrated the birth of rocknroll royalty. public officials and fans flocked to tennessee to mark presley's birthday. they cut an enormous cake. one fit for the king. i'm richard lui and this is "early today" just your first stop. day today on your nbc station. >>> one docume

but our partners at usa today report in virginia, it is 19.9 cents. that's on top of an 18.4 cents federal gas tax that you are also paying. >>> coming up next when the news continues, incredible video from australia, where first responders race against time to save a boy stranded in raging floodwaters. >>> and they booed at their last president two years ago, now the egyptians are taking to the streets demanding that their new president heed the call for democracy. >>> thousands of egyptians are in the streets demanding change, two years after hosni mubarak fell from power. tina crouse reports some demonstrators say they want to push out the new president also. >> reporter: thousands of protestors packed cairo's tahrir square on the second anniversary of the uprising. some carried a giant egyptian flag and chanted, the people want to topple his regime. they are talking about egypt's new islamist president mohammad morsy, who won election last summer after hosni mubarak fell and opponents say he took away freedom. tear gas was used to push back hard l

"usa today" is reporting that lance armstrong has confessed to using performance enhancing drugs.e armstrong, 2 1/2 hours. he came ready. what he did tell her? >> he confessed to doping in his cycling career. the interview just wrapped. and there is a confidentiality agreement about the show. it won't air until thursday. the plan all along was to use the venue to confess. make an admission about doping in his cycling career. something he's never done before. he's denied it for years and attacked those who accused him of it for years. >> significant development. >> attacked and attacked aggressively. denied allegations so many times. many people who thought there was no way he could tell the truth believed him. the power and passion in which he denied it. now he has admitted to something, now that you confirmed that he has, what happens now? will he face perjury charges that will cost him an incredible amount of money? >> last time he testified underoath and denied taking performance enhancing drugs was in 2005. in texas, a lawsuit in texas, and that was seven years ago, so that's

. >> i want to bring in raul raez, "usa today" columnist, and david knack mori. david, you wrote about the president laying out a more liberal plan, but dan pfeiffer just tweeted this, "potus will applaud the bipartisan senate agreement that is very consistent with his long he would view and lay out his vision for immigration reform." so is this a sign the president doesn't want to threaten what is cereal a pretty fragile coalition? and that he may be willing to go more centrist today? >> absolutely, chris. i think it's a little bit complicated, in that the white house wants to stress a lot of the progress that's been made by the senate. they said very clearly, they're going to praise that. they do like a lot of the tenants. in fact, they say a lot of the tenants of what the senate laid out, the main pillars, including a path to citizenship are what the white house itself has on its website. but they have told advocates that they don't support some of the ideas the senate has put out there, like tying a path to citizenship to increased border security that would

abc news, the "wall street journal", and "usa today" are reporting that the justice department is highly likely to join a lawsuit filed against armstrong by former teammate. abc says the suit alleges armstrong defrauded the u.s. government by denying 9 use of performance enhancing drugs because the postal service sponsored the raising career. if he loses he could pay a substantial amount of money to the government. right now the deadline to join the case is thursday for the department the same day his interview with oprah is schedule to air. sources say armstrong admitted the drug use to oprah and before 9 interview he apologized to the staff of the charity he founded. >> the biggest test for him is how well he apologizes. most of all, he will apologize to people he got involved in the fight against cancer. >> he was stripped of the tour de france title, lost most endorsements and was forced to leave the charity last year. oprah tweeted the interview was lasted more than 2 1/2 hours and it will air thursday on her network. >> thank you, we are following breaking news right now with firef

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news director for publishes marketplace and bob mintheimer is being book reviewer and reporter for "usa today." start with you. if you would, give us your general assessment of 2012 for the book industry especially nor nonfiction books and what are one or two notable books you want to talk about? >> guest: let's start off by saying 2012 is very eventful year in the book publishing world between publishers consolidating the department of justice suing five publishers and apple on ebook pricing and many developments which we'll cover later on in the program. amazon expanding its publishing operations. the google settlement also moving forward in different directions. those alone accounted for substantial portion of book publishing news. on the nonfiction front i would have to say it was a very strong year. in particular we're seeing a lot of best of 2012 lists dominated by the likes of catherine booz, behind the beautiful forevers. winner of the national book award. robert caro latest volume in his ongoing biography of lyndon johnson. andrew solomon, far from the tree. it was only recently publ

"usa today", pretty darn clear. our journey is not complete. one of the lines he repeated a few times. "the new york times," obama offers liberal vision. we must act. beautiful picture of the first couple on the front during the parade route. and then "the wall street journal", obama vows aggressive agenda. so a couple of the headlines from the main papers, but then "the new york post" chose to go with something completely different, beyonce and jay-z, the first couple. well, almost. and take a look over here. right here. do you recognize that guy? that's congressman pete king from new york snapping a shot of jay-z and beyonce. what a front row seat to that little bit of fun in the new york republican is kind enough to join me right now live. there's your picture. you've got the picture. you snapped it and it ain't bad. >> actually, i'm very talented guy. more importantly, it's a great moment for beyonce to be seen with me. her career is definitely going to take off. that's what she was waiting for all these years. >> pete king, i was going to

number one, lance armstrong, the "usa today" sports reporter brent schrotenboer says lance armstrong is ready to admit his doping scandal. the paper saying he'll come clean with oprah winfrey monday. in the past, he has strongly denied using any performance-enhancing drugs. but overwhelming evidence from anti-drug agencies has cost him millions of dollars in endorsements. he's also been stripped of his seven tour de france titles. >>> chavez missed his own inauguration on thursday, though the supreme court said he could be sworn into his third term at a later time. the 58-year-old hasn't been heard from since he went to havana a month ago for cancer surgery. government officials said he suffered a severe lung infection after the operation. there was no firm evidence that chavez is even conscious. >>> number three, the deadly flu outbreak. the cdc is now reporting that two more children died. that brings the total of deaths this season up to 20. officials also say that number -- the number of reported u.s. cases has decreased, especially in the south, but it's too soon to tell if the

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at usa today we have fact checkers, when i write a column, there is a fact checker, a person goes through my column and asks me, i have to footnote everything that i say, no way on earth i could say somebody has died without any any sort of-- >> and maybe a better standards and sports illustrated. >> one speculation, staffs are cut back all over the country and not enough people, but if you've got one person in an office that can pick up the telephone and fact check. >> and also google. >> he speaking of fact checking, "the washington post" got caught in a bit of plagiarism this week, a reporter named william booth, is that, do i have the name right, william booth admitted lifting some sentences from an academic journal. judy? >> i think that in an era of cut and paste journalism where we often times do our research, we don't have those researchers anymore, we do our own, and you take material from one journal and put it on a screen, you sometimes forget to attribute. i want to give the reporter the benefit of the doubt on this one. >> i agree with that. >> jon: and what did we learn from

that's according to a new poll by usa today and gallup. the house did approve the senate's plan to back away from the fiscal cliff late last night, but politicians are already looking to the next three chasms. here's bruce leshan. >> we'll look back on this night and regret it. the problem is we set up three more fiscal cliffs. >> reporter: just months into the new year we may yet see more partisan pitched battles over the debt ceiling, over those big across the board spending cuts which were temporarily put off and over the federal budget which is running short term now on what's called a continuing resolution. the majority leader and every other virginia republican in the house voted no and the gop is openly planning to leverage a debt ceiling vote in a few months to extract re spending cuts than they got in the fiscal cliff deal. >> not only does it not cut spending, it increases spending by a little bit and we're borrowing a trillion. >> reporter: the president is refusing to bargain over the debt creel. >> i will not have -- debt ceil