in a moment we will speak with walter pincus. we'll turn our attention to national security, including the competition among intelligence agencies. >> things given week on c-span, a look at partisan politics in america. a look ahead to 2012. what is there? the role of the media. assessing the obama presidency. tuesday night, the first state dinner as obama welcomes the indian prime minister. also, three nights of documentary's beginning with the supreme court on thursday night. >> coming this been skimming, american icons -- three nights on the comic homes of the three branches of american government. -- coming this weekend. friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the white house. beyond the velvet ropes. our visit shows the grand public places as well as the rarely- seen places. and then the capitaol. three memorable nights, thursday, friday, and saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. "washington journal" continues. host: walter pincus is the national security reporter for "the washington post." welcome. you wrote last week about the dev

walter pincus. my favorites authors run the gamut. want to throw out a few things and you can respond to whatever it interest you. the 1993 world trade center bombing was supervised by an fbi mull who was surprised -- fdr knew about pearl harbor but we needed it to get. into the get muhammed's nephew was in the 9/11 world trade bombing which is current to what we are dealing with today. guest: that covers a lot of ground and conspiracy theories. in some cases, i hate to meant going back to the second world war, i think president roosevelt did the right thing by helping the british before we got into the war. the other ones, that fbi i doubt was involved in 9/11. i don't even want to talk about the u2. host: a couple of sundays she rode about the potential nuclear treaty with russia. u.s. officials optimistic about a new nuclear treaty with russia. why does this have to be done? guest: the current start treaty runs out december 5. it is important to keep, particularly the verification issue going. i think they may or may not reach some

. >> tomorrow, on "in journal" walter pincus, risk old way -- ruse gold wth goldway, and erikn talks about a new report on illness. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this morning, on c-span, a house hearing on tracking the use of funds in the economic stimulus package. after that, "q&a" with judy shelton. >> tomorrow, on c-span2 a look at the bread for the world institute's view on poverty in the economy. that is on c-span2. >> and now, a house oversight hearing on tracking funds in the $787 billion economic stimulus package. the accountability office issued its first report. the house oversight and government reform committee is chaired by adults as towns of the york. -- but also s -- a dollfadolphus towns of new york. >> the meeting will come to order. tracking the money, the use of stimulus dollars. i want to --good morning and thank you all for being here. today, the committee continues its oversight of the largest spending bill in our nation's history -- the american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009. nine months ago, it appeared that our national e