you are on "washington journal."aller: good morning, c-span and mrs. kremer. i have been voting conservative for about 20 years and i wanted to make a few comments and make a question. first, about this farce about slavery. i would ask mullis of from buffalo to look up irish slavery -- melissa from buffalo. i do not know 80 party around -- a tea partier that supports 9/11 truthers. i do have a question about social verses fiscal conservatism. i think the two are directly linked. you see this time and time again with the welfare or pro-life issue is being funded and how much it is costing america. i would be very impressed if the tea party would join members like rand paul and supporting the -- the department of education back to the states along with focusing on fannie mae and freddie mac. they have an unfunded liability of to $1 trillion. it is time to privatize them and get away from these social policies. they are directly linked. guest: we need to get the government out of our lives. some of these things need to

"washington journal" continues. host: we will be talking with gov. brian schweitzer of montana part of the national governors association gathering here in washington this week. they are at the j.w. marriott here in washington, d.c. earlier this week, yesterday they had a meeting with president obama. you can super the news conference that came after -- you can see parts of the news conference that came after the meeting with president obama. it took place outside the white house. you can stream that news conference if you would like to hear what some of the governors had to say after their meeting with the president. joining us now from the j.w. marriott is gov. brian schweitzer, a democrat, from montana. thank you for joining us. what is on the agenda for the and ge meeting this weekend? -- nga meeting? agenda iseveryone's creating jobs. montana is better than the rest of the country on some, but we stopped & unemployment. -- still have 10% unemployment. we need to create higher paying jobs and get things moving. we are a natural resource state and

from the nation's capital, this is "washington journal." [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] host: good morning. it is federal budget season in washington. it said chair ben bernanke met the budget committee to discuss the economic outlook and the president's budget proposal. the appropriation committees are looking for ways to cut some federal spending. congressional vote on funding this year and increasing the debt ceiling will soon occur. tea party activists and conservatives are calling for deeper cuts in spending. with all of this going on, it is your turn to weigh in. where and what if anything would you cut from the federal budget? you can see the phone numbers on the screen -- or tweet in what you would cut from the budget, if anything. we will begin taking your calls in a few minutes. a couple of articles related to federal spending and the budget. this is from "the washington times." the chairman of the house appropriations committee announced it beat fede

have the schedules e-mail to you. >> "washington journal" continues. host: senator john barrasso has this piece published today. this would put the brakes on washington's efforts and these regulations are contrary to the will of the american people. the legislation would stop your bill -- was not modest regulation the agency has already proposed closed stronger ones it would issue later this year. that should lead to the retirement of many of the older, dirty air power plants and a dramatic reduction in carbon emissions. what is your reaction guest:? we need to make all of our energy as clean as we can. guest: i am the only senator or on the republican side of the public works committee, we need to deal with energy security as law's environmental stewardship and economic growth. we need all of the energy and we need to work in ways to make it cleaner. look at what is happening around the world. china is doing an incredible job with coal. we need to protect our air. laws were never intended to deal with global warming. my specific bill focuses on using r

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dan simmons is a reporter for "washington state journal." we should be the headline before. "the state house stalemate. mr. simmons, where are we as of today on this issue? guest: about where we have been. the senate democrats are still on the lam, out of state. there cannot be a vote until they return and the him threaten to set out as long as it takes, even weeks. it is still in limbo. host: the republicans in the legislature have no recourse on these actions and the votes to have to take until democrats come back? guest: exactly. host: we read about the influence of jesse jackson. guest: he was here. he led a rally last night. a couple of national labor leaders came in as well. the basic movement has been since monday and now the national leaders are coming in, but it is still pretty local. host: your paper reports that they're willing to make some concessions. can you expand on that? guest: the governor asked for three things. to end the union's right to collectively bargain and to increase contributions to health-care and pension. the unions, yesterday and said that the

"washington journal" continues. host: joining us from new york, the senior counsel at the brennan center. appreciate your time. guest: thank you so much for having me. host: our focus is redistricting. and let me put on the table a snapshot of what we're looking at in terms of the latest census information and what it means for states. first, those expected to gain seats in the u.s. house of representatives include arizona, which will gain one seat, florida will gain one, georgia gaining an additional seat in the house. nevada gaining one seat, south carolina gaining one seat, texas gaining four seats, utah and washington state each gaining one seat respectively. california will stay the same. and those states expected to lose seats in 2012 include the following. illinois, iowa, louisiana, massachusetts, michigan, minnesota, new jersey, new york, ohio, an pennsylvania. all of those losing one seat except ohio which is expected to lose two congressional seats. again, as a result of the census information and redistri

caller: good morning, "washington journal." i think it is more another one of the communist movement. even mubarak talks about social justice. this is all part of this communist movement and the rhetoric that obama gives us as well. we will end up seeing probably some of the same crap. everybody talks about democracy -- what happens about a republic? it is more freer -- gives the power actually to the people. i do not understand why everybody is so gung-ho about democracy when it is another step toward socialism or even communism. host: kenny, democrats' line. you think they are heading toward democracy? caller: yeah, , but we hear in the united states have to worry about calling another country corrupt and all of our politicians are being paid by corporations. where is the democracy in that? we have to be careful about calling anybody corrupt because we are the most corrupt country there is. host: let's move on to new york, new york, where george is on the independent line. we are focused on the question of whether egypt is he

andy "washington journal has this -- "washington" has this headline. almost every state is facing declining tax revenues and shortfalls. a look at the big picture from the "wall street journal" and the chart showing those in deeper red with the more severe financial difficulties is found on difficultiesa6 of uconn ordaz -- on page a6 of the 40 wall street -- of the "wall street journal." good morning, gary, in texas. caller: i have been living off of a four-member dollars per month and they need to give us a cost-of-living raise. i live in texas and gas about $3 per gallon now, but in other places it is about $4. the government means to tell people who have private colmes to shut them down and we would have enough. -- private, to shut them down and we would have enough. we need to do what they're doing in the middle east and get the government to do what they are supposed to. host: here is another headline. next is doug from montgomery, alabama. good morning. caller: good morning. obama and the democrats would rather borrow and spend rather than tax and

"washington journal" is next. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] host: good morning, and welcome to "washington journal" on this monday, february 7, 2011. president obama will -- the chamber of commerce today for the first time as commander in chief. we will carry that live this morning on c-span at 11:30 a.m. our question to start "washington journal" -- should president obama court of the business community? the numbers to call -- let's take a look at a peace in "usa today" talking about the president's address at the chamber of commerce. obama faces business leaders. host: should the president of the business community? matt, caller from manhattan. what do you think the president should do here? caller: i think he ought to stand up to the business community once and for all. big business, corporations, don't pay taxes. corporations write their own regulations. the regulation is there should be no regulation. they are masters at obtain

"washington journal" continues. : joining us now on washington's birthday is professor james thurber. he was the director of the american university center -- he is the director of the american university center and presidential studies. with his congressional expertise will be able to tie in president's day. budget showdown inevitable, republican house, democratic senate, democratic president, a possible shutdown of the government, two or three different budgets trucks going on on capitol hill right now. remind you of anything? guest: 1995 and 1996 and bill andton's showdown with republicans. we shut down government for a few days in november of 1985 and for quite awhile in the beginning of 1996. december to mid 1996 january. that meant that non-essential employees when home. my wife was a lawyer and she was considered a non-essential. nuking rich really got blamed for it -- a new gingrich really got blamed for it and did a lot -- it helped the president come back and win the presidency. host: have we face a situati

this is "washington journal." [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] host: president obama unveils the 2012 budget blueprint yesterday -- $3.70 trillion. he says it will reduce the deficit by $1.10 trillion over 10 years. by comparison, the deficit commission calls for $4 trillion in savings over the same time period. the proposal also includes a five-year spending freeze on non-defense discretionary spending for a savings of $400 billion. in total the president wants to spend $18.7 billion in 2012. good morning on this tuesday morning, february 15, 2011. we will get your reaction to the proposed cuts and spending -- start dialing in now. while the president talked about his budget plan yesterday at an event in baltimore, on capitol hill budget chairman paul ryan responded. >> when i was sworn in as president and pledged to cut the deficit in half by the end of my first term. a the budget i am proposing today need to that pledge and puts us

congressman, thank you for being on the "washington journal." if we could start, let's look at the macro number for a defense spending and where you see this number going. and i am going to start with the washington post. it reported that the president has proposed for dod $553 billion in spending, 4.2% increase from the 2010 budget. now, the wall street journal, this is the report on this. they report $670 billion for defense, a 3% decrease. but what has the president proposed for 2012? guest: i cannot reconcile those numbers. there is a category in the budget that is the general national security. it includes the nuclear weapons program which is in the department of energy and a variety of other things. that is why sometimes the numbers do not match. we still do not have a fiscal year 2011 budget even though we are halfway through. some of these comparisons are between what the president proposed for 2011 and what he proposed for 2012. that is one of the reasons why you get numbers flying all over the place. host: what is your first impression

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that is our focus for the first 45 minutes of "washington journal."he president begins the process releasing his budget proposal tomorrow and we will bring you details from the sunday morning papers and how the story is expected to play out over the next couple of days. the president will also talk about education in baltimore as he discusses the investment in initiatives for education, research and the phone numbers are on your screen. host: the weekly addresses of senator hatch and the president will be released tomorrow. here is a front-page story in "the washington post." also, the ap is reporting that the president will be looking at the pell grant program. the savings will be about $90 billion over the next 10 years pretty program would limit the amount of money that students can get from the pell grant program to $5,500 per year. the weekly standard has limited government and a strong defense, focusing on pentagon spending. we will hear first from robert in san antonio, good morning. caller: good morning. my answer for the cutting of these prog

this is "washington journal." host: it's 2:00 p.m. in cairo right now, and another day of clashes between government and anti-government forces is underway. the military remains the bull work between the factions. military leaders have called for hoss any mubarak to step down in power. we want to hear from you if you think mubarak and egypt have been good allies. now all week during this crisis in egypt we had our fourth line open for ejitchings americans and we would like to hear from you as well. you can also send us an email at journal@c-span.org or if you are a twitter user, you can send a tweet, twitter.com/cspanwj. go ahead and start dialing in now. some of the front pages from this morning. this is "the new york times." you can see kind of a banner headline here. mubarak's backers storm protesters. here is the financial times. egypt divided by violence and mubarak supporters strike back. we'll be showing you those headlines on this morning's "washington journal." this is in the business section of "the new york times" this morn

"washington journal" is next. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] host: today is budget day, the official white house roll out of the president's spending plan for next fiscal year, fy 2012, which begins in october. $3.70 trillion is the number this year. we are also reading the plan would trim or terminate more than 200 federal programs next year. as the budget plan goes to capitol hill, i want to let you know we will be covering lots of briefings today as folks up there picked apart the budget. we will have it live and taped throughout the day for you today. the deficit figure here in this budget -- $1.10 trillion over 10 years is what would be cut, according to this budget plan. and we want to get your thoughts on that this morning. the president's budget, doesn't cut enough, for what you heard so far? here are the numbers to call -- here it is laurie montgomery's story in "the washington post." here is the $3.70 trillion number for th

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"washington journal" is next. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] host: good morning. friday, february 4, 2011. the eyes of the world are on tahrir square in cairo as millions of egypt leave mosques and had to the square. protesters set today as the deadline for the departure for egyptian president hosni mubarak. of the government will react, how protesters will react, we want to know as the day unfolds. all lines are open during the first hour. if we will show you a number of that editorial. we will have live pictures from protestersegypt's setting friday as the parcher day, deadline for the existing government. good friday morning to you. a couple of things as we start -- later on we will have two united states senators, senator roger wicker of mississippi and senator jeff bingaman of new mexico, chairman of the energy committee, we will talk to both of them about the crisis in egypt, what it means for the united states and domestic issues. later on, jobs -- as a critical number comes out tod

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this is "washington journal." . . host: let's begin with "the hill " newspaper. what are your thoughts on this? do companies have a responsibility to the u.s. workers? independentsif you look at "thel times" headlines on this -- "obama urges executives to share perks." let's listen to what president obama had to say on this yesterday at the chamber of commerce. take a listen. >> your responsibility goes beyond recognizing the need for certain standards of safeguards. if we're fighting to reform the tax code and increase exports to help you compete, the benefits cannot just translate into greater profits and bonuses for those of the top. they have to be shared by american workers who need to know that expanding trade and opening markets will whip their standards of living as well as your bottom line. we cannot go back to the kind of economy and culture that we salt in the years leading up to the recession were growth and gains in productivity just did not translate into rising incomes and opportunities for the middle class. and that is not something necessarily th

"washington journal" continues.ost: heather boushey from the center for american progress, a senior economist. what do you see out there? guest: there is research that shows the united states has a crumbling infrastructure kirk a recent report card from the nation's civil engineer's association that said we need trillions of dollars to repair the crumbling infrastructure that we have. let me give you an example from my own neighborhood. i live in the district of columbia. across the street from it is a small business owner. a young guy with a wife and a baby. he opened a restaurant. three times, the water main has broken, leaving him to not be able to continue to work at his restaurant. that is the picture of the decaying infrastructure in america today. you have small business owners, consumers, big business is being afforded -- thwarted. it has not kept pace. host: what other projects? what else is out there that is in dire need of repair? guest: the president has focused on a clean energy, alternative energy, and

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washington journal conditions. the director nathan brown. thank you for being with us. if you could, 12 days after the up rising began, assess the response. caller: it's clearly where we want egypt to be. the situation changes from day-to-day. we are not sure who the actors are and what their intentions are it is difficult to figure out how we affect the event. assessing the opinions of a number of different opinions this is not just the military system. >> explain the process. could the vice president take over. does he need to leave the state? all these questions seem to move over the past two years what you've got ask a regime right now in crisis in that sense, he is no longer the issue if he continues in office or not, the point is that this regime wants to basically stay as it is. we are wanting to force the regime to make for the more plural is tick party system. the mechanisms of how we do that is not clear. if they start going outside the constitution and coming up with the process on the fly. this is all part of the transition. transition. >> if they say we won

this morning on "washington journal." we discussed the 2012 budget request. we look at the low energy home budget assistance. then the national taxpayers union ahead out lines hit in taxes contained in the budget. later, a discussion on how past presidents have dealt with fiscal matters with james thurber. thurber.

then, two days "washington journal." and at the annual winter meeting of the democratic governors' association, governors talk to labor and business leaders about the economy and jobs. >> this weekend, governors will talk about how to grow state economy, education, and cyprus security as they gather in washington for the annual winter meeting of the national governors' association. we will have live coverage throughout the weekend on c- span. >> think our system of government is breaking down. i think the system of checks and balances we have in our system are not operating properly. >> winslow wheeler heads the reform project. he has written two just published essays in the pentagon laboratory >> cong chris has three essential -- congress has three essential powers, to go to war, the power of the purse, and the power to investigate. the first two powers, to go to war end of the purse, are meaningless yet congress does not exercise power to investigate and it is not doing that. >> either rest of the interview sunday nigh

"washington journal" continues. host: russell wheeler is a visiting fellow at the brookings institution's governance studies program and is that a small think tank with an interest in it-french relations. he has been studying this issue a federal -- interest in inter- brach relations. he has been studying the issue of federal judicial vacancies. "the washington post" reported that there are more than 100, and 46 of those are classified as judicial emergencies. at least 15 more vacancies are expected this year 16 nominees confirmed during president obama's first to tie -- and stop -- 60 nominees confirmed during the obama administration's first two years is the lowest number in 35 years. what is the issue here, and what impact is that having on court cases? guest: well, two questions. what the issue is -- fewer nominations from the white house and past administrations, and about the same percent of confirmations of court of appeals judges. but district court judges explain more than anything else the issue of the vac

washington journal conditions. the director nathan brown. thank you for being with us. if you could, 12 days after the up rising began, assess the response. caller: it's clearly where we want egypt to be. the situation changes from day-to-day. we are not sure who the actors are and what their intentions are it is difficult to figure out how we affect the event. assessing the opinions of a number of different opinions this is not just the military system. >> explain the process. could the vice president take over. does he need to leave the state? all these questions seem to move over the past two years what you've got ask a regime right now in crisis in that sense, he is no longer the issue if he continues in office or not, the point is that this regime wants to basically stay as it is. we are wanting to force the regime to make for the more plural is tick party system. the mechanisms of how we do that is not clear. if they start going outside the constitution and coming up with the process on the fly. this is all part of the transition. what's happening they say we won'

ept to tell you a little bit about what's coming up tomorrow on the "washington journal" and we chation positions to get you there for the opening news conference. tomorrow we begin with the washington post and times talking about next week's showdown. we'll also be talking about redistricting and the current state of libya. we go live now to the jw marriott hotel where the opening news conference is taking place for the nga winter meeting. >> we are still faced with unprecedented fiscal crisis and we must make very tough choices and decisions in our own homes. with these challenges, however, come great opportunities for us. we have veteran governors, some of them are with me here today, who will share their experiences with our new colleagues. they have institutional knowledge and with that institutional knowledge comes great benefit to our new governors. but our new governors are also going to be very important to this organization. they come from varied backgrounds, will offer us new ideas. when these two forces are joined there is nothing that we can't accomplish together. as much a

it is washington your way. >> "washington journal" continues. joining us from new york is amy goodman, the host of " democracy now." there is a picture stemming from the protests going on in bahrain. could you give your sense when it comes to these protests, what is the larger picture tha the ? guest: there is this role in rebellion that is taking place throughout the middle east right now. you look at what happened in tunisia which was sparked by two major developments. one was a young man who graduated from university and could not find a job and represented so many in tunisia and he went into the fruit and vegetable market to sell fruits and vegetables and he was harassed by police and he could not take it. he burns himself to death. that is the spark that ignites the tunisian uprising. wikileaks was something else for it was documents that were released that confirmed what people into needed new and that was the intense corruption of the ben alli regime. the despot was forced out and he resigned quickly taken refuge in saudi arabia. that ign

coming up on "washington journal," we will take questions and comments.s morning, president obama delivers remarks on the u.s. this morning on "washington journal" a look at democrats goals on spending, innovation, and infrastructure and house republican plans to cut spending from derek thompson. after that, grace-marie turner from of the galen institute over the region -- recent decisions dealing with health care bill. and later, robert draper

thank you, we "washington journal" is next. at 10:00 eastern, congressional oversight hearing on commercial real estate effect on bank stability. in a few moments, we will have the latest on unrest in egypt and talk with republican senator roger wicker of mississippi. an hour-and-a-half, senator jeff an hour-and-a-half, senator jeff

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"washington journal" live at 7:30. live it 10:00 eastern, a congressional oversight panel hearing on commercial real estate's affect on back stability. bank stability. on "washington journal" we will have the latest unrest in egypt and talk with republican senator roger wicker of mississippi senator jeff bingaman will take your questions about energy policy and the oil markets and we will focus on unemployment

"washington journal" continues. host: let me introduce you to karen kerrigan making her first visit to "washington journal." she is the president and ceo of the small business & entrepreneurship council. guest: i started the organization over 15 years ago. there was a need in the marketplace. i represent the interests of small business and entrepreneurs. it brings a voice to washington on a range of issues. record stores, technology, a trade, all issues that affect small businesses. host: had you been a small- business person yourself? guest: yes, a consultant. i know very well the challenges that are out there. but also, some great opportunities. i know what it is like. host: can you give us some statistics about how many small businesses of there are? guest: there are about 27 million businesses in this country. 21 million are self-employed individuals, people that work for themselves. the 5.9 million firms in this country, about 5 20 million of those -- about 5.8 million -- you can see america is about small busi

"washington journal" every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> c-span bringing public affairs to you. it is washington norway. -- your way. >> jacob lew testified about the budgets 2012 budget request submitted to congress on monday. it tells $3.7 trillion, and the administration says that it would reduce the deficit by $1.1 trillion over 10 years. this budget committee hearing is all little less than three hours. -- a little less than three hours. >> this one will be different because the fiscal situation is so much work. you have come under a dark and fiscal outlook. we are aware of the challenges you face in putting this budget together and we thank you for your hard work and coming here today. having said all that, the budget of the united states is more than about of arithmetic. it is a statement of national priorities. it is a gauge of our national health. because we face a crippling burden of debt, this budget in particular presented the president with a unique opportunity to leave our country. the president has disap

"washington journal" is next. host: moving this budget story ford, we are talking about current year's spending. several headlines at discussing the possibility of a shutdown of the federal government sometime in march. lots of headlines to that effect, and we want to get your thoughts on that question. if it had to have been a, would you actually support a government shutdown? -- if it had to happen. republicans, 202-737-0001, democrats 202-737-0002, and independents, 202-628-0205. here is one of the headlines in "the washington post". "obama and congress had for face-off. shut down possible" senate and house are at odds. "the debate over the size and scope of the government now moves to the senate where leaders have said that the house plan which was adopted in the wee hours cuts too deep, and they are planning a far more modest proposal. with the senate of a recession all next week, senators have given themselves just a few days. given the tight time frame, it is unlikely the two chambers can agree on a comprom

without putting the credibility of the paper at risk, we will try it. >> i am here with the washington journalismenter. i will start my journal and -- my internship tomorrow with a newspaper. when you have two guys applying for a job and you have one guy that had two years with a newspaper and one that did an internship, which to go with? -- who would to go with? >> everyone has a hiring formula. it is hard for me to discern between the two remains. you look at someone's riding and the way that they think -- writing and the way that they think. if the new york times -- york "the new york times" -- if "the new york times" hired somebody, i think that the goal would be that you have to be able to write, not only because of obvious reasons, but the ability to write also shares the ability to think with some clarity. you have to be intensively curious about the world. the remains are less important than what your work shows about the skills. >> he spoke of one journalist that was a marine. one thing that we have found that we look for is diversity of experience. there are not enough people with milit

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also joining us, sublife of the washington business journal. gets going going to follow up on what you were just talking about the mobile devices we see a big transition to social media that has been growing all the more widespread in the last couple of years. we have the cover of "time" magazine honoring the ceo of facebook recently and at the same time there is also cloud computing which even the federal government now announced a cloud first strategy. a lot of people question the security of both social media as well as cloud computing. can those two new medium. >> secured and if it is smart strategy for federal government to be adopting both? >> guest: well the short answer is it absolutely can be secure. and like anything, we see the first phases, the first rollout of new types of platforms or operating systems or applications is probably the most vulnerable and that was the case for social networking as well, social media applications. it is the case for mobile that we were just discussing as well. so those first architectures tend to be

next up, from this morning's post a washington journal -- this morning's "washington journal." our presence is so expensive and what is keeping it that way? guest: corrections costs have been going up significantly over the last several years. frankly because we keep incarcerating more and more people. today, for example, can the state of michigan, one out of every the people -- one out of every three people that works for the state worked for the department of corrections. these are institutions that are a secure and we need to protect the public. we need to make sure there is a severe remembered h -- we need to make sure there is a secure perimeter. they are expensive to build and expensive to operate. host: beyond the basic infrastructure of keeping prisoners inside and keeping them out of the public, what are the other costs? we are talking about caring for people and benefits. guest: corrections has done a fantastic job over the years of limiting their costs. more and more, corrections is doing everything they can to simply warehouses people. the costs are driven primarily

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you can see "washington journal" live tomorrow starting at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. i believe their appearance begins at 7:45. well, much of this hearing dealt with the recent changes in the situation in egypt. as we move over to a live picture now from al-jazeera network with thousands of anti-government protesters or continuing to gather in tahrir square in cairo. egyptian state tv is, along with a number of sources, reporting that egyptian president hosni mubarak is going to step down soon giving in to the demands of protesters, military and party officials. some sources saying it could happen as early as today. state tv says president mubarak right now is meeting with his vice president at his palace. the ap is reporting that the armed forces will be taking control in that country. in the meantime, white house spokesman robert gibbs onboard air force one today says developments remain fluid in egypt and he's not confirming reports that president mubarak is leaving office. we will continue to watch p the unfolding events in egypt and report any changes. also right