you saw him live denying the main ports of that washington post story which suggested that the circuits that do not allow one train to be anywhere near another train on the metro track were failing on a regular basis. john cato says it's not so. that information has been misreported he says. if there were any indications that there were real problems he would be the first one to shut it down, he says. he says he will be backed up by the ntsb who says is also shocked about the misinformation in that washington post story. a lot more to tell you about this, a lot more to understand. we still have questions. we'll try to bring you the answers's we getle them. right now we go back to break and we'll be back in a few minutes. . >> view that information of all the circuits ... >> we're going live right back to john cato outside metro head quart erts talking about reports that there may be some serious problems with the metro track circuits. >> everything in this system is safe, and that means we would go beyond the normal maintenance, and when you go beyond the normal maintenance, people some

i wrote a story for a "washington post" about part of it. and most of what i was doing was for the book. >> rose: what book? >> for the book on obama. and, you know, all of that may stay in the files because the big story... the center of gravity will be elsewhere. general jones was on a fact-finding mission to talk to people and to look at the war in afghanistan, look at what's going on in pakistan. and he delivered a message and the message was "let's deal with the strategy in the afghanistan war that we now with with v with the troop level, it's now been approved, and not be thinking about more troops and, in fact, you will create a whiskey tango fox-trot moment for the president if you come until with more troops." and that was a very clear message that the pentagon and the generals since the story came out made it clear, well, they're going to ask for what they want. jones made it clear that wasn't an absolute restriction but he was carrying a message from the president of the united states that it's already obama's war and he hopes to

. >> metro identifying back at the "washington post." a visibly angry john catoe dedenying a report saying several circuits have failed recently besides ones at last month's deadly crash site. he did admit metro found problems with at least six circuits but none that measure up to the deadly crash of june 22nd. metro insists you as a rider are safe. sarah simmons joins us with more. >> reporter: you just heard from john catoe. he is obviously not very happy about this report. hes says the "washington post" article is not entirely true. the "washington post" article that came out yesterday is reporting that metro is experiencing widespread failures with some of its ath t ata, reporting least ciuicrrets acircuits are not detecting trains. according to the paper, the statioe rare ritrouble ainccordg to this article are greenbelt on the green licoe,n grosvenor on the red line and foggy bottom on the orange and blue line. the article sa metro has not mentioned the failures. when catoe was on the hill this week, there no talk of any other circ

we invited the publisher and editor of the washington post to join us but they declined.eneva overholser, explain what line the post was close to crossing, enough that it cancelled these gatherings? >> well, to me it is important to remember that amidst all the changes going on in journalism, one thing that professional journalists can still offer us is access to people in power. and what makes this particularly unsavory, jeff, in my view s that the post appeared to be willing to sell that access. and they were sort of using the journalists as lure. and it was a kind of a defanged version of journalists, even, because the copy said that the conversation would be spirited but not confrontational. which i think is quite undermining for the independence that is so important to journalists. >> well, bill mitchell, the notion of private dinners bringing together washington insiders, there's nothing new there. access, lobbying, friendships between all of the above, nothing new there. so what are the red flags that for new this case? >> well, i think among the red flags as genev

the washington post, new york times, it's the wall street journal, washington post -- >> some days it'somebody on sunday it may be a blogger working out of his living room some where pulling on a good thread or story and we want in on that. >> charlie: how do you get in on that? >> the thing with the web and this is the big difference for somebody like me who grew up in an institution. what used to matter about you as a journalist is the place you worked. i'm john harris of the washington post and tom of the new york times. that's what mattered was what came after your name and the platform and in the web the platform does not matter as much. what matters is the distinctiv abilities of the reporters to promote a good story and use the phrase the one i use, drive the conversation. when i was making hiring decisions at the washington post i ran a blog and that's the kind of guy we would hire. >> he hadn't covered the government like i had. he hadn't come from the philadelphia inquirer and the traditional staff that used to be important to journalists as they try to work their way in the i

well, now, the "washington post" reports that ward four council member muir yell bowser wants to know more about barry's role in securing a $300,000 earmark for the national association of former foster care children of america. the head of the nonprofit is accused of misusing the funds. barry denies any wrongdoing. >>> virginia governor tim kaine is expected to announce plans to call a special legislative session to respond to a supreme court ruling. as we first told you on monday, some virginia prosecutors are choosing tot no pursue cases against drunk driving or drug suspects. that's because the high court ruled defendants have the right to question laboratory technicians as part of the sixth amendment right that is in conflict to virginia law. learn more by going to our website at wusa9.com. just click on virginia news. >>> we should know soon if a group of high school students from our area will be released from a chinese hospital and get back to their vacation. at least one member of the group has a confirmed case of h1n1 flu. natalie cheney is part of the group and in an interv

>> it was in the washington post on october 28th, 2001, six weeks after 9/11. most americans after 9/11 and frankly to this day would want to know that we're out there trying to kill bin laden and all the rest of them. i think was the real story here is that the democrats in the house led by the ultimate san francisco democrat nancy pelosi have a hatred for dick cheney and the new jersey community overall. this is mindless attempt to throw bombs at them. they would love to put dick cheney in jail. they will settle for blowing up the american intelligence committee. >> let me try to disagree. i doubt it was that organized. i do think a lot of people,. a lot of people have been saying presidents have been have done this before. and we were trying to kill fidel by blowing up cigars. panetaf finds out about it, he briefed congress. i'm not sure i buy this scenario that it's all about nancy pelosi. cheney pushed the c.i.a. and its proven. >> paneta did not do anything devious. he heard about it. it was the democrats that leaked that to one, take attention away from

i'd like to see that, which politicians were there to suck up to the washington post while the post profited>> those are supposed to be the most transparent government in u.s. history. it's about as transparent as a wool sock. >> we've watched the michael jackson memorial service given heavy media coverage. can we expect the same thing next week for confirmation hearings for judge sotomayor gets underway on capitol hill? what do you think, jane? >> well, i think we'll start out with live hearings, i think it's very significant, i think you're going to see duelling witnesses, the firefighter who, you know, the lawsuit that was overturned by the supreme court. and then, people saying to a-- >> will be fun to watch. we want to remind you about a one hour special on sunday night previewing those confirmation hearings, join us sunday night for our special coverage, and a special preview of the hearing, fox news reporting, judging sotomayor, sunday night, 8 p.m. eastern right here on fox news and then live coverage of the sotomayor hearings, monday morning, 9 a.m. eastern. one more break for us no

there are a lot more delays than there used to be. >> reporter: according to an article in "the washington postbecause of ongoing track circuit problems. the post says the problems are seen across the system on four of metro's five lines. the article says engineers have sometimes disabled troublesome circuits causing dark spots, meaning the operations center cannot see the trains in service. metro has called the article a growth exaggeration. general manager john cato says a half dozen circuits have been adjusted or removed, but they have found nothing as extreme as the problem seen with the circuit near the site of last month's deadly crash. >> that is something i would know about and take an action on. if we cannot track our trains, then we have a huge problem. if we cannot track our trains, then i would have shut this system down. we have not detected any issue that will cause the same type of event that occurred. >> reporter: and the trains continue to be run manually. metro insist that is the system is safe. >> megan mcgrath in northwest washington this morning. thank you. >>> president ob

according to "the washington post" the senator had his parents make a severance payment to a campaignfired. one he was sleeping with. that contradicts what senator ensign said just last week, that that money from his mom and dad was just a gift. to his mistress and her family. legally, to count as a gift a payment has to be made out of detached disinterested generosity. that's the legal standard. that doesn't usually include severance for somebody getting fired. we, of course, called senator ensign's office again today to try to clarify whether the money his mom and dad paid to his mistress was a gift, like he said last week, or whether it was severance like his office told "the washington post" today. re declined to respond. and the senate financial disclosure form filed by the husband of ensign's mistress during the time when all of this money was changing hands that form asks, did you, your spouse or dependent child receive any reportable gift in the reporting period? i.e., aggregating more than $335 and not otherwise exempt? mr. hampton checked the box marked, no, in answer to tha

evidently, from "the washington post" op-ed she wrote.your picture leading the fight the prevent the creation of human/pig hybrid people porkers. >>> first, "countdown's" best persons in the world. humans only. the number three best honest criminal. pistol-wielding stickup man at the bank on tom ballparkway. he and his shotgun bearing partner made off with an unnamed amount of cash. he said, i'm only doing this to eat. best dumb criminal, katie elya drier, drug mule. customs officials became suspicious when they asked her about her golf game. what's your handicap, they asked. she didn't know what they meant. dateline, austin, texas. best george orwell impersonation. the state board's members who have proposed the following revisions to social study standards and textbooks in texas. in the list of americans who changed the course of history, replace thurgood marshall with sam houston. on colonial history delete all references to anne hutchinson. from transformational leaders of the 20th century, insert the reverend billy graham for partici

"washington post" says it stands behind its story.meantime, metro is still looking for develop a backup system to try to prevent any crashes in the future. back to you. >> thank you. >>> and metro general manager wrong catoe will join us live at 00. we'll hear from him as far as what the latest developments are? response to the article this morning in the post. >> all right. metro-- we should move op to some of another big stories that we're following for you. the push for health care reform. listen to these numbers. average out of pocket deductibles increased by 115% between 000 and 2008. the pros is hoping to build support for a plan that could be in serious trouble. doug luzader joins us with more on that. >> reporter: the white house saws the president will remind people tonight just what is at stake with this health care reform debate but he is going to have to talk about the overall cost of this. right now, that is his biggest obstacle. the arm twisting could get prty intense at the white house today as president obama calls in

. >>> a disturbing report in today's "washington post" for people who ride tro. accusations of more problems like the one which led to last month's deadly crash. but metro is firing back. digital correspondent, armando trull is live at the greenbelt station with the story. >> good morning. >> the washington post story says there are problems on the track circuit at the greenbelt line and not just greenbelt, they also say metro center, grovesnor and foggy bomb and claire on the stations have similar problems the "washington post" article says the same problem that caused the fatal crash is widespread and many portions of track on four of the system's five lines are failing to detect trains. a gross exaggeration of the facts says metro's top man. >> the reports you have are not true. >> reporter: the president of the union that represents the train operators agrees with that the system is safe, but disagrees on the big picture. >> he's not looking at the whole picture. i think something else is going on out there and because of information that we have received we

a lobbyist. >> a lobbyist is helping "the washington post." >> the lobbyist was so offended by this,hat he leaked this e-mail to a reporter. >> what used to be a washington post reporter. >> and on the politico, it's obviously, still has good sources inside "the washington post," and they will discover more of this going on elsewhere in the media and that will come out soon enough. >> a reflection of desperation. >> lobbyists teaching ethics to journalists, great. there's going to be more of this on foxnews.com. we are going to continue to cover that story as you mentioned. we would like your help as well, story ideas are always welcome, like that one. if you come across a story that smells of media bias, e-mail us, news watch@foxnews.com. we will be back. >> his sudden death, a question of drugs, the mysterious will and his family affairs. real stories or a media feeding frenzy? and what would you say [ female announcer ] swiffer wetjet cleans so completely you'll never go back to your old mop again. ♪ don't you want me baby? ♪ don't you want me ohhhh! [ female announcer ] why go pa

ellos estan preocupas porque un articulo del washington post senalo que problemas con el circuito de rieles se ha extendido y que por lo menos 6 circuitos de la linea, roja, verde , naranja y azul no habria detectado la presencia trenes.... "yo siempre temo pero que le hacemos, hay que usar el servicio porque asi llega una mas rapido a su trabajo..." el metro dice que el periodico exagero algunos errores y una vez mas afirmo que sus trenes son seguros "eso es lo que nos molesta del washington post que ellos estan haciendo analisis cuando no ha habido todavia un reporte oficial de los expertos , de los peritos que estan haciendo la investigacion.." el metro senalo que aun continuan controlando el sistema de trenes y que han corregido varios problemas en los rieles... para evitar accidentes los trenes en la actualidad operan manualmente y a una velocidad minina,... "por momentos si, no reconoce algunos trenes y eso es lo que estamos tratando de verificar si es un problema de senal del circuito , de riel en si..." aun a

first of all, the atlantic is not "the washington post." it's central to the whole relationship of the media and government here in washington. >> and loves to blow the whistle. >> they should, that's their job. we depend on them to do that. secondly, you have to ask, what are these corporations buying? clearly, "the post" was offering them influence and access. "the atlantic" is offering something different. more visibility and prestige and a bit closer to buying an ad on a sunday tv show. >> how is it visibility if the records a questions are off the record. what aim is being accomplished if it's just a bunch of people in a room. >> i spent many years as a correspondent and off-the-record conversations all the time which informed my coverage and my analysis. if you're allowed to do that. off the record you get a lot of canned speeches and talking points but the question is, do your readers and viewers benefit from the relationship? that has to be the bottom line. >> i can tell you since i worked there it has royaled the newsroom. you have

i was in baghdad and by the way washington post reporters do not live in the green zone. we had our little house in the city which u.s. military called the red zone which is the rest of iraq. [laughter] denniston meet in january and february 2006 how you american troops were visible. you could go all day along in baghdad and not see them. essentially we were stepping back in that these people have a civil war and i started one. 2006 was awful and when the u.s. military tried to assert control with two operations called together for they both failed so here you have a superpower trying simply to bring peace to one city. the capital of this country is invaded and not able to do so so it looks like it couldn't happen and what happened in 07 was a lot of neighborhoods got quieter. i used to count in january and february 06, 50 rounds a day of fire around our house including heavy machine-gun fire that can go through walls. a couple of car bombs a day, explosions, mortar hits and one day our bureau chief. >> she said how was and i said i heard two car bombs, and she said, yes

however, "the washington post" is sticking by their story. matt brock, abc 7. >> this article is not the only problem natcher is facing. abc 7 received a photo of one of the 1000 series cars at the end of a train. we were told those older cars had been placed in the center of the trains were there were considered safest. metro says that car has now been moved to the middle of a train. >>> ppaor for f delayon the fheba ltimore-washington paraykw beginning tonight. l w ill tpu pu int barriers. expect temporary lane closures. it will get under way around 9:00 tonight. >>> ddot will hold a public meeting tonight. the program's goal is to protect neighborhood parking, to spur a regular turnover of metered space, and to reduce congestion. the meeting begins tonight at 7:00 in northwest. >>> nearly 6000 prince george's county worker will have two have tell weeks off without pay. the vote was 8-1. police officers and firefighters are among those facing mandatory leave. >> we could not to the offer low and lay off 800 people. >> the possibilities are

another one is an enormous story broken by the "washington post" about veterans. it is a giant storage, and huge public interest story. it did once in a lot of resources and lots of people. the other thing which is more difficult in the age of the blog is accessed. if you are the "washington post" didn't want to talk to the secretary of energy your secretary of defense in this case, you cannot. if you are the clearest liberal blog on the earth, you knock it to the telephone operator. there's a certain amount of leverage that goes with large print. it actually exceeds the leverage of television in some ways. some people fear television and of the editing. but it will talk to reporters from newspapers. until you get a concentration of wealth and fame for particular blogs, and it is coming with the public would huffington post", but you might give that kind of reporting. in 10 years, we may have only skeletal newspapers compared to what we have today. they will have the resources to go or to the white house and write down what the man said, but will they have the res

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his "the washington post" blog, meow.r coming on the show. nice to see you. >> great to see you, rachel. >> i can't think of you without thinking of the old tag line on your blog, mama said wonk you out. tell me this from a wonk's perspective. was governor palin's anticap and trade op-ed sort of in the main stream of republican energy policy or is she out on her own here? >> i wouldn't really call it anywhere in terms of policy. governor sarah palin missed a bunch of the sort of key policy concepts in cap and trade including the words global warming, climate change, carbon emissions, all things that figured into the questions you replayed her being asked a moment ago. she plays into i think what the republican minority is doing which is not so much having a global warming policy as having an opposition to a global warming policy. so in that, you know, she probably isn't main stream but i wouldn't consider it a policy position. i would consider it a sort of an opposition orientation. >> in terms of the dynamics of republic

our conversation about the president's trip to russia with david ignatius, columnist for the washington post and author of the new spy novel, "the incremental." also, actor jeremy renner is here. we're glad to have joined us. columnist david ignatius and actor jeremy renner, coming up right now. >> there are so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better. but mostly, we're helping build stronger communities and relationships. with your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports "tavis smiley." tavis and nationwide, working together to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. >> ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: david ignatius is a widely read columnist for "the washington post." his latest book is called "the increment," and this will be turned into a feature film. david ignatius joins us

there is an article in "the washington post." it is a story about what saddam hussein said in his last interview, saying before he was as a -- before he was executed, saying that he was only afraid of the iranians and that is why he kept saying that he had weapons of mass destruction. in fact, he wanted the iranians to believe that because he was fearful of the iranians. it has been debated again and again. they never found weapons of mass destruction. that was a principal reason the bush administration said they were going into iraq. host: let me read one paragraph from this. it was obtained under the freedom of information act from the national security archive. if you want to read more detail, you can find it there. the director of the archives says that there is no reason to keep the conversations secret. he said that he felt so vulnerable to the perceived threat from tehran that he would have been prepared to seek a security agreement with the united states to protect iraq from threats from the region. this is on our indepen

i am not sure that is sarah palin's regular crasser -- 4 "the washington post -- for "the washington st." greta: you are an ex governor. she is soon to be in ex- governor. it is peculiar out the spotlight has been on this woman -- she is soon to be an exç governor. >> if she tried to get away from the spotlight are simply stay in the spotlight but in a different capacity? and it would appear from the fact that she is doing things might be op-ed that she is not interested in exiting the stage and leaving the spotlight -- doing things like the op-ed. not a sitting governor of alaska. greta: there is a big difference between liking the spotlight and using it. my mother used to say that you play the hand that is dealt you. a lot of people do not like to be in the spotlight, but if you are, they use it. is she using it, or do you think she likes >> there are certain aspects of it that nobody likes -- or do you think she likes it? >> there are certain aspects of it that nobody likes. you have to disclose every bit of income, tax returns, all associations, affiliations, anything you are a m

we spoke with the washington post managers just a short time ago. they say they firmly stand behind the reporting in this story. anita. >> andrew stack, thank you for that report. >>> consumer groups are talking about an alleged government coverup all about the dangers of driving while talking on your cell phone. consumer advocates say seven years ago the national highway traffic safety administration conducted extensive research and its vast recommendations says cell phones cause so many crashes drivers should never use them except in emergencies. but the agency allegedly shelfed those safety studies because there was pressure from the outside. >> the idea that the federal government can withhold important safety data and its research on public safety is really disastrous. >> consumer advocates claim the wireless industry did not want those studies made public and got members of congress to quash them by applying them with big money. >>> president obama took some time tonight to kickback and relax. ♪[ music ] >> the commandser in chief welcoming al

jonathan, "washington post," earnings-wise. >> here in washington we had earnings from two big employers, first game ginett, they actually showed a $70 million profit in the second quarter? eureka, my company. >> let's temper the good news for a minute. they had a $2.3 billion loss at the end of the second quarter in 2008. this was much better than analysts expected. here's the problem. revenue is down in all of its sectors, revenue is down at ginett. the other company reported earnings is marriott in bethesda. it was really -- their numbers are really down. let me read them to you. >> that's okay. no time. we have to move on, sorry. it's television. >> let me go to steve in denver. what you got on the earnings front. >> most of our companies won't begin reporting until next week. we'll be in particular watching energy companies, williams and conna, bill barrett. we don't expect second quarter earnings will match. and vestus, a danish wind turbine manufacturer. >> one question what he just said, people are a little wary of this bull market run. i think it's starting to spread hope. isn't

well, "the washington post" reports the young pickens carved his name into the wet concrete of his grandmother's driveway nearly 70 years ago. the president-day owner of the home alleges that pickens had a portion of the driveway removed. a pickens spokesman said the concrete means a lot to pickens and it now resides at his childhood home which he previously restored and moved back to his ran inch texas. it seems a slam dunk that he actually stole that slab. good luck you to, t. boone as you fight the charges. >>> tomorrow is the last chance you will have to bet on google earnings. we've got the top-ranked analyst on the street to give you his trade. >>> and the what is this guy getting all suited up for? he's bracing himself for tim seymour's stock of the dayk. we've got lots more coming up. >> he's not waiting for me, i can tell you that. >>> a true power play on the internet has its sights set on a bigger target.

for the "washington post." and jane mayer is a staff writer for the "new yorker." her latest book is "the dark side: the inside story of how the war on terror turned into a war on american ideals." welcome to you both. what do we know, jane, about who knew what, what they should have known and who didn't know? >> well i guess what we know now is because the new director of the c.i.a. who told the committee what we know is that former vice president cheney specifically wanted the committee not to be briefed on a particular program in the war on terror. and that's unusual. i mean we knew that he really disliked the oversight part of congress. he's always been against it but to cut them out on purpose is, you know, it's going to create an obvious huge fight, a big problem. >> ifill: david, what do we know, if anything, about what that program may have been? >> we don't know much. it appears that this was a program seeking to go after probably assassinate senior al qaeda leadership after

that's what the washington post is claiming today. it says through the testing of track circuits, metro uncovered six locations that weren't detecting trains. metro's general manager says that's a gross exaggeration and defending the transit authority on fox 5 morning news. >> to imply system is having the same problem that occurred a month ago is not true. >> reporter: metro's general manager furious over the front pageheadline in the washington post. it says half a dozen trails have failed to detect lines. the general manager admits additional issues were found but nothing compared to the ones experienced on the day of the crash. >> we're analyzing systems to the level not done before. so if we see anything, no matter how small it might be, we're going out and making adjustments to the circuits and in some cases we're taking those circuits out and replacing them. >> reporter: the washington post says it stands behind the story. but john catoe maintains it'sin stulling fear into those who ride the rails every day. >> i do stand by th

a "washington post" company. i was supposed to read him. >> the plum line is pretty good and this website is also terrific. greg has been writing for talking points number for a long time. great to have him on the air. >>> while the investigation from michael jackson's death is far from over, a new report out says there's nothing to suggest the king of pop was murdered as a couple family members have claimed. "the los angeles times" reports a senior law enforcement official says it's unlikely jackson's doctors will face murder charges, but the officials say some doctors could face lesser charges of wrongly prescribing drugs. also a custody hearing for jackson's children, well, that's been postponed. the singer's mother has temporary custody, but sources tell nbc news she realized she can't raise the children alone. two of jackson's sisters, janet and rebbie are emerging as potential custody. >>> service will be held for walter cronkite at st. bartholomew's. a public memorial will be held at the lincoln center for

week's events with syndicated columnist kathleen parker and kevin mirada, national editor of the "washington post." i'll have a final word on michael jackson week. but first investigating torture on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs "face the nation" with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. and now from cbs news in washington, bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning again. senator leahy, the chairman of the judiciary committee and the committee's ranking republican senator jeff sessions are in the studio with us this morning. we invited them here, of course, to preview the hearings that open tomorrow on the nomination of sonia sotomayor to the supreme court. an will get to that. but first gentlemen to the top of the news. two big stories this morning. one in the "new york times" that says vice president cheney ordered the c.i.a. not to tell congress about certain still secret programs. that would be against the law. and that the administration is now considering appointing a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of torture during the previous administrati

and "the washington post's" dan balz is the author of the forthcoming book "the battle for america, 2008." dan is the top political reporter in the country right now. here is president obama today. let's listen. >> just the other day one republican senator said, and i'm quoting him now, "if we're able to stop obama on this, it will be his waterloo. it will break him." think about that. this isn't about me. this isn't about politics. this is about a health care system that's breaking america's families, breaking america's businesses, and breaking america's economy, and we can't afford the politics of delay and defeat when it comes to health care. not this time, not now. there are too many lives and livelihoods at stake. >> and here is the key senate republican with his thoughts, senator chuck grassley of iowa, reacting to what the president just said. he's saying it here on msnbc. let's listen. >> i listened to a good part of his speech while i was standing here, and the president didn't say anything i disagree with. there may be how you get there that there would be some differences of o

then i went to moscow with my then-husband, he was a correspondent for "the washington post" then. i wrote my first books on russia, which is where i became interested in spying and national security because there was a lot of talk about that. anybody who has ever been in the sovietology business as it used to be called is interested in this and the cold war. >> where do you live now? >> new york. >> this book, "the age of american unreason" has been a big success for you. what year did that come out? >> it was first published in hard cover in the winter of 2008 at the height of the presidential primary campaign. >> so where does this book fit and when did you start writing it? when did you start thinking about it, i guess is the best question? >> it had been in the back of my mind because i do live in a capital of political intellectuals of both the right and the left. one thing that struck me as strange is how obsessed a lot of people on both the left and right still are with this case. but i didn't really begin to think seriously about writing it until there was a conference abo

"the washington post" incredible story by politico, flyer service showed "washington post" publisher and editor was trying to sell for $25,000 a private dinner in her home to connect lobbyists and ceos with news executives and top government officials. the air of exclusivity and access with us something political rightly noted would cause outrage in the newsroom and it certainly did. today -- yesterday the ceo and publisher of the "washington post" apologizing for this whole plan, the plan to sell access to a small event in her home for $25,000 to government officials, and the post news executive. here is what she had to say. the flyer did not accurately reflect what we had in mind. the flyer prompting "the washington post" for $25,000. off the record dinner for journalists and power brokers paid for by a sponsor. people in the newsroom said what exactly did they have in mind if that's not what they were trying to do. it looks as though "washington post" trying to play it as a rogue marketing person who might have put out this flyer promising this exclusive access. but seriously, in