chris: all these online groups are grabbing things off the papers like "the washington post" and selling it in the secondary market. when's the post going to get that money to pay the reporters? >> the younger generation is going to figure out that business model. what's missing now, right this year, is a crisis. we're going to have a crisis. the crisis is goi to be big. people are going to turn to television, the newspapers, and magazines. to tell them what the hell is going on. chris: newspapers are essential to understanding complicated stories like health care, like the economy especially. you got to sit down and read it for 10 or 20 minutes to get your head around it and people like that are not going to be hired by television. joe, they're not going to be out there. you just got back. you've been spending a good part of this year overseas. who's going to pay joe kleine to go to iran and places like that? >> one of the reasons why i'm going to iran and places like that is because "time" magazine and other publications are closing bureaus all over the world. i'm thrilled to be able t

reavis itting "the washington post" piece, john p. anna, second term national security adviser, said the former vice president is driven now as before by the nightmare of a hostile state acquiring nuclear weapons and passing them to terrorists. as promised let's turn to finelaw.com columnist, john dean. good evening. >> good evening. >> mr. cherry has a unique grasp of this. is that how he sees this scenario from what we can dedeuce from the "post" piece? >> well, i think he's always seen himself as exceptional but exception is that he has been able to get in the big jobs and fail in those jobs. you look at his job as -- work as white house chief of staff and look at his position as the gop leader in the congress. and you look at his work as secretary of defense. look at his work at halliburton and now you look at his work as vice president and you will see a steady path of failure. and the only person that seems to understand this are -- those who are not dick cheney and his -- immediate aides but the rest of the world looks closely

. >> editor at the washington post, washington post book world, nearly 30 years, you have four prior books about reading. when did you -- what was your reading habits as a kid? >> my mother taught me to read before i started kindergarten. i came from a very working-class steel town. my parents were not readers. my father was a steelworker. as i grew older, i read more and more, he would occasionally get annoyed by this and would order me down to the basement to build something, or outside to play. he wasn't sure he likes his own son becoming such a book worm. they had mixed feelings about it but the more he was critical of my reading, when you are young teenager, the more you want to do it. if parents don't like it must be cool, so i did it more and more often. at one point i found a copy of a book called the lifetime reading plan, partial inspiration for classic for pleasure which is beyond the lifetime of reading, i use that as a guide during my teenage years, books to read, and how much i got out of it was another question. my eyes went across the magic mountain when i was 15-year

revisiting "the washington post" piece, john p.aid the former vice president is driven now as before by the nightmare of a hostile state acquiring nuclear weapons and passing them to terrorists. aaron freedburg, another of cheney's foreign policy advisers, says that cheney believes that many people find it very difficult to hold that idea in their head, really, and conjure what it implies. these are not small issues, hanna said. they cut to the very core of who cheney is, and he really feels he has an obligation to save the country from danger. let's turn now to author of "conservatives without conscious" and "worse than watergate," john dean. good evening, john. >> good evening, keith. >> mr. cheney has a unique grasp of this, there is expectationalism at work. is that how he sees this scenario? >> i think he's always seen himself as rather exceptional, keith, but his exception is that he's been able to get into big jobs and fail as those jobs. look at his work at white house chief of staff, look at his position as the gop leader

tells "the washington post" the lawsuit is "disappointing, damaging, and hypocritical." >> a proposal is in the works now to dole out $3,000 to some d.c. workers if they relocate from the suburbs into the city. d.c.'s lead agency on the environment has proposed a so-called live near your work program to the u.s. energy department. the program would a $90,000 pilot for about 30 district workers. it would help expand d.c.'s income tax base. the u.s. energy department has not yet decided, though, if that program is worthy. >> class is back in session in the district this coming monday, and teachers have been working to make sure that they make the grade. a new evaluation system is being put in place for d.c. teachers this year. chancellor michelle rhee says that master he had tarets have been hired to train and to improve teacher performance. meanwhile, construction crews of d.c. officials are scrambling to make sure that the schools themselves are ready to open on time. yesterday councilmember mary cha took her annual tour of schools? ward three. she plans to visit 10 schools total and

well, now the "washington post" has uncovered much more about barry's official spending habits. our digital correspondent armando trull reports. >> reporter: the "washington post" says council member marion barry has been six times more generous than any of his peers when it comes to awarding outside contracts using the taxpayers dime. the article claims there is little evidence of what taxpayers got in return. between 2007 and 2009, he dolled out $252,000 to outside contractors for consulting work, media relations and temporary workers. some of the money may have been for political campaigning and not constituent services according to 0 the post. the second biggest is brown who spent $45,000 during the same time period. the district's contracting policies are being investigated because of a recent scandal involving barry and a former girlfriend he hired as a contractor. barry repeatedly said he has broken no laws in his contracting activities. the "washington post" article also includes nasty excerpts of e-mails between barry, his former girlfriend and that former girlfriend's

the post is -- the "washington post" is revealing more about his spending. armando trull has more live from the wilson building. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. those who dislike marion barry will read the "washington post" report scene say, i told you so. those who love him will say, look and say eh, no big deal. >> reporter: the "washington post" says marion barry spent $252,000 in taxpayer money on outside contractors in the past two years. that's almost six times as much as any of the other council members. the article claims there's little record of what the taxpayers got in return for that money. barry's contracting activities are being investigated because of a scandal between the ward 8 council member an a former girlfriend he hired as a consultant. he denied any wrongdoing in the matter. the post looked at all the contracts awarded since 2005 and found in many cases, not just barries, some of the contracting work blurred the line between political campaigning and constituent services. but nothing in the post report claims that any of the ac

former vice president dick cheney is writing his memoirs, and "the washington post" reports that the one-time master of secrecy will reveal his grievances with his boss, former president george w. bush, and detail their heated arguments in full. someone who attended a recent cheney gathering described cheney's disappoint with bush and said -- tom defrank is the washington bureau chief of "the new york daily news" and pat buchanan is an msnbc analyst. tom defrank, what do we make of this? is dick cheney ready to violate his blood oath of science? >> i think he is up to a point. i guess i think he's going to show a little leg. he's certainly going to deal with the differences between himself and president bush, especially in the second term, but i suspect that cheney is not going to be particularly personal about his view of president bush. i was in contact this afternoon with somebody who is very familiar with both the book and cheney's view, and i'm told that "the washington post" story in this view distorts both cheney's view of president bush and what he intends to do in the book.

first, michael dirda, pulitzer prize-winning book critic for "the washington post" discusses his book, classics for pleasure. this program is 17 minutes. >> michael dirda, a longtime critic at "the washington post" and author of the book classes for pleasure, how do you find-- the fine classic? >> classic is a book that people keep going back to generation after generation. it doesn't have to be one of these chronicle classes that we think of what shakespeare but the premise of this book is that a lot of

plus "washington post's" david ignatius. he's going to join us and weigh in.cks. >> as a general feel, i think we should be looking forward not backwards. i do worry about this getting so politicized we cannot function effectively and it hampers our ability to carry out critical national security operations. achoo! (announcer) what are you going to miss when you have an allergy atck? achoo! (announcer) benadryl is more effective than claritin at relieving your worst mptoms. and works when you need it most. benadryl. you can't pause life. are working from the road using a mifi-- a mobile hotspot that provides up to five shared wi-fi connections. two are downloading the final final revised final presentation. - one just got an email. - woman: what?! hmph. it's being revised again. the copilot is on mapquest. and tom is streaming meeting psych-up music - from meltedmetal.com. - ( heavy metal music playing ) that's happening now with the new mifi from sprint-- the mobile hotspot that fits in your pocket. sprint. the now network. >>> the fact i served in congress,

richard cullen compared sarah palin to joe mccarthy to his column in the "washington post."hat's a big red letter that you throw on conservatist. you're mccarthyite. >> check out the website. we have other things there, including the spirited discussions that erupt in the break when we're not on tv. it can feel one coming on now. go to foxnews.c foxnews.com/foxmusewat/foxmusew. we'll be back in two minutes. >> we helped build the most powerful media and launch a ground breaking program. done hewitt and how he shaped the news business. jailtime to primetime. michael vick takes his story or sales pitch to the press. is all forgiven? all next on news watch. female a] the deeper you clean, the cleaner you feel. olay deep cleansers go beyond what the eye can see. they remove 2 times more dirt and make-up than basic cleansing. for a deep clean feeling, deep cleansers from olay. how many washes did it take cheer brightclean to get this from dingy to bright? ten. seven. it's six. why? why is... one... yeah! hundred. no. cheer brightclean. surprisingly bright in just one wash. >>> re

bob woodward is associate editor of "the washington post." gloria borger is senior political analyst for cnn and joe kleine is a columnist for "time" magazine. the excitement of the news business runs in the american bloodstream. movies celebrated newspapers and on tv, we love watching this. >> mr. white -- >> who gave you permission to barge in like a bull? >> there's a dirigible with a guy hanging over a rope. >> you get down there, lois, and assign a tote graffer. two of them -- a photographer. two of them. chris: we're down to 1,400 dailies. this year alone five including denver's rocky mountain news and the seattle post intelligencer have printed their own obituaries. major cities like san francisco and boston may soon face a future without a single daily broad sheet. "the san francisco chronicle" and "the boston globe" are in big trouble. they're institutions really, as much part of those santos as rice-a-roni.

because six years earlier i had been in zimbabwe for "the washington post" and this was righ when robert mugabe, a great man, who went very bad, but that is in the book i guess, when he was running the country by szing farms from the commercial farms, white commercial farme and sort of beginning this reigof terror. the prime minister mf t country of rhodesia who refuse to surrender control to the indigeno people there in the '60s and fought this disastrous for for years, even when the british government didt want to. smith was thinking about running again for prime minister and i went to his home on the outskirts of her art and we spoke for probably two hours. we had only agreed to an hour but he had just been widowed and much like friedman, this man i expected, because i remember reading about him as a child when i was a child and how he seemed to be sort o this figure. he was actually very genteel and

and the story in the washington post today, they paint a picture of the close call saved by the quick thinking of the train operator. but they are telling us that tonight, metro believes that the incident has no connection to june's crash on the redline. >>> in a story the washington post said that the day was saved by a train operator who hit the emergency stop session when they overran the platform at the avenue. and an internal report called the march 2 incident because the train, they had only 500 feet from a train in front of it. the problem turned out to be a bad relay in one of the older series, the 1,000 rail cards. while the june 22 crash, also just focusing on the automatic train patrol system. the problem in that incident appears to be the circuits on the rail. metro's chief of safety makes this point in an e-mail article ng to thpost saying that this was an isol emnt acofplwhentht replacement of one component, that proved to be the edneed fix. this incide, thntey separate and apart frju ne 22 22 accident. the two incidents are not related. >> as you can imagine, hearing ye

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>> because it was one, single, anonymous source that was unknown to "the washington post." and that was -- that's just, there's too much tension, there's too much competition, there's too much potential for a lot of loosely attributed material to be coming out. >> although you won't be surprised to hear that most of the media world went with the story based on the ap's anonymous source. >> sharon, when you covering hollywood for "the new york times," did you occasionally chase stories from tmz, or did you kind of look down your nose at the operation? >> oh, tmz didn't exist when i was at "the new york times," covering for hollywood. but now, we've been also chasing the michael jackson story. it's not as single mindedly as tmz, but i want to take issue with what harvey just said. i do agree that there is -- we're certainly in a time of transition, but i think that online media sources, such as therap, there are those that are considered as credible, certainly, as traditional media and that has a lot to do with the people who are doing the reporting and the methods in the rep

"washington post" has uncovered more about his spending habits. armando trull is outside with more on the story. >> good morning. it is a report that will ruffle some feathers here at the wilson building where marion barry works as well as other council members. look at the article, it says barry tops peers in contract spending and according to the article includes handing out thousands of dollars to contractors so they can perform services as well as political campaigning and it is work that does not have a clear boundary according to the article. the "washington post" says council member marion barry has been six times more generous than any of hi peers when it comes to awarding outside contracts using the taxpayers ' dime. the article claimed there is little evidence of what taxpayers got in return. between 2007 and 2009, the ward 8 council member dolled out $252,000 to outside contractors for consulting work, media relations and temporary workers. some of the money may have been for political campaigning and not constituent services according

the "washington post" says council member marion barry has been six times more generous than his peers when it comes to awarding outside contracts using the taxpayers ' dime. the article claims there is little evidence of what taxpayers got in return. between twerch and 2009, the board eight council member dolls doubt $252,000 for outside contractors for consulting work, media relations and temporary workers. some money may have been for political campaigning and not constituent services according to the post. the second biggest spender was brown, whose office spent $45,000 during the same time period. the council's contracting policies are being investigated because of a recent scandal involving barry and a former girlfriend who he hired as a contractor. barry has repeat lid said he broke no laws in his contracting activity. nothing in the post article actually claims any of the activities the article are uncovered are illegal. at the wilson building, armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. >>> changes are coming to the dc fire department. according to a spokesman, the department

tells "the washington post" the lawsuit is disappointing, damaging, and hypocritical. >> a proposal in the works to dole out $3,000 to some d.c. workers if they relocate from the suburbs into the city. d.c.'s lead agency on the environment has proposed that live near your work program with the u.s. energy department. the program would be a $90,000 pilot for d.c. workers. it would help expand d.c.'s tax base. the u.s. energy department has not yet decided if the program is stimulus-worthy. >> class is back in session in the district starting monday. teachers have been working to make sure that they make the grade. a new evaluation system is being put in place for teachers. chancellor michelle ree says master educators have been hired to train and improve teacher performance. in the meantime, construction crews and d.c. officials are scrambling to make sure that schools are ready to open on time. yesterday, one councilmember took her annual tour of the schools in ward three. she plans to visit 10 schools in total and make a list of improvements still not complete. crews are working aroun

richard cullen compared sarah palin to joe mccarthy to his column in the "washington post."hat's a big red letter that you throw on conservatist. you're mccarthyite. >> check out the website. we have other things there, including the spirited discussions that erupt in the break when we're not on tv. it can feel one coming on now. go to foxnews.com foxnews.com/foxmusewatch/foxmusewatch. we'll be back in two minutes. >> we helped build the most powerful media and launch a ground breaking program. done hewitt and how he shaped the news business. jailtime to primetime. michael vick takes his story or sales pitch to the press. is all forgiven? all next on news watch. úgsw >>> recognized a the father of the news and creator of the most successful broadcast "60 minutes." hewitt left a lasting mark on television died on wednesday. marissa, a lot of people say he brought entertainment value to television news. do you agree? sgl>> i agree. but at the core it wasn't adherence to journalism. rerealized that personalities told stories and he assembled a cast. a big broadway buff. he call

. >>> a new abc news washington post poll shows a change and where america stands on the war in afghanistan. poll numbers show the majority of americans do not believe the war is worth fighting and more people want a president to reduce the troops in afghanistan and instead of adding resources. cynne simpson has more on what this means. >> president obama has long said the war in afghanistan is a war worth fighting, but these days domestic issues like the economy and health care front and cente fighting in afghanistan is on the back burner. ask people about the war in afghanistan and response to shifting. >> as a vietnam veteran, i remember what it was like when we had an unpopular war. this is probably turning into that. >> it is an untenable situation, and i do not really know what the exit strategy will be. >> a new washington post, abc news poll shows the majority of americans now see the war in afghanistan as not worth fighting. le>> obama ran hard on finishing out the war in afghanistan hard, more troops, more money, all the things that we need. >> what ideas resonated with americans

a story about it, and it ended up being on the front of "the washington post." when they did a book called, they did not know i was in prison. once they found out, it became a big story, and i had an opportunity to revisit questions from "a question of freedom" about why i was in prison. >> it is universal, it is very deep. you describe it very well. i've not read the whole book, but i cannot wait to read it. talk about why you think it is relevant to today's youth, and what everybody should read this and maybe learn from it. >> it is not only relevant to today's youth, but anybody into literature but primarily it is about literature and the things that young people face. it is about how books altered the way i see reality. >> you were already well read it before you got to prison. you are already a good writer, or not? >> i was kind of a good writer. about 11 to grade, i was kind of well read. when i got out of prison -- >> a whole new level. >> i had conversations about a wide range of literature in a whole range of subjects. >> did you have mentors in prison

times" the washington post. so on.com. three books on white buddhists, recently american jesus, how the son of god became a national icon. red sox die fan and ken u.s. richard plotherow. >> bangor maine 47 years of age. wife na g i sa. jewish. politics independence. wesley 81. london school of economics ms international relations. business week magazine moscow burro chief 4 years. the atlantic contributing editor one year and currently. national journal staff correspondent with five cover stories this year. the french were right kerry is a worldly der the rise of nationalism. rethinking that zionism and going dutch one year the new york and washington post, "los angeles times" contributed to. the real state of the union essays on united states the angry american our commentary on social rage. hobbies, travel in the form of ussr, the mideast and europe. paul, jeffrey sarrabin. >> the statistics that i gave from this quite remarkable 5,500 were recapped. do you believe that the historical account as given by at least two of

"the washington post" reports that cheney believes president bush turned away from his advice during the second term, and now the statute of limitations up. according to his biographer, cheney says, "now we're talking about after i left office. i have strong feelings about what happened, and i don't have any reason not to forthrightly express those views." >>> the scottish government says there's no final decision, but it's reported this morning that the former libyan secret service agent convicted in the lockerbie bombing will p releases. james matthews of britain's sky news reports. >> reporter: another day in jail. for the lockerbie bomber, it could be wup of his last. those inside the scottish government deciding his fate have concluded he should be sent home. it's news welcomed by british relatives of lockerbie victims but derided by those across the atlantic. >> i've been waiting a number of years to find he's guilty as charged. i find the humanity of the situation to keep him in prison for this long when he's known to be dying and desperate to get back to his family has been i

today's "washington post" says the cia is demoralized. are we going to have an aggressive attitude at the cia? and the fbi is now in charge of interrogating usama bin laden if he's captured. the fbi is a law enforcement agency. they're not in the business of go getting operational intelligence. >> juan, i was fascinated in the interview that vice president cheney was beginning to lift the veil about disagreements he had with president bush, especially the decision on whether to take military action against iran. are you surprised by that? >> i'm stunned by it. i was curious as to whether or not there was some specific provocative act committed by iran that led him to the conclusion that we should take military action there. i guess in general he's worried about the development of their nuclear weaponry. again, if he had added information, it would have been -- because i mean literally, you could set the middle east aflame with that kind of action. so it worries me. let me, if i could, just say quickly two quick things. one is in a democra

heads up with the washington post.nks so much. >> thanks for having me. >>> a malaysian woman is asking her severe punishment for drinking beer being made public. the woman who was set to be kaned next week is asking the flogging take place out in the open. it's usually done in a closed prison, but she says she wants to be seen in public to bring attention to this harsh treatment. she was caught drinking by religious authorities at a hotel. >>> i'm todd santos. hurricane bill passing along the east coast. major effect would be high wind as well as substantial rip current risk. meanwhile, into sunday looking beautiful. especially out west. still a southwest chants for a few isolated showers. rs? yes. but it can't have... can't have about half a day's worth of fiber? i assure you it does. i can only taste... only taste the crunchy clusters, honey, and brown sugar. no madam, i don't have esp. (announcer) fiber one. caboard no. delicious yes. ♪ ♪ i'm cool like that, i'm cool like that ♪ ♪ i'm cool like that [ female announ

the op-ed in "the washington post" today, if the republican party and others were actively shilling for the health care industry, knowingly inciting a dissatisfied portion of the american public towards violence with propaganda, knowing it's never going to be vetted or checked by people who want to believe this, who need an excuse to get riled up and perhaps actually violently angry, how is that different than what hamas or hezbollah does? how are these people not political terrorists? >> well, i don't like comparing people to terrorists or nazis. that's what the other side's doing right now, comparing obama to being a nazi. but i would say that this is incitement. and that the history of incitement is very dangerous. where it starts in societies that are decaying or headed toward political violence is it starts with hate speech. then it moves to destroying property. then it moves to killing people. that's the progression in these societies that are going down the wrong path. not killing people through, you know, some imagined bill in congress but inciting people to violence, which is w

the system says it was not a close call but the washington post said they were dangerously close. >> reporter: once again metro and the washington post are providing different versions of what problem with the automatic train control system means. back in march a train overshot the platform at the potomac avenue station. because of the automatic train control system. the post says the national transportation safety board did not find out until loose week. and the metro says the post is comparing apples and oranges. the post is asked why the ntsb is only now finding out about a problem on march 22nd. the day was saved by the train operator who hit the emergency stop button. an internal report said this was a potentially catastrophic consequence. the problem was a bad relay in one of the older cars. while isthe veatinigstion is focusing on the automac l roig control in -iatdethnsin pe-ih y atltnas wae ththe th uicitsrc rail. the ntsb ys edatdeaninci isolated incident is sepate and apart from the june 22nd accident the two are not related. >> sit surprising i didn't hear about it until

stunning lead of that piece in the "washington post." the president's national security adviser was asked about this earlier today on another program. and he said not quite. >> here where the tipping point is, like we couldn't predict it in iraq. if it's done right and done cohesively, the tipping point will be much sooner. we will know whether this strategy is working by the end of the next year and maybe make some predictions at that time, but not before. >> he said know if the strategy was working in the coming months, but he didn't know how long the troops would be there. in a democratic party that picked barack obama as its nom nay but he was the most credible anti-war candidate when it came to iraq, if he is asking for ten years in afghanistan and hundreds of billions of dollars, what will the reaction be? >> they will question our commitment, how much it will cost and there's a large issue here, john, that is the capabilities of the afghan government. you know, there's an election coming up soon if that government can be seen as s

my local paper, the washington post, covers the nationals more intensely than the orioles. follow the nationals, it is the reminder to me, i wrote a little piece about growing up in new york in 1969. i thought to myself with men landing on the moon, that should have been the whole story. i was fixated on the new york mets. that is the team by grew up waiting for. that for me was my memory of 1969. and things like the panthers, growing a in portland, all the things that were going on in the background. a route for the nationals and orioles and in the winter i am a huge washington was did fan. used to be the washington bullets. like a little boy's club. tim russert not to -- easton said not far from me. will blitz and not be fine me. david gregory, a lot of people in the media and in politics are pro nba fans. the benefit is that because their tickets on specific dates, my wife says to me we are not wasting this ticket so either you are going or i am taking somebody else and i think the really should stop working here. i go to the game. it is kind of an enforced day. >> host:

david ignatius, associate editor and columnist for "the washington post" and intelligence expert and nbc's own justice correspondent pete williams along with nbc news white house correspondent, savannah guthrie in new york joining us to talk about all of this, picking this apart. first of all to you, david, let's talk about the impact on the cia, taken out of the central role for detention and interrogation. some would say that that is a good thing, because it was nothing but a burden, but it really is a diminishing of the agency. >> talking to people at the cia yesterday and today, andrea, i heard nothing but relief that they're out from under what has been really a nightmare responsibility. going into this interrogation program, a lot of officers had doubts. they suspected this would come back and bite them politically. it has. they're unhappy about being left holding the bag, if you will. but i don't think anybody's unhappy to see this responsibility move away now to the fbi. >> but, what about the fact that they are reopening some of these cases, which could lead to prosecutions.

the homeland in "the washington post" op-ed which said we bought into the whole where is the audacityberals are not happy, conservatives are not happy. what will be interesting to watch after the holiday is what is the line that he can force? >> it's more than a technical problem, though. if the white house is now facing a really tough choice which is are you going to not get anything on what the president said is his central domestic policy issue or -- >> a tactical problem. >> i was going to say, people are torn because they're always afraid if government does the wrong thing they'll lose something but the conservatives who have won the debate in august because they focused on that, everybody has forgotten what they don't like about the current health care system. they don't like that people go bankrupt. they don't like that you can be denied coverage because you have a pre-existing condition and obama's task is to move the conversation back to, wait a minute, there's stuff in here you don't like and we'll fix it >> that's right but what happened is -- sorry. what happened is people

the former vice president is working on his memoirs and "the washington post" says he plans to criticizepresident bush for going soft and rejecting his advice in the second term. is this cheney's revenge for bush's refusal to pardon his buddy scooter libby? >>> plus, what exactly was hillary clinton implying when she told nigerians that the 2000 presidential election in this country came down to one state run by the brother of one of the candidates? that's in "the politics fix." >>> and would you believe mayor brad pitt? what the hollywood star said about running for mayor of new orleans in the "hardball sideshow." >>> but we begin with the raging debate over health care that is taking place across the country. joining me now is congresswoman niki tsongas, a democrat of massachusetts, and congressman brian bilbray, a republican from california. ni ki tsongas, you heard chuck grassley, who has been negotiating with democrats in the senate, not refute when given the chance this notion of death panels that is not in any bill anywhere. let's listen to what he actually said about it yesterday

wildly exaggerated, but there is a problem outlined by charles lane, editorial writer for "the washington post," quite liberal guy, smart guy, saying that if you introduced in the cost cutting session of the bill the idea of doctors being reimbursed by the government's for consultation on living wills, you are quiet be implying that this is something you want to encourage, and it is also linked with cutting costs. obama has spoken i in the past about his own grandmother getting a hip replacement machine is ill and infirm, whether it was worth it. there is a lot of thinking about this, and people suspect that at the end of the road, it will be a course of plan in medicine. >> i think the underlying reason for this provision is that there is data and studies out there that show that in areas where people are encouraged and to develop guidelines on how they want to be treated at the end of life, most of them do not want to die in an icu unit. many of them want to die at home with the family around them. doctors with no guidance cannot make that call. the idea behind it is that yes, it would save

it's just gratifying when i hear you say that because i wrote that taking time of my job at "the washington postin a basement and washington and traveling around on a shoestring because we didn't have much money and for me to tell -- you to tell me people still valued especially a history teacher like you i want to say thanks. >> caller: thank you. and you are welcome. there is not a better tool to teach the modern civil rights movement. trust me. my question for you is that during the modern civil rights movement sometimes we forget it was during the cold war. how did the soviet union propagandize the modern civil rights movement and did it have any affect on the politics in the united states? >> guest: yes it did have tremendous effect on the politics and what they tried to propagandize is black people had no rights at home, for all the claims of america as the beacon of democracy to the world for all its claims afterward to that in the united states there was a rank oppression by black people and maltreatment of american citizens and that the united states was engaged in high hypocrisy and yo

. >> dan balz, washington post national political correspondent and pulitzer prize winner haynes johnson review the 2008 presidential election. politics and prose in washington d.c. hosted this event. it is about an hour. >> in i want to welcome dan balz and haynes johnson, former colleagues at "the washington post" and they both have long careers in journalism. dan has served as the post national editor, political editor and white house correspondent and he has won several prominent awards for his coverage of politics of the presidency. haynes has served as the national correspondent, and it was during that time that he won the pulitzer prize for his coverage of the civil-rights crisis in selma. he has been a columnist for "the washington post" and he has been assistant managing editor of the's, until he left journalism to join the academic world. he is now, holds in night chair in journalism at the university of maryland and he has had also academic appointments at a number of other universities, including princeton, berkley and duke. i don't know how many of you watch "meet the press"

now, "the washington post" may be have enough people kit bring in.a small business owner with 100 people, it is huge. >> this is a conversation that gets -- this is one of those ones -- >> capehart may be working triple time. >> what do you do now, what we do now as a country, deployment of the vaccine and hand washing and covering your cough. >> look, this is one time, forget the conspiracy. listen to our government agencies. these guys are telling the truth. you know, there's no conspiracy here, folks. just get your damned vaccine. >> thank you, doctor. thank you, thank you. a doctor that says damned. next up on "the morning meeting," damned dr. nancy. the king of pop's death was ruled a homicide. that's no laughing matter. toxicology results showing michael jackson had lethal levels of propofol in his system. a drug he used so often he called it his milk. >>> a look at these major developments and what it means for the doctor. are we heading towards another homicide trial in los angeles with a famous victim? sure looks that way. nancy has her fing

but the new abc news/"washington post" poll shows the public may have some doubts. president obama stands behind his health care reform promise. >> i'm absolutely confident we can get this done. >> reporter: but for the first time, the president says that may have to happen without bipartisan help. >> i think early on, the decision was made by the republican leadership that said, let's not give them a victory. maybe wean have a replay of 1993/'94, when clinton came in. >> reporter: this comes after days of angry town hall meetings where people blame washington for trying to force change. an abc news/"washington post" poll overnight shows decreasing public support. 50% disapprove of the president's handling of health care. a key republican says there's still room for successful negotiation. >> the white house should be leading and trying to get 70 to 80 votes for anything as important as health care reform is, instead of worrying about blaming one party or another. remains.ter: one sticking point the proposed public health insurance option. the abc news poll shows pu

that panel has primary oversight beverage safety, but "the washington post" reports that panel has no direct regulatory authority and cannot order metro to make the changes, and it apparently lacks the resources. "the post" says no federal agency is authorized to regulate metro operations. and meanwhile, d.c. police are investigating what led up to a double shooting overnight. it happened just after 11:00 last night in the 400 block of n street in northwest. policeere called to the scene and found two teens suffering from gunshot wounds. their injuries are not life threatening. and also in the district, some firefighters were overcome by the heat while battling a house. the flames broke out just after 8:00 last night in the 700 block of third street northeast. a person in the house was able to get out safely. at least three firefighters suffered from heat exhaustion and were treated at the scene. investigators are still searching for a cause. several families have been displaced due to damage. today volunteers across the country and right heren our area will be again pressing for a sw

we will get the latest on that and the other news of the week from our 18 round table, the washington post bob woodward, who made a recent visit to afghanistan. david brooks of "the new york times" and syndicated columnist kathleen parker. i will have a final word on how to know if you are becoming a senior citizen. >> but first, has the recession come to an end? 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. >> and we begin this morning with larry summers, mr. summers, thank you for joining us, in an abc interview recorded yesterday, treasury secretary geithner told george stephanopoulus the smaller federal deficit is vital to sustaining an economic recovery, he said doing that is going to require what he called hard choices. he was asked directly whether he would rule out new taxes and he said, the country must understand the administration will do in his words what is necessary. >> was he laying the groundwork here for a new round of taxes? >> no, not at all