that is "the washington post" this morning. "the new york times" this morning has a poll on how americans feel about immigration. the public probably agrees across party lines that the united states could be doing more across its borders to keep out illegal immigrants. this view was shared by 78% of those responding. unity fractures on a question of what to do with illegal immigrants who are already here and the role of states. tennessee, don on the line for independents. what do you think? caller: i would be in favor of some term limits on these judges in the supreme court. i cannot believe that only nine people of a nation of 300 million can properly interpret the constitution at all times, especially when they are in question as much as some of these candidates are. i would like to see them have a limited time. that's my comment for this morning. thank you. host: general the crysmcchrystas the karzai visit is crucial. tom on the line for democrats. who is this? caller: no, this is chris in arizona. hi. good morning. i'm so g

tonight, a conversation about the impact of health care reform with ceci connolly is with "the washington post." also tonight, the emmy-winning actress dana delany is here tonight. you can catch her in the new film "multiple sarcasms." we have bled to have joined us. that is coming up right now -- we are happy you have joined us. >> there are so many things that walmart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better. but mostly we're looking forward to helping build stronger communities and relationships, because with your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance, working 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] ♪ tavis: ceci connolly is the national health care correspondent for "the washington post." she is one of the lead authors for a new book. she joins us tonight from chicago. it's good to have you o

examiner" and have had a variety of editorial staff for "the washington post" come u.s. news and report no co-author of the almanac of american politics uc frequently on fox news pricing his column this morning bob said every time the conservative movement falters, it comes back stronger and one of the things that you refer two the call back this time is the teapartiers movement. it is interesting michael's column is an investor's business daily was titled teapartiers by the culture of dependency and roach "the issue in which the politics are centered is really about the bottle of culture between the culture of of independence and independence and that is something i urge you all to read the "investor's business daily." so please welcome michael. [applause] >> thank you very much having been at the dentist and preferred to be drilled by the doctor as opposed to dr. bob tyrrell i am sorry to have walked to know little late to have missed his presentation it seems his book is confronting had on the fact come on the one hand as he asserts and i turned -- tend to

doris meissner you wrote a piece in the washington post -- "washington post" as a a a series about the midst -- as a series about the myth about immigration. why is this a myth? guest: it is a myth because immigrants to fill the high skilled and low-skilled gaps that we have here. there are people who come with skills in science and engineering and out where we do not have enough graduates among americans to fill those jobs. they're very important to keep our technology edge. that has been a candidate -- a continuing area where immigrants have made important contributions. on the low skill and, of all until two years ago -- on the low-skilled and, until two years ago we have had very substantial job growth where just at the same time our own aging began to kick in as a factor. there were not enough young people coming into the workforce to do the work that we were producing. immigrants have come in to fill that gap. by and large, it complements the american workforce, and doesn't compete with it. host: what about the argument that immigrants drive down our wages in this country? guest:

he worked for "the washington post." i think he is close them 80 years old and is still writing, but here is the quote. "here is a washington political riddell, where you fill in the line, -- riddle. " if you answered -- david just does not go for the jugular. what is going on? guest: they do not like each other. he comes from that generation of reporters where they are always impartial. they do not tell you have a feel about political -- particular people, and this one out of the window. in my view, i think he is kind of a victim of kind of a mythology of what the senate used to be. it used to be a place a statement -- statesmaen. the majority leader as a model. and so, i think reid, who does have a temper and can on occasion simply blow up at people and tell you what he thinks, and i think a lot of it was he said the war was lost. he comes across as intemperate when he calls the president a liar, when he calls alan greenspan a hat, -- hack, but it is a different world. host: i want to ask you if you think the senate is

c-span: how many years did you spend with the washington post? >> guest: i came to the post in 1979, and -- and i was there almost 12 years. i -- i came in just as bob woodward was coming back from writing a book called "the brethren" about the supreme court. and i worked very closely on his staff, first on -- on metro and then the investigative staff we set up at the washington post for about five years. c-span: when did you go to the new york times? >> guest: when ben bradlee announced that he was going to retire. and not because he was going to retire, but because i had a very close friend named howell raines, who was the chief of the washington bureau of the new york times. he and i had worked at a newspaper in florida for several years together. we're close fishing buddies and whatnot. and he convinced me to -- to come over and -- and work at the times. i'd always been interested in the paper, always admired the paper. and with ben leaving, it seemed the right crossroads to make the move. i love the washington post. it's a great newspaper tod

washington post headline. per tuesday for both parties and one paragraph, everyone has a different definition of the anger. antiincumbent and antiobama and antiwashington - but the discretions of displeasure are everywhere. others say washington is not doing enough to penalize bankers or oversee as oil gushes from the broken well. this self identified maverick says campaign promise is too long and it costs too much. we need to move forward limiting the time and the money spent, need to campaign reform now is his point of view. new jersey? welcome. will you vote for the incumbent in the upcoming midterm election? caller: probably. i called this morning, steve, to mention the fact that with regard to the reporter from the philadelphia inquirer that you had on earlier. host: canter-fitzger todd fitz? caller: yes. there was no mention of the speaker race. there's been by the senator darryl icer of california. he has called for a judicial investigation of the fact that the white houseovered a bribe to senator to dro

a little bit this morning from "the washington post." he writes in the style section of "the washington post" -- "the full impact of the supreme court is concentrated in this entrance. it is the essential first experience of a design that breaks with the highly domestic base of the white house and the balanced deliberative chambers of the capitol." it gives way to a much austere space as if the court is advertising its majesty on the outside while allowing a surprising amount of democratic proximity on the inside. despite its name, the great hall leads very quickly to the courtroom. in architectual terms, it may be the most immediately accessible branch of government and justice is awe inspiring and available to all swiftly and without distinction. baton rouge, diana on the democratic line. what are your thoughts on the court closing its front door? caller: thank you very much for c-span. i'm horrified just about everything going on these days. caller: we have done such a great job in the last decade of exporting democracy that we have e

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bought by the washington post company in 1971. the post company redesigned the magazine going after a higher end audience just last make. chairman of the washington post company said in a statement this morning that despite heroic efforts, they still expect the magazine to lose money in 2010 and they are exploring all options to fix that problem. trish, back over to you. >> all right, julia, thank you very much. >> wow. >>> when we come back, goldman sach's ceo trying to reaffirm his clients. with questions be raised about blankfein's future, we'll see if he can survive this storm. >>> plus the ceo of freeport-mcmoran. we'll get his take on gold and copper prices. you're watching cnbc. >>> all right, folks, welcome back to "the call." everybody loves pizza, right? but when it comes to pizza stock, a real battle. take a look at dominos versus papa john's today. back-to-back earnings report. yesterday it was domino's and both companies beat, but the performance in the, mat today shows a big discrepancy. interestingly domino's ceo on

with us, tom friedman of "the new york times," bob woodward with "the washington post," paul gigot of the washington journal and nbc's andrea mitchell. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. super tuesday 2010 unleashed a new power player within the republican party. but by week's end, rand paul, son of former presidential candidate ron paul, found the spotlight a little too hot, canceling his appearance on this program and raising doubts about his prospects for the fall. >> the next u.s. senator from kentucky, dr. rand paul. >> a political novice. kentucky ophthalmologist rand paul took on the republican establishment and won big. he won nearly 60% of the vote and put the tea party on the political map. >> i have a message, a message from the tea party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words -- we've come to take our government back. >> paul didn't mince words either. his belief in limited government prompted questions about his views on civil rights after he told the "louisville courier journal" he opposed the portion of the 1964 civil rig

host: in the washington post -- plenty of reasons to worry.e says president karzai himself is a sign of u.s. worries about the feasibility of transferring security and government to the afghans. the anti-u.s. diatribes from a month ago have been papered over, but not the concerns about whether karzai can provide strong leadership there. he and his own family are widely seen as weak and corrupt and out of touch. karzai's arrival also highlights one of the trickiest issues in the strategy, namely the process of reconciliation with taliban that could lead to an eventual settlement. back to the phones, nashville, tenn., maxwell on the line for democrats. caller: i have two quick points. since world war ii corporations have done nothing but make money. they realize time much of a moneymaker -- which should have relied when the duponts and people during the civil war began to make money. whether or not you win is not really important because of the actions of corporations. we have brought it upon ourselves. my second point, still about money. the af

also the lead item in "the washington post today," south korea says it will ask the -- "the washington post" today, that the president will make an address to this nation today during which he will detail a package of measures in response to the march 22 incident, the torpedoing of the 1200-ton ship and the killing of 46 sailors, the lead item in "the post." here is the last call in the issue of free enterprise versus expanding government, written by arthur brooks in "the post." caller: i wanted to comment on the caller that called about this country being founded on christianity. some of the founding fathers were atheists. this country was not founded on christianity, it was founded on freedom of religion, which meant you had a choice to choose whatever religion you wanted to follow or whether you did not want to follow a religion. it had nothing to do with christianity. as far as the free enterprise system, you need to have government in there to keep that in check. i mean, if you go back to when the industrial -- when children used to work in factories, do you think any of that woul

we'll read some of what was written in "the washington post" this morning. we'll read what others have to say on this memorial day and get your opinions for the first 45 minutes. the numbers to call, if you're a democrat, 202-737-0002. republicans, 202-737-0001. i understand pentsdz and all others, 202-628-0205. soldiers reflecting a scene repeated numerous times across the country. civilian and military cemeteries alike. and later today, we'll have coverage of vice president biden at arlington and president obama at the lincoln cemetery in illinois. welcome to "washington journal." if you have made it through on the phone in the past 30 days, give others a chance to phone in this morning, and you can reach us by email. we'll read some of those and also at twitter.com, cspanwj is where you tweet us. yesterday, the annual rolling thunder arrived for veterans, and a look at the front page of "the washington post" this morning, their look at rolling thunder, this photograph of motorcyclists coming in. in the background you can see the house on top of the hill,

i was wondering your thoughts on what "the washington post" called"partisanship paralysis -- called "partisanship or paralysis." >> you cannot do much in the senate unless you're willing to go across the aisle. it is usually a 60 vote place to begin with. on big, complicated issues that affect most americans, the american people will not accept partisan proposals. they want bipartisanship because, by definition, it means there has been some thoughtful and point from different philosophical inputs and is seen as fair. i believe that these really big issues that are very complex, like tax reform, really has to be done in a bipartisan way in order to get the momentum and support from the american people necessary to address it. things like social security, medicare, tax reform needed to be done in a bipartisan fashion. it is one that reason -- one reason why we make a totally bipartisan commission to have a report and congress vote on that. although that got a majority vote, it did not pass. the president picked it up with an executive order. i genuinely believe -- i am not a pessimist a

some of the issue that is you cover is ellen nokochima the national security reporter for the "washington post." >> hi, ellen. >> hi. thanks for having me. i'd like to start with another question about definitions. former director of national intelligence mike mcconnell recently stated in an oped in the post that the united states is fighting a cyber war today and we are losing. do you agree? what's your thinking on that? >> i would probably use different words. what i'd say is we have an increasingly threatening environment. we are trying to secure a broad network of systems. and that network of systems involves more and more devices every day. so we're putting computers in everything. we not only have computers on our desks, we have computers in our television sets. and we have computers increasingly in our refrigerators. and look on the back of those things. more and more every day they've got an ethernet jack or they've got a wireless connection to a home network. so we're tying all these things together. because it gives us more functionality. that's what we use i.t. for, information tech

. >> i had dinner about a year ago in washington seated next to the publisher of "the washington post" kofi annan and i asked because there were stories about the "washington post" and difficulty, and i asked how bad was it and she said you know, it's very that. and she said to me she had recently been in the silicon valley and had gone to visit various yahoo!, google, etc., and she had said to them, she asked if he were me what would you do, and they have always responded shut down the newspaper and concentrate on the web site, which was something that shocked her in which case she didn't want to do but it was an indication of the revolution coming. .. the annual thing with the press forms too much on the press and the press forms too much on the president. and it looks thinner every year somehow. and i could add to it. catherine was there and i was thinking the "washington times," which is the only rival to "washington post" by the river and from john moon will be a one newspaper town pretty soon. i think last year seattle became a one newspaper town. i was astounded by that i have

host: in "the washington post" this morning. in fact, senator robert byrd did not vote on the financial regulation bill last night, nor did arlen specter. a related story in "the washington post." back to your calls. jonesboro, georgia. joe, independent line appeared rand paul. caller: a quick comment on the previous caller. they got it totally, totally wrong. number one, during the civil rights time, the federal government was the one that supported the discrimination and segregation. now, and our free market -- or our suppose it free market society, if i own a private business, i should let whoever i want to do business with and exclude the wherever i don't want to do business with. and anybody who pulls out this race card and racism should automatically be discredited. it is so easy to say, it is all about racism or it is racist. it is not racism. it is not racist. and if they pull the race card, they should be discredited because they did not have a true argument as far as the free market. host: you think that if you on a bu

damian of the "wall street journal" and brady of the "washington post." let's start but for questions. >> sure. let's start broadly. this is a very large bill. 1400 pages, a lot of elements, a lot of complex language we've heard over the past week. for the everyday american, talk about why this matters, how it may affect them and if it protects them. >> i think there's three or four overriding goals that both political parties have. and we want to make sure that we never get to where the american public was forced to bail out large financial institutions the way we had to in the fall of 2008. we didn't have any kind of early warning system to prevent institutions from getting too big to fail and we put a series of i'll call them speed bumps and we can go into detail, for these large institutions. and if they somehow get passed that how do we unwind one of these institutions and put it out of business? so ending taxpayer bailouts, number one. number two, we want to make sure that this very complicated area, and i know we'll get into the weeds, but the weed

bob bennett, the senator whofsz defeated in a convention in utah, wrote this in "the washington post" the center that actually does something, that actually achieves things in washington if this is what we're creating? >> well, david, it's been december malted. it's been decimated from everything from the gerrymandering of political districts to cable television to an internet where i can create a digital lynch mob against you to the fact that money in politics is so out of control, really our congress is a form for legalized bribery. that's really what it's come down to. so i'm worried about this. it's why i have fantasized, don't get me wrong, but that what if we could just be china for a day, i mean, just one day? you know what i mean? where we could actually, you know, authorize the right solutions, and i do think there is a sense of that on everything from the economy to environment. i don't want to be china for a second. i want my democracy to work with the same authority, focus, and stick-to-itiveness. but right now we have a system that can only produce suboptimal solutions. >

he went out after the "washington post" and "new york times." and then nixon vaulted to 68% in the polls, amazingly division in the country. and agnew was the third most admired man in america. and as i told them, in switzerland they gave an award, they said agnew was the greatest threat to freedom of the press in the western world that that was a time where they had the great colonels that and i said that's not badly seven years out of journalism school. >> host: did you work with richard nixon at all on his book? >> guest: i can work on a. frank gannon worked with him but i did go out there for a time and i reviewed various periods, and i look some stuff. and also he was putting stuff in the book that i didn't agree with. one of the things, for example, i was out there and they were saying in the book, 66-60, they were really afraid of bobby kennedy. i was never afraid of bobby kennedy as a candidate other than most dangerous candidate was hubert humphrey because he would get together johnson swing of the party and he could bring in the libera

this is the story inside "the washington post."ou can read more of this morning inside "the washington post." cal is joining us from georgia. good morning. caller: good morning. i have not heard much about the problems we're having with sending our soldiers back and forth to the areas of iraq and afghaniitan. i saw an interesting program the other day on public television about the search -- surge and the problems they encountered in iraq and it can stand. our soldiers are overwhelmed by repeatedly being deployed to these areas. and for what? these soldiers were given a duty of picking up dead bodies, or because of both the explosions that we encounter from the bonds that are obeyed by the people, how are we to tell anyone what they're to do in their country? after a while, it becomes exhausting. we don't have the money. we have 10 percent unemployment. how do we expect to change other countries when we are broke ourselves? we need our soldiers. our soldiers are not getting the proper care from the constant mental problems that the

we're going to help them as much as we can. >> jonathan capehart. >> hey, senator, from the "washington postgo and look to you know, who did the company give money to during an election cycle we found you received $16,200 in campaign contributions in your re-election effort in 2008. so why -- do you have any concerns that there appears to be a conflict of interest for you in this particular incident? >> no, absolutely not, jonathan. i received money from oil companies, from environmental groups. i'm very proud to actually receive money from both sides of this debate because they, i believe, understand that i'm as honest a broker as i can be here. i am not a hand maiden to the oil industry but i will tell you this. this country uses 20 million barrels of oil a day. we produce here in the united states less than half. so our choice is either to increase, you know, our reliance on friends, you know, and i say that in quotes like venezuela, cuba and other places to get our oil or learn how to drill it safely here. again, you've got to the put this accident in perspective. the last thing we need

history" >> this is such a treat for me because david and i are old friends when we worked at "the washington post" you always know when you rite aid delicious piece because he would send little boats i remember that years later. this book was so wonderful to dive into. most people in this room had read much about barack obama and in every chapter you wrote to new things about him but also learned much about this country. when i first talked to about this it was not clear so tommy a little bit about the process and how you came to write this. what is the bookie plan to write? >> the last ambitious book and maybe more focused on race and less autobiographical date it became clear with research but i fully expect 20 years from now or however many years from now some new robert caro will come along and light day six volume

the story, page a-22 of "the washington post."land robinette, a well-known radio talk show host from the orleans. it is may 28, wore a weekend coming up. don't turn that dial. we will be back. >> the coast guard and minerals management service are conducting a joint investigation into the gulf of mexico oil spill that began with an explosion and destruction of the deep water rise and offshore drilling rig. that public hearing continues this morning near new orleans. investigators will hear from survivors of the accident about the rick's condition, the crews qualifications and emergency preparedness. live coverage on c-span 3 at 9:00 eastern. >> clay was in the parlance of today, a rock star. >> sunday, david and jean heidler, speaker of the house, senator, with a party founder, henry clay, on q&a. >> " washington journal" continues. host: joining us from new orleans, garland robinette, well-known radio talk-show host on wwl. thank you for being with us. guest: my pleasure. if this had taken place along -- host: would this have tak

host: and yesterday the "washington post" talking about how governor o'malley are embracing the obama agenda. guest: shows you how in governor's races particularly what you're going to hinge on state by state issues, you're going to see erlich move much to the center. host: next, reporter for politico, go ahead, nate. caller: i must make a correction at first on ron paul, basically saying that rand paul was asked a question and agreed to whether or not he agreed with the civil rights act. that is not correct. i watched the interview and the question was did he agree with the separate lunch counters. pnd he could not answer that question. he more or less trended towards bringing in guns and businesses having the right to include whoever they wanted to. and he never got to answer that question. that was a question about not a question about whether he agreed to the civil rights act. but that was his true conviction. but my question also is this. well, first of all do you agr what i just stated and my last question is this. the republicans have held tower and now it's about dividing amer

for more, we turn to glen kessler at the "washington post." glen, the details of this agreement are just coming out. what do you see in terms of new sanctions. what, specifically, are they targeting? >> what you see is an expansion and ramping up of some of the sanctions. over all, i would say it is reasonably modest. what you have, for instance, in the previous resolution, states were urged to not sell heavy weapons equipment to iran. what you have now is the draft actually says states cannot sell these heavy weapons to iran. at the same time, it doesn't ban light weapons. it doesn't ban energy sales or energy investment. you will see some additional entities and individuals associated with the iranian revolutionary guard core sanctioned by name. that list has not been finalized, but the list has not been finalized. >> the key issue was getting china and russia on board. do we know how tough that was? >> i mentioned some of the things they don't have in the agreement. and to fair to the administration, this particular u.n. resolution was alwa

according to the "washington post," the budget will eliminate 200 portions in the senior high school system. athletes will have to pay to play, $100 per child per sport. there will be a $75 fee for students taking advanced placement and imb tests. fees will not be charged to students eligible for free or reduced price meals. >>> our other top stories this morning include police investigating after a woman was found dead in a southeast d.c. apartment. investigators arrived at the cascade apartments on fourth street to also find a man who fell or was pushed from an upstairs window. he was critically hurt. it is not clear in the two cases are connected. they believe the woman may have been killed a few days earlier. >> there was explosive testimony in the trial for three men accused of covering up the 2006 murder of d.c. lawyer robert wone at their dupont circle town home. the deputy medical examiner took the stand and described what he saw on wone's body. unexplained needle marks, strange stab wounds and unusually small a blood and evidence that wone was restrained and incapacitated be

i went back to the washington post co. to help run something called theroot.com. it still exists. that brings us up to the current time. >> what are you doing now? >> thinking about another book. and what is going to happen with these elections and just writing. >> so you are independent at the moment? what's not attached to anything. >> what did you think of -- with the editor of theroot on. >> it is spectacular. the first meeting and december 1, 2006 or 2007, launched its six weeks later. i think it became this vital political document during that entire election year of 2008. from something that did not exist for three years ago, it is something that a lot of people have to read every morning. >> are we better off as a society if we go to our own websites, or should we be reading and bridges abating and all? >> wish to be put dissipating and all the media. -- we should be participating in all the media. i think with theroot, they're adding. i often describe it. if he went to a party and around and that whenever body left and our tents are people in the kitchen, that conversatio

the "washington post" says the trilogy ranks among those novels that expand theorizons of popular picture. the third and final book of this series, "the girl who kicked the hornets' nest," will be published in the united states on may 25. joining me to talk about this extraordinary phenomenon of stieg larsson, his life and his work, eva gedin, larsson's editor and publisher at in order stedz in sweden and sonny mehta, editor of knopf and chairman of the knopf/doubleday publishing group. i'm here to have them here to talk about this remarkable kind of publishing event. norstedts. have you seen anything like this before? >> well, i've seen it with "harry potter," stephanie meyer, maybe. i haven't participated in this, to the best of my recollection. it's an amazing feeling for us. >> rose: take us to the heart of this. what is going on? well, whatever's going on is going on everywhere, as far as i can make out and the eminent peruvian writer said... he said that when he came across these books he read them with the same total fascination as he read dumas and hugo and dickens. he said he tur

according to the "washington post," the budget will elimb # hundred pocks in the school system. one of the most contentious issue was the addition of new fees. the budget will add a $75 fee for students taking advanced placement tests. student athletes will have for pay to play. the athletic fee is expected to raise $1.8 million but some parents argue that is a hardship they can't afford. >> somewhere along the line, you probably would have parents that would be more selective on what sports their children would go out for and i think also too parents would have to make a decision on whether they would want their child to participate in every sport. >> i think it is horrible. i mean there are so many kids that it is going to take everything out, that they won't be able to play. >> reporter: the school system is waiving the fees for students who can least afford it. according to the post, those fees will not be charged to students who are on free or reduced meal plans. now, fairfax county is not the first school system in the area to add these types of fees. last year, loudoun co

m very happy to be hosting we are longstanding partners of the washington post. we have conducted 22 projects 1996 cents or 1997. nell the post and kaiser health are working together to produce content. the reason i am most pleased to be hosting this event tonight is this 15 i will show you. it is why this book is so important. it shows you some americans are confused about this. we found over half of the american people told us they are still confused about this. 56% told us they are trying to figure out what it means for themselves and their family. they are still struggling to do that. some like this and some did not. we are trying to figure out what it means for me and my family. that is why this is such a big contribution. i think the post coverage of health reform shows at a time when journalism is a challenge that in depth the journalism is possible when there is a commitment to do it. i was talking to a group of journalists just a few weeks ago. he told me what a great job was done in covering health reform. i agree with that assessment. let me say before

will soon be offering better condoms to high school and college students, officials tell the washington post be stocking up on trojan brand condoms, amid complaints that the condoms that the city hands out are too small and of poor quality. the condom program is the city effort to battle aids and hiv infection rates -- infection rates. >> we are not supposed to take a lot in our own hands. >> what other trustees have when the system fails to protect you. >> a man accused of murder. why he and others say he was pushed to the brink. later today on "oprah," dolly parton. >>> is it ever ok to take the law in your own hands? well, tonight the chilling story of a man who says that he reached his breaking point. joining us live from new york with what we are going to hear is "20/20" co-host chris cuomo. thank you for being here. >> alison, what a pleasure. >> you said that in all your years of reporting, you have never done a story like this. that sounds very compelling. >> never. that could have been the statement about how immature my professionalism has been. i have never seen anything like this

of elena kagan, 24 hours later, as seen by karen tumulty, national political reporter for the "washington post and tom goldstein, a washington lawyer and founder of scotusblog.com. aren, how would you characterize the reaction to the nomination itself up to now at least? >> well, by nominating the first nominee in almost 40 years to doesn't have a record on the bench, the president really hasn't given his opponents much by way of ammunition here. but what you're hearing from the right is largely the suggestion that the president is looking for somebody who would be... the phrase you heard more often than any other yesterday was "rubber stamp" for his own policies on the court. liberals have largely been pretty supportive of this nomination although there are again a few misgivings because helena kagan really doesn't have that much of a record for people to base their... put their faith in at this point. >> lehrer: what would you add to that, tom, just in terms of general reaction? >> i think it's been pretty muted so far. i think the administration is probably pretty happy about that. they wer

. >>> other news, "the washington post" announced today they might sell "newsweek" magazine.aid today that they're exploring the possibility of a sale. "newsweek" launched a 1933 -- launched in 1933, a huge part of our media history, purchased by "the washington post" company in 1961. 2001 "newsweek" lost $28 million in 2009. it has a long way to go to break even. last year in an attempt to get more readers who are more affluent they were hoping, more focused on the issues in "newsweek" magazine they had a big redesign to try to make it into a product that was sellable. at the end of the day it's not about just making it prettier. it's got to be the kind of news people want in an environment where you can have 24 hour a day television news. news on your ipod. news on your i-pad, twitter, and that sort of thing. "newsweek" needless to say faces huge challenges here. then finally light hearted julia dreyfus got her hollywood star of fame yesterday but they misspelled her name. they left out the "o" and left out a hyphen. as a person who also has their name often misspelled and

we analyze the results with amy walter of the hotline and dan balz of the "washington post." >> lehrer: then we get the latest on the rioting in thailand after the military forces anti-government protesters to surrender. >> on the oil spill we hear from a top b.p. executive as members of congress point blame at the company and the administration. >> all of the actions to ensure that safety was -- safety measures were put in place have to be attributed to the obama administration. >> i think it's inflammatory to call it the "obama oil spill." and wrong. >> lehrer: and we have to taked on mexico. margaret warner reports on today's white house visit by mexican president calderon where immigration was on the agenda. >> and a reporter for the internet newssite global post tells the story of paramedics on the firing lines on the drug wars of juarez. >> lehreh: that's all ahead on tonight's requested newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climat

when we worked at "the washington post," we always knew when you wrote a particularly delicious piece of copy because david would send a little notes and i still remember that years later to read this book was so wonderful to dive into. most people in this room have fled much about barack obama and every chapter you learn new things about him but you also learn how much about this country. when i first talked to you about this it wasn't clear that you were writing a biography is why you to tell me a little bit as we begin about the process how you came to write this particular book, was in the book he planned to write? >> i think it was a less ambitious book and maybe even more focused on the question of race and less biographical but it became clear in research the more it became a biography full-blown and i fully expect 20 years from now or however many years from now some new robert carroll will come along and write a six volume biography with all of the requisites and archives of the president. that goes without saying. but i saw you at the inauguration was primed for -- party for

sestak, that's the headline of an editorial piece in "the washington post" today. the numbers to call, democrats, 202-737-0002. republicans, 202-737-0001. independents, 202-628-0205. you can also send us your comments online. the email address is journal@c-span.org. and we're at twitter, that's twitter/cspanwj. first let's look at the "philadelphia inquirer" reporting on the situation there. report defends offer. a white house probe found no embryo operate in the overture by bill clinton acting for emanuel. this by thomas fitzgerald, a staff writer. he writes that president obama's chief of staff dispatched former president bill clinton last summer as an interimmediate air to see whether representative joe sestak would drop his planned run for the senate if given an unimportant but unpaid advisory position, the white house said friday. clinton made the approach as sestak was launching his challenge to senator arlen specter in the pennsylvania democratic primary. the report reputed by options of service on a presidential or other government advisory board were impro

and i also -- probably the only guy in town here that used to deliver the washington post.n you deliver a newspaper, you have to collect every single dime, and if somebody doesn't pay you, the entire amount comes out of your income because you have to give the company a certain amount. so, i mean, if two or three guys -- and they do. some of them wouldn't open the door, and so you were always coming up short every month. so, added to the bad feelings, i suppose. >> host: doug, boston, massachusetts, you're on with pat buchanan. >> caller: i not only voted for you, i also sent you money, and you still have got less than 1% of the votes. several years ago you wrote -- about ivan the terrible in which you questioned the efficiency of carbon dioxide as a gassing agent. do you ever regret writing that article? >> guest: if you're talking about the defense of dimyanik. he spent five years on death row in israel. i argued this was a case of mistaken identity. and i believe it was in 1992-1993, the israel supreme court, because wonderfully the soviet empire collapsed, and they got

. >> popular childr >> washington post report reveals the interior department exempt bp drilling operation from a detailed environmental impact analysis, only last year. three reviews said an oil spill there was unlikely. >> 11 days before the explosion, the company wanted more exemptions, we have latest on the clean up in the gulf. >> in this constant race against time. state leaders in louisiana say they cannot afford to sit back and watch as the oil creeps close to the state's vast marsh lands. >> tired waiting. nobody else is doing it. we will do it, we put together detailed plans all the way to the texas coast. >> plan includes positioning a jack up boat loaded with a boom near sensitive areas that could see oil. idea is to have local fishermen on board to help respond to the areas of concern because they know the waters best. >> that's the way it should be. our people device the plan, implement the plan. bp is saying right things. execution is important. >> meanwhile bp efforts to contain the spill are moving forward. overnight robotic submarine capped one of the three leaks. but bp

host: on the front page of "the washington post" this morning, below the fold -- back to the phones. your priority, a stimulus or debt reduction? our next call comes from washington, d.c. on the line for republicans. richard, go ahead. caller: a lot of people are missing the point. we need more effective executive management in government. we need the president and his cabinet officers to cut back drastically on functions of government that are unnecessary. reorganize the government, as some past presidents did. focus on the present and the coming threats to our nation. we need our government effectively managing drilling, whether it is onshore or offshore, and effectively helping in the clean-up. this is like a democratic version of katrina. the government is not functioning after six weeks or more to clean up this oil spill. we need to look at the national security threats, nuclear missiles, threats of genocide from iran, the continuing threats from al-qaeda and others. we need effective management. we need to increase income for the government by drilling, not stopping the drilling