right now we rely on the "new york times," "washington post" and wall street journal as our main news source. 10 years from now will that be true? >> i think we still have to prove ourselves again and -- chris: quality newspapers? >> and let's face it, the distrust of mainstream news media is off the charts. most particularly not on the seaboards of our country but you go in the heartland, the disru69 -- disto do trust, you can -- distrust, you can box it up and panel it. so people in the business are going to say we can prove ourselves again. i think they can. chris: pat? >> the sunday morning crossword, there is only one time you can find that, "the new york times." but in reality, those papers, they matter. some outlets will be march trusted in 10 years but fundamentally people need a filter. they need to know it's trusted. chris: wow. one for the filter. >> bigtime. chris: you didn't bring me in here to dig my own demise! approximate chris: will they have their day? >> i think absolutely but there will be other sources of physician as -- of information as well. online publications

"the washington post" had an editor al editorial on tuesday. the president is not wrong to limit the costs and risks and intervention in libya when u.s. forces are still deployed in two other muslim countries and a fiscal crisis at home. plan b, what is u.s. commitment if things don't go as planned and things get worse and if there's a stalemate? >> the president has committed the united states at the invitation of the arab league with their participation and with the approval and guidance of the united nations. what he's saying and what we're doing is consistent with that international mandate. now, perhaps the u.n. will step beyond that at some future time. at the present moment you would have to say gadhafi has to feel threatened by every corner. we've seized $30 billion assets in the united states closing down oil exports and cabinet ministers are resigning and lost control of the eastern part of his country, put yourself in tripoli in his position now and ask what is your long-term prospects of leading libya? they are very limited. >> sena

you can preview of our interview with "washington post" reporter joel achenbach. and see our conversation with reporters from louisiana public broadcasting on how the coastal area is faring a year later. plus tonight's edition of "frontline" examines a little- known chapter in the catholic church sex abuse story. it looks at charges of abuse of native americans by priests and others in alaska. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, we'll look at the worsening humanitarian crisis in libya. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> oil companies have changed my country. >> oil companies can make a difference. >> we have the chance to build the economy. >> create jobs, keep people healthy, and improve schools. >> ...and our communities. >> in angola chevron helps train engineers, teachers and farmers, launch child's programs. it's not

another twitter -- the side bar from the "washington post," with a demonstration in which the mayor ofashington, d.c. and six other members of council with over 40 are vested, their opposition to the budget deal that places new restrictions on how d.c. spends its money. adam barr was a die-hard barack obama supporter. now barr has put the meeting on hold. pledging to do more to keep up the pressure. all this coming up at the briefing with white house press secretary jay carney. here is a portion. >> balance is essential. the burden has to be shared by everyone. and what is not acceptable in the president's view, and we believe in the american people's view, is a plan that achieves serious deficit reduction only by asking sacrifice from the middle class, seniors, the disabled, and the poor. while providing substantial tax cuts to the very well-off. host: jay carney yesterday at the white house briefing. jack hollen says from baltimore. you are a republican and from your perspective, has or is the president losing his political base? caller: first of like to mention that i liked the guy

also joining us, cecilia kang from the washington post. use the technology correspondent for the newspaper. >> earlier today, those who served in the bush administration, in all walks of life, we came together and wrote a shared letter, calling for congress to ensure that policy lever is in place. because fundamentally, we're in a market-based economy. it is a mechanism that would allow whether or not the owners that utilize the spectrum today would see value in contributing the spectrum for hire, better economic purpose. >> t-mobile may be swallowed up into the at&t universe. analysts, industry experts say he may not make that 278 -- $27.8 billion that you want. the public safety, all that stuff. so, how does consolidation of this industry affect the success of your strategy? >> your respective of the market landscape, the authority to conduct incentive options is effective from the policy standpoint. there would be a direction along the way, some of which increase value, and some of which may decrease the value spectrum. the value of hav

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

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

>> next a memorial service for washington post columnist david broader then eric baits on their special report concerning u.s. soldiers in afghanistan. after that, the weekly addresses with president obama and house budget >> in washington, d.c. on tuesday, a memorial service was held to honor the life and career of washington post political columnist david broder. speakers include vice president joe biden and washington post chairman don graham. offereder's four sons memories of their father. he won the pulitzer in 1973 for his coverage of the watergate scandal. he died on march 9 and was 81- years old. this is about one hour and 30 minutes. ♪ >> welcome. david broder was a reporter. he knew that about himself from literally his youngest days. he never reconsidered or later in his passion for his calling for his competitive resolve to be the best he could keep became a columnist, a lecturer, a speaker, at pandit, and a tv talking-head. he was also a husband, a father, and a grandfather. i am george broder, one of his sons. i stand with you wearing at his watch, which was his own father

in the washington post was a and petraeus was in charge of that so you know there have been some some scandals have snuck out it may not be good to put him in the joint chiefs of staff because of that kind of stuff i think the cia maybe even more appropriate for the kind of skills here which is fighting counterinsurgency wars with the media only with congress if they can if he does he may be more effective there if you're for support us foreign policy which is very militaristic intelligence based i can i thank you very much for joining us and giving us your insight on this and i guess we're just going to have to wait and see that definitely will be an interesting change thanks. thanks a lot. now coming up next it's been one year since wiki leaks released video collateral murder and the look of the ascension of wiki leaks from a little known web site to any member of the author of the last year how to say it the middle east has radically changed forever it is clear from how israel and the united states trying to deal with it is not to take a look at the changing dynamics of the book. y

shutdown would mean from both parties and the president with chris cillizza, a reporter from "washington post." and professional surfer bethany hamilton. she lost her arm during a shark attack. remarkably, she is back in the water. she will be joined by actress annasophia robb. we are glad you have joined us, chris cillizza, bethany hamilton and annasophia robb coming up right now. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. >> 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: chris cillizza covers politics for "washington post." it is a

later, a memorial service honoring the live and grill of "the washington post " will -- honoring the life and career of "the washington post." " political columnist davoid broder. >> get started at twitter.com/cspan. >> this week on "the communicators," our guest is robert mcdowell, republican commissioner on the federal communications commission. >> we are pleased to welcome back on "the communicators," fcc commissioner robert mcdowell, . we talked with your colleagues last week. i will start by asking you the same question i asked him. it is regarding the t-mobile and horizon -- horizon -- verizon partnership. >> i do not comment on prospective mergers. i will look at some big mergers that have happened in the past few years. we have been told by the parties that we should expect an application to be filed at the fcc in the next week or two. then the clock starts ticking. congress is going to take a look at this. the congress and the judiciary committees will have hearings on this. it will be heavily scrutinized. >> have you talked with at&t our t-mobile representatives? >> they ca

i was publisher of the "washington post" for 21 years.ing, and david's -- ben's one sentence summary of david's contribution to the post was always the same, he put us on the map. in addition, each time there was a major problem at the newspaper, i would walk into david's office for advice, not an easy feat in itself as some of you will recall. [laughter] broder's advice was always good. at the time of the janet cook disaster, 1981, he began, the harder the paper are the beat reporters. if they're all right, the paper will be all right. when the post had to choose a new editor or face up to a problem, his was the first advice one sought. what else should be said of david? that he was ethical in a most straight laced way. he was old-fashioned before it was in fashion to be old-fashioned. [laughter] that he was the fairist of reporters, that he made mistakes, and that no one was more meticulous about correcting himself, even devoting a year end column every year to that purpose, that he always had time for you, a little time. [laughter] if

we have a story inside the "washington post." one paragraph that gets to the essence of what we are focusing on today, this week and the rest of the year. congress nearly choked over a six month budget bill bringing washington to a stalemate last week but that was merely a dry run for the clashes to come this spring. the debt ceiling and vote on the budget is forthcoming. ryan and the budget committee releasing a video about three 1/2 minutes on the house budget website in which ryan outlines the spending problem as he sees it from his perspective. >> here is what would happen under our proposed budget. what we are calling the path to prosperity. as you can see, we won't come anywhere close to the tipping point and will pay off the debt over time. so, how will we do it? we will cut spending. the spending is driving our permanent plunge into debt. look at the growth under the path we are on. the government growth is at such high levels by the time my three children are my age the government will be twice the size for them than wha

here is "the washington post" headline. then "the wall street journal" -- worl here is "the financial times" this morning. it goes on to say this. that is "the financial times" this morning. we want to live from you. what do think about this? here are the phone numbers for you. we want to get your thoughts on this. let me show you a swetweet. this person says, "the question is, how credible is standard and poor's warning?" you can send us a tweet, as well. you can also send us an e-mail. manchester, connecticut. pat, you are a democrat. what do you think about this? caller: what i think is going on is that investigation report that senator coburn from oklahoma and senator levin from michigan did -- the crisis in 2008, they did a big report. it was on c-span and they talked about it. are you still with me? host: yeah, we are listening. caller: one of the things in the report is what moody's and s&p -- their ratings were involved in it. at the end of an hour reports -- the report, by the way, its pages long. senate staff spen

he had a piece in the "washington post" that began this way, "among the benefits of should go spent thet several weeks in india is getting away from the tiresome and vacuous debates over the federal budget in washington. it's clear the battle will drag on for years without any satisfying resolution." why is that? >> it's because nobody really wants to solve this from a political standpoint, from a political standpoint, it's better to hold out for everything. and this is really a debate that's been going on, charlie, since 1981. and we have failed to resolve it. and we've been piling up deficits ever since. and we've never ally resolved the fundamental issues. for example, you know, should the tax code be used to make the economy more fair, which the president raised today. or what's the proper role, you know, of government, and what kind of safety net do we have? we never really have those conversations. we sort of dance around it. >> rose: so you think the president was right to phrase it in that way, to say this is why we're coming to this point? >> yes, it is great that he phrased it

speakers include vice president joe biden and don graham of "the washington post."n a few moments, a look at this point is headlines and your calls live on "washington journal." the house is in session at 10:00 a.m. eastern for general speeches with legislative business at noon. the agenda includes a bill that would overturn the fcc rules for neutrality. in about 45 minutes, we will in about 45 minutes, we will focus

and dan balz of "the washington post." >> award-winning reporting and analysis. covering history as it happens. from our nation's capital, this is "washington week with gwen ifill." produced in association with "national journal." corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> we know why we're here. >> to connect our forces to what they need, when they need it. >> to help troops see danger before it sees them. >> to answer the call of the brave and bring them safely home. >> around the globe, the people of boeing are working together to support and protect all who serve. >> that's why we're here. >> corporate funding is also provided by prudential financial. additional funding for "washington week" is provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. it's a tough time to want to be president. tonight, we'll show you some of the reasons why. first up, the sluggish economy and bur

that is in the "washington post." and editorial on the s&p alarm.hey said that given the debt performance, we say let 1000 fire bell rings. the pending need to raise the federal debt limit. they go on to write that the debt limit vote should include some sort of long-term agreement on spending. that is the "washington post" editorial this morning. louisiana, a gulf coast resident. what you think about this bill one year later? what has your life been like? david, are you with us? go ahead. caller: the gulf this polluted still. what really upsets me, they had the dragging in skimming for oil where there was no oil. all day long, on my lawn. -- on my long. the word dropping hazardous disbursements were they told the not too. the hazardous disbursements, why did they use those? because there -- because it was for reed, and you had the by the ones that were non-hazardous. it helped them have made richard quarterly profit. they have run the world. host: will go to eddington, n.c., john, an independent college. caller: you had a caller that said we ought

tonight the washington post is reporting gray's transition team from the general election to taking office finally released a report on how it spent $900,000 in those months. it's one page, doesn't itemize large expenses and the math is even about $2,000 off. what are we to make of this? >> brian, this is serious. this is not frivolous or irrelevant. they were -- they didn't even have to release this because they didn't take any government funds. they raised all the money. if ear going to raise money privately -- you're going to raise money privately, you've got to report it like it's a campaign where every expenditure is itemized and everything is named. you can't just fall under a generic heading and once again he's getting himself in trouble, which is a self- inflicted wound. if they're going to do a report, make sure that every t is crossed and every i is dotted. even his own lawyer and finance guy, doug patton, said look, the form should have been just like campaign expenditure. so he doesn't need this and it's sloppy. it's careless and you and i are talking about it. he's got enough

host: in a new washington post poll, americans want to cut the debt, but they're not willing to cut entitlements such as medicare and medicaid. that is what we want to talk about this morning on the "washington journal." are you willing to cut entitlements to cut the deficit? we have divided our phone lines a little bit differently this morning. we have done it by age. if you're 65 and older and you have an opinion about cutting entitlements to cut the deficit, the number is on your screen. if you're between the ages of 40 and 64, the number is 202-737- 0002. for those of you under 40, the number is at the very bottom of the screen. here is "the washington post" article. "poll finds little backing for debt remedies." the article goes on to say that the president and congressional republicans have set out sharply differing blueprints to deal with the looming problem. obama has called for agreement -- now, here are some of the numbers when it comes to cutting some of the entitlements. first off, in order to reduce the national debt, would you support or oppose cutting spending on medicare? support

. >> host: and we will get into those, but we are joined by cecilia kang of "the washington post" as well. >> guest: hi, cecilia. >> host: hi. thanks for joining us, mr. cto. you did have an event today on spectrum, and this is related to some of the innovation and goals that you've talked about and also related to the merger as peter brought up in that one of the promises that at&t has put forward is to bring out wireless connections, broadband connections wirelessly to 95% of the country. so, in fact, they could themselves fulfill, in many ways, the goal that you set out, you at the white house have set out and the president on blanketing the country, 98% of the country. >> guest: well, the difference is still over ten million -- yes, of course, it's still ten million americans, but your point is well taken. in fact, the fcc's national broadband plan has said today's 3g coverage is largely in pieces and parts covering 95% of the population. it is our hope to not only see that 3g connectivity upgraded to 4g which many of the carriers -- in fact, all of them have committed to doing -

"the washington post" is the lead story. the shutdown would be felt far and wide. 800,000 workers in the u.s. could be furloughed. the talks continue as time runs short for talks. as democrats and republicans continue to better -- bicker over who is responsible for the stalemate, senior aides. to make progress in private to make aides appeared progress in private talks, raising hopes for at least the broad outlines of a pact. that is where things stand publicly on this thursday morning. we're interested in hearing your message to congress. do you want them to stay the course and keep their positions in place? do you want them to find compromise? we would like to hear what you have to say about that. we will get your calls, tweets, and e-mails in just a moment. martin kady, a congressional editor for politico, is with us. what is going on behind the scenes? guest: what happened overnight and will continue today is a couple of things. they need to agree on a number -- how much to cut. the latest number that speaker boehner has

joining us is cecelia kang of the "washington post." she is a technology reporter for that newspaper. very quickly, we referred obliquely to this meeting that happen in the white house this week. what was this meeting? guest: earlier today a group of economists from all ends of the political spectrum if i may use the term, those that served in the bush of administration, in the clinton administration, those that are in all walks of life if you will in terms of their political leanings, came together and wrote a shared letter calling on congress to promote this notion of voluntary incentive options to ensure that policy lever is in place because fundamentally, our economy is a market-based economy where you have assets that trade to their highest and best use. what these economists that and of course i'm not trained as an economist at what these economists basically said is that by moving toward the voluntary incentive auction authority there will be a market mechanism that would allow whether or not the owners of spectrum or i should sa

well, thanks to the congressional budget office and some great reporting by "the washington post," iturns out the government won't be cutting $38 billion in one year after all. no, the real cuts will be more like $352 million. you heard me right. $352 million, not $38 billion. the rest-- mostly smoke, mirrors and accounting gimmicks. example-- when projects like the capital visitors' center came in under budget-- it was supposed to cost $621 million and actually cost less than $600-- auditors called the unspent leftover money a spending cut. "the washington post" found that in 98 cases where the government had allotted money to federal agencies that was never spent, in each case, it was called a spending cut. on big-ticket items like aircraft carriers, whose full cost won't come due for five or six years, the entire cost was deducted as a cut in this year's budget. we bemoan the fact that government can't break its spending habits, can't do what it needs to do. but what i find more disappointing-- is "appalling" too strong a word-- is that try as they might, neither side can seem to f

and ed o'keefe of the "washington post."tali, how close are we, in the real world, to a shutdown, do you think, right now? >> well, it seems like we're pretty close. i mean, as you know, the deadline is midnight on friday and just to give you a sense, the two sides right now can't even agree on what it is they disagree on. the democrats are saying it's these abortion restrictions and these restrictions on clean air regulations that are standing in the way, and if we could just get rid of those, zeed a deal. but the republicans, and speaker boehner in particular, are saying that there are much broader disagreements, that nothing is settled until everything is settled. so for now we can't even agree on what the sticking points are. having said that, there's a certain dynamic where sometimes leaders feel like they have to go to the brink just to show their own followers that they've done everything they possibly can to win things for their side. it's possible still tonight or tomorrow they'll pull a rabbit out of a hat but ther

have already heard about our author del quentin wilber just do share he is a reporter for the "washington post" and the author of the book that we're here tonight to talk about "rawhide down" the near assassination of ronald reagan." before erred joining the post seven years ago he reported for "the baltimore sun" from his relatively brief career he has covered men in -- ran the law enforcement and security issues and has won a number of awards including bn a finalist to the pulitzer prize. del quentin wilber. [applause] >> i need to say i was invited to moderate the discussion because like jerry parr i was there when john hinckley tried to assassinate president reagan. i was a white house correspondent at the time for nbc news and bardem the travel pool of reporters tuesday with the president and we would take turns among print and television reporters to follow the president where every he goes. as the television network who will i wrote to the washington hilton hotel early in the afternoon and one of two vans carrying court reporters to my for jarred differs in the television camera crew pr

he's going to be hosted by "the washington post." a supposewoman for the "post" says they invited mr. trum will because he's a fascinating figure to washington. he'll be at the same table with house speaker john boehner. let's look for a couple of seconds at the red carpet and some of the folks filing in for the dinner. >> we'll be showing you clips from past dinners and comments on twitter and facebook. you can watch us live on c-span.org. it includes social media comments and live h.d. video. president obama talked about his administration's efforts to combat rising gas prices, including ending government oil industry subsidies and investing in renewable energy. and then we'll show you the republican address with james langford of oklahoma, who discusses republican proposals to bring down gas prices, as well as his party's plan to cut government spending and reduce the federal debt. this is about 10 minutes. >> after the worst recession since the great depression, our economy is growing again and we've gained almost 2 million privat

host: this is from "the washington post."t is by lori montgomery, talking about the bipartisan committee for responsible federal budget. this morning, in "the new york times." sterling, virginia, you are on with philip klein and adam serwer on the "washington journal." caller: thank you very much. i am sure that my teabag -- or friends or well- intentioned in that they do not want to raise the -debt raise- are -- are well-intentioned in that they do not want to raise the debt limit. they think they're doing something good for the country, but it is really costing everybody. host: are oil prices going to hurt president obama politically? cguest: yes. for the first time in a long time, the polls show a softening in the obama support among liberals and democrats. i think the reason is the pain at the pump. it is one of the most visceral, immediate feelings -- costs and that people feel it in their wallet. when they do, they get angry with the president who was in the office. host: botyh of our guests have master's degrees from c

and later "washington post" financial reporter ylan mueie discusses the cost high gas prices has on spending. "washington journal" is next. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] . . >> we know that reduce some of the uncertainty that is causing job creators to sit on their hands. i'm home the president will begin to get serious about the long-term fiscal crisis our country is facing. it needs to be dealt with now and we owe it to the american people and our kids and grandkids to begin to cut spending and transform these programs so that we can save medicare, medicaid and social security. it is a serious step in the right direction and i'm hopeful this the president will take his job as simple as we are taking ours. host: this is in the journal. from the "washington post" starting in 2022 paul ryan the budget chair's plan would end medicare as an open-ended entitlement for new retirees and begin slowly raising the age of eligibility from 65 to 67. instead of getting government paid benefits retirees would choose a priv

york times," helene cooper, chairman and ceo of the special olympics and contributor to "the washington post," tim shriver, host of cnbc's "mad money," jim cramer, and nbc's chief white house correspondent and political director, chuck todd. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. after signing a temporary order to keep the government up and running, the president made a surprise visit to the lincoln memorial saturday, determined to put the best spin possible on those down-to-the-wire budget negotiations. >> because congress was able to settle its differences, that's why this place is open today and everybody is able to enjoy their visit. >> the compromise measure expected to clear congress and be signed by the president this week calls for $38.5 billion in cuts for the remaining six months of the fiscal year, and none of those controversial policy demands from conservatives were included. some republicans, though, promising to renew a separate measure to cut funding for planned parenthood. this fight does foreshadow battles ahead over next year's budget and the debt

"washington post" has not spent a dime outside the washington area to promote washingtonpost.com. these billions of people have come from around the country and around the world because of their faith in this franchise. the same thing can happen, i think will happen across a lot of platforms that are going to be available to us in this new century for the public broadcasting people who are at the national and local level. >> great. we will be hearing a lot more about these digital platforms and new experiments, at the national local partnership is one that i'm particularly interested in. and so now we're ready for some question. when the mic reaches you, please identify yourself and there's a question there. >> hello. hello. i'm the host of white house chronicle which appears on some public television stations, also a large number of public access stations. and then one of the retired comedies of british journalism. so loved by public broadcasting. [laughter] i just want to thank the organizers for bringing together the high priest of public broadcasting because if you work and pr

look at this poll, "washington post"/abc news from this month, about the popularity of taking certain steps that you just outlined, senator coburn -- cut medicare spending. 78% oppose. cut medicaid, 69% oppose. cut military spending, 56% oppose. the only thing that's popular is raising taxes on those making more than $250,000. so, look, you and members of congress, republicans and democrats, who need to go out there and campaign. what makes you think they're going to take the tough steps that the president's not willing to take in terms of really dealing with entitlements? >> because we must. look, we've just had a definitive study done by two of the most distinguished economists in the country who tell us that once you reach a debt that is over, a gross debt more than 90% of your national income, your future economic prospects are dramatically reduced -- future economic growth, future job creation. that's where we are as a country. this is a defining moment, and we've got to decide as a nation, are we going to do some things that all of us would prefer not to have to do, or do we wai

joining "the washington post" reporters tonight on "the communicators" on c-span2. st: we are here this week on "the washington journal" taking a look at the recommendations by the president's fiscal commission on reducing the national debt. we are starting a weeklong series today. today we will tackle spending cuts. tomorrow, restructuring medicare and medicaid. on wednesday, defense spending cuts. reforming the tax policy on thursday. then we will wrap up by the king of social security changes. -- social security changes. we turn now to a former congressman john spratt, from south carolina. all said the former budget committee chairman. what is discretionary spending? let's start there. guest: discretionary spending is appropriation every year. unlike entitlement spending more mandatory spending which is permanent until repealed or modified by law, discretionary spending is renewed and reconsidered every year. that is why it is called discretionary because it is within the discretion of the congress whether to increase, decrease, or real lemonade. -- or eliminate.

host: there is a story available on the politico website and a related story front page of the "washington post" focusing on president obama and washington, d.c. the headline is d.c. is angry at the budget deal and at obama. disappointment in the first two years of the administration and president specifically the first african-american am a city predominantly african-american. from our twitter page donald trump running for page is a joke. he bankrupted his own casino for god's sake where the house always wins. our twitter page is twitter.com/c-sp twitter.com/cspanwj or journal at-bat at-bat c-span.org -- journal y caller: i would vote for donald trump tomorrow. i would vote for him twice if i could. i believe that he scares the politicians to death. i think that they see some energy from him that might just catch on like ronald reagan did. host: stewart from new york city. go ahead, please. caller: i'm a democrat and i just think that it would be fantastic news if donald trump ran for president. he's just a buffoon who is out for his own personal aggrand diesment and it is very sad that such a

i was publisher of "the washington post" for 21 years. david bradley is here with us. his one sentence summary of david's contribution to the post was always the same. he put us on the map. in addition, each time there was a major problem at the newspaper, i would walk into david's office for advice. not an easy feat in itself as some of you may recall. [laughter] broder's advice was always good. at the time of the janet cooke disaster in 1981, he began, if the beat reporters are all right, the paper will be all right. when the paper had to face up to a problem, his advice was the first sought. what else can be said of david dimbleby was at the coat in a most straitlaced way. he was old fashioned before it was in -- which can be said of david? he was old fashioned in a straight laced way. no one was more meticulous about correcting himself, even devoted a column at the end of the year to that purpose. he always had a little time. if you had business with david, he liked it done with dispatch. he worked in comparably hard. in his last illness, he told his send the kids t