the editor of "the washington post," a handful of columnists. it was the executive producer and washington bureau chief, maybe three dozen people who were the filter. now there are literally tens of millions of filter. everyone with access to a mouse -- chris: no more gate keepers. >> very few. this may be as good a place as any to emphasize this new system, the new reality, is open to use. it used to be somebody like nixon would say, we're going to turn our phone banks on chris matthews. or we'll have edtorials published. but this new system can be manipulated. we'll get this started and force the bigger networks to pick up on it. >> we see it very real. i think it's fabulous, the more information the better. the fact that we are getting information out of parts of the world we never would have done before through cell phones and twitter and facebook is great. but we saw during the iranian revolutions after the elections, you had twitter things that came out that sounded like they were from people opposing the regime and they were from the regim

it's time for sides told time a warden's and i were giving it to the washington post the famed newspaper here in d.c. dates back to eight hundred seventy seven and it's been considered one of the most respected newspapers in the world and back in the one nine hundred seventy s. the reporting of bob woodward and carl bernstein led to the watergate scandal and the downfall of president richard nixon and the paper is most well known for all of its political coverage but oh how that might even newspaper has fallen this week of those broke a major news with the following headline michelle obama orders seventeen hundred calorie meal at shake shack. can you believe now it turns out it was about a fifteen hundred calorie meal but that's not the point here this is a suppose it a world class newspaper a leader in print journalism actually put time and effort into a story about the first lady eating a burger and fries at a d.z. restaurant i'm sorry but it was so stupid but not to be outdone the next day they also ran an online poll asking is michelle obama hippocrates for loving burgers give me a b

. >>> this morning, "the washington post" published a portion of an interview its editorial board conductederican for tax reforms president grover norquist, whose pledge, signed by nearly every republican in congress, binds them to never raise taxes in any form. "the post's" ruth markus asked president norquist if allowing the bush tax cuts to expire at the end of 2012 would violate that pledge. not continuing a tax cut is not technically a tax increase. mr. norquist told us. so it doesn't violate the pledge? we wouldn't hold it that way, he said. norquist had pointed out that republicans could allow the bush tax cuts to expire and raise government revenue by as much as $4 trillion over the next decade without violating the grover norquist pledge. the pledge to him to oppose any and all efforts to increase the marginal income tax rates. this made democrats very excited. >> grover norquist, the hall monitor when it comes to enforcing the republican party's anti-tax pledge, has given house republicans a hall pass. they should use it. >> i think mr. norquist has made a very, very important sta

breaking news from the washington post tonight indicating that the president is considering a deal thatorce major changes to social security and medicare. we'll have more on that with "huffington post" sam stein in just a moment. earlier today, the president had strong words for republicans, threatening to default on our nation's debt. >> never in our history has the united states defaulted on its debt. the debt ceiling should not be something that is used as a gun against the heads of the american people to extract tax breaks for corporate jet owners. >> how interesting it got. one of the questions posed was from a tweet by house speaker john boehner. the republicans should be asking themselves where are the jobs. >> there's some areas where the republicans have been more resistant in cooperating, even though most objective observers think it's the right thing to do. i'll give you a specific example. it's estimated that we have about $2 trillion worth of infrastructure that needs to be rebuilt. we haven't gotten the kind of cooperation that i'd like to see on some of those ideas and in

ginning us is what's "washington post" federal live reporter ed o'keefe.ood morning ed. >> reporter: good morning. >> with the latest news and of course the deadliest month for u.s. troops in iraq in two years, is the situation deteriorating over there? >> reporter: deteriorating is probably too strong of a word. but u.s. first of alls have said in recent weeks they always -- officials have said in recent weeks they anticipated there would be an uptick in violence as they got closer to the pullout of them in december. a lot of the violence would be going on if the u.s. troops aren't here. three of the major groups backed by iran in one way or another would be targeting iraqis instead of a more high- profile u.s. target like the troops killed on thursday. >> how would you say people are responding to the political debate about troop withdrawal? we know the white house just said the past week it's willing to keep 10,000 soldiers over there beyond its deadline. how are they responding, the citizens and folks you talk there over there about this? >> reporter:

tensions surface in "the washington post" this morning. joining us is the washington editor of "the fiscal times." you have the most straight-forward headline this morning, i see. what can you tell us about where things stand right now? things stand right now? guest: it looks as if obama and john boehner are trying to revive their grand bargain norks that fell apart -- bargain negotiations that fell apart a couple weeks ago. they are trying to patch things up with a goal of $3 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade. it is a plan that clearly will excite the republican conservative base and is a major disappointment so far for liberal democrats. what they are talking about, really, is a package of cuts, mostly cuts in areas including government agencies, elimination of farm subsidies, reduction in pension benefits, medicare savings, defense cuts, on and on and on. but with no promise of immediate increases in tax revenues. so the balanced approach that president obama has promised his base, one that would have both revenue increa

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"the washington post" spoke recently about money blurts. every time certain politicians say something outrageous like this they get a million dollars or two in the mail the next day? >> joe wilson was rewarded for saying, you lie. >> it was the same kind of a scenario. >> right. >> that's another problem with what we've got. >> exactly. >> michele bachmann too. >> i was going to say, allen west is someone who's built his city on this kind of inflammatory rhetoric. look back a host of videos to watch on youtube. he has no problems making outrageous statements how smirk at war with islam. questioning the genetic capabilities of people who are obama supporters. i mean, just out there on this. on a certain level it's not surprising. it's part and parcel of who he is. >> unfortunately, i think it sums up where we are. thank you clarence page and alex wagner. appreciate you being here. >> thank you. >>> up next, how can an al qaeda terrorist in afghanistan, a triple agent, if you will, manage to infiltrate the cia and kill seven operatives? we're

inside the front page of "the washington post" -- excuse me, the front page of "the washington post peer " this is their headline -- "the washington post." this is their headline. it says -- host: joining us on the phone is lori montgomery from "the washington post." where are the two sides right now? what are the chances of even a short-term deal getting through the house? guest: [laughter] i think that is anybody's guess at this point. it's hard to see how the two sides come together. we're all waiting to see what the contingency plan is that mitch mcconnell suggested that he had up his sleeve on sunday. host: do we have any details on that? guest: not a clue. this is playing out much as they have suggested that it might. the grand bargain is not flying. senate republicans along with democrats, frankly, who have said for several days that we are turning to the biden talks and that's not such an easy solution -- host: are you talking about the mini-deal? guest: no. the medium-sized deal, aiming for about $2.5 trillion in cuts. that would get you through the election. biden is enough to

. >> stephen: and the print media did its part, like jennifer rubin of the "washington post" who wrote, "there is a specific jihadist connection here. this is a sobering reminder for those who think it's too expensive to wage war against jihadists." and the "wall street journal" noted that al qaeda's ayman al-zawahiri has repeatedly singled out norway. and you know the "wall street journal" is accurate because as a murdoch paper, they've got proven ways to get inside information. [cheering and applause] it turns out on saturday we found out the attacks were carried out by anders breivik, a native norwegian christian with a 1,500-page manifesto railing against the muslimization of europe. now, some say these false reports of muslim involvement were a widespread failure of the media, but i say by going with their gut, these journalists were able to get the story they wanted and scoop reality. [laughter] and even if there was a rush to judgment, we must not repeat that mistake by rushing to accuracy. [laughter] just because... just because the confessed murderer is a blonde, blue-eyed, no

the giese section of the washington post -- "g" section of the washington post is this editorial. guest: 75% of republicans favor obama's approach. most republicans support this approach. some are very reasonable than that. there are increases in the debt limit. we noted that the current leadership voted to raise the -- the fact that we are talking about this novel reproached -- [unintelligible] this is something that we normally do. the fact that we are in this situation where we will not raise it, because we need spending cuts is totally different, because congress recognizes that the debt limit is paying the obligation. congress has passed bills where we have allocated money. now you have to pay the bill. host: we were looking into has contributed to it other than the president. can you ask your guest but he thinks about an initiative like one company? guest: they organized a somewhere around 200,000 followers, people demanding that the obama administration not cave on medicare and a social security and not of these followers have lots of money and manpower supporting the campa

this morning the washington post set the stage for a potential breakthrough reporting on the editorial page right here that grover norquist, the anti-tax guru of the right said that allowing the bush era tax cuts to expire would not be a violation of the tax pledge that nearly every member of congress has resigned which is a significant concession. problem solved? not exactly. within hours norquist told my colleague chris jansing this right here on msnbc on jansing & company. >> i can be clear, americans for tax reform would oppose any effort to weaken, reduce or not continue the 2001-2003 bush tax cuts and any changes of the taxes should be kept separate from the budget deal. >> moments ago, the post released audio of norquist supporting their editorial, but not before norquist's apparent change of heart or philosophy was echoed by house speaker john boehner who stepped in front of the cameras and acknowledging the magnitude of the moment said there is no deal and not even a t temporary one if those tax cuts to the wealthy expire. >> listen, i have never voted to raise taxes and i don

inside the "washington post."e tried to coax a grand bargain then he tried disappearing for a week to let congress figure it out. eager to hand the baton back to the president who they had accused of failing to lead four weeks. good morning from asheville, ohio. caller: i was prompted by the lady that called just north of our lives. it is unbelievable to me. she talks about obama does not have a responsibility to make laws or to propose legislation. all along here, he doesn't necessarily passed laws, he signs things. but what has this plan been all along? it sounds like that when he is at the table, he keeps changing his ideas all the time. it is just another example of where we have not seen the leadership. we live in columbus and there have been at ton of people of money -- i ton of investment in columbus, ohio. a ton of money has been dumped here. but there is no organization on it. i drive every day through the air force base where they are adding roads. they have been working for a year-and-a-half on a road t

by david who is a writer for the "washington post."r told people to quit grumbling and get on and vote, and he storms out of meetings, and tells others what to do, and he is more influential, isn't he? >> he is one of the most interesting characters in the whole drama, and he is someone a few weeks ago seemed to be stort s of putting forward a different opinion, and hostile to the compromises on the table and now in last couple of days you have seen cantor and boehner standing together and realizing the stakes they are up against and consequences of not passing some compromise and now they are on the same page of urging compromise. >> and mr. cantor had his eyes on the speaker's chair. >> you have heard the suggestion as well, but there is no suggestion of any campaign going on and certainly in the last couple of days they realize they need each other a lot, and have come together to say the same thing, and the republican party does have more of a history at least in the last couple of decades of unseating speakers, but i don't think t

"the washington post" is reporting that the white house may agree to cuts in social security. during his twitter town hall yesterday, the president wants to roll back part of pp's tax breaks -- part of president bush's tax breaks. >> if all we do is go back to the prebush tax cut rates for the top income brackets for millionaires and billionaires, that would raise hundreds of billions of dollars. if you combine it with the cuts that we have already proposed, we could solve our deficit and our debt problems. >> vice president joe biden will attend this morning's talks. >>> we are monitoring metro this morning. system officials have a long list of things to discuss at a meeting later this morning. on the agenda, rider feedback on rail cars and how stations on the new lines to dulles will be named. the dulles debate continues to make headlines with the "washington post" reporting that metro may be asked to buy fewer new rail cars as a way to save money on the soaring price tag for the project. also on tap, recent reports showing that bus and rail reliability is getting worse and

my high school principal, high school superintendent, a senior manager at the "washington post" who ivery earlier on who decided that they were going to take risks for me as well and they wanted me to continue living and working here. >> you have, and this comes through in the article which is an amazing piece of writing. >> thank you. >> you clearly have benefited from the largesse, the support of an incredible array of people. as you say from your high school principal up to the chairman of the "washington post" company, very prominent people. did any one of them ever look at you and say, jose, i'm helping you but what you did was wrong? >> i have apologized to everyone. and i've said that i'm sorry. i'm sorry that i had to break our country's laws. but you know since the founding of this country, sometimes laws are broken and we need to fix them. and this is what, you know, our campaign define american is about and this is what coming forward is about. i am very sorry. i take responsibility. i take full responsibility for what i did. but i wanted to expose in detail exactly how bro

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that's from "the washington post" this morning. again, present obama, according to "the new york times," "the washington post," and "national journal," considering changes to social security. the numbers for you to dial -- and we are going to begin with bud in trenton, new jersey. 69 years old. what do you think? caller: i believe 65 and older, the benefits should stable because there has not been a raise in the last two years. and we worked for it. if they are going to do anything, they should get the next generation coming in behind us. that is my thought from that. i know they have to do everything to get a balanced budget, and that is on the table. but if they would stop some of bickering and go ahead and get this done -- but do it in a way where people like myself don't get hurt as bad. because as it is now, you have to pay out of pocket for subsidized insurance. and then part d, prescription drugs. that does not count, paying for the medication itself. i really do believe that if they would just get it done and do it in a way

. >> according to "the washington post," virginia state attorney general ken cuccinelli is threatening to file a lawsuit against the metropolitan washington's airport authority. he says the decision by the nwaa which would require the lead contractor to hire union workers. the law suit's threat comes after a group of business leaders said any deal requiring union workers would only increase the final cost. the already multibillion dollar project. >>> a special session of the maryland legislature expected to convene the week of october 17th. normally state lawmakers don't begin their session until january. special session was called so lawmakers could read throughout the congressional district based on the results of the 2010 census. >>> five days after pleading guilty to federal corruption charges, leslie johnson has resigned from prince george's county county council. the resignation effective july 31st. council members, however, demanding she resign immediately and they voted to take away her car and her staff. no word if johnson plans to honor their request or stand by the resignati

labor disputes with sally jenkins of the "washington post" and kevin blackistone of the university of maryland and espn. >> maybe it's time for fans to reassess why they're spending like crack addicts on the four major sports when there are lots of other affordable, available things to watch for a lot less money that appreciate the fans perhaps a little bit better and who value the fan more properly. >> with the n.f.l., it's very much reflective to me of what we're going through in america right now where in 201 you've had record profits in corporate america yet corporate america points to the economy, says it niece bad shape and pois to unions and workers and asks for concessions. that's the exact same thing going on in the n.f.l. when you talk about $9 billion in revenue. >> the deficit talks and the n.f.l./n.b.a. labor disputes coming up. every story needs a hero we can all root for. who beats the odds and comes out on top. but this isn't just a hollywood storyline. it's happening every day, all across america. every time a storefront opens. or the midnight oil is burned. or when s

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dionne, "the washington post", e.j., it's good to see you again, thanks for being here. >> good to be with you. >> you are more experienced with washington, i have to move my flag pole, hold on. more experienced with washington and by constitution i think you are a sunnier person than i am, e.j. do you see a way out of this mess i do not see? >> i am a glass one-tenth full person. oh, things can be okay. i have rarely been this depressed, i think, and i've been here awhile about the way washington is working. this is a totally politician-induced crisis. we didn't have enough crises, so we had to induce one out of cloth, the problem is, you cannot see how to get 218 votes in the house of representatives for anything because of this rejectionist caucus you mentioned, otherwise known as the tea party caucus, and both speaker boehnor and the majority leader, eric cantor, are kind of playing to them. they don't want to sort of annoy them. at some point, i think they are going to have to say we will not let the country get wrecked by this. i agree with the remarks at the beginning. we could

the "washington post" reports that if washington doesn't receive an acceptable trade offer, they are willing to go through the 2011 season with albert haynesworth on the roster. >> they'll win a happy meal for him in exchange. >>> in tennis, two days after venus williams made the capitals debut, it was serena's turn. she missed almost the entire year due to injuries and now she's back doing what she loves the most in a city she loves. >> it's awesome to be back. i love playing for the capitals and i love playing for the city and i love the city and it's so beautiful and now we're right on the water. it's great. mazing place and >> amazing hair. >> i've never seen her with her down all like that. >>> checking out the tennis, point of the night. serena williams. now rusty winning in women's b

some republicans are ready to agree on tax increases and "the washington post" says the white house may give in on cutting social security. casey anthony will be sentenced today for four counts of lying to police. she could be set free since she has spent three years in jail. a florida jury acquitted anthony of the three more serious charges including the murder of her daughter, 2-year- old caylee. >>> members of the loudoun county board of supervisors plan to put out of the rail project if they have to build parking garages at the metro stops. a compromise plan would require the airport authority to have a less costly above ground station at dulles. >>> the obama administration is warning foreign governments and u.s. airlines about a threat using terrorist bombers and explosives. bombs could be surgically implanted into their bodies. bob barnard has more. >> reporter: terrorists still have their sites set on blowing up a u.s. airliner. al-qaeda tried to blow up a delta airlines jet in detroit in 2009 with a young nigerian and a bomb in his underpants. >> if you look at the christmas da

you have a lot of staff members, i read through "the washington post" and new york times stories on thisd you have a lot of staffers of people who weren't in that negotiation speculating about what's in a potential deal. but no one knows what's in a deal. the president has never said he's down for cutting social security, h he's interested in cutting medicare. he's actually said the opposite. i think it's a lot of speculation about things. people just don't know what the president is actually negotiating. >> i think that's a very good point. the president has been all over the place on this. initially he wanted a clean up or down vote on the debt kreeling. we could be downgraded for -- >> the fact of the matter is we were in deep financial trouble when he showed up at the oval office. we've got to be honest about that. >> the buck stops with him quite literally. >> i read through the moody's report cover to cover. it's really incredibly disingenuous to try to reverse things on the president and say because of president obama's inaction on the deficit we're looking at a downgrade. we're l

this in a "washington post" front page record. intelligence recovered at osama bin laden's compound show the leader has serious concerns about the health of the al-qaeda network. meanwhile, "the daily beast" reports heightened concerns of a terror attack as law enforcement tracks an uptick of online chatter about avenging bin laden's death. evan, good morning to you. let's talk about the increased chatter, first of all. we're looking at the ultimate patriotic american holiday right here. how much does this concern you? >> there are home grown extremists out there that would love to make a statement just a few weeks after the death of osama bin laden. it's the number one u.s. patriotic holiday. you can see where someone would want to make a statement. of course, there's also al-qaeda and they are still looking to avenge the death of bin laden. they're looking for a high profile day. a day like july fourth, like the september 11th anniversary. it's a concern. al-qaeda's having a problem with its chatter because its main discussion f

. >> laura: the "the washington post" had a big front pager. apparently everybody from dianne feinstein, barbara were reportedly really upset and demanding answers from the top guy there jack lou on what this deal is w. boehner saying wait a second. >> you may be about to sell us out here. the democrats actually could, some are thinking, be the ones to scuttle any deal in the senate because of cuts, actually. >> bill: well, and this is the president's major mistake. he is not articulated to anybody what his vision is for getting out of this debt jam. let's be really simple because i'm a simple guy as you know, laura. first thing is under president obama we are now running up a debt at $4 billion a day. all right? nobody has ever come close in the history of this country to spending this much money $4 billion every single day is added to the debt. that's on the president's plate. he can make excuses for it he can do a little dance, but that is the fact, jack. so now the president has to say here's how i'm going it get the debt down, exactly he w

the politicians and the think tanks they help fund are his sterile here's an example from the washington post set up budget committee chairman republican pete domenici warned the nation's governors the other day medicare could be bankrupt in two and a half years somebody has found to put the brakes on its burgeoning costs oops that was from the washington post on march sixth one nine hundred eighty three how about this one from the new york times the fund that pays all government reimbursement for hospital care of medicare patients is projected to be common saw that in the next decade or so. that was from the new york times on january twenty second one thousand nine hundred eighty nine in fact there's a long history of predicting medicare is going to go go broke any minute and along with social security you'll see republicans getting hysterical about it everyplace from congress to morning joe medicare is going broke right and here's a graphic from the congressional research service that shows how last year the progressions the projections changed and dotted lines are they projected income and