you would like to see us going, is to detail what we will be going through to assess each of the watterson's -- watersheds that i showed you, each of the basin's -- basins. one opportunity that this has provided us with is that we have collaborated with a great deal with the water enterprise, the power enterprise, and external departments, as well. because there is a lot of opportunity, and we want to maximize city resources where we can make these come to fruition. step two will be assessing each of the watersheds to see how they perform now. where is there flooding? are there areas that are undersized? are there opportunities? some areas are going to be quite steep and have an area at the bottom that may be flooding. the cesar chavez area. another area could have sandy soil or laoom, -- loam, so we look at the gaps, in korea identify what we need to develop. we are also -- and we identify what we need to develop. we will screen the alternatives. the ground floor is that we want alternatives that are going to fix the flooding problem. this is all wonderful, but when we get back to our core

you would like to see us going, is to detail what we will be going through to assess each of the watterson's -- watersheds that i showed you, each of the basin's -- basins. one opportunity that this has provided us with is that we have collaborated with a great deal with the water enterprise, the power enterprise, and external departments, as well. because there is a lot of opportunity, and we want to maximize city resources where we can make these come to fruition. step two will be assessing each of the watersheds to see how they perform now. where is there flooding? are there areas that are undersized? are there opportunities? some areas are going to be quite steep and have an area at the bottom that may be flooding. the cesar chavez area.

[applause] host: the words of abraham lincoln as delivered by actor sam watterson yesterday. this year marking the 150th anniversary of his swearing in of our 16th president. the entire programming as always available on our website at c-span.org. tomorrow a look at governors and the white house and a showdown. also a conversation with nancy gallagher, the board chair of the national organization for marriage. and brian walton with human rights campaign to talk about the issue of gay marriage and the decision by the obama administration on the domestic marriage act. that's tomorrow morning. some of the topics on "washington journal" heard here on c-span and c-span radio. enjoy the rest of your weekend and hope you have a great week ahead. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> welcome to "news makers." we have a budget and appropriations reportser with the national journal. julie has the first question. >> hi, mr. chairman. good to be with you. i wanted to ask the vice president, vice president biden, went to the hill to jump start talks on how to fund th