general webster this is bryan of the pentagon. i take that you can hear us okay. >> i can hear you very good, thanks, bryan. >> thanks very much for joining this evening. this is lieutenant general william webster the commander of the army in kuwait. the firm has more than 50,000 military and civilians operating in 13 countries. general webster's area of responsibility is an area of more than 4.5 million square miles, or about 1.5 times the size of the continent of the divided states, so a big job. he took command in may of last year and right now is sustaining the two current combat operations supporting both the responsible drawdown in iraq as well as the buildup in afghanistan and the army. so general webster, think you for taking the time and i understand you are going to give a bit of an overview before you take some questions. so let me turn right over to you. >> thanks very much. this is my second tour of duty in the the third army. i was a deputy commander for general mckiernan backend 02 and 03 when we initially attack in

general webster, thank you again for taking the time. i understand you are going to give a bit of an overview before you take questions. let me turn it over to you. >> thanks very much. this is my second tour of duty in third army. i was deputy commander for a general mckever -- general mccurtain in 2002 and 2003. and i commanded multinational division bad debt in 2005-06. -- more multinational division baghdad in 2005-06. i thought i would tell you first of all that our three main missions are sustaining those two current fight in afghanistan and iraq. that includes the responsible drawdown from iraq as well as the buildup of forces in afghanistan. the second main mission that we have is to be prepared to go to any of the other countries other than iraq or afghanistan if something should go wrong and we should have to conduct other operations. perhaps, in natural disaster all the way up to combat operations. and the third is building the partners capacity here in the region and centcom as we attend to make them stronger -- attempt to ma

that finally did boil it down to henry clay, daniel webster, john c. telcalhoun -- no-brainers. but there were two slots for the toy center. the great progressive republican from nebraska, father of the tva another progress of legislation, that the first vote from the outside panel. but the nebraska senators decided that they were not going to let him brace holes, so they agreed that this would be unanimous. so they said -- they selected a senator from wisconsin, another progress of senator, and then robert taft of ohio, who had been the republican leader for a very short period of time. and that was set. and then in 1999, trent lott looked around and saw some other interspaces. -- empty spaces. so we in the senate office -- senate historical office played that role. we ran a competition and they ran up -- ended up with one republican and one democrat. there were more space is available on the walls there, and so that is for future generations to decide. but it was a good exercise by saying, what you mean by outstanding? no one would agree with best, but outstanding -- why did t

the facial on webster. harden went for 12. go to the fourth. the blazers down one.to marcus camby. he had 30 points, his highest-scoring game since december 2nd of 2005. the thunder answer with the nba's leading scorer, kevin durant. he went for 30. that ties the game at 88-88. the blazers took control with a 12-0 run. miller and batum had 12. the thunder face the lakers in the first round of the playoffs. >>> that will do it for this espn news update. i'm j.w. stewart. now, back to you in new york. >>> the mysterious tampa bay monkey has been spotted again. you can see him in this home video, scampering around a backyard bird feeder. officials have been after this elusive animal for the last year. >> they think he might be aan abandoned pet the or could have gotten separated from a group of monkeys. he's so famous, he has thousands of fans on facebook. >> of course, he does. that sounds about right. >> more than the show. >>> up next, the stories we're going to be following today, including the first lady's first solo trip overseas. >>> and a controversial new book

it was going to be an indictment of the first lady, and webster hubble and was going to relate to all of the early whitewater stuff. it was being mainly sponsored by hickman ewing, in charge of the arkansas phase of things who believed, honestly, that mrs. clinton lied in her answers to some of these things, that is what most of it had to do with, lying in some of the answers, not the conduct itself, was less significant. but he -- >> he was talked out of it by members of the office of independent counsel. >> as he told me monica saved hillary, the office of independent counsel at this point was so focused and thought the president was in their sights they thought it would be a distraction and, to be fair about it, the assessment was at this point, the chances of actually convicting even if they indicted, were very, very low. and so, they chose not to do it. but that was going on right at the time that they were pursuing the president on the monica lewinsky charges. >> and the issue of the secret service, the office of independent counsel and the fbi were summoning secret service agen

. >> we asked lieutenant general william webster about that this morning.ere's what he had to say. >> when we started sending em wraps up there, the largest were effective in iraq and they were come bettersome on the rough terrain and terrible roads in afghanistan. they were too top heavy and we were breaking axles. so we looked for an alternative. >> so they've adjusted the armored vehicles going to afghanistan to make them more practical. >> mike emmanuel, thank you. >>> one day after we learned the united states navy captured five pirates, after it sank their mother ship. word today that the navy helped destroy nor mother ship during another attack. they're getting good with the pirates t happened about 300 miles off the coast of somalia. we have a picture of the aftermath. the pirates fired rifles and aimed grenades and the u.s.a. feragate stopped the attacks. they released the pirates after making sure they could not attack again. after making sure they could not attack again. that's vague. how do you make sure they can no longer attack again? john aut

. >> from webster, they are trying to push it. the next question, was on your refounders effort. from harry k., redondo beach and you looked for 56 men and women in washington to be refounders. my recollection is the number was up to ten and how is this project coming along? >> glenn: the refounders project is one of the more sad tragic things i've seen. we're only looking for 56, we have 11. out of all of the people in washington, we have 11. but i will tell you those 11, i don't even know who they are but, we get phone calls, where is joe? joe is my chief researcher and chief of staff, how many calls do you get from the refounders a day? 6 to 7. different tips a day. from these 11 people. and, they have been responsible for many things, on our show. and exposed many, many things and let me make a plea to anybody in washington, i mean, 11? 11 will stand with the morals and the credibility of these men? only 11? we're looking for people on both sides of the aisle that will just say, look this corruption is bad. america will support people. i mean, the tickle fest was... it was a

i'm sure it's coming to "webster's" soon. >> jimmy: yeah.u're going on the thing and it's spinning around. >> yes. what class have you taken? i'll take you to my class with me. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: it's called fly wheels, is where i'm going. >> fly wheels? oh, you've got to go to soul cycle. you have to come to soul cycle. >> jimmy: yeah, all right. >> yeah, i took -- one day i took anderson cooper and jeff probst there, and i had them on bikes next to each other. and told them they were spinning to replace regis. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: they were competing who would replace regis? >> it was totally not true, of course, but it was fun watching them try. >> jimmy: yeah, i went with a producer of mine on the show and we went, and we were going so -- it's just, you just start sweating and going crazy. that, at one point, he looked over at me and all i saw was the whites of his eye. >> yeah, yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it was really weird. >> you sweat so much in that. >> jimmy: no, yeah, he started hallucinating. >> ha

projects so i know they have not seen this yet to it would be an indictment of the first lady and websterbell -- hubbell relating to all whitewater stuff. it was mainly sponsored by eight pic menu ewing who honestly believe mrs. clinton had lied in her answers that is the most of it had to do with line for the answers not the conduct itself that was less significant. >> host: he was talked out of it? >> guest: he told me that monica save hillary because the office of independent counsel was so focused and thought they have the president and their sites that this would be a distraction and to be fair the assessment was at this point* the chances of actually convicting even if they indicted were very low so they chose not to but that was going on right at the time they were pursuing the president on but monica lewinsky issued. >> host: office of independent counsel were so many secret service agents testify against the president and they resented and resisted that you tell that story it involved fbi agents accused secret service of a conspiracy to coverup parker shocking. >> i spend a lot o

will the colonel webster told us he put 20,000 miles on his vehicle.ine the sands, the conditions of the roads, the equipment needs a lot of work when it comes out of country. shannon: a lot of work there for everyone involved. thank you very much. another major company saying the healthcare overhaul will have a big impact on their bottom line. verizon communications says $970 million in the first quarter. the healthcare law eliminated a prescription drug credit. so far at least 15 major companies have reported $2.8 billion in charges related to the healthcare overhaul. just about an hour ago we heard the president saying we are turning a corner to recovery. he's calling his new jobs report this morning the best in two years. the new numbers telling part of the story. but there is still a big group of people look for more work for months. we are talking about the long-term unemployment. those without a job for 27 weeks. anita vogel is in los angeles live. what are you hearing about the numbers from folks on the ground there? >> reporter: we did visit a

well, most of us think it is what myrrh yam webster says it is: an unforeseen combination of circumstances resulting in a state that calls for immediate action. an unforeseen combination of circumstances. has it been unforeseen that we were going to have to extend unemployment compensation? is it unforeseen that we were going to have to extend cobra? of course it's not. we knew that we were going to have to do this, but there is an unwillingness in this congress to pay for things -- there is a willingness to put the debt upon our children and our grandchildren. the budget act of 1974 that we operate under says that an emergency is necessary, essential or vital, sudden, quick coming into being and not i woulding up over time, urgent, pressing, compelling, unforeseen, unpredictable, not permanent, temporary in nature. none of those requirements are met by this attempt to waive the pay-as-you-go requirements. why do we have paygo if we're just going to waive it eve time we think we need to spend more money? mr. president, this is no emergency. this is part and parcel of the problem that we ha

now, this is defined by patrick henry, webster, benjamin rush, other founders of this country.ow, benjamin rush is we profess to be republicans and yet we neglect the only means of establishing and perpttuting our republican forms of government. that is the universal education of our youth in the principles of christianity by means of the bible. host: we'll leave thrit. guest: i've read some history that was written before 1920. i think there's -- what you are talking about is pretty hard to disagree with that more people should be educated about the history of this country and about the republic. because if you're not that well educated, you end up being informed by either media figures who are figuring this out ad hoc or by politicians who have a version of history that might not be true. liberals give this to us about the new deal, conservatives about ronald reagan's record. i don't think you need to reach that far back in the past. you need to have more credible information and people at all levels learning have more credible information about why we're in the mess we're in

helicopter crossings, just the chaos and the violence that we see in northern mexico certainly meets webster'ses a state of war as a state of hostility conflict or antagonism between opposing forces for a particular end and i think what we're seing in mexico today qualifies as a state of war that we need to -- as mr. carter says there is a lot of talk and we don't see enough action. i appreciate your commitment to expanding appreciation streamline. it is vitally important. a law enforcement operation. we need to stay focused on that. the role that the national guard played. the bush administration was one of support. support of the border patrol and that's important. they are very successful where they were deployed. i appreciate the dedicate of your officers, the work that you're doing. i understand the frustrations and the challenges that you face. i would like you to if you could look into the -- what mr. carter has identified in the laredo sector. shooting at law enforcement officers and our law enforcement orders are unable to return fire. they are under orders not to return fire. that do

miner was killed and another is missing after a ceiling collapsed in an underground coal mine in webster county, which is in the western part of kentucky. right now it is my opinion understanding that msha officials are on the site and rescue teams are work to go locate the missing miner. for now we can only hope that their efforts are successful. i ask my colleagues and the american people to keep the miners, their families and the rescue workers in their prayers. #. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: for me, being a miner's son and having worked in the mines myself, these reports out of west virginia and kentucky are very troubling. mining is a very dangerous occupation. i know that personally as a result of my dad having been blasted, as we called it, and reflecting back on my childhood friend, stan hudgins, whose father was working in the blossom with my dad and a rock dropped on his head and killed him, and my dad brought him out of the mine. so these reports out of the coal mines are really troubling. i agree with my distinguished frien

the level of violence, the chaos and violence we see in northern mexico certainly meets webster's dictionary's definition of the state of war as antagonism between opposing forces for a particular end. i think what we're seeing in mexico today qualifies as a state of war. there is a lot of talk. we do not see enough action. i appreciate your commitment to expanding operation streamline. it is important. it works beautifully. it is a law enforcement operation. we need to stay focused on that. the role of the national guard during the bush administration was in support of the border patrol. that is important. they were very successful when they were deployed. we sincerely appreciate the dedication of your officers and the work you are doing. i understand the frustrations and challenges that you face. i know this committee supports you in a bipartisan way. i would like for you to look into what mr. carter has identified in terms of incidents of people shooting from the mexico side at our law- enforcement officers and our officers are under orders not to return fire. that is not make sense. they c

people clamored to see the great advocate, daniel webster.was known to stop this argument in midstream if he spotted late-arriving ladies in the gallery, and started over from the beginning. we do not allow that to date for any reason. [laughter] -- we do not allow that today for any reason. [laughter] as the century progressed, the greeks became larger -- the briefs became longer. we allowed 30 minutes per side today. in the first decade of the 21st century, there was also an important innovation in brief- writing. a young lawyer submitted a legal brief that included social science data to support the legal argument. in that case, the data included medical reports and statistical compilations to putting limits on working hours for women. it is quite common for lawyers to submit such briefs today. the focus on relevant, non-legal data and are commonly called brand as briefs -- brandeis brief says. in 1909, the court was led by chief toast this -- she justice melville fuller -- chief justice melville fuller. he served as chief justice for more