headed to washington to begin a new career. when sam arrived in washington in 1859, the original squad some of the capital had been removed to make way for the better proportion don't we know today. and you can see construction underway in this photo and the architect of the capitol. spammer j-juliett that the nation's capital was a tinderbox. washington set squarely on the sectional fault line between north and south as the nation threatened to split into. a public event culminates in the near of civility remained in a private dinner parties hostesses found it difficult to wonder the world for president and key political enemies apart. now sam was a democrat. he believed in gradual emancipation in compensation for slave owners. he has many friends and family members in the south, but there is no question that sam would remain loyal to the union. he put his house on five straight at the disposal of his friends dinner secretary of state william henry seward. there has -- which it are to be going to be noticed provided the perfec

good morning washington begins right now. >> live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. >> good morning, washinton. i am doug mcelway. >> i am alison starling. thanks for joining us on this monday. let's get started with traffic and weather. >> let's start with brian van de graaff. >> yesterday there was strong weather, especially north and west where there were wind gusts and hail in washington county and the panhandle of west virginia. today, just thunderstorms. there are showers of to the west of leesburg. debbie pockets coming down. mainly cloudy today with a glimpse of sunshine. off and on showers, a rumble of thunder, high temperatures around 70. >> now to lisa baden. >> beltway travel and interstate travel looks fine. 395 north on the d.c. side of the 14th street bridge. in the virginia camera, 395 north towards the 14th street bridge, looks like everything is moving nicely. they are moving the camera around to get a glimpse of the crash on the other side of the bridge. no evidence of it. it's near the exit at 12th street. no worries. back to you. >> thank y

thank goodness the "washington post" owns caplin testing or there might be more problems here in washington, d.c. with journalism. on the model lee am pleased to introduced robert and jon jeter but i am now jealous because i haven't written a book, and i am pleased that he has done so. the only thing i ask is i get to ask the first question after they make their presentations. by the way with a few exceptions i will represent all white people here tonight. [laughter] i know that you're always asked what do black people think about this, so you can ask me what white people think about this. robert, jon. [applause] [laughter] >> good evening. first of all, jon and i wrote this book because we've known each other for about 20 years or so. we started together to post in january of '93 and we didn't know each other at that time. we were both coming to the post and both of us were a little skeptical of the other because like what kind of brother wants to work for the washington post. [laughter] so we were -- that's how we start off with each other. but we became friends, and we've covered politic

before joining the putt -- "washington post," mr. solomon spent 20 years as a manager and reporter for "the associated press" february 1 the grinning achievement award for providing wire services worldwide, investigative coverage of the 9/11 attacks. mr. solomon was named in 2005 to oversee a seven-member investigative team dedicated to producing high and back stories that could play simultaneous on tv, and web, and radio and in print. preteens were concluded exposing the dubai ports world and at the go missteps among several liters of congress and exposing the anonymous hurricane katrina video fat on president bush before the deadly storm. before creating the team mr. solomon spent 16 years overseeing the administration personal-finance of the washington bureau as the assistant bureau chief. in that role he oversaw apa's relationship with labor newspapers and that metropolitan area. today, mr. solomon is with the packard media group aired he also is actively engaged in doing top-notch investigative journalism. it's my honor to have

southern washington county, you now have a severe thunderstorm warning, southern washington county. let me get the actual timing on that for you. severe thunderstorm warning now. that goes until 7:00. 7:00 southern and central washington county maryland. southern fredrick county, maryland. far northern parts of loudoun county in northern virginia, you folks towards lubbocksville, be on the lookout. probably going to get gusty wind and a couple of quick hits of rain. north central loudoun county, virginia, under the warning until 7:00. eastern jefferson county west virginia and central berkley county, west virginia. that is all until 7:00. the entire area remains under the watch until 11:00 p.m. this evening. but this is really the only game in town at this point in time. and this is a very severe thunderstorm now, just to the south of sharpsburg, maryland. it is going to be traveling just off to your south and eventually coming up into portions of western fredrick county. burkittsville toward ballanger creek. over towards cross hollow, countryside west, all those are in western and

the heavier storms past north and west of washington, only about 1/10 inch in washington. as we look at the temperatures, 54 in washington, prince george's county the low 50s. in the low 50s in montgomery county a ling ton and fairfax, low and mid 50s. highs today near 70. we may have sun late this morning, then showers an storms this afternoon. ong a slight risk of strong storms. maybe lingering showers tonight and tomorrow. drying out for midweek. how is the traffic? >> we'll head out and take a live look. not bad, the capital beltway between the american legion bridge through tyson's corner towards 66, both inner and outer loop, travel lanes are open. let's see if the good news continues for those westbound route 50 from the eastern shore headed over the bay bridge, you're okay. if you're fortunate enough to go down to the ocean, go down the ocean as joe likes to say, we're moving along nicely. one more stop, a live look along kenilworth avenue making the trip both directions at eastern avenue, the district, maryland line looking good. that's how we're doing right now,

and then you listed the great number of private industries he represented in washington. did he ever take an interest in dance and a humanitarian or public cause at all? >> no. last night >> could you elaborate a little bit on the nature of this mr. butler you mentioned early in the type. >> ben butler -- sure. i'm sorry. the question was, could i elaborate on the amity between sam and ben butler. ben butler was a senator from massachusetts. he vacillated between being a democrat, being a republican. he's well-known probably most well-known for debacles during the civil war. he was known as spooned butler. he was the military administrator for new orleans after he was captured by the union. he issued a care in under the name of the order, but it was that all southern women who disrespected union soldiers should be treated as. there were warmers that he stole family silver. that's what he was called spooned butler. this picture is painted on the inside of chamberpot struck the south here seen some of these museums. the that's under the waistband did like him. he and sam re

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expedia. >> you are watching good morning washington. with doug mcelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, and lisa baden with traffic. this is good morning washington on your side. >> 6:45, to check the top stories. two college students from our area where the victims of a shooting near frostburg state in western maryland. 21-year-old tyrone hall shot 20- year-old brandon carroll of waldorf and 21-year-old ellis hartridge of d.c.. brandon carroll was killed. hall faces several charges. forecasters in iceland say there's less of a threat to aircraft. that's good news for hundreds of thousands of people stranded at airports around a world. some countries are reopening their airspace. the british navy is sending warships across the english channel to rescue stranded people. >> toyota is expected to pay a record fine over its handling of defective gas pedals. officials tell the associated press that toyota go not contest the $16.4 million fine. the government find toyota because it said toyota knew about sticky gas pedals

before joining the putt -- "washington post," mr. solomon spent 20 years as a manager and reporter for "the associated press" february 1 the grinning achievement award for providing wire services worldwide, investigative coverage of the 9/11 attacks. mr. solomon was named in 2005 to oversee a seven-member investigative team dedicated to producing high and back stories that could play simultaneous on tv, and web, and radio and in@@g doing top-notch investigative journalism. it's my honor to have mr. solomon here. [applause] >> thank you so much for having me here and it's a great pleasure to be alongside jim and rituals i've admired throughout my career for doing the this type of journalism that they've committed time and time again. and i cannot drive my career that whistleblowers have been an important part of my career, but i didn't really understand how important until about a year ago young graduate student from st. lewis university i think it was called me and said did you know you did 377 stories that involved whistleblowers an

he is in washington, d.c. talking about haiti and he has a watch party in downtown washington, d.c. first, kris is here with us. thanks, being with us and congratulations, are you soaking in the big win? >> yes. absolutely. riding the wave and everything is going well. >> you are busy. it has to be a change. >> i ask, what am i doing today. i don't want to know tomorrow or the next day. >> but you're enjoying it. >> absolutely it is amazing. >> idol gives back, tonight is the broadcast, but you have always been dedicating your time to help out those in need. does this give you a platform on a bigger lev? >> i have been doing stuff like this for a while, but when you go over and can do this on a bigger scale and help out people in a ruly huge way it is amazing. i was really excited when the foundation asked me to come over there. >> what was it like being in hati after the earthquake? >> when going down there my first reaction was sadness. it sucked. it is devastation. it is bad. when you see the staff and what they are doing and -- the hard work that they are putting in and all of -

ah, they say, no one cares outside washington. so there was no national attention until haldeman, ehrlichman and yours truly were sent packing from the white house. and then the national media says, ooh, there must be something here. and at that point it starts getting, becoming a story. at that point it starts becoming a headline every other day. enormous, i mean, shattering headlines. that one copying another and another. the network pick it up at that time, and it becomes nightly news. it's not a two-minute segment, it's a ten, sometimes thirty-minute segment so it did get covered. i'm not sure that cable would have changed it much. i don't know. what would have been interesting would be that the president might have found a defender in fox news. but he might have been too liberal for fox news. >> host: how were you fired on april 30, 1973? what happened? >> guest: well, what happened is the president had asked me to resign on april 16th. he had passed two letters across the desk. i read them, and i said, mr. president, you're

close to washington low to mid 40s. now 46 in washington. mid 40s eastern shore 30s in the mountains at this hour. scattered frost there. clear sky as we start off this monday morning and we'll have lots of sunshine with highs reachi ining mid 60s. 40s by dawn tomorrow under a clear sky and probably no frost tomorrow morning. another mild day into the mid 60s tomorrow. maybe sun back on thursday. how's the morning commute? >> a fender-bender on 395 northbound at duke street. activity well out of the roadway. that shouldn't be much of a factor. good news there. let's see how we're doing if you're making the trip in through southeast or northeast for that matter. light traffic in all of the district. can't find hang-ups to report so far. on the rails, doing fine. metro, vre and marc reporting no early delays. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> this morning students and teachers at one d.c. middle school are still trying to come to terms with the terrible tragedy. >> brian betts, the principal at shaw middle school at garn garnet-patterso

she stopped by the polish embassy in northwest washington yesterday. she promised to help poland through the tragedy. >> and we say with great conviction that the united states and poland have much work to do together to build that future, that the people on that plane gave their lives for. >> the polish ambassador said hundreds of americans have already sign the book of condolences. the polish community here in the d.c. area held a memorial for president lech kaczynski yesterday. it took place at our lady queen of possible land church in silver spring. there was standing room only for that special mass followed by a special tribute outside. those who attended hope it will unite polish people every where. >> the message was think about being close to god, being close to themselves and close to the polish nation. >> life is so fragile, we have to love each other. because you never know. >> anyone who wants to pay tribute to the polish president can stop by the polish embassy this week. >> four people are dead after a bus shooting in southern afghanistan

. >>> welcome to "washington post live" live weekend. we'll look back at some of the best things in the past movement and i caught up with head coach gary williams. and matt bradley stops by to chat all things caps. "washington post live" weekend starts right now. >>> hello everyone. thanks for tuning into "washington post live" weekend. college park has been exciting and we can thank vasquez for that. he racked up award after award following hisout standing senior season. and i had a chance to speak to him as we begin the next chapter of his basketball life. check it out. >> here's vasquez with a runner- up the glass. and it's good! 73-69. we have 38 seconds to go. >> better to be lucky and g and if you're both, you're the truth. >> and it's all over. and here come the fans on the floor. gary williams. the fans storming the floor. maryland wins it 79-72. >> another award for you. you've been getting them a lot. you had a great career at maryland. what did this mean to you. >> it means a lot. and the first thing i would like to thank god

cicely and washington. -- attribute any of this to activities fiscally in washington. i think it is much more about the indian economic environment and long-term advantages we have already seen in anything washington has done. >> you are dealing with the state's budget problem. states have enormous fiscal challenges, and they cannot deal with them the way washington deals with the, by borrowing money from the chinese, so how do they plan to get their house in order at a time unemployment is so high and there are economic challenges? >> you do what you have to do. we entered this recession having come from a bankrupt situation four or five years ago, and thank to news winner in the situation we were in. we had -- thank goodness we are in the situation we are in. we will use our rainy day reserves, and i believe they will last until the end of the cycle, but we are operating with nine% less revenue than a year ago, and even if it is a pretty decent recovery, when we write the next budget, we will be dealing with your dollars and then we were in 2005 -- if you were dollar

zachary goldfarb is covering the story for "the washington post." zachary, welcome. >> thank you. >> lehrer: in the simplest of terms, what is it exactly that the government has said goldlman sachs did? >> the government has said goldlman sachs defraud its investors by omitting key details about investment products that goldman was selling them. in essence, the government has said that goldman allowed a fund that was betting against these products to create the products, and then sell the investment to investors without telling them that someone who is betting against them had come up with the idea. so it's an issue of defrauding investors. >> lehrer: and the allegation is that goldlman sachs created this kind of double bet situation, right? >> that's right. goldman has been accused and criticized for taking a stand against the housing market for itself and ony behalf of some clients while letting other client bet on the housing market. it tried to make a profit allegedly both ways. >> lehrer: they named one vice president of goldlman sachs as the m

en washington claudia uceda univision..." representantes comunitarios de montgomery estan pidiendo al concejo que interceda para evitar la eliminacion de programas considerados vitales para miles de personas..son programas como los de cuidados de salud...segun los latinos dos programas ya habrian sido reducidos substancialmente o directamente eliminados presuntamente para hacer frente al subido deficit fiscal para el aÑo 2011..por su parte, una de las integrantes del concejo dice que antes de cualquier eliminacion o reduccion de los servicios, estos deben ser estudiados detenidamente... "examinar lo que el propone, tomar decisiones de como se puede reorganizar esa propuesta, en otras palabras se va a reinstituir algun tipo de programa osea hay que cortar en otras areas, sabemos de que la comunidad en estos momentos esta bajo mucha presion, no podemos aumentar los impuestos, porque cada familia en este momente esta limitada en su capacidad economica" los latinos y los representantes de otras

desde washington, fernando pizarro, unvision. hoy se recuerda la memoria de las 168 victimas que perdieron la vida en el ataque de terrorismo domestico a un edificio federal de oklahoma.. cientos de personas se hicieron presentes a la ceremonia para conmemorar el decimo quinto aniversario del atentado.. a los actos se hizo presente la secretaria de seguridad nacional janet napolitano, y el gobernador brad henry entre otros... el atacante timothy mcveigh fue condenado y ejecutado en el 2001... su complice terry nichols fue setnenciado a cadena perpetua... cinco aerolineas estan asegurando a sus usuarios que no exigiran cobros adicionales por el equipaje de mano... el senador de nueva york, charles schumer ha encabezado la lucha contra los cobros desde que la aerolinea spirit anuncio recientemente que cobrara extra por dicho equipaje... segun schumer, las aerolineas american, delta, jetblue, united, y u-s- airways se han comprometido a no cobrar por las maletas de mano... schumer junto a otros politicos presentaron una legisla

he is the former executive editor of th"the washington times." he is with the packard media group right now. he left the times a couple of months ago. he is an award winning investigative journalist. he won numerous journalism awards, including the robert -- robert kennedy journalism award in 2008. he has won the national public service award. he also produced the first joint project with cbs/60 minutes which exposed how the fbi crime lab practiced faulty bullet lead analysis for decades using erroneous means to convict people without informing of those problems. the series won the 2008 robert kennedy memorial journalism award for domestic television. before joining the washington post, he spent 20 years as a manager and reporter for the associated press. he was the achievement award for coordinating wire services worldwide investigative coverage of the 9/11 attack. he was named in 2005 to oversee a seven member investigative team dedicated to producing high impact stories that could place simultaneously on television, on the web, in radio, and i

something usually had here in washington, d.c., and only in washington, d.c., but ultimately -- >> you're suggesting we're disconnected from 'ali eed from >> just a touch. >> he does have people on the short list that are not your typical run of the mill folks. >> this sounds like a believe it when i see it environment here. this is interesting, especially for the parents. the u.s. supreme court will decide whether california can ban the sale of violent video games to children. whether to speculate on scalia talking about grand theft auto, we're asking this blogger for her take. >> my issue as a parent and as a mom blogger, it's the things that i can't control. i can't control when we're watching an nfl, nhl, nba game in the middle of the sunday when one of these video games customers come on. i have to dive for the remote because i don't want any 7-year-old seeing it. she doesn't need the courts, she'll decide what her kids will rent or buy. >> that's exactly right. you have nine members of the supreme court. 435 members of the congress, 100 senators. none can do what i do in my house, w

to washington to protest american immigration policy. scott thuman has more. >> these four college students and plenty of supporters will be walking through here at any moment. it -- they are on their way to florida from washington d.c.. it began on jan. because they said they are willing to risk their own freedom for it. >> every day, working up early in the morning, putting on shoes. >> in this tight-knit group, is one of the country's top community college students. another has three degrees and a third is an aspiring architect. all are desperately missing something. >> the only thing missing is the piece of paper that enologist me as somebody who can contribute. >> they are on documented, and illegal, and willing to risk arrest to publicly what from miami to d.c. as part of what they call their trail of dreams. >> every city, we have had the opportunity to change the hearts and minds of black legislators and everyday americans, as well. >> we were afraid that one state would deport us. >> asking congress to stop student deportations

that's been such a bruising fight here in washington. do you stand with those in the republican party who say they want to run on a campaign of repealing the president's health care plan altogether rather than just modifying it or tweaking it in some way? where do you think that should shake out? >> i think you have to answer first in terms of policy but also in terms of tactics. as a matter of policy, this bill is a disaster. it takes the worst features of the health care system we know, the ones that make it cost too much and makes them all larger and therefore more expensive. so tweaking it or working around the edges of this approach i just don't think has anything to recommend it. far better of course would have been or would still be to replace employer provided health care with its subsidy that helps the rich more than low income with its encouragement to overconsumption and higher prices, to replace it with an individually-based system, which enables every american to be covered and to make their own decisions and to act like goo

. -- laws coming out of washington. it is by no means alas. as a small-business owner, i know there is risk involved in turning a new idea into a successful business. there is no reward without risk. my small business, like many others, was started on credit. at this time of high unemployment, when we need to focus on jobs, we should not be expanding government spending, government commitments, and government promises that crowd out the small businessman and small business woman. that is not good for jobs or for anyone. from t a r p and permanent bailout to the cap and trade national energy tax, the government takeover of health care and huge increases in national debt, and now, still more demand for more spending to change financial regulations, we have run out of money. and yet, the administration want to spend -- wants to spend even more. on behalf of a hard-working taxpayers in my district, i have one question for washington -- who is going to pay for all your new spending? last fall, when the controversial tour pro

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i live in washington, d.c. dared -- washington, d.c. my rent is over $1,000 a month and might unemployment is a little over $300 a week. you do the math. host: what kind of jobs are you interviewing for? what is out there? caller: the jobs that are out there -- don't get me wrong, there are jobs out there. the jobs that are out there are minimum-wage jobs and you are not going to do it in washington, d.c., and minimum wage, especially at the time taxes come out unless you are living at home with your parents. i am 62 years old. 62. host: ok. can you retire and collect social security and medicare? caller: i am an independent worker. so, retirement is not in the cards for may. host: what did you do before you lost your job? caller: i am in the convention business. host: i think we lost harold. we will move on to frank on the republican line from new jersey. caller: great show today. what "the wall street journal" has written is true, but it isn't true. but i would go on and like to elaborate. the federal government helped create this mon

he lives here in washington, d.c. but he is in part from washington, d.c. because he is a warrior who understands the tax code as well as anyone. i want you to give a big war round of applause for a fellow patriots, grover norquist from the americans for tax reform. [cheering] >> we have thousands of americans getting together today and over a thousand rallies in washington, d.c. and across america and it's not possible to thank all the people who took the time and effort to organize that but i would like to say special thank you to the three who did the most to make this possible for all of us to get together and of course i'm thinking of harry reid, nancy pelosi and barack obama. as you watch demonstrations across america, those three hour community organizers. the organized american against what they are trying to do. these politicians said to us back in 2008 they wanted change and a lot of people said yes we want change that corrupt washington but we were not reading the small print of what they meant. what obama and harry reid and pelosi are trying to

there's more to come on good morning washington. we will be rig >> what if your boss gave you hundreds of dollars for work and you could keep it? it was paid for by your tax dollars. that's on good morning america on abc this morning. >> a quick update on breaking news. >> kathy park is live in temple hill with the latest on a shooting involving two prince george's county sheriff's deputies. >> according to prince george's county sheriff's deputies, the fight broke out right behind me in front of club elite on brinkley road, involving three men. and two off-duty sheriff's deputies working part-time at a nightclub, try to break up the fight. eventually the suspects tried to sleep. one of them got into his vehicle and it ended up hitting one of the deputies in the process of leaving the scene. [no audio] >> we just lost kathy park. >> let's go to lisa baden for traffic. >> i'm going to jump to a couple of weather maps because most of the cameras are covered with fog. maryland on 270, two racks to get out of frederick. there's a car fi

tonight on "washington week." after nearly 90 years on the planet and 34 years on the bench, justice john paul stevens steps aside. we look at his past and the court's future. >> two old cold war fa foes agree to limit nuclear weapons. and a new partnership. >> this is the home of afghans and we own this place. and our factories are here for a cause for all of us. >> karzai. he's the democratically elected leader of afghanistan. gwen: the republican party tries to rally its activist. >> retreat and reload and that's not a call for violence. >> and the party chairman. >> we're take steps to make sure we're even more, how should we say physically conservative in our spending. gwen: covering the week, joan biskupic. and joel sanger and mcmanus and charles babington of the associated press. >> this is "washington week," with gwen ifill. corporate funding is provided by -- >> we know why we're here, to give our war fighters every advantage. >> to deliver technology that anticipates the future today. >> and help protect

my problem is with the liberal democrat in washington for duke i think that we should put it -- washington. i think the way to put party politics aside. i am not happy with either political party. i am an american first. i am a member of several hunting clubs. i am a christian. i am a father the way down the list i am a democrat. you can make of it what you want. i was born a democrat. i am a democrat. >> thank you for that statement. i would say that like d.c. i am an american and a father, a husband. i am also a very proud democrat. i am proud of what the democratic party has done to advance our nation's ideals. i am proud of what the democratic party has done in its best days in advance in education for americans, in protecting medicare and social security, in trying to give everyone a great start in life so that we can all live up to our god-given potential. i do not shirk from that lightly or at all. we have done great things as a party. it is hard to put one word labels on both. i know there are a lot of folks that would like to do that. i have some conservative and moderate position

they do in washington. we are supporting legislation to search our peoples and our states 10th amendment right to object to this federal health care bill that has just been passed. [applause] let's not doubt what is at stake. for the first time, our federal government -- that has never been done before. the 10th amendment -- the commerce clause is not going to be allowed to be construed to allow the federal government to do whatever it wants, we must challenge this legislation. we're not stopping there. we're supporting legislation to make sure that louisiana's tax dollars are not used to subsidize elective abortions. [applause] we must take a stand for innocent human life. we must respect the several decades -- it is not right to take taxpayers' dollars to subsidize abortions that they disagree with. we will continue to work -- we will continue to go forward in our state with a conservative solutions. our state is recovering from hurricanes. we did go from -- women from being 44 the worst -- we went from b

the thing is, you have to love some of the pundits in washington. every single day since i signed the reform law, there has been another poll or headline says, "nation still divided on health care reform." the polls have not changed that. well, yeah, it just happened last week. it has only been one week. [cheers and applause] can you imagine if some of these reporters were working on a farm? you planted some seeds in the came out the next day and they looked and "nothing has happened." "there is no crops, we're going to starve, oh, no." [applause] "it is a disaster." it has been a week, flks olks. before we find out if people like health care reform, we should wait to see what happens when we put it into place. just a thought. now, this reform is not going to solve every problem with our health care system. it is a huge, complicated piece of business. a couple of trillion dollars, thousands of people affected, thousands of people working in the industry. it is not going to bring down the cost of health care overnight. we're going to have to make som

one of the best quarterbacks of the nfl, donovan mcnabb, is heading to the washington. the skins grabbed him in a blockbuster trade yesterday. in exchange, philly will get a second round draft pick this year and a fourth round pick next year. what does this mean for jason campbell. >> most nfl insiders believe he will be traded. dave ross will join us shortly for more details. dave will be done at nationals park and will get us ready for the nats opening day. we'll have our other top stories in a minute. we do want to go to tucker for our first check of the weather. >> there should be more clouds around than yesterday. we'll have a partly sunny day. temperatu will be mild. not expecting any rain shower activity. if you are out and about for the afternoon, it will be just about perfect. you can see the cloud cover sweeping across the area. again, it is not quite as intense as the satellite-radar is indicating but there are some light and fair weather clouds moving through. we'll go to a partly sunny day rather than mostly sunny. temperatures, this is the good news. they

"washington journal" continues. host: jonathan is our border with the dailycaller. congress is in recess right now. what they doing back in their districts? what is the agenda when they return? guest: many people think that members of congress are lazy and always taking vacations, but when you work in washington they're working pretty hard at home over the brakes. they are doing all kinds of events in their districts, at least most of them. town halls, meetings, county fairs, or breakfasts. they're usually pretty busy at home, getting a feel for what constituents are thinking. host: when they return, what is the agenda? guest: the number one thing will be financial reform. that's what we're hearing. they also have climate change legislation they might get to, and few other things. host: climate change is an issue brought up by one of our callers. today in a story it said it has a pretty good chance of passing. what is the timeline for when it could come up? in your analysis, it doesn't look like it could pass? guest: yes, i am surprised to hear that. i covered it cl

this poll comes from the washington post. it shows people feel over the last five years across the region traffic has gotten worse off. that opinion is especially strong in virginia and outside the beltway. close to half of commuters say it dates sit in gridlock or traffic every day or at least several times a week. a solution for this, most people say they would prefer to pay tolls, whether it before and hov lane or a hot over taxes to improve highways. telecommuting would be good today. this poll shows more people doing that. more than a quarter of people are working from home. that is closely associated with your salary. the more people -- the more money people make, the more likely they are to be able to work from home. if this comes on the heels of a study that was put out last year and that shows in almost every city across the u.s., traffic congestion is easing, except in the dc area. >> i don't see it's gotten worse. i've been h 6ere years. but -- i've been here 6 years, but i drive really early in the morning. >> on

washington d.c. with journalism. i am not only pleased to introduced robert s. jon jeter but i am jealous because i have not written a book and i am pleased he has done so. the only thing i asked if i get to ask the first question after the presentation. by the way with the exception of been a few represent-- exception never present all white people. [laughter] you say what do black people think? you can ask me what white people think. thank you. robert? and john? [applause] >> good evening. first of all, we have no need to other for about 20 years our sell and started together at the post january 1993 and we did not know each other at the time we both came to the post and both of us were skeptical of the other because what brother was to work for the post at? [laughter] we became friends. but we cover politics and a number of things i started off and that semester i could cover officials washington like ron brown and got to go to the by house and to see what official washington looks like. the goal

it is 55 in washington. 54 in annapolis. fredericksberg just changed to 57 degrees and dulles is at 53 degrees. here is a look at your regional temperatures. 48 in new york city, 42 in pittsburgh, pa. raleigh is cool at 52 degrees. and a look at the local satellite radar will show you the precipitation this morning has pushed out and dissipated, so no more precip for our viewing area. there are a couple of showers longerring in the eastern portions of delaware but that is pushing off shore and seeing clear skies move in. high today about 64 degrees. a little bit breezy tomorrow. 65 with sunshine. thursday 70 and then off to the races. temperatures will range from the mid and upper 70s to the mid and upper 80s over the weekend. more details about all of that coming up in a little bit. >> saturday too? i'm not going to know how to behave myself. julie, we'll be running around together in way less clothes than we should have on. >> well you're not supposed to talk about that. >> where will you two be doing that. >> we'll be han

smith goes to washington. the tea party took credit for his win. democrats and republicans shivered. what did it mean to both parties? today we'll ask brown what he thinks the message was in his victory. where does he go from here on issues like reforming wall street and afghanistan? then we'll bring in the new pulitzer prize winning columnist kathleen parker for analysis. i'll have a final thought on-- dare i say it-- how that volcano has reminded us that life before jet planes was not all bad. but first, senator scott brown on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs "face the nation" with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. and now from cbs news in washington, bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning again. well, we welcome senator brown for his first sunday morning interview since being sworn in as a united states senator. welcome, senator. i want to say every day including yesterday seems to bring news of some new outrage on wall street. but your republican leader mitch mcconnell came out flatly against the financial

and hello again from fox news in washington. the president's debt commission holds its first meeting tuesday and his job couldn't be tougher. finding some way both parties will accept to cut the trillion-dollar deficit that is stretched to the end of this decade. joining us now are the two cochairs of the commission, former republican senator alan simpson and erskine bowles, who was chief of staff to bill clinton. gentlemen, let's start with the size of the problem. according to the non-partisan congressional budget office, under the obama budget plan, by 2020, the national debt will be 90% of the u.s. economy, that is the highest percentage since just after world war ii. senator simpson, how serious a threat is that to the country? >> well, you tagged it saying it might be the toughest job, certainly, that i had. i did 18 years in the senate. i did the iraq study group. we have done a lot of things -- americans for campaign reform. this is a suicide mission. i'm glad that my fellow erskine bowles and i are jumping without a par

live 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 -- >> i've been growing algae for 35 years. most people try and get rid of algae. we're trying to grow it. the algae are very beautiful. they come in blue or red, golden, green. it can be converted into biofuels that we could someday run our cars on. using energy with biofuels are not competing with the food supply, and they help solve the greenhouse problem as well. >> we're making a big commitment to finding out just how much algae can help to meet the fuel demands of the world. >> additional funding for "washington week" is provided by boeing, pepsi, the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. here again, live from washington, substituting for gwen ifill, pete williams of nbc news. >> good evening. president obama was a man in motion this week, free from having to pace like an expecta

the "washington post" led the way with four awards. the "herald courier" of bristol, virginia, with only seven reporters, took the public service prize for stories on mismanaged natural gas royalties. and "pro publica" shared an award for investigative reporting, a first for an online-only news organization. among the arts winners, the drama prize went to "next to normal," a musical about a mentally ill woman and her family. and liaquat ahamed won the history prize for "lords of finance: the bankers who broke the world," about the run-up to the great depression. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of the program with a preview of what you'll find tonight on the newshour's web site. for now, back to jim. >> lehrer: now, poland's great national tragedy. ray suarez has that story. >> suarez: signs of mourning were everywhere today in warsaw, two days after president lech kaczynski was killed in a plane crash along with dozens of other high- ranking polish officials. >> the people are sad. nobody is happy. we

that will also discuss the summit here in washington. this is hosted by the center for strategic and international studies and is about 55 minutes. >> this will be on the itunes university. my colleagues are some of the top experts in the world in this region. they have got a lot to say about various things that are associated with this visit. in addition, you will find before you an example of our critical questions. this is on the nuclear security summit and also will be at our web site. i like to introduce our colleague who directs our russia program. >> a great pleasure to be here and thank you for joining us here for our briefing. i promise i will not talk about my personal over/under on tiger woods this week. the start i replacement treaty that will be signed on prague this thursday, i want to beware of overselling the importance of this agreement. but is really significant for the u.s.-russian relationship, and also president obama is an ambitious goal for nuclear security and further reductions in nuclear weapons. i do not want t

runaway spending is washington's disease. the democrats control every lever of power in washington and they have never met a tax they did not like or found a dollar they could not spend. their economic plan -- you pay, they spend, and your children owe. you deserve better. speaking of your children, the deficits left in the wake of president obama is the agenda now stand at $1.50 trillion. they will add $11 trillion to our national debt over the next 10 years. one nonpartisan study reveals that the key -- to keep up with the spending, the government would have to find about $0.50 trillion each year in new revenue. that means that families earning slightly more than $200,000 would skyrocket to well over 70% in taxes. that is right, 70%. democrats have already made clear that more tax increases on income, capital gains, and dividends are on the way. some, including the president himself, refer to this as letting the bush tax cuts expire. but, no matter how he spends it -- spins it, it means you will be paying more. at the end o

washington"journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. >> sunday, the second of three british alexi and debates. it will include gordon brown, david cameron and nick like. they are all competing to become the next prime minister. >> but tv is live this weekend from the l.a. times festival of books with tammy bruce. these are just some of the featured authors taking your calls, females and tweets. follow the authors and panel discussions live all weekend from c-span2. it the whole schedule from booktv.org. >> the senate sought to regulate. the bill is expected to be merged with a larger financial overhaul measure proposed by finance committee chairman christopher dodd before coming to the senate floor. this is just over two hours. the senate committee on agriculture, nutrition and forestry will now come to order. thank you senator chambliss and all the members of the committee for being here today. thank you to our special witnesses and to the public at large who understand how important the issue of financial refo

washington, the school for overage students. it's a daily class designed to teach them to make better life decisions-- a lesson leader khalil osiris and the other instructors have learned the hard way. >> each of us has had challenges with the criminal justice system. we've made some very poor choices and in some cases horrible choices in our lives, but have found a way to turn our lives around. >> they been there, they done that, and they understand. and then they give us a positive note, so we don't take the same route that they took. >> reporter: deputy superintendent michael haggen oversees vallas alternative schools. >> they're learning how to deescalate on their own. they're learning how to do peer mediation. they're learning that there are opportunities where you are going to be on the outside, where you're going to have to make a choice. do you want to do something that's a poor decision? or do you want to make the best decision? >> reporter: principal rosemary martin hopes that lessons learned in circle of courage will

my problem is with the liberal democrat in washington for duke i think that we should put it -- washington. i think the way to put party politics aside. i am not happy with either political party. i am an american first. i am a member of several hunting clubs. i am a christian. i am a father the way down the list i am a democrat. you can make of it what you want. i was born a democrat. i am a democrat. >> thank you for that statement. i would say that like d.c. i am an american and a father, a husband. i am also a very proud democrat. i am proud of what the democratic party has done to advance our nation's ideals. i am proud of what the democratic party has done in its best days in advance in education for americans, in protecting medicare and social security, in trying to give everyone a great start in life so that we can all live up to our god-given potential. i do not shirk from that lightly or at all. we have done great things as a party. it is hard to put one word labels on both. i know there are a lot of folks that would like to do that. i have some conservative and moderate position

just on the southern edge of washington for the cloud cover. and spawning up for exiting systems in the northeast. this cloud did keep us a little cooler today. and to be making for a fridged night. we're already well into the 40s. and starting to show themselves. it will be a fridged start tomorrow. here's a look where you have the frost advisories and the freeze warnings. now, alexandria, you are not in that frost advisory. and they are well into the beltway on the virginia side as you get more into the rural area and the suburbs, you'll have to watch for temperatures, 32 and below. talk about your wakeup weather in just a few more minutes and what to expect coming up in your full forecast. >> it was a violent day in the district of columbia. three people are wounded tonight after a separate shooting. dc police say that two men were found shot in northwest. near the intersection of north capitol and o street. another man found shot in the 1100 block of north street and northeast washington. and all of the victims are reported to be in fatal c

host: republican line, washington. caller: when congress authorizes activity in the stock market, the financial service sector is the one making money off our backs. we need to see capitalism with a stock market like oxygen. i think that he might have been by racial, as he described himself. we have a more clear perspective of race. thank you for commenting on the fact that it has nothing to do with the race and everything to do with what is right for the country. the question is misleading. what does the congress do? what they are chartered to do. go to washington, d.c. and protect our liberties and freedoms. stop the government from stealing them. host: congress, according to twitter, "going hand in hand. well linden, democratic line -- linda, democratic line. caller: first of all, no one's freedom is being stolen. it is a false premise that congress should focus on one thing. they have committees and huge staff -- congress is broken in the committees said they can concentrate on more than one thing at once. we have