quit spending more money than we take in. we need to cut spending. we also believe those cuts must be smart and targeted. gwen: congress gets a two-week reprieve to approve a budget but the underlying fight is far from over. and at the supreme court, a near-unanimous vote that flies in the face of public opinion. my first thought was eight justices don t have the common sense god gave a goat. gwen: testing the limits of free speech. covering the week, james kitfield of national journal, john harwood of cnbc and the new york times, and joan biskupic of usa today. award-winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens. 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 corporate funding is also provided by boeing, norfolk southern, additional funding is provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadca
the underlying fight is far from over. and at the supreme court, a near-unanimous vote that flies in the face of public opinion. my first thought was eight justices don t have the common sense god gave a goat. gwen: testing the limits of free speech. covering the week, james kitfield of national journal, john harwood of cnbc and the new york times, and joan biskupic of usa today. award-winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens. 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 corporate funding is also provided by boeing, norfolk southern, additional funding is provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to pbs stations from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. another week has passed and the crisi
what do you think of when you see a tree? a treatment for cancer, alternative fuels for our cars? do you think of hope for the environment or food, clothing, shelter? we do. weyerhaeuser. growing ideas. we found out today that we can no longer bury our dead in this country with dignity. this week on inside washington, the supreme court, down in favor of free speech, even if paid full speech. shot of all of that talk about infliction of emotional distress. congress gives the government running for two weeks. i do not think passing a spending bill for 14 days is any thing to celebrate. if you give congress four weeks, they would take four weeks, six weeks, they would take six weeks. in libya, what to do about that topic? gaddafi needs to step down from power and leave. what is next for newt gingrich? how about the white house? we will look at this very seriously and very methodically laid out the framework of what we will do next. this one makes your b
near-unanimous vote that flies in the face of public opinion. my first thought was eight justices don t have the common sense god gave a goat. gwen: testing the limits of free speech. covering the week, james kitfield of national journal, john harwood of cnbc and the new york times, and joan biskupic of usa today. award-winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens. 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 corporate funding is also provided by boeing, norfolk southern, additional funding is provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to pbs stations from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. another week has passed and the crisis in libya has begun to harden into civil war. u.s. officials have
taking to the streets calling for qaddafi to step down for the gazillionth time. updates throughout the morning. while you were sleeping, a bizarre student protest fizzled out in berkeley, california. eight protesters chained themselves together while perched on a ledge. they were up there for more than seven hours rallying brian is taking a picture here. with hundreds of other students against cuts in public education funding. when they finally came down, they were arrested for trespassing. he disappeared in iran four years ago but now u.s. officials have proof that retired f.b.i. agent robert levinson is alive. he reportedly is being held somewhere in southwest asia and efforts are under way to free him. iran has repeatedly denied knowing anything about the case. the 62-year-old father of seven went to iran to investigate cigarette smuggling. half-hour ago, nasa launched a rocket. its name is glory. but houston, there may be a problem! the rocket carrying a satellite to