deal-breaker to the extent the administration and the democrats have insisted on them as part of any large deal, that is the end of that. now, that doesn t mean that some smaller set of reforms cannot be enacted, in exchange for an increase in the debt ceiling and that is the direction in which republicans are now going to try to go. i. you know, there will be more brinkmanship and i expect the president will try to prepare the battle field a little bit more, by stating the republicans are for, you know, depriving, the lame and blind the benefits, so, rich people with jet planes can keep their tax break or whatever. so, you know, i can t. i don t know he ll do that but i suspect he will. bill: maybe they know what keel they can get through conference anyway, why hold the press conference before the meeting is
me what every day what i can and can t order, yes i m limited by cost already but government rationing means that people on high are going to tell me this particular service is useful and this isn t and it s always, always, based on some study where the patients are cherry picked, where all the findings may not be in, a lot of times these things are reversed and i want to tell you a real headline that no one is talking about. medicare is the torch bearer. in other words, once medicare decides that it s not going to cover a service, then the private insurers always follow suit. if that s the way it s gone up until now and this will get a lot worse. and sebelius is saying well, but congress can always block these payment cuts. congress is never going to do that, and congress is never going to throw out these people once they aapproved. bill: sebelius is going to testify at these hearings. what you re saying is it s no longer you and me together, i ve got a middle man now. more and mo
heather: the death toll is rising in a weekend train de derailment in northern india, 67 are killed and 100 hurt, rescuers warn that many more could be trapped inside this twisted wreckage, as for the cause of the derailment reports indicate that the engineer may have pulled the emergency brake in order to save cattle on the track. india s massive railroad system,le plagued by accidents with many blamed on poor maintenance and human error. bill: coming this week in washington, watch these hearings, house lawmakers renewing focus on the health care law this week. specifically, a cost cutting panel that many charge republicans and some democrats alike that will ration care for millions of americans. dr. marc siegl is part of our fox news medical a team
alabama, but he crashed in a wooded area, about 2 miles from the airport. there were two adults, five children on board that plane. what a tragedy that is. heather: well, we have hacker news to tell but, royal couple william and kate are back at home in britain after a whirlwind 9-day visit to canada and the united states. the nutly weds wrappinging up their travels in california over the weekend, taking part in a polo match, among other events over the weekend. catherine and i have had a busy few days, so the prospect of being able to let loose this afternoon is wonderful for me. that s what the sport is all about, be it polo, football, soccer. or whatever your preferred sport is. well, for more on the royal couple s weekend here in the united states, let s go live to bob decs decastro from kttv. we saw the video and it looked like a whole lot of
are we really that close to wiping out al-qaeda? let s ask peter brooks, a senior fellow for national security affairs at the hurtarg foundation and a former cia officer, he joins us live from washington. good morning peter. good morning, heather. heather: what do you think about that assessment, do you agree with it? i certainly hope he s right. i m not sure what he s basing it on. i think what they ve done here is they believe they re on the verge of strategically de feeding al-qaeda because they ve gotten rid of bin laden, they have to get rid of zawahiri and they have ten, 20 other leaders they believe they will be able to target in pakistan, somalia, the other country he didn t mention, so i hope he knows something i don t know but what i worry about, this may have two backdrops to it. one, it could make us com placent about the threat, the other is i hope it s not laced with any sort of political sentiment for us to increase or accelerate our withdrawal from afghanistan. so i