this morning that gives the tick-tock of who really the idea for sequestration was. woodrow says it was president obama to promote the sequester. he has a great piece telling the president, basically, he doesn t use these words but the president has amnesia about this. the white house said there s never been a question that the president seeking revenue was expected from the very beginning. woodrow s piece implied that was not the president s focus with the revenue. bottom line, you both answer this. is this exactly what the first read team talks about that we re at the point of all rhetoric and reaching and pass march 1st? nothing will happen and both sides seeing who bleeds first and focusing on bob woodrow and who liked the idea first and not a deal and whether or not a meeting is taking place tonight, tomorrow or 72 hours? both respond to that. i ll take that up. covering this stuff, you know something s happening when
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agenda impleasanted right now. the powers in washington allow it. all about the economy and deficit here counting down to the election with republicans expected to make big gains, alex. this is certainly going to be the drum beat. thank you very much. here s a programming note on monday, matt lauer sits down for an interview with president obama. that s going to kick off education nation. nbc looks at the state here in america. it will also air online beginning at 8:00 a.m. eastern. submit your questions for the president as education nation. what happened during this meeting? it is coming up. and bob woodrow s book on president obama. could it help out the white house? plus, i don t want a tomato picked by a mexican. i want it picked by an american
out of jail this morning. the actress was released overnight after a judge sentenced to her 30 days for failing a drug test. we ll go live to los angeles where kristen walker is standing by for us. a very early morning to you. why was lindsay released just hours after she was sentenced? reporter: really a stunning turn of events here, alex. you are absolutely right. essentially the superior court judge ruled that lindsay lohan was only facing misdemeanor charges. therefore, she was entitled to bail, which she set at $300,000. lindsay posted that and was home at 12:30 a.m. this morning. as you mentioned, alex, earlier in the day a judge ordered lindsay to jail for 30 days without bail. he was essentially holding her there until her next court date. she was in court initially because she had failed a drug test just weeks after she has been released from rehab. so that s why she was? jail yesterday. it was her third stint in jail all stemming back to a 2007 dui arrest. so she