And from the nsa Prison Program to facebooks acquisition of story of but our lead the day, Caroline Hyde sat down today in chen barcelona. They talked about the value of blackberrys messaging service in light of the whatsapp acquisition. Cory johnson is hereto well. One of their biggest assets. I was surprised when i started to do more research on whatsapp. M ist of people said bb dominant. U. S. , butnot in the wherea Strong Service people want that business. It is an asset to blackberry. In general messaging is such a basic need, its was interesting talking to Allison Rosenthal the acid Allison Rosenthal. In users. Aw a spike people want it when they want it. What is going to happen, we are going to move away from the carriers for texting, whatever you want to collect, to other applications, over the top. It is very interesting but it does not mean the dollars are going to transfer. One study said 35 billion worth of Text Messages did not happen. That does not mean it is spent over t
limit on a balanced budget amendment in the bill. is a balanced budget amendment unnecessary? we want to know what you think about it. here are the numbers. you can send us an e-mail. and we are on twitter. our question this morning is whether you think the constitution should be amended to balance the budget. let s look at the news today about the vote in the house. a variety of stories wayans on whether a balanced budget should be a priority right now or if the focus should slowly begun raising the debt and limits and cutting spending. usa today has the two arguments side-by-side. on the other side of that is senator jim dam it making the argument that we should make washington do as the states do. to give us more information about the house votes today we have a senior writer for congressional quarterly. good morning. how are you? host: what is the intention of the vote today in the house? guest: this is the spending cut plan favored by the conservative house republi