This morning, we are asking you what you think about that 1 trillion budget spending plan. Give us a call. The numbers are on the screen. Also contact us through twitter, facebook, or email. If you havent had a chance to read that 1600 budget 1600 page budget, we will do our best to break it down for you over the next two hours ahead of the action on the house floor expected on that bill. Here is the front page of the Washington Times membersculation about of congress and what happens today and a few others with the spending bill. If you want to talk about what is specifically in that bill, turned to the front page of the Washington Post today with the graphic epics it down. That breaks it down. It does not include entitlements like Social Security or medicare. What it does include is defense spending and nondefense spending. Washington post highlighting some of that spending. And for more on that, we are joined by ed okeefe, the congressional reporter at Washington Post. Think you for
I cant sit back anymore and pretend that what happened to me didnt happen. Reporter after the loudoun times first reported deputies investigating new claims of abuse, Kaitlin Skeeters decided to speak publicly of her adopted grandfather listed on the Church Website as pastor star scott. Hit and punched and thrown into walls and thrown downstairs. Reporter she says the church kept her from family members outside the community so at 16 she escaped. I cant watch other fathers, friends of mine not see their daughters. Reporter thats exactly what the fosters are dealing with. Their oldest daughter still a Church Member and a mother to three of her own now, but they havent heard from her. Thats every mothers wish to be there when her fist grandchild is born. Reporter the fosters say they have yet to meet their grirn. We know that theres hope and thats what we count on is theyll see the truth and come thai eel come out of that place. Reporter we need to stress no charges have been finaled in
To date on all of the latest news of the day and take your calls at 186655press. And word is out this morning that roger ails told David Petraeus when he was still in iraq that he should quit and run for president of the United States against barack obama and if he did so, roger ails said he would quit fox news and run his campaign. How about it. Dont tell me fox news is not the broadcast arm of the Republican Party. That proves it all right. Well get into that and a whole lot more here. First we get the latest current news update from Lisa Ferguson out in los angeles. Hi lisa. Good morning. Hey bill. Good morning everyone. So far the president seems to be staying strong when it comes to taxes. As you all know by now House Republicans sent in a fiscal cliff counter offer yesterday but the white house is calling it no good. I want to give you an idea of where the two sides stand right now. Boehners new plan would raise 2. 2 trillion. Now it would extend the bush tax cuts for everyone an
Health care to prisoners of war simply because i want that standard to be available to our soldiers in future wars. The standard we set today could follow us into the next war, and unfortunately, there will be. But having to take him off the ship because he was sick is no excuse to stop the interrogation to gather intelligence. Putting him on the ship because you dont want to use Guantanamo Bay is an illconceived and designed strategy that its not changed or replaced is going to come back to haunt this country. This man possesses an enormous amount of intelligence potential. He is now in federal court. He will be given a lawyer. And once hes charged with a crime, he should be given a lawyer. But before that, we have the right under the law of war to hold him, to gather intelligence, treat him humanely, but question him about what he knows about al qaeda, because theyre still out there lurking. So i would end with this. I would like to work with the senator from New Hampshire and anybod
She has local and state level experience, serving senior roles in two denver mayoral administrations as well as extensive experience here in washington, serving as the chief of staff to former u. S. Secretary of transportation Federico Pena in the 1990s and more recently to hilda solis. Between her years of Public Service here in denver and also in washington, katherine consulted with charities, nonprofits, cities and regional governments and businesses to help them pursue Workplace Development and Crisis Management strategies. If you rook for a common thread, mr. President , throughout katherines career, its her capacity, her talent to work with individuals and organizations, identify priorities and then notably to create the conditions for successful implementation of these priorities. Thats who we need at the helm of o. P. M. Its what americans expect and demand. So as you look at katherines career, she has demonstrated an ability to lead, to motivate and to work constructively with