who s built schools in afghanistan or the american marine who resigned haddis post as the civilian representative and now the executive director of the afghan study committee. those are two americans that i would nominate. i m sure there s a lot of qualified people who would be great for this. pete, good to see you as always. our pleasure to talk. when i asked you about the name of your show, i should notice it says right next to your head stand up! with pete dominick. i love you like a brother. you ve been on. i want to have you on again soon. pete dominick as always, folks, you can listen to him on the radio. cop americans learn a thing or two about freedom from the egyptians? xyz coming up next.
if we re going to build up america, the budget, the deficit has to be dealt with at some point down the line no matter how we approach it. when you said people are savvy about it, we are savvy about this because people have had to struggle with this for the last few years. the movie several years ago where somebody accidentally gets into the white house and calls up his accountant buddy and says how do you balance the budget. it doesn t seem as complicated to average people as it seems to be once it gets to washington. this is very telling. good to see you. i think you re absolutely right. come out with us next time. that would be a fun trip. tom and ali on the bus. you enjoy it and say hi to everybody for me. it is 22 minutes after the hour. let me get you up to speed on the top stories right now. the labor department says 415,000 americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week, 42,000 fewer than the week before. and a better showing than many
nominated wikileaks for a nobel peace prize. he cites their contribution to democracy and freedom of speech worldwide. critics have accused it of endangering national security. las vegas police have made an arrest in the case of the $1.5 million heist at the bellagio back in december. officials tell cnn anthony ar layio of las vegas has been arrested abcharged in the case. it drew national attention because the suspect wearing a black helmet was caught on security cameras. he escaped with a pile of casino chips from $100 to $25,000 in value. and the number of americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits fell a bit more than predicted last week. the labor department says 415,000 people filed initial jobless claims. 42,000 fewer than the week before. this comes a day before the government releases its monthly jobs report.