and this is a pen that was used to sign the defense appropriation bill in 1976. greta: this is your office? it is. there is my dachsunds. greta: names? chester and wrigley, named for wrigley field. hope springs eterm. we are hoping that the cubs might win a game or two, some time, don t hold your breath. you have a standing desk. i stand up there and work there. i have since 1960. i am now discovering that people are writing about that that is supposed to be good for you. to stand up. greta: tell me about central agent fellows? you met them. they were delighted to meet you and to visit the studio. we now have had 62. we bring them over for a period of weeks, a group of 10, twice a year. and set them up with people like you or nino scalia, or gary becker, a nobel lauriate or the
where the wounded were taken. libyan rebel commander says his fighters forced government troops from three western towns. and broke the siege on another. meanwhile, nato launched ten airstrikes today. back in washington, house speaker john boehner says today s resolution on u.s. involvement in libya puts president obama on notice. national security correspondent jennifer griffin tells us what is in it. reporter: as the u.s. military involve in the libya enters the third month, house members didn t want to paint the president in a corner but they wanted to slap his wrist. this resolution puts the president on notice. he has a chance to get this right. if he doesn t, congress exercise its constitutional authority and we will make it right. by using congress power of the purse and cutting funding to the libyan operation in two weeks time. when the defense appropriation bill is debated on capitol hill. the 60 days the war powers act
steel is going global. in the 900th issue of action comic, superman says, i intend to speak before the united nations tomorrow and inform them that i am renouncing my u.s. citizenship. i m tired of having my actions construed as instruments of u.s. policy. truth, justice and the american way is not enough anymore. superman s creators defend the decision saying the man of steel always embraced american values but a g.o.p. activist says, besides being riddled with a blatant lack of patriotism, superman s current creators are belittling the united states as a whole. grapevine would like to point out for the record that superman is not a real person. now on to the very real conflict in afghanistan. and the latest assessment of just how it is going. here is national security correspondent jennifer griffin at the pentagon. good evening. hi, bret. the semi-annual report is ordered by congress as part of the defense appropriation bill, and according to the
ram. bill: impact segment tonight, for years i have been saying it was absolutely insane for the obama administration or anybody else to want to try terrorists detained at guantanamo bay in civilian court it was a waste of time andcolosal waste of money. finally today the obama administration gave it up. today, i am referring the cases of khalid shakd mohammed. bin al shibh. and must taf have a al save saw buy to the department of defense to proceed in military commissions. bill: joining us now from washington mary katharine ham and st. louis juan williams. pretty embarrassing for holder, right? . no i don t think so. i think what holder said is true. that in january when the congress approved the defense appropriation bill. $725 billion, bill, they put in rules that said that the
a visitor center in san francisco. defense appropriation bill. can you justify i would love can you justify the united states spending as much as the rest of the world? can you justify that? can you justify responsible spending with defense saying spending millions on a visitor center is $4.45 million? what was it supposed to do? go to artillery and in the budget like iraq war budget. let me move on. what will be the compromise on the tax cuts? there shouldn t be a compromise. they should be permanent and they re necessary for the economy. sean: we don t have a new congress in session. how do they play the hand? they don t allow anything