debate after posting a picture with his son and a rifle? thank you. budget chairman republican paul ryan is trying to change the focus on capitol hill he put out a new report on government spending on social programs. here lars, and a gentle men. happy monday to both of you. lars, this is what paul riap said. 100 programs in the federal level that are meant to help and actually created a poverty trap. what do you think about that? i think that is right. think about it this way, in most states in america, you would have to make $15 an hour working
jon: right now president obama is in germany, but the focus on capitol hill, the scandals swirling around the white house. right now fbi director robert mueller is back on the hill being grilled by members of the senate judiciary committee. as you know, one of the scandals involves the irs targeting conservative and tea party groups. republican senator chuck grassley of iowa says the tax agency, he s learned, is about to pay its employees, get this, $70 million in bonuses, this as budget sequester cuts are hitting some areas of the federal government. charlie hurt is the columnist for for the washington times. so $70 million in bonuses at the irs. what for, charlie, good performance? [laughter] i guess because they did such a good job of harassing the tea party, they get these fat bonuses. it s amazing, jon.
hours. in terms of what was we did know he met because they were already there for a meeting. meeting with top officials. but he has not explained how the hours unfolded. what you see right now is a focus on capitol hill on david petraeus. they are hoping for a lot of clarification from his testimony. i think what you also see because, you know, there was no reporter asking today could you walk up through the seven hours on september 11? you will see a lot of heat on hillary clinton. she is not here for the hearings now but there will be an attempt to get her to sit down and explain whether it s open or closed session. we know what transpired and to talk about the president s role. that is something i think will happen no matter what david petraeus does tomorrow. chris: i think it s fair to say that in an almost hour news conference the president showed his greatest passion on any issue when he was asked about u.n. ambassador susan rice and comments by some top republican senat
rule. all of us have to continue the pressure on and deepen the isolation of the gadhafi regime. this includes a unified front of political and diplomatic pressure that makes clear to gadhafi he must go. the libya conflict was also a major focus on capitol hill today. nato s top military officer told congress, most of the leaders of the opposition are trustworthy, but maybe not all. we have seen flickers in the intelligence of potential al qaeda, hezbollah, we ve seen different things. but at this point, i don t have details sufficient to say that there s a significant al qaeda presence or any other terrorist presence in and among those folks. here s something else from admiral staviridis worth noting.
senator john kyle s seat next year in arizona. kyle is not running for reelect much he s known for his tough stance on border patrol. those are the headlines. that would be a big change, wouldn t it? y. yes. congress has its eyes set on 2011 first. debate on the budget this year will be the focus on capitol hill, molly henneberg has to choose a focus. she chose that one. she s in washington with more. hey, molly. hi, brian and steve and gretchen. yeah, they ll be talking about 2011 and 2012 on capitol hill today. later this morning, the president s point man on the budget will give it his best shot presenting the president s budget to the house committee. jack lew, director of office of management and budget says the budget is a responsible plan that cuts spending and crucially it cuts the deficit. the white house projected that