you do not need a law degree to have an sunsing of how troubling this is. the times reports that other questions for e-mails were also never fulfilled. the question remains whether her e-mail practice followed precedent and the letter of the law? yesterday, kondcondoleezza rice used a government account. general powell used a personal e-mail account during his tenure as secretary of state. he wasn t aware of any restrictions nor does he recall being made aware of any over the four years he seshd as secretary of state. the reporter who wrote that piece the 2009 relations that applied to hill kri clinton weren t in effect when colin powell at the state department. clinton in using her personal address was following the practice of previous secretaries. but here s what white house press secretary josh earnest had to say. very specific guidance has been given to agencies all across the government. specifically employees of the obama administration should use their official e-
we begin this hour with president obama s very public attempt to pressure congress into putting off billions of dollars in automatic spending cuts, cuts he fears will wreck the u.s. economic recovery. basically he wants lawmakers to kick the can down the road one more time. let s go to our white house correspondent dan lothian. dan is joining us. dan, the president made a little bit of a surprise appearance over in the white house briefing room. reporter: that s right. very surprising because the president in the past has criticized these short-term deals saying that this is not what the american people sent their elected officials to washington to do. you have this march 1st deadline quickly approaching. while congress is trying to work on a bigger budget, 1 pine point $2 trillion package, the president says they need more time in order to continue tipping away at the problem. the big concern is that everyone believes that the economy is moving in the right direction. the
prepares to hand president obama a list of recommendations on gun reform. yesterday, during a meeting, biden said that the president was ready to get gun reform done with or without the help of congress. we re here today to deal with a problem that requires immediate action, urgent action and the president and i are determined to take action. i want to make it clear that we are not going to get caught up in the notion, unless we can do everything we re going to do nothing. the president is going to about, executive action that can be taken. we haven t decided what that is yet. i don t think anything has touched the american people so proprofoundly than those young people being riddled with bullets. every once in a while, someone awakens the conscience of the country. that tragic event did in a way like i have never seen in my career. former president clinton is also speaking out on the issue. the availability of high-capacity of magazines is nuts. gun retailers including