is expected at 3:00 . republicans who control the house and democrats who control the spending are apart in the spending plans for the rest of the year. a chicago river is running green this st. patrick s day. dying the river is something that the city does every year. it will be plenty of green in washington as well ireland s prime minister will be a visitor . top of the stop. we ll talk about the parade making its way up avenue. brian: and that is nine minutes after the hour. it was overrun by the other major news story. general petraeus talked about what was happening in afghanistan and gave a bright and optmistic future. things are going well but it is fragile. i watched a lot on line.