is more than any other agency, and i want to put up some of the cuts kin colluded in the cuts included in the president s budget. great lakes restoration, water run ah control for farmers, pesticide safety. what does that say about the commitment of this administration and you to cleaning up the environment when you re making a 31% cut in your agency and cutting things like that, water run ahs for farm runoffs for farmers? well, part of the issue, chris, is over the last several years there s been a lack of commitment to state partnership. you know, we have state departments of environmental quality across the country that have the resources and the expertise to deal with clean water and clean air issues, and so renewing that partnership chris: are you sure they re going to pick up the slam, or might water safety, water runoff, great lakes restoration, might that all just go by the wayside? i ve met with several governors, in fact, within the first week of having been on the
under the president s new budget, the epa is cut 31%, that is more than any other agency, and i want to put up some of the cuts kin colluded in the cuts included in the president s budget. great lakes restoration, water run ah control for farmers, pesticide safety. what does that say about the commitment of this administration and you to cleaning up the environment when you re making a 31% cut in your agency and cutting things like that, water run ahs for farm runoffs for farmers? well, part of the issue, chris, is over the last several years there s been a lack of commitment to state partnership. you know, we have state departments of environmental quality across the country that have the resources and the expertise to deal with clean water and clean air issues, and so renewing that partnership chris: are you sure they re going to pick up the slam, or might water safety, water runoff, great lakes restoration, might that all just go by the wayside?
gosk, with us by phone this morning from benghazi, libya. stephanie, good morning. what s the latest there? reporter: good morning, willey. we ve been in benghazi for a couple of days and haven t seen al qaeda yet. it doesn t mean they re not here, but we haven t seen them. so people here would be pretty surprised to hear that they re being manipulated by them, i think. what to watch today, i think really important. there are two cities right now that gadhafi is trying to recapture. there is one about 30 miles west, then one closer to the tunisian border. these are both cities that were taken by opposition forces. these are both cities that gadhafi forces are trying to retake. there is another city to the east, closer to us in benghazi called misratti. he has forces there, as well. what we re seeing now is gadhafi consolidating his forces and trying to retake some of the ground he s lost. it makes people concerned here. they re watching closely because they ve now head h control of t