contacted, it shows she s contacted folks in east asia who invited her to come and learn how to make bombs. it s a very disturbing set of circumstances. gregg: she was not incredibly sophisticated in the ways of terror operations. i think we ve come to determine that. are we getting better in connecting the dots, in finding those who want to do us harm? i think we are, gregg, getting better at connecting the dots, and you re right, she was certainly not sophisticated, she went on a public website and that is probably one of the things that they can do that the u.s. can monitor pretty well, looking at some of those websites, and seeing what they do. but she was not at all sophisticated. but it is, it s a brand new face of a terrorist, and we really have to be aware of that, and learn how to do things better. and we have been doing them much better than we ve ever done them before, gregg. gregg: bill gavin, thank you very much. harris: the teens and 20s are supposed to be the
american people aren t buying it, they know this will add to the decifits, they know it increases spending and they know it s not decifit-neutral. there are a lot of other gimmicks as well, for example, i mentioned the cuts in medicare. they double-count that money. on the one hand they use the money to pay for the new entitlement and on the other hand, they claim that by saving that much money it extends the life of medicare for another 17 years. gregg: right. as the entity that deals with this, and medicare pointed out, you can t have it both ways, you can count that money one way or the other but can t double-count it. those are the tricks that are used to suggest it s budget-neutral when in fact it s not. gregg: senator, democrats and others are calling you guys the party of no, not just on health care, but on economic stimulus and other legislative matters, and in fact, here s column nis bob herbert s column yesterday in the new york tiles, i ll quote it, the republican party ha
to be subject to a parliamentary point of order in the senate. and i believe they ll have the votes to sustain those points of order, which means those things will come out of the legislation, so things that these house members think are important to put into the bill, fix what was wrong with the senate bill, like a lot of those back room deals, for example, not all of those things can be fixed, in fact, a lot of them will be stricken, so it will not be the bill that they would like to see passed. secondly, it s subject to amendment, and we know, those amendments may not be adopted in the senate. so it s not going to be exactly the way the house leadership has portrayed it to these members and they have reason to be concerned. gregg: sen to, to summarize, if the fixes are not made and the house passes it and the president signs the existing senate bill into law, does that mean that all the sort of secret back room deals would be law, so, too, would the mandate, so, too, would the excis
of the union address, roberts calling it troubling, wondering if the justices should attend the event. he has it has de generated into a political pep rally. take a look at our newsroom where all the news is breaking, it s coming in from across the nation and aroundle the world. gregg: but we begin with a final push for health care reform and if the white house has its way, the house of representatives will vote on the bill existing in the u.s. senate, the sun the sen the one the senate has already passed. by next week, the white house wants it, or as a top administration telling fox news, the debate is as good as over. the white house s march 18th deadline, not sitting well with democratic leaders on the hill, one calling any talk of deadlines a complete waste of time. but the president continues to push for a vote before he leaves the country. mr. obama traveling to st. louis today to make his closing argument, if you will, for health care reform it s his second speech on this ve
harris: happening now , in the top box, movement in the case we ve been watching, new developments in the case of three american hikers detained for months in iran, their families saying they were allowed to call home for the very first time. the three say they are well. in the middle box, the first iraqi vote results for the parliamentary elections are likely due out tomorrow. iraqi officials had hoped to get the initial numbers by today, but those have been delayed. in the bottom box, former teen star corey haim found dead at age 38, the cause of death not known yet but haim in the past admitted to struggling with drugs, best known for lucas and the lost boys . gregg? gregg: march 18th, the day that could make or break president obama s health care reform dream, now that s the deadline the administration is giving the house of representatives to act on the senate-passed