host: times square in new york city is evacuated as a suspicious package was found in and as suv. we will have more details. today the president heads to the gulf coast to look at some of the efforts being made to save the coastline from an onslaught of oil as a slick. for most of the first part of the program we will talk about the president and his commencement address yesterday at the university of michigan. in it he talks about the role of government in your life. we want to find out what you think about the particular segment of the speech, and where you feel the role of government is in your life. give us a call. you also send us a message by twitter or any nr an e-mail. c-span.org journal-c span.org. we want to talk about the president s trip to the gulf coast. mark ballard joins us from that in rouge, louisiana from baton rouge, and is a reporter for the advocate. what is the latest and where will the president go? guest: as near as we can tell looks like the