this afternoon the president will tape television interviews with local television affiliates in cincinnati. that is wcpo, richmond, wwbt, and milwaukee, wtmg and the hurst tv conglomerate. part of his continued effort to talk to americans across the country about his budget proposal and how it will prepare our country to win the future. these tv interviews are embargoed until 6:00 p.m. eastern. so you can begin refreshing local tv web sites now which is where you will get information on what he said in those interviews. and with that, i d like to go to my briefing. did he start doing them? i don t have a time for you. just this afternoon. mr. feller. thanks. welcome, jay. thank you. i had one question on the news of the day but before that i wanted to ask you about, as you see the role of the press secretary, particularly as a former journalist, do you think when you come out here that