i have to tell you, washington -- young washington threatened to resign more often than henry kissinger. and henry kissinger had more to backre than did young washington. only the immediate danger of a french thrust into the likely defendedrom andoning their positions. on second thought, washington said he'd serve voluntarily rather than by quote, slaving dangerously for the shadow of pay. he's laying the guilt trip. indeed, he says, quote, i would rather prefer the great toil of a laborer and dig for maintenance provided i were reduced of necessity, than serv. the newly promoted washington re reiterated his -- of the pork and the bread that passed for rations. upon the whole he added i find so many cogs upon the exme dedisthat -- expedition that i despair of success and you'd honor me in the post, the duty i will cheerfully execute as a volunteer, but by no means upon the pay. the recipient of the unsettling letter might be forgiven whiplash. on the morning of wednesday, may 28, washington and a small contingent of indian allies, known to history as the half king, sniffed out an armed

taking pains to appear above partisanship, washington em employed the washington national rather than federalist to label the new regime. with every decision, no matter how seemingly trivial he helped to establish the natural character of which he spoke. there was the question, for example, of what to call him in his official capacity. members of the senate favored the high toned, his highness and president of the united states and protecter of liberties. the house of representatives urged he be addressed as the president of the united states, vice president adams was appalled. what would common people think of such a title, they will despise him to all eternity. washington with a far surer grip on public sentiment much preferred the less ornate of mr. president.

wrong to be sure, but trying to draw washington in now. washington was cautious. the fact of the matter is, at this particular moment, he could not trust his army. could not trust his army. but there was one thing that washington did know, that generals may plan but it's the line officers, captains, majors, men who command who control the troops. he in conjunction with his staff, colonel brooks, secretary jonathan trumble begin to layout a plan, they will call all the officers together, lieutenant, captains, majors, and speak to them directly. they must also prepare an address, a speech. several days now spent in writing what i probably the most important speech ever given in american history. all in secret because washington announced he's not coming to the meeting. noon, saturday, 15th of march, about 300 officers crowd in the temple of virtue. building by the way reconstruction building is there on that historic site. general gates entered the room, everyone snapped to attention. convenes the meeting the officers take their seats and then from outside comes the

this is, i submit, the real washington. certainly, at the end of the war, and arguably at the beginning of the war, this is washington to general gage -- quote, you effect, sir, to despise all rank not derived from the same rank as your own. gage, of course, had been commissioned by the king. "i cannot conceive any more honorable than that which flows from the uncorrupted choice of a brave and fine people, the purest source and original fountain of all power." if washington harbored any doubts on this score when he wrote these fine phrases, the war and its attendant sacrifice banished them for good. initially, he appeared to pick up from where the frontier colonel of the 1750s had left off. three things prompted men to perform their duty, he argued -- natural bravery, hope of reward and fear of punishment. consistent with this outlook, washington laid down harsh structures against profanity and drunkenness and equally firm rules requiring punctual attendance at divine service. officers were directed to keep their men neat a

this is washington. all possess alike, he's speaking of americans, all possess alike liberties of conscience and immunities of citizenship. for happily the government of the united states which gives to bigotry no -- to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens. there were of course as yet no formally organized opposition party or parties but there was certainly no shortage of anti-federalists whose earlier suspicions of the constitution were confirmed by hamilton seeming disregard for the rights of states and the interest of those farmers whom jefferson called god's chosen people. washington's principles and his political skills were severely tested in the first weeks of 1791. of the hamiltonian system, jefferson and randall opposed the idea basing their stance on a narrow reading of article one, section 8 of the constitution, which authorized congress to quote, may call laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying

washington grew. i mean, the classic example, i think, of that would be his attitudes not only about slavery but i think about race. and again, i don't want to exaggerate, you know. washington is not one of us. he's not a 21st century figure, and i know there's always his tendency to want to humanize washington in ways that often inadvertently trivialize him. but in any event i don't think are accurate. what i tried to do when i wrote the book is to transport us credibly into his world to immerse ourselves in that and to understand up close both the very human aspects of washington and the larger than life elements of washington. and i think, you know, it is the process of evolutionary growth, it is the realization, as i said tonight there are interests greater than self-interests. washington, in many ways, outgrew the narrow culture that produced him, and that is something that i think is the essence of what we'd like to think of as the american success story. got one more? >> as we approach the than

this then is washington at 22. a young giant whose social status has yet to catch up to his physical stature. by then he was a celebrity, based on the reconnaissance of the french and indian territory. lawrence's death in july 1752 had opened the door toeer his y brother coveted. with no practical experience, george was appointed a major. he pulled every string within reach to be transferred to the more prestigious command of the northern neck. his jockeying for position paid off in the autumn of 1753. that there was more to this ambitious youth than mere place seeking is evidenced by the decision to entrust washington with an assignment that would test the mettle of one many years his senior. stoked by the alarmist reports of an impending french invasion, london wished to know more about the enemy's presence in the disputed ohio river valley. 21-year-old george washington was to be its unlikely emissary. his orders were plain enough. dependinghat he learned, washington was to present an ultimatum to the french com

and basically being insubordinate to washington and screwing up on the battlefield in front of washington, which he only got the opportunity to do once, he then decided to avail himself of the pleasures of a young lady to whom he was not married and indeed unacquainted until that moment. but the wonderful thing is he was taken -- he was british. so he was seen as a traitor to the british, much as ben district arnold would have been seen eventually as a traitor to us. it's a wonderful way, the inglorious career of general lee basically being caught up in a cat house in new jersey. [ laughter ] >> maybe that's why you didn't hear about him when you were growing up. >> sir, tell us a bit about brandywine and the german baptist who took care of washington's wounded until they died of typhoid. >> i have a hunch you could tell us more. no, i'm serious. i'm serious. i don't -- tell us about -- >> well in, the battle of brandywine, he had many troops that were wounded and they were carried by wagons up to pennsylvania and the german baptists there took care of them and did their very best but unf

washington was stunned at the letter. ordinarily when the commander in chief received a communication from one of his subordinates, he would certainly reply. but the reply would come within a few days, perhaps a week, perhaps longer. washington replied to nicola's letter the very same day. he wrote to the colonel, i have read your letter with a mixture of surprise and astonishment. no occurrence in the course of a war has given me more painful sensations than your information of there being such ideas existing in the army. he then said, we will solve our difficulties in a constitutional way. well, of course, colonel nicola quickly ran for cover. there were several more letters from the colonel to the general apologizing for his statements. but nonetheless, colonel nicola's letter did, in fact, reflect the feelings of so many officers serving in the army. about two weeks later after colonel nicola's letter, general washington received major gener james mitchell varnum. he was from rhode island. he had been a major general

wrong to be sure, but trying to draw washington in now. washington was cautious. the fact of the matter is at this particular moment he could not trust his army. could not trust his army. but there was one thing that washington did know, that generals may plan, but it is the line officers, the lieutenants, the captains, the majors, the men in actual command, two control the troops. he in conjunction with his staff, colonel brooks, who later becomes governor of our commonwealth, so he colonel brooks, his secretary jonathan tremble begin to lay out a plan. and the plan is they will all call of these officers together, that is the lieutenants and captains and the majors, and speak to them directly. they must also prepare an address, a speech. several days now spent in writing what is probably the most important speech ever given in american history. all in secret because, of course, washington has already announced that he's not coming to the meeting. noon saturday, the 15th of march, about 30 officers crowd into the temple of virtue. the building by the way, the rec

to report immediately to washington. he was needed there right away. so, he boarded a train that took him up through ohio, over to pennsylvania. made a quick stop to visit with his wife, ellen marcie mcclellan, maryellen, there in philadelphia, his hometown, where he was loudly hailed as a hero, one and all. and then arrived in washington on the 26th of july. very, very exciting for someone in his mid-30s. this gentleman right here. i think that probably his letter described best what it was like in washington in july, 1861. because at the meeting with the president, the commanding general of the army about that time quite elderly and infirm winfield scott and a number of influential members of congress he sat down to write as he did almost every night to his wife at home who was waiting for him in pennsylvania. and here's what he said to ellen, i find myself in a new and strange position here, president, cabinet, general scott and all deferring to me. by some strange operation of magic, i seem to have become the power o

washington grew. i mean, the classic example, i think, of that would be his attitudes not only about slavery but i think about race. and again, i don't want to exaggerate, you know. washington is not one of us. he's not a 21st century figure, and i know there's always his tendency to want to humanize washington in ways that often

and washington knew this, of course. later general gates was given command of the army in the south. and there in the south general gates fought the battle of camden, one of the worst defeats the american army ever suffered. what made it even worse was when the smoke cleared from the battlefield at camden, general gates was not there. he had retreated about 50 miles to reorganize. he was replaced. general green took general gates's place in the south. gates was in disgrace. washington disliked him intensely. but gates was a powerful politician. and he managed to get reinstated as the commander of the army at newburgh without washington's consent. the congress simply appointed him and sent him to newburgh telling general washington, you may use him as you please. so general gates arrived to be the actual commander of the army. washington, of course, commander in chief. but gates being the general in charge at the encampment. the men in the encampment, of course, bored, not much to do. about 7,000 soldiers. there they bega

so presumably washington drank some of that as well. >> reporter: today washington's rye whiskey recipe has been revived here in small batches and then sold. a reminder of one of the president's last batches. >>> 18th century characters will surprise a symbolic george washington with a birthday party today at 1:30 at mt. vernon. >>> coming up on 9news now at noon, an extreme skiing outing takes a tragic turn in washington state. we'll have that story, when we come back. >>> plus united nations inspection teams are checking out iran's nuclear program again. we'll be back. >>> three skiers who took a chance in dangerous conditions in washington state lost their lives this weekend. they were caught in an avalanche about 80 miles northeast of seattle. danielle nottingham has more. >> reporter: it looks like a winter wonder land, but this picturesque mountain in washington state was the scene of a deadly avalanche. the king county sheriff's office got word of the slide just after noon sunday. it happened near the stephens pass ski area. four of the skiers were basically shot down a chute for

what about washington ? how many would vote for washington ? "collins: 11. nichols: 9%. others: 6%." - which one are you, jess ? - i'm "other." - "other" ? - there must be some mistake. - no mistake. as far as the voters in this town are concerned, i'm a nobody. well, that's going to change. how do you figure ? because you are going to talk to them every day here at crossroads cafe. that's a great idea. come on. let's start now. what are you doing, victor ? you are going to give a speech. but i'm not prepared. i don't know the first thing about-- ladies and gentlemen. if you will forgive this brief interruption, i would like to introduce you to the next city councilman from the fourth district... and our best customer, jess washington ! - thanks, victor. - shh. shh. hi. i'm jess washington. i guess you know that, since victor just introduced me. is that club sandwich ready yet ? well, anyway i just want to say that if i'm elected, i promise to be the best councilman this city ever had. i can also promise that this city will work for you, instead of against you. thank you

there's the washington monument. and you should not have any travel problems off to work and school this morning. you will likely need an umbrella if you're heading out to lunch around noontime. certainly coming back home from work and school this afternoon. right now, in the 30s to near 40 throughout the region. and there's the view from space. the white areas, close are clouds. the green area is rain. a few sprinkles panhandle of west virginia, northern shenandoah valley, winchester toward charlestown and martinsburg, near hagerstown. that area of rain passing far west and north of washington now. but some steadier rain now just coming in to west virginia. that will likely be arriving by late morning. and during the afternoon. there may be a bit of a break from the rain for a time by mid to late afternoon for a brief time. certainly does look like a wet day. temperatures climbing to near 60 by late afternoon. could get thunder and lightning tonight. we'll talk about that with the evening planner. that will be in te

robert lincoln rode on the train from washington to baltimore and then he returned to washington to be with his mother. and he then later came out to springfield for the funeral. mary never rode the train and she did not attend his funeral. she was just too distraught with grief to be a part of the ceremonies. the flag is interesting in that it only has 34 stars even though there were 36 states in the union by the time of abraham lincoln's death. so we think -- obviously it was an older flag, but we think it came from a fort somewhere or a garrison. it was one of many flags that draped his coffin along the way. as we step out of the train we're stepping back on to our train platform where we come to the first interactive which is a really great opportunity for visitors to look in depth at this funeral train journey. and to try to get a better understanding of why something like this, nothing like this had ever happened. of course the president had never been assassinated before. but a morning train journey like this had never happened. a lot of historians posit that the reason that the

he said today he's in washington but spent the night at home because he lives kind of outside of washington. >> he does. gwen: this is the attack mitt romney is mounting. he's earmarked, he's defended it and he's one of the same. >> he is vulnerable to that. mitt romney is hammering on him voting five times to raise the debt ceiling. he's vulnerable to that i think in term of earmarks, something like a billion dollars. and his defense is there are good earmarks and bad earmarks. gwen: that's an argument. >> right. that's an argument but i think you're going to see obviously romney ramp up the attack machine against santorum. but they think they're ready because they have this message of him being the true conservative. gwen: thanks. there was a code to thaffle this week, three-judge panel in the u.s. court of public appeals lifted a ban for same-sex unions, met by glee in some corners and profound worry on some sides. sounded like a victim we one day and the next day people thinking twice. it wasn't as clear as it seems. >> victory in some sense but kind of limited to california because it

i am the publisher of "washington business journal." i think it is troubling that we have this growing disparity between the very, very highly- paid people, and the rest of the workforce. >> josh boak, do you think it will carry into the election year? >> this is something that is on thmiddle class that are not protesting. median incomes are down by 10%. we have two different economies. for the vast majorityf americans, to some degree, they are in a recession. >> peter morici you save the obama administration is too opmistic. >> last august, the president told us the deficit would be less than $1 trillion. now what will be closer to $1.30 trillion or $1.40 trillion. surprise, surprise. >> they projected growth. >> in the last four years of their budget, they are projecting 4% growth. if we accomplish that, i will be playing point g guard for the detroit pistons in 2017, and in that year i will be 69 years old. >> lockout jeremy lin. after the break, the number of the week. >> welcome back. some good news for our number of the year. -- w

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household, so presumably washington drank some of that as well. >> reporter: today washington's rye whiskey recipe has been revived here and sold. >>> and being a whiskey maker is nothing compared to some of the other odd jobs presidents have had. gerald ford spent time as a mod expel also washed dishes. johnson was an elevator boy and fruit picker. >> ronald reagan was a radio announce and you may remember also an actor. >>> in about four minutes, the latest on a deadly avalanche that happened in the mountains. >>> there could be a few slick spots, but once the sun comes up, it is going to be a really nice day. we'll end up mostly sunny today. a bit of a breeze at times. by midday though, sunshine temperature 44. we are going to top out near 50. in general a mild week ahead. details in just a few minutes. >>> i'm monika samtani here with your timesaver traffic. a live look from sky 9 at the beltway. no hov restrictions today. coming up in my next report another look at area roads. andrea and mike. >> steering turned deadly out west. >>> it happens sunday afternoon in washington sta

sunshine in the washington area. it is president's day weekend. we had great president's day snowstorms in the past, weekend past, 2003. 13.2 inches at national airport on that president's day storm. baltimore had almost two feet of snow in the 2003 event. 1979 is really the classic president's day storm in the washington metro area, just under 19-inches of snow. we will not be getting that much snow with this one, i promise you that. 39 in washington with a light breeze out of the south. temperatures generally climbing up out of in low and mid-40s. we're heading for a mild day today, even in northern maryland and probably in the plus 50 degree range this afternoon. plenty of sunshine, temperatures in and around town today, mid and upper 50s south towards fredericksburg. worm watcheswatches -- winter s watches towards the south and west. not much going on just yet. big winners in this event will be in the ro an othering and new river -- the roanoke and new river valley. most of the moisture will be missing us, we'll be right on the northern edge i

he died the next day at washington hospital center. his funeral is expected to draw thousands of people to alexandria today if including 270 members of the alexandria fire department who will be off duty until friday night to have a chance to say goodbye. >> he was awesome, a great credit -- great medic. >> his funeral takes place at 1:00 p.m. at beth el hebrew congregation on seminary road. and burial at ivy hill cemetery at the king street. try to avoid trouble in that area because many streets will be closed. alexandria city public schools will have early dismissal today. the full details on streets and school closures are our website wjla.com. >> 7 is on your side with a health alert at george washington university, dozens of students deal with the norovirus outbreak. brianne carter has more details. >> good morning. if you have ever known anyone than as have the norovirus, you know how sick you can get. a lot of people on campuses after hearing that so many people were developing symptoms they say that there is cause for concern.

washington had only one newspaper, the liberal "washington post. however, the leader of the free world read the washington times first every day and the white house sent a car to fetch three bundles of our newspapers at 4:00 every morning. of that, we are most proud. since then, the media has transformed into a 24-7 multimedia, a multi platform monster with a taste for destruction. major polls revealed that 70% of the say the press is out of touch with average americans. only 44% trust the media to accurately and fairly report the news. over two-thirds of us are weary of political bias. only congress gets worse favorability numbers than the press. patriotic conservatives continue to seek out and protect traditional america. they also seek a narrative that articulates a genuine american values clearly and without apology. the washington times is a patriots destination to provide evidence that america is strong, resilience, and intact, and we will prevail as the true shining city on the hill. a 21st century beacon for the world. every day, the times

closer to washington, that area of light green, a few sprinkle northwest washington into montgomery and howard counties. that's heading north and east. and temperatures around the region are generally in the fourth 40s to near 40. reagan national at 52. and we have a high wind warning. all those counties in pink just west of the i-95 corridor including northern fauquier, loudoun, into maryland, gusts to 60 miles per hour later today. that will be during the afternoon and evening. and maybe even gusts to 40 to 50 miles per hour around the metro area. that would be late this afternoon into this evening. before then, temperatures climbing to near 70 degrees. this is your day planner. maybe some afternoon storms. danella, how's traffic? >>> good morning. i'm checking cameras along route 50 and travel speeds. you look really good as you make your way from annapolis and connect to the capital beltway. no issues to report. and travel speeds at davidsonville road heading westbound, 69 miles per hour. also westbound, if you're making your way into the city, you're at 57 miles per hour. not seein

you're listening to washington today. we kl woman listening and we're streamed on the web at c-spanradio.org. first other news on wall street oof a couple of tries the dow finishes above 13,000 today for the first time since 2008. dow was up 23 closing at 13,005. nasdaq was up 20, s&p was up 4. a surge in earnings by the biggest banks at end of the last year made 2011 the most profitable time for the industry in five years. more earnings and fewer troubled banks suggesting the history has healed. the federal dpovt insurance company saying that the bank earnings rose in the october to december quarter to over $26 billion. that's 23% higher than earnings in the final quarter of 2010. about 60% of banks reported improved earnings. only 20% were unprofitable. for the year earnings hit almost 120 doll dole billion, the most since twix. a new poll shows americans' belief in global warming ises on rise along with temperatures and the weather changes. the survey tsz 62% of those skd last december think the arm is gets warmer, an

this is penn quarter in downtown washington, northwest washington. a few stray snowflakes can be found. certainly not enough to stick to the very warm pavement and sidewalks in downtown washington. and you sort of saw that in darcy's video as well. the big roads are just fine. get on the grassy areas south of downtown. there's just a little bit of a coating out there but not much going on in downtown washington. kind of a quiet sunday night out there. just a little mix of light rain and light snow. 36 degrees now here in washington. winds have come back around to the west at only five miles per hour. metro temperatures, warmer temperatures the further north you go. still a little bit suppressed, some colder air down to andrews air force base, hunter county, fort bevel oir. fredricksburg, all a lot closer to the freezing mark because they've had a little bit more of a sustained period with the light snow. it's been all very light rain across far northern maryland. and your president's day planner, a lot of folks have the day off from work and school.

come down and see her, washington. >> good morning, washington. 5:37 is the time, looking at traffic and weather. >> checking in with adam caskey. rex harrison defrost on the grass and your windshield in the metro. foggy in the west. -- there is frost on the grass. 28 degrees in cumberland. we are in the '20s for the most part. sunshine will warm us up along with a southwesterly wind. 53 this afternoon, which is about average. most of this week, temperatures running above average. 56 tomorrow and sunday. on wednesday a big disturbance will pass overhead to give us areas of light rain and maybe a few wet snowflakes. it does not look like a big deal, not expecting accumulation. we will keep you updated. now, lisa baden. >> and accidents on 70 easter 17 meyersville moved to the shoulder right away. accidents on southbound b-w parkway before 175. one lane is closed. northbound is quiet on the b-w parkway. normal travel times at the american legion bridge. in pretty good shape is traffic along 270. >> it's tough to ride the metro for lot of people especially the disabled. one-third of met

"good morning washington" begins right now. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> it is thursday, february 23. at live look at the sky above the district. getting ready for a delicious taste of spring. i'm cynne simpson. >> and adam caskey will join us in a minute within nice forecast. first, a look at the roads. >> i am hear

they don't like what washington is doing. this issue has now heated up suddenly around trying to deny women access to basic health care coverage and what i'm suddenly seeing is lots of people are coming for example to our website, elizabeth warren.com and they are saying wait a minute i need to pay attention. there's an even bigger threat here. senator brown wants to roll back the clock. he wants to go back to a time when a handful of men decided what kind of access to health care coverage women were going to get. he wants to roll back to a time when it's the employer who gets to pick and choose who is going to have health care coverage and what kind of coverage they're going to have. and folks around here really don't like that. and so there's a lot of activity around this really in the last 48 hours. >> elizabeth warren, democratic senate candidate for massachusetts, thank you so much for your time. it's always a real pleasure to have you here. >> thank you. always good to talk with you. >> thank you. all right. for the rec

back in a minute with more washington today. >>> washington today is now available as a pod cast. download each program individually at c-span.org. or subscribe using itunes. available weekdays after 6:30 eastern. access it wherever you are on our data-enabled mobile device >>> welcome back. i'm steve scully. extend through the rest of this year the payroll tax cut it would also expand the jobless benefits for those who qualify and the doctors' medicare reimbursements, congressman fred upton saying things are getting closer this coming after yesterday, the house speaker john boehner and other republican leaders offering an agreement that would accept the payroll tax extension. we heard from the president earlier in the day as he talked about the payroll tax cut, the impact it has on middle-class americans. if you make $50,000 a year, if the payroll tax cut is extended will mean another $80 per month in your paycheck. >> over the past two years, our businesses have added over 3.7 million new jobs. our manufacturers are hiring more new workers to make more new things here in america

this is obama's washington. it's not the washington of our founders, but the washington of the permanent political class. it is something that our forefathers never envisioned, and they would have sworn their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor to change. this washington, it borders seven of the ten wealthiest counties in america. it's now home to the highest per capita income. here millionaires are minted overnight. heck, they even have a lamborghini dealership here. not that there's anything wrong with hot wheels. but this is the playground for the government rich, and they're hoping that you all work really, really hard to keep her going. so though the people, the people need and demand urgent reform from this growing out of touch government, and it's for freedom's sake and it's to grow our small businesses and hire more people. though we know that things must change rapidly in order to let the private sector grow, friends, there is no such sense of urgency here in obama's washington. because life aroun

or washington's so-called support for democracy get in the middle east washington wants to step in always the situation as much as possible in order to get in to its interests they don't care about democracy meanwhile even those on the streets protesting against car chanda councils concerns about the engineers motives the usa has had a hand into its policy making for years but the whole n.t. and your campaign has become the first serious disagreement between america and the countries your story takes cairo wanted to send washington and message that it's no longer the silent dog it was under mubarak but an independent state which will last so the right any outside interference some doubts though they really minutes the end to military movement growing have a bigger you can see it over there this isn't callous of the armed forces or scholars now running egypt is in a very vulnerable position and this nationalistic pronouncement may just be a nationalist show put on to calm the people down and to win back a shred of credibility. we've. seen cairo. do you live here moscow with you twenty four

this is washington today on c-span radio. oregon has a new representative susan bonamecci, and she replaces david woo who resigned in a sex scandal after it was announce had he was having a relationship with an 18-year-old. she is a former state senator and defeated a republican candidate who ran a year ago with with most of the votes counted, and the representative-elect led with 50% compared to 40% for rob cornelus, and this sound is courtesy of kgw tv in portland. >> thank you to all of the candidates who ran in the primary and also thank you to rob cornelus, and there were a lot of differences between us as candidates, but the one thing that i want to take from this election is to move past destructionist party politics. that took a small r republican idea of representative government. in a small d democratic idea of serving the common good. this country and the district deserve nothing less. in the end, that is what this election was about. giving the people of northwest oregon effective legislation and allowing the vote

. >> budget week in washington. the comments of the acting office of management and budget director jeffrey zients, questions from congressman mike sim soon, republican from idaho. a fellow westerner, alan simpson, no relation, from wyoming, joining us friday morning. he of course is the former co-chair of the simpson bowles commission which looked at trying to rein in the federal debt and deficit. he'll be with to us take your calls and comments. friday morning, the washington journal, heard every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern time on c-span radio. we're asking the question, is washington paying enough attention to the year to year-deficit and the overall debt now approaching close to $16 trillion. give us a call here at c-span radio. it's our listener feedback line. here's the number. 202-626-7962. we ask that you leave a message, tell us where you're calling from, we'll use some of your comments tomorrow and friday on "washington today." 202-626-7962. >> more "washington today" in just a minute. first, other news. on

[applause] we do not need a washington that requires governors to come into washington, d.c. and grovel for health care waivers so they can take care of their poorest citizens in a cost-effective manner. i have been fighting this type of washington over reach for 10 + years. last year, i proudly cited budget that ended all state funding for planned parenthood in my state. [applause] since then, there has been about a dozen of those clinics that have shut down in my state. [applause] but you see, because left wing pro-abortion radicals do not like what we did, president obama has invalidated a waiver that provides health care for more than 100,000 women in my home state. they literally set aside funding for preventative health care because we refused to subsidize abortions. but why are we even subject to this decision to begin with? nowhere in the constitution doesn't say that health care should be run by the federal -- does it say that health care should be run by the federal government. [applause] washington has no right to dictate how and from whom receive health care, what