nbc's lisa myers in our washington newsroom tonight has more on this. lisa, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. as you said, this controversy began when "the new york times" reported that despite $14 billion in worldwide profits last year, general electric paid no federal income taxes for that year. in fact it got a $3 billion tax credit. that has created an uproar. two liberal groups have demanded that ceo jeff immelt resign as chairman of the president's new council on jobs and competitiveness. they have started a petition saying if immelt won't resign, the president should fire him. they say one of america's biggest corporate tax dodgers should not lead the effort to create jobs. today immelt defended ge saying taxes were unusually low in the last two years because of losses during the financial crisis. >> we lost $32 billion in ge capital as a result of the global financial crisis. our tax rate will be much higher in 2011 as ge capital recovers. like any american, we do like to keep our tax rate low. but we do it in a compliant way, and

bob myers named assistant general manager. you got to wait and see on keith smart. it's no secret, if they find a big name and the price is name. few hundred fans showed up during a sacramento kings rally. the owners are meeting in new york, a potential move of the kings to anaheim. the chamber of commerce. time to relate. a record. a pga player, kevin on one hole shot -- are you ready for this? the worst score in history, kevin shooting a 12 over par on the 16th. a 12 on the 16th hole. it just would not go in. 12 strokes. that's the worst score on a pga par 12 in history. 12 on one hole. for your man kevin. >>> good night, everybody. the sound of spring... it's a symphony best appreciated... at full blast. the moment you've been waiting for has arrived. springs best event. from cadillac. with zero down, zero due and zero first month's payment on the exhilarating cadillac cts. but like the beauty of spring, it won't last long.

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former agent myers. input into who coaches the team next year but decision on keith smart is probably still a couple weeks away. myers met the media grew up in the bay area. went to ucla. played for the bruins national championship team and will succeed current gm riley. first order of business is deciding on smart future. they still fell well short of owner joe lake stated goal of making the play offs. >> l be decision made for awhile but upon us to make a sdmition a timely manner which helps the organization helps vl keep smart because we need to have some idea where we are going in the future but we are not up the gun here. >>reporter: a little golf second round of the initial wide tour fresh express classi classic. rice going green. opening round 81 yesterday. 12 over 82 today. jerry is in last place. matthew and russell tied for l 3 with 7 upped. eek logically friendly in that outfit. >> easy to spot. >> no trouble finding him. >> let's go back to hockey a minute. talk about l him suspended. last na

myer hired today and announced as his new assistant. and he's also a lawyer, spent the last decade as an agent for nba players like the warriors wright. trying to take some of those skills to management, that side of the game. >> and i think agents are very good at obtaining information. you have to move quickly and also agents are good at getting deals done. that's what you do. that's why they hire you to get them a deal. >> when you can take a guy from the other side of the business and incorporate him and he knows basketball. and wants to be on this side of the business, it's an effective way to approach thing s. >> looks like a pretty good one- two punch. the a's are hosting the tigers. giants in just a few minutes from now in arizona that will start the road trip that will also take them to colorado. that's the sports life at this hour. plenty of highlights tonight at 10:00. >> that is our report for now. i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. we want to let you know we will have more on this caltrain accident on bay area n

here with the story our senior investigative correspondent, lisa myers. >> ready. >> reporter: a little over a year ago, 46-year-old mike fields went to the doctor complaining of pressure in his chest, extreme fatigue, shortness of breath. >> i had a real bad feeling there was something wrong, something bad. >> reporter: his doctor sent him to get a nuclear cardiac stress test. radioactive material is injected into the heart to assess blood flow. but fields insurance company, blue cross blue shield of delaware denied approval of the test three times. >> what were you told? >> i was told -- the letter state they had didn't deem it necessary. >> reporter: recorded calls shows the field's doctor's staff pleaded for approval. >> i'm at a total loss. this guy needs a stress test or he's going to drop dead. >> reporter: finally the doctors sent him to a hospital where the doctor found a key blood vessel almost clear out completely blocked. >> how serious is this? >> this is as serious as you get. if this closes, you're gone. >> reporter: the next day he had a quadruple bypass. >> the decision

. >> reporter: chris myer has been enjoying playstation for more than a decade. >> it's very relaxing, always fun to see what people have come up with for making new games. >> reporter: he was not too alarmed when the problems first began last week with an on- screen error message he has seen before. >> we've been through this before, we've seen other playstation network outages. we know when that shows up something is a little wrong. glue but he's now on high alert after customers of the playstation network had their personal information stolen. sony also says it cannot rule out the possibility that as many as 77 million customers credit card numbers may have been compromised. >> having that exposed to anyone really does present a lot of worries. >> that news is hitting hard because sony has had the outage for several days and they hadn't said anything or much about it, so for them to all of a sudden to announce six days into the outage that a ton of personal data was compromised, plus maybe credit card numbers has people more than a little upset right now. >> reporter: for chris, he

. >> just for the record we are letting patrol special officer myers speak more than three minutes obviously because he is the representative and this is their main presentation. commissioner kingsley. >> i would like more clarification on the business and payroll tax. i didn't get the point on that if you would go back to that, please. >> the city and county of san francisco requires to all security officers be licensed in the city to pay a payroll tax and a business tax. they need a business license. from what i understand the business license is just $50. but the gross payroll tax, i think it 1.2%. there are many security companies doing business that do not pay this tax from our calculations, the loss to the city is anywhere from $10 million to $15 million. >> as a patrol specials do pay the taxes. >> payroll tax or a city tax because we are enshrined in the city charter. this was the original intent from the 190's when we were first put in the city charter, 1936. >> thank you. >> one of the concerns in the report relates to liability. and you mentioned it in your presentation that you a

it's tom myer named as assistance general managerment he's a monte vista high grad. and has spent the last several years representing players as an agent. >> agents are good at getting information. you have to move quickly and agents are done at getting deals done. that's what you do. that's why they hire you to get them a deal. from the team side for me specifically it's going to be about getting deals done. >>> and they do need a few deals to get done to become a play off team. meantime major trouble for a former big leaguer danny listra arrested today for investigation of theft. if convicted dikstra could face five years in federal prison. big down slide for him. that is the sporting life for a friday night. julie, frank. >> all right, mark thank you. >>> mornings on 2 begins at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. they'll be monitoring overnight news and any changes in bryan stow's condition. >>> as always, ♪

it's tom myer named as assistance general managerment he's a monte vista high grad. and has spent the last several years representing players as an agent. >> agents are good at getting information. you have to move quickly and agents are done at getting deals done. that's what you do. that's why they hire you to get them a deal. from the team side for me specifically it's going to be about getting deals done. >>> and they do need a few deals to get done to become a play off team. meantime major trouble for a former big leaguer danny listra arrested today for investigation of theft. if convicted dikstra could face five years in federal prison. big down slide for him. that is the sporting life for a friday night. julie, frank. >> all right, mark thank you. >>> mornings on 2 begins at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. they'll be monitoring overnight news and any changes in bryan stow's condition. >>> as always, 24/7 coverage on ktvu.com. thanks so much for joining us. have a great weekend everyone. >> good night. ñsxóxgñ

bob myers leaving the business. some speculate he will succeed the gm rely. do the warriors bring back keith smart as the head coach? the team improved this season, ten wins better than a year ago but they did it not accomplish the owner's stated goal of reaching the playoffs. >> there may not be a decision made for awhile but it is upon us to make a decision in a timely matter which helps the organization and we all need to have some ideas as to where we go in the future but we are not under the gun here. >> and the players said clearly they want keith smart back. it is unclear what the ownership feels on the issue. we'll find out. >> it could go either way really. >> thanks, larry. well, nightline is up next. and our next newscast begins tomorrow morning at 5:00. for larry beil and sandhya patel i'm carolyn johnson. thanks for joining us everyone, have a terrific weekend.77vvhííÑÑççxç,ç,ç,ç,ñ.'.'.'.'ojoj666665>>>>>xÑxÑçwwóío ÑÑÑÑÑÑç;??0ñ0ñ0ñ0ñ0ñ0ñ0ñ0ñ0ñ0ñ

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michael myers, i take your point. i'm only talking about your second point. i'm ignoring your first point. [laughter] >> look, maybe black reporters have a point of view about a black neighborhood. maybe that's true. white reporters do too. white reporters always did. now, this get to one of the core questions about the whole history of diversity in multiculturalism in this country. and it's very key to the whole debate. was the old prediversity point of view in america -- at american institutions, was it some default purely objective point of view that was civic with the capital c and completely bereft of anticipate kind of bias at all? or was it just the point of view of the men who happened to run that thing back then? and it -- you know, and it had its own biases and its own subjectivities. this is a very important question that's very hotly debated. i'll stop there. >> when i was doing my graduate work, i extensively used the "new york times." my dissertation was on city/state relations, and the "new york times" coverage over a period of 50 or 60 years w

my thanks to josh myers. everyone stay tuned for "carson daly." have a good night. see you tomorrow! >> everybody, we're clear! >> jimmy: we're clear? you ready to do this? >> i'm ready. >> jimmy: let's go! [ screams ] >> come on! let's go! are you coming? you're coming. yeah! show's over, baby. it's go time. ♪ >> steve: i cannot wait to get there. >> we're going. >> let's do this! >> i need to get there asap. >> come on, come on, come on! we're going to jersey floor, bitch! [ laughter ] ♪ [ cheers ] >> jimmy: we're on the jersey floor, baby. i'm about to do. >> doh! we got an inflation. [ laughter ] >> i love you. >> crazy! [ laughter ] >> i can't wait to hit the dance club. >> that's just life on the jersey floor. >> we're going to the jersey floor, bitch! [ phone rings ] >> hello, jersey floor. the jersey floor is all about the lifestyle. bros, brews, tats, pans, fist bumps, dry humps. it's like friggin' paradise. i feel like i'm home here, i can be myself, i can dress the way i want to dress, you know, dance, i get with my bros, i do shots, i tan and i drink

an agent bob myers is leaving his agency business and he's coming in to join the team as assistant xwchl m with the notion he moves up at some point in the future. now the large question hanging over the franchise is where does that leave keith smart in the if is year at the helm. led the warriors 36 wins. jesused every ounce of talent of the golden state roster. ask the players it's a no brainer. they want keith smart back. >> first year coach did a great job getting us to better place than last year. can tell you get better so as we grow with him. no stopping him. >>reporter: see if joel feels the same kind of support for smart whether he decide to good for bigger name. have to remember the nba heading into a lock out scenario that could weigh in the sdichlingts ultimately. we have golf in the bay area this week. nationwide tour stopping in hayward for the fresh express event. tournament host rice. he struggled today in 11 over par 81. buck leads with 6 underscore after round one. on the pga tour you have to feel sorry for kevin about knob playing in the first round objection at the te

nbc senior investigative correspondent lisa myers has more. >>> a little over a year ago, 46-year-old mike fields went to the doctor, complaining of pressure in his chest, extreme fatigue, shortness of breath. >> i had a bad feeling that there was something wrong. something bad. >> reporter: the doctors sent him to get a cardiac stress test. radioactive material is injected to the heart to assess blood flow. but his insurance company, blue cross/blue shield of delaware denied approval of the test -- three times. what were you told? >> i was told the letter stated they didn't deem it necessary. >> reporter: recorded calls showed fields' doctor's staff pleaded for approval. >> i'm at a total loss. this guy needs a stress test or he's going to drop dead. >> reporter: exasperated doctors sent him to the hospital where a doctor found a key blood vessel almost completely blocked. is this considered a serious heart problem? >> this is as serious as it gets. if this closes, your heart is gone. >> reporter: the next day he had an emergency quadruple heart bypass. if mike fields had not come to

. >> later remarks from president obama and saturday saturday's seth myers. and "saturday night live's" seth meyers. >> on c-span today, "washington journal" next live with your phone calls. >> and on "washington journal" in a half-hour, we will talk with tim reid about negotiations in the senate over federal spending. then a look at the latest

tight end myers was among those at the raider facility today. >> did they issue play book. >> no. not today. i think everyone i think they said they had 30 guys come in. for sure right now. so good sign. maybe not monday. league is restoring the lock out. in fact they have already. they are hoping to get another rule that would allow them to keep the lock out in place permanently but unclear whether that will happen at this point. baseball. a's open up a 4 game series with the champion rangers at the coliseum known as over stock.com coliseum. over stocked with fans unfortunately. about that gets lower after this game. first batter high fast ball for strike 3. he didn't agree with the call but he is sitting down any wait a minute 7 scoreless in the game. about back from paternity leave. in the fifth. deep to center. wilson. jackson. trying to score from second and he does. 2 zip a in the seventh. suzuki again. double play ball, no. with a throw in the dirt. gets away. martin trots home and the a's win 3-one. giants open 4 game series in the nation capitol. tim on the mound. wilson

the warriors introduced their new assistant general manager, bob myers leaving the agent business, representing players. jumping on the other side of the negotiating table. at some point, it's expected he'll succeed g.m. larry riley. among the immediate decisions, do they bring back keith smart as head coach? the warriors certainly improved this year but did not accomplish owner's goal of reaching the playoffs. >> there will not be a decision made for a while but it's upon us to make a decision in a timely manner which helps the organization, helps gene smart because we need to have some ideas of where we're going in the future. we're not under the gun here. >> nba playoffs begin today. all the sports highlights at 5:00 p.m., 6:00 and 11:00. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry biel. >> next at 6:30, the f.b.i. cracks down on internet gambling. the operators of the biggest on-line gambling sites can face big charges. >> good morning, governor. how are you? >> don't ask me the same question. you're boring the hell out of ♪ i thought it was over here... ♪ [car horn honks] our outback al

correspondence annual dinner and later remarks from president obama and saturday night live's seth myer. it will be streaming on c- span.org and live on c-span. >> "washington journal" is next. we will get an update this afternoon on the political unrest in syria from the damascus center of studies in syria and later, a preview of the 2012 presidential campaign and the iowa caucuses will go live to the jim fischer radio show at woc in davenport, iowa at 3:00 eastern here on c-span. coming up this hour, more about yesterday's news conference with german ben bernanke

the warriors introduced their new assistant general manager, bob myers leaving the agent business representing players, jumping on the other side of the negotiating table at some point it's expected he'll succeed the g.m. larry riley. among the immediate decisions do they bring back smart as head coach? the warriors certainly improved this year but did not accomplish the owner's goal of reaching the playoffs playoffs. >> will not be a decision made for a while but it's upon us to make a decision in a timely manner which helps the organization, helps keep smart because we have to have some ideas of where we're going in the future. we're not under the gun here. >> nba playoffs begin today. all the sports highlights at 5:00 p.m., 6:00 and 11:00. have a great weekend everybody. >> next at 5:30, the f.b.i. cracks down on internet gambling. the operators in some of the biggest on-line poker sites could face federal charges. >> good morning, governor. don't ask me the same question. you're boring the hell out of me. >> former governor arnold schwarzenegger's answer to a reporter grilling him about le

police headquarters where he was immediately questioned by a grizzled homicide detective named eddie myers. he had seen everything on the streets but not like john hinckley. he is a boyish thatch of hair and piercing blue eyes of one point* he was not talking in once a lawyer then types his report like you can imagine with two fingers and turns to dennis and says how do spell the word assassinate? [laughter] and increase spell it correctly. [laughter] and that is where he was and eventually the secret service agents question hinkley. another surprising thing about this story is the guy is investigating the case were not convinced he was a loner, a deranged loner until 7730 that night but then the veteran fbi agent question and are there other assassins in the city and called hinkley aside and said were you acting alone? he just looks up and says yes. in the meantime the secret service very experienced are called all the time to talk about the third cousin had taken the social security check he had experience with people who have mental illness and he eventually realizes the wall it and of

host: fort myers, a merrill lynch. quincy on the democrat line. -- fort myers, maryland. caller: they say 40% of the other part of the country that does not pay taxes, don't they realize that 40% of the people that do not have enough money to pay taxes is the reason why 2% have the money that controls 40% of the cut economy -- of the economy and in and of itself? that is why they should pay more taxes, because they are actually living off the poor. guest: i agree with some of that, and i thought the president was right when he said we should not extend the bush tax cuts to upper income people. our rates, even at the high end, are not very high. i am old enough to remember when the top rate was 90%, and then it was 70%. reagan brought it down to 50. now the top rate to which one would return if we did not extend the benefits is 39%. that is much lower than it to be. the other thing that people say is there are a lot of people that do not pay taxes coming and they mean income taxes. they do not recognize that everybody who works pays payroll tax. most american families pay

later, remarks from president obama and seth myers. our coverage includes your comments from facebook. >> coming up next, from the university of southern california, a look at same-sex marriage in california -- in america. we will hear from the lawyer trying to overturn proposition 8. this event is just under an hour. >> welcome, and thank you for coming to our final students talk back lunch panel. we co-sponsor these lunches every week along with the college republicans, college democrats, and the daily trojan. as is the case every week, i am joined by a representative from the editorial board of the daily trojan as a co-moderator of our discussion. this is the associate managing editor for print. we are co-sponsored by the college democrats, who i understand elected their new executive board for the 2011- 2012 school year last night. congratulations. i am understand the republican'' election is a week from tuesday. we will eagerly await the results of those elections as well. today's topic is life after proposition 8, who can marry i

in satanta, kansas, alicia myers, abc news. >>> here is your monday forecast. severe storms from houston to new orleans to memphis, louisville and cincinnati. heavy thunderstorms across wisconsin and michigan all the way into upstate new york. showers from portland to seattle, snow in the cascades and northern rockies. >> and 60 in boise. 74 in sacramento. 86 in phoenix. 40s in fargo and minneapolis. 62 degrees here in new york. 80s from atlanta to new orleans. >>> u.s. air strikes in libya are going to continue for now. the administration has agreed to nato's request to extend its participation for another 48 hours through monday. nato assumed full control of the operation last week and the u.s. role was supposed to end saturday unless nato asked for help, which it did. bad weather has hampered the nato operation. >>> hundreds of wounded rebels and civilians are now on their way to turkey. most of them are from the city of misrata, which has been cut off from the outside world for weeks. the ship made a brief stop in benghazi where it picked up 100 more passen

host: fort myers, a merrill lynch. quincy on the democrat line. -- fort myers, maryland. caller: they say 40% of the other part of the country that does not pay taxes, don't they realize that 40% of the people that do not have enough money to pay taxes is the reason why 2% have the money that controls 40% of the cut economy -- of the economy and in and of itself? that is why they should pay more taxes, because they are actually living off the poor. guest: i agree with some of that, and i thought the president was right when he said we should not extend the bush tax cuts to upper income people. our rates, even at the high end, are not very high. i am old enough to remember when the top rate was 90%, and then it was 70%. reagan brought it down to 50. now the top rate to which one would return if we did not extend the benefits is 39%. that is much lower than it to be. the other thing that people say is there are a lot of people that do not pay taxes coming and they mean income taxes. they do not recognize that everybody who works pays payroll tax. most american families pay

host: 4 myers, fla., on the line for independent -- fort myers, fla. caller: florida supposedly has oil. the u.s. has five times more oil than canada. the thing is that we do not touch our oil. host: let me jump in. where do you get your information from? what are you reading? caller: this goes back to 1960 when i invested in a petroleum company. the thing is now that at the time, the government said we would have to go to 50 cents per gallon to be profitable. guest: i am not entirely clear on what the caller is asking. i think that part of the question is should we be using more of our natural resources. that is something under debate right now. as the administration looks at this question, again, we talk about the different natural resources that they can use. oil, coal, nuclear. we wonder what the benefit is and each of those sources has undergone dramatic accidents and incidents of the past year. as you try to craft an energy policy, which one of those are you going to put your money behind? we have seen that all of them can be potentially fatal. h

host: fort myers, a merrill lynch. quincy on the democrat line. -- fort myers, maryland. caller: they say 40% of the other part of the country that does not pay taxes, don't they realize that 40% of the people that do not have enough money to pay taxes is the reason why 2% have the money that controls 40% of the cut economy -- of the economy and in and of itself? that is why they should pay more taxes, because they are actually living off the poor. guest: i agree with some of that, and i thought the president was right when he said we should not extend the bush tax cuts to upper income people. our rates, even at the high end, are not very high. i am old enough to remember when the top rate was 90%, and then it was 70%. reagan brought it down to 50. now the top rate to which one would return if we did not extend the benefits is 39%. that is much lower than it to be. the other thing that people say is there are a lot of people that do not pay taxes coming and they mean income taxes. they do not recognize that everybody who works pays payroll tax. most american families pay

. >> all right, lisa myers, thank you so much. i can't believe independent voterers will vote on this issue. >> a dog with a bone there. if he has investigators in the field, let us see information. let's get a check of the top stories from tamron hall at the news desk. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. japan is recovering from yet another powerful earthquake that rocked the country's quake-ravaged northeast thursday. lee cowan is in tokyo with the latest. lee, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tamron. this was the strongest, most powerful aftershock since the march 11 quake. it spawned more tsunami warnings and fears over the already weakened nuclear reactors. it started slow and hit with full force. a magnitude 7.1 that showed little mercy. the epicenter was just over 70 miles east of the stricken fukushima nuclear power plant where workers scrambled to safety. engineers feared the jolt and possible tsunami may put too much stress on the already weakened concrete of the reactors. >> if they had a major containment

. >>> chad myers is here now. i think, chad, a lot of people in the northeast probably saw the weather forecast and thought this was an april fool's joke. >> it was punxsutawney phil who promised the early spring. new york city, boston, bangor just a mess. if it isn't raining, it's mixing around and snow in the poconos. even pictures out of boston as to where it was snowing earlier. it's tapered off a bit but the airport not doing bit. yeah, that's what you wanted to do on your spring day right there. very pleasant. that's only a dust compared to this. hope, maine, picked up a foot with new sharon the same, 12 inches of new snow on april 1st. and the april 1st snow is always heavy and sloppy, heavy to move. be careful if you're trying to move it because it could be kind of an ugly, heavy lifting. laguardia, boston, newark, philadelphia, you get the idea. laguardia there it says ground stop. otherwise that just means planes trying to get to laguardia are unable to take off from their destination, where they're leav

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myers station wzvn reports. >> do you know where ryan conrad is located? if not -- >> i use facebook all of the time. >> reporter: -- chances are you'll track him down on facebook. >> if i'm just running down the corner to grab a cup of coffee or something like that, i would post that. >> reporter: billions are on social networking sites like foursquare, facebook or twitter that allow you to post your location. previously we spoke to stacy payne with the lee county sheriff's office about the danger. >> you've now noted that you are an hour away from your house, they know, they've got plenty of time to go in there. >> reporter: payne says social media is becoming a major research tool for burglars. a tweet or a facebook post could tip burglars off that you're not at home, and an insurance company in the uk conducted a poll which found that nearly 26% of participants between the ages of 25 and 35 checked in using social media. homeowners like ryan conrad who list their whereabouts may be setting themselves up for higher insurance premiums because of his post

and briefing 30, 40, 50 times with dick myers, going to the white house many times, these decisions made at the -- after discussion and dialogue, pushing back and forth. we need to knowledge where we were wrong, but we also have to remember the historical context is what we knew the time. without pointing figures at each other, we need to ensure that whatever was to have a s -- to cause us to have the wrong intelligence and analysis, and we understand that part and learn that lesson, and teach it in our schools to youngsters coming up now who will be the next chairman and vice chairman, to have a better context for a broader context in which to make decisions. thanks. >> thank you, jamie. ok. >> i am jamie mcintyre. many of you have kids are watched sesame street, one of these things is not like the other? [laughter] i am feeling like the odd man out here. i did not actually serve in the bush administration, although i am sure the some of my critics in the pentagon might have accused me of that. maybe you saw this comic on sundaycomicdoonesbury, he always has an ability to get to the zei

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remarks from president obama and seth myers. our coverage includes highlights of past dinners. live on c-span. fall along with our interactive the video player act c-span.org . -- follow along with our interactive video player at c- span.org. "washington journal" continues. host: 6 senators are working to handle the debt problem. they have come together to look at this. joining us to talk about what is on the table, paul krawzak, a budget reporter with congressional quarterly, and tim reid with thomson reuters. why is there some much attention being paid to this group of senators? guest: it is bipartisan and the only bipartisan act in town at the moment. there are three republicans, three democrats from the senate. they have been working since december on trying to hammer out a bill to reduce the deficit. as we approach the big debate, which will begin next week when congress returns, many people see this as perhaps the last chance to get some kind of bid on the deficit. there is increasing pressure on them to come up with that. host: is this seen as a serious effort that could

these were the results of tommy franks coming to d.c. 30, 40,50 times with dick myers, who was chairman, me as vice chairman going to the white house many, many times. these decisions were made after very careful deliberate discussion, dialogue, pushing back and forth. we need to acknowledge where we were wrong, but we also have to remember it in historical context as what we knew at the time. and without pointing fingers at each other, ensure that whatever it was that caused us to have the wrong intelligence, whatever it was that caused us to have the wrong analysis, and we understand that part and learn that lesson and teach it in our schools to the youngsters who were -- who are coming up now who will be the next chairman, the next vice chairman, will have a better context, a broader context in which to make their own analysis. thanks. >> thank you, \[applause] >> ok. thank you. i'm jamie mcintyre. if any of you have kids or watch "sesame street." you known that -- know that song "one of these things is not like the other." i'm feeling like a little bit of an outcast. i did not serve

these were the results of tommy franks coming to d.c. 30, 40,50 times with dick myers, who was chairman, me as vice chairman going to the white house many, many times. these decisions were made after very careful deliberate discussion, dialogue, pushing back and forth. we need to acknowledge where we were wrong, but we also have to remember it in historical context as what we knew at the time. and without pointing fingers at each other, ensure that whatever it was that caused us to have the wrong intelligence, whatever it was that caused us to have the wrong analysis, and we understand that part and learn that lesson and teach it in our schools to the youngsters who were -- who are coming up now who will be the next chairman, the next vice chairman, will have a better context, a broader context in which to make their own analysis. thanks. >> thank you, [applause] >> ok. thank you. i'm jamie mcintyre. if any of you have kids or watch "sesame street." you known that -- know that song "one of these things is not like the other." i'm feeling like a little bit of an outcast. i did not serve

seth myers. live on cspan. and at c-span.org, follow along with the interactive video player. social immediate comment and live hd video. president obama today announced his nominees to head the c.i.a. and the pentagon. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen talks about military operations in the middle east. and a look at protests against syria's government. with a leader of the opposition movement. president obama today announced changes to his national security team. naming c.i.a. director leon panetta to be defense secretary and general david petraeus to head up the c.i.a. from the east room of the white house, this is a half-hour. a seat. good afternoon, everybody. i want to begin by saying a few words about the devastating torms t >> good afternoon.ha i want to talk about the devastating storms that have ripped through the united states. especially in alabama. in a matter of hours, these deadly tornadoes, some of the worst that we've seen in decades, took mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, friends and neighbors, even entire communities. others ar

black eye dinner with arrival at 6:45 with remarks from president obama and saturday night live's seth myers including highlights of past dinners and your comments from facebook and twitter live on c-span. follow along with our interactive video players featuring a photo gallery, video clips, social media and live hd video. >> the university of arkansas held a former viewing the presidency of george w. bush. among the topics comparing president bush's foreign and domestic policies to be clinton and obama administration. this panel of academics and arthur's produce a book on the presidency following the conference. that will be the second on the conference on american presidents. and the blair center of politics and society. this is less than two hours. >> they are all prominent scholars and the introduce in greater detail. for the last couple days we have been conducting a kind of executive seminar discussing the bush presidency by itself by comparison with the clinton administration and the obama administration. we are ready to bring our views to you. each participant will take a few moment

later, remarks from president obama and saturday night live's seth myers. streaming at c-span.org and live on c-span. >> ben bernanke held the first press conference in the federal reserve's history after meeting with the monetary policy committee. the fed has decided not to expand its treasury bond buying program. chairman bernanke also talked about rising gas prices, inflation, and the federal budget debate. this is one hour. >> throughout the briefing, michael will be to reflect the consensus of the committee while taking note of the diversity of views. my remarks and interpretations or my own responsibility. in a policy statement released earlier today, the committee will maintain its existing policy of maintaining payments from securities holdings. it will complete its planned purchases of $600 million of long-term treasury securities by the end of the current quarter. going forward, the committee will regularly review the size in light of incoming and folk and prepare to adjust those holdings as needed to meet the federal reserve's mandates. the commi

that doug and other people in the government thought about and we talked about and pete basin, dick myers, and it was circulated and people were worried about it. >> watch this discussion from the hudson institute tuesday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. are you telling me you can't go to 10t party express stocks and get enough footage to make the case this is a racist organization? you think there isn't a time among those 100,000 people that they say i don't care whether it is true or not? you don't think you can capture that on tape? like they don't care whether it is true or not and i think the news media on the issue should say that is a dead issue. anyone who brings it up is ridiculous. if you get a phone call and they say do you support donald trump? your answer should be no, he's an idiot, he's trying to sell me something. [laughter] he is trying to hustle be out of my boat with a dead issue. no, i don't support him. >> watch this discussion from the aspen institute on tuesday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >>> our international coverage continues with a discussion on the po

that's like stephanie myer. >> thank you. >> i was looking on "usa today" and "something borrowed" is back up on the top. >> because it's in paper back. >> good for you. >> thank you so much. >> congratulations. >> see this movie may 6th. and men, i think men will enjoy this. it's funny. you get your brownie points. take your girls to that. >> two women at the same time. you're on to something, kid. thank you. >> up next, emmylou harris. twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. >>. >> emmylou harris is a 12-time grammy-award winning country music legend. >> she keeps on singing. they say it's album 25, she says it's more than that. it's called "hard bargain." >> we are so glad you're back recording again. tell us about this cd. >> well, it was produced by jay joyce over here. we only had one other musician which is giles who is behind you. took about a month to do it. i'm sure jay did a lot of preproduction in his head before we came in. it was a really wonderful experience. i love doing it. >> you wrote 11 out of the 13 tracks. >> that's right. >> what are you going to sing today? >> i

. >> we had an interview in today's paper with a set myers. i asked him his impression. he said the one thing he thought felt average americans belt was an incestuous relationship between politicians and journalists. they come together to schmooze and that americans find that a little disconcerting. do you agree or disagree? >> sure. president obama is here. the trickle-down effect will take to three years. it is great that people are paying attention to that fact. we are not changing everyone many had the president come in -- when you have the president, and. you have a lot of these same players. it is the same way hollywood is. it will take a lot more than just one phocion -- ocean. it would be wonderful if we could solve all our problems with one vote every four years. it is not like that. this is starting to represent a little more of what it looks like. >> i think there is a microphone around here. do not be shy. the jump in. et at rosariodawson. how is social media increasing and making your job easier? >> it is easier. in 2006, we did both to registration. -- vote

myers, florida, to check in with our good friend mr. willard scott. >> oh, the beautiful carribe royale. how nice it is. and happy birthday, how sweet it is. take a look as the jam jar spins about. elsie thompson, clearwater, florida, is 112 years old. oldest person in the state of florida, they say. loves to have neighbors come in and pay her a visit. can't beat that. mary ellen bulan from sandy hook, connecticut. 100 years old. worked in the fashion industry for over 40 years and loves advising people on how to look their best like she does. elizabeth chieffo of bolton, connecticut, is 103. we're getting there. huge university of connecticut fan. mary ann crawmer from westminster, maryland. 100 years old today. sharp, witty and loves bridge and crossword puzzles. they say that keeps everybody sharp. and good old louis tognoli. louis is from fayetteville, arkansas. he's 106 years olds. eldest member of the local mall walkers. jurina westphal of marysville, washington is 100. served on the election board for over 50 years. dosh jackson,

myers, florida. >> the water, the sunlight shines on the beautiful gulf of mexico. right across from houston, texas. straight across and you're there. happy birthday from smuckers. we love our smuckers and we love our friends like jane chung who was an actress for years. did "mash" and "when harry met sal sally." from royal oak michigan, chester and betty randolph. they have been married 75 years and he's 100. lillian van fleet from jordan, new york. 100. lives in the house she was born in. they don't make them like that anymore. sydney liebeskind of tucson, arizona. distinguished world war ii veteran. he is absolutely adored by his fellow workers. happy birthday. he held up a robber one time at a store. i think he was 88 years old. the robber wasn't 88. he was. finally, edna oknowles, new brunswick, new jersey. 100 years old and she's a passionate school teacherer. loves all the kids she taught. that's all from the gulf of mexico. now back to new york. >> how much do we dislike willard right now? looks beautiful there. you heard they caught the snake at the bronx z

and later remarks from president obama and "saturday night live" seth myers. our coverage includes highlights of past dinners and your comments from facebook and twitter streaming at c-span.org and live on c-span. >> this past march 30th neil barofsky withdrew from tarp. and became a new york university professor in april. in his final speech as t.a.r.p. inspector general he had a speech on public corruption. he talks about whether t.a.r.p. has disproportionately benefited wall street over main street. >> at this point, i am very pleased and privileged to introduce our second keynote speaker neil barofsky. as i mentioned at the outset when i introduced ann, neil, too is a graduate of nyu school of law. he graduated from here in 1995. and very early in his career after some time in private practice, he came to the u.s. attorney's office for the southern district of new york where he worked as a prosecutor for eight years. and during his time there, he oversaw some extremely significant prosecutions, including overseeing the successful prosecution of the top off

. >> seth myers, head writer for "saturday night live," weekend update anchor and this year's entertainment at the white house correspondents' dinner. >> we are back at the washington hilton, the red carpet arrivals. some of the folks who have come through include joan rivers, carol king, hill harper, alisa milano, et cetera. we're going to watch for a few more minutes now. this is live coverage. >> and you're watching c-span's live coverage of this year's white house correspondents' dinner. this is a live shot at the washington hilton. this is the one dinner every year that the president typically attends. the last president who did not attend one was jimmy carter in 1977. he was not having a good year with the press and sent jody powell instead. calvin coolige in 1974 was the first president to attend a white house correspondents' dinner. tickets, $2,000. most of the guests coming in today are attending this year's dinner. some of the folks on the red carpet, gind rich, will i am, cee-lo. here are some of the invited guests. "u.s.a. today" invited david arquette and courteney cox, rick fo