among those, more khaddafi. -- mullah omar khaddafi -- momar khaddafi. he recently received a hero's welcome -- he recently gave a hero's welcome to be lockerbie bomber. scott and released the man on compassionate -- scott lind released the man on compassionate -- scott in tland release the man on compassionate grounds. it is still not clear where khaddafi will be staying. he has already pitched a traditional nomadic style tent in new york's westchester county. he wanted one in central park, but he had to sell for one of the road from martha stewart's house. the property belongs to donald trump and it may have accidentally been leased to gaddafi. trump organization is investigating. she aces every physical training test. today she is making military history to become the first woman ever to take command of the army's a drill sergeant school in south carolina. she is a sergeant major to reset king. she is officially in charge of the training program at fort jackson. keep in mind, women only account for 5% of the army's drill sergeants. she says that when

obama coming up, khaddafi coming up, welcome to "america's newsroom." megyn: a couple of weeks ago the president promised seniors that they would see no reduction in benefits under health-care reform plans being debated in congress. now we hear that that is not exactly accurate. here is the president two weeks ago. >> those scary stories about how your benefits will be cut, especially since some of the sainsame folks spreading these l tales supported a budget that would have cut medicare. that would not happen on my watch. i will protect medicare. bill: is that the case now? stuart varney leads the coverage. you have been watching this live. medicare advantage, what is now the believe on th behalf of the cbo? >> these are the bean counters, they say that if you cut $125 billion out of medicare advantage over the next 10 years, you will cut benefits. that directly contradicts what you just heard the president say. remember, this is specifically the medicare advantage program. 10 million seniors are enrolled in medicare advantage. there is a high degree o

by khaddafi. she did not want to guess what they might say, saying that is in the realm of the hypothetical and with respect to the fact that khaddafi will be there for the united nations security council and will be present at the summit, they will have a special session on nuclear nonproliferation on thursday. along with gordon brown of the u. k. would you not like to be a fly on the wall and here with the president might actually say? megyn: you would. many times these things are arranged in advance, diplomats have already worked out what will be said. so, what do we know about that? is the president expected to say anything to him? kelly: at some point they are going to be talking about nuclear nonproliferation. it is difficult to say what will be stated. different sets, different types of areas, entrances to get in there. we are not getting a lot of word from the white house specifically. you will recall that president obama strongly criticized the hero's welcome that was given when lockerbie

low mark khaddafi wanted to pitch his tent in central park, he did not want to go to a mansion owned by the libyan mission. a reservation was denied. it seems that he will have to stay at the libyan mission a couple of blocks from the united nations. you might be able to defy the international community, but it does not mean that you can stay where you want. bill: try hailing a cab of? that is the next challenge. [laughter] do we know anything about the meeting of the first of october with iran in leaders? >> that is a very big issue. will president obama meet with ahmadinejad or khaddafi bella there is a very real possibility that it will. 15 minutes apart for obama and khaddafi, they could likely run into each other in the hallway. nothing can control him from walking right up to the president of, or ahmadinejad, for that matter. -- up to the president, or ahmadinejad, for that matter. john bolton said that it is a good idea for americans to see exactly who arrives. >> many people say that the u.n. should be moved to geneva, but i think it is good to have it to new york. i would li

the of them, for the record, the accepted spelling that nbc uses is khaddafy. finally, tonight, this was a big day in my home state because my number o cizen turned 60 today. how's that for a marker of time? bruce ringsteen is 60 today. the he's an acti 60,orking his way through a nine month, 60 city world tour. he sold 1.5 million tickets so far. he played for over three hours this past weekend in chicago. let's not forget, he's the head of a huge organization, what he calls the heart stopping, pants dropping, house rocking, booty quauking, love making e-street band. happy bihday, boss. that's our broadcast this wednesday night. thank you for being with us. i'm briawillms. we hope to see you back here tomorrow evening. good night. ♪

three of them, for the record, the accepted spelling that nbc uses is khaddafy. finally, tonight, this was a big day in my home state because my number one citizen turned 60 today. bruce springsteen is 60 today. he's an active 60, working his way through a nine month, 60 city world tour. he sold 1.5 million tickets so far. he played for over three hours this past weekend in chicago. let's not forget, he's the head of a huge organization, what he calls the heart stopping, pants dropping, booty quaking, love making e-street band. happy birthday, boss. thank you for being with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you back here tomorrow evening. good night. ♪ chevy silverado. more confidence than ford f-150. better backed than f-150. at a value f-150 can't touch. silverado. from the family of the most dependable, longest lasting trucks on the road. get 0% apr for 60 months on every '09 silverado half-ton model. with an average finance savings of more than $6400. see your local chevy dealer.

milo is disappointment that khaddafi has not appeared get on the david letterman show. >> high point -- i thought the david letterman interview with president obama was an absolute smashing high point when letterman asked him if race animosity was part of the resistance to his policies and obama, said, well, you know, it should be noted that i was black before i was elected presidents. >> that is a high point. we are shoat -- so glad you came along. you can watch this on wh chronicle.com. you can write to us. so far i have been able to respond to every e-mail, but not always immediately. until next week, all the best, cheers. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> "white house chronicle" is produced in collaboration with whut, howard university television. from washington, d.c., this has been "white house chronicle," it weekly analysis of the news would inside and a sense of humor featuring llewellyn king, linda gasparello and guests. this program abc and on pbs stations and cable access channels. this program can be seen on

khaddafy is not welcome in new jersey. >> reporter: khaddafy backed out. he made a similar request to pitch a tent in new york central park. that request was denied. it seems bizarre, a world leader, the man ronald reagan once called the maddog of the middle east, referring tents over glamour. turns out, moammar khaddafy hates elevators and reportedly refuses to ride in them, ruling out many of new york's high-rise hotels. so wherever he goes, he brings the tent, from paris to rome, belgium to tripoli. the tent follows khaddafy everywhere, which brings us back to the posh town of bedford and the tent on donald trump's property. in a statement to nbc news, the trump organization said "we have business partners and associates all over the world. the property was leased on a short-term basis to middle eastern partners who may or may not have a relationship to mr. gadhafi. we are looking into the matter. late yesterday, just as libyan workers were putting the satellite dishes on top of the tent, city officials from here in bedford worked in with a stop work or

small, and -- >> i would point out a lot of people are attending the assembly that want to be more like khaddafy. >> well, it's very difficult when you have 190 some members. >>> yeah, and the counsel of former relations. your thoughts on the effectiveness of the u.n. and to the extent of where it simply becomes a venue of side shows, whether it was mahmoud ahmadinejad in the past, or chavez saying you are the devil, and then now we have a tent. >> well, dylan, you make a good point. >> chuck did. >> yeah, chuck's description is when you get 192 countries in the big tent you get a lot of circus performers. and it's an inherent limitations. there are 192 countries there. everybody gets a voice. it's a one state and one vote. i think that's one of the things that is on president obama this morning when he goes to say this organization is value added not withstanding the side shows and not withstanding some of the crazy characters you get there. >> jonathan capehart what message does the president have to deliver in the next hour to accomplish anything by spending his morning in new york? >> the pr

obama will be followed by the libyan leader, khaddafi. stanley, hello. caller: i think he is doing a great job. it is going to take him four more years to clean up the mess started by george bush. when he left office, he wants to blame mr. obama? that is ridiculous. this time, four more times, every year that george bush was in office. host: calif., independent line. caller: how are you doing? host: what is your reading so far on the president as a world leader? caller: we agree ecstatically, on each side of the nation. i cannot hear my own ears what i hear the lying republicans, who lied about 9/11, iraq, now they are shouting liar when they know what they did? they are the masters of fabrication. using taxpayer dollars to commit genocide and innocent civilians. why will the propaganda puppets not rely on what they're doing? bring back anti propaganda. bring back the media. fine the hell out of those fear mongers and traders. do not forget pat tillman or racial corey, killed by greed and political retards, i think. host: we are doing a round table in ab

will khaddafi be invited to the reception? >> you'll get a list of who is and who was not invited. having not been here for an administration's effort at the u.n. general assembly, we will see. >> of the $900 billion cost over 10 years, could you outline how the white house is getting that? >> i will outline in broad effect. obviously, we have discussed in some detail the waste, fraud, and abuse that is prevalent in medicare through spending health care dollars more wisely and insurance subsidies to medicare's advantage. obviously, you have some amount of revenue from agreements with the hospital's and with the pharmaceutical industry, some of which will be used in the pharmaceutical industry's example to close the doughnut hole for seniors and strengthen the medicare program as we know it. also, some that will be used for broader health care reform. and then, obviously, the fee that we talked about on insurance companies is a broad part of that as well. >> is there any estimate of how much that feet -- >> i do not have that with me. i think that is one of the things that we will w

moammar khaddafi said yesterday, we need new institutions, a new economy, a new model of society, something really new, a new world. now, lula said yesterday, and he and a ton o'clock, -- and he finished at 10:00, we have to be the midwives of history. i agree. i would add to what he said -- has the birth already started? yes. the birth is not in the future prebirth has already started. let us do uslula said. let us help the birth of the new history. let us help it see the light. those who are trying to bury it, let them not prevail. let us help this new time, this new world, this multi-polar new free world, this economy at the service of people, all people, not just minorities, this world of peace. i am a christian. christ said that my kingdom is not of this world, it is a future kingdom, a world of love among ourselves where we can live for internally as brothers and sisters. -- we can live for internally as brothers and sisters. i will put my books away and went up now. -- wind up now. there was a concert the of the day for peace. the other day for peace. there's all kinds of singers. th

i have met with khaddafi. he wants to defeat radical jihadists. this is something that in many places we can come together on and it could have been a common theme and he could have asked for the world's commitment, and for the world to come together and in defeating radicalism and terrorism, and he missed an opportunity yesterday. host: mr. hoekstra, thank you for being at the table. we are going to get some news updates from c-span radio, and then you will meet colonel randy larsen, the executive director of the commission on weapons of mass destruction -- the message he delivered to congress and how congress is responding. >> it is 8:05 eastern time. while the president continues meetings at the united nations and later pittsburg, his administration focuses on education. arne duncan delivers a speech supporting the no child left behind law. mr. duncan says the tests are not ideal measures of student achievement, but they are the best we have at the moment. health care legislation is moving through the senate finance committee this week. this mo

as lara mentioned, there is more marked off the -- there is moammar khaddafi. there is a running speech in front of the general assembly. lots of meetings with the iranian, iranian american community here. there are others as well. from algeria and quite a few others. it is going to be a mastery of inches, a mastery of inches to see where things proceed. host: new jersey governor jon corzine and other officials saying the libyan leader was not welcome there. where is he staying? guest: a hotel that we're not supposed to talk about out loud, and there is some disagreement about where that is. host: you are laughing, so is it in new york, new jersey? guest: presumably is in manhattan. they are not allowed to go more than 25 miles from the united nations, so that gives them most of manhattan and it would probably get them to a inglewood, new jersey, which is where the libyan leader really wanted to pitch his 10 initially. but that is not going to happen. i understand that he has approached the united states -- the united nations for space on the back lawn, but the