in short, washington democrats are just not serious about helping the middle class. that helps explain why they would even consider legislation that we all know could cost up to a million jobs at a time when americans need those jobs more than ever. it helps explain why satisfying their left-wing patrons has become a more urgent priority than helping to create the kind of well-paying middle-class jobs our country needs. well, i think our constituents deserve a lot better than what we've been getting this year from democrats who control the senate. they are already struggling under the weight of washington democrats' last ideological adventure: obamacare. washington democrats promised the sun and the moon to sell that law and then just rammed it through anyway when americans refused to buy what they were selling. washington democrats told us obamacare would lower costs, but polls show that nearly twice as many people believe the government is adding secret mind-control technology to our tv's, as believed the law is actually decreasing health care costs. washington dem

what is the hate washington thing? >> everyone claims to hate washington. there are very few washington exceptional lists who will say, i love it here. trent liked people to think he would rather be in mississippi or anywhere else. trent would like people to think he would rather be in mississippi or anywhere else. he's in a position to do very well here. >> in that clip we showed jim van i -- >> the executive director of "politico." >> you quote him. he is contemptuous of washington's it used to be better reflex. what is he saying there? are we old-timers worthless? >> jim is putting forth the view that the age at which the 20 boys on the bus are setting the agenda in their one story they write or file a day are over. one of the missions of "politico" is to democratize the conversation. 100,000 people can read mike allen every day. everyone can blog about it. what jim was saying is that there is this wild west. there is this notion that the conversation has been broken open. i wouldn't be as disparaging, especially of the body types of my forbearers in the

i work in washington dc. was getting ready for this beach, i recall the time, probably seven years ago, that i got stuck in washington on a weekend. it doesn't happen often. it happens occasionally. to seeingn are used me on the weekend, so i called home. my now 12-year-old, then 50, i spoke to her on the phone and we were chatting a little bit. she finally said daddy, what day is it? sorry it's saturday, i'm i'm not home. she said that's funny, daddy, it's saturday here, too. the things they teach in kindergarten. so we continued to chat a little bit longer. after while she said daddy, where exactly are you? i said you know, daddy works in washington, d.c. she said daddy, is washington dc part of america? at a time observe when the federal government has clearly grown too big, too powerful, too arrogant, too expensive and intrusive, that an innocent child's question about washington geography of a number of years ago remains a very searing western about washington principles today. i think it seems to all th

washington. it's time for the annual correspondents' dinner. it's time for hollywood's a-list celebrities to come here to the nation's capital to hobnob with a political set. it's also time for the president to show off his comedic talents. more on that in just a moment. first, though, just a few hours from now, some of the funniest people in the country will come together with some of the most boring people and some of the most powerful people in the country. chris witherspoon, entertainment editor for thegrio.com, live for us outside the washington hilton, where the event is being held this evening. and he's wearing a tuxedo. he pulled out his best threads. good to see you, my friend. >> nice to see you too, craig. so yeah, i'm here from front of the washington hilton. it really is an exciting scene right now. you know, washington and hollywood is coming together. i was just inside the washington hilton. some of secret service is already securing the location for the president to arrive and som

and fixing some washington are the only what washington fixed things is to push power, dollars and decisions out of washing and that where it belongs to the states and the people. i think we have an opportunity to do that because as we point out in the book, the successes in our country today are all around us in the states that are promoting more choice in education, kids are getting a better education. states developing there and energy, pennsylvania has joined in that. you see prosperity abounds. even private citizens with samaritan health services insuring themselves. there are solutions and we don't need to bring things to washing and where they don't work. if it worked, chris, we could sit down and have an honest debate of whether we want washington to do it for the state to do it. you'd be hard-pressed to find any federal program working efficiently as promised. >> youth vote. millennialist, whatever you want to label them, today i made a big deal about this on the show. i don't know whether anybody picked up on it dimensioned bill daley, former white house chief of staff earpieces in

to have a fresh, independent voice in washington that finally puts kentucky, not washington partisanship first. [applause] united we will make a change. we celebrate here tonight, but make no mistake. our work continues tomorrow. let us have no illusions about what is ahead of us and what lies ahead. millions of d.c. lobbyist insider dollars and out-of-state political action committees. mitch mcconnell is going to try to buy his way back to washington dc with deceitful, untruthful, negative nasty ads that will try to distort and distract from his failed record. he wants this campaign to be about anything but his record. what does it say about a man who has been in washington dc now 30 years in the senate? he has no record to run on? it can only be on attacks and misleading information that he runs a campaign. [applause] indeed, mitch mcconnell would have you believe that president obama is on kentucky's ballot. we all know that senator mcconnell has been in washington a little bit too long. [applause] so out of touch that he can't tell the difference between a doup jersey and the univers

i work in washington, d.c. i was just getting ready for the speech and i recalled a time -- seven years ago. i was stuck in washington for the weekend. does not happen often. my children are used to sting me on the weekend, so i called home. my now 12-year-old, then five-year-old --we were chatting a little bit. she finally said, daddy, what day is it? i said saturday, i am sorry i'm not home. she said that is funny, it is saturday here too. [laughter] the things they teach in kindergarten. we continue to chat a little bit more. after a while, she said that he, ==-- daddy, where are you? i said you know, daddy works in washington, d.c. she said, is that part of america? observe that the federal government is clearly too powerful. too arrogant, too expensive, and too intrusive. questionnt child's about washington geography remains a serious question about washington principal today. seems that most liberals equate their country with their government. they look to an enlightened, centralized, powerful washington

washington seems more dysfunctional than ever. greg locke is gotten so bad in this town what did we do to pass -- pisst chris d so bad off chris christie so bad? i am beginning to think they have a point. if you don't want to get paid for working, you should run for congress like everybody else. [laughter] [applause] there is one thing that keeps republicans busy. they have tried more than 50 times to reveal a bomber care. , more than 7 million people have signed up. [applause] how well does obamacare have to work before you don't want to repeal it? what if your yearly checkup came with tickets to a clipper's game. not the donald sterling clippers, the opera clippers. what is it going to take? anyway, this year i have promised to use more executive actions to get things done without congress. it is called the imperial presidency. i have to show up every day at my office and do my job. we have a picture of this? [laughter] [applause] you would think they would appreciate a more assertive especially considering that the new conserva

will be the washington redskins. and as long as he has the

gwen: we all live in washington, d.c. now, we think, oh, we still don't have a voting member in congress because that was the one thing that failed. >> he pulled out all of the stops and he couldn't get it done. gwen: so fascinating. thank you, karen for doing that. it's just one of those stories that we all kind of know, but we have no idea what the rhythm and the fallout has been all of this time later. that's where you have been all of these weeks. thank you, everybody. the entire "washington post" great society series is on our website. that's also where you'll find our webcast extra where we tackle all of the rest of the week's stories we didn't get to here, shock being there was more. including what the house did this week to rein in the n.s.a. n.s.a. you can watch the webcast all week long at pbs.org/washingtonweek. also, keep up with developments with me and judy woodruff at the pbs "newshour," and we'll see you here, next week on "washington week." have a lovely and observant memorial day. good night. corporate f

george washington. while aboard the ship we met with its crew and heard directly from its naval commanders that the u.s. needs to have a constant carrier presence in the region. america provides our allies with much-needed security and stability to a region that is threatened by a madman in north korea and has seen china become more provocative and aggressive with its neighbors, particularly in the south china sea. the presence of our aircraft carrier is a vital part of guaranteeing that security, which in turn guarantees america's security. one of the admirals even stated, quote, in the world we are going to be operating in, we simply must have the u.s.s. george washington. that is why i am so pleased that this bill begins to fund the refuel of the u.s.s. george washington. failing to do so would leave our allies in the region and throughout the world feeling vulnerable and emboldinned by our enemies. in hundreds of other ways, today's bill will provide our military with the resources it needs to remai

what should washington do? >> the u.s. has done what it should do along with the rest of the world has condemned this referendum yesterday. this referendum held by armed separatist at gunpoint did not meet any standard of a free and fair election. there was no independent verification. the first thing is to rally the rest of the world, which is what you see happening. just today, reaction from europe and other capitals. that.gree that we see what is the true coalition of the west. how attached are we and policy to germany and france matter, the united kingdom? a greatnk there is uniformity of views between the europeans and americans. we are in lockstep in condemning armed separatist. where we are not together is in deciding what to do about it in a meaningful way, i.e., sanctions. the u.s. in favor of harsher sanctions and germany and other european economies are more tied to russia, energy -- rural gas. so they have been much more reluctant to step up to major sanctions. and sanctions is the only leverage the united stat

we are live in washington, d.c. what happened when you write a to comeo warren buffett to the shareholder meeting? he writes you back. he invites you to come. >> my name is marcia. i'm a resource specialist. name.eople don't know my they just call me gutsy. i love berkshire hathaway. i diversify the company they invested in. i set a goal to become a shareholder by the time i was 40 years old. i just decide i'm going to write warren buffett. just ask him, would he ever allow non-shareholders to attend his meeting? i thought it was junk mail. i almost tore it in half. this is it. then i opened it. almostally wrote me back immediately. he told me to contact his assistant. at are going to meet mutual place that he was going to be attending this party. he comes over to me. i said thank you for allowing me to be here. already, it is an amazing experience. he says, i just hope you get what you were looking for. it is all about meeting great people. just like yourself. he was paying me a compliment. what a great guy. many o

this is washington, d.c., with the washington redskins and you even have the majority leader of the senate taking an opportunity in this sterling controversy to speak out about what the nfl ought to do. here was harry reid speaking this week. >> but since snyder fails to show any leadership, the national football league should take an assist from the nba and pick up the slack. it would be a slam dunk, madam president. for far too long the nfl has been sitting on its hands doing nothing while an entire population of americans has been denigrated. >> is it time to change the name from the redskins? >> i think it should strongly be considered. i think the native american community and many others feel that's not the right name going forward and i think the nba set a great example. that you can act swiftly and decisively. >> i will be speaking to governor rick perry of texas in a minute. i'm sure you're well aware as a california political figure there are jobs moving out of your state going to texas -- >> yeah, i harassed him. >> you harassed him back in the green room. what worries you? >> w

washington seems more dysfunctional than ever. greg locke is gotten so bad in this town what did we do to pass -- pisst chris d so bad off chris christie so bad? i am beginning to think they have a point. if you don't want to get paid for working, you should run for congress like everybody else. [laughter] [applause] there is one thing that keeps republicans busy. they have tried more than 50 times to reveal a bomber care. , more than 7 million people have signed up. [applause] how well does obamacare have to work before you don't want to repeal it? what if your yearly checkup came with tickets to a clipper's game. not the donald sterling clippers, the opera clippers. what is it going to take? anyway, this year i have promised to use more executive actions to get things done without congress. it is called the imperial presidency. i have to show up every day at my office and do my job. we have a picture of this? [laughter] [applause] you would think they would appreciate a more assertive especially considering that the new conserva

' response to madison after washington got it. thank you, you laughed so i got it wrong. he wrote that congress is response to the inaugural address in washington by the sum thought medicine was so good at this kind of thing he asked him, madison, to write washington's response after congress. [laughter] it's hard to imagine how his voice was at going off every wall. i'm not sure there's been another time in history when one man has been so influential at the beginning of his administration, the way medicine was in the beginning with washington. >> talk about the constitutional convention. there were battles over various provisions in the constitution. we ended up with article one, article one, two and three, and it took a long time, many, many hours and days to put it all together. but can you sites are the specific compromise, most important provision that they argued about and ultimately were able to resolve the? >> it was the thing we all learned in history books about the big states and the small states, and, of course, the b

we will be back on the washington mall throughout today's "washington journal." joining us on the set here this morning, i want to welcome back david hawkins of roll call. senior editor there. to keep our conversation about in benghazi. we want to do it from a historical perspective. what has been the history of elect committees in congress? guest: i would say there been some great highs and lows politically and also some in terms of what they're found. some reputations have been cemented by the select committees, harry truman at the start of world war ii was just a freshman senator from missouri. he is put in charge of a select senate committee to investigate american military posture. it is what propelled him to national prominence which is what got him on the 1944 democratic ticket, which of course led to him becoming president next year when fdr died. i was followed by the army mccarthy hearings. , you have a labels john mccarthy as one of the great non-success stories of .nvestigatory power and senate sometimes it helps you select committees make someone's c

not to mention into washington. i mean, washington is the wealthiest metropolitan area in the united states. it is home to seven of the ten wealthiest counties in the united states right now. i assume this is one of them. we're in montgomery, right? yeah. so, and so, i mean, a lot of that is just government contracting, it's growth of government, it's growth of media, it's growth of corporations, and, yeah. i mean, so couple that with the fact that people come to washington ostensibly as public servants, but far, far, far fewer people leave. meaning these public servants. i mean, 50% of all u.s. senators leave the senate and go on to become lobbiests. that compares to 3% -- lobbyists. that compares to 3% in 1974. you have this culture in which a permanent social class has grown up, and you have this culture in which, look, people come to washington now to get rich. i mean, this was not supposed to be one of those cities. i mean, new york was, vegas was, maybe l.a. was. i mean, this was, i mean, never a boom town the

covering the week, jim tankersley of "the washington post." alexis simendinger of real clear politics. janet hook of "the wall street journal." and charles babington of the associated press. >> award-winning reporting and analysis. covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week with gwen ifill." corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> we went out and asked people a simple question -- how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90's. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed, the official retirement age. the question is, how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years? >> additional corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by boeing. brigham and women's hospital. additional funding is provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributio

once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. i've asked this question before and i'll ask it again. why does anyone want to be president? the week started out well enough for president obama with a surprise visit to bagram air base in afghanistan. >> i know it's a little late, but i was in the neighborhood. thought i'd stop by. gwen: but after that it was headache after headache, embarrassment, disgrace, uncertain allies and enemies. national and international security and, of course, plain old garden variety politics. and that's just the stuff we know about. so we thought we'd put it all in context tonight. first, the resignation of veterans affairs secretary eric shinseki this morning. >> we now know that the v.a. has a systematic totally unacceptable lack of integrity within some of our veterans health facilities. that breach of integrity is irresponsible, indefensible and unacceptable. gwen: it became clear that in the end it was the political clamor that was going to force shinseki out. in washington particle lance, they ar

we are watching washington at this hour. we are awaiting a news conference between president obama and german chancellor angela merkel who arrived in town today. the two have been meeting for about four hours. among the topics said to be on the table, the nsa and also the german response to the crisis in ukraine. our libby casey is there right now. libby set the stage for us. are expectations for this meeting between these two leaders high? >> well, del, i wouldn't say they are high, but it is a pivotal moment and an essential time when these two

and fix things in washington. the only way washington can fix things is to push power, dollars and decisions out of washington backward it belongs to the states and the people. we have an opportunity to do that because as we point out in the book, the successes in the country today are all around us in states that are promoting more choice in education. educating a better education. states that are developing their own energy, pennsylvania has joined in that, you were saying prosperity abounds. you see even private citizens with health services ensuring themselves. so their solutions and we don't need to bring things to washington where they don't work. if it worked, chris, we could sit down and have an honest debate of whether we want washington to it or the states do it. you'd be hard-pressed to find any big federal program that's working efficiently as promised. >> youth vote, millennials, whatever you want to label them. today i made a big deal about this on the show. i don't know whether anyone picked up one

>> oh, the washington. >> why? >> it was really cool to go up and to be able to look around and see all the stuff that was around it. >> why do you think it's important to have memorials to our famous presidents? >> because when they died, it honors them and it shows respect, that we care about them. judging from the millions of people who visit the monument each year, people certainly care a lot about our first president. i'm lauren for "teen kids news." >> well, that wraps it up for this week's "teen kids news." but we'll be back next week, so see you then. >> here's a shout-out to prnewswire for including "teen kids news" on their big screen in times square, new york city. >> here's a shout-out to american troops serving in africa. resres brought to you by seaworld and busch gardens for more than 40 years working to preserve the world we share. thorny devils... one hump camels, and a dingo named dinky. they're all awaiting for us in the australian outback. ♪ ♪ hi, i'm jack hanna-- here in the outback of cent

>> oh, the washington. >> why? >> it was really cool to go up and to be able to look around and see all the stuff that was around it. >> why do you think it's important to have memorials to our famous presidents? >> because when they died, it honors them and it shows respect, that we care about them. >> judging from the millions of people who visit the monument each year, people certainly care a lot about our first president. i'm lauren for "teen kids news." >> well, that wraps it up for this week's "teen kids news." but we'll be back next week, so see you then. >> here's a shout-out to prnewswire for including "teen kids news" on their big screen in times square, new york city. >> here's a shout-out to american troops serving in africa. steves: the town of keswick is your best home base for exploring the northern lakes, which i prefer to the more commercial southern part of the region. keswick was originally a mining center. but the slate and lead industries eventually gave way to nature-loving tourists, and, in t

it is how washington works. what is interesting about washington in this age is that once you have a title, even if it is a very short title, even if you have been voted out after one term, you can stay in washington and be a former chief of staff, a former congressman, a former chief of staff to congressman actual why. that is marketable. you are in the club. striking departure from the days in which people would come to washington to serve, serve a little bit and then go back to the farm. that is how the founders had intended it. there's a new dynamic now. a lot of it starts with money and the money available and the resources available for people to do very well here. >> robert barnett is who? >> robert barnett is a superlawyer. i don't know if you have to go to a special law school to become a superlawyer, but he is an attorney, he represents republican presidents, democratic presidents, the clintons, the cheney's. he helps people get big but deals, he isbook sort of a fixer. cornered the market on helping p

the "washington week" webcast extra streams live at 8:30 p.m. eastern and you can find it all week long at pbs.org/washingtonweek, where we'll be talking about the renewed congressional free occupation with the benghazi occupation. we'll see you here next week on "washington week." and you know who to call this weekend. tell her gwen says happy mother's day. good night. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> we went out and asked people a simple question -- how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90's and that's a great thing. each though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed, the official retirement age. the question is, how do you make sure you have the money these to enjoy all of years? >> corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by --boeing. brigham and women's hospital. additional funding is provided by the an

you are going to talk about washington later on, washington and hamilton said america's mission in the world is to be the engine of prosperity and as we demonstrate our prosperity and success because of the republic we built and our enormous economic wealth, they want to work with us and ultimately may imitate us. absolutely oppose the idea of using the united states army and armed forces to intervene in someone's country with the object of installing liberal democracy. i think we learned that doesn't work. the american people understand it. people in washington haven't figured it out and that is why you saw an attempt to bomb syrian. people stood up and said what? for what purpose? i go back to purpose. those are the critical questions in military affairs that are not asked, they have to be asked. we shouldn't go anywhere unless we have satisfactory answers to those questions. >> host: appreciate it very much. colonel douglas macgregor is the author of "warrior's rage: the great tank battle of 73 easting". before you run away we want to give you a bad as we will with any from vermont,

people realize the washington liberal establishment is just out of energy and out of ideas. and if they didn't realize it before this year, they got confirmation of it when senate democratsff

i'm bret baier in washington. startling new information tonight about the irs targeting of conservative groups. who did it and who was behind it. the government watchdog group judicial watch is out with another batch of documents, new emails, and what's inside directly challenges the administration's narrative on the irs case. live on capitol hill with the story. >> reporter: the obama administration has tried to blame the irs targeting of conservative groups on a few rogue agents in cincinnati, but this latest information uncovered by judicial watch ties the behavior directly to washington. lois lerner the former irs official who was found in contempt of congress last week sent an email correspondence in april of last year. the april email explains the bolo criteria looked to pick groups for additional scrutiny and screening. looking for groups with tea party, patriot and 9/12 project. organizations seeking to make america a better place to live and groups with statements in their case files that are critical of

of theront page "washington times." in other news, this morning, here from the "washington times." winter vowing to put an end to war. joke poroshenko one ukraine's election in the first round sunday, a ballot the tip rise amid weeks of fighting in eastern regions were pro-russia separatists seized government buildings and battled government troops. ands vowing to end the war the chaos. there was fresh violence in that country. then, the front page of "the new " has his picture of pope francis making an .nscheduled stop that is the picture on the front page of the "new york times." the meeting that the two sides agreed to attend, this prayer session, will take place on june 6. that in "the new york times" this morning. i've telephone, the shooting that all of you have heard about, this from "the new york times" this morning. that is the latest on that situation. act to your thoughts on this memorial day, may 20 6, 2014. our cameras at the world war ii memorial here in washington. tony from texas, a democrat and veteran. what are your thoughts? memorial day is a time of reflection o

i want to thank our washington bureau and their commitment to journalism in washington and around the world. it allows us to keep doing work that allows is -- needs to be done. colleagueshank my lesley clark and david goldstein because they have basically covered it well i turned this job into a full-time job and they have done all the briefings and travel i have not been able to do and i could not have done it without them. i want to thank this lord. board.rd -- this our board is a collection of the most terrific people you ever see. they had a pool issue trying to certain country and three or four members on the other side of the planet and some of us here working around the clock with the white house and they keep the wheels going so we can do our jobs. i want to particularly thank christi parsons. she is our vice president this year. [applause] she does more work in keeping -- and we allg know what the pool is, the group that gets closest and keeps their eyes on the president -- it is sometimes a three-dimensional chess board and she does a wonderful job. she will be our president

politicians trying to get to washington generally have ties to washington. aren't you a little tired of primary candidates pretending otherwise, all the time? joining me now, former democratic governor of most, brian schweitzer, and republican strategist hogan gidley who worked with both mike huckabee and rick santorum. brian, let's talk about this trend of competing to be the most anti-establishment. do you think that's going to work in this particular midterm? >> that's about all they've got. poor mitch mcconnell, he hasn't thought of anything good that he's done during the last 20 years. so he's just attacking alison. alison is pretty doggone smart. all she has to say is i'm not from washington, d.c., and he is washington, d.c. frankly, with congress less popular than cockroaches, you want to go after washington, d.c. even if you're a member of congress, you want to go after washington, d.c. the country's fed up with what's going on in washington, d.c. and the successful candidates are going to hitch their horse to that wagon. >> look, it's low hanging fr

in our washington studio, james coreliss, and from the cato institute. what is the contract between a rise in the gas tax and the obama administration's current plan? do they yield the same amount of money, and do the people who use the facilities end up paying. >> very few have proposed raising the tax gas. the obama m has talked about the corporate tax reform, repatriate the funds. if we grease the gasoline tax and index it to inflation we get something that is a bit more sustainable. >> chris edwards, i know you're not in love with either proposal, but which one is the easer one to swallow? >> i don't think president obama's corporate tax plan will go anywhere. the federal government than been known for bridging to nowhere. that's why i think it makes a lot more sense for state governments to tackle these problems. you're looking at gas tax revenues or electronic tolling or local, private partnerships, i think the solution is at the state-government level not the federal level. >> is there any analysis of one approach over the other? you heard about s

why areot washington -- we not seeing more leadership on this issue in washington? think the issue, i main reason is because our political system has been bought and paid for by the companies that have an interest in keeping consumers in the dark. chemical companies that want to make sure that they are free to sell whatever products they want to spray on crops and whatever genetically engineered plants they want to spray them on. and politicians that too often are in the thrall of these companies and in there debt. we don't have any way to raise $40 million to fight these battles. that is just the amount of money that the food companies that monsanto and a few other chemical companies spent in california to defeat a ballot measure. in washington, it is hundreds of lobbyists, hundreds and hundreds of dollars in campaign contributions, and a lack of political kurds. -- political courage. but we have made this a kitchen table discussion about food. once we have done that, we are now seeing that people are saying what is obvious to most of us. we just want to know what

we're going to take you inside that room at the washington hilton in washington, d.c., where almost 3,000 people are eating now and they're preparing to listen to the president and joe mchale. he joins a long list of comedians who have entertained viewers and attendees a to the white house correspondents' dinner. a look back at some of the best routines through the years. >> also, i would like to acknowledge that earlier this evening, there was some confusion with the seating chart. for a moment, someone accidentally sat governor chris christie with the republicans. that was awkward and i apologize. very awkward. mr. president, you're going to leave office as a very young man and yet the presidency has taken its toll. i don't want to alarm you, sir, but you're starting to look like a judge on "law & order." just say you're on thin ice, counselor, you could have that part right away. seriously, mr. president, your hair is so white, it could be a member of your cabinet. >> mr. president, i know you won't be able to laugh about any of my jokes about the secret service, so cover your ears, if

f washington, d.c. is focused on benghazi, libya may be confronting its worst crisis since the nato intervention and ousted colonel moammar qaddafi in 2011. fears growing of an all-out war between militias aligned with the islamist-dominated parliament and forces led by a former general named khalifa was onceo reportedly trained by the cia. he has accused the government of fostering terrorism and is calling for an emergency administration to oversee elections next year. khalifa haftar is a former general undercut hoppe and says he wants to rid libya of islamist, and led an assault against militant groups in benghazi last friday. on sunday, worse is allied with him took control of libya's parliament building in the capital tripoli. at least 100 people have died since the fighting broke out last week. on wednesday, khalifa haftar called on the government to hand over power to the country's top judges. following the refusal by the expired national council to meet the people's demands and the high council o

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obama here in washington, my guests. this is how things kicked off at last year's dinner. >> it must be so hard to write jokes about a town that already is one. democrats, republicans, the white house, congress. you all came together the to make this spoof. that's what real bipartisanship looks like. i may lie cheat and intimidate what i want but at least i get the job done. so i hope some of you were taking notes. have a wonderful evening and i'll see all of you at the bloomberg vanity fair party. and mr. president, welcome to nerd prom. >> south carolina's most famous politician right there. any buzz at this point about which show might do something like this show. u would imagine the 'scandal" folks have been working on something. >> the president took flack for the number of videos leerst las >> one thing, was looking at the guest list for celebrities. there are seven cast members from "scandal" that are going to be at the dinner tonight. perhaps there will be a "scandal" video but that's the biggest cast of any show

in our washington studio, james core liss, and from the cato institute. what is the contract between a rise in the gas tax and the obama administration's current plan? do they yield the same amount of money, and do the people who use the facilities end up paying . >> very few have proposed raising the tax gas. the obama m has talked about the corporate tax reform, repatriate the funds. if we grease the gasoline tax and index it to inflation we get something that is a bit more sustainable. >> chris edwards, i know you're not in love with either proposal, but which one is the easer one to swallow? >> i don't think president obama's corporate tax plan will go anywhere. the federal government than been known for bridging to nowhere. that's why i think it makes a lot more sense for state governments to tackle these problems. you're looking at gas tax revenues or electronic tolling or local, private partnerships, i think the solution is at the state-government level not the federal level . >> is there any analysis of one approach over the other? you heard about

anyway, everybody came to washington. they put the tape recorder on the coffee table and they played the tape, and it sounded like combination of me -- minnie mouse and boy george, and you should've seen the relief on my lawyers face, the publishers, everybody was -- that i was the only one who is upset. because that told me that somebody would go to those lengths to lie under oath. i didn't know what to do. i -- how do you protect yourself? and i finally decided that i would protect myself on every interview that i did it and i did about 800 interviews for the sonata book, and every single person received a thank you note. if i interviewed you, i would write you and say, dear mistress lynn, i want to thank you so much for giving me the interview on ranks a lot and should this come at that the elephant of what we talked about. i didn't have a chance during that two-hour interview to tell you how much i loved that blue tie you were wearing. stunning thai, and the contrast with a white shirt. antony, the man who really wear

. >> six months ago today, a late season tornado tore through the city of washington, illinois. six hundred homes were leveled and 400 were damaged. as a community bounces back, diane esterbook says one of the biggest obvious stack cells. >> reporter: throughout washington, illinois, you can hear progress. everywhere. many next to those bearing scars from the tornado that piled through here last november. >> this will be our front entry. >> laura wilcox is building a ranch style home in the spot where her two-story spot stood. >> it will cover everything. >> while washington is on the mend, the financial pain of the tornado still lingers. residents and businesses got roughly 28 million in federal disaster aid. but city government got nothing. it spent $12 million clearing away debris and now faces other costs. >> that's going to be a cutout. >> the mayor says thousands of cracks in curbs need fixing. >> give me an idea? a thousand dollars? >> gosh. 4,000. >> there are also did you say integrating side walks and potholes that need repair along with the water and sewer system that

what if they were called the washington crackers? or the washington n-word? or, you know? i mean, what does it take before we get right with each other in this country? racism divides this nation. it's the wedge that keeps us from being the great country we should be. and until we get over this, we will continue to have problems down the road. host: that was james in new york. this is in the "new york times". he was elected president of the boy scouts, formerly taking leadership of an organization that continues to be loyal on the policy of gay scouts and leaders. -- don in pompano beach, florida, what do you think? caller: i love what the last caller said and it's true. if the name would have been a different other name -- i don't care if the president is black or white. people talking about some bull crap that oh, you're not allowed. i mean, you should be doing important things. this is important to other people. you are using the color of a person's skin to identify a team. i remember in early 2000 when there was an angry white man organization going around. when it's s

we tried it -- it was in a cell you project in washington that -- aclu project in washington that dealt with assignment for salvador ian's. independently use the freedom of information act request things and we had gotten back different or the same documents often rate would get back one with the top half was excluded in the bottom half was there under national security grounds. i would get back the same document. the bottom would be excluded. we put them together and began to see there were ways to get in authenticated version of what actually happened on the ground. it really is big in japan down the administration on what its policies -- i mean, documents the sense that we are talking about communications between policymakers who have their own point of view. they lease have the awesome intensity -- authenticity of what they were and allowing to say something definitive about the position of the united states government at that particular point in time. it was that notion that we could do this, we did do something that was across the board on many different topics that caused the nat

in washington. unfortunately decisions are not always rational but not everyone agrees with that assessment four star general john allen a former commander of coalition forces in afghanistan says congress has always supported the troops to the best of its ability to congress on behalf of the american people have been extraordinary in providing the leadership in providing our troops in everything they need to accomplish the mission. waste is not unique to any particular branch of the military however with the afghanistan war winding down. perhaps the pentagon will finally get its fiscal house in order. in washington meghan lopez rt and a new report time the military drive down to the booming opium production industry in afghanistan the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction has concluded that opium production is hitting all time high and if i needed the seven point nine billion dollars u s has sent a fight. i did since two thousand taylor. according to the report there are over half

those youth are continuing that at washington high school weather worked on health education and youth empowerment but those individuals are outstanding in using education and empowerment in their work. the work leadership institute has provided capacity building and organizing experience to allow young people to shine as leader see for the rest of their peers and i want to say i've worked with them on many issues. their education work help to make our community stronger and provide a base for leaders hopefully to fill the seats in the chamber and going into the leader of the future. this leadership group has continued this at the washington high school their known as and d t x-3 there are 7 of them. they are students who have been working on social enormous campaign around underage drinking in their school they created a survey and described it to other students it asked questions of the rate of actual perceived alcohol or their peers alcohol conception and their data was not reflective of the actual rate of consumption they found students xhoum alcohol much lower than was found they

but i see it at the local state and moving toward washington. examples earlier when they see this kind of thing coming. really unstoppable because they can't split the eachand right against other. richard nixon signed all kinds environmental laws that we got through congress because he was afraid of the rumble of the people. tavis: what does it say about the kinds of people who are in washington versus the kinds of at the localrve level that at the local level they can figure this stuff out? theye national level cannot. we are all human beings. ha is the difference in the beings we send to washington versus the one ones t elect locally? >> two differences. in a bubble a long way from where people live and work. in the local politics you can't escape, that is number one. number tortion the republicans and -- number tortion the democratss and gerrymandered the districts so they pick the voters by computerized design. pick their own voters in this off in theice it other area. gives them a one party state domination in over 90% of the congressional