reform. to say democrats don t have a plan is incorrect. in fact the plan is to preserve and protect medicare for future generations. reporter: we already hit the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling but treasury department says they can pay the bills at least until august. heather: former president bill clinton offering his thoughts on the budget battle on capitol hill. he held a similar battle in the mid 90s eventually leading his party to the center. he said last week, the democrats will draw the conclusion that paul ryan s proposal i don t think is the best one. we should have shouldn t do anything. i don t agree with that. so what did president obama learn from president clinton?
carol. that s the least i believe the least amount of scoring since they ve brought in the shot clock which basically forces you to be more offensive. which means they were just missing shots all across the board. 18% field goal percentage. boy, that s now i understand why people were saying that about the game. 53-41 final core. uconn, champions this morning. thank you, rob. funding for the arts is a hot button issue on the budget battle on capitol hill. why should we fund the arts? actor kevin spacey joins us to make his case, next. how can expedia save me even more on my hotel?
shepard: christina taylor green actually came into the world in pennsylvania just a few hours drive from shanksville. in fact, her father says hospital staffers asked his wife roxana to be ready to move out of that maternity ward in case they needed space to treat the victims of flight 93. sadly, they did not. we ll have another story on the rides of freedom next week on fox report. you will see our entire series at our web site foxnews.com/freedom. the budget battle on capitol hill. it just got a whole lot more interesting if a budget battle can really be interesting. you thought cutting tens of billions of dollars was tough, try $4 trillion over the next decade. 4 trillion. it s a proposal. we ll break it down. stay with us. so this is enzo, the artiste behind my wardrobe. you know, when i got him on e-trade he was all like oh no, i cannot do investing.
on friday night, a nato strike hit a convoy. the opposition telling us this convoy had heard air strikes in the brega area, and we had all gone forward, and that s when they were hit. the rebels told not to go forward, but for some reason, they did go ahead and that s when the incident happened. nato saying that they are aware of the incident and they are investigating, t.j. reza, we appreciate you, as always. we turn back to the u.s., and president obama getting involved in the ongoing budget battle on capitol hill. he called senate majority leader harry reid and house speaker john boehner about a possible compromise deal. democrats and republicans at an impasse about how much to cut from the current budget. could have a government shutdown if no deal is reached by friday. meanwhile, house republicans posing monumental changes to next year s budget, the 2012
billions of dollars. shannon: we know that your new piece of legislation is targeted and we will watch to see if you get the democratic sponsors on board as well and watch it as it winds its way through the senate. senator david vitter, thank you very much for your time. thanks, shannon, very much. well, our are tea party ideals being ignored in the budget battle on capitol hill or are they the ones calling the shot? one group says the ideas are being ignored, even calling for house leader john boehner the speaker of the house to step down. we will talk to the founder of tea party nation and a freshman gop congressman and get his take, right after the break. [ male announcer ] to the 5:00 a. scholar. the two trains and a bus rider. the i ll sleep when it s done academic. for 80 years, we ve been inspireby you. and we ve been honored to walk with you to help you get where u want to be.