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>> it is enormously exciting for me personally and for the institution. the poster with up right after new years, and i remember very vividly -- i am a regular rider, and i went into the station and saw the first poster i had seen, it was incredibly exciting. it is satisfying to know that through the campaign, we are reaching a broader audience. >> for more information about what this is all about is your right to freedom of spch. what made america great is an independent, vigorous pr...

four academy award nominations and a television critics circle award. and then in 1993, in what can only be described as a courageous career move, jane alexander signed on for the toughest role of all: chairman of the national endowment for the arts. shes here today to talk about her new book detailing her experiences with the n.e.a. its called command performance: an actress in the theater of politics. thanks very much for being here. ive enjoyed your book very much. its a-- its a ter...

its cash flow last year, 30 billion. criminal charges brought by the justice of farming, -- just as the bargain, zero. criminal cases, the -- civil cases, one. one year later on the gulf of mexico oil spill. putting up the lines, gulf coast residents first. we want to know if things are back to normal, what you think of those. the laws enacted or the lack thereof, permits, drilling, we want to hear from all of you. let me show you how this story plays out in the gulf coast newspapers. ...

thats a ton of questions. host: gracious to us. thanks for your time. guest: thank you. pleasure to be here. . . [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> today, a look at the house members debate on whether to eliminate funding to national public radio. then a look of the american transportation association on budget priorities. then a discussion on the tsa security project. >> the likely gop candidate on the ec...

Christopher dodd and senator conrad got sweetheart mortgages from the company. while congressman issa targets the loans a liberal group, the third lan turn, is going after issa launching paid media advertisements. also a website, the issa files, all aimed at undermining and investigating the california congressman. congressman darrell issa, chairman of the house committee on oversight and government reform joins us now. congressman, thank you for being with us. >> jon, thank you and thanks for p...

Interesting, isnt it, that almost every industry dominated by unions, whether its the postal service, the car industry, manufacturing, and now public sector, those are the ones that have gone broke. jenna: its interesting to take a look at that and whether its the system or the people doing the bargaining on both sides, responsible for this situation were in. steve, good to see stkpwhraou politicians deserve a lot of blame here, because theyre the ones who negotiated these wages, pensions, in th...

The scope of what we think was somewhat of a criminal enterprise. jon: well, we mentioned former senator christopher dodd of connecticut, and sitting senator kent conrad of north dakota, they received those loans, the senate investigated them and said they didnt do anything wrong. do you expect to find differently? >> no, i dont. i expect that the senate ethics committee has spoken and its the final word on whats ethical for senators. the house committee might very well do the same. i dont repre...

state to block a vote on this plan. its meant to ease the states budget crisis. a tea party member confronting lawmakers as they got into a car, telling them they have a responsibility to show up. >> we found out these guys had fled the state of wisconsin so they wouldnt have to do their job in wisconsin. its a constitutional duty to at least be on the floor of the senate in wisconsin to vote on some very controversial legislation in wisconsin. i mean, at the very least, they should ho...

boehner had something more important than a state dinner for the nation holding 7% of our national debt. he voted to repeal health care reform. >> president obama is going to be welcoming the chinese president hu at this hour. >> part of his four-day state visit fraught with diplomatic challenges. >> president obama comes face-to-face with his most challenging adversary. >> it is my pleasure to welcome president hu to the white house. >> no, not the president of china. >> obama care is...

for the nation holding 7% of our national debt. he voted to repeal health care reform. >> president obama is going to be welcoming the chinese president hu at this hour. >> part of his four-day state visit fraught with diplomatic challenges. >> president obama comes face-to-face with his most challenging adversary. >> it is my pleasure to welcome president hu to the white house. >> no, not the president of china. >> obama care is the crown jewel of socialism. >> its the republican dete...