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The superintendent. look, theyve started new down there. the charter schools and other programs they have put in place are working, so im not going to criticize arne duncan, which i think is the best appointment that president obama has made. people in in accordance arent offended. gotcha washington can get over it. >> this is one area where i think there can be some bipartisanship going forward. let me move on to a huge story that will be developing tomorrow, the dont ask/dont tell policy that ...

Veteran of world war i is 109 today. former corporal frank buccal has long spoken out to a memorial for his comrades in washington to be given national status. and the smithsonians national portrait gallery has added this portrait of j.d. salinger. he died on wednesday at the age of 91. the portrait first appeared on the cover of "time" way back in 1961. and actor rip torn appeared in the connecticut court today on burglary and firearms charges. hes accused of breaking into a bank friday wit...

Lets get back to the topostory. the president unveils his budget proposals. lets talk to peter orszag, joining us from washington. thanks very much for coming in. >> good to be with you, wolf. >> lets talk about medicare for a moment. in the senate version of the health care bill, theres a proposal to cut over the next ten years about 500 billion in medicare. is that right? >> thats about right, yes, sir. >> isnt this budget today, do you include that cut? >> what we do is take the average of th...

Washington and new york. >> exactly. >> maybe a little bit nicer interior. thanks very much, john zarrella, our man on the scene as usual. >> nasas space program has led to a lot of spinoffs and the space agency boasts of technology that now shows up in items we use everyday. infant formulas are enriched with a nutritional ingredient developed for astronaut food developments. they were developed by black & decker back in 1971. padding that protects football players, baseball players, and the shi...

Abdulmutallab. heres the question, why are these two very different versions of what happened? >> well, you know, wolf, its entirely possible that they could have had a conversation, heres what abdulmutallab was saying, heres what our plan is for how were going to treat him, and the agents might never have mentioned the words miranda, that just would have been part of the normal process if he wanted to have it, you would have wanted to give him the miranda warnings. so its entirely possible that...

The projection is this move will amount to a total savings of about $250 billion over ten years. that is 1/6 of the deficit for this year. the white house claims the presidents budget will reduce the national debt by $1.2 trillion over the next ten years. thats making a lot of assumptions about how congress is likely to vote on the parts of the budget designed to reduce the debt. and history strongly suggests we shouldnt hold our collective breath. and they say all these things with a straight f...

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