the public safety secretary he is one of the best public safety secretary is in the entire nation. the prison story has made national news and comes as o malley is preparing to run for president. his critics reacted to his comments. change maryland said this governor is completely out of touch and his bony positive spin unacceptable. an it is one thing to suppress corruption. this a much harder, longer lasting thing is to root out corruption. jane miller reporting live from the newsroom. now back to you in the studio. we re going to head out to david collins. today, he spoke with some retired corrections officers who said that the situation at the jail is complex and breaking new ground. that new ground includes integrity reviews of all employees, something retired officers have never heard of. howdy, how widespread, how far up the chain of command? the investigation has the support of the state s largest labor union. the needs to be a thorough examinati
early and talking to our viewers. guest: thank you. host: we will be back tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. for more washington journal. enjoy the rest of your tuesday. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] a live picture from the white house briefing room this morning, where reporters are gathering for a presidential news conference. president obama expected in about 15 minutes to answer reporters questions. we expect he will ask you ll be asked about recent threats from north korea and u.s. payments to afghan president hamid karzai, along with recent congressional showdowns on curbing gun violence, and the sequester. the news conference coming up around 10:15 eastern. if we will have it for you here on c-span. after that we will see the president later this morning as he announces new private-sector jobs initiative for their relev for veterans and military spouses. the announcement set for 11:45 e
if you are outside of the united states it is 202-585-3883. a our social up on media sites. a very good monday morning to you. we want to take you right to the headline from the washington times this morning. obama urged to get tough on syria. the white house said last week that military forces loyal to mr. assad probably used that story, again from the washington times this morning. benjamin parker is a foreign policy senior editor for foreignpolicy.com. thank you for joining us. take as to the latest on u.s. options that are discussed, boots on the ground was discussed yesterday on the sunday shows. where are things going right now? atst: at a pretty to look what intelligence is actually done. this conflict has been going on for dnearly two years. thee developments threaten intensity of international involvement. here s a quick time line. april 18 government but a letter to the u.s. general informing them that chemical weapons have been used around three cities. it was
going to be imperfect. but i think it has improved dramatically since 9/11. host: our guest is a former white house special assistant for homeland security from 2001- 2003. alle, of course, welcome of us who join us on these occasions and on our heritage .org website and those joining on c-span. we would ask everyone here in- house if you would be so kind to see that cell phones are being turned off as we prepare to begin. all of us would appreciate that, especially those recording the event. we will post the program on the heritage homepage within 24 hours for your future reference as well. now, if you would please join me in welcoming our presenters. they will take their place on the stage. gentlemen? [applause] thank you, john. , chief is bret bernhardt of staff at the heritage foundation, and it is a joy and honor to be here today along with senator demint to present chaplain barry black to the heritage program. having served in the senate as a chief of staff, i can tel
the boy weekend on scouts of america. and the debate over whether to allow gay scouts and/or gay leaders appeared we are going to focus on this issue in our first 45 minutes of today s washington journal. our line for republicans is (202) 585-3881, for democrats, (202) 585-3880, independent, (202) 585-3882. .ou can set up a tweet @cspanwj we ll check in with michelle boysen and a moment. let s begin with a quick look at some of the other headlines, beginning with the boston herald. the events of the last week in boston dominated the coverage. a celebration that essentially took place yesterday at fenway park this is the headline from the boston herald, loud and proud. and from the boston sunday globe, acting toward normal, healing still to do as neil diamond came back to fenway to sing sweet caroline, which is a longtime tradition at fenway park. part of the investigation in the days ahead of what the fbi knew and whether or not they could ve done more as an agency to