on our broadcast this monday night, bank on this. the president calls in the nation s top bankers for a tough talking to. but what happens next? high drama. the missing climbers on a famous american peak. how much time is left? the tradeoff. knowing the risks about c.a.t. scans and the fallout from radiation and making a difference. how warm hearts can actually make for warm hearts. nightly news begins now. good evening. the people who were there, who worked for president bush in the white house will tell you there were real worries the u.s. economy might collapse. and while nobody really wanted to give taxpayer money to banks, no one could fathom the alternative. president obama says he s proud of what was done to revive the economy, save the system and the banks. but he calls some of the bankers fat cats. and he seems to want to shame them into better behavior. he called several of the top bankers to the white house today. we ll begin there tonight with our white
host: 233 years ago, our founding fathers declared inpence with these words we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain rights an among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. good morning and welcome to the washington journal today is july 4th, independence day. later in the program, we will talk more about the declaration of independence and how it came to be, but for the first part of the program, we want to talk about alaska governor sarah palin, who has announced that she plans to leaves office. she is going to resign, and she is not going to be seeking a second term or to find out what you think about that and what you think that means for the g.o.p. what s next for the g.o.p. after the resignation of governor palin, who was talked about as being a potential candidate in 2012 for the republican party? the numbers you can also send an e-mail or send us a twitter at c-span wj. we ll