gregg, back to you. gregg: would that one have a name already? >> yes. gregg: leroy. >> is it lee? jenna lee. gregg: jenna lee would know that. >> she would know that. so cute. lee will be a very pretty, beautiful, tiny storm. jenna: like it. tiny storm. gregg: lots of famous things named after jenna lee. all right, jenna? jenna: we'll move on a little bit to other news on the day. members of the 9/11 commission issuing report card today document status of many recommendations issued in the landmark report in 2004. this is an update. correspondent catherine herridge with the report. what has the commission said so far. >> reporter: things, jenna. the event is ongoing in washington but 9/11 commissioners say nine of 40 of recommendations have not been fulfilled a decade after the attacks. among them there is still no consistent policy for detention and prosecution of alleged terrorists. that's important with growing number of cases we're seeing more americans taking roles within al qaeda and its affiliates. >> our nation's political leadership have delayed resolving the admittedly v

gregg: yeah. apparently, they found one or two of the vehicles, and that's how they located the men. no word on their condition, but they are being rescued. jenna: we're woking on this story. thanks for joining us, everybody. gregg: "america live" begins now. megyn: fox news alert, new threats of record-level flooding as rising rivers in the northeast begin to burst out of their banks. welcome to "america live," everyone, i'm megyn kelly. today's struggle being felt by millions caught in the aftermath of hurricane irene. at least 40 people have died now in 11 states. 2.5 million people are still without power, and we're getting word that emergency helicopters are airlifting food, water and supplies to towns in vermont that are cut off by flooding at this hour. small communities in new york's cat skill mountains are now seeing some of the worst of irene's aftermath. take a look at this video from the town of fleischmann, new york. look at this. folks left with very little. entire communities have l

gregg: i'm thinking not! >> good luck, buddy! gregg gregg: juan williams, great to see you. jenna: fox news -- alert o'clock back out to california where we're watching brand new video of a rescue happening off of what looks like a mountainside, mount -- let's see if i can get the name -- in montrose, a search and rescue team, and again, this is in devil's canyon near mount watermain, three hikers went missing yesterday overnight, search and rescue is out there looking for them and apparently just found them this morning. apparently you can see quite a rescue taking place. three men lost. more details on this dramatic search and rescue, right after the break. mig hey everyone i'm megyn kelly, more stunning video of the aftermath of irene, the latest from vermont, new jersey, and absolute devastation in upstate new york. >>> alarming polling data for president obama in key battle ground states, slipping support with ohio, virginia and other states he won in '08. can the president find a path to victory? we investigate. >>> should unattractive people be eligible for affirmativ

gregg: right. unemployment went from 7.6% to 9.1%, the number of people out of work, 11.6 million, to 14 million. his job approval rating has actually nosedized from 65 percent to some polls as low as 38 percent. there you see the approved-disapprove on the right side of your screen. >> yes. gregg: but the president loves to say, and he gets a laugh line out of it, when i said change you can believe in, i didn't mean change you can believe in tomorrow. i mean, that's going to yuk him up for only so long, right? >> yeah, if you look at this -- let's take unemployment. in the 26 months since unemployment kicked above 9 percent, it's only ticked down under that twice, two months out of that. so that's been a long time. so he's been dealing with this quite a long time. and i think, yeah, it's going to be a -- rarely has a president gotten reelected with an unemployment rate over 8 percent. in fact, not since fdr. that said, however, i should also point out that elections are also about choices, and rep

gregg: "america live" begins right now. bye-bye. martha: fox ne alert the eastern se seaboard reeling from irene's furry claiming 28 lives, leaving 7.4 million homes in the dark and billions of dollars worth of damage. welcome to "america live," i'm megyn kelly. we've got even our hands right here on "america live" from incredible new video from jamaica, vermont. you have not seen this on fnc today. the main bridge is now in pieces. we are told a few homes have been washed away after this killer hurricane sparked a flooding catastrophe in vermont. here is a scenic spot that draws tourists from around the country. in kentucky massive waves crashing down at least 25 homes completely destroyed and in some areas people are predicted to be without power for up to a week. irene severely soaking new jersey, making firefighters unable to battle this fire. thousands going back to many homes that are in sa shambles. amy is joining us from wxxk. describe the damage in your ca area. >> in one word, extensive. we've been covering all throughout

my name is gregg. we've developed autonomous rhode craft and i'm interested in your thoughts on the shipping board aircraft, the trade between the larger and more capable costly aircraft versus the more plentiful and less costly more autonomous aircraft. 64. i think that is one of the other areas where a couple of years ago we made another decision that is reflected in our programs that you see today. there was early on i believe in what i would call the explosion of unmanned air systems that everyone wanted to get into the game of the most active system at the time i was looking at our budget and at the capabilities that we had, and i began to look at the future that we would encounter. for me it became important that we in the navy focused on our strength which is coming from the sea. and so we were investing in the airborne systems the required us to the shore that required us to have additional manpower structure to be at the short that required us to be able to train those people and how you live

former ambassador donald gregg is somewhat of an expert on the current situation has recently written a paper that's been published in both the united states and korea that talks about the food shortage in north korea. and in the past that our government has been one that supports supplying food to the north koreans to help them with the starvation issues they have. and he's arguing in newspaper that the united states should reinstitute that program this current administration has not decided to provide food to north korea. should we be providing food to north korea? >> i'm not sure that there's anything ambassador greatest ever written that i ever agreed with. [laughter] we've had some interesting conversations but if you don't want to call them arguments, but that's a very good question. i would say fully once, you know, shame on you. fool me twice, shame on me. the biggest issue, the recent white united nations, white ngos and i geos come into government or decision and non-non-governmental organizations, have what is called donor fatigue, a slang term that was invaded because nort

. >> gregg: live in atlantic, new jersey. these are the pictures we've been saying how the rain has become a one-sided event. it was fascinating last night to see the dry air come kaim in all the rain was left side of the storm and rain and surf push was on the radios of push. honored to be joined by commander of the u.s. coastguard in atlantic city area. how are things from the seaside of things? >> good afternoon. actually i'm in st. resolution, i oversee the atlantic area. we've been dealing with irene since you it started in puerto rico. as you know up in new england we have actually stations in lake ontario as a result of the storm. >> lake ontario is still getting it? >> yes, they. >> shep: what has it been like? have you done a lot rescues? >> i am extraordinary proud to lead our coastguard team. this is an extraordinary experience. i think the teamwork has been great. preparation has been terrific across the board when i was down in puerto rico all the way up the coast. now, we're really fully into the response and re

. >> thank you very much, gregg. t me acknowledge the wonderful partnership that we had with fema and with secretary napolitano and administrator seagate. if you are going to do to do with mother nature, you could not ask for a better set up -- toe-to-toe with mother nature, you could not ask for a better set opartners. i am not going to repeat what you have already heard about the storm. it is a very big one. it is going to cover a large amount of area. while he cannot exactly predict what curveball mother nature is going to throw at you, i do feel that the americared cross is better prepared, more prepared than ever. we have forced a number of partnerships with the state based organizations like the national baptist convention, like the southern baptist convention, a lot of the ngo's like the naacp and a whole host of other faith based organizations and non-profit organizations. we are anticipating that it will be a huge geographical area with lots of people enacted. from a time perspective, this could take weeks,

gregg, the one to address that? >> as the secretary says, we had been putting money back in as of early this week. we are over $900 million in the relief fund. we are looking at making sure we have the resources to respond. we still have open disasters, including pr, as well as storms all the way back to early spring. we are continuing the immediate needs a response to those areas in preparing for this response as well. as dale told you about going to red cross, you can also go to ready.gov. m.fema.gov will link to mobile information from us as well as the hurricane center's. you can get information when you are moving and keep track of the storm and how to prepare. >> thank you very much. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> secretary napolitano and other officials are expected to meet with reporters again in the morning with the latest on hurricane irene. live coverage of the briefing at 11:00 a.m. eastern time here on c-span. >> next,

gregg: have a safe weekend and take all the precautions necessary. we'll see you, we'll be here owl throughout the weekend. "happening now" begins now. rick: i'm rick folbaum in for jon scott. we'll be joined by jenna lee in a moment. "happening now," hurricane irene is a category 2 storm packing winds up to 115 miles perdue hour. rain is already falling in the carolinas, and tropical-force winds are expected there by this afternoon. residents all the way up to new england are prepping for irene. seven states have declared states of emergency. we are expecting a live statement from press which should happen in about a half an hour. let's get the latest path of hurricane irene from janice dean. >> reporter: we got the new path and advisory. this is still a category 2 storm. 105 sustained winds. moving forward at 114 miles perdue hour. a very large storm. we will feel the affects of the storm all along the coastline as it hugs the coast and possibly makes a landfall saturday morning, we're thinking somewhere between morehead city and cape hat ta rufplt

gregg: good morning, i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. mandatory vevacuationings issuer folks in virginia beach and, new england is bracing for a full-fledged hurricane. martha: doug mcelway is live in maryland, along the coast there and first, let's go to janice dean, watching the computer models and gauging it for us from the fox weather center. what is the latest? >> we are waiting for the new advisory at 11:00. we'll, crucial, because we'll get a new track with all of the latest computer models, and we'll get the coordinates of the storm. you think it has a potential to become a category-3, again, yet, we are just on stlethe verge of category-3, because it has gone down to 110 miles per hour, but is still a category-3 storm, when it comes to surge and rainfall, 111 miles an hour is a cat 3 and shot a lot of sheer to tear the storm apart and it is not over land yet. we still have time for intensificati intensification. it is a very large storm and folks ask, when will it hit? even before we have a landfall, across portions of north car

gregg: that's really dumb. don't do that. martha: thank you for being here, everybody. "happening now" starts right now. have a good day. jenna: we start with this fox news alert out of libya, brand new developments, on the one hand, you have reports, reports that the rebels inside libya have this man, qaddafi, surrounded in the residential compound. those reports are unsubstantiated at this time and we have this just coming to us from the associated press, the spokesman for moammar qaddafi, telling the a.p. that qaddafi is safe, healthy, his morale is high, he is indeed leading the battle for our freedom, and independence every day. so one consistencey in the story seems to be the inconsistencies of reports coming out from inside libya. we have a live report from our very own steve harrigan, straight ahead. >>> first a fox news weather alert and brand new information coming in on the track of hurricane irene. it's one of our big stories this week. we're so glad you're with us, i'm jenna lee. rick: i'm rick folbaum in for jon: jon scott and irene isa category three, gro

gregg: skip this one. few hurricanes ever came close to new york city and in fact since 1851, only five have tracked within 75 miles of the big apple. hurricane gloria, the most recent one, tracked back in 1985, eerily similar to this one, irene's projected path and gloria made landfall in north carolina's outer banks, september 27, 1985 and at the time was a category-3 and traveled all the way up the east coast, lashing new york's long island with 80 to 100 miles per hour, all told, it caused $900 million worth of damage in today's dollars. at least 8 people in the united states died as a result of gloria. and, 3/4 of a million people lost power, in the northeast. so, that gives you a little perspective. martha: might be in for it. all right, back to the huge story, that we are working on, at fox news, right now and that is there are unconfirmed reports that libyan rebels say they have muammar qaddafi and two of his sons, surrounded in tripoli. let's go to jennifer griffin, who is working the phones of co

. >>> judd gregg is the man who turned down a job as obama's secretary of commerce. a man who says thanks, but no thanks, to the president of the united states is clearly not a man who's afraid to speak his mind. and judd gregg nouns me now. let me ask you about your reaction first to what's happening in libya? >> the people of libya deserve a free government and hopefully that he can proceed on to an orderly path of democracy. it's just a positive thing to have occur for the world. >> obviously there are several schools of thought here about a post-gadhafi libya. one is that these kinds of dictators keep a lid on what's trouble in their countries as well as causing it, of course, and there is a danger without them controlling the worst elements of society in this country, things could suddenly explode. are you concerned about that? >> i think we have to be in any arab country. obviously the most cohesive groups in some of these nations, are the most radical groups. you see that with the muslim brotherhood in egypt. and you have to be concerned that they take control

gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. evacuations already well underway along the outer ban of north carolina. but the whole east coast could be in the crosshairs this weekend. martha: that's right. right now irene is on track to graze florida, on friday. north carolina, by saturday. and, she could plow through the northeast, by sunday. >> this is a big storm even if we don't get a direct hit the tropical storm force winds will be on us an extended period of time and i expect we'll have infrastructure damage and considerable power outages and expect the worst. it could happen. martha: you have to expect the worst because it can happen and you just never know how this thing and where it will hit and what the damage will be. john roberts is live from at atlantic canada beach, north carolina. where people there are starting to prepare. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, to you, martha. this is the shot where you say, the correspondent is standing there and the weather is beautiful, where the heck is the hurricane

gregg: seized the day. martha: he says you can't just go into walmart and take what you yuan and leave! gregg: good for you. "happen position now" begins right now. martha: see you tomorrow, have a good day. jon: a very big couple of hours ahead, we begin with this fox news alert, the journalists have been freed, foreign journalists left their hotel in -- the rixos hotel in tripoli after being held there by forces loyal to moammar qaddafi. one of ours was held there and we will speak to him as soon as it's absolutely safe and we can make the connection. >>> and new informs just coming in on the track of hurricane irene, as well. good morning to you, i'm jon scott. >> jenna: hi everybody, i'm jenna lee, we're here in the fox news room and "happening now", we have big news from overseas and here, hurricane irene is a dangerous category three storm and headed for the bahamas after ripping through the carribean eye lawns. jon: that was a category one when the center blew through but it was strong enough to rip

let's check this with gregg jarrett to tell us what's on his show at the top of the hour. >> the powells are like this. just like you and me. coming up, we'll be talking with ambassador john bolton, can we stop the terrorists from taking control of a brand-new libya? what do we do there? here at home, new polls are out showing a vulnerable president politically. that as legendary investor warren buffet comes to his rescue. but is buffet right when it comes to taxes? we'll debate it coming up. getting grime from deep inside grout takes the right tools, but also a caring touch. you learn to get a feel for the trouble spots. to know its wants... its needs...its dreams. ♪call 1-800-steemer. >> steve: are you short on cash? there could be some cash hidden in your attic or basement. the brothers lee and lesley are crossing the country helping you turn your trash into treasure. take a look. >> the strings. i left all of that exactly the way he had it. >> i've got to do everything in my power to figure out if it's the real thing. it's going to impact his life one way or the other. >> juliet: l

gregg: so many more. martha: thank nor being with us, everybody, we will ao*e see you right back here tomorrow. "happening now" begins right now. have a great day. jon: and brand-new information coming in right now on the track of hurricane irene, good morning to you. i'm jon scott. jenna: i'm jenna lee. hurricane irene is barreling down on the dominican republic as it heeds right towards us in the united states. the powerful storm is lifting up high waves and unleashing as you can see torrential downpours on the resort areas. jon: irene is a category 2 hurricane right now but getting stronger as it heeds for the turks and caicos as well as the bahamas. jenna: forecasters say irene could grow to a category 3 today, meaning it would have winds as high as 130 miles an hour. that is strong enough to damage roofs, blow down shrubs and trees and cause extensive damage. jon: a category 4 storm which irene could very well become before it hits the u.s. packs winds as high as 155 miles an hour. here is an illustr

gregg and his colleagues published in 2010 and analysis of the literature from 1960 up through 2002. it summarizes the e fax any program that served 8325 your old. it could also have been a program that was just nine months. this chart summarizes the e fax of the cognitive domain. it was not the only domain that was looked at. but because of studies have focused on that to a lesser extent, you cannot really break those defects out in the same way and look at the influences on them in the same way that you can analyze the data on cognitive and pacs because there are so many more studies that measure this. one of the it things that makes a difference is the quality of the design. in studies that use more rigorous search designs. the e immediate impact or the impact at the end of treatment which was typically at age five was about 0.7. seven tents of the standard deviation. to put that into perspective, head start children start about a standard deviation behind. if you want to think about the achievement gap for kids by headstart or other programs for children in poverty, what is the g

be ready to be unexpected. >> gregg: captain chuck nash. stick around because this could happen any moment. we're on standby just in case it does. great to see you. >> heather: big hits at a football game, they are usually on the field but new concerns over fan violence after bloody fights break out at a pre-season n.f.l. game. take a look at this. we'll have live report. have i got a surprise for you! a mouthwatering combination of ingredients... i know you're gonna love. [ barks ] yes, it's new beneful healthy fiesta. made with wholesome grains, real chicken, even accents of tomato and avocado. yeah! come on! [ barking ] gotta love the protein for muscles-- whoo-hoo! and omega-rich nutrition for that shiny coat. ever think healthy could taste so good? [ woman announcing ] new beneful healthy fiesta. another healthful, flavorful beneful. >> gregg: dismal jobs outlook and how to fix it has been a defining issue of the 2012 campaign so far. president obama blaming congress and politics for standing in the way of fix also the economy. republi

. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. welcome to america's news headquarters. >> heather: despite evidence to american hikers, they were just sentenced to eight years in an iranian prison after having been in captivity for the past two years. a look at their options. >> gregg: rebels in libya claiming that khadafy's number two has defected and aiding them trying to overthrow the libya strong man. >> and water blewl manhole covers up in the air. >>> a stunning turn of vaccines for two american hikers locked up in iran. the two have both been sentenced to eight years behind bars. the news dealing a major blow for the two that many thought would be freed in the recent weeks. the pair have been held for more than two years but now they have 20 days to appeal before they are locked up even longer julie banderas has more. >> julie: the state department which has repeatedly called for the release of these two men releasing a statement that reads in part, we are working to confirm these reports and are in contact with the swiss p

caller: hi, gregg. does the fbi sometimes get their information wrong, with a wrongfully accuse someone of something? i will bring the case up, i don't know if you have anything to do with it or anything. [unintelligible] the that's not familiar? guest: does not sound familiar, but go ahead. caller: he was in chicago, and basically they said he had something to do with the brothers -- they did a movie called "casino" that had the same idea. his wife convicted him. he swore he did not do it, but basically, was doing 200 years, and john gotti followed with him later. there are not connected, i don't think -- host: are right -- caller: i would like to vindicate him, because they went after hand, and maybe he got -- maybe he was responsible for, like, tax evasion and those things that those guys do, but they got him for killing a mother, and one of the brothers is on trial -- killing a brother, and one of the brothers is on trial -- ho: we will take your point about wrongful information. guest: certainly we

caller: hi, gregg. does the fbi sometimes get their information wrong, with a wrongfully accuse someone of something? i will bring the case up, i don't know if you have anything to do with it or anything. [unintelligible] the that's not familiar? guest: does not sound familiar, but go ahead. caller: he was in chicago, and basically they said he had something to do with the brothers -- they did a movie called "casino" that had the same idea. his wife convicted him. he swore he did not do it, but basically, was doing 200 years, and john gotti followed with him later. there are not connected, i don't think -- host: are right -- caller: i would like to vindicate him, because they went after hand, and maybe he got -- maybe he was responsible for, like, tax evasion and those things that those guys do, but they got him for killing a mother, and one of the brothers is on trial -- killing a brother, and one of the brothers is on trial -- host: we will take your point about wrongful information. guest: certainly

caller: hi, gregg. does the fbi sometimes get their information wrong, with a wrongfully accuse someone of something? i will bring the case up, i don't know if you have anything to do with it or anything. [unintelligible] the that's not familiar? guest: does not sound familiar, but go ahead. caller: he was in chicago, and basically they said he had something to do with the brothers -- they did a movie called "casino" that had the same idea. his wife convicted him. he swore he did not do it, but basically, was doing 200 years, and john gotti followed with him later. there are not connected, i don't think -- host: are right -- caller: i would like to vindicate him, because they went after hand, and maybe he got -- maybe he was responsible for, like, tax evasion and those things that those guys do, but they got him for killing a mother, and one of the brothers is on trial -- killing a brother, and one of the brothers is on trial -- host: we will take your point about wrongful information. guest: certainly

gregg jarrett, here with the very latest. gregg: police initially thought this could be a hate crime driven by antimuslim sentiment. now, though, investigators think a love triangle may have motivated the assassins. details are scarce here but our sister publication new york post saying a custody was taken into custody last night. najish nirani and her husband were taking their son for a stroll in the new jersey community of boonton, suddenly they were ambushed by a blaze of gunfire, the woman killed instantly, a bullet to the heart and her husband, seriously injured, he remains hospitalized. four gunshot wounds. the child luckily, amazingly, unharmed, though covered with his mother's blood. verbais told police there were three attackers, they say the target appears to be specific, the family is muslim, was wearing pakistani clothing when they went for a walk after the istar that brings daily fastings during the season of ramadan, they had been visiting family in booneton, a tiny edge of passaic county, a large pakistani comm

good morning. >> reporter: you're absolutely right, bill, catherine gregg today pleading not guilty, essentially saying she is innocent of these charges after 16 years essentially on the run with james whitey bulger, this accused bob and mobster. she says that she is innocent. the prosecution, however, has a different story, she believe that she used multiple false identities to help conceal herself while on the run, as well as james whitey bulger, identities from names like carol gasko, helen march thal, chairl shaifen, mrs. thomas baxter and the list goes on. gregg's attorney says they would be taking this to trial, that they would not be cooperating, kevin runnington saying at this point she's holding up well. she faces five years in prison and a few years of supervision after being released if she's convicted on these charges and a $250,000 possible fine if she is convicted, and then they should be a free woman after those five years if indeed she is convicted. bill: what's next for whitey bulger, molly? >> reporter: he remains in federal custody as you would expect facing seriou

i do -- with senator gregg because he knows more about it. if one of the lessons i learned in washington is it is almost impossible to get something big and difficult and controversial gun without a crisis. twice we got congress to act, and they did it before the system collapsed, but it took a crisis. and even if the vast majority of members of congress, in my judgment, understood the deficit and were determined to disarm the about it, it would still be an ugly process to get there. it would take time and be an ugly process. i will get to the tea party. i get all of my republican friends and democrat friends -- mainly democrats -- asking about the tea party and trying to put me on the spot. i start off by saying -- you know what? the tea party did not come on to capitol hill with guns and take over by force. they were elected. elections have consequences and voters from both parties respond to the people who voted for them. and there were a lot of people came in the last election, the voters wanted them to come in and change government. and

senator judd gregg. [applause] >> the first question to each speaker comes in the previous secretary. last week we welcome robert rice to have the following questions ch.-- robert reischau >> you get to pose a question to our next speaker and the next speaker -- maybe this is a site with your next question -- but our next speaker is your dartmouth classmate and former treasury secretary henry paulson when. is sitting in that chair, what would you like him to answer? [laughter] >> i have two related questions. why in the wall street bailout did you got condition those funds on wall street doing several things it needed to do, the delay with regard to mortgage mitigation and making money available to main street through small regional banks? also, putting some constraints on lobbying by wall street firms, particularly during the time congress was trying to reform the financial system? [applause] secondly, after you explain all of that -- [laughter] i would like you to tell us whether the social benefits of

senator gregg was just a key member of the commission. it is no doubt by far the big structural issue in the united states is our fiscal deficit. it is a formidable issue. coming back to the bowl since then deficit commission, i think what they show to the rest of the world is what a lot of the markets already understand. we are such a rich country and such a big economy that if we act soon and there is a shared sacrifice, we can solve the problem by exporting the sacrifice brought different segments of our country's social upper passed to sacrifice too much. the longer we wait, obviously, the more difficult it will be. what do we have to do to get our fiscal house in order? i think it comes down to -- we need to grow. when we go about it, we have to reform entitlements. we have to reform a tax system. we have to reform a tax system so it gives us the revenues we need and give us growth. i start off by saying, despite all the criticism and how poorly the government performed and all of that, i think the criticism is deserving. let me tell

. >> gregg there. >> katanga steve, will davis with the united nations office in washington, d.c.. a quick question for the ambassador and the other panelists will want to comment does the u.n. peacekeeping mission monusco in the drc have the resources necessary to carry out the rule it's been asked to do in support of the elections since the indian contingent has announced they're taking on their helicopters are they going to need to divert resources from their already very mandate occupy an activity of the protection of civilians in order to help and election? >> thank you. right in the front there. >> woodrow wilson center. i wonder whether one can punctuate the members of the panel to talk about politics. in other words why have we moved from two rounds 281 round system why are the elections lists unavailable? is indeed a little -- isn't it unrealistic for the meaning of the congolese to assume, which it seems to me is the assumption behind some of the statements made that this is all inefficiency, coming late to the table and is there no system behind all this? i think if you

look at judd gregg from new hampshire. he stepped down as a senator and has now been hired by goldman sachs and they're giving him a lot of money and they are taking a thousand jobs from our economy and moving them overseas. he helped to write the bill that gave goldman sachs millions of dollars and now they are rewarding him. we are not seeing what they are really doing. i had my fingers crossed that the commission would have some reasonable, moderate individuals on there because our country was once run by moderates individuals. republicans and democrats both. host: is the obama white house planning an october surprise for next year to give the president's reelection campaign a boost? right below that is this item. and in "the hill" -- deirdre tweets -- cincinnati, ronald on our independent line. can or should washington do more to help the economy? caller: yes, they should. don't you think it's about time to put money back into the country by getting jobs for people? host: how would you like to see that happen? caller:

beginning at noon, and david gregg. wellcome's -- david gregory welcomes john kerry and john mccain. then, alan greenspan and former white house adviser austan goolsbee. at 1:00, the ranking republican on the senate budget committee. also, gloria steinem and the u.s. ambassador to syria. fox news sunday rears at 2:00. chris wallace talks with the house budget chairman paul ryan and tim pawlenty. at 3:00, the former republican presidential candidates steve forbes and the former director of the national economic council in the obama administration, larry summers. also, california gov. jerry brown and tom davis. at 4:00, it is "face the nation." bob schieffer talks with david axelrod, howard dean, and lindsey graham. the five network tv talk shows are brought to you as a public service by the networks and c- span. irs begin at noon. you can listen to them all on c- span radio nationwide on xm channel 119. you can download it as an app or go online to c-span.org. >> did you get eight weeks of vacation this year? i did not.

thought he had a deal with john boehner that included raising revenue and they were both going to get gregg at the end of the day at that that they succeeded and eric cantor blew it up that very very interesting answer africana rushing to be very pleased to hear that right now. you know in his speech today the president is on with doing anything but celebrating but he did sort of seem to want to make sure that his base knew that he was still fighting for them i want to play a little bit about what he said and i will talk about it. and since you can't close the deficit with just spending cuts we'll need a balanced approach where everything is on the tape yes that means making some adjustments to protect health care programs like medicare so they're there for future generations. it also means reforming our tax code so that the wealthiest americans and biggest corporations pay their fair share. and it means getting rid of taxpayer subsidies to oil and gas companies and tax loopholes that help billionaires pay a lower tax rate. teachers and nurses all right so it sounds a little that like we're

president, thi this closely follows the recommendation of senator gregg and i from five years ago to create a commission empowered to bring to a vote in the senate and the house a plan to get our debt under control and to do it so that you wouldn't have the endless process that our current situation requires. mr. president, the idea was to create a brac-like system so that a proposal could come before the senate, could come before the house to get our debt down. it is modeled in many ways after the reconciliation process that was designed for deficit reduction and only requires a simple majority vote. there is a failsafe. if this committee fails to produce a result, the failsafe is across-the-board cuts in defense and non-defense spending with exemptions for social security, veterans, low-income people, and it limits the medicare reductions to 2%. mr. president, i would prefer that the medicare reduction not be there because there is no revenue that's assured in this plan. but we do have a have a failsafe. we do have to have some assurance that the savings are actually realized. and