WOLF BLITZER: Let's go to Congressman Peter Hoekstra right now.
He is the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee.
Congressman, thanks very much for coming...
HENRY: Well, since the last time we have interviewed you, you have won the Nobel Peace Prize. And, by the end of this week, you will have visited 20 countries as...
BLITZER: Ever since the news hit that federal officials were considering housing detainees from Guantanamo Bay in the almost empty Thomson Correctional Center in...
The e-mails have been flying all day long, responding to the decision to try the self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind in New York City. Many Republicans say he's a war...
WOLF BLITZER: Let's discuss this and more with Peter Orszag. He's the director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Thanks very much for coming in, Peter.
PETER...
BLITZER: The White House is strongly denying reports that President Obama has decided to send tens of thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan. The White House...
WOLF BLITZER: Senator John McCain, he remembers vividly what happened 20 years ago, when the Berlin Wall fell. What lessons should the Obama administration remember as...
BLITZER: A picture can be worth a thousand words, as they say. Right now, one image is being used to spell out a whole story. It's being used against Florida's...
WOLF BLITZER: Let's get a preview, though, of what all this could mean. Two Congressmen from the two major parties are walking into THE SITUATION ROOM now, the...
BLITZER: The House speaker Nancy Pelosi says 96 percent of all Americans will have health insurance if the plan Democrats presented today passes. But how many House...
BLITZER: Let's bring in the top Republican in the Senate, the Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
Senator, thanks very much for coming in.
SEN. MITCH...
BLITZER: And joining us now from Capitol Hill, the energy secretary, Steven Chu, himself a Nobel Prize winner.
Mr. Secretary, thanks very much for coming in.
STEVEN CHU,...
BLITZER: Let's bring in the top Republican in the House of Representatives, the minority leader, John Boehner of Ohio, who's joining us.
Mr. Leader, thanks very much for...
BLITZER: President Obama is getting ready to deliver a speech in New Jersey. He's back on the campaign trail. He's campaigning for the New Jersey governor, Jon Corzine,...
BLITZER: And Olympia Snowe is joining us now from Capitol Hill.
Senator Snowe, thanks very much for coming in.
SNOWE: Thank you, Wolf.
BLITZER: When you said "When...
BLITZER:Let's go to Capitol Hill right now, talk a little bit more about health care reform, what it might look like as this process continues to move forward over the...
WOLF BLITZER: Your Holiness, thanks very much for allowing me to interview you.
Let's talk about an important issue in your relationship with the United States right...
WOLF BLITZER: Let's speak with a top Republican who was there. Eric Cantor is the minority whip in the House of Representatives. Congressman, you just came out of that...
BLITZER: The governor of California is a Republican who widely supports some positions embraced by Democrats, at least when it comes to global warming. So, that puts him...
WOLF BLITZER: Joining us now, a key member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
Senator Graham, thanks very much for coming...
BLITZER: Let's discuss what's going on with Senator Jay Rockefeller. He's a Democrat of West Virginia. He's a key member of the Finance Committee, was the author of one...
WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: A big day today, the president of the United States hosting a summit with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders right here in New York.
Let's get...
BLITZER: All right, so, let's put the Canadian system and the American system toe to toe.
Here to discuss and to debate, Canadian Senator Grant Mitchell. He's a member...
BLITZER: Well, let's find out right now.
Bertha Lewis is here, the CEO of ACORN.
Miss. Lewis, thanks very much for coming in.
BERTHA LEWIS, CEO, ACORN: Thanks for having...
I'm Wolf Blitzer. You're in THE SITUATION ROOM.
Outburst made, apology accepted. Now that a Republican congressman has apologized to the president for calling him a...
WOLF BLITZER: Both sides have been digging in their heels on health care reform. Will the president be able to create a new momentum when he speaks before congress...
MALVEAUX: A rare and exclusive interview with Laura Bush -- the former first lady talked one-on-one with CNN's Zain Verjee about life after the White House, criticism of...
SUZANNE MALVEAUX: An explosive allegation from a former top official in the Bush administration, Tom Ridge. The first secretary of homeland security writes in his new...
BLITZER: Senator McCain, if you're there, I know this is a sad day for you and so many other colleagues that you have. But it wasn't just liberal Democrats who loved...
BLITZER: Well, one of Senator Kennedy's best friends in the Senate sat on the other side of the aisle. That would be Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah.
He's joining...
MALVEAUX: Well, now on to new swine flu warnings. It is hard not to get scared when you hear a scenario like this one. You imagine 90,000 people dead from the virus this...
WOLF BLITZER: A disturbing warning today from a top official of the World Health Organization. He predicts there soon will be -- and I'm quoting now -- "a global...
SUZANNE MALVEAUX: Breaking news also in the standoff over North Korea nuclear weapons' program. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has been meeting with two of the...
WOLF BLITZER: Joining us now is Linda Douglas, the communications director for the White House Office of Health Reform.
Linda, thanks very much for coming in.
LINDA...
BLITZER: All right. That was congressman -- the Democrat, David Scott of Georgia.
The questioner was Dr. Brian Hill, a urologist. They're both here in THE SITUATION ROOM...
BLITZER: Joining us now to talk about that and a lot more, Republican Senator Robert Bennett of Utah.
Senator Bennett, thanks very much for coming in.
SEN. ROBERT...
BLITZER: Here's a question. Are these protests being organized? What's going on? Let's talking about it with the Democratic congressman, Lloyd Doggett. He's joining us...
MALVEAUX: How would the GOP grade President Obama in his 200 day mark?
Well, joining me now, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Michael Steele.
Good to...
MALVEAUX: OK, Brianna.
Thank you so much.
With business picking up, is it a time for the car industry to stand on its own four wheels, essentially?
Joining me now,...
WOLF BLITZER: Let's go right to the governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal. He's joining us from the capital in Baton Rouge.
Governor, thanks, as usual, for coming in.
GOV....