We have Thursday’s top news…How is President Obama defending his stimulus plan to business leaders? What is he focusing on for long-term economic growth? How is Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner answering criticism of Obama’s huge budget for the next fiscal year? What did Republicans say in response? What happened to Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff in federal court today? What happened on Wall Street? And what is the Obama plan for the drug violence along the Mexican border? We have all the answers as we bring you the biggest stories for Thursday, March 12, 2009.