and the gingrich-led house specifically and also the senate which was in republican hands at the time came together to get some welfare reform and some spending restraint to sort of keep spending flat while the economy grew and revenues caught up to spending. that's how you get to surplus. and that's why you think you're seeing so much focus in this administration on getting economic growth. you cannot cut your way to a balanced budget. you cannot tax your way to a balanced bum balanced budget, but you can keep your growth on -- >> watch mik mulvaney tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. sunday on american history tv on c-span3, we look at two u.s. presidents. at 6:00 p.m. eastern john f. kennedy's life in photos from the smithsonian american art museum's collection of images that chronicle the life of the 35th president. >> you know, the wonderful thing about the kennedys is they never

pushed photographers or writers away. you know, they didn't care how they were photographed. they didn't care, you know, whether the tie was fixed, whether the coat was on, this or that. they knew that if they made themselves accessible to the media, they would be published. and of course it was a ground swell. there's no question about it that the media coverage of jfk was just the first time we'd ever seen anything like it. >> and that will be followed at 8:00 looking at ronald reagan's relationship with pope john paul ii as paul discussing book "a pope and a president," the extraordinary untold story of the 20th century. >> interesting john paul ii had sent a cable to reagan when reagan was shot saying i'm praying for you. and now reagan sent a cable to the vatican, i'm praying for you. it developed the world's most exclusive mutual prayer society. and as for moscow, if they're worried at this point about a

kinship between the pope and the president, well, now they better really worry about it. >> american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. now live to the center for strategic and international studies in washington, d.c. where retired military leaders from japan and the u.s. are participating in a forum today on the importance and future of the u.s.-japan military alliance. the event should get started here momentarily. live coverage on c-span3.

>> again, we're live at the center for strategic and international studies waiting for a forum to get started on the importance and future of the u.s.-japan military alliance. a timely discussion with today's news from the associated press that north korea launched a ballistic missile friday night which flew longer than any of its previous missiles and landed in the ocean off japan. that according to officials from japan, south korea and the united states. a japanese government spokesman said officials were analyzing whether it was a second test of an intercontinental ballistic missile on july 4th north korea test launched its first icbm in a major step toward its goal of developing nuclear armed missiles capable of reaching the u.s. the spokesman said the missile launched friday flew for about 45 minutes, about five minutes

longer than the icbm on july 4th, and landed west of japan's island of hokkaido. japan has launched strong protest with north korea. japanese prime minister shinzo abe called a serious and real threat to the security of japan and said it would cooperate closely with the u.s., south korea and other nations to further step up pressure on north korea. again, that from the a.p. here at csis waiting for forum on the importance of the u.s.-japan military alliance. we'll hear today from retired military leaders from both japan and the u.s.