businesses. in the past two years small businesses have created 65% of jobs in america. these are companies formed around kitchen tables, formed when a worker decided it is time she became her own boss. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute]

>> i know we have capital bank here, and we appreciate the good work you have done in supporting this company. under karen mills s.b.a. has reduced fees. they have taken steps that reduced s.b.a. spending by 86%. we have called for the administration to reduce s.b.a. loan limits to allow us to guarantee loans up to 5 million compared to $2 million now. today i am taking asteps to assist small businesses. i'm proposing legislation that allows firms to refinance commercial real estate loans, their mortgages, under the s.b.a. right now, even companies with great credit histories are facing challenges and refinancing at what are historically low rates. property values have fallen and

lending has dropped. as a result, many companies are at risk of defaulting, which, in turn, will lead to lower property values and less hending, not to mention lost jobs. in addition, i'm also proposing that we increase the limits for s.b.a. loans used for lines of credit and working capital. something i know could benefit ruth's business and countless others. the truth is, the economy can be growing like gang buffletters for years on end, and it is still not easy to run a small business. it is not easy to stay ahead of your competitors. it is not easy to keep your costs down, to do right by your employees, to constantly inknow vate and adapt in the changing world. i was talking to ruth. she reminds me it is not easy keeping up with hysteric -- health care costs. she would like to see small businesses pick up health care

costs for employees. and in this deep and lasting resession, hard jobs has been that much harder. for much of the last year, people weren't calling, and banks were not lending. even in the face of these options, even in these tough times, all across the country, there are people like rick, dennis, and ruth, and will who haven't given up. you guys wake up every day and seek a way to safely navigate these troubled waters, to fulfill your obligations to your families, employees, and customers. in that determination, that resolve, you embody what's best in america, and you keep making america stronger. next week congress will start dwage many of the jobs proposals i have outlined in preent days, and many of the proposals will benefit small businesses. mr. of the proposals to spur hiring. if there are additional ideas from either party, i'm happy to consider them as well.

but what i hope, what i strongly urge, is that we work quickly. we work together to get this done. america's small businesses are counting on us. thank you very much, everybody. thank you guys. >> up next on c-span fox news contributeor -- contrbutor andrea mcglowan at the tea party

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the day's public affairs live daily from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> members of the tea party are holding their first national session in washington, d.c. the discussion begins with a fox news contributor. they talk about issues being discussed among party actists and where they see the movement headed. this is about 50 minutes. year to meet so many incredible people. as we started planning this event, there was one really special person i have the privilege of talking to on the bone, exchanging e-mails. i finally got to meet yher.

she is amazing. i'm not a believer in long introductions. please welcome angela mcglowan. [cheers and applause] >> god bless america. god bless america. we are patriots and warriors of truth. before i speak to you, let out our heads. let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your site, oh, lord. did i join the tea party movement? it is the same reason i wrote my book. let me tell you something, the truth pressed to the ground will rise again. but allied will never stand. -- but a lie will never stand.

when i hear people say this movement was about bashing of black president, i have to make a stand as a black conservative. [applause] this movement is not about blacks or whites, democrats or republicans. it is about freedom. it is about the fact that we're losing jobs in america. we're about to take washington, d.c. back. [applause] i am so proud to be a part of this movement. i want to tell you that all lot of people underestimate this movement. i want to thank some warriors. mark skoda held the tea party of memphis event.

please stand up. are you in the room? [applause] a lot of conservatives said, what is going on here? what is this movement about? even when we did the big movement in washington, d.c., i was doing the million man march. we had more than a million people in washington, d.c. [applause] they do not want to give you credit. they want to dismiss you. the news media said, it was thousands, hundreds of thousands. it was about two million people. we are strong today and we will be strong tomorrow. this is only the beginning. [applause]

while everybody is talking about what is wrong with america, what is going on with washington, d.c., the tea party movement is what is right in america. [applause] we are standing strong with our constitution. our forefathers said we have the right to state our grievances. we also have the right to vote people out of congress and out of the white house. [applause] they hurt us in virginia, new jersey -- they heard us in virginia, new jersey, and massachusetts. i truly believe that we can take back the progress and put some folks in their from all walks of life that can actually make a difference. not peopled shucking and jiving,

lying. we have congressmen representing my district who is about to lose his job. he is about to lose his job. [applause] he pretends like he is a blue dotted democrat -- blue dog democrat, but has voted with nancy pelosi 95% of the time. we are about to vote him out. [applause] if you do not know, his name is travis childers. the one in georgia, too? we have them all over the country. i want to tell you, republicans

in name only, listen to us. democrats, listen to us. the white house, listen to us. we are on the move. massachusetts is nothing. [applause] i want to tell you what you guys have done. i have worked on a very wonderful channel. i have written a book, had a television show, and have been in washington, d.c. you guys have inspired me. on monday, i want to let you know, i am about to embark on another endeavor in life. i cannot make a formal announcement now, but i want to tell you that i am going to uphold your reputation, your integrity. i have done these events in town hall meetings -- in the town

hall meetings. people are suffering. go back to washington and tell them that we do not want unemployment or public assistance. we want good jobs. we have that factories -- [applause] we have had factories close in my district and people selling kindling on the side of the road. that is would that you start fires with. -- wood that you start fires with. it is sad that in the state of mississippi, our unemployment rate is way over 10%. i have people who can attest to that. i'm going to make a special announcement on monday. i want you guys to join me in a rebellion. [applause]

thank you, guys. thank you. what we need to do, in closing, i am going to give my friend a little more time up here. i'm getting all little emotional. i am living a dream. our forefathers meant for people like us to be able to go to washington, d.c. and make a difference and what in our community and educate people with this movement we have done that. what inspired people. we are about to make a greater movement. we need to continue to stand strong. no more tax bailouts. no more bailouts of auto dealers. no more funded stimulus bill.

no more pork but -- no more pork barrel spending. no more earmarked. united's we stand, and united we're going to take this country back. god bless america. [cheers and applause] @@@@@@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @

i have had several requests that we do the pledge of allegiance. let's take a moment and stand and do the pledge. i am wondering if i can get into law back appear to lead the pledge. -- angela back up here to lead the pledge. [applause] >> i pledge allegiance to the plight of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [applause] >> that is why this convention is so much fun.

we are not on schedule and we never know what is going to happen next. [audience laughing] every morning i get up and i start up my laptop computer. i get my internet browser and i have a whole series of news website i go to. i looked at them every day, religiously, first thing in the morning. i make a copy, then i look at web sites. and anybody guess what website is number one on that list? >> fox? >> tea party nation. can anybody guess what is number two? worldnetdaily.com. it is one of the most phenomenal news sites out there. it is incredible. you must read it every day. i bring up my browser and i

have to look at tea party nation because i have things i have to do on there. right after that, i read worldnetdaily.com. i look for the columns that are penned by our next guest. he is an amazing author and writer. he is a professional journalist. he launched worldnetdaily.com in 1997. you're not going to get some of that anywhere else. let's not have to belong introduction. joseph farah. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. angela told me she was going to out-radical me tonight. i will admit she is off to a pretty good start. let me say, first of all, this is a unique opportunity i have

here, following angela, because i get to be the first person to officially endorse her quest for that house seat. how's that? [applause] you go, girl. first of all, i want to thank you for inviting me here. there is no place that i would rather be than among fellow tea partiers. when i announced my appearance here, he explained why by saying that i was a tea partier before there was a movement. nobody has ever paid me a higher tribute than that statement. [applause] in fact, way back in 2003, i wrote a book that literally

prophesied this movement that you have created. it was called "taking america back." that is what you are doing. that is the mission and goal, and it is the most exciting development in american politics in my lifetime. i got even more specific about what was coming in america in the book i wrote in 2008 called "none of the above." in that book, i explained why neither major party presidential candidate would change the failed course america was on. the only difference between the two candidates was the speed at which they would drive the country to the brink of bankruptcy and disillusionment. more to the point, i explained what would happen if barack obama were elected.

i explained that a freight train he was driving would result in a major grass-roots rebellion of ordinary, hard-working americans who had never marched in a protest or attended a rally and would get off their behind and filled the streets. you haven't fulfilled that prediction. -- you have all build that prediction. [applause] you did it in numbers and speed i could not have imagined. our work is only beginning. that is why we are here this weekend. it is really great to be among like -- among like not law -- among likeminded folk. conferences like this are great for sharing ideas and learning from others, getting that creative juices flowing.

it reminds me of a story. i do not know if you heard about this international medical conference. doctors were sharing their success stories. a french md said, you know, medicine, in my country, it is a solid bands that we can take the kidney out of one man and put it in another and have him looking for work in six weeks. not to be outdone, the german doctor says, that is nothing. we can take a young -- lung and have been looking for work in four weeks. a russian doctor says, in my country, medicine is so a dance that we can take half of heart out of a person, put it in another and have him looking for work in two weeks. the american doctor gets up and says, you guys are way behind. we recently took a guy with no birth certificate --

[audience laughing] no brain, and put him in the white house and now have the country is looking for work. [applause] this is being broadcast by c- span. this is the first time television in america is going to hear about some of this stuff. this is going to be shocking. it is going to be more radical than into law -- than angela's piece. my dream is that barack obama, if he even seeks reelection in 2012, that he will not be able to go to any city, town, and let in america -- hamlet in america

without seeing signs that say, where is the birth certificate. it is a simple question and has not been answered, despite what bill reilly -- bill o'reilly will tell you. the media thinks it's ridiculous. it is one of the most important questions we can be asking. [applause] it really hits the target. polls now show in california -- 33% of californians either believe obama was born outside the country or have doubts about his alleged the whole wide and birth. nationwide, it is closer to 50%. even significant numbers of democrats have their doubts. the media and politicians keep

pretending it has been settled. it has all been proven. i say if it has been settled, show as the birth certificate. it is simple. just this week, you probably saw barack obama's appearance at the national prayer breakfast. he said, do not question my faith. do not question my citizenship. why should his citizenship be a matter of faith? are we not supposed to see that evidence? some people think i am obsessed about this issue. [audience laughing] i am upset with the -- i am obsessed with the constitution. [applause] i think every american should be.

i think every office-holder who takes an oath should be. i think every journalist should be. does the constitution mean what it says? does it actually limit what the congress and federal government can do? i had an interview with national public radio. the lady was lovely. it was going pretty well. i mentioned the constitution. she said, but the constitution is a living document. that is why we have a supreme court to, to explain to us peons what it really means. i said to her, if you believe that, michelle, i would like to play poker with you under

living rules. high-stakes poker under living rules. [applause] what about this constitution? congress constitutionally require americans to buy medical insurance? >> no. >> does obama have the constitutional power to appoint people to rule over virtually every aspect of our lives? >> no. >> does congress have the power to limit talk radio hosts freedom of speech? do we have the right to bear arms or not? >> yes. >> you passed the test. what is wrong with being obsess about upholding the constitution? without it, america ceases to be america. [applause]

some people say it is not important where barack obama was born. some think the constitution is an archaic document or worse, it is a living document that changes in meaning over time. i say there is a process for amending the constitution. [applause] it is the basis for all of our laws and the glue that holds us together. we abrogate it and abuse it at our great peril. i take seriously its eligibility requirements for president. i admit it. rush limbaugh had a funny line when he asked, what do god and barack obama have been common? his answer is, neither one of them have a birth certificate. it is a funny line.

as with all humor, it contains only some truth. let me preface this by saying, i am a christian. i make no apologies about that. i am a follower of jesus christ. [applause] i recognize that there are people of many faiths here with us today and in this movement. i want to share with you today how the most important birth in history, that of jesus of nazareth, was so well documented, unlike barack obama's. jesus established himself as the messiah and savior of the world into separate and distinct genealogical records. one goes all the way back to adam, and another traces his kingly lineage back to abraham. even if there were no birth

certificates maintained a 2000 years ago in ancient israel, there is no doubt about where he was born, when, and his parentage. teases recognized those qualifications were essential to establishing his right to his earthly throne as king of the jews. @@@@@@@@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protecting junk young jesus from efforts to put him to death. likewise, the first 15 chapters of luke are deet voted to jesus' geneology. this time through joseph. now why? why all the geneological

details? jesus was in position to claim the thrown of david because he was the physical descendent through the line of joseph, and he was also eligible through the line of mary because she had no brothers and because she married within the tribe of judah. all these details had to be established, and they were. tracing one's lineage back to the time of adam was quite an or deal, even 2,000 years ago. s produce at various points in life -- to play in little league, high school sports, to get a driver's license, a passport, enter military service, and so on. jesus did that.

his disciples thought it was important enough to include in their gospels. god did not want there to be any doubts about his eligibility or qualifications to be the king of kings. there is a lesson in this story for barack obama. his nativity story is much less known. the people have many questions about it. there are many inconsistencies in the official story. no one has been permitted to see the one document that might shed light on his claim it to the presidency as a natural-born citizen. instead, we are asked to accept on faith that he is. we are asked to believe that a substitute document providing none of this corroborating detail and eyewitness testimony we find on genuine birth certificate is all we really

need. this brings me to my main point today. it is not the birth certificate. we are in trouble in america. we're losing our moral bearings , our respect for the rule of law. you look around america and things are bad and getting worse. we are broken, dispirited, scared. i cannot promise, when i am done with this speech tonight that you're going to be more prosperous than you were when you got here. among my job as speaker tonight is to give you some hope, some understanding, and hopefully, some inspiration. i mentioned the book i wrote called "taking america back." i was very excited about the book and considered it to be my finest work. i have written 13 books. that was my best.

it came out just as the iraq war was getting started. abu i put this? it was not a runaway bestseller. i figured it was the war or the timing. i did not get my feelings hurt. i noticed toward the end of 2008, the book started to sell. i mean really sell. all of a sudden, as barack obama entered the white house and became closer to reality -- they begin to want to learn how to take america back. this pace quickened even more into 2009. one day i looked at the sales of my book to discover that this literary flop had sold more than 85,000 copies, which is pretty darn good. it is not "going road." -- "going rogue."

we have gone to reprint after reprint. why is this story important, besides plugging my book? it is indicative of a number of trends that i have seen it about what we are experiencing in america today. as bad as it is, as horrible as it seems, as unlikely as it appears that we can escape what we're going through --it can actually be a vitally necessary experience for us, and one that is ultimately a very healthy and liberating for this country. this is the silver lining under the dark cloud of obama. you, right here. [applause] you know, we went through eight years of george w. bush. we went through his profligate spending. no one was interested in reaffirming just desperate that

followed eight years of clinton and four years of george h. w. bush. each one promoted bigger government and less freedom. why the sudden wake up call in 2009 and 2010? have you heard the story about the frog sitting in the pot on top of the burner? in the beginning, the frog is enjoying the warm temperature, not noticing that it is getting hotter. by the time he gets -- it gets unbearable for the frog, he is stuck pretty cannot jump out of the pot. it is too late. it is my theory that americans have been that frog in the pot -- for at least the last 20 years. we a been moving closer to socialism, further away from god, the constitution, doing what is right in our own eyes. all the while, we have not noticed it is killing us and our

nation. we have been doing a slow burn. it has been going on much longer than that, slowly but surely. americans have been turning their backs on the sacrifices their forefathers made for liberty, on our history of self- government, the principles of limited government. why is that? in the 1900's, there was an italian communist. he came up with the idea for achieving the goals of socialism without ever firing a shot. he suggested that he and his fellow travelers should embark on what he called a long march through the cultural institutions, subverting in changing them. --subverting and changing them. education, bladder be,

entertainment, the press. political power when literally fall into their laps. his work was translated into dozens of languages. the most important task, in his long-term plan, for winning the hearts and minds of the people was to attack the notion that there is a sovereign god who endows his creature with inalienable rights and establishes absolute rules about right and wrong. he wrote that it was a mistake to pursue communism through the linen -- leninist model. advocated taking over a leak cloistral institutions -- taking over cultural institutions. this was the work that was done

to lay the foundations for obama, pelosi, and reid. what you consider your strategy here this weekend, let me remind you there are short-term goals and long-term goals. winning victories at the polls, which i fully expect us to do this year, is only half the battle. we have been battling forces that have had political setbacks before. this movement is to last, we need a long-term strategy to do what our enemies have done over the last 100 years. we need to take over, not only the political institutions, but the cultural institutions like the press, the entertainment business, the schools, the universities, and even the churches. [applause] it is our duty.

those of us who believe in god, liberty, security, responsibility --only he represents -- we have to begin another long march through the cultural institutions. it is not enough to criticize these institutions. they need to be taken over, redeemed, reborn. this is not a time for timidity or compromise. it is not a time for defensiveness in conciliation. it is time to take the offense in this struggle. [applause] how anm i doing, angela? the cultural institutions that paved the way to this destruction of freedom -- we have to make a huge turnout on that road and take back those

institutions. selecting the best politicians will never be enough. are you with me with that? are you ready to engage in a cultural war after we did back congress in november? we are on the same page. let me talk more about the tactics of our enemies so that we're clear on what we're up against. this is an area i have studied many years. the question has been asked many times in the last year, what is obama doing? surely he is not dumb. why is he doing what he is doing fine knowing these policies have never worked in the past and are not working now and could never work in the future? the shocking answer is they are not supposed to work. at least not in the sense that you and i would have them work. the purpose of the policies is, for the most part, to increase

missouri and create crises -- increase misery and create crises. it was taught by a marxist professor and his research assistant. it was published when barack obama was only 4 years old, we think. without the birth certificate, we really just don't know. [applause] anyway, the professor and his research assistant offered what became known as a strategyi] but orchestrated crisis. i want everybody in this room to leave tonight understanding what this is. they specifically calculated their strategy as a way to end

poverty by bringing the capitalist system to collapse through a series of escalating demands that could never be met. one of their principal demands was the establishment of a guaranteed annual income, just six years after they wrote their little manifesto, it became part of the platform of the 1972 democratic national convention. and they did not just argue that these ideas should become political demands. they argued that action needed to be taken by like-minded people to recap on the system. that is the goal. to wreak havoc on the ssytem -- system. one way for that to happen was to sign up up for -- sign up the poor at such levels to tax the

system. the new independent class would riot and rebel, creating chaos that would create a real crisis for the system. did you ever wonder what ron did you ever wonder what ron emmanuel meant when h never wanted to let a this is it, folks. an example of how this strategy works quickly, followed by when it was actually implemented by the founder of the national welfare reform organization, and in the early 1970's, he hired social workers for the express purpose of expanding the welfare rolls as fast as possible. it was not about helping poor people. it was about expanding the welfare rolls. the strategy was so effective that the welfare recipients went from 4.3 million nationally to

10.8 million by the middle of the decade. in new york city, there was one welfare recipient per every two residents working in the city's private sector. in 1975, new york city went bankrupt as a result. many of you are too young to remember, but there was a famous "new york daily news" headline. president gerald ford was between a rock and hard place because the strategy and the organizational strategy of george wiley brought new york city to its knees, but that was hardly what was the greatest thing for them. along came a guy named george wiley, a disciple of the others. and wade was a disciple. in 1970, after working for his organization, he formed another organization, called arkansas

community organizations for reform now. it became known as acorn. the name was changed, but the ackerman remains the same. this was the organization -- the acronym remains the same. acorn was not just by registering democratic voters. it was registering so many that it created a crisis in the system, the same way wiley created a crisis and the welfare rolls. fraudulent voters were just as good as legitimate voters -- a crisis in the welfare rolls. where did the money come from -- for such abuses? acorn was funded by george soros' institute. the idea behind the voter registration campaign, which continues until this day, even benefiting now from direct federal taxpayer support, was to

register as many democratic voters as possible, legal or not, in a system of voting the more times, the merrier. the system is overwhelmed by random names, did names, contrived names. when all became impossible to police, the standards for voters would begin, and that is where we are today, with legislation right now being crafted in congress for universal voting. everybody votes. nobody can be denied. just 18 years ago, obama headed the chicago operations for project vote. he boasts in his autobiography about how successful he was in registering voters in chicago boss south side. he was so successful that he was elected president in 2008,

legitimately or illegitimately, remains to be seen. he is still employing the strategy, not as a community organizer, but as a community organizer and chief. he is still creating crises as a means of empowerment. nothing has changed. think about it. with obama, everything is a crisis. carbon dioxide levels. the banking industry. the automobile industry. the health care system. the economy. he can effect all of them. how, by turning make-believe crises into real crises. the goal remains the same as when it was first outlined in 1966. it is, as the marxists explained, to heighten the contradiction of capitalism. bring the system to its knees and ultimately to collapse. do i exaggerate?

>> no. >> i do not think so e ither. it is the only -- i do not think so either. it is the only paradigm that makes sense. they are following it delivered course to destroy the free enterprise system. if you try to fight back against this kind of political strategy just through electoral politics alone, you will win some short-term victories. if you do not address the root cause, the constant tug of the cultural institutions pulling america in another direction, we will lose the war. americans tend to be too comfortable and to trumping -- too trusting of government. it is understandable. once upon a time, the u.s. government was the envy of the whole world. it presided over the greatest

freedom the world had ever known. washington's power and reach grew well beyond its constitutional restrictions and something happened. it started to supplant god. it became an idol, a source of worship. did you ever wonder why the u.s. government has become less and less friendly to god? it is really obvious to me now. competition. the u.s. government does not want any competition. it does not want it from the auto companies or the health insurance companies, or the banks, or the private businesses. in fact, it does not want it from even self-governing individual americans who take care of their own affairs. in other words, government wants to be your god, you're one and only god. the god of the bible, abraham,

isaac, and jacob, the got to lead people i of egypt and back into israel --he represents a real competition. the god of the christians and jews says thou shalt have no other gods before me. that is his first commandment. the second does not make him any easier to swallow. do not worship idols. that is what the u.s. government has become for many americans. god says, thou shalt not bowed down myself to them or serve them, for i am i jealous god, visiting the inequities of the father upon the children and to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. it is the mutual conversion -- aversion. the impact is already being felt in america today. the government has become godlike in the lives of so many citizens. we are paying a price for it and

will continue to pay a bigger price for it for generations. even many christians do not see it yet. most do not have their priorities in life straight. not putting got first in their own lives. to many christians and jews do not believe they are not to question government. they think that is somehow on local. they fail to understand -- somehow unbiblical. they fail to understand that nations will also be judged by god. will not be a pretty sight. if america were just by this standard, it would not fare well. unless, we as a people change our ways. you can find the answer in second chronicles 7:14. if my people which are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turned from their wicked ways, then will i hear from heaven and

will forgive their sins and heal their land. do you think we are capable of recognizing we are headed in the wrong direction? this conference is a living testimony to that. it is not just a manner -- matter of electing the right leaders. our leaders are a judgment on us. we have to get our spiritual priorities straight. we have to recognize our government is a blessing or a curse on us. americans were blessed with some great years in the past. our citizens understood the limitations of government. they understood the fact that our all just an almighty creator has no limitations on his power. do you think we can find our way home before it is too late? >> yes. >> in closing, let me say this.

do not wait for someone to lead you. do not allow any politician or demigod to hijack this beautiful movement. [applause] that is always a danger. i am so proud of the way this movement has so far distance itself from politicians who want to jump out in front of the parade. [applause] there is another danger for this movement. it is that we start getting overconfident and believing we are already in the driver's seat. believe me, we are not. it reminds me of an old joke. a jewish guy is riding the subway, reading and not see -- reading z naz -- reading a nazi

newspaper. he says, i used to reduce paper, but what did i find? jews living in poverty, israel being persecuted. i switched to the nazi newspaper where jews rule the world. the news is so much better. [applause] and other words, we have to stay focused on the reality and not live in a fantasy world. i lived in that world of reality every day. that is what we try to bring you through worldnetdaily.com. many people do not want to hear the truth. they do not want to hear about the threats to their country, their way of life, there things, -- their things, the lives of

their brothers and sisters in faraway places. that is part of shining a light that needs to be shown in all the dark places. the truth needs to be told. it is the truth that sets us free. god bless you all and thank you for taking part in >> coming up next live, your telephone calls and comments on today's "washington journal." and then at 10:30 this morning, president obama speaking at the democratic national committee. also live at 11:15, from tennessee, a tea party forum on the future of that group.

today, live continuing coverage of the first national tea party convention from nashville, tennessee. we will have two forums. it will get underway at 11:00 at 3:00 p.m. eastern here on c- span. and a look now at some of the people who are attending the gathering this weekend. >> is that a medium right now? >> uh-huh yes, ma'am. >> are you here attending the convention, or are you here as a vendor? >> both. one of the things we are adamant about. we have american workers. we manufacture these. >> have you been selling these

and other events prove -- event? >> we also manufactured for the government and duke shirts. -- manufacture for the government and do shirts. there are a lot of imported goods that we saw, and that frustrated us. >> are you involved in your own local party? >> yes, the hampton roads. my feeling is i think it is due to see the people believe that they need to go back to the grass roots, the american-made manufacturing, jobs for the u.s., and that is what we are about, and that is what we believe in, and that is why we got involved in it. we did not plan on doing t- shirts for this until we started to see important t-shirts.

it was like the autoworkers, after they go on strike, they go to wal-mart and buy things from china. we did the convention one. margaret thatcher. and then, obviously -- this is always a good one. >> and we will have more coverage tonight from nashville from former vice presidential candidate sarah palin. that will be on c-span. this morning, we will talk with nick baker and then the founder and chair of the memphis tea party talks about the