science. how are you going to do that? >> we need to find a million for julias and they are out there. it starts with acknowledging that girls and boys are good at math and science about the same. we live in a culture that tells girls that math and science and computers are not for them. i can walk into a for ever 21 and buy a t-shirt that says mat sucks. >> can you buy a shirt that says math is awesome? >> yes, we should make those soon. for everyone to tell the young girls in their life to go into computer science. secondly, julia wants to change

the world. when she is thinking about what she wants to do next, that's what she's thinking about. we asked her, what are you thinking about computer science? she said i think about a guy typing at a computer. that is not exciting. we're teaching girls how to code and we're exposing them to entrepreneurs and we're taking you to facebook and twitter on how you can change the world. one of my young girls, cora, her father was diagnosed with cancer. she wanted to save her dad's life. she learned how technology to do that. she created an algorithm um that detects if cancer is benign or malignant. she's 16 years old. \[applause] that is powerful. >> you went into college wanting to be a dance major and you came out as a double computer science math major.

>> i kept my minor in dance but yes. >> wt happened and how do we ensure more women understand when they get to college with one vision maybe something else could be more dynamic, particularly in the field? >> it is interesting. for me it started back in elementary and high school, which is why i'm so passionate. i had early teachers that really empowered me to love math and love sciences. they were female teachers. i don't know if that made a dirns or not. for me, at the time, i looked to those mentors as leaders an wanted to be like them. when i went to college i went to a small college sweet briar college. maybe you have heard of it. i went into college thinking i

was going to be a dance major and i was a baller reyna and i wanted to dance in a -- ball recent that and i wanted to dance for a company. when i got to sweetbriar i took my basic math and computer courses. again, the professors were so engaging and so interesting and not only teaching us this is how you code but this is what you can do with it. i remember taking projects back to my dorm room and showing my roommate about this robot i'm building and being so excited about what i could build with own hands and my own thoughts. that was really exciting to me so i followed that passion. >> great. sheryl said her being so forward

with lean-in has been a great recruiting tool for facebook. you've been so out in front with at&t. has that helped to recruit more women? >> firstf all, think the great thing about what sheryl has done for us is raise the conversations across the board rooms in the country and across the world. the beginning of solutions is to raise the consciousness. that is reelly important. i would never take away anything -- there's so many amazing women at at&t. we can shine a light, if we think about where technology has come. in the 1980's, it was about the micro processer. then in the 1990's, it was about the internet, which obviously opened the door. today, it is about mobile technology. with mobile technology it is about managing our lives.

it is about educating our kids and entertaining our kids and managing our homes and things like that. i think today there is a line of sight to a participation of women in this field that is really important. we need to open up that door and make sure women know how great and creative this field is. >> we were talking earlier that kids born today are not just digital natives they are mobile natives. >> absolutely. >> i would be curious, how did the changes in mobile influbses how you invest? >> we've invested in 46 companies. we've had 16 exes and a lot of companies we invest in have a mobile layer. i think it is important to have that mobile presence on the internet.

absolutely, just to share extra numbers. we have 10%-15% of our companies founded by women. we want to improve that. i would like to pledge today to encourage our recognition in that and the ability to invest in the companies as well. >> so more julias. >> exactly. >> what is it like to be a woman founder in what is pretty municipal a male dominated -- met much a male dominated society in the silicon valley. >> i never really thought about it. i wake up every morning and i think about what i can do to push my company in the next 24 hours. i don't think i'm a woman c.e.o. i just think i'm a founder, i'm

a c.e.o., what do i need to do today? i think that started with me going to a women college, sweetbriar college. it empowered me to have that mindset because when i graduated with a mat and science degree i entered i.b.m. as a programmer. i worked there working on lotus products and surrounded by mostly men. i knew i wanted to be there and that i deserved to be there and that i'm passionate about building things and products. that is what is at the forefront of my mind and keeps me going. >> my mother spoke publicly about how important it is to go to go a women's college and her development and helped with confidence.

how do you ensure that the girls and the girls who code, program know about not only stories about leahs but other story that were not so self- evident. she had this confidence that just came through and didn't think about it. but a lot of girls being a girl is a prominent thing because other people make it prominent to them, their school environment, home environment, their friend. how do you help girls get through that? the think confidence is number one thing to give to girls. when we first started they were scared to raise their hand. they did not want to describe themselves. when they first did coding they wanted to give up. but for us it was teaching about the importance of failure. teaching them about the try and try again. the key part of code and launching code clubs in high school.

we're making sure that we are inviting female sbrures and having them talk about -- entrepreneurs and having them talk about and learn how they build a business. they can see people who look like them. that is important for the girls of color. i couldn't find one black female engineer in the entire city. can you imagine that? for these girls -- it is so funny we just had the application process at google and we saw all these african american women and latin american women come in saying i want to learn how to code, teach me. \[applause] one of my girls came here from another country and they don't give them culture in technology. so we had to teach her how to use a mouse. eight weeks later she built a website on how to teach other girls on how to code in 32 different languages. >> wow.

\[applause] >> we focus on that. if we commit to them, if we treat -- girls for code is not a nonprofit organization, it is a movement. you wrote about this, it is the most domestic issue of our time. the train is leaving. it is leaving and we need to make sure our girls are not left behind. >> if we leave our girls behind the train is leaving without all of us. you spoke about that girl and how she was not exposed to technology. there are sadly countries in the world where girls are not allowed to major in this field because it is deemed unfemme anymore. i'm curious, because you brought mobile into the conversation.

how do you think mobile devices can change that structural barrier around the world so girls can understand what computer science or technology and enjine nearing can do and -- engineering can do and they can educate themselves in 32 languages or more on how to code and ultimately franchise themselves? >> i think mobility -- smartphones is just the beginning. one of the things we're working on is home automation. think about the life that goes on in your home and car. turning on the lights for your kids, things like that. we're getting into a place it is about life spaces, it is not just about productive. this is where we need -- productivity. this is where we need women. we had a conference in las vegas in january and there were

hardly in women. but asn example of type of technology that was created, the winning team used this program that measures your mood and uses our call management platform to create a new technology that finds your mood and decides to send it to voicemail. \[laughter] so they demonstrated it there. >> wait i did not turn off your phone call it was my mood. >> the point is, when we're dealing with technology being apathetic and imagining our lives we need more women at the table. we know that innovation gets maximized when we have a diverse team. so women help to make those teams more experimental. there's lots and lots of reasons why we need women at the table.

>> you spoke earlier about the 15% after your portfolio on women-founded companies and you have an appreciation for women- founded companies. do you see a difference between the 15% of the women-founded companies and the 85% that aren't? >> difference in what? >> anything. >> oh, i think women try harder. part of the business is you have to get used to hearing no and you have to get use saying no. the more noes you hear the closer you're getting. one example how we're reaching beyond silicon valley. we invested in a company recently and i'm proud to say they are the number one furniture application in japan and taiwan and number three here in the united states. that is the example of women's- led organization.

it is photo sharing on mobile devices. i think it is amazing. coming from silicon valley it has taught me to look outside silicon valley for opportunities and support international women as well. they are just as smart as folks in silicon valley and they are coming up with innovative solutions. so that is something we look for. when the girls graduate from the program, what are the top aspirations they have? >> maria wants to be the first >> maria wants to be the first latina president coder. so there's one. all of our girls -- when we started only one of our girls want to jare in c.s.

when we finished all of them did. they want to have the skills set of coding. i think they appreciate -- it's a skill they will need to complete in the world. secondly, i think one of the powerful things about what they are doing, is they aspire to share their knowledge with others. all of our girls have started teaching other girls how to code. professorsons their and principals to launch code clubs in their high schools. one of our girls is going to go to bangladesh this summer and she's going to teach girls how to code. they have the knowledge of something powerful and there's a sisterhood they are committed to. they are committing to changing the jerned parity in this country and abroad. they are soldiers in this movement. [applause]

>> talk a how important it is around any decision,able particularly as technology kind hoff expands into more and more parts of our lives. how at task rabbit do you make sure you have the diversity defined. good question. for some reason we've been lucky enough to atract and recruit more women than men. it is possible. absolutely, it is possible. >> probably. >> i think it is the culture that we built. in particularly in the product in engineering we're the team of about 16 engineers. we have two female engineers, which is unheard of that ratio

in the valley. we have four female product designers and all three of our competitives, including myself on the management team are women. we just brought on recently a c.r.o.. i went out and did searches and interviewed hundreds of candidates and ended up hiring two very strong female leaders. so i think it is important to recruit and retain. that female perspective on these teams. i think the other component, particularly with a business like task rabbit where our membership and our users are predominantly women, are predominantly women. women make up 50% of the consumer decision power in this country. so to have that female perspective in our company so we

can reach our consumers with what they need and want, that is important. >> do you think you have enough women at at&t? >> very proudly, we have 90,000 women working there. 37% of our management is women. we have 4,000 patens that have gone to women. one of my fellow officers in the audience picked up her paten two days ago. >> very impressed. [applause] >> we do things like work with organizations like girl scouts, and a lot of programs we're putting -- we're working on together. one of the areas still is the entrepreneur yull area. we were talk about that. companies like ours are going to be more relients on external innovators.

he changed the way we did innovation. open platforms, a.p.i.'s and bringing so many innovators into these centers that we created. a lot of fast pitches and again, we found three times the speed in terms of getting to innovation. what we don't have is enough women going through the door. when you think about the kinds of solution we're creating and enough women coming through door that is a problem. so it is how do we also fill that pipeline in the entrepreneur yull state? >> what do we need to do in the education system so by 2020 we're close to filling that gap in the graduates on what jobs

will be on the market? whyt's one of the reasons i'm running for public advocate here in new york city. [applause] here in this city, 76% of kids in public high school don't have access to computers in school. in school. we have to close the technology gap that exists, we can't start to tackle this problem if we don't close the gap. two is we have to make computer science mandatory. [applause] that's what my mom said we have to live in the 21st century. >> exactly. >> women are 56% of the work force. we can't out innovate the rest of the world unless we produce more engineers, entrepreneurs,

and programs. we have to gett the in the school. i realize that in the educators that i talked to -- so part of that is they only have 1,500 computer science teachers in the entire country. >> we have 6,000 a.p. computer science classes that are not offered for a whole year. microsoft thinks about 2,000 of them qualify students to give them a leg up when they get to college. >> exactly. we have to make sure we're preparing -- we're providing support to our teachers so they can teach our children. there's a lot of structural changes we have to make in the education system and i think it is possible. >> i'm more optimistic than i was half an hour ago. we clearly have lots of work to do but we need to do in the audience is to make sure more sthires all four of these women and julia's are known so more girls are inspired to be like them.

panel. join me in thanking our [applause] >> a look at tax credits for people who buy health insurance included in the in portable care act -- in the affordable care act. then, the republican agenda in congress. we will look at the effect of the sequestration budget cuts on food safety inspections. " is live onjournal c-span every morning at 7 eastern. >> blumenauer hold a summit tuesday with a forum on the economy, government spending -- bloomberg holds a summit. we will hear from government

officials, c e l's, lawmakers, an economist. live coverage starts at 8:30 a.m. eastern. the anti-defamation league holds its centennial summit this week in washington d.c.. tuesday, the former director of the israeli defense force speaks before a panel discussing counter-terrorism policy after the boston marathon bombings. you can see it live starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. two infamous presence in the western u.s.. yuma territorial prison, and the other one is alcatraz. there is something in our culture, in our consciousness of what would it have been like to be in a prison like this? wasyuma territorial prison coidered to be a model and he

main institution in its day. this was a solitary confinement cell. any major infraction, talking back to lagarde, not -- talking back to a guard, not giving respect to authority, if they could not deal with you, the be with you.ld this was the place you did not want to come, because you did not have a latrine. you got bread and water once a day. occasionally there read more than one person in here, and one great big prison break out, there were 12 people in here. the folklore, we have no proof ,f this that said ammine guard in the pitch black, you would feel something coming down the air shaft, and it could have been a scorpion or a snake. that is something that is not documented.

yumaom 1876-1909, the territorial prison was home to 3000 prisoners, including 29 women. this weekend, discover the history and literary life of yuma, arizona. >> monday, president obama announced his choice of charlotte, north carolina mayor anthony foxx. he will replace outgoing secretary ray lahood, who announced his retirement earlier this year. this is 15 minutes. >> good afternoon. [indiscernible] that is fitting because ray may be the best secretary of transportation the nation has ever had. from the day he was sworn in, ray as fought to rebuild

america plus infrastructure, creating good jobs, strengthening the economy, and allowing us to better compete in the global economy. over the past four years, thanks to his leadership, we have built or improved more than 350,000 miles of road, enough to the world more than 14 times, upgraded more than 6,000 miles of rail, enough to go coast to coast and back. replacedepaired or more than 20,000 bridges and helped put tens of thousands of construction workers back on the drive, and that is all due in no small part to ray lahood's leadership. every american can thank him for making our transportation system safer. on a personal note, ray lahood

has been a good friend of mine for many years. before he served in my cabinet, we served together in congress. a is a republican, i am democrat. what always brought ray and i together was a shared belief that those of us who serve the public service over their allegiance not to party, but to the people who elected them to represent them. it helps that we are from the same state. i'm from chicago. ray is from peoria. we both love illinois and we both get out there on the golf course, and we are not that good, but we do not take ourselves too seriously. he is a good man, and has been an outstanding public servant and a model for the kind of bipartisan approach to governance that i think we need so badly in this town. on a personal level, i cannot be

more grateful to you for your service and for your friendship. [applause] now, unfortunately, for us, but fortunately for them, ray is now looking forward to spending more time with kathy and his family, a gaggle of grandchildren, and today i am proud to announce my intent to nominate another impressive leader to carry on his work of the department of transportation, the mayor of charlotte, my friend from north carolina, mr. anthony foxx. [applause]

anthony's life reflects the values he learned in west charlotte, when he was raised his single mom and grandparents. i should add his grandmother is here, and she informed me she worked in the white house in the truman administration. she is just coming back for a visit. [applause] and so the values they have instilled in them, take pride in hard work, take responsibility for your actions, to take care of your community, and over the past year some of those values helped anthony become one of the most effective mayors that charlotte has ever seen. when he became mayor in 2009, charlotte was going through a

bruising economic crisis, but the city has managed to turn things around. the economy is growing, there are more jobs and opportunity, and if hasked anthonw that happened, he will tell you charlotte made one of the largest investments in transportation in the city's history. since he took office, they have broken ground on a new street car project, they have expanded the international airport, and they are extending the city's light rail system. all that not only helps create new jobs, it has helped charlotte become more attractive to business. i know anthony will be an outstanding secretary. he has the respect of his peers all across the country. as a consequence, i think he will be extraordinarily effective. one of the thing rate taught me in watching him do his job is that establishing personal relationships with mayors and governors and county executives

makes all the difference in the world, because transportation is one of those things that is happening on the ground, and the federal government has to be responsive and has to understand what it is like when you are a mayor or a governor or an account executive trying to get these projects up and running, which means we have the potential of continuing to streamline our approval, getting rid of sometimes difficulties in permitting that slow projects that, because we want to get people back to work. i am confident that anthony will do an outstanding job. i want to thank his mom and grandma and lovely wife, two good-looking kids for being willing to serve as well, and i hope the senate confirms him quickly, because we have a lot ofork to do. our top priority is doing everything we can to grow our economy and create good jobs and rebuild opportunity for the middle class.

one of the best ways to do that is put more americans back to work rebuilding infrastructure. that is why i proposed a fix it first program to put more people to work as soon as possible on our most urgent repairs, and to make sure shoulder thenot entire burden, i proposed a partnership the private sector. congress needs to step up and fund these projects. we need more power grids and tunnels at ports that help us ship products all around of world, stamped with three words, "made in america." that is how we will stay competitive in this economy, and to ray lahood, i want to thank you for doing an extraordinary job, and to anthony and his family, i want to thank you guys for agreeing

to serve, and i note today's announcement is not the biggest thing that anthony's family has going over the next week, because tomorrow is anthony's birthday, so we are happy we can kick off the celebration here at the white house, and with that what i would like to do is ask both of them to say a few words, starting with our outstanding current secretary of transportation, mr. ray lahood. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. mr. president, your staff told me i've only had one minute, and since this is the last time i will be at this podium, i will take a little bit more than one minute. i know they will not forgive me, but i know you will. there is no way i can ever thank you for the opportunity

that you have provided to me to write theinptern my book of service. beste right, this is the job i ever had, and if you are not the best person i ever worked for, you are right at the top of the list. you have been extrinary. i know that every mayor in america is thrilled today, because one of theirs will become the secretary of transportation, and what a message to send around the country. what you say to every city is that mayors count, cities count, and anthony foxx will do a great job. mayor foxx -- i am confident he will do a terrific job.

over four years ago, you rolled the dice on ray lahood. i am not sure if you knew that i was a lousy golfer, if i ofld be a good secretary transportation. you give me plenty of license to be a good secretary, and we have been very proud to carry out your vision and very proud to be the 16th secretary of transportation. the president and i did not share a political party. i am a republican, and he is a democrat. what we did share while we served in congress from illinois is a friendship, a deep friendship, and that friendship has become much stronger over the last 4 1/2 years. i wanted to name four things that i think we have been able to do. there are many more than four. mayor foxx, you will inherit some of the brightest hard-

working people at the department of transportation. we have worked hard to carry out the president's agenda. one thing that we are very proud of it, in 3 1/2 years, and the president told us within 30 days of this being sworn in to his first term, raise the cafe standards, and what we're proud of is by 2025, every car and truck in america will get 54.5 miles per gallon, and it did not take one vote in congress. all it took was leadership here and leadership there at epa and dot and we made it happen. presidentbe part of obama's legacy, what a legacy, cleaning up the air, getting cleaner-burning cars. we have spent a lot of time on safety. we will be known for trying to persuade people to put their cell phones and their blackberries down while driving.

we're at the starting gate on this. distracted driving is an epidemic. we've spent time working on it, and i hope mayor foxx will look into that. the crowning glory for the president -- and he will have many legacies -- but his transportation legacy will be high-speed rail in america, bringing passenger rail all over america. let me tell you what i mean. i visited 18 countries looking at high speed rail, and the common thread throughout every country is a national vision, national leadership, national commitment, and that is what the president provided over the last 4 1/2 years. what he said is we know you want a different kind of transportation. lincoln started the rail system in america. obama has started high-speed rail in america. what a great legacy.

thank you. [applause] so we are proud of that vision, mr. president. thank you for giving us the encouragement to continue to carry on. obviously, it goes without saying, when i talked to the president right after his reelection about the fact i was very conflicted about this job, not about the job, but about the fact that i've would like to stay, but i told him kathy and i have been married 46 years, and she wins out. he said, and give me her cell number, i will call her. i said, i did not want you to do that. i do not want you to hear these arguments she will make to you. [laughter] but conflicted about this, it is the right decision for our family. we have been in public service

35 years, and we think we have done it the right way. we have done it in a bipartisan way, in a way that reflects the best values of america. the final pages of my book of service i think will be remembered for bipartisanship, for serving in one of the most historic administrations in the history of our country. i am so pleased the president gave us an opportunity to have a front-row seat on watching history and a front-row seat on making a little history. we what an opportunity that will never ever forget. is so, we leave while there still applauding, which is not always easy in public service. they are not only applauding for me, but for president obama and a team of people he put in place here. that is what they are applauding for. we go out while they are applauding and also with the

fact that my successor will continue to do a great job representing america, the american people, representing president obama for his vision for getting the economy going and continuing. athave tried to start transportation. it is my pleasure to introduce the 17th secretary of transportation, and when he is confirmed, which is what we always have to say, a thing around here -- [laughter] he will do a great job. the mayor of charlotte, anthony foxx. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you, mr. president. i am humbled and honored to be

your nominee for secretary of transportation. as mayor, i know first over the last four years cities have had no better partners than you, mr. president, and, you, mr. secretary, ray lahood. you have drawn the admiration and appreciation of america's mayors, particularly secretary lahood for his vision and approach and that of your entire team. bestnfirmed, i will do my to uphold the standards you have set at transportation. the second thing i know is that there is no such thing as a democratic or republican road, bridge, port, airfield, or a rail system. we must work together across party lines to enhance this nation's infrastructure.

i stand here today with many people to thank, most especially my wife, my two grandmother. throughout my service in charlotte, i've worked to to put charlotte and our country on the path of job growth today and tomorrow. mr. president, i look forward to engaging with congress on both sides of the aisle during the confirmation process. if confirmed i will work with you, congress, state, local governments, and the great team at transportation to keep the

wheels of our national renewal and turning it. thank you for your confidence in me, mr. president. [applause] >> the white house will announce tuesday a new jobs initiative for veterans and military spouses. obama, joined by the first lady, vice president biden and joe biden will outline the plan. you can join us live at 11:15 a.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span3.

on the next "washington journal ." co a look at tax credits for people to buy health care included in the affordable care act. -- a lookresident's at the effect of the sequestration budget cut on vehicle safety inspections. " is live onournal c-span every morning at 7 eastern. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> up next on c-span, first ladies influence an image features eliza johnson, wife of president andrew johnson. that is followed by former

president bill clinton at the 20th anniversary of the holocaust museum. later, president obama speaks about the impornce of investing in science education. >> she was close to being broken by the time she went to the white house. >> this is the earliest existing house. they lived here in the 1830's and 18 40's. >> she was educated and taught school. >> she would work. the north and south fought all over the civil war. it changed hands 26 times. they did have domestic help. >> it was used as a hospital, it was used as a place to stay and it was destroyed. >> aleezeh liza wasn't able to get out much.