it, egypt is not. pay close attention, be careful about making stereotypes or generalizations about a reconciliation between the arab world and democracy. it seems to be different in different places. one last question. hi. you said that we love america but we do not trust it. >> yes. >> can you explain that a little more? >> share. do we allow politicians to say bad things about america? ever? no. if you are not wearing a pin, pledging with your hand on your heart, there is something wrong with you and you need to be shamed until you correct that. we don't want politicians to think anything is going wrong in

this country. to, if citizens start criticize the u.s. out loud, they are told where to go. we have a political culture of affection. mind, thatlle's might be considered extreme and not very self reflective. at the same time, we don't like congress. the congress we voted in. we don't like the president, the things he tries to do even though he said he would try to do them when he was elected. whenn't like the courts they do something we don't like, otherwise we think they are very important. americans are not very reflective, that is what he is trying to say. it is wonderful to have love, but where is the interior of our soul. do we think about where we fit into the dysfunction? .t is one that is very harmful

who is to -- is one to that is powerful. who is to blame for the dysfunction in a free society, we blame them and not ourselves. are we really saying that we distrust ourselves? what is so great about the united states? the egg knowledge these types of breakages between ourselves and our pop -- we acknowledge these types of breakages between ourselves and the outcome of policy. he would say it does not fit very well that we distrust institutions in a country we profess to love. >> join me in thanking dr. farrier. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] c-span,g up later on british writer and broadcaster bbc will talk the

about the connection between media and religion at a conference at the university of colorado. here's a look. >> religion was held to a different standard, i had to prove i did not have an agenda and work extra hard at the morning meeting to show why a store it was relevant. an output editor could reveal personal bias in ways that would not have happened with an arts piece or one on politics. i don't mean to make my colleagues sounds stupid, they were not. iny were older, schooled 1960's britain, they had embraced secularization. religion was backward and would relegate police lease to the midsection of the back of the bookstore. or the bottom of the news roundup. i was often stopped in the fourth floor corridor by one

hack with the same joe, how is god today? [laughter] the joke wore thin. two whore one or took my subject seriously, i was almost seen as a theologian. i will never forget a meeting packed with those who ran the newsroom, mostly middle-aged men. they were exchanging views on how to cover the death of the cambodian dictator pol pot. one man turned to me and suggested that i write this problem of evil. [laughter] eyes were trained on me. i took a deep breath and replied that i thought we might need a t documentary slot for

that. it was a milestone. i think many saudi suggestion as mildly absurd and -- i think many saudi suggestion -- i think absusaw the suggestion as rd. proveon a mission to religion was as interesting as politics and often undergirded these events. >> you can watch jane little later today at 6:00 eastern on c-span. clintonat, the foundation hosts a discussion on young people abusing prescription drugs. among the speakers is patrick kennedy of rhode island,, who spoke about his own struggles. tonight at 7:15 eastern on c-span. >> tonight, we conclude our series "first ladies." a live two-hour program, martha washington to michelle obama. >> she brings financial

resources and her managerial makes mount vernon a successful operation and makes it possible for washington to be away fighting a war. >> there was something about abraham lincoln that she saw potential and helped develop. lessons in etiquette that helped polish them up for washington society. the political parties that they importantinvited people. she reeled a lot of power over mr. lincoln and over where he was going. >> the involvement of mrs. roosevelt in the political career of franklin roosevelt is right from the beginning, she becomes much more active in her 1921 when franco roosevelt contracted polio. she would encourage franklin roosevelt to continue with his political ambitions. "first