it is my pleasure to welcome angela merkel to the white house. we had a very productive discussion in the oval office. our country serve together in afghanistan. in recent months i have come to appreciate our partnership with chancellor angela merkel. i value her wisdom and her can or. i admire her for her leadership and pragmatic approach to getting things done. she and the german people have welcomed me to germany twice, during the nato summit and in dresden. today, i returned the hospitality. angela merkel shares my belief that soap -- no single nation can meet the challenges alone. the united states and germany, one of our closest allies an indispensable partner will continue to play a leadership role across a range of challenges. we are building on the steps we took at the g-20 summit. i underscore our commitment for strengthening financial regulations and i welcome the chancellor angela merkel. as we prepare for the g-8 summit in italy and look ahead to pittsburgh, we agree on the need to avoid protectionism. let me say, to answer, that i h

tonight we are honoring such a leader, chancellor angela merkel. chancellor merkel, thank you very much. [applause] [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] moi [applause] [applause] >> we're honored to present to you in this eric m. warburg award for your outstanding leadership in german american readership. thank you. [applause] [applause] [laughter] [speaking german] it. >> translator: senator hagel, excellence a, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor and privilege for me to receive this award here today and let me say that i am truly grateful to the atlantik-brucke for this. i will understand this and see this as an encouragement to continue to do everything i can in order to work for a transatlantic relations. i am very glad to be here today in this is a very important place and these are very interesting times. and recently there was an event held which reminded all of us that 400 years ago the first germans emigrated to the united states and we as germans as i may say so nice federal chancellor that 8

what came up in the discussions between angela merkel and president obama? caller: we are not exactly sure the specifics of the discussions. they had so much on their plate including middle east peace and the guantanamo base. president obama said that he enjoyed hearing some of the ideas, he called it the intellectual talks from the chancellor on what has happened with the automotive industry here in germany. but as far as specific as to what types of global financial regulations will come out of that, we were not given that many specifics from their meeting. in fact, the two were spending all day together, so we are likely to learn more about what came of it. it is certainly one of the most pressing issues for the two leaders and their countries. host: i want to share with our audience one of the many photographs in the paper this morning, from "the new york post." the president toward the pyramids in egypt and he leaves tonight for paris. he will be in the normandy region tomorrow. , sightseeing on this trip? caller: and considerable amount of sightseeing.

the president held a press conference with german chancellor angela merkel today in dresden. he said the buchenwald camp is the ultimate rebuke for those who deny the holocaust. he will mark the 65th anniversary of the deep-day invasions' tomorrow. -- of the d-day invasions tomorrow. >> panels and offers on the economy, globalization and the merkel worker, homosexual rights, civil rights and so turner truths -- sojourner truth. later, stanley greenberg on advising bill clinton, tony blair, and nelson mandela. he is interviewed by mary matalin. and live on sunday, bill ayers. his latest book is "race course." for a complete schedule, go online to booktv.org. >> now a house hearing on state secrets. the chairman is co-author of legislation to make it harder for the state secrets privilege. this is about 90 minutes. >> the hearing will come to order. today's hearing will examine the state secrets privilege. the chart recognizes himself. the legislation that i have introduced with other members of the committee would codify a uniform standards with dealing with claims of the stat

and president obama and german chancellor angela merkel. later, a look at the conduct of the justice department during the george w. bush administration. tomorrow on washington journal, a look at what the unrest and iran means for the future of the government with the jack and goldstone of george mason university. then a discussion on the end -- economy and world markets. later, director and producer talks about a film, shouting fire, stories from the edge of free speech. that is live at 7:00 a.m. here on c-span. how c-span funded? >> it is publicly funded. >> donations may be? >> it gives its funding through the taxes? >> i don't know. >> 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. a private business initiative, no public mandate, no public money. >> defense secretary robert gates as he addressed a conference of senior defense officials from the persian gulf countries. he spoke about it around nuclear weapons program and the situation in iraq and afghanistan. he is introduced by general david patras --. trie

up next, angela merkel and president obama were in a dr dresden. the news conference focused on the speech in cairo yesterday. here is that news conference from about 4:00 a.m. this morning east coast time. c-sp[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] . . i think that this is indeed a trip up a highly symbolic nature. let me remind all of us of the visit to the concentration camp we will take later in the day. it is important that the american president, barack obama, makes his first stop in dresden. this is a symbolic city. it was almost destroyed during the second world war. it was rebuilt after germany -- after german reunification. it has turned out to be a jewel of german culture. the people here are so glad that you come to see them because it shows that you also pay tribute to the tremendous efforts they made in this 20 years after the fall of the wall. we have made very good use of that time talking about the political agenda, pressing issues. president obama gave a ver

remarks by president obama and angela merkel. after that, another chance to see a form on the go prosecutions by the justice department. >> this weekend, "tv" shows books on the economy. how to deal with the economic crisis. pat robertson, barry riddle's on who's to blame for the recession. we also feature martin on why president reagan believed destroying nuclear weapons would bring an end to the soviet union. afterwards, we will talk about the two years in pakistan. he sits down with ralph peters. the entire "book tv"schedule is on line with great new features and easy to search our archives. booktv.org. >> the house approved legislation that would put limits on carbon dioxide and other gas emissions. the final vote was 219-212. here is a portion of that debate. o revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. waxman: i yield myself such time as i might consume. the speaker pro tempore: the the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> it will drive our economic recovery

president did talk about the situation in darfur, and we will we talking about his meeting with angela merkel, the chancellor from germany, later on c-span. thank you for the call. guest: i think one of the point here that the caller alluded to -- yes, there was a change in terminology, but i think when the president was trying to articulate american values and interests, he said, look, this idea of 9/11 being perpetrated by al qaeda, some in the muslim world question that if it was al qaeda, there were lured rumors. he said this is the fact. 3000 of my citizens have been slaughtered. that is why we are in afghanistan. i think he tried to be very direct when he said this is the priority of the american president, to protect american lives. but i think he fails by reaching out and trying to widen the distance between the muslim communities and extremists, that is the best hope, is to isolate. and al qaeda -- i think it is no coincidence that ayman of zawahiri and osama bin laden -- i think given their statements, their most nervous about the president's speech because he was trying to bring pe

. >> president obama at and german chancellor angela merkel held a news conference today in dresden,ermany. both leaders talked about the middle east peace prawns -- process, guantanamo bay, and the 65th anniversary of d-day. tomorrow, president obama visits france where he will speak at a ceremony commemorating that anniversary. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. we are delighted to have the american president here this morning with us after having met for the last time at the nato summit. we will visit dresden and later go to the former concentration camp. i think that this is indeed a trip of a highly symbolic nature. let me remind all of us of the visit to the concentration camp we will take later in the day. it is important that the american president, barack obama, makes his first stop in dresden. this is a symbolic city. it was almost destroyed during the second world war. it was rebuilt after german reunification. it has turned out to be a jewel of german culture. the people here are so glad that you come to see them because it shows that you also pay tribute to the treme

at 6:15, president obama and angela merkel. then at 7:00 a.m., "washington journal". >> this week, judge sonia sotomayor was in washington in advance of her confirmation hearings. >> i would like people to say this is the best hearing we have ever had. >> she is a very human person of great legal mind, and i think that is the right person to be on the supreme court. >> watch her with senate leadership and members of the judiciary committee on c-span's "america and the courts "today at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> today campaign for america's future. this included john podesta and clust discussed ways to advance the progressive movement with the obama administration. this is an hour. >> good morning. my name is roger hickey. this is the take back america conference. in this last historic election we did take back america. we took it back from the edge of disaster. so the people in this room deserve a lot of credit. i'd like you all to give yourselves and president barack obama a big round of applause. [applause] >> for progress siffs t

host: yesterday president obama and angela merkel had a conference at the white house. here is what they had to say about the situation in iran. >> the chancellor and i discussed the situation in iran. today we speak with one voice, the rights of the iranian people to have their voices heard, universal aspirations, and their bravery in the face of brutality is a testament of their enduring pursuit of justice. the violence perpetrated agains them is outrage jus. despite the government's efforts to keep the world from bearing witness to that violence, we see it and condemn it. as i have said before, the iranian people will be the ultimate judge of their government's actions, but if the iranian government desires the respect of the international community, then it must respect the rights and heed the will of its people. >> host: ambassador dalton, your thoughts about what the president had to say? >> i think it is admirable. it is the right stuff t makes clear that iran has two universal standards on human rights and civil and political rights are essential parts of the i

earlier he held a joint news conference with german chancellor angela merkel in dresden. they spoke about relations between the two countries. the president now heads to paris and normandy, france. he'll wrap up his trip with remarks at the u.s. cemetery there. tomorrow is the 65th anniversary of d-day and we plan to carry the president's speech live tomorrow on c-span. >> this weekend on c-span2's book tv, live the midwest largest literary event. the "chicago tribune" printer row litfest. >> for a complete schedule of this weekend's programs and times, go online to booktv.org. >> our party needs, obviously, a lot of work. >> sunday, on c-span's q & a. indiana republican governor mitch daniels on revitaling the gop. >> it needs to look inwardly and think about how it can speak more meaningfully to the problems of today and to the -- and to the americans of today, to the young people of the day specifically. maybe i can be a little part of that. you don't have to be a candidate to do that. >> q & a with governor mitch daniels sunday night on c-span. also on xm radio or dow

. >> earlier today, president obama had a meeting with german represented angela merkel. here is the schedule. he has stops in france tomorrow in paris and normandy, where he will celebrate the 65th anniversary of d-day. his speech in cairo, egypt, continues to generate attention. we will show it again on sunday here on c-span. now, craig newmark, creator of craigslist. this is about 55 minutes. >> craig new2mark probably does not need much introduction, but because we will be on c-span, maybe more. it was created in 1995 and has grown to an online communities spanning almost 600 cities in 60 countries. craig continues to serve as a customer-service representative for craigslist. you should also note that he is a supporter of cfp. we advertised the conference for the first time on craigslist in san francisco. most importantly, craig is an advocate for internet freedom. i'm sure he will touch on some of the advances involving internet freedom, and craig has been involved. he has always been a principled stand, doing so notwithstanding the risks, so i am really thrilled tha

president barack obama meet with german chancellor angela merkel. the house is in session with energy and climate change bills. in "the new york times," obama and congress clash on how to pay for health care. and immigration reform returned. "the washington times" headlines, pushing for action. the federal reserve chairman ben bernanke appears thursday in a contentious. -- a contentious hearing on capitol hill. on the republican line, you can call 202-737-0001. on the democratic line, 202-737- 0002. and on the independent line, 202-628-0205. you can also send as a comment on twitter. we start this morning with the front page of "the wall street journal," "bernanke blasted in house." "setting aside the deferential tone usually reserved for fed chairmen, members of the house committee on oversight and government reform repeatedly interrupted mr. bernanke at thursday's hearing to review the fed's role in engineering and government aid package. for bankamerica corp. it was the harshest public grilling since the late 1990's. also in "the washington post,

. >> president obama and german chancellor angela merkel held a news conference yesterday in dresden, germany. during the conference, they talked about climate change and the 65th anniversary of d-day. today president obama will speak in france at a commemoration of the anniversary. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. we are lucky to have the american president with us here for the first time after meeting with us at the nato summit. we will visit a little bit of dresden, and later we go to the former concentration camp. i believe this is a trip of a highly symbolic nature. let me just remind all of us of the visit to buchenberg we will take later in the day. it is so important that the american president makes his first stop here in dresden. this is a highly symbolic city. it was a city that was almost completely destroyed during the second world war. it has again turned out to be a jewel of german culture and civilization. the people here are so glad that you have come to see them, because it shows that you also pay tribute to the tremendous efforts they made in those 20 years af

. >> president obama welcomes german chancellor angela merkel to the white house at 11:30 a.m. eastern time, the two leaders hold a press conference. later the president and first lady holds an evening picnic for white house staff. omb released a statement outlining but the veto threat of the war spending bill, this after yesterday's decision and congress to include funding for more f-22 fighter jets. on wall street, stock futures moving lower ahead of data on personal spending and consumer sentiment. china national radio says the state planning agency is likely to reject a chinese company's bid to acquire bankrupt general motors hummer unit. -- hummer unit, saying it conflicts with goals. u.s. district judge sam can't turn over a letter of resignation to a senate official serving a subpoena at the prison where he is serving a 33-month sentence. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> conservation and the beginning of 20th-century, there were two sides -- just like now. >> teddy roosevelt and his leading role in the early days of the conservation movement. >>

earlier today, president barack obama held a joint news conference in germany with chancellor angela merkel. later they visited the buchenwald concentration camp. his next destination is france with stops tomorrow in paris and normandy. the president's speech to the muslim world in cairo, egypt, continues to generate global reaction. we'll show that speech again this sunday at 10:30 a.m. eastern here on c-span. herbert allison is president obama's nominee to be the next tarp administrator at the treasury department. his senate confirmation hearing before the banking committee runs an hour and 20 minutes. >> the committee will come to order. let me welcome all of you here this morning. let me say to my friend and colleague senator shelby, the former chairman of the committee, will be with us shortly this morning. let me welcome our nominee this morning, mr. herbal i son, who is our nominee to be the assistant secretary-designate for financial stability at the department of the treasury. we welcome you as well, mr. allison. let me begin by thanking you for your willingness to serve during the