c-span: she still in washington? >> guest: no. c-span: she's not. >> guest: no, she's not. c-span: and -- and did you talk to her? i mean, do you quote her at all? >> guest: brooke is a source for the book, yes. she's doing very well elsewhere. c-span: but it was the first time it was ever published that she was very much in that house every day and she would be upstairs with lee and it -- the wife would be downstairs. i mean, that -- that's what -- i guess what mary matalin was talking about, is that this was the first time that was ever published. >> guest: it -- it -- i -- think that there are a lot of details that are i -- in -- that are part of the true story of lee's life as opposed to this -- the spun version, which was manufactured by mary, among others. c-span: and sally, lee's wife, was pregnant at the time during this... >> guest: right. c-span: ... his last year of his life? >> guest: right. c-span: and ha -- i -- i think i wrote the -- the date down; had a child on april the 16th... >> guest: middle of april, yeah. c-span: .. 19... >> guest: '91. c-span: .. 90. >> guest: '91. c-span: he died in '91? >> guest: excuse me, 1990. y

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live at 1:00 p.m. on c-span. the afghan and bannister -- afghan ambassador will speak at 5:30 eastern. >> this weekend, john dean is our guest on "in depth." the former white house counsel to president nixon and the author of 10 books will take your phone calls and e-mail and t weets. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our guest is katie corrigan, co-director of workplace flexibility 2010. when we talk about workplace flexibility, what does it mean? guest: i think every person in america knows what it means. when i tell people what work on -- what i work on every day, they say, "oh, yeah." when you are trying to do a job and take care of your family, you know workplace -- you know what workplace flexibility means. if you are out of the workforce for a period of time, you are able to get back in. i started this job about five years ago. bieber -- we were founded by a foundation called alford plea sloan foundation. they had funded using use of research looking at work -- they had funded the years and years of

you live in east times over, 737-0002 if you live in the pacific and now to three sunday a mile at c-span@book tv.com or a tweet at book tv@twitter.com. was it a best seller when it came out in 1962? >> guest: in the it was. it was a blockbuster in had been serialized in the new yorker magazine in three parts beginning in june and there was nothing but a stunning, anything but silent summer. when the book was finally published in september of that year it was already a best seller. john f. kennedy helped a lot to call attention to rachel carson's ideas by commenting on them in a press conference and setting up a presidential that 53 committee to look, presidential led by sri committee to look into her claims about the massive contamination of the environment by chemical pesticides. >> host: when you say her claims where did she get her knowledge? >> guest: kurson had studied, she was ecologist by training, marine biologists and ecologists. she had impeccable credentials and was an m.a. from johns hopkins. she didn't have a ph.d. degree but she had worked all her life of fish and wildlife

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national associations of journalists and fire dog lake and i want to give a special thanks to folks at c-spanfor being here to film tonight for booktv so thanks so much for that. when i first got to know bob and john i was an editor at a small magazine in chicago. i went to journalism school and suddenly i discovered these books that had something to say about independent journalism and about the structure of the media. and i liked it so much that i started getting myself booked on panels around chicago, you know, basically giving the bob mcchesney and john nichols rap which i guess was sort of a harbinger of my future at free press. and i was at an event and there were a bunch of independent journalists there and i started going into the history of the media. and in walked in the back of the room john nichols who kind of came up and whispered saying i think you're giving my speech. this time i'm going to let him give his speech himself and turn over the mic to john. >> thank you. [applause] >> thanks, craig. and the great tragedy of trying to get people talking about issues is that eventuall

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and the four i cannot ever know that i would be here, and i follow at c-span and at c-span w.j. >> host: we are quite happy. the numbers on the bottom of the screen to give us a call or give us an e-mail. you mentioned some of the individual in the administration and you take aim at the cia director leon panetta quote the perfect illustration of the beltway swamp creature. you referred to vice president biden when it comes to ethical self policing that puts taxpayers interest about electoral and special interest, joe biden doesn't have a serious bone in his body. and to refer to the attorney general or eric holder as a crime common corporate lawyer. >> guest: i do. and i provide all the evidence for people to judge for themselves. i think the thing that runs throughout culture of corruption is that it is a massive gap between the obama administration's rhetoric and the reality. i'm not arguing that influence peddlers and powerbrokers should be outlawed somehow. everybody's got to make a living. but the point is that team obama came here on as high a horse as we've ever seen in

at 8 profit margins eastern on c-span two and on book t.v. om new york, this years critics award ceremony and bill bennett examines america at the end of the 20's century. energy interviewed guy editor former of book t.v. dot org. "washington journal" returns. >> howard dean. let me ask you first. freedomworks organizing rallies that took place last april 15th. what's the relationship like now? guest: it's stronger but it's more complicated in the sense that the tea party and fiscal conservatives all over the country. that movement is bigger than it was last april 15th. i think what you'll see this april 15th is twice as m.d. vents and on average, i think the events will be twice as big as- last year. host: the news of last week, first of all, some attention to tea party activist or those that align to the organization or activities and some of the name calling and brick throwing that took mace with certain members of congress and some of the phone calls to democratic members of the house? guest: all that kind of behavior is unfortunate. we de

c-span2 at 7:00 a.m. eastern and then again on c-span at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. at c-span.org, you can find an archive of past prime ministers questions. >> now remarks from british conservative leader david cameron. he challenged gordon brown's policies on entitlement programs and a national health services during the spring conference. the british government is holding elections this spring with recent polls show conservatives holding of small lead over the current majority labour party. this is about 30 minutes. majority labor party. this is 40 minutes. >> thank you. at the thank you. wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww >> i have to make another speech without any notes. i hope that you will bear with me but i want to talk to you very directly today. they don't hand general election victories and governments on a plate to people in this country. and i know how important it is that we recognize something i am always said, which is this election was always going to be close. this election was always going to be a real case. labour and conservatives, gordon brown. th

it starts at 8:00 eastern on c- span 3 this morning. it will be live.ore on health care from "the new york times." "of the white house and democratic congressional leaders are bracing for a key procedural ruling that could complicate their effort to approve major health-care legislation by requiring the president to sign the bill into law before congress can revise it through an expedited budget process. a determination could come within days from the house and senate parliamentarians and could present yet another hurdle for mr. obama and the democratic leaders as they tried to lock in support from skittish lawmakers in the house." maria, are we the problem? caller: both, us and the government. if we stopped cheating on our income taxes, giving our parents 5 on the dollar, you would get your tax credit. it is a government and less. yes, we are a problem, we need to stop speaking -- stealing from the government. host: texas, independent line. your thoughts this morning? caller: liberal journalists are the problem. kevin connelly was an apologist for obam

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at 11:15 a.m. eastern, on c-span2, c-span radio and live online at c-span.org. on c-span freak, a coverage of a couple of hearings. treasury secretary timothy geithner testifying on the future of mortgages and housing markets. live coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. sec chairman julius genachowski testified about the national broadband plan before the senate commerce committee. and this weekend, a campaign rally but senator john mccain. he will be joined by his former running mate sarah palin in a rally in a maze that, ever done. he is running against former house member hayworth in the republican primary. a live coverage, saturday at noon, here on c-span. >> " washington journal" continues. host: our guest is ed berkowitz, history professor at george washington university. glad you can be here. it talk to us about how this legislation compares to other bills in the past. the big topic that we will talk about the next 25 minutes or so. but give us historical perspective of how major it is. guest: certainly one of the three big ones. my personal list for

caller: i am right at 29, right on the edge. thank you for c-span. i had a quick question for the poller. you are talking to people in this age group, what are the specific questions you are asking them? what are your specific questions? guest: a great question. all of the data we have collected it is available on our website, iop.harvard.edu. we ask close to 100 questions, which by the way this population will soon be the largest segment of the electorate. 25% are in the ages of 15-30. 18-year-old's and higher are the focus of the survey. host: back to our caller, are you still there? caller: yes. host: what would you like to be asked if you were a part of this poll? caller: first would basically be about the condition of congress right now. lots of people out there are and can -- not content with congress and its performance. i would like to find out more by and that about that. host: what is your particular case? one or two issues that bug you the most? guest: -- caller: we do not talk about, and i am happy that we have the first black president,

glad to see you there at c-span. stepping up, but i have a problem with most people who call themselves progressive. i do not believe in insulating people and economically. the liberal element of the democratic party -- they are not what they want to be, so i am a tea party libertarian, what ever you want to call me. in regard to some of the far left liberals who like to make derogatory comments about tea party people, i would like to point out that [unintelligible] i live in the country here. native american unemployment is one out of two. they are the most put down people that i have ever experienced in my travels. my main question to you -- two questions. here in tulsa, around some of the bigger cities, martin luther king day has turned into a day of violence. there was an incident the other day where a young man was shot, 100 people are around, and people were giving the and emergency officials a hard time while they were trying to attend to this guy. not one person saw the shooting. secondly, something about lib

at 5:30 p.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span. lso happening, president obama delivers remarks at the close of a forum on work place flexibility, attended by ceo's, small business owners and policy experts. we'll join the president's remarks from the white house today at 4:30 p.m. eastern right here on c-span3. on c-span2. we go live now to first lady michelle obama attending a white house conference on work place flexibility. labor leaders, ceo's, small business owners and scholars aring throughout the day to discuss the issue. we'll bring the president's remarks of this event later this afternoon around 4:30 eastern. this is live coverage here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we're waiting for first lady michelle obama attending a white house conference on work place flexibility. that conference includes labor leaders, ceos and some small business owners and scholars. they have been meeting throughout the day. they're discussing issues of work place flexibility. we'll bring you the president's re

at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. up next on c-span, "q&a" with michelle easton. after that, prime minister gordon brown at the house of commons, and then another chance to see the speech by prime minister brown on the global economy. . >> michelle easton, you say in a little note on your web site that when you founded the clare boothe luce policy institute in 1993, you received permission from mrs. luce's family to use her name. who's her family? >> well, i went and spoke with her stepson, henry luce, the son of the famous henry luce who did time magazine. and i did it because our corporate attorney, bill olson, said, "you don't have to ask the family for permission, but it's a good idea." so i went up and met with him. he was in the luce foundation offices in manhattan. and he was a nice fellow, quite gruff, and he heard me out. and he said, "well, i don't agree with what you're doing, but she'd like it." so, i could use the name. >> why didn't he agree with what you were doing? >> because he was something of a rino, to put it kindly. >> and that is - what's that

at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. environmental protection agency administrator lee said jackson today talks about climate change, cutting carbon emissions and more. she is speaking at the national press club live at 1:00 p.m. on c-span. greek prime minister in washington, part of a four-city tour seeking firmer in you and u.s. support for new austerity measures in greece to deal with their financial troubles. he will meet with president obama tomorrow. today he is speaking at the brookings and -- brookings institution. live on c-span2 at 10:30 a.m. eastern. and later today, a group critical of the obama administration's immigration policy -- firm, fair immigration reform movement, will have a news conference at noon eastern and that will also be live on c- span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we welcome bill galston, senior fellow at the brookings institution. he had an opinion piece -- in that opinion piece you quoted numbers from "the new york times the tier a recent survey. it said 70% of those they poll

"washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> the new c-span video library is a digital archive of c-span programming. from barack obama to ronald reagan and everywhere in between. this is now available to you. it is fast and free. try it out. >> over 1000 middle and high school students injured in the student competition. we will announce the winning entries. >> now, dennis blair, the director of national intelligence. he spoke at kansas state university. this is an hour. >> thank you for that kind introduction. it is a great pleasure to have such a distinguished graduate as a former colleague. i had done little intelligence on this occasion and i was told that bomb threats were primarily exam week phenomenon. i thought i was safe, but obviously, that was not very accurate either. thank you for your flexibility in changing venues. i will be signing class excuses to miss the rest of the afternoon after the for marks. --i will be signing class excuses to miss the rest of the afternoon right after these remarks. before,

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[inaudible conversations] a special time at c-span, it is the time we get to announce the winners of our c-span studentcam competition, lots of our work, of course,, thoughtfulness and creativity this year. we have more than ever -- more interest than ever before, over 1,000 young folks as videos on issues of the day and we start off with a look at our grand prize winners as they receive the great news. >> madison, lorna and >> yes. >> i'm glad you're altogether. my whole education team is here this morning and we've gone some good news for you girls. you enter our student camp competition and was again your winners. so congratulations to you but what's even bigger news, you are our national grand prize winner slew. >> [laughter] >> we are incredibly proud. as i remember from last year we have winners and our middle school category and winners and a high-school category. you girls are all eight breadwinners and you compete in throughout most of our judging processes for the middle school category. but for grand prize we look at everyone and you've even beat out a high school document

if you can watch these hearings live on c-span 3 and live at c- span.org. >> this , on c-span two's national book critics' awards ceremony. this weekend, look for highlights about the virginia festival of the book. and the entire schedule online at booktv.org. >> high-level meetings took place between the u.s. and pakistan at the state department. secretary of state hillary clinton and mahmoud koreshi spoke with reporters for a half hour. >> good afternoon. it is such a pleasure, once again, to welcome the foreign minister and his delegation to the state department for this latest round of our meetings and for this beginning of the u.s.- pakistan strategic dialogue, the first ever held at the ministerial level on both sides. that staff, along with the unprecedented for dissipation of senior leaders across both of our governments reflects the importance we place on this relationship. these meetings are an opportunity to engage directly on the full range of issues that are matters of common concern and shared responsibility and to produce concrete results. today, we discussed our shared goals

. >> fine presidential fifes at c- span's newly updated book, "who is buried in grant's tomb?" >> it is a mini biography of each president, and you can tell a lot about people at the end of their lives. >> a resource guide to every presidential graveside, a story of their final moments, and insights into their lives. now available at your favorite bookseller, or get a 25% discount at the publisher's web site. white house member spoke about health care today in a series of one minute species. here is part of that debate, beginning with john maynard -- boehner. this is just under an hour. >> american people are appalled by what they have seen in this health care debate, but the worst is ahead. the american people do not want it, and they are screaming, stop, yet congress continues to proceed. people do. but what's this bill do? puts the american people out of work. they want lower health care costs, how about a health care bill that's going to raise the cost of premiums? they want less government. yet this bill's going to create a giant bureaucracy here in washington. they want to

or the tourney, hillary clinton in 1991, you can search it, clip it, share it and more online at the new c-spand 115,000 people every c-span program since 1987. the c-span video library, cable's latest gift to america. >> president obama sign the health care bill into law today. he goes on the road later this week to promote the new law. on thursday he will visit iowa city, iowa, where as a presidential candidate he announced his health care plan in may 2007. just minutes after the law was signed, attorneys general from 13 states sued the federal government saying the constitution doesn't authorize the federal government to require americans to buy health insurance. all are republicans except james caldwell of louisiana who is a democrat. some states are also looking at other ways to avoid participating in the overhaul. virginia and idaho have passed legislation aimed at blocking the bills insurance requirement from taking effect. and the republican-led legislature in florida is trying to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot to ask voters to exempt the state from the federal laws requir

at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. the house pays tribute to the late congressman john murtha. memorial fund capital beginning at 11:00 eastern. this weekend, former presidential candidate mitt romney in his latest "no apology" asserts that a strong america is essential for not only our own well-being, but for the world's. host: democratic congressman dennis kucinich, thank you for being with us. health care, it sounds like the president will be doing some talking. this could be a turning point in getting things done. what do you think? guest: we have to wait and see what the president says. i did not support the house bill. i was one of 77 members who said unless there is a robust public option, count me out. as it happens, they passed a bill without the public option. a few of us held to understand and said, no public option, no vote. host: on your website, you outlined why you were against the affordable health care for america act. come to us -- talk to us about how the insurance companies should be more accountable. guest: the insurance companies are the problem, not the so

microphones so not only the people in this room can hear you but all of the fine folks watching at home on c-span can hear you as well. and then of course after we are done here, dan has graciously agreed to sign copies to all those who would like one. he will be at the madden media signing area, tent b. i don't know if that is how they decided. he is right out light into the right and of course if you are watching at home you can go on amazon.com as we speak and order his look or any of your find local bookstores. dan balz is truly the dean of national political journalists. he has been writing for "the washington post" since 1978 and has a massive track record as someone who is not just been covering the day-to-day events, but really providing a level analysis and thoughtfulness that is fairly unique. he has been called i tom brokaw somebody who goes to the head of the class when the subject is presidential campaigns. and if class is the right word he used with dan for many reasons because in a field where it has a share of egos and prima donnas, dan is a somebody told me the other day, a true

c-span for the house vote later today. you can also follow the process of lying -- online at c- span.org. caller: i am from phoenix.i wanted to tell you that i am a psychiatrist in this town. -- for the past 33 years, and see a decline in american health care, especially mental health care. i think this vote should pass. it is the first step for making health care system more, basically, reasonable. our friends all over the world, in switzerland, in france, in england, they laugh at health care here. host: jim on the republican line from portland, oregon. caller: we have a constitutional republic in america and process it is as important as the outcome. this process states. it is an odious situation in the house. i think it is -- the process stinks. schraeder, he is a democrat house member, if he votes for this bill key will be out. this district is a republican majority district and he will lose. host: congressman devin nunes, republican from california, will be joining us in 15 minutes. and congressman xavier becerra will join us later. independent line. good morning. caller: this scares me to death. i have never

that announcement and that news conference live at noon on c-span. hear from the director -- the administrator for the environmental protection agency lisa jackson. she's at the national press club. and she will be talking about climate change and energy legislation and more live at 1:00 pm on c-span. >> could i ask everybody to sit down, please. >> good morning to all of you. i'm strobe talbot. welcome to brookings. welcome to spring in washington. i'm ready for that. and welcome especially to the washington diplomatic corps, which is particularly well represented here today. and i might add that the athens diplomatic corps is pretty well represented, too. by dan specker, united states ambassador to greece, a very dear friend and former colleague of mine and several other people in the room. this is going to be an especially timely event. and it features an especially distinguished guest of honor. americans like to think of their country as the world's oldest modern democracy. going back all the way to george washington. well, the george who is with

you can watch that live at 5:30 here on c-span. taking a look at the economic stimulus plan, $355 billion has been committed, at $205 billion has been paid out. for more, co to c-span.org /stimulus. you will find news conferences and congressional debates as well as links to government and watchdog groups that are tracking the spending. the oilers c-span -- our public affairs content is available on television, radio, and on line. you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube. sign up for scheduled alert e- mails @ c-span.org. >> the afghan ambassador to the u.s. is expected to speak at 5:30 eastern time, live coverage on c-span. this is a discussion on present of obama's recent trip to that country. on today's "washington journal," this is about 30 minutes. are talking about afghanistan with richard fontaine. he is from the center for new american security. this meeting between president obama and president karzai over the weekend, what was it all about? what came out of it? >> the main thrust was that president ob

c "newsmakers" live at 6:00 p.m. on c-span. it will also re0-air sunday at 6:00p.m. and now, a look at what students should be learning in english and math. this is from this morning's "washington journal." an organization known as achieve. guest: we are a nonprofit organization led by governors and business leaders and we help states set academic standards so students are prepared for what they face after high school. host: this is the week that governors and states came out with a plan. what is that plan? guest: standards, for people who are not familiar with this langwg, a description of what students need to know what they need to be able to do grade by grade so by the time they finish high school they are pretared to do college level work or with the same kind of skills go to a job training program or the workplace itself. what happened this week is that the governors and the state superintendents of education had organized a group of people, achieve was part of this. to develop a set of standards for the country on a voluntary basis. this builds on the best of

and in iraq and afghanistan at 8:00 p.m. on c-span'sq and .a. >> the house and senate both approved the reconciliation measure yesterday and the speaker was obligated to sign the bill before sending it on to president obama to be signed into law. this is about 25 minutes. >> good morning. it is with great pride and even more stability that we come together today to sign this legislation. in doing so, congress will act as others before us did to do something very important for the american people. very significant to their daily lives. others before us brought forth social security, medicare, civil rights, some of the landmark legislation and our country's history. today, we have the opportunity in the house to sign this legislation to enroll this important registration to send to the president of the united states for his signature. we can let reviewed the event of last week which brought us to victory in passing the senate bill but a central to its passage is the passage of this second bill which would make significant improvements on

[applause] jura next chair of the radio tv association, when demand, peter slen at c-span.ht, your last comment mike mostert on, director of senate radio tv gallery. jim manley, senior communications director and adviser to senate majority leader, harry reid. chad for a program, fox news channel. [applause] senator lamar alexander, republican of tennessee. [applause] chairman of this dinner in 2012 and everybody's favorite cameraman, it j. mcmichael's. [cheers and applause] chair of the house rules committee, straight from health care debate central, louise slaughter from new york. [applause] dave mcconnell, debut tpl news r. tca executive committee and outgoing treasurer, linda kenyon of crn news. [applause] and of course, you know mr. vice president. [applause] you can clap. our association is fortunate to have the house and senate radio tv gallery staff. they help us do our job every day on behalf of the r. tca, i want to extend a special thank you. these folks are the heart and soul of making the daily coverage on capitol hill possible. on the house side, were mirus kor

c-span when members cattle back in. -- gavel back again. >> coming up next on c-span, supreme court chief justice john roberts speaks at the university of alabama law school. and then the u.s. house debate on the war in afghanistan. and the defense department briefing on iraq. on tomorrow's "washington journal," we will talk with representatives jason altmire about health care, david savage discusses john roberts, robert johnson will talk about financial relationships, and we will talk about the future of nato. "washington journal" is live 7:00 a.m. eastern time here on c-span. >> obama and his socialistic ideas to deciding salaries, that is what is in progress right now. >> sunday, michelle easton on her work to promote conservative women in leadership roles, sunday night on c-span "q&a prat." >> chief justice john roberts spoke at university of alabama law school on thursday -- on wednesday. he made comments about president obama as stated the union speech. today in 2010, when our nation has faced a stream of critical moments, lawyers maintain our faith in the resilience of our constitutional system. our society, our very way of life are prot

saturday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> as "washington post" international correspondent tr reid has traveled the world. his books are not only about his travels but about his global views on contemporary issues including the united states of europe, the healing of america and confucius lives next door. join our three hour conversation with tr reid and your phonecalls live sunday at noon eastern on booktv's in depth on c-span2. >> massachusetts senator scott brown made his first speech on the senate floor. this is about 10 minutes. >> madam president. >> the senator from massachusetts. >> i ask unanimous consent to ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. >> without objection. >> thank you. madam president. >> the senator from massachusetts. >> thank you. i was hoping i could address an amendment that have on the floor today. >> without objection. >> thank you. madam president i come to the floor of the senate today to give my first speech as the, one of the senators from massachusetts, and first let me say i am deeply honored to have been elected into serve in this great and

that is on c-span at 10:00 eastern. n3, representatives from google testify about global internet freedom. >> our public affairs content is availableç on television, radio and on-line. you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook andqq youtube. >> the third circuit court of appeals in philadelphia heard oral arguments last week in the case of cbs vs. the fcc. the court will decide if the fcc's indecency policy violates the first amendment. this is the second time the eighth circuit court has heard this case. the thirst what -- the first one was in 2007. it is a little less than one and half hours. >> thank you. would like to reserve five >> thank you. >> this courtroom once again overturn the fcc's 5 -- to keep thousand dollar fine imposed on cbs for the 2004 broadcast of the super bowl halftime show for it least three reasons. nothing in fcc vs fox television show is that this was treated differently under broadcast references. it is not affect the central issue in this case which is whether the commission ever ar

at the: security budget. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. live events to tell you that this morning -- the senate commerce committee continues to examine the toyota recalled. ñrÑi. eastern. also on cspan 3 at the same time, representatives from google and others testify about global internet committee before a senate subcommittee. tr reed has traveled the world. join our 3 our conversation with tr reid and your phone calls on sunday on c-span 2. now, house majority leader steny hoyer on fiscal responsibility and a new commission charged with recommending ways to reduce the federal deficit. he was at the brookings institution for 45 minutes. >> welcome to brookings, by m. ron haskins. i am introducing steny hoyer, it in his 15th term in congress. since 2006, he has been the majority leader. majority leader of the house of representatives. he seeks bipartisan solutions, an approach that is being discarded in these unfortunate times. he will soon get the opportunity to test his skills as he never has before. our program has been engaging in an

c-span. guest: that is right. we did look at the work that c- span had done on this project. knowing that c-span was an interested party, we did not consult with c-span. we went on our own to try to validate some of the work that had already been done. we did ask a different series of questions. we constructed the series on our own. i will have to say that we ride largely at the same results. the first thing we asked people -- i will say that we arrived largely of the same results. we asked how much they watched any proceedings on tv, mainly on c-span. we went back and ask, if it were televised, how regularly do you think you might watch those proceedings? in between, we phrased the question about the court and cameras intruding in the court a couple different ways. by the leg, we asked them -- by the way, we asked that question as it impinges on public opinion. one of the concerns would be the question of whether it would be too much democracy. that is to say, when you have tv cameras in the accord, if people in the living room are watching the justices at work, would it mak

monday night, have a smiley -- tavis smiley's form, at 8:30 eastern on c-span to. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> whether you are researching former presidents or just watching their speeches, or if you missed an event from just yesterday, you can search it and watch it on line at the new c- span video library, with over 160,000 hours of video. every c-span program since 1987 -- the c-span video library. cables latest gift to america. >> john mccain kicks of a series of the events in his home state of arizona as he begins his reelection campaign. the presidential nominee is running for a fifth term and faces a primary challenge from a former congressman. he spoke at a rally in arizona and was reunited with his prior running mate, sarah palin. this event is about 40 minutes. itute] ♪ [applause] [applause] >> hello. it is such a pleasure to be here this morning. thank you for this wonderful turnout. thank you. i know you all had something to do with his wonderful weather so that we can also offer up this wonderful whether to our alaskan visitors as we always do. [

the secret service potential budget for 2011 with live coverage of seized and 3:00 -- at -- live coverage on c-spant an o'clock. they live hearing at 2:30 key -- to acquire 30 from the postal service on c-span 3. >> lawmakers are making the final push, you can makwhat alle action here on c-span. take us where we go with our online hub and follow the links. iphone users have the latest with the c-span radio application. >> congressional quarterly rise this morning that the target date for house for action has been pushed back. "making fixes to the senate measure, without accompanying congressional budget cost estimates, the next stage in the process, once that happens, is possible help for action later in the week." this weekend on "book tv" and drew lewis talks about the civil rights groups of the student nonviolent coalition committee. steve forbes disagrees that americans are questioning capitalism. the former assistant education secretary talks about why too much testing is causing the death of the american school system. find the entire schedule at bo oktv.org. >> "washington journal" continues

carla bowman and i'm senior fellow here at aei and a member of aei's political corner and i would like to welcome all of you washington early birds and our live c-spanudience to the session of the past, present and future of the senate filibuster. in 1982 when norm ornstein and i were barely teenagers, we introduced a session -- a series of sessions at aei called politics watch -- called election watch, excuse me, and that is now the longest running election program in washington. but this year we decided to supplement the election programs that will begin in june this year with another session called politics watch where we would look at the hot issues of the day. and i can't think of an issue that's hotter than the filibuster is right now. i'd also like to recommend you in another institutional announcement, if you aren't subscribers to our aei political report, this is a monthly compellation of the polls. you can give us your cards at the end of the session and we'll sign you up for that. i'd like to now turn the session over to my colleague, john fortier who will be moderating the session. >> thank you, carla. welcome to aei. i think we have the

and in iraq and afghanistan, at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's "q&a".sthost: joining us on this sy is federal emergency management agency's administrator craig fugate. i thought we would start off in the new orleans and broaden it out from there. guest: we have done a lot to improved fema's standing in new orleans. one of the things going on is an effort to we have -- rewrite the stafford act. the mayor which called for the right, and one of the things they talked about was creating something so the rules are different and you could expedite the money and make the availability quicker. do you think regrading the stafford act is a good idea -- rewriting the stafford act is a good idea. guest: is it the act that is at fault or is it the way we implemented it? with the administration coming in it, looking back at all that, we were able to move over $2 billion already in funds that had been held up. it was nothing about the stafford act. it was looking at, applying more common sense to the production -- the project. we have a responsibility to be accountabl

of course, everybody joining us at home on c-span groggy having lost one hour of sleep except here in't have daylight savings time. that is why i am looking at bright eyed and bushy tail so let's day gaulle of the people from the festival it is a two the amazing event here in teeeighteen starting out to become a premier book festival in the country. of course, the great part of what is going on here in arizona. let's give them a big round of applause. [applause] . . [applause] he is a truly great historic figure and anything perhaps an interesting bookend. i think today's conversation about the american military and the differences in the military. doug stanton is a master storyteller. yesterday career of bringing people to places all over the world, a writer whose words on travel and adventure and entertainment stories. in his own book about the world war ii. has done things like playing basketball with george clooney for a story or taking act and tips from harrison ford. and of course his boat they were here to talk about is "horse soldiers," about the really first days in the openi

at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span2. today, house majority leader steny hoyer, talks about the recently created bipartisan fiscal commission, charged with reducing the federal deficit. that is live here on c-span and gerald ford. find these in c-span is newly updated book "who is buried in grant's tomb?" >> it is a new biography of each of these presidents and you can tell a lot about people by the end of their lives. >> now available at your favorite bookseller, or give a 25% discount at the publisher's web site publicaffairs knows based books.com. host: dr. cecil wilson is the incoming president of the american medical association, joining us this morning to talk about medicare cuts to physicians reimbursement and of care more broadly. the news media had a piece over the weekend that " you that says groups seem to be exasperated by the laporta about whether congress will not make permanent action -- if bu they quote you as saying there is no clue as to what congress is doing. congress is dealing with politics while letting rome burned and not protecting seniors and military, all of whom depend on medicare and try care. what is going on here? guest: first, thank you for having me, and i would