c-span: how old is he? >> guest: he is in -- i think he's about 86, 87, somethinger like that.is s c-span: what kinds of things would he tell you about calvin yolidge?tng >> guest: well, he just tells mo this one story about -- it was christmastime and he -- he was a owed something like 95 cents fod the -- the week's deliveries or however long, and it was perhaps christmas eve and he goes to th coolidge house and mr. coolidgu comes to the door. and he hands him a $10 bill and he says,'and that will be $9. 05 change, please.'e. so that's the type of story he tells.ta c-span: so when did you start this book? >> guest: i picked it up in 1980.cd at that time -- i'd finishedlleg college in '77, went to the, university of pennsylvania.u it had always -- not always; i should say since high school, ia had been in the back of my mindc that this notebook that myk father had amassed would really make a great book.wou and i picked it up in 1980 at a time when i had been laid off as a construction worker, which wai what

c-span: '... invol -- invoked the "losing china,"' in quotes, 'argument because he understood how powerful it was in american domestic politics. after so many years of dealing with american officeholders and then having them return to china after their terms of office as highly paid consultants, chinese leaders had learned many of the american pressure points.' how many human beings that you know of, and following this over the last five, six years, do you find that have been in government and then parlayed that into lots of money by being a consultant or -- on china? >> guest: oh, i think th -- first of all, the -- the -- the m -- most obvious is dr. kissinger, but then you've got also very significant policy -- former policy officials. alexander haig, who was secretary of state under president reagan, has a going business that's mu -- very much related to china. he's on a board of directors of the china -- or has served on the board of directors of one of -- a major chinese shipping corporation.

c-span: you said that... >> guest: don't burn bridges. c-span: ... this man in this picture down here is the largest stockholder in citigroup. >> guest: that's right, prince... c-span: what's his name? >> guest: ... al waleed, prince al waleed of saudi arabia. he holds about 5 percent of citigroup. he's obviously one of the richest men in the world. and he bought citicorp stock originally in the '90s, when the company was on its knees and being practically run by the fed. and today it's, you know, skyrocketed. and when sandy went to visit him in the saudi desert, he was trying to win a spot over john reed to take over citigroup, once the men merged travelers and citicorp. kind of drawn out, but he's an important figure. c-span: so here he is, dressed in arab garb. >> guest: exactly. c-span: you say he's jewish and grew up in brooklyn. >> guest: right. bensonhurst. c-span: with an arab in the desert. and you say -- i mean, one of the themes of your book is that being jewish was difficult on wall street. why would that be? >> guest: you know, it's real

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that is live house coverage on c-span. sotomayor on the confirmation process. >> questions over three days are not going to tell you much about a prospective judde. you have to look at their life work. that will be a clearer reflection of who they arr, how they think, and what they will do. >> with a new nominee, learn more about the ation's highest court in our latest book, "the supreme court." there are pages of candid conversation with

i have a question about c-span.atch every morning and i noticed an overwhelming amount of people call from maryland and around the d.c. area. i was wondering if c-span ever does any kind of study about that. host: maybe they are around the district of columbia and they are into what we are doing. we do receive calls from across the nation. why does it concern you? caller: i just was wondering. this part of the country seems to be more interested in politics because it is around washington. i lived in hagerstown, maryland. i am very interested in politics. i was wondering if

that is a night at 9:00 eastern on c-span -- that is sunday night at 7 -- at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> president obama talks about the sacrifices of u.s. troops and their families in recognition of memorial day. he is followed by republican congressman kevin mccarthy of california who talks about a new initiative launched by congressional republicans to get suggestions on policy from the american public. is about seven minutes. -- this is about seven minutes. >> this weekend, as we celebrate memorial day, families across america will gather in backyards and front porches, fire up the barbeque, kick back with friends, and spend time with people they care about. that is as it should be. but i also hope that, as you do so, you will take some time to reflect on what memorial day is all about -- on why we set this day aside as a time of national remembrance. it is fitting every day to pay tribute to the men and women who wear the uniform of the united states of america. still, there are certain days that have been set aside for all of us to do so. veterans day is one such day, when we ar

but thank you for c-span. host: if you are interested in the tea party movement, on book tv this weekend, michael graham, the radio talk-show host in boston, he has a new book called "that is not the tea party, that is my mom." he is on our after words program on dtv -- book tv. he is interviewed by abc news congressional correspondent. in "the washington times" house panel okays probe of gtmo attorneys. the next call comes from. right here from washington, d.c. caller: two points. i am an african-american, a democrat. the point i want to make is we talk about the free market system. the reality is the government licenses all businesses to operate. they cannot operate outside of government regulations, and what have you. so, i think to say that a person can own a business and operated any way they want to is just not acceptable the government has a right to say who can go and who cannot go into the business. that is number one. the second thing, a white man called in earlier to say that whites are not the only

they have become c-span junkies. host: great. let me just point our viewers to the c-span video library pre you can go to our web site. you can click to find the library. if you want to go back and search elena kagan and speeches that she has made to get a better idea of who she is, go to our web site and find that video. pennsylvania, marty, good morning. caller: i would like to make a comment about the woman who has been nominated by president obama. in the last 30 years, i've seen a lot of appointments to the supreme court. it does not have to be a person that was a judge, a law student, or an attorney. the constitution of this great country says the president can' nominate a grass-roots person, a former, a steel worker. does not have to be a person who has a degree in law. i can never find out why no president has done that. the system we've had in the last 30 years -- i've been watching closely. it is always a party affiliation. why not try one of the people of this great land? host: a couple more issues and where elena kaga

and i give kudos to c-span. i think c-span 1, 2, and 3 are great.'m addicted to it, but what's happening with the united states being out of touch with the government, we're slowly allowing the sovereignty to be transferred away. and it's being obstructed by a lot of declassifications and deregulations and not saying i'm for more regulations, but i'm thinking what's happening is even with immigration right now, i don't think the immigration is the problem if it's appli in a way it's like seeing if we don't get on boat, we're going to be problems here, which i an i degree with, but it's funny in how this is being forecasted and if you look at rockefeller from speeches back, he is always talking about a de-population and i am not against, but -- i'm almost done here, but the issue we have is we are having trouble with growth and change and we can't necessarily handle it because the system can't handle it. we can handle it and the system can't. host: voice from matthew from her sheeshe hershey, pennsylvania. to grace from california. welcome, grace. ca

thank you for c-span. i wish we could get c-span 3 with directv but that's another story. my question fits into your criteria, i hope. i live on social security. i used to have an extremely high credit score. through some bad dealings and a loss of a home and a fire, et cetera, my credit score is now in the low 500's. i used to receive credit card offers from every bank on the planet, you know, and just junk after junk after junk. when my credit score dropped, i quit receiving all this stuff, and i got to wondering, well, somebody evidently is getting my information from the credit bureaus and how are they doing that without my authority or if i make a loan at a bank do i sign something that says ok, we can release the information to the credit bureaus and they can just sell it to whoever they want? what is the law here and when does invasion of privacy come in? >> when you apply for a loan, you allow the person you're trying to get money from, whether it be a bank or credit card company to look at your credit card score. credit card scores is another gaming system. you ca

c-span here. c-span, as most of you know devotes 28 hours every week to book tv and has probably, not probably but has been the for myself and the general read and more than any other organization in our history. it's truly fantastic. but we just finished the bicentennial celebration of lincoln and i can say without hesitation that c-span did more to celebrate with lincoln's bicentennial this year than in any other networks combined. they did a fantastic job of presenting lincoln had to the american people i want to tell you a little bit about lincoln and our culture today and then i want to take you back to the assassination and take you in search of the murdering beast as he tries to escapes from the federal authority disaster shooting abraham lincoln but i want to begin by reading you a from one of the dozens of brochures during the bicentennial. it reads abraham lincoln has become an american icon commemorated in music, poetry and sculpture. his words are quoted by poets and politicians.

you were on c-span 2. tavis: yeah, c-span 2. >> that's still something. >> you get "iron man 2" and he gets "milk." i get c-span 2. >> you make the catholic church look like a little sissy. you run that room. you got fair canned jesse jackson. those two -- farrakhan and jesse jackson. you had your facial hair fully grown out. you looked like you were ready, you meant business. i enjoyed that show by the way. tavis: are you done now? >> no. i thought -- yeah, i am. i'm giving you a compliment. tavis: i appreciate that. still, "iron man 2," "milk" and c-span 2. i digress. >> they are coming out with the adult version of "iron man 2." you know what it is called? tavis: what? >> "iron man 2." they like to play with the titles usually but they don't need to on this one. tavis: last time you were here i wanted to talk about two things i didn't get a chance to talk about. i'm a huge "sanford and son fan." i watch the show on tv land or tv 1. reruns all the time. i love watching credits. i crack up every time i wa

. >> c-span 2, one of c-span public affairs offering. a roundtable discussion on broadcast frequencies and their potential use for the expansion of broadband in the united states. our guests are michael calibrate and donovan. >> host: well, our goal this week on "the communicators" is twofold. number one, to learn what the spectrum is. and if you've been following telecommunications about car particularly the last couple of months you've heard a lot about the spectrum. so that's our first goal. our second goal is to hear some different viewpoints on how the spectrum can be best managed. and we have to just to introduce to you this week, both members of the commerce department spectrum advisory committee. her staff, david donovan and secondly michael calabrese. esther calabrese, what is the spectrum? >> guest: well, it's much more commonly known as the public airwaves. it's really not a tangible thing at all, but the elect trick magnetic of the earth's atmosphere allows the transmission and we call it the spectrum because it's a spectrum

that is tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org.upreme court nominee elena kagan is meeting with senators in advance of her supreme court nomination. learn more about the process in the latest book about the supreme court, providing unique insight about the court. available now in hardcover and also as an e-book. >> "washington journal" continues. host: lawrence yun is the president of the chief economist of the national association of realtors. news is that home foreclosures are down nationwide. that is a good sign. what about the housing market itself in terms of sales? are people able to get back into the market? guest: thank you for having me on your show. we have seen the buyers back in the market as a result of the tax credit. prices are stabilizing and increasing in markets across the u.s. consumer markets are experiencing a price decline, but once there is stabilization we can anticipate the foreclosure rate to help out. the foreclosure situation is still unacceptably high. we have a long way to go back to normal but it at l

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i love c-span.efore c-span i thought that i was the only one with certain opinions but i see there's lots of people just like me out there. i really think president barack obama and my husband thinks the same thing. he's doing a great job. he's really in there trying the best he can. i'm a bit disappointed with some of the democrats that are striking their feet or dragging they're feet but overall they're much better than the republicans. they have no ideas and i think basically they're still angry because of the election, and we're voting democrat. host: thanks for the call. washington post headline. super tuesday for both parties and one paragraph, everyone has a different definition of the anger. antiincumbent and antiobama and antiwashington - but the discretions of displeasure are everywhere. others say washington is not doing enough to penalize bankers or oversee as oil gushes from the broken well. this self identified maverick says campaign promise is too long and it costs too much. we need t

eastern on c-span. alert just weeks after the british elections which produced a new prime minister and a coalition government, queen elizabeth ii will formally of announce her government's legislative agenda for the next session three we will travel from buckingham palace to parliament for britain's one of mark -- one of britain's most celebrated occasion. the opening of parliament on c- span2. >> a look now what politics and the 2010 midterm election. from today's "washington journal," this is about 45 minutes. -- "newsmakers." host: alex isenstadt is the political reporter for politico. let's begin with this headline in honolulu. charles djou gott, and defeat in two democrats. your reaction? guest: it is a win for republicans. they win. it was a previously democratically-held seats. 7% of the vote was for barack obama in 2008. this is not entirely unexpected. we know that national democrats pulled out of the race earlier this month. host: and kansas ran for the senate, saying he might run again. he s

eastern here on c-span. dole is the midterm elections are just six months away and could change the balance of power in washington. watch the candidate debates that have already taken place in key races across the country. online at the news c-span video library. search it, watch it, clip it, and share it. it is cable's latest gift to america. . >> a lot of french canadians came to work in the mill towns. the kerouac family and my mother's family became very close. i ended up as a student here at georgetown university. i wrote a thesis on jack bureau act. kerouac.ira >> for those who not heard about them, tell us more about them. >> he wrote a best-selling book called "on the road." it started the beat generation, a counter cultural view of the world. he was a disaffected youth. he went to columbia university. while it was there, he met allen ginsberg who wrote an important book called "howl," one of the most important poems of the 1960's. they became very good friends. >> how william grosburroughs? >> also

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eastern on c-span -- 5:30 a.m. on c- span. . . >> thank you very much. my fellow citizens in the nation, that must strive ever to come closer to the ideas and the reality of the rule of law, thank you very much for inviting me to this interesting speakers club, which has a nationwide reputation. it is an honor to be with you, and it is an honor, too, to know you have a joint session with members here. we look in our civic life for mediating institutions, and when i noticed your courtesy in recognized, it reminded me of how important it is for us to participate in civic democracy. i noticed that you have here, -pand i filled mine at out befoe i talked, the speaker's evaluation. [laughter] it reminded me of the time i was in modesto, calif., a small town for their rotary club. at the treasurer's report proceeding may. -- they had the treasurer's report preceding me. they said we need to raise the dos nd get better speakers. [laughter] it is a pleasure to be back in florida. i was a circuit justice for the 11th circuit of florida, georgia, alabama, and it w

caller: i am so happy to get through to c-span. i want to congratulate the gentleman who is so diligently working for our veterans. i also want to thank c-span. i have been trying so long to get in. my husband was the last of the rebounds during the war. he transferred to the 10th mountain division. he served in italy and austria. he was very proud of his service. the american flag has never left our home. it has fallen continuously. i continue to fight it. -- it has flown continuously. i continue to fly the flag. i am surprised at how many homes do not fly the flag as we travel the country, especially on memorial day. as i look down my street at the flags that are hidden in not display. i want to thank the veterans. i am on a fixed income, but i do what i can to help our paralyzed veterans. i send in every penny that i can spare to the hospitals of our boys. i thank them very much from the bottom of my heart. i of two sons. one is in the marines and the other is in the air force. i want to thank everyone in the country serving our

eastern, here on c- span. tonight, almost 3000 journalists, politicians, and celebrities will gather at the washington hilton board the press corps at an annual dinner. c-span will cover the black-tie event, including remarks by it pregnant -- remarks by president barack obama and jay leno. >> sunday, pat buchanan talks about conservatives ideology and to depose a political climate. that is alive at noon eastern, sunday, on c-span2. >> sunday, at 7:00 p.m. eastern, we show you the only televised debate between the candidates for the pennsylvania senate seat. next, a reporter gives an update of the race. >> mr. fitzgerald, talk a little bit about the risks for both of these it gentleman going into tonight's debate. with senator arlen specter because he is the incumbent. because he is the incumbent. in fact, other debates. this is a one-shot debate. it will be going on during a phillies-mets game. he has nothing to lose in this case because he has to get the numbers moving. arlen specter has a lead, by all accou

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caller: good morning, c-span. back when georgal wallace said there was not a difference in the parties, that's probably still right. i think the representatives that to you the party line ought to start try that to you the party line -- that tow the party line ought to start trying to do what's best for the country and stop towing the party line, because i think it's destroying the country. in the 21st century, the people running it, and plus, the people running what's happening in these primaries, they ought to wake up and realize it's a new day. a lot of them are going to be looking for another job. thank you c-span. host:en on the democratic line, good morning, karen? caller: hi. my opinion is that republicans have always towed the party line. that was the problem with bush for eight years. they always did what he said. and now we have a democrat in there and we've got all this bipartisanship and bipartisanship and that's why nothing is getting done. they can't agree on anything. i think if the democrats would

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caller: thank you for c-span. i got a comment, 30 years ago i bought a farm and back then fertilizer was $40 a ton and i sold wheat for $5 a bushel. and now the fertilizer is $40 a ton and wheat still $5 a bushel. it's my opinion that the currency is still a problem. the ounce of silver and gold and still 40 years later it's still an ounce of silver and gold. but that dollar bill is not connected. there is a disconnect. and people producing raw materials like farmers and miners and manufacturing are not getting paid. guest: you know, i think in the old days, if you remember william jennings brian made the same speech, which was basically he did not want the gold standard because he felt that because of being, because of gold being the currency and dollar linked to gold. it was imposing hardship on many parts of the united states, especially the fashl community. y -- community. what we have learned from the great depression. if your currency is linked to gold, it's very difficult to manage economies and you get def

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but c-span is not one dime of your tax dollars goes to c-span. it's all funded through the cable industry but go ahead. caller: one thing i'd like to say i'm very disappointed in the president and the reason being is after this last attempt to block that oil spill, the president should have fired bp, got them out of there, got in their experts. because if people don't think that having bp do this, they're not thinking of damage control down the road to recover more oil. now, the thing about it is, if they brought in their own exports, told bp they were responsible for paying for anything that's done to close this, that would be the way to go. secondly, i would like to make a point. i would like to tell people all veterans in the united states regardless of party, we have a president that would rather play basketball and go to the lincoln memorial instead of going to arlington cemetary for memorial day. that is so disrespectful to every vearn who is serving and who has died. host: i'll get a response from mark as we look at the sunday examiner, th

eastern here on c-span. british prime minister gordon brown announced that he will resign by the end of september because of the results of last week's elections. we will hear more about that on "newsnight"starting at 5:30 eastern time here on c-span. until then got here is a look at the parallels between california and greece. host: he is joining us from los angeles this morning. he is here to talk about u.s. and europe economic instability. we want to show our viewers an opinion piece written this morning. he writes that the least substantial line -- the u.s. may not be greece, but california could be. here is a state so strapped for cash that it has resorted to paying its workers with ious rather than money. that is not the fault, it is the next best thing. could california do for the u.s. what greece is doing for the you -- for the e.u.? guest: and you can draw parallels, but there are a lot of lessons to be learned. over the weekend, the big news was that the e.u. came together and agreed on a gigantic

caller: thank you for c-span. i think that the concept of terrorism and common criminals are both the same. if you embolden them as far as being strictly terrorists, that gives them power. yes, they are common criminals. they do all sorts of bad things that they are criminals. is the same thing as gang members in the united states. when they're picked up their given their rights. but they are common criminals. they do terrorist acts but they are criminals. host: we will take 20 more minutes of your comments before moving on to our first guest, but we are taking a quick call to talk about politics for a moment. primaries in several states. alexander burns joins me now. indiana, what is the story there? caller: a number of competitive primaries up and down the ballot. three republicans were competing for the nomination. dan coates capture the nomination but not by a commanding margin. he got about 40% of the vote. not a particularly commanding win for a former senator. you really did see a conservative, anti-washing

caller: thanks for c-span. i watch you on c-span. thanks for explaining the difference in the constitutional laws. talk about the arizona law and obama making fun of its. it mirrors a federal law. guest: it does not mirror the u.s. law. it is a bit weaker. i am shocked that even ivy league people -- if they will look, they will know that in 1966, the u.s. supreme court in a case gave police officers a much stronger right then is talked about in the arizona law. i have read this and highlighted is. here it is here. my copy is 22 pages. it is 19 pages officially. it really does not go as far as the federal law. you cannot stop somebody based on racial profiling. president calderon was wrong being an invited guest in coming in and mischaracterizing a u.s. state law. it is just not true. the president was wrong about it. if you read the law and do a study, it is basically a stop and it must be based on reasonable suspicion. one of the words i had to practice, and you are so good speaking clearly, i had to practice the word articular opar

caller: thank you for c-span. my comment is along the lines that we have been dealing with these great oil companies, other corporations, and instead of them allocating someone for the safety of their operation, they put it all into making profit. for themselves and their investors. it is not that great of a cause to -- cost to when they start drilling, a sink several pipes down there and then went they're getting into the pockets down in there, they have what is called protectors. -- blowout preventers. what did they not tested these? -- why have they not tested these? it did not work. their connection to the surface did not work. there manual attempt because they will not put any money into the fallout of having an accident. it is risky to get energy granted, but when they will not spend enough money to cover the environment and the country from these economic ramifications of them allowing an oil well to go down and legal will live with a place, they are not having any responsibility. most americans are getting

that which are found in premise of c-span. more and more in this new media, we need to have direct connection with those that serve us. i read all of my e-mails. i get 400 e-mails per day. i am on facebook. i blog four times a day. i read all the commons. i am intimate with what is happening. what i see is that when you campaign for office, you really are with the people. and then you get elected and you go into these hallowed halls and you have all of this security and you start to have what i called the theory of nine. you are a 10 and you get elected, and then you have a nine who is your chief of staff, and then he hires 8's, and they bring an 7's, and the people who are the 4's eventually running the country. there needs to be much higher empathy and more listening to what the community at large really wants. i think sometimes we in washington or in new york, a high priest of the media, we'd tune out who our consumer is. and we start to listen to this vital few people that all have their points of view. as you well know, t

follow the vot live on c-span 2. the house returns at tuesday at 2:00 eastern with debates on self bills. also next week, the chamber plans to return to legislation that re-authorizes science and technology programs. the house also takes up a bill that extends tax credits for businesses and unemployment benefits. the house is live on c-span. >> watch this week's hearings on the gulf of mexico oil spoil, or look back at the exxon valdez hearings from 1989 at the new c-span library, over 160,000 hours of searchable programming. it is washington your way, search it, walsh it, share it and clip it. every program since 1987 available free, online. >> this is c-span's "america and the courts." earlier this month, supreme court nominee, elena kagan moderated a discussion on the recent term. she spoke at the sixth circuit judicial yelps in ohio and was joined by former u.s. solicitor general paul clement. if confirmed, she will replace retiring justice john paul stevens. this is two hours. >> good morning, ladies and gentlem

caller: thank you for c-span. served in the air force for nine years, and also i am a mechanical contractor for pipe fittings. i think everyone needs to settle down. this situation is something that impacts the entire climate. we are all using trains, planes, and cars. we will have this type of thing happen. serving overseas in italy i saw some things happen. we can get this under control. pointing to each other has nothing to do with it. this is an economic thing we need to do. if we can come together, it will happen and happen right. host: what are the chances that the top kill or any of other procedures that you are trying or any other procedures -- do you think any of them will work or will we have to wait until august until this is finally resolved? guest: waiting until aug. is unacceptable to me. i think doug settles estimate 60% success chance. that is what their position is. there are a couple of other things. in the can actually use a rally operated vehicle to cut the riser pipe of of the blowout prevente

live on c-span 3 at 7:00 p.m.> supreme court justice clarence thomas on the confirmation process. >> i do not wish that on anyone. i do not have found experiences up there. also, something justice white said it has stuck with me. it does not matter how you got here it that matters. it matters what you do after you have gotten here. >> with a new supreme court nominee headed into the confirmation process, learn more about the nation's highest court in c-span's latest book, "the supreme court." it is available by mail in hardcover and also as an e-book. >> "washington journal" continues. host: this is josh kraushaar, national political reporter for politico, which has as its headline today, "bracing for turbulent tuesday." why is that? guest: arlen specter is in serious trouble as he faces a challenge from congressman sestak. in kentucky, mitch mcconnell's favorite candidate is trailing badly. host: we welcome you. these are primaries in kentucky, pennsylvania, ark., and oregon. it has national implications. we will

thank you for c-span. i wish we could get c-span 3 with directv but that's another story. my question fits into your criteria, i hope. i live on social security. i used to have an extremely high credit score. through some bad dealings and a loss of a home and a fire, et cetera, my credit score is now in the low 500's. i used to receive credit card offers from every bank on the planet, you know, and just junk after junk after junk. when my credit score dropped, i quit receiving all this stuff, and i got to wondering, well, somebody evidently is getting my information from the credit bureaus and how are they doing that without my authority or if i make a loan at a bank do i sign something that says ok, we can release the information to the credit bureaus and they can just sell it to whoever they want? what is the law here and when does invasion of privacy come in? >> when you apply for a loan, you allow the person you're trying to get money from, whether it be a bank or credit card company to look at your credit card score. credit card scores is another gaming system. you ca

this is "the communicators" program on c-span. we're talking about the radio spectrum, the broadcast spectrum, trying to find out what it is and best ways to manage it. our guests is david donovan and michael calabrese, both are members of the commerce spectrum advisory committee, and mr. calabrese is a lawyer, and mr. donovan is also a lawyer and president of the association for maximum service television, so you get an idea of where they're coming from. gentlemen, recently on this program fcc chair julius genachowski was on as was marty cooper, the founder of the cell phone. and both had something to say about the cell phone and efficiency. >> we're going to need to find ways to look at spectrum policy to encourage more efficient use of spectrum. there are policies like potentially secondary licensing of spectrum, more spectrum flexibility that will encourage the private market and lead to more efficient use of spectrum. >> but the solution to the spectrum problem is not redistributing the spectrum, it's not taking spectrum away

this is live coverage on the c- span. -- on c-span. cox live look from the u.s.academy at west point. president obama is expected to speak shortly. he is addressing the graduation ceremony at west point. the president will discuss the wars in iraq and afghanistan and outllne some broad principles in advance of the scene to be released national security strategy. you are watching live coverage on c-span. >> sound. attention. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 57 superintendent of academy.ed states military%- [applause] general. ♪ ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [cheers and applause] [national3 [cheers and >> graduating class. please on cover and remain standing for the invocation by chaplain colonel mike drum. >> may e ppay? faithful and ever loving god, our creator and sustainer of life, we gather on this day ass they think the people, grateful for who you are and how abundantly you have blessed us. we welcome you ass ur special guest. oor hearts are filled with the%+ feelings of pride and grrat joy for this, the class of 2000, the

watched tonight, c-span's 8:00 p.m.astern then there is the california republican race to replace arnold schwarzenegger. steve poizner areas running against former ebay co meg -- ceo meg wigman. >> for a contemporary perspective on print, there is the c-span book "abraham lincoln," mel on c-span and your favorite book seller. >> among the speakers, we have roger cohen and wall street journal's read stevens. -- brett stevens. >> i want to welcome yours on c-span. if you get to the ajc.org website, you can participate and pose questions to our debaters. and our debate today is on how to deal with iran and that regime to request for nuclear energy. we will devote the next hour and a half to the question of how that priority, the u.s. priority, can be translated into tangible results. our speakers are roger cohen and brett stevens. we will begin with opening statements. >> thank you, jason. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. n. mex bosnia look like child's play. -- iran makes bosnia look like child's play. it has lasted 31

you can see that on c-span. tell us a little bit about who is running and then who -- if that senator bennett has challenger in that race. guest: he does. michael bennett, obviously appointed by gooernor bill ritter 16 months ago when salazar became the secretary of interior yorment got thibly. support. but he's up against someone who has long been seen as sort of the natural person to rise to that senate level. we're going have the democratic assembling colorado. so they will meet and vote in bloomfield for who will appear first on the ballot. so it's not going to decide the election tonight. but everyone expects that roam november will win a majority of the delegate votes. and it's also a shot of momentum to show that even ttough romanoff doesn't have the establishment support, he's still able to win majority. and in fact, there is a provision that if you get more than 70% of the delegates, then you are unopposed on the august ballot so. romanoff's people best case scenario would be that even though right now

on c-span radio and television. finally, for the second time in two days, pakistan is blocking access to a social networking site. after dropping the hammer on facebook yesterday, it is doing the same to youtube to the pakistani government accuses youtube of "sacrilegious contents." its complaint about facebook was "derogatory material." >> this weekend on booktv, on "after words," austin radio talk show host michael graham -- defends the graham boston radio talk-show host michael graham defends the tea party movement. he talks to abc news reporter jonathan karl. >> in some ways, every send a class to see a sense of what the country is thinking at that moment. >> d.c. journalist terence samuel looks beyond the institution of the u.s. senate -- behind the institution of the was senate, sunday on c-span's "q&a." >> we are joined by dan mccrum, "financial for the times." thank you for joining us this morning. guest: thanks for having me on. host: let's start by talking about the euro bridgette could you give us a prime

eastern on c-span. next, president obama on fuel efficiency standards, then a columnist and author jonathan alter on the president's first year on -- first year in office, and then alaskan senator lisa murkowsky. >> journalist terence samuel looks behind the institution of the u.s. senate, the upper house, sunday on " q &a" president obama says he will work to pass an energy and climate change bill this year. at this event, the president signed a memorandum of forcing higher fuel efficiency standards for medium sized and heavy-duty trucks. from the white house rose garden, this is about 15 minutes. . . >> good morning. please, everybody, have a seat. it is wonderful to have you all here. welcome to the white house. i want to introduce some of the i want to introduce some of the folks who are on the stage who have been integral in making today possible. you've already heard about the wonderful team here at the white house, carol browner, ray lahood and lisa jackson. but in addition we have on the stage a

c-span: how long will you be there? >> guest: four years. c-span: thank you, mr. tyle >> guest: thank you. sure was great. .. [applause] >> this is such a treat for me because david and i are old friends. when we worked at "the washington post," we always knew when you wrote a particularly delicious piece of copy because david would send a little notes and i still remember that years later to read this book was so wonderful to dive into. most people in this room have fled much about barack obama and every chapter you learn new things about him but you also learn how much about this country. when i first talked to you about this it wasn't clear that you were writing a biography is why you to tell me a little bit as we begin about the process how you came to write this particular book, was in the book he planned to write? >> i think it was a less ambitious book and maybe even more focused on the question of race and less biographical but it became clear in research the more it became a biography full-blown and i fully expect 20 years from now or however many years f

caller: thank you for c-span.n regards to foreign policy, how much difference does it make that we allow these businesses to go into other countries and have slave labor, but we give millions to the government of those countries, but it does not get down to the people that we are really trying to help. yet, we allow them to go in and underpay the people. if we are really interested in world peace, we should be expanding our peace corps. i would be putting more money into that, instead of the military. guest: one of the things that this administration and the last administration agree on is the value of organizations such as the peace corps. the document does not talk at length with what you are talking about, the role of corporations, but what you are planning is correct. national security is not limited to what we do with armed forces and diplomacy. it is about our image worldwide, our corporate stewardship. the document does talk about how globalization has brought all of these things together and you have to lo

at the new c-span library, it is washington in your way. the search it, watch it, click it, and share it. >> sunday, noon british prime minister david cameron and deputy prime minister nick clegg at their first news conference. also, remarks by outgoing prime minister gordon brown. sunday night at 9:00 p.m. on c- span. >> this is a government, the present setup for greatly, and the house and senate follow this policy, that the lead in a crate prosperity by growing the government. >> judd gregg, on federal spending and the financial regulation bill. sunday on c-span. >> in their relentless revolution, it is described like capitalism is a cultural system, and not just economic. sunday night on c-span. >> "washington journal" continues. is here.rsten sinema n tell us, from your perspective, will this law be able to work or will it have to be repealed by the voters or by the u.s. supreme court. guest: the bill is unconstitutional in a variety of ways. first, it violates the u.s. the supremacy clause, which reserves emigration law to the federal

we'll have live coverage of that here on c-span.omeland security committee is meeting next monday, holding a hearing on the response to the spill. they will hear from the homeland security, the head of bp, monday at 2:30. this afternoon, we will have the head of the chamber -- >> what this week's hearings on the gulf of mexico oil spill. we will look back at 1989. visit the c-span video library. it is washington your way. circuit, watch it, share it. every program since 1987, available free online. >> every weekend, c-span to book tv features 48 hours of a non- fiction books. the former cia officer talks about life in the agency, before and after 9/11. find the entire weekend schedule booktv.org. >> this afternoon, the state department, this from yesterday, meeting with president karzei. and this is from the u.s. institute of peace. yesterday, he wrapped up a four- day to visit to washington. this appearance is just over an hour. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i and the executive vice president here at the united states in

if you go to the c-span archives you n see a tour that c-span did wi newt gingrich when he first became speak down at the zoo. farmington, new mexico, city, republican. callego-ahead. caller: mr. speaker, i talked to you two years ago when i predicted the route to republics took in congress. the whole thing has had me mystified unl recently. a very dear friend of mine in oenix loaned me a book called the fabian freeway by rose miller -- sorry, rose martin. it made everything come together. the fabian socialists have been around since 1886. i can see what is happening today as just a continuation of what mrs. martin wrote about in 1966. the people we are dealing with now to not carry cards and their pocket talking about the fact that they are socialists, but they are. when you look at what they are doing, it is looking toward a world socialist government. in the united kingdom or england today is just about taken over by them. the parliament is all fabian socialists. guest: i actually think you are onto something. the reason why i wrote to save america and the reason why describe a secul

they do not seek the speeches aimed at the c-span camera are aimed at them. you have a lot of distractions in the senate. a lot of what you see happening on the floor in this senate is essentially record keeping, we have to get this on the record, and a lot of the actual work, the actual dealing takes place when two senators sit with each other or send their staff to work together, so a lot of what you see is just show. host: is it bad that the television cameras are there, one, and is it a waste of time? guest: i do not think it is bad that the television cameras are there, because we need to see this. it is one way to keep people accountable, because what they say, we know they say it. we now have it on video. we have it on film. i do not think it is a waste of time except for a lot of what the senate does, as corker says in the book, about half of what the senate does is a waste of time. there are the deals that harry reid refers to in that speech, all of these things that we ought to do that kind of lives up to this prudent government model that the found