senate, the upper house, sunday on cspan sundayq &a. >> cspan, our public appears content is available television, radio, and online. you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube and son are scheduled a large e- mails at c-span.org. >> yesterday morning, mexican president felipe calderon and his wife arrived at the white house for a state visit. it was greeted by president obama and the first lady and other dignitaries. [no audio] [no audio] >> the white house hosted a state dinner last night for the mexican president. there was a four-course dinner. here is the scene as the president and first lady welcome president felipe calderon and his wife. we will also show you last night's traditional toast. this is 15 minutes. [no audio] [shutters clicking] [no audio] [no audio] ♪ [applause] [applause] [applause] >> the microphone was turned off. ok. michelle and i are extraordinarily honored as we host you, the most -- nine most important as we host the president of mexico. and his wife. i'm sorry, please be seated. we welcome them and the mexican delegation for our second s

on cspan 3. penciling a possible 12th congressional district is holding a special election today to replace congressman john murtha who died in february. we will hear from both of the candidates in next on c-span. topics on "washington journal" include the primary elections and today's economy and later a senate hearing on the nuclear arms treaty signed by president obama and russian president dmitry medvedev. that is at 10:00 eastern. >> supreme court battle l.a. kagan is meeting with senators -- supreme court elena kagan is meeting with senators. >> now, campaign rallies from as best we can from the two candidates in pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. in about 25 minutes, massachusetts senator scott brown campaigns for timberlands in washington, pennsylvania. first, president clinton at a rally in johnstown, pa. for democrat mark critz. [cheers] >> thank you very much. thank you. is this a great crowd or what? can you believe it? just for me? [applause] i know why you are here. will we

. >> every weekend, cspan 2's book tv features nonfiction books. this week we talk about "the reluctance by." spy." find the entire weekend schedule at book tv.org. >> while we can presume to replace justice stevens' wisdom, i believe i have found this an excellent, independence, integrity, and passion for the law and who can ultimately provide the same kind of leadership on the courts. our solicitor a general and my friend, allocated. >> learn more about the nation's highest court from those who served on the bench in cspan's latest book," the supreme court." it provides unique insight about the supreme court, available in hardcover and also as an e-book. >> afghanistan president hamid karzai is on four-day visit to the united states. yesterday, he met with president obama at the white house. following their meeting, they held a 15-minute news briefing. >> good morning, please be seated. i am very pleased to welcome president carter is a back to the white house. i also want to welcome -- president hamid karzai back to the white house. this speaks

read more in cspan's book.e provide unique insight about the court available in hardcover and also as an e-book. on saturday, president obama honor the 116 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty last year. from the annual national peace officers memorial service outside the u.s. capitol, this is about 35 minutes. >> we pay tribute to our fallen heroes. we comfort those present day to help us see your greatness and corporate me your loved radiate through us and every family and renew their strength and mount you up on the wings like eagles. may god be gracious to you and bless you and make his face shone upon you and all peoples preview, amen. please, be seated. brothers and sisters, law enforcement families, friends, and dignitaries, it is indeed my honor and privilege to welcome you to the 29th annual national peace officers memorial service. i would like to begin this afternoon, actually morning now, introducing our keynote speaker, the president of the united states, barack obama. [applause] fro

learn about the issues on line at the cspan video library. watch what you want, when you want. you can watch election results this afternoon before 5:00 p.m. eastern on cspan 3. >> now, congressman david obey on the decision to leave the house of representatives after his term is over. he spoke to reporters on capitol hill for 40 minutes. >> i want to introduce the happiest woman in wisconsin, my wife joan. [applause] i deeply resent that. that is more applause than i usually get. [laughter] next, my son doug. [laughter] my son, craig. [laughter] doug's wife, kate. [applause] and craig's wife kiersten. [applause] this will be a long statement, longer than the press would like. but after 42 years, i think i have burned it. -- i have earned it. i will have been in public service 48 years, over six and the wisconsin state legislator and almost 42 in the u.s. congress. a surge in the house longer than anybody in wisconsin history. my constituents have been incredibly good to me, as well as god. when i was growing up, i did not think i had -- would have had 1/10 of the opportunities

the formal announcement is expected as early as monday morning and we will carry it live on the cspan network and online at." c-span.org. this week on q &a, ted leonsis. he produces films. v"a%y>> many canadian americanse to work in a mill town and my family and jack kerouac's family became very close. i wrote a thesis on jack kerouac and allen ginsberg contended william burroughs. i met them and ended up taking the class with them. >> tell us more about the jack kerouac. >> he wrote an influential book called "on the road." it started the beat generation, a counter cultural view of the world. 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. >> palle about william burroughs? also a great writer, the three of them became celebrities in lifestyle that they were trying to create. in the new york music scene, you had jazz and the beat and they were the precursors of the free love hippie movement. >> how did you meet them? >> they were giving a lecture at the cultural library

could cspan do shows on what is going on in iraq and afghanistan? our major media has talked only about oil. host: we will speak on monday's program for nearly one full hour on that subject. guest: the technology to contain this is not being utilized. it is either because it does not exist or there is some other reason, i cannot answer that. what i do know is that we have monitored the best and what would happen at the site and were the oil is coming up and in the marshes where the oil is coming ashore. it is having a response but it calls for a more federalized response. we also called for a halt to the toxic disbursement activity. the shrimpers were working to protect their marshes and were getting sick. most importantly, this is a very vulnerable and important ecosystem that is getting hammered because of our nation's dependence on oil. we need to make that ecosystem hall and bp money can be used to move in that direction. we need to commit long-term to this region. you can go to bp oil drilling disaster.org to see what we are doing. host: you ca

. >> watch the moments that make history right now at the cspan video library.ry program since 1987 available free online. this morning, we talk with the director for the strategic defense in iraq about whether the iraqi troops will be ready for the withdrawal of u.s. troops and then the president of the honor flight network discusses bringing world war two veterans to

already taken place and key house, senate, and governor races across the country on line at the new cspan video library. it is all free. >> u.s. representative ed markey led a delegation to the louisiana area to look at the oil spill in mexico and -- in the gulf of mexico and the cleanup efforts under way. he would form a commission to study the effect on the region. after meeting with residents, coastguard and others, he held a 10 minute news conference in louisiana. >> thank you all for being here. this is part of my district. this is part of a congressional delegation that came here to be briefed. we flew over the spill area and the site where the boats are working very of. i will introduce you to congressman ed markey of massachusetts. he is the chairman of energy in the house of representatives. >> thank you. charlie wanted us to come down here to see what is going on. it will help us determine what we can do to help him and to help all the people down here in the gulf region. what we saw this morning gave us reason to be hopeful. it is obvious now that they are in the process of try

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a lanky moments of his speeches at the cspan video library, every comment -- every video since 1987.> eight governors talk about job creation, live coverage as the u.s. chamber of commerce gets underway this morning at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. this morning, we will talk with the new mexico governor bill richardson as the previous the summit hosted by the chamber of commerce which will examine the role of state in encouraging job growth and

i really appreciate cspan and the work that the good general is doing. was there, i would shake your hand. buckingham a vietnam veteran. but was wondering -- i am a vietnam veteran. these troops that of made their own way back from the war, i have a brother named david. he made his own way back from vietnam and never was reimbursed. guest: as far as reimbursement, the soldiers do it combat pay and hazardous duty pay, as well as other incentives. believe that conditions in the tes of the way they are living has come far from how we were living a few short years ago. we have an all volunteer force with soldiers that are compensated, but families are more important in terms of compensation, my thas really go out to the families of the american people host: jack, new york. a quick comment? caller: i wanted to thank the general for his svice. i wanted to respond to earlier callers speaking disparagingly. the troops that serve to that -- today are voting with their investment. no one was drafted. no one feels we are fighting illegitimately. we must keep in min

fine key moments from his past speeches on line at the cspan video library. it it has every programs in 1987. watch what you want, when you want. >> political primary debates are underway in several states and tonight, we will have live coverage of the democratic senate primary debate in kentucky. five candidates are running to replace the retiring senator jim bunning that starts at 8:00 eastern. at 9:00 eastern, a look at but california governor's race and the republican primary to replace arnold schwarzenegger the california state insurance commissioner is running against the former ebay personnel, meg whitman. the british election is may 6 and speak -- cspan is covering the three main party leaders as they campaigned to be the next prime minister. last week, the conservative party leader david cameron talked to students and visited a renewable energy research lab. you will hear reaction later from southampton university students and interviews with two british journalists. this is about half an hour. [unintelligible] [unintelligible] >> don't believe what

. -- todawho love cspan. first off, people need to understand this administration has nothing to do with the oil spill. it would not have mattered who in the administration was republican, democrat, but it is the rules set in place that this would have been no matter who was in the white house. the problem is the regulations are pushing them so far off shore. when you were working that deep in the water there's nothing you can do. as the gentleman said earlier, if it will land, this would not have been as devastating as it is -- the things they could do. if they worked in more shallow water, the same thing goes. i put this -- when you push that foreshore and try to do something it is like making buildings arearthquake-proof. no matter where you do, nature will throw something at you that you just cannot handle. host: thank you. his comments were echoed by these on twitter. our next comment comes from ohio, jason on our independent line. caller: good morning. yeah, i agree with that caller earlier with the war

you can also join the conversation online at twitter dodge, -- twitter.com/cspan. good morning.aller: i wanted to say, our efforts in afghanistan tied to success in canada are, what we are trying to say is occupation of afghanistan. to continue to call this a war, we are not fighting a war. they have an organized military. we are trying to establish enough -- set down some things, occupation. when we leave, we can have a puppet government over there. maybe we will start having oil spills over there instead of over here. we have been solidifying on all of those wells in afghanistan, or iraq, and by now, it is thought -- it is time to start acting like this is a military based on the war effort. this is an occupation to try to hurry up and locked down the oilwells over there. i think at some point, we have to come on home. host: thanks for the call. we concluded earlier -- there is no plan be. she went on to say the deadline is short. it is anticipated the operation will form the centerpiece of a major strategy assessment due in december. our focus is the military effort in afghan

already taken place in a key house, senate, and governor races across the country on line at the new cspan the video library. it is capel's latest gift to america and it is all free. -- it is cable's latest gift to america and it is all free. . . . caller: considering the job they are doing, they deserve it. host: ok, new jersey up next on our democrats lined t. caller: we are paying contractors ended number of people six times as much and nobody is complaining about that. if you want to save money, get rid of the contractors and you could afford an army three times as large. host: the story says both sides of the aisle are trying to send a clear message to the military that we appreciate their service. susan davis is the chairman of the subcommittee. she says the government has to set priorities better. do we want to fund weapons or people but the reality is we need both. any attempt to bring allies -- rising personal cost with the equipment is nonsense. sioux falls is next and our republican line. you were in the military? caller: i served 12 years in the military in the u.s. navy. i thi

could cspan do shows on what is going on in iraq and afghanistan? our major media has talked only about oil. host: we will speak on monday's program for nearly one full hour on that subject. guest: the technology to contain this is not being utilized. it is either because it does not exist or there isome other reason, i cannot answer that. what i do know is that we have monitored the best and what would ppen at the site and were the oil is coming up and in the marshes where the oil is coming ashore. it is having a response but it calls for a more federalized response. we also called for a halt to the toc disbursement activity. the shrimpers were working to protect their marshes and were getting sick. most importantly, this is a very vulnerable and important ecosystem that is getting hammered because of our nation's dependence on oil. we need to make tt ecosystem hall and bp money can be used to move in that direction. we need to commit long-term to this region. you can go to bp oil drilling disaster.org to see whate are doin after that, commencement

cspan, our public appears content is available on television, radio, and online. you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube and set up are scheduled alert e-mail at c-span.org. >> the cato institute recently held a public policy forum right issues. you will hear scholars discuss the global economic situation including the future of the financial markets and the obama administration's approach to combating terrorism. this is just under one hour. >> i could not be more proud to work here with my colleagues. you will hear from many of them this morning. i hope you are proud of the role that you have played in making sure that a strong and intelligent boys for liberty, peace, and civil rights is available in washington, where all too often it is not. let's move right along with the program. we have a number of different speakers. our first speaker this morning is yellow and norberg. he is a senior fellow here at cato and a writer who focuses on globalization and individual liberty. he is the author and editor of several books exploring liberal them

professor b glassner, i was disappointed by your statement that the supply -- sob cspan: problem in the country is primarily and substantially one where black homeowners or potential homeowners were the purchasers were responsible for the issue and the problem of supply and loans. that is absolutely false -- >> all right,