representative john mica, i appreciate it. guest: thank you. host: next up peter defazio talking about job creation in the u.s. we'll have that discussion after this break from c-span radio. >> and it's 8:32 here in washington, d.c. and in the headlines. as you have been hearing, it was not a good day to be an incumbent in tuesday's primaries. senator arlen specter defeated in pennsylvania, although democrats kept squon metha's seat. tea party supporter, wanting kentucky, and supreme court nominee elena kagan is back on capitol hill today with more meet and greet with senators who will decide her fate. thousands of pages of the nominee's speeches and writings including her work in her current job as solicitor general. you can read some of these documents by going to -- the predawn assault today against u.s.-run bagram airfield killed 10 insurgents, a day after a suicide bomber killed 18 in a u.s. convoy including five american troops. a curfew is in effect in bangkok after new violence following a surrender by protest leaders who led a month-lo

caller: yesterday, john mica, calling this "an obama spill." i am a republican and i did not vote for obama, but bp is the problem. they caused this. the republicans have to stop blaming government and pointing fingers at president obama and what we did wrong as far as government. yes, we have to get things in line with the oil companies, but we need to stop just pointing fingers at our president. i did not vote for him, but he is my president, and it just needs to stop. this is why the republican party is in the dilemma it is in, because they are putting fingers at everybody except the problems. that is what i would like to say. host: tallahassee, independent line. caller: i would like to chastise c-span a bit. there is, in every major poll that has been done -- i can go down them -- cnn had 73%, at cbs, 79%, on and on and on, but if you average it out, all the major polls -- pardon me -- it averages out to about -- the vast majority, an average of about 65%, believe that we were lied to about 9/11. there are tons, literally thousands of reput

was aware that many republicans have already asking the committee's ranking member, representative john mica of florida, to withdraw their request. lafayette, louisiana. derek on our line for democrats. go ahead, derek. what did you think? caller: it's been a while since i been in there. i used to work for a company. it used to be called cooper oil. now it's called cameron. from what i'm understanding, cameron had warned b.p., trans ocean, that that valve had 250 safety violations. now, we're saying that these guys are only warranted for so many years. these valves could have been pulled off, reworked or replaced. the vavels themselves was not even tested before the well even blew. i mean, that valve could have been tested to see if it was working and functioning right. apparently they knew a battery was dead, so that tells you that the battery's dead, or they tried testing it and it did not work? and he just left it at that. now, another thing with halliburton, as you can see, every explosion that happened, halliburton has something to do with it. when they asked a halliburton representativ

i thank chairman oberstar and ranking member john mica to get it out of committee. i also want to thank the original co-sponsor of the bill, representative graves, for his work. learn to fly day will be celebrated this saturday, may 15, with opportunities throughout the country. to learn more about what to expect during flight training and career options for you once you achieve that goal. as many of you may surmise, i'm a pilot myself. and i would encourage anyone i know to pursue their desire to learn to fly. you will not be kiss appointed. -- disappointed. it's never too late to learn. unlike mr. graves i didn't grow up around flying, but in the service i became very interested in flying when i got my opportunity to spend a lot of time in a plane, and then when i came home and went into my profession, i continued to do that from time to time. then only less than four years ago i achieved a lifelong goal of making -- getting my private pilots license. i'm telling you it has not been a disappointing experience. i think it's very clear to us that travel around the c

. >> today on "washington journal "we have more on the oil spill from john mica. we will talk about the economy and jobs with peter defazio. and peter deshazo will take your questions about the u.s.-mexico relations. this is live every day at 7:00 eastern. >> clarence thomas will talk about the confirmation process. >> i did not have a good experience of there. and i do not wish that on anybody. and also, something that was said when i first got here and stayed with me. it does not matter how you got here. what matters is what you do after you have gotten here. >> with a new nominee going into the confirmation process, learn more about the highest court, in the latest book from c-span, "the supreme court." providing unique insight, and available in hardcover. >> a republican congressman from indiana admitted to an affair with a staff member and denounced his resignation. >> it is with great regret that i announce that i am is resigning from the house of representatives, and resigning as republican nominee in the fall election. i apologize for the people of indiana