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so, thank you for c-span. host: thank you, mary, for calling in. >> in this las vegas, rich on the democrat's line. caller: before i get to my comments i would like to, if i can, address the caller before this caller that you just had. host: south carolina? caller: not sure where he was from. host: talking about the president? caller: the angry white men. i am really getting frustrated here. recently of an autistic child. my son is 29 years old. 90% of the people who helped me with my child were white. these people were just relentless in their support of me. ss, i understand i think where the caller is coming from, there is a strain of racism out there. but to paint all white people with the same brush, it is frustrating and it is just inaccurate. but more to my point. this is a little bit off topic, susan. but i don't see you very often anymore. i do not think you are in as much. host: just changed to tuesdays for the first few weeks. caller: but i will tell you this -- you are absolutely, apart from brian,

c-span is a wonderful treasure. the problem with c-span is the people calling in. it has turned into a fight between federal hillbillies and innocent handy. host: mike, independent line. caller: this is such a ridiculous question. should the president show more emotion? what would it do if he stood on the beach with treatment -- with tears streaming down his eyes? would it plug the hole? i do not think so. what we need to do in this investigation is go all of the way back to the oil meetings of the cheney. we need to look at the bush administration that tried to disassemble the entire government. we have failed to remember that bush tried to put republicans over every department in the government. the majority of them coming out of liberty university. i think that we need to pull together as a country and forget about this democrat republican crybabies stuff. host: this is "the wall street journal" this morning. "under the rules of iran during questioning to avoid self- incrimination some need to remain silent. police may interrogate a suspect who has either invoke

thank you for c-span.ou really open things up. i am a republican but i am seriously thinking of voting democratic. host: why is that? because of this? caller: i am all in favor of cap and trade. i have seen the republicans fighting everything that has to do with the environment and i think that they are making a big anti-environmental.ng totally i am not a flag waving, tree bark eater, but it started with dick cheney, it disturbs me when he decided on global energy policies for the secret meetings with oil and coal giants during the bush administration. i am a republican and i have worked with intelligence services. every time we fill up our suv with gas the oil comes from wonderful places like kuwait, saudi arabia, and the united arab republic. i am sorry but these are all despotic regimes. every time that you do that it goes to charity in the hands of al qaeda. host: john boehner last i said this, "i hope the the obama administration will not try used toocut -- a crisis for political points on the backs

i am grateful for c-span. i have a couple of things about the way i feel about obama's speech last night. he did not mention anything about the government's coming in and doing things. bp does not have to do anything they do not want to do. he did not mention anything regarding american people and because of this. we still have people on the east coast hurting from the offshore moratorium, but we should not be drilling in the water. we have to blame ourselves. host: does the legislation talk about deep water drilling in the moratorium? guest: trilling safety is going to be a big focus. that is the immediate process confronting lawmakers retina. -- right now. then it is a question of how much more room do you make in the legislation for other energy policies given that it is something they may want to move quickly on. host: virginia, independent line. caller: thank you for c-span. i am a first-time caller. keep this bill moving. we need things to export. have a great day. host: phoenix, republican line. caller:

on c-span 3. >> "washington journal" continues. host: david drucker coversr congress druckeroll call," -- david drucker covers congress for "roll call." clearly the oil spill -- what impact will this have on what congress wants to get done? guest: i want to find out if harry reid's call to his committee chairman over the memorial day break that he wants the kennedy bill on the floor before everyone hightails it, if that will be a reality or whether there be a flurry of activity around the climate change bill beginning today. most of us in washington consider that bill or anything like it, dead. remember, the house passed something like last year. it was very politically toxic for those democrats in the midwest. we felt all along that it would be very difficult for the president to get this to his desk, and given what occurred for over a year on health care. with what happened in the gulf, though, i am wondering if now we will see fresh momentum. i personally don't tend to see it happening. but clearly harry reid in the senate wants

caller: thank god for c-span. i love c-span. now i was wondering what environmental laws can actually be enforced right now mple? and like in instances of in -- like in imminent domain, can the government just come in and take over bp's operation and profit and take full control just to get thing done? thank you. guest: there are two questions. the first is what environmental odds come into play? bp can be prosecuted under the refuse act passed in 1989 which prohibits putting things in the water. the clean watt err act passed in 1972 and the migratory bird treaty act. but again, i don't think those are going to have much impact on b.p. at all. because i think the government will settle them out cheaply. the state governments may have similar laws but i don't think the state got to thes have the resources to fight with bp. the second part of the question was can the government take over bp right now and essentially attempt to stop the continuing spewing of oil from the bottom of the snoge i don't think they can take over bp. ethi

we thank those of you watching on c-span. we will be back after this. >> separating the truth from the fiction. welcome to all of you listening and watching on c-span. those of you in new orleans and listening, to not forget, we podcast all of our shows. i want to thank our earlier guests. churning is now is the vice president of communications for the louisiana restaurant association. welcome. i wanted to bring you on the program because i have expressed that new orleans is open for business. this is a tragedy that is happening. but the louisiana department of wildlife and fisheries, when you look at our hospitals division, they are making sure that louisiana seafood is safe to eat and being very proactive and closing areas that may even have the slightest opportunity to have i will throw it to you now. talk about louisiana seafood. talk about how safe it is and why people should not fear eating louisiana seafood. >> this time around with this situation louisiana faces, on very impressed at the state's response, the wildlife

we will bring you live coverage on c-span 3 and c-span.org. this morning on "washington journal," simon lomax of bloomberg will join us to talk about the impact of the bloomberg oil spill. rep. scott garrett is working on the financial regulation bill. then walter isaacson will talk about the use of agent orange during the vietnam war. 3 million vietnamese people and 100 children are still feeling the effect of the contamination. this is live every morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> this weekend, ty byrd with " crossing mandelbaum gate." juarez, aboutju mexico, and then "matterhorn," which follows bravo company through vietnam. and join us on twitter. 30,000 viewers already have. >> we have the c-span video library. we make it easy to follow the primary season, from the debates to the victory and concessions be six -- speeches. online, any time. >> an hour hearing on afghanistan. there is the 2007 goal of withdrawing u.s. troops from the country. the leader of u.s. forces, general david betray us, -- general petraeus, was here at the commit

of course, you can search the c- span video library. you can search it by congressman kantor's the's name and watched the video yourself name.gressmen kanjorski's caller: good morning. i think one of the big problems and afghanistan is we have rules of engagement with our forces. what it does is -- i'm a vietnam veteran. that is what hampered us over there. we had so many men, we could have won that, but we couldn't do this and that. an example was, when they were building the sam sites, like mccain said one time -- i heard him -- and they were not allowed to shoot those sam sites down. and when they got bilked they were shooting our planes down. that is one thing in vietnam. the other thing was, if people were in the village and the vc was shooting at us, we cannot she back to kill innocent people. that is going to hamper the whole thing. host: republican, kansasscity, missouri. caller: i think we should get out of afghanistan. we might have been doing the right thing at the very first trying to get obama -- but i think the heroine iss

c-span 3, 9:00 a.m. eastern time, c-span radio and c- span.org. remember, you can go to our website, c-span.org, and we have a special hub for the kagan hearings and you have looked at all the different times she has been before congress and read about elena kagan c-span.org. we want to continue the conversation with all of you. we want to continue the conversation whether or not we are headed toward a double-dip recession. the next call comes from fred, democratic line. good morning, fred, from pennsylvania. caller: how are you doing? calling about a double recession and what caused it. the cause is probably overspending. i would say right now to get out of this, they need to actually stop spending or freeze, or just like the other caller said about, those politicians -- we should vote on their pay. on top of that, can make a comment about the bp thing? host: real quick. caller: i read in the papal -- paper that people are doing the boycotting thing with the gas stations. it has nothing to do -- every disaster happens for some kind of a reason. i

up on c-span.after that, woodward and bernstein on watergate. is government broken? the brookings institution is hosting a panel discussion tomorrow, asking that question. the forum will look at current challenges to good governance and will also talk about ways to strengthen democracy. this gets underway live at 1:00 p.m. on c-span2. and campaign 2010 is heating up. tomorrow, live coverage of a debate among republican candidates to be the south carolina governor. we will have that for use starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern, here on c-span. >> new british prime minister and conservative party leader david cameron post's questions from members of the parliament during his first "prime minister's questions," is live from the british house of commons when stay at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> president obama was in illinois today, attending a memorial day ceremony. he was about to speak at the abraham national ceremony when a rain canceled the event. the president was able to lay a wreath in honor of se

thank you, c-span. it is early.here are guests, specifically talking about financial industry, financial reform, i would love to get some background, specifically about what they or their group or their people -- were they were during the bubble or before -- where they were during the bubble or before the crash. i would like to know if they were people or had associates who had red flags. that is something, for me, i find really important to know before -- regarding credibility of people that i am listening to now. but they are talking about what their opinions are and what should be done. i tend to not find people really credible who claim to be experts and who did not seem to know what was going on before the crash. host: thank you for your call. as a result of what happened on wall street, a lot of changes in the financial, regulatory reform bill. the house and senate conferees wrapped up business at about 5:20 on friday morning. this morning, on the finance bill, the lobbying shifts the regulations -- the lobbyi

caller: 94 c-span. sir, i am 44 years old. i do not -- thank you for c- span. circle i'm 44 years old. i don't think you answered susan's question to the truth is, we had al capone during prohibition and rum runners come and then we decriminalized out of all again. when we made gambling illegal in many states, we have illegal gambling except las vegas and other places. we do not have problems with that. california currently decriminalize marijuana. many other states have. i am just wondering if there is a disconnect in your understanding of what adults like to do in the privacy of their own home in responsible ways. we are not talking about hard drugs when we are talking about the drug policy in america. we are talking about everything . with marijuana being a class-one drug, i think there is a disconnect between your understanding of what adults do responsibly and everything else associated with drug use and abuse. as far as to been goes, i can tell you, drug addicts are drug addicts, and no faith-based initiative and reeducation is going to help them. it real

eastern on c-span. after that, live coverage of president obama's news conference as he leaves the summit in canada. those start sunday at 6:00 eastern, also on c-span. >> next, a supreme court nominee elena kagan and associate justice antonin scalia on campaign finance. >> these expenditures would corrupt the federal system. congress has a self interest. we are suspicious of congressional action in the first amendment area precisely because we are -- at least i am. i doubt that one can expect a body of incumbents to draw election restrictions that do not favor incumbents. is that excessively cynical of me? i do not think so. >> i think justice scalia is wrong. in fact, corporate and union money go overwhelmingly to incumbents. this may be the single most self-denying thing congress has ever done. if you look at the last election cycle and look at corporate tax money and ask for it goes, it goes 10 times more to incumbents and challengers. in the prior election cycle, even more than that, and for an obv

welcome to those of you watching on c-span.listening on a and 690, don't forget we podcast each and every one of our shows. i want to thank our previous guests for joining us in our last segment. joining us now is the vice president of communications for the louisiana restaurant association. welcome. how are you? >> i am hanging in there. >> i wanted to bring you into the program because, as i have expressed, new orleans is open for business and, look, this is a tragedy happening on our coastline. hospital department, they are making sure that louisiana seafood is safe to eat. they are being proactive, closing areas that may have the slightest opportunity to have oil going to the areas, long before the oil comes in. they have been very proactive agencies. talk a little bit about louisiana seafood and about how safe it is. tell us why people around the country should not be your eating louisiana seafood. >> this time around, with this kind of situation that louisiana faces, i am very impressed with the state boasts a response th

my name is susan swain and i would c-span. on behalf of our 270 colleagues at c-span, dr. james billington, the library of congress, and the staff of the library and arco's this evening, welcome to this time is -- timely discussion of the supreme court of the united states. just about this time last year, a colleague mark toregas, the executive producer of the documentary standing on -- who is here on the back roarow, rown a letter to me asking if c-span could bring cameras inside the halls of the noble court to tell the story that happened just a block away from here. we have previously done so with the white house and the capital. the chief said yes and we began by bringing our cameras, disturbing the many times in the day and night over the next couple of months. it seemed logical to us to write letters to each of the justices asking if they will participate in the project. justice stephen briar was the first to say yes, offering us a tour of his chambers. to our amazement, one by one, all of the other justices said yes. and soon we found we had the opportunity to inter

eastern on c-span 3. thursday, bp ceo told me he word will appear at a house oversight and investigations committee -- bp ceo tony hayward. and for more informational of gulf oil spill, visit our website c-span.org/oil spill. tonight at 8:00 eastern, president obama will address the nation from the oval office on the gulf of mexico oil spill. this is his first of all office address. live coverage on the c-span networks, including c-span radio and c-span.org. >> this weekend on c-span2's "book tv," growing up among arabs and israelis. he chronicles -- and a chronicle of the most violent places on earth. and a novel that took him 30 years to publish -- "matter turn -- matterhorn." join us on twitter. more than 30,000 viewers already have. >> "washington journal" continues. host: senator byron dorgan, senator from south dakota. what would you like to hear from the president? caller: i think he will get a pretty comprehensive review of what is happening. probably it will begin with what happened at the start

live coverage on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> new british prime minister and conservative party leader david cameron answers questions in his first prime minister's questions as head of the coalition government. live from the british house of commons wednesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> this weekend, noted feminist, author, and legal scholar martha nussbaum has written or contributed to more than 20 books on liberal education, ethics, sexism, and legal justice. live sunday on c-span 2. >> nv's primary election is june 8. republican candidates are vying for senate majority leader harry reid of's seat. this form was held a couple of weeks ago and is moderated. >> he is the most reviled man washington among conservatives, and now southern republicans are offering the right to take on u.s. senate majority leader harry reid. next, on "face to face." >> this is "face to face." >> welcome to "face to face." we bring you news and commentary you won't find anywhere else. the second of our two-part debate. you can see the first

he appeared on c-span more than 1200 times.he had speeches from the senate floor, congressional hearings, and other programs online at the c-span video library. we will bring you an interview in from 1989 later in our schedule. president obama today said the country has lost a voice of principal and reason with the passing of senator byrd. the president says, senator byrd had a profound passion for the senate and held the deepest respect for members of both parties. the president said the day -- that as a young senator, he apprrciated senator byrd's generosity with advice. senator byrd passed away today at the age of 92 in a va hospital. elsewhere in the washington, confirmation hearings get under way for supreme court nominee l.a. get taken. she will appear before the senate judiciary committee. it will be on our companion network, [captioning performed by national captioning institute] -- it will be on our companion network, c-span3. tonight, a look at the fcc's efforts to reclassify the internet, which two members of the hou

you all just made c-span. you guys are great. how old are you? >> 11. >> that is great.ughter] that is great. you all did fantastic. >> thank you. >> tell all of our cousins. >> thank you. [laughter] >> it is going pretty well. >> it is a little bit slow. it is all good. it is a nice day. >> it feels pretty good. how are you all doing? we have a vote coming up on tuesday. >> thank you. >> where do you all live? i was just there. just yesterday. >> did you visit the [unintelligible] >> no, we just said hello to folks. make sure you vote on tuesday. >> i am happy you are running. i signed a petition to get you to do it. i'm a from the northern part of the county. keep up the good work. it is going very well. >> good. i really appreciate it. thank you. thank you some months. good morning, ladies. >> a good morning. >> are you doing all right? i am running for united states senate and there is a vote on tuesday. good luck, you guys. >> thank you. >> that is an eggplant. >> we have a big vote coming up. very good to see you. good luck today. all right, you said we are late? >

live coverage on c-span 3.e are covering the clean up hearing on the house side, go to c-span .org for that coverage. we want to get to open phones this morning. tell us what is on your mind of what is in the newspapers and in the news. on the republican line in florida. go ahead. caller: good morning. i'm calling in reference to ask you who is the panel that actually decides how to stop the leak? host: the panel that decides? caller: the oil spill. who do they listen to? to stop this oil spill? host: i'm not sure what panel you are referring to. caller: is it just bp? who decides what to do sto stop the spill. host: i don't know the exact answer to that. if you listen to thad allen, he has said bp is responsibly in connection with the government and different agencies. on the independent line. good morning. caller: i wanted to let a lot of people know that seem to be blaming bp that on april 8, president obama was warned of i am mending dangers of all under ground activity. this needed to be re-evaluated becau

first-time caller to c-span. thanks to c-span. the best program on tv. i would like to comment that this is a wake-up call for the american in people that this is a post-carbon era. we can never produce enough oil to satisfy 21 million barrels a day and we should be adjusting our expectations for going forwa forward. host: what is a directional driller, tim? caller: we steer the bit to the well where the oil is. we would be out there doing the relief wells to intersect the original well bore. host: do do you it offshore? caller: i have done it off and on shore. host: are you doing it where you are? caller: no, i live here. host: thanks. any comment? guest: he had a couple of points there. one, i think he was in agreement that we are going to continue to import oil, which i agree with. he said we are in a post-carbon era. we are certainly in a post-carbon hope era. politically, as i say, i think we will at this point to use a lot of oil and gas while we develop noncarbon energy sources. he introduced an important subject into this conversation and that is

. >> this weekend on c-span 2's "book tv." charles bauden chronicles one of the most corrupt places on earth. in the novel that took him 30 years to publish, matterhorn. it followed bravo company through vietnam. more than 30,000 viewers have already joined us on twitter. >> tomorrow morning, simon lomax from bloomberg news joins us with an update on climate legislation and the kind of impact the oil spill will have. then congressman scott garrett, working with the senate on a financial regulation bill. and walter isaacson, we will talk to him about contaminants during the vietnam war. according to a new report, 3 million vietnamese people and 150,000 children are still feeling the health effects from the contamination. "washington journal," live every morring on c-span. bp's ceo will be on capitol hill this week to testify before a house energy and commerce subcommittee. we will bring you live coverage thursday on c-span 3 and that c- span.org. having visited the gulf region for the fourth time since april, oil spill from the

eastern on c-span. with the confirmation hearing for supreme court nominee an elena kagan coming up later this month, this sunday, c-span takes you inside the supreme courr to see public spaces and rarely seen places. hear from the justices as they describe the court, the building and its history. that is this sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern, on c-span. >> thursday, bp ceo tunny hayward is scceddled to testify on capitol hill. testify on capitol hill. that will be live at 10:00 a.m. perspectives on an effort by the fcc to regulate broadband services. our guests are walter mccormick and kathy sloan. >> well, as the federal communications commission moves closer to reclassifying broadband as a telecommunications service, we are joined by two guests who will be discussing hat. walter mccormick is the presideet andcaeo -- and ceo of the telecommunications group. >> we represent the nation puts a broadband service providers. we provide service in urban areas -- nation's broadband service providers. areas and urb

watches c-span appearances with the c-span video library, free on your computer any time.is washington your way. >> "washington journal" continues. host: john shadegg is here to talk about a whale drrlling. -- is here to talk about oil drilling. this is a story yesterday in "the new york times" quoting the epa administrator, and co-chair of this mission to look at this. any moratorium would require the industry require safer drilling they wouldand that's be markedly strengthened. he said you cannot do that fast enough. look at the history of washington. a congressional hearing revealed the five major oil companies relied on an inadequate plan to+ respond to an offshore oil spill. guest: what is wrong according to the judge's opinion is that it is capricious in the sense that is not written the way his comments are written. they are not imposed on deepwater drilling in the gulf until they do those things. if you said we will have a moratorium until the major oil companies rewrite their recovery plans, i think it would rewrite them quickly. if they would impose this on bp, w

caller: yes, thank you for c- span. i just wanted to say that i think that you guys are very balanced. in an environmental consultants. -- i am environmental consultants. i have been working on a number of sites for years. there are thousands of superfund sites that have not been recognized. the epa avoids them because of the cost. it is no surprise that the chemical industry wants to avoid paying for these things because they cost millions of dollars that are passed on to the american taxpayer. the worst part about the current oil spill is that bp is literally sitting on millions of acres of block 20 that they had never drilled in, which is of dollars. host: why is it costing the taxpayer? caller: they track the drilling permits out west. you can see that there are literally millions of acres of leases and often a company will purchase them and sell the profits. it is all speculation. the purchase oil leases the inset on them. what the government should do, they should require that if in one year, it does not belong to

we are talking about -- c-span 3. thank you. we are talking about the gulf coast oil spill in the president's address. mike, what are your thoughts? caller: i am sorry about general petraeus and my thoughts and prayers are with him. president obama is getting more mature. i think that he came across as not blaming the situation on george bush, as many have. he has accepted the responsibility that he has as president for this situation. this is the problem of bp. not any particular president. it is president obama is responsibility. he is taking responsibility, and i must respect him for that. he also acknowledged in his speech the creator, and i think the creator is on his side now. that will help him in this situation. as far as dangling in the ocean off the gulf of mexico, i know what it can do to our environmeets. it will hurt the wallets of every american, no matter where you live. april 15, 2011, we will realize how much of an effect we have had. host: what are the beaches like they're in sarasota? -- there in sarasota? cal

eastern on c-span. >> here is our schedule. next, on "america and the courts, supreme court justice john paul stevens and elena kagan. after that, a discussion on the newly published book, the supreme court. it is based on a documentary that features interviews with current and former justices. then it canadian prime minister steven harper hold a press conference at the jeep -- the g-8 summit in canada. >> starting monday, which for confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee elena kagan. to learn more about the nation's highest court, read our latest book, "the supreme court: candid conversations with justice's current and retired." >> last month, supreme court justice john paul stevens and supreme court nominee elena kagan talked about the legacy of justice stevens as the retires. from the seventh circuit judicial conference in chicago, this is half an hour. >> what do you say when introducing this man? everything interesting has been said. quite frankly, everything not interesting has been said too. so i will be brief. j

isaacson how much i enjoyed when c-span plays that aspen institute programs. i have something very serious that i think it is very important. they have lieutenant general honory during petrina. during this interview he senaid the president should declare he said to take every idea, pul. throw everything we have at it. i was hoping that the president would say something last night. i was very disappointed.

live coverage on c-span 3. we will talk today about the announcement by the white house and bp yesterday that bp will set aside a $20 billion fund for gulf oil spill victims. we would like to know what you think about that. well, good thursday morning. there is lots of good detail in our newspapers about the discussions between bp officials and the white house. mechanics of the $20 billion set aside that they agreed to make. we will share that with you as we listen to your comments. let me tell you a little bit about the reporting from "the washington post." they write -- we will hear from you in just a couple of minutes about what you think about this. but let me tell you the little bit more about the mechanics of this, or how it happened yesterday from "the new york times." they set the stage in a lead story. they write -- let's begin telephone calls to get your reaction to this decision by bp. alabama. danny on the democrats' line. caller: i wonder how many of the people who were calling in yesterday-in -- y

3, and c-span radio, and c-sp c-span.org. still to come on c-span, canadian prime minister, stephen harper holds a summit on canada. and next regarding the energy bill on the oil spill. and secretary janet napolatino on the border security. >> i believe that this is the civil rights issue and not about race but class. >> monday we have madeline sackler, at 8 eastern, on c-span's "q & a." >> next canadian prime minister, stephen harper holds a summit with members from germany, russia, japan and the united states. the meeting focused on economic security and funding of child care in the developing world. this is 20 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. [speaking foreign language] -sp. >> the g-eight has committed >> the aid has committed $5 billion u.s. delivers over the next five years. as new money. we have contributions by all departments that raises it up 7.3 billion. so we insisted on the need to be accountable for our actions. and we have discussed many international issues, nuclear preparation, iran and the implementatio

that is sunday on c-span.upreme court justice clarence thomas on the prospect of a new justice. >> to bring in a family member, it changes the family. it is different. it is different today than what it was when i first got here. i have to admit that you grew very fond of the court. you spend a long time here. >> the confirmation hearings for a landing can start june 28. -- the confirmation hearings for elena kagan the start june 28. these provide any insight about the court. they are available now in the hardcover and also as an e-book. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us is joan lowy. who are opening of u.s. airspace? guest: a permanent homeland security, department of defense, law enforcement agencies, the coast guard, customs and the border patrol, and manufacturers who want to sell these things to the government. they would like to have permission to do this so they can make a lot of profit. there are researchers come universities that have proposals to gather various types of information.

caller: thank god for c-span. i love c-span. now i was wondering what environmental laws can actually be enforced right now mple? and like in instances of in-- like in imminent domain, can the government jus come in and take over bp's operation and profit and take full control just to get thing done? thank you. guest: there are two questions. the first is what environmental ds come into play? bp can be prosecuted under the refuse act passed in 1989 which prohibits putting things in the water. the clean watt err act passed in 1972 and the migratory bird treaty act. but again, i don't think those are going to have much impact on b.p. at all. because i think the government will settle them out cheaply. the state governments may have similar laws but i don't think the state got to thes have the resources to fight with bp. the second part of the question was can the government take over bp right now and essentially attempt to stop the continuing spewing of oil from the botom of the snoge i don't think they can take over bp. ethink th

you are on c-span. caller: good morning. this morning you read and one of the papers that someone said that this gentleman from bp had the worst day of anybody yesterday. host: an editorial and "the new york times." i think he was being a little sarcastic. caller: i think there are people who had a worse day. there is a lady who had a baby -- her husband had died and she had a baby a few days after, in the fire on the oil platform. i'm sure that baby had a worse day. she had a worse day. all the children had a worst day. the 11 families who lost their fathers had a worse day. thank you. host: jacob, cincinnati, ohio. caller: i wanted to talk a little bit about the abolition of the income tax. i have done research -- i am about 20 years old. it is interesting to note -- and i would like listeners to know the federal income tax on accounts for 30% of federal income and revenue. so, if we look at from a time scale, if we cut our spending back 30%, it would take us roughly to the year 2000. we should keep the -- if we read -- ab

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caller: thank god for c-span. i love c-span. now i was wondering what environmental laws can actually be enforced right now mple? and like in instances of in -- like in imminent domain, can the government just come in and take over bp's operaon and profit and take full control just to get thing done? thank you. guest: the are two questions. the first is what environmental odds come into play? bp can be prosecuted under the re act passed in 1989 which prohibits putting things in th water. the clean watt err act passed in 1972 and the migratory bird treaty act. but again, i don't think those are going to have much impact on b.p. at all. because i think the government will settle them out cheaply. the state governments may have similar laws but i don't think the state goto thes have the resources to fight with bp. the second part of the question was can the government take over bp right now and essentially atmpt to stop the continuing spewing of oil from the bottom of the snoge i don't think they can take over bp. ethink they can f

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eastern here on c-span. >> he was a volatile, emotional, very complicated, kind of a depressive young man. he was very adventurists. when he was in america, he was 25 and having adventures. >> take a new look at alexis de tocqueville and his tour of america. there's a new book about it. we will discuss it sunday on c- span's "q&a." >> admiral thad allen says there is a major push to acquire more ships for skimming and additional protective booms. admiral allen is the government coordinator for the bp oil spill cleanup. he briefed reporters in new orleans for about half an hour. >> good morning, folks. i will give you a couple of updates on what is going on at the wellhead. i will be happy to take any questions you might have for me. i am pleased to report that in the 24-hour period ending last night, we were able to cover 25,000 barrels of oil. this is our new system of boats. enterprise and our exploitation of the key line to bring additional oil out and be processed. there are additional vessels being brou

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eastern time on c-span. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down that wall. >> 23 years ago, president reagan spoke those words in berlin. watch the entire speech+ saturday, on american history tv, on c-span3. >> a u.s. coast guard admiral is overseeing the respond to the oil spill. more than twice the previous government estimate is now believed to have been spilling into the gulf every day. this briefing is about 23 minutes. >> our briefing today will be given by andmiral thad allen. we will have an overview of five or 10 minutes, followed by questions and answers. please state your name and affiliation when you start. with that, i turn it over to the admiral. >> good morning. my update will be brief this morning because we really want to talk about two things, two letters that we sent to british petroleum in the last 72 hours. the first letter is regarding claims and data information. i have tracy waring with me who will be speaking to that. the second letter was regarding spill containment and spill control, will containmen

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caller: thank god for c-span. i love c-span. ow i was wondering what environmental laws can actlly be enforced right now mple? and like in instances of in -- like in imminent domain, can the government just come in and take over bp's operation and profit and take full control just to get thing done? ank you. guest: there are twouestions. the first is wt environmental play?ome into e psecuted under the refuse act passed in 1989 which prohibits putting things in e water. act passed tt err 2 and the migratory bird treaty act. but again, i don't think those are going to have much impact on b.p. at all. because i think the gernment m out cheaply. the state governments may have similar laws but i don't think got to thes have the resources to fight with bp. e second part of the question was can the government take over bp right now and essentially attempt to stop the continuing spewing of oil from the bottom of the snoge ion't think they can take over bp. ethink they can federalizehe response to the spill completely ithey want to and t

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do not cut me off, c-span. every time someone says something negative about israel, this country has a big- time problem with that. israel has been the problem in that region every since day one. we hear these people always talking about taxing this and that. that is where all of our tax dollars are going, to help israel. host: how would you resolve what has been a longstanding situation in the middle east pating back to world war ii? caller: [inaudible] host: how do you respond? caller: search? -- sir? host: how the use of the situation in the middle east. caller: aa long as israelis are on occupied pplestinian lands, do not get me wrong, i voted for president obama. i campaigned for him. this is in israel. my president should not [inaudible] host: yourself and is breaking up of. with both sides, the have called for a two state solution, both countries living side by side. is that feasible? guest: increasingly, as time passes and the demographics of the region change, i think it is increasingly looking more an

caller: good morning, c-span. you are the people proving you care about the country when you call in. to those people that say that illegal immigration has not affected our economy, i will give you an example. i lived in a town with plans to use to employee americans until it shut down for a few years in the 1990's. whenever another company reopened that there was a lot of immigrants from other places around the country. my hand and my cousins work in a chicken factory in arkansas that was loaded with illegal immigrants. these people that have these jobs, it has been reported on the news that they send back home to mexico and farther south of the border, billions of dollars that could be spent america had these jobs that they say americans do not want. host: we will leave it there that. guest: the caller has raised what the source in geographic immigration has been. meat-packing is one of them, an industry that has employed a great deal of immigrants over the years, by all accounts undocumented immigrants, in part

isaacson how much i enjoyed when c-span plays that aspen institute programs. i have something very serious that i think it is very important. they have lieutenant general honory during petrina. during this interview he senaid the president should declare he said to take every idea, pul. throw everything we have at it. i was hoping that the president would say something last night. i was very disappointed. host: you have an interesting perspective. you are from new orleans. he served as vice chair of the louisiana recovery board. go ahead and give us your thoughts. guest: i agree. we were slow off the mark at throwing every resource to contain the oil spill. i think other then thethe obvious things, there are big issues we should be facing. one is how do we restore our coastal areas, coastal wetlands and barrier islands. if you have restoreddwetlands and good barrier islands, it helps you when a tropical storm comes. these are the things that are affected by the oil spill. i grew up in louisiana, and people say you do not need the royalties from offshore oil. w

live coverage on c-span. >> we want to take the great debate to the next level by [inaudible] >> i think it is a pretty clear that mr. barack obama is compromised on everything that is progressive and even sabotages progress of things like single payer health care. he also sabotaged glass- steagall, which would have been an intervention into wall street. he is bought and paid for by wall street and not doing anything about british petroleum. i think is apparent that if he is not going to do anything to expropriate the british on this to are polluting our golf, he should just step down. thank you. -- polluting our gulf, he should just sat down. >> i am with people for the american way. i agree with our panelists as we talk about the progressive movement stepping up to the plate to polish politicians to do what we want them to do. too often, we rely on them stepping in and making the right decisions based on what our needs are instead of making sure we build the type of infrastructure necessary to publish and t