raven brooks from net roots nation describes how on-line media sites are used to promote the progressive agenda. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend, former new york times public editor clark hoyt on the changing newspaper industry. >> a word about some of the standards and maintaining journalistic integrity as we move from one media world to another. >> sunday night on "q and a." >> this week on "the communicators," the proposal by the fcc for an emergency communications network. we are joined by a representative of public safety communications officials and the former s.e.c. chief engineer. -- fcc chief engineer. >> discussion of public safety and whether part of the spectrum could be dedicated to part of emergency communications. we are joined by the associate managing editor of communications daily. mr. thomas, if we could start with you, there is a lot of discussion and activity on the sale of the d-block portion of the spectrum and whether that should be dedicated to public safety and emergency medications. >> dedicated on a full-time basis, and

. >> ravens good enough, come on joe, ah.econd place. >> now that is raiders new defensive end john henderson. that is his pregame an particular [ applause ] >> tomorrow the raiders open training camp and tom cable loves his new lineman. >> i love it. i think it's awesome. i hope i'm the guy that gets to slap him. it's wean great. i don't want him to hit me back, that's a big dude. >> that was kim coral's question. top 5, 17-year-old bobby wyatt shot a 57 at alabama. that's the lowest round in competitive golf history. you like him roberta? >> number 4 a little cluster of bubbles somehow made it on the the field. the crew guy runs over like a squirrel and cleans it up. >>> number 3, best celebration of all-time. soccer time in iceland, this is how they celebrated a goal. he goes fishing, pulls in a soccer player who acts like a fish, and then they all get a picture with the fish. >> that's what they do in iceland. >> ross ol indoor have nailedden the head by troy tulowitzki, bounced back up. he is fine had to leave the game.

guest: raven brooks. thanks for getting up early to talk about the convention and the issues. host: tomorrow's program will start on president bush tax cuts. the tax foundation senior expert will talk about the various income levels. senator tom harkin of iowa. the labor and pension committees chairman, he will be our guest and steve verdier, executive vice president of the independent community bankers association to talk about the financial regulation bill that passed and signed into law and what it means for community banks. all that, your calls and the newspapers tomorrow on "washington journal" at 7:00 a.m. we'll see you then. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> next, "newsmakers" with senator carl levin. then federal reserve chairman ben bernanke on the economic outlook. after that, nomination hearing for james clapper. >> this week we welcome carl levin. senator, thank you for being with us. let me introduce our two questioners, pentagon correspondent. covers nuret for "national journal." an

. >> reporter: like raven that makes really weird paintings inspired by road kill. >> i got more salesd of mouth. since i've been on regretsy, people have more of an interest in me. >> reporter: she's proof being made fun of isn't really such a bad thing after all. >> my python died recently. i may actually do a memento with some report his parts. i'm not sure yet. >> reporter: i'm jeremy hubbard for "nightline" in boston. >> thanks to jeremy hubbard for that interesting report. we'll be right back, but first, here's jimmy kimmel with what's coming up on jimmy kimmel. >> thanks, terry. tonight, christina apple gate, comedian shane mausz, and hugh hefner is here to invite us all to move in with him at his mans. hefner is here to invite us all to move in with him at his mans. wouldn't thatttttttttttttttttttt ok. what if i just had a small slice? i was good today, i deserve it! or, i could have a medium slice and some celery sticks and they would ccel each other out, right? or...ok. i could ha one large slice and jog in place as i eat it or...ok. how about one large slice while jogging in

then at 9:30 we will take a trip to las vegas via satellite to talk to raven brooks. they have a conference going on featuring progressives and how to use the internet for political activity. that is coming up in the course of our show this morning. for the next few minutes, a look at the supreme court and if it is the most conservative in decades as asserted by "the new york times". independent line, good morning. caller: good morning. i think "the new york times" is right on on this and it has been for decades. we all know what happened in 2000, and how that change the course of history. the thing that people fail to recognize is that every appointment that has been made in the last 15-20 years, the new appointee has been to the right of the person they have replaced. so the court continues to go further and further and further to the right. this one will be no exception. and we are becoming more and more of a corporate-ocracy, and i do not see it getting better anytime soon. host: on twitter -- "the court's priority should be to provide an investment of social libe

later, reagan brooks -- raven brooks. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> c-span is now available and over 100 million homes, bringing you a direct link to public affairs, policy and nonfiction books. it is created by america's cable companies. >> now, a pentagon retirement ceremony for general mcchrystal. he was removed from his position in june after "rolling stone" magazine published an article about him. remarks are by robert gates, and general mcchrystal in this 50 minute portion. >> and general mcchrystal, mrs. mcchrystal, members of the u.s. armed forces, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for allowing me to be part of this memorable ceremony. i am honored to be here to congratulate general mcchrystal for his immense accomplishments wearing the uniform of the united states armed forces to combat terrorism, preserve security here in the united states and fight for peace in my country, afghanistan. it is my pleasure to deliver the highest state mental awarded to him -- state medal awarded to him by our minister of national defen

later, reagan at brooks -- raven brooks.rn here on c-span. >> today, and oklahoma governor's debate. you will hear remarks from six democratic and republican candidates looking to replace the democratic governor. that is at 6:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. . . out >> on balf of our members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and attendees of today's event. i would also like to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences. after the speech concludes, i will ask as many audience questions as time permits. i would like to introduce our head table guests. from your right, rodgers robert benjamin sunlansarlan, morkiver, dana wolbank, thomas cook, andrew schneider, maryland to >> -- marilyn, del loveless, jim offstra, and a labor reporter for bloomberg news. [applause] don blankenship is one of the country's most talked-about co's because of his extensive involvement in local and state politics. but in recent months, he has been at the center of news stories and congressional investigations related to a disaster at hi

variety of other reasons including disturbance of their habitat and the fact there's a lot of crows and ravens they're just hatched out of the egg. >> how does this one stay cool? >> this guy certainly isn't endangered because he's involved in a great way. he stays underground most of the year. and he does something called -- >> he's not interested. >> this guy is 60 years old. at 60 years old, he can decide when he wants to go. >> he's eaten enough. >> these guys will go underground, spend most of his time and they can withstand temperatures of 140 degrees. >> really? >> so they've got really great adaptions for being in the heat. he says no thank you for any of it. >> okay. >> but he's got a great -- >> he wants a beer. >> he's got a great home now. this guy is a rescue guy. people should never take them out of the desert. you can't put them back. >> all right. >> now, they don't pee on themselves, you know what? they're going to want to play. let's take them down to the ground. >> okay. >> they won't want the fruit, i want the meat. we're going to put this down there too because they like g