our guest is tom donahue. terminus are our guests reporters. -- joining us are our guest reporters. >> let's talk about the obama presidency which has come along with since the financial crisis but the regulations in most areas of the business sector, many businesses are crying foul. what grade would you give him on his handling of the economy? >> first of all, you have to give the president little bit of cover. he took over the economy at a very difficult time. we had worked with president bush on the tarp funds but the first step out of the box was to fail to get a stimulus bill out of the house. at that time, our view is that without regard to what the action was in the united states that you were leaning across to the world the possibility of a global depression and that is when the chamber stepped in and help him to get the stimulus package which we knew would have problems. in the beginning, he stepped in it a tough time. i believe that the president's efforts to drive a health-care bill that turns out t

serious mistake and we will not let it pass. >> you are watching cspan's "newsmakers" program with tom donahue, the ceo of the u.s. chamber of commerce. mr. donahue, the reporters toured this conversation with grading the president. how would you grade the democratic house and the republican senate? >> it is hard to break the democratic house because they don't do a lot. that is because they made a strategy that with 23 democratic senators at risk in the election that they should not vote on a lot of things. it might be the same things. this is the third year they will not vote a budget. i will not break down because there is not a lot left to grade. in the republican house, you have two issues. they have passed 30 pieces of legislation that attempts to address economic issues. knowing it would be hard to get anything done in the democratic senate. at the same time, there have debatesme internet scencine within the house and ee progress should be made in resolving those points so that when we had the issue i described of the post-election excitement, they will work closely together. i will giv

you heard it from tom donahue and from the corporate members to continue to work to see that mexico joins the transpacific partnership agreement. you have our support. you have our commitment. and third, you saw it in the report you've seen it since you helped launching this initiative in 2010, you have our commitment to continue to grow the competitiveness of the north american region in particularly with the focus on u.s. and mexico. and our report highlights some of the areas we'd like to continue to work with your government. finally, this is a man of great courage. a man of great conviction. a man what has clearly led his country to greater prosperity. we congratulate you. we wish you good luck in the final period of your time as president. and of course, you came here as president elect. you've come here as president. we expect you back after you have been president. so thank you very much and thank all of you beforing if here today. >> thank you very much. >> if everyone could stay seated as the president leaves the stage and another round of applause for him. thank you. >>> solici

chamber, you heard it from tom donahue and corporate members to continue to work to see that mexico joins the transpacific partnership agreement. you have our support. you have our commitment. and third -- you spell out in the report. you have seen it since you helped launch this is nush tiff in 2010. you have our commitment to continue to grow the competitiveness of the north american region in particularly with the focus on u.s. and mexico and our report highlights some of the areas we would like to continue to work with your government. finally this is a man of great courage. a man of great conviction. a man who is clearly led his country to greater prosperity. we unkun garacongratulate you. good luck in your final period of time as president. you came here as president-elect. you have come here as president. we expect you back after you have been president. so, thank you very much. thank all of you for being here. >> thank you. thank you very much. [ applause ] if everyone could stay seated as the president leaves the stage. and another warm round of applause for him. thank you.

i like to quote tom donahue on this. he always reminds me never to take any of this personally or take it badly as canadians sometimes do. heap said the only reason americans, the united states, sometimes treat canada badly is because we view canadiens not really as a important country but we view canadiens as family and that's how we tree our family. >> ross: on that fot, love to making this your only stop. i think enjoyed your human, your substance and your commitment to our shared relationship. >> thank you. thank you lot. [ applause ] >>> this morning a look at the rise in social security disability claims. we'll be live with a forum hosted by the national academy of social insurance at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >>> coming up on c-span, international monetary fund managing director christine leg ard. you can watch that live starting at 10:0045 eastern on our companion network c-span. >>> the congressional internat caucus advisory committee hosted a briefing on the frustration administration's new internet privac

. >>> i'm tom donahue, president and ceo of the chamber. won't you please be seated. now, i haven't heard of a welcome like that for a head of state here in a long time and it was very appropriate. it's wonderful to also see all of you here for such a timely conversation on the united states and mexico and our critically important economic partnership. there are a number of people here today who need to be recognized and let me mention them very briefly. mexico's minister of foreign affairs, and mexico's minister of the economy, bruno ferrari. and mexico's minister of finance, and the director general of mexico, carlos guzman and of course our two esteemed ambassadors. i'm going to introduce them separately. i'm going off the script. the first of course is topekay way -- tony wayne representing the united states in mexico city. we're very pleased to have him. he's working hard and it's working very well. i'd like to put just a little bit of emphasis on my friend, arturo sirconwho represents mexico here in the united states. mr. president just a little while ago at our

host: our conversation with tom donahue, in about two and a half hours from now.ack your calls and the question, the legacy of watergate on american politics. send us an e-mail, if you like. journal@c-span.org. virgil goode has been nominated to serve as the constitution party nominee. from rocky mountain virginia, he has historically held strong views on citizenship and illegal immigration. host: he then joined the republican party ahead of 2002, losing in 2008. virgil goode, accepting the nomination of the constitution party. c-span is covering his nomination speech, available online at any time, and it will be airing later today on the c- span network. frank, bristol, va., good morning, welcome to the program. caller: good morning, sir. watergate contributed to the ignominious end of our involvement in vietnam. we had the vietnamese at the paris peace table. they had no supplies coming in. they were at odds with the chinese. they could have been starved out to making a better compromise then we ended up with. that happened because the president was busy coverin

we talk with the chamber's president tom donahue about economy, taxes, and the business community's agenda. that is sunday at 10:00 a.m. >> now, a managing director christine lagarde. she speaks at the closing news conference at the imf spring meeting. she discussed the consensus that the struggling governments must be reformed or risk raising the economic danger. this is 35 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to this press conference. the governing committee of the imf, it is my pleasure to introduce you to the chairman of the committee, tharman shanmugaratnam. and to his right, the first deputy managing director of the imf. and of course the managing director of the imf, christine lagarde. we are on the record this afternoon. i will ask you to recognize yourself by name. with that, let me turn to the minister. >> thank you. >> i will give you a quick sense of discussions yesterday and today we had a joint press conference yesterday we discussed the strengthening of the global safety net. it was an important step forward. today, beyond that announcement, in our sessions yesterda

tom donahue always reminds me never to take any of this personally. he says the only reason the united states sometimes treats canada badly is because we give canadians as family, and that is how we treat our family. >> on behalf of the wilson center directors form, we would like to thank you, mr. prime minister, and your top government officials and your beloved ambassador for making this year only private stop on your visit to washington. >> i appreciate the opportunity. has been great. >> everyone has enjoyed enormously your humor, your substance, and your commitment to our shared relationship. thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> prime minister harbor also appeared at a press conference with president obama and mexican president calderon today after a summit at the white house. we will have that in about 45 minutes here on c-span at 8:00 eastern. with congress on a break for the next few weeks, we will feature some of book tv's weekend programs in prime time on c- span2. >> tonight, a look at revolution in the middle east. starting at 8:30 easte

i like to quote tom donahue on this.e any of this personally or badly as canadians sometimes do. he said the only reason americans and united states sometimes treat canada badly is because we view canadians that really as a foreign country, but s family. and that is how we treat our family. [laughter] >> on that note, on behalf of the forum, we would like to thank you you and your beloved ambassador for spending -- i guess making this year only private stop in washington. >> i appreciate the opportunity. >> i think everyone has enjoyed your humor, your substance, and your commitment to our shared relationship. thank you. [applause] >> thank you a lot. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [applause] >> in a few moments, mitt romney campaign in wisconsin which holds its primary today. "washington journal" is live with segments on the tax code and the federal reserve. on "washington journal" this morning, we'll be joined by delicate eleanor holmes n

on "news makers" sunday we talk with the president and ceo tom donahue about the economy, taxes, trade, and the business legislative agenda. that's sunday 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. eastern. on our facebook page today we're asking are you optimistic about u.s. manufacturing? join the conversation on facebook.com/ cspan. >> when i was in afghanistan, the soldiers started telling me that the u.s. government was tasting tens of billions of dollars on totally mismanaged development and logistics contract. >> he follows the money right into the hands of the taliban. >> i was in the brigade and colonel howard and right after president obama took over and said we're going to give you a whole bunch of development money. win their hearts and minds. nation build. and colonel howard said don't send me any more money, send me contract officers that can oversee this stuff. i need people. i don't need more money. >> douglas on bankrolling the enemy. sunday night on c-span's q & a. look for the q & a with robert caro. >> from the colonial era to today, prohibition. drinking has always been a part of the amer