. >> there is plenty of debate still ahead when they gavel back in. what are some policy issuesy think will attract the most debate? >> well, i think missile defense will continue to be an issue of debate. there will be an amendment to try to reverse what is already in the bill in regards to this east coast missile silo -- missile base that they want introduced. there's going to be debate on detainees. there's a number of amendments that will be proposed to try to either constrain how the u.s. military handles detainees. there will are others that will try to give even greater rights to people who are detained in the united states so that they are able to be prosecuted, for example, in federal courts rather than just military tribunals. that one's offered by ranking member smith from washington. so those are really going to be key fights. we're going to spend quite a bit of time on those areas. >> frank oliveri, covers defense and foreign policy issues for congressional quarterly. you can read his reporting at cq.com. thanks for joining us. >> my plea

but we'll stay live waiting for the committee to gavel in here on c-span3. and the special inspecto >>> house oversight meeting this morning on inspector general vacancies across the department. later today, leon panetta and martin dempsey will brief reporters today. it's likely the secretary will get numerous questions for his call for the congress to pass the united nations law of the sea treaty. we'll have live coverage coming up at 2:00 p.m. eastern. later in the day, a consideration on u.s.-russian elections. president obama is hosting the g-8 summit at camp david next week and russian president vladimir putin is skipping the meeting. he said he's busy assigning his cabinet. again, the house oversight committee and the hearing this morning a little bit late but they're going to be talking about the inspector general's vacancies in the u.s. government. >>> this is the ray burn house office building, the house oversight committee looking at vacancy at 73 inspector general posts in the government. the ranking democrat is elijah cummings of maryland. he's i

to gavel. i do think to the expentd it's become a kind of performance that people are geing turned off. i think we may have reached the tipping point. i this it would take -- yon think particularly courageous. the confirmation hearing is a job interview. if i were going to interview somebody for a job and i said things like do you eat peanutbutter? i just asked a bunch of irrational questions, no one would allow me to get away with with that in a job interview. but we do allow this with the confirmation hearings. i do think the public has had it and has turned utility. i think a person could go up there and ask the kwis that actually are responsive to the position that the person is seeking opinion. some of these questions are critical to me. i have a whole set of civil procedure questions i always want to ask. it's a place where court have enormous influence and the roberts court has shaped a lot about how litigation gets managed through their civil procedure decisions. the questions are never

. >> and let me ask you about the tampa convention and the way it works is we will be gavel to gavel and covering this thing on fox, and here at msnbc, and cnn, but on the broadcast nets which is still the standard that people like to apply to, which is an hour a night, are you going to get prime time? >> i have no idea. >> will you ask for it? >> no, but i will get what romney believes will help him win. if it is not on the broadcast? >> no, whatever he wans me to give. >> and you are a supply can't. >> i am a team player. >> when you smile, i see what you are. and with the vice president, and without trying to guess it, and it is important without guess it, i would love to be governor christie than you for purposes of the nominee, for color, but how does he do wit with a ibm calculated one state at a time and get ohio. >> well, no. if you look at george w for e m example, getting wyoming could not have been the reason he picked dick cheney. >> dick cheney picked himself. >> that whole dance was orchestrateded. >> by cheney and row. >> you saw how he shot himself down to get the job

the way it usually works is we'll be almost gavel to gavel here.e'll be covering this thing on fox. and here at msnbc and cnn. but on the broadcast networks, which is still the standard people like to apply to, we get about an hour a night. are you going to get prime time. >> i have no idea. >> did you ask for prime time? >> i'll get whatever romney thinks will help him win. i'm a team player. >> when you smile i see what you are. that's all right. let me ask you about the vice president. without trying to guess, i think it's important, but without guessing it, i would love it to be christie. how is he going to go about picking it? >> i think it's first of all about -- if yew looked at george w., for example, getting wyoming couldn't have been the reason he picked dick cheney. >> dick cheney pick himself, though. come on. >> that whole dance was orchestrated. >> by cheney. >> of course. >> he was in charge of picking and he pick himself. tom ridge is a good guy, of course he's not good on the values questions. of course he was against the -- you ca

to gavel, which used to be you watched it all day and you watched it all night. in a sense it's become a kind of performance that people are getting turned off. and i think, you know, we may have reached the tipping point. i think it would take one -- i don't even think particularly courageous, one senator on the judiciary committee perhaps from each party, aor maybe even not, who was doing their job -- the confirmation hearing was a job interview. if i were to interview somebody for a job and i were to say things like do you eat peanut butter, ask a bunch of irrational questions, nobody would allow me to get away with that in a job interview. we do allow it in the confirmation hearings and the public has tuned out. i think a courageous congressperson simply doing their job could go up there and ask the questions that are simply responsive to the position that the person is seeking. it's interest iing to me that se of these questions, to me, are critically important. for example, i have a whole set of civil procedure questions i always want to ask. not just becau

i'm the one standing with the gavel. >> you now have the gavel. >> thank you, director, for being here. i appreciate how often you come and how we're kept abreast of everything you're doing. many of my colleagues have asked about officer safety issues with the national memorial services this week. i was just with the families and police officers over the last two days, two officers that died in the line of duty in minnesota. one reported to the skeeb of a domestic violence case. 17-year-old victim sacrificed his life for hers and he leaves three young children. and one of the things that came up at a previous hearing we had here on the bullet proof vest, which is important, is that 72 of our nation's law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty during 2011, and that's the highest number since '07. it's up 20% from 2010. by region, 29 were killed in the south, 21 in the mist, 10 in mi the west, 10 in the northeast, 2 in puerto rico. are you aware of any factors that would explain this increase or do you think it's random tragic statistics or do you know how this has happened

this is about to get under way. [ gavel ] >> we're going to begin the hearing. and i want to thank all of you very very much for being here. in my view, the issue that we are discussing today is of monumental importance. and while it may be controversial within the halls of the united states congress, i have the feeling that the more the american people understand this concept, the more support that there will be. and i think it's fair for me to tell you that i do not expect the legislation that we'll be discussing today to be passed tomorrow or in the next few months. for the united states congress, this is a fairly radical piece of legislation. many billions of dollars of opposition that will be out there from drug companies and other sources, but i believe from the bottom of my heart that this issue is so important that discussion has got to begin as soon as possible, and that's what we're doing today. so the ideas that people may be hearing on c-span today may sound fairly radical, in a few years they're not. because what we're talking about is absolutely co

you already took the gavel. didn't you? thank you all. thank you. >> senator kuntz. >> thank you, chairman durbin. thank you for calling this hearing for your long and passionate and vigilant advocacy for civil rights and for your real leadership in this area for this legislation and for this hearing. in my own role prior to becoming a senator as county executive, i worked hard in the supervision of a 380-sworn officer department to ensure we had an effective and strong outreach, not just traditional subject to harassment and communities like the african-american and latino communities but also post-9/11 making sure there was better training and outreach in relationship with our muslim community and given incidents that occurred in our community making sure we stayed as a policing organization engaged. and accountable. and i just wanted to start, officer gale and chief davis, by thanking you for your leadership in the policing community and for your service to the public. i appreciate your starting by just helping me understand what's the

we're going to be gavel to gavel here, we'll be covering this thing on fox and msnbc and cnn, but on the broadcast net, we get about an hour a night, will you get prime time? >> no, but i'll get whatever romney thinks helps him win? yes, i will take whatever romney thinks will help him win. >> i'm to team player. when you smile i see what you are. let me ask about vice president, i think it's portman, but i would love it to be christie for reasons like i would like you to be the nominee, but how will he go about picking him? an ibm executive, calculated? get one state? >> no. >> what is it about? >> i think first of all if you look at george w. for example, getting wyoming couldn't be the reason -- >> that whole dance was orchestrated by. >> by cheney, he picked himself. tom ridge is a good buy. >> i think they will face a couple bis decisions and you won't know the shape of it until july. for example, virginia is a key state both for governor and the senate. bob mcdonald is a terrific governor, do you use him and seal off the south? >> does had hurt that he is catholic? >> no, it mi

[gavel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- director goldstein: the department of building inspection, legal authorized to use, no new work proposes. we will start with the appellant, aged. >> good evening, commissioners. first, i would like to congratulate president hwang as the new president, and as i was not here for the last meeting, i want to thank president garcia for his many years of service on this board. from his first hearing, he was one of the most interesting and insightful commissioners and made this process better for his presence. the reason we are here on this matter tonight is basically a very small, very inexpensive dwelling units that would cost more than it is worth to be legalized through traditional channels. i met the owner, who is the second owner of this building. they have owned it since the early 1960's. i met the other at his job at lowe's, and we were talking about how we try to get a permit to remodel a dwelling unit and was told he could not get a permit because the house was listed as a single family and a store. he was instructe

house gaveling in momentarily here on c-span. >> waiting for the house to gavel back in this afternoonp nearly a dozen suspension bills including one dealing with a police alert system, a blue alert system for the injury or death of a police officer or law enforcement official. debates -- debate between now and 6:30 and votes in the house after 6:30 eastern. a number of congressional hearings happening today. we cover several on the c-span networks and you will see those later in our program schedule. the vote incurs objection under clause 6 of rule 20. record votes on postponed questions will be taken after 6:30 p.m. today. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. h.r. 1864, the mobile work force state income tax simplification act of 2011, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the speaker pro tempore: h.r. 1864, a state -- an act to simplify the taxing of workers in other states. the chair: the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina. mr. co

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. ♪ ♪ [gavel pounding] >> michael: welcome to the hallowed halls of the tyt supreme court.ing about a 26-year-old mother from los angeles, california, jamie, and she's shown on the cover of "time" magazine here breast feeding her nearly four-year-old son. the magazine shows an article that puts dr. bill sears, who is an advocate of "attachment parenting" into the hot seat explaining what attachment parenting is, and talking about its advantages. here is "good morning america" covering that for "abc news." >> look closely at this photo. nope, your eyes are not playing tricks. jamie is a 26-year-old mother from los angeles who is breast-feeding her almost four-year-old aaron. it's a back to nature some might say fringe way of raising kids called attachment parenting. it's sparking a heated debate. >> michael: now along with the associated justices ana rose we discuss an issue and we make a ruling. i want to ask you first, when you see something like this what do you think is going on at "time" magazine? do you think this is the right thing for them to be putting on a magazine

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they're going to gavel in here momentarily following up on the case of the blind chinese civil rights activist chen guangcheng who is imprisoned by the chinese government. fled to the embassy in beijing and is now awaiting paperwork before he travels to the u.s. live coverage here on c-span3. >>> committee will come to order. i want to thank all of you for joining us for this hearing to examine the status of chinese human rights offender chen guangcheng and that of his family on the those who have been targeted in connection with this case. this hearing will also focus on chen's cause. chen guangcheng is among the bravest defenders of women's rights in the world. chen defended thousands of women from the ongoing most egregious state spon spored exploitation and abuse of women in human history. pervasive forced abortion and involuntary sterilization as part of china's one child per couple policy. and has suffered as a result of his defense cruel torture, degrading treatment, unjust incarceration, and multiple beatings. the sheer magnitude of this exploitation of women has been largely

[gavel] >> the next time you take a muni bus or train, there could be new technology that could make it easier to get to your destination. many are taking a position of next bus technology now in use around the city. updated at regular intervals from the comfort of their home or workplace. next bus uses satellite technology and advanced computer modeling to track buses and trains, estimating are bought stocks with a high degree of accuracy. the bus and train our arrival information can be accessed from your computer and even on your cellular phone or personal digital assistant. knowing their arrival time of the bus allows riders the choice of waiting for it or perhaps doing some shopping locally or getting a cup of coffee. it also gives a greater sense that they can count on you to get to their destination on time. the next bus our arrival information is also transmitted to bus shelters around the city equipped with the next bus sign. riders are updated strictly about arrival times. to make this information available, muni has tested push to talk buttons at trial shelters. rider when

was soggy we were tops were special we knew we were to. 11 men died in the first 10 of them when his gavelfety nets that meant a ground breaking device at the time sitting 19 others. >>> the lure most sections of the tower are anchored to vertical angles of steel made in bethlehem pa. sent by train to philadelphia that my boat to san francisco the cables pulled across the gates by the harbor tug and barge company. ross said here. are coming across. >>> we're writing fair belfast attorneys heavy today the were heading up a bit. here comes a halfway connection now we're all clear to the south tower the final where it went on april 28th 1937 one month later this celebration and complete with al jolson. >>> we got there and we're the first ones in line in the best in line remember the big tape across the cut the tape and everybody went to was a big rush of people it was a thrill it was wonderful. we're skipping and hot and jumping. >>> all that is followed call love story. does look at how many people showed up for its 50th birthday. >>> to 350,000 people actually walked on the bridge of hundr

my name is -- [gavel] chair hur: i am sorry, ms. brown. let's reset for time. -- hard time. please proceed -- let's reset her time. please proceed. >> my name is -- brown. i am a mother. why are we spending money on this when we have all of our children being murdered on the streets. we have young men that are being murdered on the streets of san francisco, and still no justice, still no money, no nothing. we can use this money to solve our cases. my son is still laying up there at the graveyard, with a cold case. i say this because i have been here before, concerning the fire chief. i am bringing this up. i have nothing against these people, but, i mean, ross was there when my child was murdered. i support him, because he has been there when our children have the industry. you get a fire chief at be her husband, and you have nothing about that. where are the standards? i've nothing against this man, michael. he murdered his father. he murdered his father. and he still was the assistant sheriff. the assistant sheriff. where is the standard for that? and not on the that, in j

investigators had a person of interest and gaveler a heads up sunday they would be arresting antolin garcia-torres monday. turns out marlene and her daughter did shop at the same safeway where garcia-torres worked. law enforcement has not said that play any role in her kidnapping nep believe it was a stranger abduction. marlene saying she had no idea who he was prior to becoming the suspect in her daughter's disappearance. >> this not a person i would associate my daughter talking to. i would never guess that she would willingly get into a car with somebody. with a profile and you know, as far as his appearance and everything. i'm so grateful -- >> reporter: you can hear marlene thanking volunteers, telling her how uplifted she was by the turnout. because no weapon or body has been found, marlene and volunteers have holding out hope sierra might still be alive. >> i hope we can find something so this family can have closure, not knowing will drive them insane. it does every family. we pray and hope this does something to close this completely. >> reporter: today unt1:00 on saturday,

. >>> whether you agree with him or not, whether he had the gavel or didn't have the gavel, dick lugar an approach to the senate and to governing that was always the same. >> john kerry on the senate floor. he called it a tragedy, the defeat of dick lugar. joining me now, joe lieberman, another colleague of senator lugar's. you're an independent. you've had your own difficulties within your party. >> yes. >> you must be relating, empathizing with what happened to senator lugar. some are saying it's his own fault, he didn't have a residence, a legal residence. he let that become an issue. it's hard not to recall, though, his decades of service in foreign relations. >> yeah. most of all, i think we should celebrate and honor the service of dick lugar. he was a real internationalist, a thoughtful internationalist, and really rose above partisanship when he was involved in foreign policy. so, defeat is painful for any of us in this profession, but i think dick lugar should be comforted with the confidence that he built a tremendous legacy of service and accomplishment over the years. look,

i will now recognize senator corker and hand the gavel over to shaheen. >> we've been this issue of the 2% gdp is not being honored. secretary albright was in not two years ago talking about the same thing, secretary yates has talked about the same things. did so in europe. we talked with the secretary-general about this same issue and it continues to be while we're urging. this trend has been continuing for a long time. we understand europe is under stress right now but what set of ingredients do you think exist or what is it that we're doing? we spent last year 5% of gdp. i know it's dropping to the high 4s in this next year and certainly i think we should make sure we invest appropriately. as we continue doing what we are doing, they more be a more are becoming the consumer and it doesn't seem to be anything that's really changing that dynami dynamic. many of the countries have had more injuries than us. from the standpoint of year in, year out, investment, modernization and the defense forces is just not happening. and we've been talking the same line since i've been here. i've been

let me ask you quickly if i can before i turn the gavel over. first of all, what sort of reaction to the european -- generally to the obama administration's decision to take two of the four combat brigades, army brigades out of europe. and what's the impact? >> i appreciate the opportunity to address that because i think we have been quite successful in explaining what was thinking. i've been in berlin, lithuania and copenhagen. to think about it even with people imagining it somehow we were reducing our presence in europe. the fact is those brigade combat teams have been fighting in southwest asia for the past decade. and the issue the defense department was rethinking was after this decade of heavy presence of spend iing hundredsf billions of dollars, what was the right posture to move forwa forward? and we have had the opportunity to explain this thinking to o our -- and moving forward even after the brigade combat teams even if they do not run, during which we believe that article five is incredible and we've absolutely had an opportunity to

[gavel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www. secretary: good morning, this is a special meeting of the planning commission for thursday, april 12. before i take role, let me just repeat some of the ground rules. for those of you who are in the room, again, if you leave your seat, you have lost your seat. the sheriff's department will let someone else come in and take back seat. turn off your cell phones. there is to be no extra talking to because we need to be able to hear. this is a crowded room. the commissioners need to hear what is going on so they make -- can make informed decisions. for those of you who are in the south course, as we call your name, we will give you time to come upstairs. once you come in, just let the sheriff's department know that your name has been called, and you will be allowed to come in so you can speak. with that, roll call. [reading roll] commissioner cindy wu is absent today. commissioners, i am going to -- i need my glasses. ok, commissioners, the special calendar today is all about this, and th

[gavel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncic >> want to thank you all for coming out on this beautiful san francisco winter day. we are delighted to be here in chinatown. thank you to all of you who came out. there's going to be some noise during this event. this is a very busy street. that's one of the reasons we are doing this project. we are here today -- i am transportation director with the sfmta. thank you, boss. we're geared today to mark yet another important milestone and the steady, continued progress that we are making for the future generations of san francisco in this critically important project criticallyphase 2 of the light rail, otherwise known as the central subway. it is a project that is very important for building capacity, to move san francisco in the future. it also has benefits for current generations of san franciscans. the benefit comes in the form of jobs. you cannot mention the word jobs these days without thinking of our great mayor lee. out further ado, i want to ask mayor lee to come up and say a few words. mayor lee: thank you. than

. >> we're waiting for house budget committee chairman paul ryan to gavel this meeting into session. we see there are a number of congressmen have arrived. congress shefetz. so far seated at the table only republicans. >> among the programs that would be reduced under the bill that the budget committee is considering today, food stamps, medicaid, child tax credit, meals on wheels, adoption assistance, day care funding, transportation programs for the elderly and disabled. >> the top democrat on the house budget committee chris van hollen has entered. associated press writes that republicans who control the house are using the cuts to food aid health care and social services like meals on wheels to protect the pentagon from a crippling wave of budget cuts in january. >> a little more from the associated press about the bill that the house budget committee is considering today. the budget cutting drive by the committee is designed to head off a looming 10%, $55 billion budget cut set to strike the pentagon on january 1. but the automatic spending cuts known as >> as we wait for the com

receive testimony from outside witnesses, and now we'll stand in recess subject to call of the chair. [ gavel sounds ] >>> here's what's ahead today on c-span 3. next a look ahead at women that have won nobel prizes chls then a discussion on the federal government's role on energy and innovation and later a program on online privacy laws. today on c-span 2 action we're showing you several portions of the recent british phone hacking investigation, known as the levison inquiry. this gets under way in about 20 minutes at 12:30 p.m. eastern, again on c-span 2. and coming up tonight, a debate between the candidates running in wisconsin's gubernatorial recall election. republican incumbent scott walker is being challenged by milwaukee's democratic bear, tom barrett. watch this live tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> join us on memorial day for a pair of remembrance ceremonies. president obama is expected to be at the annual event taking place at arlington national cemetery and our live coverage starts around 10:50 a.m. eastern. later in the day it's another ceremony, this one taking place

[gavel] colleagues, without objection? thank you. item three, please. clerk young: item number three, the policy and budget priorities for the fiscal year 2012 to 2013 and for 2013 to 2014. chairman chu: thank you very much. this item is brought to us by a number of sponsors. we cannot have more than five individuals from the board of supervisors here at any given time, so we will have to swap out. i think supervisor winer -- weiner will be swapping out. when you like to say a few words -- supervisor wiener will be swapping out. would you like to say a few words? supervisor wiener: since she is my appointee, i would like to stay for that, and then we can swap out after that. i joined president chu and supervisor kim because we want to have the opportunity to formally present to the budget committee the priorities for the fiscal year. i think we are all committed to supporting our youth in the city, including in the budget process, and they have many needs, so w want to engage in a dialogue, and when i do leave here, i will be watching on tv, so i will h

the meeting was gaveled in at 1:00 pm and concluded at 3:13 pm. your presentation was one of five or six items on that day. and i'm not certain how long the council discussed your presentation or what questions were asked. i assume it couldn't have been more than 20 or 30 minutes of discussion on one of the most important provisions of dodd frank. could you shed some light for us on what was discussed that day and some concerns that were raised by the council members? >> the discussions at that particular council meeting were not the first time that the nonbank designation rule had been discussed by the council. the council actually put out an advanced notice of rule making, first notice of proposed rule making and a second notice of proposed rule making. all three cases, we received comments and all three cases the council discussed those comments, how the next iteration of the rule would incorporate and respond to those comments so that there was a thorough conversation at each point in the process about how the final rule responded to the comme

. >> congress gavels in at 2:00 p.m. eastern. after a week-long break. the house will consider a number of bills allowing the capital grounds to be used for several events. also a measure to clear the way for development of the washington, d.c. water front. the senate will consider a bill to keep student loan rates from doubling in july. also a couple of judicial nominations. the house is live on our companion network c-span and the senate live on c-span2. and here on c-span 3 at 2:00 eastern the house budget committee as part of last year's debt ceiling agreement about $600 billion of pentagon spending cuts are slated to kick in next year. house republicans have introduced legislation to prevent the reductions. instead they would cut spending for food stamps, medicaid, the child tax credit and other social programs. congressman paul ryan of wisconsin chairs the budget committee and chris van hollen is the ranking democrat. they meet at too clock p.m. and you can see it live on c-span3. if you are looking for more information on members of the budget com

the house gavels in for legislative work at 2:00 eastern. >>> saturdays this month, c-span radio is airing more from the nixon tapes, secretly recorded phone conversations from 1971 to 1973. this saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern, hear conversations between mr. nixon and white house special counsel and key adviser chuck colson who pass the away last month as they talk about the democratic presidential nominee, george mcgovern. >> he doesn't have the stuff? >> you really think so. >> i think he realizes he's on the verge of an impending disaster from his side, and everything he has done has gone wrong. >> in washington, d.c. listen at 90.1 fm. nationwide we're on xm channel 119 and streaming at c-spanradio.org. >>> the federal government has ten inspector general vacancies, seven of which have been vacant for more than a year. the house oversight committee held this hearing last week on how the vacancies impact prevention of waste, fraud and abuse. committee chairman darrell issa says president obama has failed to nominate people for those positions. this portion of the hearing is an hour and 1

we'll have it live for you once they resume and gavel back in. in the meantime, we'll show you the opening statements and debate from earlier today. >> the committee will come to order. welcome all on this beautiful, wonderful day that we're going to have here. the committee will now mark up the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2013. ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for joining us here today as the committee on the armed services prepares to mark up hr-4310, the national defense authorization for 2013 and express my appreciation and for his commitment to a bipartisan process that has seen this bill pass for 50 consecutive years and, once again, the support service is higher priority. i have three key priorities this year. they are resolve reverse defense cuts and rebuild the military stretched then thin by war. i want to thank members for their tireless work. to begin with, we have taken an incremental move to reverse cuts. this bill reflect $88 million for overseas contingency operations. consistent with chairman ryan's budg