that is sunday night at 9:00 on afterwords, part of book tv this weekend on c-span two. earlier this year, southern methodist university hosted a conversation with every director of the white house office of faith in a neighborhood partnerships. established in 2001 by president george w. bush, the office is tasked with helping faith-based and community organizations provide federally funded social in a neighborhood partnerships. established in 2001 by president george w. bush, the office is tasked with helping faith-based and community organizations provide federally funded social services. the symposium explored the importance of the office and its for years, president osha and his advisers believed that small faith-based and community organizations had been at an unfair disadvantage, competing on an unlevel playing field when it came to qualifying for and accessing and receiving federal funding. although they were serving american communities in many ways, they did not have the resources, information, or connections to pursue federal larger, more prominent organization

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that is part of book tv this weekend on c-span two. >> cnn political reporter peter talked about the impact of twitter. he cover the 2008 and 2012 campaigns. he

part of book tv this weekend on c-span two. >> online for december tv book club, we want to know what your favorite books were in 2013. go to book tv.org, and click on book on to enter the chat room. . on the next washington journal, the latest on the etween negotiations b the house and saienate. military times reporter andrew tillman joins us. washington journal is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span. in just a few moments, newsmakers with representative adam smith of washington state. he is the top democrat on the armed services committee. after that, president obama talking about the state of u.s.- israel relations. >> this week on "newsmakers" congressman adam smith joins us from seattle. we are joined in the studio by frank oliveri and craig whitlock. >> i would like to ask you about afghanistan. the obama administration thought they had fought the deal to keep the troops there 2014. that seems like it is falling apart. do you see any way of resolving this before the beginning of next year or will it stride on until afghanistan elects a new president? >> the deal has n

national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> on c-span two, the senate continues debate on the two-year budget agreement. a republican senator from wyoming is now talking about the budget, yesterday there was a 67 to 33 vote, advancing the bill to a final passage vote expected this afternoon. again, that isspan2. thenthis afternoon, earning key after this afternoon's several open market committee meeting will hold what is expected to be his final news conference as federal reserve chairman that will be live for you on www.c-span.org. competition video wants to know, what is the most important issue congress should it dress next year? your chance to win a grand prize of $5,000. the deadline is january 20. get more info. >> white house senior advisory valerie jarrett spoke at a breakfast hosted by politico. she answered a question on president obama's future presidential library and what his current priorities were concerning it. here is a look. >> it is sort of amazing to me we are are ready talking about the presidential library that there wa

on c-span two, the senate will vote this morning on the irs commissioner nominee and take a on janet llen to be federal reserve chairman. on c-span three, the hudson institute will look at the saudi relationship. live coverage is at 10:00 eastern. will talk withwe the former irishman and white house budget director jim nussle on the two-year judge it to pass by the house and senate and then a look ahead to the congressional agenda for 2014 and next year's elections. the center for american progress joins us. later, a discussion on health 15-year-old u.s. students score against their international peers in math and science. buckley fromjack the national center of education statistics and robert rothman from american education. host then -- the senate passed a budget deal. nominateden has been to be head of the fed. the senate will turn -- will adjourn by the end of the day. here are some of the recent news articles about capitol hill and congress. on obamaaches deal nominees. the senate reached a deal on several key

that is part of book tv this weekend on c-span two. >> cnn political reporter peter talked about the impact of twitter. he cover the 2008 and 2012 campaigns. dropped -- drew on interviews , and this is 45 minutes. >> hello, i am james peindell tv, and peter will talk about the point of the paper and what he is trying to study and where it came from, we will ask some questions. this is new hampshire. it is a tradition. we are going to drill this guy, so, peter, welcome back to new hampshire. that is very good. this is absolutely excellent. did twitter kill the boys on the bus? talk a little bit about the origin of why you had this topic. kind of two reasons. one, after the campaign, i was jealous, and you may have been jealous about this also. reflecting and meditating. i am not jealous of their unemployment, but i am jealous of their space, so after the campaign of 2012, i had an opportunity of fellowship at the kennedy school of government, and i had to write a paper on some aspect of the media and the political media, and i started to think about the difference and 2012, which were

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tv in primetime all week on c-span two. my education expires after five to 10 years. everything is new. of the cloud is new. facebook is new. a lot of these new coating languages -- coding languages. human life, a play phase, a learning phase, a work phase, and a resting phase afterwards, and eventually dying. ,hat i think we should be doing we should have these phases at the same time. we should play, learn, work, all the same time. you get the world moves so fast, you can't have a single time for education any more. we have to stay up-to-date. >> new year's day on c-span, just before 1:00 p.m. eastern and throughout the afternoon, ceo's of twitter and others on the future of higher education, robotics, and data in the new industrial revolution. on book tv, unflinching courage, former texas senator kay bailey hutchison on the women who helped shape texas. and on c-span three, american history tv, daughters of civil rights leaders and a segregationist share memories of the civil rights europe -- era. >> "newsmakers" with the american federations of teachers resident r

tonight at nine on afterwards, part of book tv this weekend on c-span two. next, a discussion about ongoing negotiations over iran's nuclear program and a possible long-term deal with the u.s. and international community. former state department officials from the clinton and obama administrations join a former iranian negotiator for this discussion hosted by the asia society. it is a little more than an hour. [applause] >> you laid out exactly the questions. if you have questions, i know they are bringing up the ipad. ambassador, let me begin. the history could be a history of non-relations. no direct talks. even this interim agreement appears to be a hiccup. secretary kerry has talked to the foreign minister. is this a real agreement? is this a breakthrough moment? >> i think that it would take a paroxysm of inventive imagination to believe that it is not a breakthrough in the context of years of almost no 30 contact. on the other hand, the other element of a breakthrough is where does that door lead? is it leading somewhere? can we see this particular ope

. >> christmas day on c-span, corinth and former heads the .hite house faith-based office on c-span two, book tv, the great war, july 1, 1916. that is at 5:00. american history tv, follow bob hope as he travels for his annual u.s. tour of southeast asia, including stops in vietnam. >> c-span. we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house advance, briefings, and we offer complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house, all as a public service for private industry. we are c-span, created by the cable industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider, and now, you can watch us in hd. >> next, the general motors chairman and ceo daniel ackerson speaking at the national press club in washington, d.c., where he talked about the stay of the u.s. auto industry as well as projects and investments. he also talked about the company's first female ceo. this is one hour. today rocked the world last week when he announced he would step down as chairman and ceo of general motors, the world's second- largest

on c-span twos book tv, unflinching courage, former -- daughters of civil rights leaders and segregationists share their memories of the civil rights era at 8:30. span,ming up next on c- "washington journal" is live with your phone calls and tweets. a discussion in the changing .olitical landscape in 45 minutes, look at the top stories of 2013 and the decline of the middle class a little past 50 years. >> good morning everyone. welcome to the "washington journal" on this new year's eve. as the it comes to closely want to get your take this morning on the top news stories of 2013. those new health care plans will kick in, or the 16 day shutdown. benghazi and the congressional investigation that havewed or is it what we learned from the nsa leaker edward snowden about the agencies surveillance program. we want

. >> the first 2000 years of social media on a quote the communicators" on c-span two. >> republican governors rick perry discuss the gop future. then a conversation with u.s. trade representative about of the current state of u.s. trade agreements. at 11:00 p.m., q and a with a doctor. >> a group of republican governors discussed the party message. governors rick perry john kasich and mary fallon top about the policies -- talk about the policies that have adopted and how they are resonating. the a recent event part of annual meeting in scottsdale, arizona. it is a little less than one hour. >> if you could come in and take your seats, we will start right away. we will talk about messaging in 2014 and what we have to do to actually have a more successful 2014 and 2016 than we had last year. i have to tell you it is so great to have governors appear that are actually getting things done in their own state -- governors up here that are actually getting things done in their own state, unfortunately, like too many washington republicans. i am looking at john kasich right now and i am so

we look at the history and literary life and dayton, ohio, saturday at noon on c-span two and sunday 5 p.m. on c-span three. is next.n journal" at 10:00, discussion on u.s.- result relations and later, the brookings institution looks of the issue of wealthy individuals in the gulf and giving money to syrian rebels. in 45 minutes, senator tom coburn of oklahoma talks about his report on government waste. we will look at the upcoming congressional focus on tax reform. we will look a.m., at the 2013 survey of the best places to host: good morning. here are your headlines. the senate approved a two-year budget compromise, sending the fudge it -- budget measures to the white house. a presidential advisory panel urged the white house to rein in key parts of the national security agency's program. a programke announced to trim the stimulus efforts of the fed. that is where we will begin with our

that is sunday night at 9:00, part of book tv on c-span two. "washington journal" continues.ost: before president obama left town for whole white, he held a news conference talking about 2014. [video clip] up, we you add that all have an economy that is stronger than it was when we started the year. more americans are finding work. they are experiencing the pride of a paycheck. we are positioned for more growth and more jobs. i firmly believe that 2014 can be a breakthrough year for americans. but, as i outlined in detail earlier this month, we all know that there is a lot more we will have to do to restore opportunity and growth for every american. that will require some action. it is a good start that earlier this week, for the first time in a year, both parties came together to pass a budget. some of the damage that created headwinds for art hot -- our economy. we need to straighten our middle class. it means that the american people will not be exposed to another reckless shutdown every few months. that is a good thing. host: now joining us on our set , who isca sinderbra

treasury secretary jack lew will be discussing the state of financial reform on c-span two at 8:45 eastern. a.m., marissa of the house energy and committee subcommittee on energy and power will hear from federal energy regulatory commissioners. eastern later at 10:30 on c-span three, a democratic hearing onmmittee unemployment benefits that are set to expire at the end of the month. as you walk in, there are tables in front with lots of pamphlets. prior to entering the gun show. the pamphlets are how the government is trying to take away your rights to own guns and obama is doing this and obamacare is terrible. those were the guys i wanted to talk to because they were the guys with the leaflets, the ideas. i said to them, is this your stuff? they said, who are you? pedantic -- i am an academic researcher doing research on these organizations and ideas, trying to understand these, and i study men who believe this stuff. and they looked at me suspiciously and said, sort of asked me questions. i just said, look, here is what i am. i don't get it. here is my job, i went to understand how you g

c-span sunday at 5 p.m. on c-span 3. 12 republicans voted with all senate democrats on a two-year budget manager. the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell voted against moving forward with the bill, which the house approved with last week. here is some of tuesday senate debate. budget.dn't produce a the companies did not vote. leaders prepared legislation that is now before us that has a number of problems in opinion. it is not the right way to have conduct to this process. , should beion is advance that this legislation or improved?ed to be i believe they can be improved. i believe it should be improved. --elieve legislative and legislation that amends the budget control act of the united states that it successfully betain -- it ought not to lightly amended. i would suggest that we vote against it. we say to the leadership and senator reid that we want to have amendments on this legislation. we are about to have a significant reduction in the retirement benefit of disabled military personnel, people deserve 20 years in the united military. their pay is going to be cut as much as $70,000. we ne

c-span. >> the alliance for health reform will host a discussion on how medicare costs will be patient by new hospital bus vacations. you can see the discussion friday starting at 12:15 eastern on c-span two. and on c-span 3, formal utah governor and presidential candidate jon huntsman and former indiana governor and senator evan by will talk about bipartisanship. >> i am a combat vet. i served in the navy for seven years before i was medically retired. i contracted a terminal lung disease in iraq and i also crushed parts of my hands and had to have my hands rebuilt. i am 100% disabled in i can no longer work. expectancy now is down probably less than two years. my husband is my primary caregiver. i don't need anything from the v.a. any longer. my complicated claim took four years to adjudicate. not once in that for years that i ever present one single piece of new evidence. the entire claim was submitted fully developed in its entirety before i was even discharged from the navy. i am here not to represent my claim or my issues. my husband and i are here to make sure that this panel and that everyone that would listen to us will understand that cases like my own and unfortunately like mrs

follow the senate on c-span two. here on c-span in about 15 minutes we will take you live to the white house, a look now inside the press briefing room. we will have the news conference at 2:00 p.m., when he gets underway here on c-span. host: we want to introduce you, welcome. it was a taste of your background, so people know who they are talking to. guest: m.d. senior vice the progressive think tank for policymakers at federal, state, and local level. year, i wasthis coming off a stint as the assistant secretary at the department of aggregation -- education, where i had served for the entire first term. writer that i worked on capitol hill, for chairman kennedy would he was the chairman of the health education. , i knew but i'm old. >> where did you grow up >? guest: new york and new jersey. >host: how did you end up gettig a masters? guest: i applied to a bunch of law schools and with their initially for law school and your masters paid would do a lot of work and economic space trying to help think of the best ide

this is part of the tv's weekend on c-span two. yournt to know what favorite books were of 2013? throughout the month, join us to discuss notable books that were published this year. to booktv.org -- go .org marking one year anniversary of these sandy hook shootings in newtown connecticut. and first lady michelle obama lit 26 candles at the white house. each candle represents a victim who was killed at the school, followed by a brief moment of silence. >> c-span. we bring public affairs of men from washington direct the to you. we put you in the room at congressional events and white house events. we offer complete coverage of the u.s. house. c-span, created by the cable tv industry. now you can watch is in hd. >> houston mayor annise parker speaking at the washington -- at the national press club in washington, d.c.. she answered questions about a number of topics ranging from energy policy to the role texas might have in future elections. this is one our full top -- this is one hour. today won her third and final term as houston mayor in november. she has been described by the

eastern on c-span two. >> c-span, we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, puttingou in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences, and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house all as a public service of private industry. we are c-span, created by the cable tv industry 34 years ago and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. now you can watch us in hd. box "washington journal" continues. we are joined by the federal affairs manager for americans for prosperity. thank you for joining us. i want to start out by talking about the budgets he'll passed by a wide margin. americans for prosperity came out with a statement. walk us through that decision. of the things that alarmed us about the budget deal was the overall spending levels. very concerning to us was the fact that the overall spending levels exceeded the budget authority for 2014, the level that was agreed to by the budget control act. spending level for this two-year agreement is about $1 trillion in order to pay for some of that higher spendi

c-span: she's still alive? >> guest: she's still alive, and she was very helpful-very helpful. c-span: which sister? >> guest: wh--it's--there were just the two of them. c-span: what--and her n... >> guest: it was muriel morrissey. c-span: yeah. >> guest: her name is muriel morrissey. c-span: and what did... >> guest: and her daughter was very helpful, too. c-span: and what did muriel morrissey remember? >> guest: well, it wasn't so much what muriel morrissey remembered, although she remembered a great deal. it was more getting from her a feeling--a feeling of what--of what their life was like. and also, she pointed me in quite a few new directions so that i came up with more new material. c-span: what was their life like? >> guest: when they were children? amelia--their--their li-the two of them had, in their young--first childish years, very different lives, actually, because amelia was sent to live with her grandmother in atchison, kansas, 'cause her grandmother was quite elderly and lonely, although she did have a husband. he was--he was a bit withdrawn and there'd been a few deaths, and so she was sent to live in atchison with her grandp

watch book tv all week in prime time on c-span two. rex i think they are moving extremely fast.mine expires after five to 10 years. the cloud is new, facebook is new, twitter is new -- historically what we have done is slice human life into four slices. the play phase and then they learn phase, a work phase and then a resting phase afterwards and maybe eventually dying. what i think we should be doing is interweave these and have them all at the same time. we should play, learn, work and rest at the same time. the world moves so fast. we have to stay up to date. >> new year's day on c-span, just before 1:00 eastern and throughout the afternoon, ceos of several companies on the future of higher education, robotics, and data as the new industrial revolution as book tv -- kay bailey hutchison on the women who helped shape texas at eight: 45. on c-span three, "daughters of civil rights leaders share their memories of the civil rights era." >> now, testimony from the chair and vice chair of the bipartisan commission on long-term care. they outlined the group's report on the nation's

on c-span twos book tv, dick cheney and his longtime cardiologist jonathan reiner talk about his experience with heart disease and advances in cardiology, sunday night at 11. africant the free american men and former slaves who fought for the union. sunday at 11 a.m. eastern. >> george washington university hosts reform friday on the federal reserve system. next, one of the discussions from that event. this panel talks about the federal reserve's history, including its handling of the more recent two thousand eight financial crisis. it is a though more than an hour. >> thank you, michael. welcome, everyone, to this conference commemorating the centennial of the federal reserve. i'm indeed grateful pleased and privileged to moderate this discussion. not only of two of the the leading scholars and commentators on central banking and the global financial system that two of my most favorite authors. to my left, the author of a truly wonderful book which i highly recommend. which is about the global central bankers of the 1920s and '30s and how we were unable to avoid the catastrophe that occurr

c-span your medical history, income lifestyle. the senate commerce committee looks into data mining. on c-span two, thom hartmann argues that without a small middle class -- a strong middle class, the u.s. is heading for an economic lotion -- implosion that will make the great depression seem tame. and on american history tv, by august 1945, it was already becoming clear that a struggle for global dominance had begun. from world war ii cold war sunday at 7:30 p.m. eastern. >> i was a donor to martha's table, like so many of your viewers. michael and i would do the annual consideration of the things that we care about because they were important to us as we grew up, issues we cared about because they match our broader beliefs but also the players in our community that we saw doing good work every day. martha's table delivered hot meals to the little park outside of the bill and melinda gates foundation d.c. offices mcpherson square. i would see that man every night, and would see the lines of people there every night. and i knew it was a volunteer driven, 10,000 volunteers, just 80 hard-working sta

[applause] [applause] >>> up next on c-span two connecticut democratic governor talk about the u.s.tion system. and later a discussion about forensic and genetic at the u.s. legal system. >>> the house panel look at president obama's use of executive power and making change to the health care law. constitutional scholars will testify. live coverage from the house judiciary tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> and later in the day, a house subcommittee on global health will hear about the u.s. response to typhoon that hit the philippines in november. that's live at 3:00 p.m. eastern also on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everyone. i'm going go ahead and get started. how are you doing this afternoon? i'm director of education policy studies here at the american enterprise institute. happy to welcome all of do you join us today for this promising and, i think, intriguing conversation with connecticut governor. i'm delighted to have you with us and those of you watching at home either via live stream or on c-span2. the #for the event

we will have live coverage on c- span two at 9:30 a.m. eastern. >> if you missed any of this morning's "newsmakers" you will have the opportunity to watch it again today at the clock eastern on c-span. the guest is representative adam smith, the ranking member of the house armed services committee. he talked about issues relevant to the military. >> in a survey of major 1909, the made in kansas city star was rated more in favor of a reform than all the other major metropolitan newspapers in the united states combined. as nelson himself told an interviewer in 1910, i don't want the star's editorial to be a lot of literary essays, i want to get things done. nelson followed up his strictures on past performance with an editorial that reject the notion that roosevelt was a man on horseback who seized power to become dictator. he is a gold are recalled to his work, said the paper rather than a man on respect. after roosevelt's arrival from africa amid talk of his candidacy, there were clubs formed, back from elba clubs, like napoleon. >> the i

sunday night at nine on on c-span two. >> next, a discussion with cnn political reporter peter hanbyho covered the 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns. this year he conducted a study on the impact of twitter on media behavior and campaign did twittered it qui kill the boys on the bus. this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> hello, i am james pindell from wmur-tv, and peter will talk about the point of the paper and what he is trying to study and where it came from, and then we will ask some questions. the heart of this is new this whole thing is your questions. hampshire. it is a tradition. we are going to grill this guy, so peter, welcome back to new hampshire. that is very good. this paper is absolutely excellent. did twitter kill the boys on the bus? talk a little bit about the origin of why you had this topic. >> kind of two reasons. one, after the campaign, i was jealous, and you may have been jealous about this also. cap pain operatives -- campaign think and reflect and meditate after a campaign. i am not jealous of their unemployment, but i am jealous of their space, so after the c

c-span. several live events to tell you about this morning. jack lew will be at the pew charitable trust to discuss the state of financial reform. on c-span two at 8:45. a.m., members of the house energy and -- subcommittee on energy and power will hear from the federal energy regulatory commissioners. 3, 10:30 eastern on c-span we cover a democratic steering committee meeting on unemployment benefits that are set to expire at the end of the month. walk in, they are tables in front with a lot of pamphlets. prior to to entering the gun show. and the pamphlets are on how the government is trying to take away your rights. that, andoing obamacare is terrible. those of the guys i wanted to talk to because those are the guys with the leaflets. i said to them, is this your stuff? they said, who are you? i said, i am a researcher in doing research on these organizations, these ideas and trying to understand the guys, i am wondering -- i am studying men who like this stuff. here'said, look, what i am. i do not get it. here is my job -- i want to understand how you guys see the world. not convince me and i will not convince you. that is off the table.

our live coverage, as always, is on c-span two.earlier today, ben bernanke had his last public meeting, and he says he expects interest rates to remain low beyond the point where unemployment reaches 6.5%. here is a look. >> when we began the asset purchase program in 2012, we said we would continue purchases until the outlook for the labor market had improved substantially in the context of price stability. since then, we have seen meaningful, cumulative process -- progress. for example, the economy has added about 2.9 million jobs, and the unemployment rate has fallen to seven percent. we startedson, when the program, many forecasters saw the unemployment rate remaining near eight percent throughout 2014. recent economic indicators have increased our confidence that these indicators will continue. for example, nonfarm payrolls have been increasing at about 200,000 jobs per month, and the unemployment rate has fallen since june. with fiscal restraint likely diminishing with signs that household spending is picking up, we expect ec

we cannot c-span two it today at 5:00 p.m.eastern on c-span 3. >> now joining us is the author of this book, the global vatican. ambassador francis rooney. ambassador renÉe, as the vatican a political organization quite >> i think every civic organization is to some degree or another political. one of the great about the holy see is they are not a political organization like a government, the united states. they don't take credit for what they do. some of the things i write in the book make it uniquely important in the world and they don't take credit. it makes them very affect it. >> host: what are some of the issues the vatican works on? >> guest: for example, when i was there in 2006, we worked mightily to unify the christians in lebanon, to make sure the apartheid coalition of druze, shiites and christians was kept in place. and it worked. it got elected and stabilized a few more years. >> host: is important for the u.s. to have an ambassador to the vatican? >> guest: that's one of the main points is about to make the argu

tomorrow morning here on c-span two a house hearing on what the affordable care act means for medicare. that starts at 10:00 eastern live on c-span 2. the white house today kicked off december events focusing on the health care law with remarks by president obama. we want to get your thoughts about that on facebook.com/c-span. you can see the president at that event tonight at c-span at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> as you walk in, there are tables in front with lot of pamphlets. not, you know, prior to entering the gun show and they are how the state government trying to take away the right to own gun and government is doing this and obama is doing this and bach is terrible. those are the kinds i wanted to talk to. they were the guys with the leaflet. i said to them, you know, is this your stuff? they said yeah who are you? i said twailt i'm a comeek and researcher and i'm doing research on the organizations. these ideas and trying to understand the guy -- and studying men who believe this stuff. and they, you know, most of them looked at me suspiciously and asked me questions. and i said, l

saturday at noon on c-span two and sunday at 5:00 p.m. on c- span3.ost: for the next hour, the cost of federal regulations. joining us, democrat from , nowsas, blanche lincoln the chair for small business regulations. welcome. also joining us, robert wiseman, public citizen and serves as their president. to get their discussion started, we titled as the costs and benefits of the regulation. let me ask you both, are there cost benefits to regulation? absolutely.rg i will bet we will agree on more than we disagree on. we want to see greater transparency in terms of what the costs and benefits are. we want real data to be able to see what that is all about. what would you say goes into factoring it, if it is a cost or a benefit? guest: everything should. we are what -- way over the majority of small businesses want safer working conditions, they want cleaner air and cleaner water. they also want to be heard and about how regulations affect them as small businesses. and what are the cost to them, whether it is a cost out of their pocket, in terms of jobs

c-span, secretary of state john kerry on why house members should not impose additional sanctions against iran. as talks continue on freezing parts of their nuclear program. watch this morning at 10:00. on c-span twook tv. dick cheney and his longtime cardiologist talk about the former vice president's history with heart disease and recent advancements in cardiology. tonight at 11:00. on c-span three, some american history tv. a look at the free african american men and former slaves who fought for the union. sunday at 11:00 eastern. the heir to the throne, archduke frantz ferdinand and o on afe were in sarajev tour. it was a bad day for them to come because it was a holiday. serbia, the neighboring country, was furious at austria hungry for taking over bosnia. .here were young plotters they saw that the archduke was a symbol of oppression. they decided to kill him. it was very sloppy. there had been warnings that something was afoot. one of the conspirators shot him and his wife point blank. they both died. >> the assassination of archduke francis ferdinand and the events leading up to world war i. margaret met nolan, sunday night at 8:00. >> washington journal continues. host: joining us now is

first 2000 years of social media tonight on c-span two. >> vice president ford was sworn in as president of the united states. this is the dress that mrs. ford was wearing at the swearing-in ceremony. she was less than excited about becoming first lady, but president ford encouraged her, saying we can do this. she resolved that if i'm going to have to do this, i'm going to have fun doing it. the fund for her started almost immediately. within 10 days she had a state dinner to entertain king hussein of jordan and it was something she had to prepare for in her role as first lady lady. she hit the ground running. >> first lady betty ford tonight spanine eastern live on c- and c-span three. also on c-span radio and c- span.org. >> "washington journal" we will spendt: the next 45 minutes looking inside the white house with white house bureau chief scott wilson. i want to give sense of what the mood is inside the white house right now amid this criticism on the rollout of the affordable care act and some of these polls we have talked about this they're showing the president hitting new lows on

misspoke, the senate is coming in at 10:00 on c-span two.vote on the three-year budget deal expected today. the house out of washington this week. they will be returning in january for the second half of the 113th congress. tune in for coverage of that vote on the two-year budget deal. we have about i've minutes left here on c-span. " wall street journal" reporting that paul ryan will post afterairman david camp of michigan is up. he would like to take over that post. that paul reporting ryan has told colleagues he will not run for the white house in 2016. had is on the -- that is on thehill.com. charlene and arkansas. independent caller. go ahead. am petrified. can you please answer my question and tell me the truth? will -- bill paul ryan is pushing through, will he take medicare and social security away from us? host: are you talking about the two-year budget deal? medicarenot talk about and social security in the legislation. issues as part of a grand bargain, that they would not be able to reach that kind of a budget deal. if you are in

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the first sunday of every month on c-span two. "washington journal" continues. for the next hour, we will talk about the affordable care act and how things are going and where they are going in 2014. .ur guests, julie rovner we are also talking with noam levey. thank you for joining us. here are one of the headlines over the weekend. home of one million enrolled on the exchange this month. this came out from the administration yesterday, still , but the larger question, going? things going e -- >> it is much better than it had been. everyone recalls the rollout of healthcare.gov. the administration was only able to unroll a few thousand people in the oeste month. by that measure, it is doing a lot that are, as the headline indicates. still short of where they need to be. another three months to enroll people. if momentum continues, perhaps they will get a few more million by the end of the enrollment time. coming thisant date week. what will make a successful january 1 for the administration? >> what they are most worried about is all those people for the the la

eastern on c-span two. >> "washington journal" continues. the: we are joined by executive director of the concorde coalition. thank you for joining us this morning. over the weekend it was reported that negotiators are getting closer to a budget deal. tell us what that looks like. >> it looks like what they're replace try to do is about two years worth of sequestration cuts, which was a lower level that went into effect earlier this year. they want to replace the savings so it would not add to the deficit by increasing some government fees and perhaps requiring higher contributions and maybe a workers 60 52 $7 billion deal. it would be an agreement on the level of discretionary spending or the appropriations bills for the next two years. is this a large or small deal? caller: this is not what you would call a brain -- a grand bargain. they deliberately set it pretty modest target. finding some of sort of agreement for this year, this year's appropriations levels and possibly next year year's, they would target that. talking about the prospec

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watch live senate coverage on c- span two. .he set -- the house comes in this just in, time has named pope francis the 2013 time person of the year. who editor, nancy gibbs, met pope francis in rome last a newwrites, "rarely has player on the world stage captured so much attention so quickly." those are the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> this is a train depot. trains.st holding in you can imagine the hustle and bustle of all the activities here in the campaign. you had tables and desks and phones going off and letters coming in and out of the area. she was helping run the campaign from this small building. this is where rosalynn carter helped organize the tea -- the peanut brigade. it was an offshoot of the high neighbor campaign technique used during his run for governor. it was basically a way to get the word out about jimmy carter using volunteers, going door-to- door, shaking hands, giving out literature, and spreading the word. it was a method so effective it helped get the presidency. >> see it saturday on c-span at 7:00 p.m. eastern and monday, we will start our encore vi

welcome to the c-span series, first ladies, influence and image. we have two guests at the table, to tell you more about her story. he has a special focus on the cold war era and the kennedy administration. robert parry is a political scientist and as part of the modern first ladies series, he has written the jacqueline kennedy biography. before we get into more details about her white house years, i want to talk about the images of that assassination. anyone who was alive at that time has those images in their mind. this is a collective consciousness. she was just 34 years old.

c-span: but don't those judges operate solely unto themselves in. >> guest: there were other judges involved in this court. i think at least two others. c-span: court of appeals there are nine judges. >> guest: all right. well, then it was the court of appeals because there were other judges involved, and at least two of them complained that they would not want her as a clerk of the court. and she would be not just one judge, but clerk of the court. c-span: very little time left. what will make you the happiest after this book makes its rounds? >> guest: i think i'm seeing it already, and that is that women are saying who have read this book, this is my story. and they are becoming, they are sort of sharing already in the fact that this has happened everywhere, and they want to get some sort of hope. of it's what happened to women during the anita hill/clarence thomas hearings. women identified with anita hill to an enormous extent. men became more sensitized. and the spectacle of these senators saying you mean sexual harassment actually takes place in the world of work? i mean, here are these men who are part of a boys' club, the sena

sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q & a. >>> over the next two and a half hours we focus on the mission and role of national institute of health. it's medical research priorities. and how the agency has been affected by budget cuts. we'll begin with nih director dr. francis colins inspect a half hour dr. anthony head of the institute of allergy and infect use diseases. after that dr. erick green director of the human genome research institute. in an hour and a half we talk with the head of the national cancer institute. followed by dr. thomas who heads the national institute of mental health. glias looked just outside of washington, d.c.> it comprises 27 different research centers. it's work over the years credited with new breakthrough in the study of medical science as well as mental health. and this morning on c-span's "washington journal" we want to focus on the work of nih and focus give onyou more opportunity toat learn more about the people the behind the agency.t the pe including dr. francis colins. a we appreciate you being with us on c-span.we appciate it's wonderful to be par

i'm a c-span junky. i have two issues. talk about legacy. leaves an be before he office or after. but benghazi is going to rule and hillary. trying to protect votes through consistent lies as g various people spokespeople and also perception that they didn't need that they in benghazi ssful they didn't have to decrease any security. second issue, another 15 seconds and i'm gone. is affordable care act nothing more than a trojan horse for getting reparations to sins of the he past. it's to ease the conscious of gilders all through wealth redistribution. i want to thank you and have a day. >> from north fallmouth, massachusetts. f you want to pick up on some of the issues that he brought up. issue hazi will be a big for hillary clinton in particular if she runs for president. correctly that there was a -- this was a that the united states and benghazi in articular as the hub of the insurgency against gadhafi at the time, that the united states ut his military resources into to try to help and free from gadhafi. nd for it to turn around so quickly and become a place where the america

c-span: do you want to give us a hint about one or two major suggestions you make in the book? >> guest: it is hard to do quickly, but people do have to know something about the economic basis of news. if you turn on a news show or if you're a regular watcher of some particular news show and you know nothing about how this is paid for and who makes the money and where it comes from, then you are really quite disarmed. so we do spend a little time in the book describing to people what kind of money situation is involved with news shows. i think it would be impossible -- and the best tv people have said this over and over again; i mean people like cronkite and dan rather and the rest of them -- it would be impossible to make any sense out of the world if you confined your knowledge of the world to tv news. you would have to do an awful lot of reading in order to make sense out of what you're seeing on television news. also, maybe finally on this, i do think people have to understand why decisions are made on tv news shows as to what people will see and in what order. this is not

this is live coverage on c-span two. >> and our live audience on c spab around america and i want to give a special thanks to the terrific folks at c-span for the important sf you provide to us. we have a truly exceptional program tonight. a speech by french opposition leader on france's role within europe and europe's role on the global stage. now before i have the honor of introducing him, whom i've had the pleasure of knowing for many years. let me say a few words about the hudson institute and our topic for this evening. hudson is, as all of you know, a market-oriented international policy research organization dedicated to original research and analysis that promotes security, prosperity, and freedom. we were founded in 1961, by the late geostrategies. a brilliant, creative, and unconventional thinker. ever since his time for more than a half century hudson scholars have paid special attention to fran. publishing regularly in key. hudson, in fact, was almost unique, i think, among american policy research organizations who after a clear analysis supported general's decision to r

c-span. i finished two books by caroline leaf. i do not know whether she is a psychologist or psychiatrist. but her books are on thoughts and what enters the brain. i just find it really hard to stay with this problem because i have got a lot of problems with hate. and all of the information i see on television seems to be negative information, and i try to eliminate all of that. but it is almost impossible. all the wars. i mean, i am so happy that you have this program on this morning. i am going to hang up and listen to the program. thank you very much. host: thank you for the call. guest: by the way, i would like to make one remark. i am so delighted to have you here at nih. but i would not want your viewers to think that the nih leadership is all male and all pale and maybe even a little bit frail. we have a very diverse group of people here at the various institutes of nih. i want to make sure you come back in the future and have a chance to talk to some of the others as well. host: we are happy to do so and appreciate your hospitality this morning and the staff and the chance to tap i

c-m on rosalynn carter span.org. we will start our encore presentation of season two monday, 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> c-spanring public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, andfings and conferences, offering complete, gavel-to- gavel coverage of the u.s. house, all is a private service of the cable industry. created 32 years ago, and funded by your local cable or satellite provider, and now you can watch it in hd. "> "washington journal continues. host: joining us is representative gwen moore, and the credit wisconsin, a member of the budget committee, a member of the financial services committee. i did you vote yesterday on the budget deal -- how did you vote yesterday on the budget deal? guest: i voted yes. host: why? guest: i think many of my colleagues have learned a lesson about digging in, not wanting to compromise. we saw the government shutdown, harm done to our country, our constituents, be they democrats or republicans, they are our constituents, and i think many of us learned a lesson about being dug in ideologicall

two. at nine on c-span. journalistuardian lynne greenwald who published edward snowden's security leaks told the european committee last week that the nsa was attempting to eliminate privacy worldwide. parliament has been focusing on national security and privacy issues following allegations of nsa spying and surveillance on european citizens. this inquiry is just over an hour. >> we don't seem to have a connection. can you hear me? >> hi, how are you? >> we can hear each other now. good. mr. greenwald, welcome to a session of the committee of inquiry of the european parliament. we have about an hour for this session. i'm first going to invite you to do your presentation, and then afterwards we will take questions and answers. very pleased to have you with us here today. i will give you the floor, or the video link, rather. the floor is yours. >> good afternoon, and thank you to the committee for convening this inquiry and for inviting me to speech you as well. there has been a virtual avalanche of stories f