onlined your free app for iphone, android, or blackberry. next, a discussion about the career and legacy of former treasury said -- secretary timothy geithner. this is from "washington journal." it is about 30 minutes. we welcome ian katz, he covers economic issues for bloomberg news. inc. you for being with us. test,ok is titled "stress elections on financial crisis." what is your brought take away as we drill down some of the specifics? it is pretty readable for a book that a 600 pages long and it goes over some pretty dense topics. this is a lot of washington inside stuff in there. i think they did a good job putting it together and making it readable. there are some interesting behind-the-scenes stuff from the financial crisis. not full of huge surprises for those of us that followed geithner are closely over the last few years. interestinglot of things about him, his background growing up, and some of the things that happened at crucial moments that will certainly add to the store of knowledge on the financial crisis. and: did he want t

download your free app online for your iphone, android or blackberry. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> host: and michael o'rielly is the newest member of the federal communications commission, a republican. he was sworn into office on november 4, 2013. commissioner o'rielly, welcome to "the communicators." >> guest: thank you for having me. >> host: appreciate it. just to start in a general sense, how do you approach your job, how do you approach the different issues? is each issue different, or do you have a philosophy behind that? >> guest: each issue should be handled differently, but i have a general philosophy. it starts with the basic premise that i approach everything which is economic freedom is my guiding principle for how i approach. and from that comes four factors. one, does the commission have authority to act on a particular issue. what authority has congress given us in the statute. two with, is there harm to consumers and a solution that we can actually reme

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download your free app online for your iphone, android or blackberry. >> senator elizabeth warren talks about her life, her interactions with washington over the years and her experiences as a u.s. senator next on booktv. this is about 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you so much, esther, and thanks to all of you for coming out for what is an event that i know we all have been looking forward to, and i can't think of a better place to have senator warren speak about her book than sixth and i. we're all enjoying celebrating your tenth anniversary. what a run. it's amazing. this has become such a cultural landmark in washington, we're proud to have been partners for the last seven years, and we hope for many, many where are r r -- many, many more. we really do share a mission of providing a forum for discourse, a marketplace for ideas and a place where people can gatter and join each other in thinking about the seminal issues of the day. and just for those of you, i think most of you -- how many of you just to follow in esther's tracks here have been to our store up on connecticut avenue?

will it help blackberry grab international market share or will this be another failed attempt to try and compete for rivals such as apple, samsung and nokia? blackberry used to have 70 plus market share in this sector. used to. jaguar financial chairman and ceo. because you are the bull, you think this may be away for blackberry to get its muscle back. why? >> absolutely. the key as we have a transformational ceo, an enormous difference focusing on niche plays and niche market. indonesia, southeast asia, india, vietnam, places like that, those are niche places like renova has been successful at. liz: and now let's go to michael. shoveling sand against the tide? >> i agree is a transformational ceo. the transformation are going to see overtimes is this company getting out of the phone market. liz: why would he released a brand-new phone right now if he was getting out of the phone market? >> the only places they are doing well at all our markets like venezuela, indonesia. i think this is the right strategy for now. but i think it is only a matter of time until those markets end up loo

download your free app online for your iphone, android, or blackberry. week, davidhis mckinley came to the house floor to thank mothers in advance of mother's day. he also spoke about the holiday's history. thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor our mothers across america. mothers play an incredible role in our lives. we've all seen the sacrifices they have made to raise their children and the care and devotion that they dedicate to them. we know their commitment. mothers have been our greatest advocates. when we were young, they cared for us when we were sick, supported us in our pursuits, lifted us up when we fell down and read to us at night. they held our hand when we needed them. mothers work eight to 10 hours a day in the work force. then they come home, they do the cooking, the laundry, help with the home work and then get up the next day and do it all over again. so when was the last time we actually took a moment to say thank you? thanks for our mothers and grandmothers. take enough time to say, thanks, mom. there is one person who did in

onlined your free app for iphone, android, or blackberry. in his weekly address, president obama outlined his land to create more jobs to expand opportunities and boost economic growth. senator john mccain of arizona gave the republican address. he talked about veterans issues, including decent care for veterans. >> hi, everybody. at a time when our businesses have created 9.2 million new jobs in just over four years, and more companies are considering bringing jobs back from overseas, we have a choice to make. we can make it easier for businesses to invest in america -- or we can make it harder. i want to work with congress to create jobs and opportunity for more americans. but where congress won't act, i will. and i want to talk about three things we're doing right now. first, we're helping more businesses bring jobs to america from overseas. three years ago, my administration created selectusa -- a team of people in embassies abroad and agencies here at home focused on insourcing instead of outsourcing. today, they're helping a belgian co

people hear about families of the lower rungs of the income ladder having flat screens or having blackberries or iphones and think, you can't be poor, because you can afford those things. annie lowry has a great piece in the new york times, you can purchase goods at cheaper rates than ever before, unfathomably cheaper rates but the critical services that the poor need access to, health care, education, remain out of reach. and those are the things that actually increase mobility. >> absolutely. and those are the things that have really skyrocketed in that we have not seen either employers, right, things like health care, retirement, big ticket items that frankly, you know, no modest paycheck is ever going to be able to cover and employers have cut back on and government hasn't responded. look at cost of college, it's a huge example of something that you know, should not be out of the reach of the poor. should not be out of the reach of the mid class and is because government has stepped back. >> dorian, it feels like -- i mean, i find myself getting deeply distressed every time we talk about

download your free online for your iphone, android or blackberry. >> state department officials testified about u.s.-mexico security and trade cooperation. they were asked about drug trafficking and the high rates of weapons smuggled from the u.s. to mexico. this house foreign affairs committee hearing is to ours. >> the hearing will come to order. we will ask all the members if they could take their seats at this time. this hearing is on the future of u.s.-mexico relations. and today as we look at the future of u.s.-mexico relations, we have witnesses that we'll hear from shortly but before we do i'm going to make an opening statement and then my, the ranking member of this committee will make his opening statement. despite our strong cultural ties, our relationship with neighboring mexico has never received the sustained attention from official washington that it deserves. this committee is working to change this. in december, chairman salmon's western hemisphere subcommittee held an important field hearing in arizona of facilitating trade between the two countries. and ranking member e

download your free app online for your iphone, android or blackberry. >> senator david vitter of louisianaspoke wednesday about reports that veterans died while waiting for care at va hospitals. he tried to bring up his bill authorizing 27 new va health clinics. the chairman of the veterans committee senator bernie sanders objected and tried to call up a much larger bill to expand services on cuts and costly adjustment. they debated for 35 minutes. >> madam president, i come to the floor to speak about an issue we should all be concerned about, the state of veterans health care in our va hospitals, our va clinics, our bae systems and around the country. i've been concerned about this for sometime working very hard on getting outpatient clinics bill in louisiana, new ones come expanded ones in particular in lafayette and lake charles. i'm a member of the bar partisan working group on va backlog issues and we've made substantial progress through that bipartisan group. we've also introduced legislation to deal specifically with that va backlog crisis. and as we work as things unfortunately, t

take c-span with you wherever you go for your iphone, blackberry, or android. >> next is a discussion allegations of mismanagement at the department of veterans affairs. this is from host: joining us from indianapolis, daniel dellinger, retired army officer and national commander for the american legion. thank you very much for being here. guest: thank you for having me. host: last week the president told us what would happen in va facilities. a number of investigations are going on. another one is by rob neighbors. congress is also looking into that. on this first report, what do you expect him to tell the president? guest: a good question. the assessments around the country are an extension of what has been going on in this country for many years now. there have been 50 reports already from the ig. that is one of our contentions, the fact that the secretary has not done anything with those reports to correct the deficiencies that are resulting in the deaths of veterans. host: why is that? he is obviously a retired army officer general himself. he understands what happens to those mi

your android or blackberry. >> decriminalizing marijuana was the topic of the congressional hearing on friday. that acting police and chief of police, spoke about decriminalizing marijuana possession. d.c.'s mirror has signed a bill this portiont -- of the hearing is one hour and a half. >> i would like to welcome everyone with a call to order. we are looking at what using across the country in relation to the laws affect the marijuana. of businesses will start with some opening statements of myself and other members that wish to be recognized. finish with that, we have two panels this morning. we have the delicate from the district. them first. from then we have a panel of four witnesses that we will hear from wethe second panel will stop gather today, and i will start out by saying i read the opening and in fulfilling an important responsibility of the investigativee and oversight role of the committee. by the peoplere not only to legislate on some manners but also to investigate the oversight to roll in the house of representatives. to be the senior member, having served longer than

download your free app online for your iphone, android or blackberry. this week on q&a, new york times magazine correspondent and author mark lubavitch discusses his new book titled, "this town." funeral wasin a plenty of parking in america's gilded capital. >> mark lubavitch, author of this town. i want to show you some video and get you to comment on it. come to think of it, i can't remember the last time that i heard the words in a kissinger and greyhound bus in the same sentence. apparently, there is also some confusion that day. my good friend and colleague pat moynihan wandered onto the wrong bus that day and ended up at a promise keepers rally in arlington, virginia, as you may recall. the marriage is obviously going very well, indeed. >> spina bifida roast. what did you see in that clip that you might comment on? >> nothing. it is andrea mitchell, who is a beingic journalist roasted by chris dodd. just seeing that right now, it looked like a very friendly, almost clubby washington event. jokes are told. that's what i saw. >> anything wrong with

download your free app online for your iphone, android, or blackberry.ook includes new michael lewis. >> we are living through a traumatic. -- traumatic period. there are real structural problems. -- i'mgoing to be living not an economic forecaster. we are going to be living with unusually high levels of unemployment. a lot of pain from over indebtedness. it is not a great depression. we are not reprising what happened in the 30's. it is a variance of that. >> read more of our conversation from our book notes from public affairs books now available for father's day. president obama made a surprise appearance at today's white house briefing to announce my secretary jay carney is stepping down. he'll be replaced by the deputy press secretary >> how are you. you have obviously heard from the president in this room, he took some of your questions. perhaps that means this will be a relatively short briefing. [laughter] you might go easy on the? -- michael easy yummy maybe. there'll be a call later this . he's doingt of what next week. that will serve as our w

download your free app online or your android, iphone or blackberry.here are head of the commodities trading commission were on capitol hill yesterday to talk about how their agencies police the financial markets. they requested funding of $1.7 billion in its 2015 budget. the cftc is asking for $28 million. this is an hour and a half. udal ro om waiting for the hearing to get started. we may be waiting for the s.e.c. chairman to come to the hearing room. this is live coverage. >> good afternoon. subcommittee will come to order. i'm pleased to convene this hearing of the financial services and general government subcommittee to consider the fiscal year 2015 funding requests of two key federal regulatory agencies. the securities and exchange commission, and the commodity futures trading commission. i welcome my distinguished ranking member, senator mike johans and some of my other colleagues i think will join us here throughout the day. joining us today are also the honorable mary jo white, chairman of the securities and exchange commission, and the hono

download your free app online for your iphone, android, or blackberry. >> earlier today, tech experts talked about how it impacts policymaking. michael rodgers is the founder of the practical futurist consulting firm. he says with technology advancing so quickly, people have to adapt more quickly than in past years. >> ok, welcome to the meeting. my name is lee brenner. i am me publisher and cofounder of hyperfocal.com. i also host the sirius xm show. has been policy altered, changed, and affected by social media. read we aree you going to talk about the future -- great to have you today. we are going to talk about the future. technology,olicy, and how those things interact. us,ave joel garreau with who is a professor at arizona state university. he spent almost 40 years at the washington post. >> almost 40. cultureing society and and how things were changing in this country and how things are changing. we also have michael rogers, one of the founders of practical futurist. i'm going to ask each of them to give a quick one minute overview of what they are paying attention to and then

download your free app online for your iphone, android, or blackberry.the women win often became these incredible successes. not only would they be the first woman stockholders in the world to own a brokerage firm, and they had a radical newspaper. they became lecturers. they spoke to 6000 people and more. they were celebrities. they had headlines would just their names. it was like madonna or whatever. they were very famous with their beginnings with the vanderbilts. the family kept threatening them with hotmail. we're going to expose you. what the past is like. the mother started this ridiculous court trial and what that the tories then husband wanted to put her in an insane asylum are wanted to kill her. the press went wild and wrote about this very trashy family. the sisters have been trying very hard for two years to heil that. they were reinventing themselves. they were not at all the least but educated. they said they were. thaning that would help they have moved on forward with. they were willing to their dust to -- willing to wreck their whole l

download your free app online ,or your and road -- android iphone, or blackberry. now an alliance for health reform panel discussing the state of community health centers. it reveals new findings from a 2013 survey of federally qualified health centers which provide care to underserved communities. this is just under two hours. >> good afternoon. i'm with the alliance for health reform. i want to welcome you to the program on how well prepared federally qualified health centers are four major health system changes that are afoot. they are one of those essentials. it is a collection of letters. whatever it is, you have to know what it means to be able to negotiate the next one hour and 45 minutes. i am informed reliably that there are some differences between democrats and republicans on health policy issues. melissa told me this. but, there is a rare area of agreement. getting primary care and more to americans every year. president george w. bush moved to double the number of centers during his tenure in office. congress has funds for those centers in the affordab

app online for your iphone, android, or blackberry. announced hisbama plan for keeping a contingency force of u.s. troops in afghanistan beyond 2014. the president said the troop levels would be reduced to a normal embassy presents by the end of 2016. that is shortly before he leaves office. his remarks from the rose garden or 10 minutes -- are 10 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody. as you know, this weekend i traveled to afghanistan to thank our men and women in uniform and our deployed civilians. on behalf of a grateful nation for the extraordinary sacrifices they make on behalf of our security. i was also able to meet with our commanding general and ambassador to review the progress that we made. and today i'd like to update the american people on the way forward in afghanistan and how this year we will bring america's longest war to a responsible end. the united states did not seek this fight. we went into afghanistan out of necessity after our nation was attacked by al qaeda on september 11, 2001. we went to war against al qaed

download your free app online for your iphone, android, or blackberry. primary elections were held tuesday in oregon, idaho, arkansas, pennsylvania, georgia, and kentucky. sue the latest results online at c-span.org. one of the most closely watched races was be senate primary in kentucky where a businessman challenged mitch mcconnell, who won by a significant margin. mitch mcconnell spoke to supporters in louisville for 20 minutes. ♪ [country music plays] ♪ >> thank you. [applause] thank you very much. something must have happened today. i'm not sure what it was. [laughter] my friends, tonight we begin the process of putting kentucky first again. [applause] for 5.5 years, the powers that be in washington have treated the people of the state with contempt. tonight, i have a simple message for them. those days are numbered. [applause] a little while ago, i spoke to my opponent and congratulated him on a hard-fought campaign. he brought tenacity to the race. he made me a stronger candidate. the race is behind us. it is time to unite. for my opponent possibl

forload your free up online your iphone, android or blackberry. agreed to create a committee to investigate the terrorist attacks in benghazi. whatng the stage for political calls a contentious summer full of hearings about whether the white house bungles the response to the strike. 230 two-hundred 80 six, was split along party lines. dowdyjohn boehner tapped to head the committee. here is some of the debate before the vote. >> mr. speaker, i believe all house and the american people deserve to know how i came to the decision that brings us here today. on september 11, 2012, a terrorist attack on a consulate in libya last four of our countrymen dead. including our ambassador. since that time, for committees of the house have been investigating these events. those committees have done exemplary work. chairman isaiah, chairman mikita , chairman rogers and chairman royce, and all the members of their respective committees deserve our gratitude. , the line was crossed in two places. first, it came to life at the white house did more to obscure what ha

download your free up online for your iphone, android, or blackberry. >> at 8 p.m. eastern, the conversation from the university of southern california terrorism research center. we will hear from michael chertoff and the administrator of the transportation security agency. the president of the u.s. chamber of commerce said today the republicans in congress should approve an overhaul of immigration law or else risk losing the white house in 2016. his comments came at a conference on the effect of aging infrastructure on the u.s. economy. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to infrastructure week 2014. i am the executive director of transportation and infrastructure. this morning on behalf of the council on competitiveness, the national association of manufacturers, the chamber, we are pleased to kick off a we hope will become an annual week of spotlighting the nation's public infrastructure that serves as a physical platform for our economy. in the fall of last year a man challenged to organizations, the chamber and counsel to work together to raise the profile of t

download your free app online for your iphone, android or blackberry. >> now remarks by attorney generalhe national association of attorney generals . the attorney general remarks are about 15 minutes. >> good morning. i want to thank attorney general van hollen for that kind introduction. also for your leadership as president of the national association of attorney generals. like to recognize district attorney henry garza for his service as president of the national district attorneys association. i want to thank the leadership team, the professional staff and the dedicated members of both organizations for the really outstanding work that you perform everyday and for all that you done to bring us together for this really important symposium on the reduction of crime. as staunch volunteerings -- advocates for the rule of law, state authorities across america, you are two really remarkable organizations have for decades provided leadership and guidance in advancing our dialogue about criminal justice issue. through the work of the national attorneys general training and through gathers l

download your free app online for your iphone, android or blackberry. >> coming up tonight on c-span2, the brookings institution hosts a discussion about maintaining and improving u.s. infrastructure. then from washington journal, a discussion about the u.s. housing market. internet caucus looks at yesterday's fcc decision on open internet rules. >> today the brookings institution hosted a discussion about infrastructure spending and how to fund the maintenance of american roads, bridges and public transportation. the first speaker was congressman john delainey who's put forward a bill to fund the highway trust fund with changes to the tax code. he's introduced by bruce katz of the brookings institution. this is two hours. >> good morning, everyone. my name is bruce katz, i'm vice president at the brookings institution, founding director of the metropolitan policy program here. i want to w

download your free app online for your iphone, android or blackberry. >> the campaign for america's future hosted a forum thursday on the gap between middle class and the wealthy. next, senator elizabeth war in a massachusetts delivers a keynote address. her remarks are 30 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you so much for having me here today. i am delighted to be here. for that and the tatian. thank you for the introduction. i am glad that rosie last in parts of the book. -- laughed. books are part of how i fight. this is a book that i tried to write to draw in more people, because our fight cannot just be our talking to each other. we have to draw more people into it. so that is what it is about. a book written of gratitude. my parents who have never had much but always believed their kids would

download the free app online for your iphone, android, or blackberry. president of the united states. >> earlier today, president obama talked about energy efficiency and climate change in a walmart mountain view, california. his remarks were 15 minutes. [applause] hello. hello, everybody. hello, mountain view. [applause] it is good to be in california. this is actually my third day on the west coast. on wednesday, we went to l.a.. the move went to san diego. we are here in the bay area. i have to get back because sunday is what? >> mother's day. >> mother's day. that is a public service announcement. do not forget [laughter] howld michelle one time, come people put so much emphasis on mother's day and father's day not so much? [laughter] said, every day other than mother's day is father's day. [laughter] [applause] which i thought kind of colitis -- quieted me down. i want to think your mayor for hosting us. [applause] i want to thank the folks at walmart. i know this up like a typical walmart, but it is different. that is why i am here. a few years ag

pp onlineyour free a for your android, apple, or blackberry. >> now, we will look at some of the key races around the country this year. from "washington journal," this is a little less than an hour. we have nathan gonzales of the rothenberg political report. this time he is here to talk about the 36 gubernatorial races taking place in 2014. races,get to specific nathan gonzales, set the map for us. how may mansions are democrats defending and how many are republican defending? guest: we have 14 that held the democrats. both of all the governorships are on a four-year cycle. back we are in 2014, we go to 2010, which was a good republican year. it means there are more democratic offense of opportunities than what republicans have. of the bigger states have some of the biggest fights. we're talking about ohio, pennsylvania, michigan, florida, texas. california is not much of a competitive race. most of the big states are in the cycle. you can check out rothenberg political report.com. we're going to go through several of the states in the segment aired we will start with targets for de

download your free app online for your iphone, android or blackberry. >> c-span2, providing live coverage of the u.s. senate floor proceedings and key public policy events. and every weekend, booktv. now for 15 years the only television network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. c-span2, created by the cable tv industry and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> and once again the senate set to gavel back in at 2:15 eastern for more general speeches, votes on judicial and executive nominations coming up at 5:30. we will have live coverage. right now, though, a discussion on the concerns over middle east respiratory system or mers and whether it's a threat to the u.s. from today's "washingtonntin journal." >> host: michael bell is joining us to talk about the mers virus. dr. bell, what is mers? >> guest: mers is related to the sars virus that spread throughout the world several years back. it's a virus that is normally an animal virus that can spread to human beings, and when it do

download your free app online for your iphone, android or blackberry. >> the u.s. house is dabbling in in 20 minutes. just attorney general holder spoke at the national solution -- association of attorneys general. [applause] >> good morning. i want to thank attorney general van hollen for that kind introduction. also for your leadership as president of the national association of attorney generals. like to recognize district attorney henry garza for his service as president of the national district attorneys association. i want to thank the leadership team, the professional staff and the dedicated members of both organizations for the really outstanding work that you perform everyday and for all that you done to bring us together for this really important symposium on the reduction of crime. as staunch volunteerings -- advocates for the rule of law, state authorities across america, you are two really remarkable organizations have for decades provided leadership and guidance in advancing our dialogue about criminal justice issue. through the work of the national a

download your free app online for your iphone, android, or blackberry.er 35 years, c-span brings public affairs events from washington directly to your, putting you in the room of 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 35 years ago, brought you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> the american association for the advancement of science discussed treating posttraumatic stress disorder. retired armyuded general peter correll he who led the pentagon's efforts in treating posttraumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, and suicide prevention. and a pennsylvania congressman who is a ranking member of the subcommittee on science. this is one hour and a half. >> i walked up to the front and everybody was quiet. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> that wasn't too bad. considering it h

take c-span with you wherever you go, download your free apps online for your iphone, android or blackberry providing live coverage of the u.s. senate floor proceedings and keep public policy events. booktv for 15 years the only television network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. c-span2 created by the cable-tv industry and brought to you as a public service by a local cable were satisfied -- satellite provider. like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> the u.s. senate about to gavel in for a pro forma session, no legislative work schedules, lawmakers are out of session next week and come back home for the memorial day district work period. for legislative work resuming monday, june 2nd. let's take you live to the senate floor on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c, may 23, 2014. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable jack reed, a senator from the state of rhode island, to perform the

download your free app online for your iphone, android or blackberry. >> the defense department's federaladvisory committee is reviewing the way the military investigates and prosecutes sexual assaults. next, members compare military and civilian systems, discuss the role of commanders and assess the effectiveness of military services for providing support and protection to victims. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you, judge jones. so at this point we'll turn to the next set of recommendations that the prepared systems subcommittee made which involves training, and these are 23-31. i'm going to ask for help from colonel lawrence j. morris who retired from the army after nearly 30 years of experience in military justice and in training. he's right now general counsel at the catholic university of america. his military experience included being head of the criminal law department of the u.s. army j jag's legal center and school and also chief of the u.s. army trial defense service where he was very deeply engaged in training, so he's going to speak to us about the recommendations made on

download the free app online for your iphone, android, or blackberry. next, an update on general motors' recall of millions of cars. this portion of "washington journal" is a little less than half an hour. each week in this segment of "the washington journal" we look at a magazine piece. why gm keeps swerving from .pology general motors is currently on recall number 30 at this point. the ignition switch recall is the one you focus on in your piece. remind us what that was about and how my cars were impacted here. the problem is, with the ignition switch, gm has found that under certain conditions, the ignition and turned the power in the car off avid striving. you can be driving down the highway at 60 miles an hour and then find that your power is cut off and that is a situation that is potentially very dangerous. these ignition switch failures have been linked to several dozen crashes and at least 13 deaths. at the core of gm's problem. it's far from the entire problem . gm is already announced the recall of some 14 million cars. bloomberg news is repo

download your free app online for your iphone, android or blackberry. >> at this year's annapolis book festival, three authors of books about guns debated gun control laws. the panel includes emily miller, author of "emily gets her gun," daniel w. webster, editor of the book, "reducing gun violence in america," and craig whitney, author of "living with guns, a liberal's case for the second amendment." this is 50 minutes. >> american society. and we have quite an august panel of authors who come at in this important topic from very different perspectives. i'm a staff writer with bloomberg "businessweek" magazine and am the author of a book called "glock: the rise of america's gun," which is kind of a biography of the glock pistol and the man behind it. sitting immediately to my left is my friend craig whitney who is a vietnam war veteran andk retired new york times correspondent and editor. craig is the author of "living i with guns: a liberal's case for the second amendment." and sitting to his left is daniel webster who is the leadet editor and contributor to a book called "reducing g

download your free up online for your iphone, android or blackberry. a news briefing yesterday, he'll speaker john boehner and other republican leaders discuss and as a leaker edward snowden and wait times at veterans affairs medical centers. several members of congress have ofled for the resignation the a secretary shinseki. this is about 15 minutes. >> there are 150 open jobs in the small community of hartford city. thisve a skills gap in country. we have too many people that don't have the skills for the jobs that are open. we have too many young people that don't have the skills you can coming out of college. our work force training system is supposed to help fill that gap, but it is a bureaucratic maze. it is very difficult, if you're unemployed, to even get through those workforce training systems. that is why the skills gap is an important step forward. it will give people direct access to in demand jobs. when you show up at a training center and city want a job and you have an idea, you can move faster to get into the right workforce training.

download your free app online for your iphone, android, or blackberry. speaking before the joint economic committee yesterday, janet yellen cited a declining housing market and geopolitical tensions as potential threats to economic growth. she emphasized the feds commitment to keeping the overnight interest rate near zero. this hearing is an hour and 45 minutes. zero. this hearing is in our and 45 minutes. >> good morning. we will begin. congratulations >> good morning. committee. we look forward to many more good june will mark the anniversary of the end of the great recession. this is that weakness or the -- near the bottom. --s has graded a growth cap created a growth cap. if this recovery had been nearly average, the u.s. economy would be $1.4 trillion larger. american workers would have 5.7 million more private sector jobs available. they would of four, have more money each month. , the one exception to this is wall street. the s&p 500 total return index has more than doubled. last week the bureau of economic analysis statistic released conflicting

download your free tap online for your iphone, android or blackberry. members return this week to the british house of commons after a two-week recess. during question time on wednesday prime minister david cameron offered condolences to the family of the five british servicemen who were killed in helicopter crash that happened in afghanistan. he answered questions on eu sanctions against russia and responded to controversial payments made by alex salmond on russian president vladimir putin. this is about 40 minutes. >> order. questions for the prime minister. mr. thomas.r one, >> number one mr. speaker. >> the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i'm sure the whole house will wish to join me ine paying tribute to captain thomas clarke of the army air corps, flight lieutenant rakesh chauhan of joint helicopter command, raf odiham, acting warrant officer class two spencer faulkner of the army air corps, corporal james walters of the army airlko corps, and lance corporal oliver thomas of the intelligenceoms corps, a reservist who also w

download your free app online for your iphone, android, or blackberry. >> "washington journal" continuesst: we want to welcome back paul brandon. it is an independent white house-based service. we distribute content over twitter, television, and radio. we have stations all around the united states and world. we do a little bit of everything. we do that on every platform. we serve content in different ways. we have our content honestly platforms as we can. host: and the website is west wing.org. so much attention based on the v.a. situation. prere calling on the sident to fire eric shinseki. which gets to his leadership ability and decision-making process. how would you assess this? guest: i think he is kind of following his usual path, which is not getting involved until it is almost too late. i think it is important also to take a step back on these broad issues. we all know now that he knew his transition team knew as far back as 2010 that these problems exist at. -- existed. he said this will be a job one. this was one of them. one of the things these brought selves in a way they felt

online toour full app your android or blackberry. >> decriminalizing marijuana was the topic of the congressional hearing on friday. that acting police and chief of police, spoke about decriminalizing marijuana possession. d.c.'s mirror has signed a bill this portiont -- of the hearing is one hour and a half. >> i would like to welcome everyone with a call to order.

download your free app online iphone, android or blackberry. have a fobbing fobbina facebood today. we're asking you, is your governor doing a good job? to post your comments and opinions and see how others feel about their governor in their state. .t's all on facebook.com/c-span advisor toa, senior president obama, briefed reporters today on climate change issues and upcoming events related to energy. it's 25 minutes. >> good afternoon. happy monday. i hope everyone's recovered from prom and had a fine time on what glorioust to be a weekend weather-wise. as you can see, i have with me podesta, senior advisor to the president. he is no stranger to many of you or even to this briefing room. talk about issues around energy and energy that the president will be discussing this week. thel make a presentation at .op and stay for questions if you could direct questions to him at the top and then when done, we'll let him go and i'll remain for questions on other subjects. with that, i give you john podesta. >> thank you, jay. here.ood to be back not really. [laughter] you know i don't lie.

take c-span with you, wherever you go all stop download your iphonep online for your or android or blackberryfor formerral minnesota congressman jim oberstar was last week. on thursday, the senators from minnesota, amy klobuchar and al franken, offer tributes to the late congressman. this is 25 minutes. ms. klobuchar: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i come to the senate floor today to honor the life of a truly remarkable man, a devoted husband, a loving father and grandfather, a dedicated friend and a true public servant. jim oberstar was a man of purpose and grit who never stopped fighting for the people of his district, the people of northeastern minnesota. his resilience was like the resilience of the people that he represented. he was one of those rare people who was just as comfortable in the aurora, minnesota, parade in khakis and tennis shoes as he was at the french embassy. one unique thing about jim oberstar was that he always broke into french at a moment's notice and he would literally speak french at the french embass

download your free app online for your iphone, android, or blackberry. >> the house veterans affairs committee hears from the v.a. over failure to comply for the subpoena about the distraction of waiting lists at the phoenix medical center. we bring you live coverage at 7:30. the headline in the huffington rip into senator richard for questioning their priorities. senator burr said several groups were insufficiently critical of veterans affairs secretary eric shinseki. of beingd the groups more invested in access to the secretary and fixing the system. the veterans of foreign wars chris responded by calling one by calling the letter one of the most dishonorable acts they've ever witness. president obama announced his plan for troop levels in afghanistan. this is 10 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody. as you know, this weekend i traveled to afghanistan to thank our men and women in uniform and our deployed civilians. on behalf of a grateful nation for the extraordinary sacrifices they make on behalf of our security. i was also able to meet with our commanding general and ambassador

download your free at up on line for your iphone, android or blackberry. >> coming up next on c-span, a conversation with author and radio personality marked with an on book tv in-depth series. after that the house foreign affairs hearing. doesn't over the next three hours a conversation with mark levin, the author of five nonfiction books including liberty and tyranny in the liberty amendment as a lawyer and former reagan administration official the talks about the role of the federal government, the supreme court, and the upcoming 2014 midterm election. ants. >> host: author mark with income and your most recent book, restoring the american republic, you proposed amendment to the constitution, including term limits for members of congress, a repeal of the 17th amendment or the senate, establishing term limits for supreme court justices, limiting federal spending, limiting federal taxes, limiting the federal bureaucracy. which of these and most important to you? >> guest: they are all of the same genre. .. the goal or the purpose of the books to not only talk about how to revive the

download your free app online for your iphone, android, or blackberry.washington journal continues. host: dr. michael bell is joining us. he is joining us from the cdc this morning. we will talk about the mers virus. what is mers? guest: it is related to the sars virus that spread several years ago. it is normally an animal virus. it can spread to humans. it can cause a severe respiratory infection. host: what does it stand for? it stands for middle eastern respiratory syndrome. the arabian peninsula is significantly affected by the virus. we have seen cases throughout the region. there is information that it seems to be a link with camels. that is not completely pinned down at this point. that is an early clue that that might be part of the animal pathway. host: why would that be the source? guest: it is interesting. when viruses get into the human world, the path can be mixed. the meatth sars that animal in markets seemed to be the original source. who weher infections have seen bats be a source. they are not necessarily the direct source. they transmi

download your free at online for your iphone, android, or blackberry. welcome back to "the washington journal" on this memorial day, may 26, on a 14. this live shot on the national war andm the korean vietnam war memorial. ,he vietnam veterans memorial listing the names of more than 50 of thousands of -- listing the names of more than 50 thousand american to give their lives to their country. we will continue on "the washing can journal," talking about veterans issues. we are joined by peter gudmundsson, president and ceo military.com, talking about the jobs situation for returning vets. is a company that specializes in helping companies hire veterans. we help companies attract, appreciate, and retain high quality veteran talent. host: why did you start the company? not started, i joined it recently. to solve the quandary that all companies need high quality people, and veterans are high quality people, so we help them find a high quality people. on the of it is focused supply-side, which is what do we do with these veterans -- as opposed to the demand

download your free app online for your iphone, android, or blackberry. >> for over 35 years, c-span bringslic affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings am a white house events, and conferences. 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 35 years ago, brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite or buyer. watch us in hd, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with dan raviv , cbs news' national correspondent, talking about middle east foreign policy challenges for the president. is there trouble ahead? why are there challenges? guest: isn't there always? the big topics right now are russia's move into ukraine, grabbing crimea, still pressuring with a lot of violence. what else comes to mind echo the middle east. the u.s. was trying to mediate between the uas -- between the israelis and palestinians. it fell apart two weeks ago, and i don't think secre

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download your free app on line for your android, iphone, or blackberry. >> washington journal continuesst: lynn stanton, what did the fcc vote on yesterday? for howroposed rules should they address with the appeals court date in january. the appeals court and sec had some authority on broadband access providers under the section of federal law that says that the fcc should try to encourage and advance advance communication capability. but they have to do it in a way that is proper. create common carrier toulations, by forcing them offer service to anyone who wanted it under the exact same terms and conditions. the court was saying that they have to allow them to be more flexible than that. did uphold one of the three rules of the commission in 2010 which is a transparency requirements that they have to tell their customers what they are doing by a network of management. overturned the other two rules. the proposal that they adopted yesterday, they are not rules yet, they are saying if anyone opinion wants to weigh in, we read the exact same language, but would do with a different justif

download your free app on loan for iphone, android, or blackberry. general halt carlyle speaks this morning for -- at the center for strategic and international studies about u.s. military strategies in the asia-pacific region. you can see these remarks live at 11:15 a.m. eastern. this afternoon, discussion on russia's intervention in ukraine. is also live from the center for strategic and international studies. eastern,ee it at 1:30 here on c-span. >> this week on "q&a," author and journalist myra macpherson discusses her new book, "the scarlet sisters: sex, suffrage, and scandal in the gilded age," as well as her career covering politics and culture for "the washington post," "the new york times," and other publications. >> myra macpherson, when you think back on your career at "the washington post," how many years were you there? >> i think it was 23 years. >> what is one of the highlights that comes to mind? >> one of the highlights has been that i was covering the mets in 1969 when they finally won. they wouldn't let me in the press box because

download your free app online for your iphone, android, or blackberry.ington journal" continues. host: joining us now at her frederick.ight is dwighttable frederick. the topic is fannie mae and freddie mac. first of all, welcome to both of you. taking a look at the future of feddick, entities, mr. what is this issue and why is it being considered? guest: during the crisis, it became clear that they needed taxpayer help. the question now becomes, does the current structure still work, or do we need to alter that structure and how does the federal government stay involved in what is known largely as our secondary mortgage market. what happens after somebody takes out that loan and the bank originates at? deals with theis way the mortgages packaged, right? house, you purchase your the mortgages transferred and pooled with other mortgages and transferred into a security which is then sold on wall street and then is purchased by investors, anywhere from pension funds to banks, other financial institutions. host: under the current model, who takes the most ris