on facebook and twit. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the house and senate return from recess on monday. we join by billy house of national journal. the house getting to work almost right away on a couple of fiscal year 2515 appropriation -- 2015 appropriations bill. in that is an extension of pay freeze. do you expect to hear any opposition. >> there has been some lonely voices who say it's time. lord help them. maybe it's time to alter that. this is an midterm election year. one of the odd positions that a lot of members might take on campaign trail is they need more money. >> one of the pieces in the past week was headlined in the national journal. house republicans see opportunity in appropriations bill about some of the possibilities of adding policy writers to the spending bills. >> the top line spending levels will be set. color battles to be fought within the appropriations bills themselves. they are done every year. they are called policy writers. they technically temporary one year pieces of language that limit the administ

on april 26. she will take over as president and ceo of the national safety council. live coverage begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> during this month, c-span is pleased to present our winning entries in this year's student cam video documentary competition. student cam is c-span's competition that encourages students to think critically about issues. students were asked to base their videos on the question, what is the most important issue the u.s. congress should consider in 2014? second prize-winning sophomores fromanna and paul are montgomery blair high school in silver spring, maryland. they believe congress should make filibuster reform their most important issue. >> many of us recognize the iconic image of a talking filibuster. one senator standing up and talking what he or she believes in for as long as they can stand. >> i will speak until i can no longer speak. >> i am not going to leave this body until i do get them, sir. >> many people don't know there have been hundreds and hundreds of filibusters in the past few years alone. there is an invisible filibuster that has bought the senate to complete

a.m. on c-span. thist's take a case like one. it had a $1.9 billion settlement. -- happened aot year ago. part of the prosecution agreement, they admitted that they had wandered as much as $850 million from south america drug cartels. not only did they commit minor financial infractions, technical infractions, we are talking about an organization that was operating at the top of the illegal narcotics pyramid. this was a major criminal enterprise. they admitted it. if they did not find the evidence to put those people in jail, that is on them. that is a failure of the regulatory system. if you have someone who you know is guilty and they have admitted that they are guilty, and they are in league with the present violent people and helping them with the worst kind of behavior a being can be involved with, and no wonder the day jail, that is outrageous. it is more outrageous when you look at it in comparison with who go to jail in america. at the veryle bottom of the illegal drug pyramid. the consumers, people who are caught in poss

on washington journal. live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. coming up, the "the communicators" with minnesota senator al franken on the propos proposed comcast-time warner merg merger. and then "the up side of down" and michael lewis on his most recent book called "flash boys" and later" fragile by the design" >>> c-span created 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable provider or satellite provider. >> a few week ago on the comm e communicatcommun -- "the communicators" -- we had david cohen to talk about the proposed merger between comcast-time warner. he is on the privacy and technology and the law committee. yesterday at the hearing held by the committee you said that a merger between comcast-time warner would result in fewer choices, higher prices and even worse service. how do you come to that conclusion? >> well, because that has been the case when there is cons consolidation of media and telecommunication media. that is what is happening here. comcast is the biggest cable tv company in the country. and it

on facebook and twitter. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> both chambers of congress capital back into session monday. the houses in at noon eastern with legislative business at 2:00 here they will debate three suspension bills and legislation that would change how the budget is calculated. they're also scheduled to work on paul ryan's 2015 budget resolution. the first votes are scheduled after 630. he says it starts at 2:00 eastern. at 5:00, senators will begin debate on extending unemployment insurance benefits for five months. p.m., the spirit you can watch gavel-to-gavel coverage on c-span. >> we are really active. we are involved. news is where you really make your money in the local market. almosteration cost us $800,000. visit. for the faint of heart. this is what they needed to get them back to our session. but a month ago and software -- about a month ago and south carolina there was an ice storm. we were off the air for almost 16 hours. was 400,000erator dollars. these are the kind of expenses you cannot calculate. i do not care what kind of wealth i have been blessed with, there is no way c

on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. british prime minster david cameron answered questions wednesday about the resignation of the culture secretary, maria miller. prime minster cameron said he believes ms. miller should have been and to apologize and carry on with her job. this is just over 30 minutes. >> questions to the prime inster. >> thankm you mr. speaker. >> yes or no. >> very good step forward onh migration. where it is done by a third sense 1998. we've seen net migration come down. what we haven't seen is what w saw under labor which ishi 2.2 million people come in net over 10 years. that was unacceptable forpta getting the situation underme control. >> i can add in terms oft challenge, which i s aboutha doubling the research and treating it like a disease oran cancer or heart disease, thatdie will continue. the work we're doing to make sure that local communities are more friendly, that must continue. also improving thef care that elderly people get in nurse home and hospitals. that fight must continue as well

a.m. on c-span. >> for more than a year, there have been allegations that i knew about the planning and the watergate taping and that i was involved in an extensive plot to judiciaryp. the house committee is now investigating these charges. ordered all of the materials i had previously furnished to the special prosecutor turned over today. these include tape recordings of 19 presidential conversations and more than 700 documents of white house files. on the 11th, the judiciary committee issued a subpoena for 42 additional tapes of conversations, which it contended were necessary for its investigation. thateed to respond to subpoena. >> the 40 years ago on april 29, president nixon responded to a house judiciary committee sistine a -- subpoena. tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern, and american history tv on c-span3. >> i remember on saturday, the first conversation i had with a group of people at that table, where are you from, what is your school like, then about ukraine. it was about our beliefs on education and religion, and after that, i was, this week is going to be intense. you can see the ev

on other countries. it will include former cia advisor paul goebel. that begins live monday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. on the next "washington previews michael green president obama's trip to asia this week. then kaiser health news correspondent jay hancock with the top -- with heavy health care industry is responding to the affordable care act. and possible senate action on expired tax credits for energy producers, particularly those involved in renewable fuels. as always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i love duke. i am a loyal duke alum. . did not do this to hurt duke i did this to try to figure out what happened in a dispassionate way. ofre is a tremendous amount passion about this story, even to this day. all one has to do is go on to amazon and see already that i have amassed 25 one star reviews. ae book is not even been out week, and it is a 600 page book. i am guessing not many of those one star review writers have read this book. was about goldman sachs, and people have passion abo

a.m. on c-span. i remember the first conversation i had wasn't about where you're from or what your school is like but it was about ukraine. it was about politics and our believes on education and religion. that, i was like, wow, this week will be intense. it was cool to see the evolution of all our friendships and our bonds just from talking about politics. ribbon talking about our experiences and what we have learned in who we have met. this is an experience i will never forget. i can never really go that far in politics and politics is such a caustic environment. but throughout the week different speakers and people i've met have chipped away at that opinion. i thought maybe i do want to make a difference and run for something local and state local , because likey president obama said yesterday, he said don't get cynical. this nation doesn't need any more cynical people. things that gets brought up his social media. ourre able to express opinions very easily. we can send a tweet about what we think

on "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span >> edison was a plant scientist as well as interest in the other the story is that he knew that it didn't freeze in fort myers. the interests that he had here in this area were based on his love of plants. the 1920's, the united states rubber,ing on foreign and we were headed into war. decidedat point they the plant material and the process should be done in this country. edison, ford and firestone were traveling all over the world collecting plants, and in fact had hundreds, thousands of people all over this country collecting plants and sending here to fort myers to his laboratory to find a source that couldterial produce rubber efficiently, effectively, commercially. the laboratory was put here because of that reason, because they could grow the plants here and then do the preliminary research on site. so it's a really exciting project. the laboratory was interesting for many reasons, one was at point in american history process for patent plant, chemical patenting. so part of the

a.m. on c-span before see her testimony a house energy and commerce subcommittee live at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> the issue is no longer whether to trade, its how to trade. the old issue between protectionism and free trade is over. it is history. the argument over the rules of fair trade and how to get our workers and businesses on a level playing field is the thete of the present and future. our goal must be over time to betweencompatibility all countries that are trading, just as we have compatibility between all of the states of the united states. this debate started before the cold war ended and before the wall fell in berlin. in most of the cold war. , our standard of living is rising and we were locked in a battle with communism. we didn't care too much about trade treaties. we never had a debate on this floor that i can remember about a trade treaty like this. we just assumed economic growth. we always put trade treaties to be subservient to defense or foreign policy it just wasn't that important. legs and gentlemen, this nafta tonight is the last of the old world tr

"washington journal" is live on c-span every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. right now on c-span, a conversation from this morning's "washington journal" on proposes to change the tax code. our conversation on this tax day takes a look at the fairness of the tax system. andguests, rebecca wilkins william mcbride. to both of you, thank you for joining us. one of the reasons we wanted to come on was a question pull -- posed by gallup. the question is, he said, do you regard the income tax you have to pay this year as fair? yes, 41% say no. guest: fairness is in the eye of the beholder. it is not well defined. good true, you have got a survey there that indicates most people do not think it is very fair. i think they are right. depending on the various definitions of fairness. general principle of fairness is that everyone is treated equally under the law. our tax code does not do that and has not done that in a long time. 100 years or more. does note tax itself treat people equally. it taxes income. it taxes people for generating income. it does depend on your in

a.m. on c-span. isduring this month, c-span pleased to present the winners of our studentcam video documentary high school. it encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues. humans were asked to place their documentary on the question what is the most important issue congress should consider in 2014? first prize winners -- are sophomores from montgomery blair high school in silver spring maryland. they want congress to take action against water pollution in our nation's waterways. ♪ >> water. it makes up 75% of our bodies. ay, and humanity would perish within a week. water is the most vital substance to a human body, yet it is because of us humans that 50% of all streams, lakes, bays and estuaries are unsuitable due to pollution. in the u.s. we have learned to take water for granted. toilets, and flush reinforce the same idea -- water is an unlimited resource. but step outside to our local and their diminishing condition tells a different story. water pollution kills mar

a.m. on c-span. there is no question the congress routinely does not speak the truth to the american public. it is not just about inaccuracies. it is the absence of speaking the truth about where we are. where are we? livingat a standard of the same as what we had in 1988. we need -- now have unfunded obligations of $1.1 million per family. that needs to be spoken. we need to build a context of how things are going to come. seebiggest problem that i with congress is the denial of reality. person still be a good and deny reality. we all have flaws. we all deny reality in some sense in our lives. we don't want to face reality. the fact is we have not had the leadership in this country for a long time, i am talking a presidential and congressional, that would tell the truth about the situation we find ourselves in. you can debate what caused it. i have my idea what caused it. coburn on his career in politics and the reason for his retirement in the senate. tonight at 8:00 on c-span. >> collecting each y

on april 25. she'll then take over as president and c.e.o. of the national safety council. our live coverage begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> i love duke. duke alum. i didn't do this to hurt duke. there's a tremendous amount of evenon about this story, to this day. all one has to do is go on to already that i've amassed, you know, 25 one-star reviews. the book hasn't even been out a week, it's a 600-page book, so i'm pretty much guessing not many of those one-star review writers have read this book. last book was about goldman sachs and people have a lot of passion about goldman sachs, but this is another realm altogether. and duke alum william d. cohan looks at the duke atrosse scandal tonight 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> next, supreme court justice sonia sotomayor talking about from prosecutor to district and appellate judge to being on the supreme court. latina justice and the third woman to serve on the high court. georgetown university hosted event. it's about an hour and a half. >> thank you. good afternoon, everyone. thank you, president, for your extremely kind remarks. ats always great to be back georgetown and

a.m. on c-span. >> some of the administrators were not lawyers. they gave the kids bad legal advice. which was essentially, don't tell your parents. don't get lawyers. cooperate with the police. this will go away. had --ve duke -- they that they had legal exposure because of that. there was this desire to make this go away. protect the duke brand. once it wasat -- decided these kids were innocent, the last thing duke wanted was to try to litigate with them about what had happened. the easiest course of action was paid $20 million, have them i presume sign nondisclosure agreements, which explained why they are not talking to me and have not talked to anybody said settling -- but it is not clear eyed duke felt the need to pay these kids. get, unfortunately, wrongly convicted all the time. there are places like the innocence project to defend those kinds of people and try to reverse the judgments made. people wrongly convicted for murder spending 18 years and prison and getting a $20,000 payment a year as a result. spent, other than their arraignment, no time in jail or prison and got $

on facebook and twitter. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> during "quesion time" this week, british prime minister david cameron answered questions about the privatization of the u.k.'s postal service and a variety of her domestic issues. this is about 35 minutes. >> questions to the prime minister. >> jeremy, question number one, mr. speaker. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this morning i had meetings with colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i will have further such meetings later today. >> jeremy corbin, is the prime minister aware that at the 3,956t time in england, 00,000 people are in the privated cented sector. 2/3 of them feel secure and half of them feel they pay far too much in rent. does he think it is time to end the social cleansing of inner-city britain by bringing in total regulation of the private renting sector to give people people. >> where he and i would agree is building more house us. there is cross party agreement for that. where i think he is wrong is full-on rent control. it has been tried

c-span. coverage of the freedom summit starts tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern on seized and. -- c-span.rlier today michelle obama and jill biden hosted an event in support of military caregivers. 5.5 millions americans. there were also reports from elizabeth dole and rosalyn carter. this is 45 minutes. >> thank you very much. hi. welcome to the white house. we are so honored to be here. it is a pleasure to welcome back to the white house first lady rosalyn carter. i am also pleased to be working closely on an issue that transcends party lines. and first lady michelle obama. i cannot believe it has already been three years since we started joining forces. from the beginning we knew we wanted to work together to support our military families. he knew the american people will come out in full force. it is safe to say we have been overwhelmed by piece of work shown or our servicemembers members, veterans and our military families. it is so fitting that we market this milestone by honoring all of you, our caregivers. add in honor to work with you in races around the world. the loyalty and de

on the c-span networks. secretary of state john kerry will testify before the senate foreign relations committee on national security. you can watch it on c-span 3 at 10:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span 2 at 1:30 p.m. eastern, we'll be covering a defense department briefing on u.s. strategy on operations in africa including peacekeeping and anti-terrorism efforts. now an update on the affordable care act. president obama announced last week that more than 7 million people had signed up for insurance under the new law. from "washington journal," this is 40 minutes. viebeck. ed by elise there is another enrollment effort that is going on here for medicaid and the children's ealth insurance program. for the a new front affordable care act? guest: that is right. the white house is very excited to encourage this, which became optional because of the supreme court's decision to uphold the act in 2012. before that states were going to be required to expand programs up to 133% of the federal poverty level. about $32,000 for a family of four. they were going to have to offer health care coverage from the states, paid for by the governments, several gop sites were very upse

a.m. on c-span. >> next a discussion about surveillance with former c.i.a. and n.s.a. or and washington post reporter. then q&a on the book "the price of silence." then your calls and comments on "the "washington journal"." >> our colleagues have spent this evening reiterating inaccurate factual information. he has said in his report that in spite of the fact that my colleagues said that he laughs and cries then is factual inaccurate. her see rebrail cortext has been liquid fied. they talk about six neurologists who say she is not in a vegetation state. also, inaccurate. they only viewed teri videotape. those who have examined teri, who have all examined her, the board certified neurologist who have testimony. their testimony was clear and and conveniencing that she was in and is in a vegetation state. the other testimony was discounted. in addition to that, i want to close with the commentary fro. he put his face up to hers and tried to make eye contact trying to willing her to giving him a sign partnership would beg her, please teri, help me. you want to believe there

a.m. and 6 p.m. eastern on c-span. host: joining us now, lee rainie of the pew research center, he is the director for the internet and american life project. thank you for joining us. 18% of people finding that their information has been compromised? guest: even more strikingly, we did a survey last summer asking the same question and found that 11% of internet users had had their really important information compromised, social security number, record number, a banking information, stuff like that. just in january when we did this new survey, it jumps to 18%. it was particularly striking among younger folks, people between the ages of 18 and 29. so the line of breaches that we have seen in recent months starting with the target store'' breach around christmas time, now with new information coming out pretty regularly, a lot more people are aware of what's going on and they have probably had direct experience. host: with the server you took, how to these breaches take place? what kind of information was compromised? g

the economic club of washington will discuss defense spending here on c-span2 at 8:30 a.m. eastern. on c-span at 10:45 a.m., a pentagon briefing with defense secretary chuck hagel and his polish counterpart. washington institute for near east policy will examine human training efforts in syria at 12 p.m. eastern. speakers include british former secretary and former u.s. ambassador to syria. >> social historian earl lewis, ma the president of the andrew mellon foundation is the author of seven books an 11 volume young oxford history of african-americans. his speech from vanderbilt university on philanthropy, humanity and higher education is a little more than an hour. >> thank you. one as histone, you always wonder whether not you want to really play with mythology. there's something i think very elegant about a story that always is wrapped in some degree of truth and then gets to be told and retold in different ways, and in some ways it's the mythology that binds communities. it helps individuals to enter into a space that is not really their own space but they get to claim some purpose by un

on c-span2. >> the thomas before him institute on security live everyday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. and right now on c-span2 from this morning's "washington journal" from a discussion on the justice department's plansn. for changing prison sentencing guidelines. >> we are back with the authorht who is the senior: policy analyt joining us from austin, texas,, to talk about reform. let's begin with what is rightor on prime. can you explain that for our viewers? reddy, >> sure. it is a project which is a think tank in austin, texas. it's a think tank like any othe think tank that the viewers may know of.s a think ta like any the cato institute, the brookings institution. we focus on state-level policy and we focus on things like and health care and educat uniquely and criminal justice. so for many years we have been working on finding ways to improve criminal justice in the state of texas to get better results and to spend less andsud improve public safety overall. we've been very successful, i'm happy to day. fed that has caused us to launch a national campaign based on the texas mode

a.m. on c-span. >> coming up on c-span the house oversight committee of dering a con templet lerner.gainst lois congress routinely don't speak the truth with the american public. it's not just on inaccuracies on what the affordable health care act would do. it's the absence of speaking the truth of where we are. here are we? we now have unfunded obligations and pure debt of $1.1 million per family. that needs to be spoken so we can build the context of the tough things that are going to come. the biggest problem that i see with congress is denial of reality. and you can still be a good person and deny reality. we all have flaws. we all deny realities in some sense in our lives every day because we don't want to face them. but the fact is we haven't had the leadership in this country a long time and i'm talking presidential and congressional that would stand up and tell the truth to the american public about the situations. i have an idea what caused i. >> senator coburn on his reasons for retirement from the senate at the end of the session. sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >>

a.m. eastern on c-span. >> in the south some people escaped from slavery and made the remote areas of the wilderness their home. sylviane diouf wrote a book on this topic, "slavery's exiles". this event was held last month in new york city. [applause] >> thank you for the introduction. i'm delighted to be here to play the role of questionnaire of sylviane diouf about her marvelous new book, "slavery's exiles". and at the end we will have a little time for questions from the audience. there's a microphone over there for that purpose. keep that in mind after we finished our conversation. just to remind you what was said, you can purchase your book outside. is well worth doing. i think to begin sylviane diouf wanted to read a little passage from the book. would you like to start that way >> actually at the end. >> okay. we will plunge right in. let me just ask you, since the term mayor round is maybe not totally widely known, what exactly is a maroon? >> actually, the term comes from the spanish. in the beginning someone who wandered off the farm. by extension it was used for runaway slaves.

a.m. eastern on c-span. coming up tonight, it is cut in with the reporters who broke the edward snowden leak story. that is followed by chuck hagel on dod's efforts to recover remains. examination of the candidates in the upcoming presidential election in afghanistan. >> hello. please, take your seats. welcome back. this next event, i promise is going to be interesting. it is a skype interview on the snowden revelations. skypes.ves four that is the miracle of modern technology and it will either work or not work. it is very tricky so somebody may go down, somebody may have a time delay which is happening with one of our three guests. analogous to the quadruple somersault ringling brothers. please, bear with us. we will have problems from time to time but we have an excellent team of techies. i know because i can understand anything a say. it is my pleasure to interview -- introduce our interviewer, roger cohen. thank you. [applause] >> good morning. we are going to rely on technology to try to bring this in

on 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i think what we need is something akin to the grace commission during the reagan commission or the brat commission during the clinton administrati administration. an outside group with integrity to come in and do an audit of government. every agencies has a purpose and if it is not fulfilling that purpose or doing it within a reasonable budget it should be cut or eliminated. let's take head start. this came in with the highest motivation. do you know and i didn't until i researched it, there are now three head starts. early head start, enhanced head start and regular. we have the other two dos the first one was working. >> cal thomas on fixing a broken washington on and immediately following a heritage book party for mr. thomas has he signs his book and chats with guest. and this weekend on booktv, this year's national bloack writers conference. and sunday at two, strengthening communities and a panel on publishing. >> the whitehouse announced two executive orders on equal pay. >> good afternoon, and welcome. i am the executive vice president for policy at america

a.m. on c-span. >> tomorrow on c-span, comedian lewis black talk about politics and social issues at the national press club. we will have that live at 1:00 p.m. experts and authors discuss human rights in north korea. the chair of the united nations commission of inquiry will be here. he will talk about a recent report on atrocities in north korea. you can watch that live beginning at 3:00 p.m. c-span is pleased to present our winning entries in this year's student cam documentary competition. student cam is the annual competition that encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues. students were asked to create their documentary answering the question, what's the most important issue of u.s. congress should consider in 2014? anna croley and lisa qian are among this year's second prize winners. these juniors from ann arbor, michigan believes that the environment is the most important issue. >> across the globe, the environment is rapidly changing. >> from the arctic tundra to the sahara desert, no place has been left unharmed. the earth is getting warmer and transfor

on the privacy of u.s. citizens. you can see a live starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. next, michio kaku talks about his look, "the future of the mind: the scientific quest to understand, enhance, and empower the mind". [applause] >> this is such a great introduction. sometimes, all of these introductions can backfire. recently new york magazine voted me as one of the 100 smartest people in new york city. and i thought, what an honor. but in all fairness i have to admit that madonna also made that same list. let me talk about yogi berra. he once said prediction is awfully hard to do, especially if it's about the future. well, i am a physicist and so let me quote from that other great philosopher. woody allen once said that paternity is an awful long time especially towards the end. and you may think what is a business know about the mind. what does he know about daily life? well, we are the ones who invented the transistor and we helped to assemble the first computer and the internet and we wrote the worldwide web. so along the way we reinvented television. we invented

washington journal, live at 70 and eastern on c-span -- 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> ira member the first conversation i had with a group of people at that table. it wasn't about where you are from, what your school is like, it is about ukraine. it was about politics, our belief in education and religion. after that moment, i was like, wow, this week is going to be intense. it has been cool to see the evolution of our friends and bonds just talking about politics. we haven't talking about our experiences and what we learned in who we met. >> i have always kind of been really cynical about it. i was thought i could never really go that far in politics. week,ly throughout the different speakers in different people i have met, that has chipped away at my opinion. i thought maybe i do want to make a difference in run for something local and state local in my community because like president obama said yesterday, he told us do not get cynical because we don't need more cynical people. that is not going to help us believe the problems. >> one of the thi

liveington journal" airs on c-span every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. tomorrow on "newsmakers," we will be joined by bob goodlatte of virginia. he joins us to talk about legislative proposals to change the nsa surveillance program, as well as oversight of the justice department and attorney general eric holder. :00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. there's no question that congress routinely and administrations routinely do not speak the truth to the american public. it's not just about inaccuracies what the affordable health care act would do, it is the absence of speaking the truth about where we are. >> where are we? >> we are now at a standard of living the same as what we had in 1988. we now have per family unfunded >> that needs to be spoken. the biggest problem i see with -- is the did now denial of reality. you can be a good person and deny reality. we all deny reality in some sense. we don't want to face them. the fact is, we haven't had the leadership in this country in a long time. i am talking presidential and congressional.

on creating private and public eisenbray andss dan mitchell. kurtzleben. unrest inntinued ukraine. ," live atn journal 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span.

a.m. on c-span two. >> edison was a plant scientist as well as interest and the other sciences. the story is he knew it did not freeze in fort myers. had inf the interest he this area was based on his love of plants. by the 1920's, the united states was relying on foreign rubber and we were headed into war. at that point, they decided that plant material and the process should be done in this country. wereon and firestone traveling all around the world collecting plants and had hundreds of thousands of people all over this country collecting plants and sending them back here to fort myers to his laboratory to find a source of plant materials that could produce a rubber efficiently and commercially. and so the laboratory was put here because of that reason, they could grow the plants on site and actually do the preliminary research on site. a really exciting project. the laboratories interesting for many reasons. at that point in american history ammann there was no patent process for plants, chemicals. part of the reason why this lab was so important was it cost the u.s. governm

on april 26. she will take over as president and ceo of the national safety council. live coverage begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> during this month, c-span is pleased to present our winning entries in this year's student cam video documentary competition. student cam is c-span's competition that encourages students to think critically about issues. students were asked to base their videos on the question, what is the most important issue the u.s. congress should consider in 2014? second prize-winning sophos

"washington journal" airs live on c-span every morning at 7:00 a.m.rn. >> coming up tonight, republican presidential hopefuls speaking today at the inaugural freedom summit in manchester, new hampshire. then president obama and republican conference chair at the mcmorris rodgers talk about gender pay equity during the weekly addresses. after that, look at the economic arguments for and against ae quality -- payee quality. -- pay equality. >> i think what we need is something akin to the grace commission during the reagan administration or the bracket commission, the base realignment and closing commission during the clinton administration. an outside group with integrity, former members of congress, no currently elected politicians to come in and do a complete audit of government top to bottom. every agency of government juan has a decent legislation or charter that created it. it has a purpose. if it's not fulfilling that purpose or not doing it within a reasonable budget, it should be cut or a limited. let's take head start. this came in with the hi

on creating private and public eisenbray andss dan mitchell. kurtzleben. unrest inntinued ukraine. ," live atn journal 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. i love duke. i am a loyal duke alum. i did not do this to hurt duke. outd this to try to figure what had happened in a dispassionate way. again, there is a tremendous amount of passion about the story, even to this day. all one has to do is go onto amazon and see, already, that i .ave amassed 20 51 star reviews the book has not even been out a week and it is a 600 page book. i'm guessing that not many of those one star review writers had read this book. my last book was about goldman sachs and people have a lot of passion about goldman sachs, too. >> author and duke alumni william d cohan looks at the lacrosse scandal of 2006. sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >> supreme court justices anthony scalia and ruth bader ginsburg were guests on "the kalb report." they talked about how freedom was defined. the composition is part of the kelp series -- kalb series. this is an hour and 15 minutes. the kalb report is funded by a grant from the ethics and excellence in journalism foundation. ♪ >> from th

on facebook and twitter. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, q&a with author matt taibbi, then british prime minister david cameron taking westerns from the british house of commons. after that, attorney general eric holder testifying before a senate subcommittee on the 2015 budget request. >> this week on q&a, author and former rolling stone columnist matt taibbi discusses his new book, "the divide: american injustice in the age of the wealth gap." >> matt taibbi, the "washington post" did an article about you in 2005, and they called you a "gonzo" journalist. is that the way you describe yourself and if so, what does it mean? >> i was approached by

on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> when you are living in a world where you do not have monopolies anymore and you have multiple companies competing for options on tv, for example, that does not work when the laws were written for a monopoly negotiation. that is one of the reasons why consumers do not have as many options as they could have and why the prices are still going up for your television video services when they should be going down. >> there is a whole lot of competition between completely different kinds of companies. when you are watching tv, it used to be you watched tv or had a cable provider. now there is everything from cell phone companies offering cable services to satellite companies to just doing it over your internet with things like .

a.m. on c-span. isduring this month, c-span pleased to present the winners of our studentcam video documentary high school. it encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues. humans were asked to place their documentary on the question what is the most important issue congress should consider in 2014? first prize winners -- are sophomores from montgomery blair high school in silver spring maryland. they want congress to take action against water pollution in our nation's waterways. ♪ >> water. it makes up 75% of our bodies. ay, and humanity would perish within a week. water is the most vital substance to a h b

a.m. on c-span. supreme court justice stephen breyer will talk about human rights with advocates and senior officials from the department of justice. an event cohosted by georgetown, the new york review of books and law.enter for the rule of we'll have live coverage starting at 4:00 eastern time on monday on c-span. finished al have qaeda in 2001. our general who was there -- all of us think back. when we were attacked on 9/11, 3000 americans died. more americans than died in pearl harbor. we had al qaeda and we had osama bin laden tracked in some mountains. we did not finish them off. then we let him escape over the other side of the mountain because we said, that is pakistani territory. think for a moment -- can you imagine during world war ii when won the battle of midway -- he sailed across the pacific and attacked the japanese and destroyed their fleet in 1942. even across the international date line. suppose you turn back and say, that is the international -- we get to these mountains in the mi

on the history of the cigarettes. you can see washington journal at live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. at 10:00 tomorrow morning, the from the ciaeral and justice department testify on information sharing leading up to the boston marathon bombings. homeland security meeting, it is live at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> i stand here with my colleagues from the arizona delegation both senate and house. we are very close friends of congresswoman gabrielle gifford. to remember a trap -- a tragic event that took place three years ago today. on january 8, 2011, at 10:10 seconds, 19 19.6 people, including congresswoman gifford and myself were shot in tucson, arizona. this event was democracy in action. a member of this body, the people's house, was meeting one-on-one with her constituents. six wonderful people died that day, including my friend gabe zimmerman. my go to guy from the congresswoman staff. haven and southern arizona definitely not been defined by that terrible act. defined by how our community responded. the compassion, the love, the prayers, and the goodwill that poured out has

a.m. eastern on c-span. the british parliament is in recess for the easter holiday. members return to the house of commons on april 28. lookednster in review" at major events from the past three months. topics included how the u.k. handled the crisis in ukraine, scottish independence, and the british budget. bbc parliaments alicia mccarthy posted this one-hour program, which includes tributes to labour members who passed away earlier this year. this is an hour. ♪ hello and welcome to the program. our look back at the big event here at westminster since just after the year. coming up, the chancellor unveils his latest tax and spending plans as the u.k. economic recovery continues. with the help of the british people, we are turning our country around, building a resilient economy. we scoured the chancellor's speech and all the documents for one measure for cost-of-living of living and living standards, and there were none at all. >> also, as the scottish independence referendum edge is ever nearer, politicians on all sides argue what a yes vote might mean. there is a

a.m. eastern on c-span. let's take a case like hsbc, which got a $1.9 billion settlement levied at them i think a year ago. that, part of it was the deferred prosecution agreement for hsbc. they admitted they had laundered for drugs $850 million cartels. not only did they commit minor financial infractions, technical infractions, we are talking about an organization that was operating at the top of the legal narcotics pyramid. this is a major criminal enterprise, and they admitted it . and if they did not find any evidence to put those people in jail, that's on them. that's a failure of the regulatory system. if you have somebody you know is guilty, who has admitted they in leaguey, who are with truly dangerous and violent people and helping them out with the worst kinds of behavior that a bank could be involved with, and nobody does a single thing to be in jail? that's outrageous, but it's even more outrageous when you look at it in comparison with who goes to jail in america, and that is people who who are

a.m. eastern on c-span. tomorrow, the alliance in support of the afghan people reviews the elections and what happens next. >> david drucker is the senior congressional correspondent for "the washington examiner," joining us for a look at the legislative week ahead. can you tell us what is in the paul ryan budget proposal? >> i think you will see the debate throughout the week. they will vote on it before recess toward the end of the week. i think what is most notable about the budget is the fact that it increased defense spending beyond what the president has asked for. aven republicans have been little divided over defense spending in recent years, and the fact that they have been very concerned about the budget, even where it relates to defense spending, i thought that was interesting. i suspect you will see the usual debate over the budget, with democrats saying all sorts of horrible things, republicans saying wonderful things. at the end of the day, it is likely to pass, and it will go nowhere from ther

on 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> a few live events on c-span. ill testify before the senate foreign relations committee on national security and foreign-policy. join the conversation on facebook and twitter. watch it on c-span3 at 10:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span2, we will cover a defense department briefing on u.s. strategy and operations in africa. including peacekeeping and anti-terror efforts. >> we need something akin to that grace commission during the reagan administration or the brac commission -- the commission, base realignment and closing. an outside group with integrity, no current elected politicians. of government from top to bottom. every agency of government has a piece of legislation or a charter that created it. if it is not the feeling that purpose within a reasonable budget, it should be cut. let's take headstart. this came in with the highest motivation. not, there, i did are three had starts. early head start, enhanced headstart, and regular headstart. why do we have the other two? the first one was not working. the second one

on saturdays and 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on c-span two on mondays. if you go to www.c-span.org, you can click on the communicators tab and watch all episodes online. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] coming up on c-span, a look at a new initiative to help military veterans get the mental health services they need. the white house press secretary jay carney talks to george washington university students about dealing with the media and public affairs. that is followed by tom perkins on income inequality in the u.s. we now return to the ongoing crisis in ukraine, this time with the help of a eurasia analyst at the foreign-policy initiative. we have been a week removed from an agreement aimed at easing tensions in ukraine. we're are seeing reports of more bloodshed, international monitors being seized over there. is the international community's efforts to de-escalate this crisis working? guest: i think a lot of people have been disappointed in the way this agreement has

on thell republican budget tomorrow. live coverage of the house begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. now, some of today's debate. antenna portion begins with budget committee chairman paul ryan. minute portion begins with a to committee chairman paul ryan. chaian

a.m. eastern on c-span. >> whether it's an award for good journalism, as a politician and declare an interest in not wanting to make a judgment on that. but an award for public service for possibly the greatest betrayal of our national secrets of all time strikes me as quite bizarre. and i do think that there is a real danger of a very cozy media world putting itself on the back with out fully understanding the consequences for the dangers that we face in a very dangerous world. i think that the dangers disconnect is there. as for the guardian newspaper itself, my view was that if i as an individual gave the names of operatives outside of u.k. jurisdiction, i would be in breach of a 2000 terrorism act. if that would apply to me as an individual, one not to a newspaper? >> this weekend on c-span former british defense secretary on edward snowdon, government surveillance programs, and privacy issues. saturday morning at 10:00 eastern. and on book tv, from taxes the san antonio breakfast will, including authors and panels on the stories that shaped san antonio and the in and say, big brother, an

a.m. on c-span. >> tomorrow on c-span, comedian lewis black talk about politics and social issues at the national press club. we will have that live at 1:00 p.m. experts and authors discuss human rights in north korea. the chair of the united nations commission of inquiry will be here. he will talk about a recent report on atrocities in north korea. you can watch that live beginning at 3:00 p.m. c-span is pleased to present our winning entries in this year's student cam documentary competition. student cam is the annual competition that encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues. students were asked to create their documentary answering the question, what's the most important issue of u.s. congress should consider in 2014?