it is my pleasure to welcome angela merkel to the white house. we had a very productive discussion in the oval office. our country serve together in afghanistan. in recent months i have come to appreciate our partnership with chancellor angela merkel. i value her wisdom and her can or. i admire her for her leadership and pragmatic approach to getting things done. she and the german people have welcomed me to germany twice, during the nato summit and in dresden. today, i returned the hospitality. angela merkel shares my belief that soap -- no single nation can meet the challenges alone. the united states and germany, one of our closest allies an indispensable partner will continue to play a leadership role across a range of challenges. we are building on the steps we took at the g-20 summit. i underscore our commitment for strengthening financial regulations and i welcome the chancellor angela merkel. as we prepare for the g-8 summit in italy and look ahead to pittsburgh, we agree on the need to avoid protectionism. let me say, to answer, that i h

tonight we are honoring such a leader, chancellor angela merkel. chancellor merkel, thank you very much. [applause] [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] moi [applause] [applause] >> we're honored to present to you in this eric m. warburg award for your outstanding leadership in german american readership. thank you. [applause] [applause] [laughter] [speaking german] it. >> translator: senator hagel, excellence a, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor and privilege for me to receive this award here today and let me say that i am truly grateful to the atlantik-brucke for this. i will understand this and see this as an encouragement to continue to do everything i can in order to work for a transatlantic relations. i am very glad to be here today in this is a very important place and these are very interesting times. and recently there was an event held which reminded all of us that 400 years ago the first germans emigrated to the united states and we as germans as i may say so nice federal chancellor that 8

host: thanks for your call, angela. our next caller is brian from the democrats' line, birmingham, alabama. caller: yes, i think that any regulation should be, of course, it will scrutinize -- it will scrutinize -- well scrutinized. i have had a heart attack, i am 37 years old, and it is simply because i was dumb enough to smoke cigarettes. host: what do you think would have stopped you? what would ban -- it would that have changed your attraction to smoking? caller: no, i think that ultimately you pick it up somewhere along the way, and you are hooked to. that is all there is to it. so i do not know what would change to stop me from putting a cigarette in my mouth. host: thank you for your call. our next caller is maggie on the republican line, calling from kingston, new york. good morning. caller: hi. thank you for c-span. your the only thing worth listening to are watching. i think this is ridiculous beyond belief that this country is falling -- i mean, it is nobody's business. now they are going to tell us what we c

what came up in the discussions between angela merkel and president obama? caller: we are not exactly sure the specifics of the discussions. they had so much on their plate including middle east peace and the guantanamo base. president obama said that he enjoyed hearing some of the ideas, he called it the intellectual talks from the chancellor on what has happened with the automotive industry here in germany. but as far as specific as to what types of global financial regulations will come out of that, we were not given that many specifics from their meeting. in fact, the two were spending all day together, so we are likely to learn more about what came of it. it is certainly one of the most pressing issues for the two leaders and their countries. host: i want to share with our audience one of the many photographs in the paper this morning, from "the new york post." the president toward the pyramids in egypt and he leaves tonight for paris. he will be in the normandy region tomorrow. , sightseeing on this trip? caller: and considerable amount of sightseeing.

angela dawson had repeatedly contacted the police with drug dealing in her neighborhood. in retaliation, darrell brooks, a neighborhood dealer, fire bombed the dawson home, not once but twice, before killing angela, her husband, cornell, and all five of their children. this heinous violence perpetrated against the dawson family was the impetus for this legislation, and i commend congressman conyers for -- excuse me -- congressman cummings for his tireless pursuit of this legislation over multiple congresses. i strongly urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. issa: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. issa: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 1741, the witness security and protection grant program act of 2009. witness testimony is a critical component of our criminal justice system. even with sophisticated d.n.a. and other forensic evidence, there is n

>> we have a couple of books from angela davis. a collection of essays it is our first book that has been published in about four years that covers things that she is particularly interested been the, racism, sexism the prison industrial complex and particularly interesting thing that we're publishing with angela is a new edition of a narrative of the life of frederick douglass which contains douglas's narrative as well as essays by davis that were part of a course that she talked at ucla in the '70s. and it really brings two life that sa and will include a new essay written by her this year. we're hoping people who have read the narrative before they will be enriched by the new and the old works. we're also publishing the awaken her the long awaited a memoir by hellman weaver it is about her life with jack kerouac and greenwich village in the fifties and is also involved in the publishing scene in the '50s so it is more than focusing just on jack kerouac but a bigger and literary life in new york and with it which it continues alw

president obama holds a press conference with german chancellor angela merkle, and that -- look at the latest unemployment figures. >> there is still time to get your copy of c-span's 2009 congressional director, with information on house and senate members, the cabinet, supreme court justices, and the nation's governors, plus the street maps and how to con tact committees and caucuses. >> now, "new york times" columnist david brooks speaking about president obama. mr. brooks was at the national conference of the american advertising federation as the keynote speaker at the oak the new york times" luncheon. this is 20 minutes. >> i never get tired of looking in that. it is fun to be cool. good afternoon. we are about to hear from one of the nation's most respected and well-liked drugless. he certainly has a lot to talk about these days. -- well-liked journalists. he must occasionally wondered why he campaigned so hard for the job. moments after he took the oath, president obama had to contend with a sharp downturn in the economy, rising unemployment, and a financial system that need a

>> will come of this fall we have a couple books coming out from angela davis. we have a collection of essays. it is our first book that has been published in about four years that covers the emcee is particularly interested in, racism, sexism, the prison industrial complex and particularly interesting but we are publishing with angela is a new edition of the narrative of the life of frederick douglass and american slave which contains douglas's narrative as well as essays by davis that were part of a course that she todd at the ucla in the 70's. so, it really brings to life that essay and we will also include a new as they ridden by heard this year, so we are hoping that people who have read the narrative before take a look at this but as it is going to be enriched by the new and old work. we are also publishing the awakening, a long awaited memoir by hilbun leaver about her life with jack kerouac, of lenny bruce, allen ginsburg in greenwich village in the '50s. she was involved in the publishing scene in the '50s of more than just focusing on carol lack, it re

>> weld, this fall we have a couple of books coming out from angela davis. we have a collection of essays, her first book that has been published in about four years that covers the nims she is particularly interested in, racism and sexism and industrial complex and particularly interesting publishing with angela is a new edition of the narrative of the life of frederick douglass, an american slave at which contains douglas's narrative as well as essays that were part of a chorus that she hadn't and ucla in the '70s. so it really brings to light up that s.a. and also include new essay written by her this year. we are hoping that people who have read the narrative speefour take a look at this book and the enriched by a new in the old work. we're also publishing the awaken there, and long awaited more by helen wheeler about her life with jack kerouac, lenny bruce, allen ginsberg, in greenwich village in the '60s. she is also involved in the publishing scene in the '50s so it is more than just focusing on kerouac, it presents a bigger picture of literary life i

>> well, this fall we have a couple books coming out from angela davis. we have a collection of essays, her first book that has been published in about four years. it covers themes she is particularly interested in -- racism, sexism, industrial complex and to do interesting but we are publishing with angela is a new edition of a narrative of the life of frederick douglass, an american slave, which contains the douglases narrative as well as essays by a davis that are part of a chorus then she taught at ucla in the '70s. so it really brings to life that essay and will also include in your essay written by her this year appear, so we are hoping that people who have read the narrative emma walton hamilton take a look at this book as it will be enriched by the inuit and the old work. we are already publishing in the awakening, a long-awaited memoir by helen weaver, about her life with jack kerouac, lenny bruce, allen ginsberg, greenwich village in the '60s, also involved in the publishing scene in the '50s so it is more than just focusing on kerouac, it reall

>> well, this fall we actually have a couple of books coming out from angela davis. we have a collection of essays. it's her first book that's been published in about four years. that covers themes that she's particularly interested in. racism, sexism, the prison industrial complex and then particularly an interesting book that we're publishing with angela is a new edition of the narrative of the life of frederick douglass, an american slave which contains douglass' narrative that was part of a course she taut in ucla in the '70s so it really brings to life that essay and we'll also include a new essay that includes that written by her. it will be enriched by the old and the new world. we're also publishing the awakener it's a long-awaited memoir with her lenny bruce, allen ginsburg in greenwich village in the '50s so more than just focusing on the beats it really presents a bigger picture of literary life in new york in the '50s and greenwich village which continues to always seem to be of interest. so we're excited about that one. and then our latest book that came

the president held a press conference with german chancellor angela merkel today in dresden. he said the buchenwald camp is the ultimate rebuke for those who deny the holocaust. he will mark the 65th anniversary of the deep-day invasions' tomorrow. -- of the d-day invasions tomorrow. >> panels and offers on the economy, globalization and the merkel worker, homosexual rights, civil rights and so turner truths -- sojourner truth. later, stanley greenberg on advising bill clinton, tony blair, and nelson mandela. he is interviewed by mary matalin. and live on sunday, bill ayers. his latest book is "race course." for a complete schedule, go online to booktv.org. >> now a house hearing on state secrets. the chairman is co-author of legislation to make it harder for the state secrets privilege. this is about 90 minutes. >> the hearing will come to order. today's hearing will examine the state secrets privilege. the chart recognizes himself. the legislation that i have introduced with other members of the committee would codify a uniform standards with dealing with claims of the stat

and president obama and german chancellor angela merkel. later, a look at the conduct of the justice department during the george w. bush administration. tomorrow on washington journal, a look at what the unrest and iran means for the future of the government with the jack and goldstone of george mason university. then a discussion on the end -- economy and world markets. later, director and producer talks about a film, shouting fire, stories from the edge of free speech. that is live at 7:00 a.m. here on c-span. how c-span funded? >> it is publicly funded. >> donations may be? >> it gives its funding through the taxes? >> i don't know. >> 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. a private business initiative, no public mandate, no public money. >> defense secretary robert gates as he addressed a conference of senior defense officials from the persian gulf countries. he spoke about it around nuclear weapons program and the situation in iraq and afghanistan. he is introduced by general david patras --. trie

remarks by president obama and angela merkel. after that, another chance to see a form on the go prosecutions by the justice department. >> this weekend, "tv" shows books on the economy. how to deal with the economic crisis. pat robertson, barry riddle's on who's to blame for the recession. we also feature martin on why president reagan believed destroying nuclear weapons would bring an end to the soviet union. afterwards, we will talk about the two years in pakistan. he sits down with ralph peters. the entire "book tv"schedule is on line with great new features and easy to search our archives. booktv.org. >> the house approved legislation that would put limits on carbon dioxide and other gas emissions. the final vote was 219-212. here is a portion of that debate. o revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. waxman: i yield myself such time as i might consume. the speaker pro tempore: the the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> it will drive our economic recovery

the president did talk about the situation in darfur, and we will we talking about his meeting with angela merkel, the chancellor from germany, later on c-span. thank you for the call. guest: i think one of the point here that the caller alluded to -- yes, there was a change in terminology, but i think when the president was trying to articulate american values and interests, he said, look, this idea of 9/11 being perpetrated by al qaeda, some in the muslim world question that if it was al qaeda, there were lured rumors. he said this is the fact. 3000 of my citizens have been slaughtered. that is why we are in afghanistan. i think he tried to be very direct when he said this is the priority of the american president, to protect american lives. but i think he fails by reaching out and trying to widen the distance between the muslim communities and extremists, that is the best hope, is to isolate. and al qaeda -- i think it is no coincidence that ayman of zawahiri and osama bin laden -- i think given their statements, their most nervous about the president's speech because he was trying to b

about the obama administration, and president obama holds a press conference with german chancellor angela merkle. you are watching public affairs on c-span. >> how is c-span funded? the taxpayers. >> i do not really know. >> from public television. >> donations. >> i do not nor the money comes from. >> contributions from donors. >> how c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiatives, no government mandate, no government money. >> today, the labor department reported a 9.4% unemployment rate for last month. that is .5% higher than april. the commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics testified. it is an hour and 15 minutes. i welcome commissioner hall and his colleagues from the bureau of labor statistics to brief us on the latest employment data. this morning's release reported may job losses totaling 345,000. almost half of the loss of recent months, but an unemployment rate of 9.4%, a jump of half a percent from the previous month. adding of discouraged workers and part-time workers who cannot find full-time e

up next, angela merkel and president obama were in a dr dresden. the news conference focused on the speech in cairo yesterday. here is that news conference from about 4:00 a.m. this morning east coast time. c-sp[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] . . i think that this is indeed a trip up a highly symbolic nature. let me remind all of us of the visit to the concentration camp we will take later in the day. it is important that the american president, barack obama, makes his first stop in dresden. this is a symbolic city. it was almost destroyed during the second world war. it was rebuilt after germany -- after german reunification. it has turned out to be a jewel of german culture. the people here are so glad that you come to see them because it shows that you also pay tribute to the tremendous efforts they made in this 20 years after the fall of the wall. we have made very good use of that time talking about the political agenda, pressing issues. president obama gave a ver

particularly interested and, racism, sexism, industrial complex, it is interesting publishing with angela, a new edition of a narrative of the life of frederick r. glass which contains his narrative as well as essays by davis that were part of a course that she taught at ucla and the 70 is. is it really brings to life at sa and we will also include a new essay written by her this year. we're hoping people who have read the narrative before take a look at this book as it will be enriched by the nol and the old. we're also publishing the way kenner, it is long awaited by helen weaver. she is also involved in the publishing scheme in the fifties it really presents a bigger picture of literary life in new york in the '50s in greenwich village which continues to always seem to be of interest and we are excited about that one. the latest book that just came out is called the peep diaries. what howard talks about is at one time everyone was interested in pop culture because everybody is fascinated by celebrities but he coined the term that the focus has gone from celebrities to the focus on your

at 6:15, president obama and angela merkel. then at 7:00 a.m., "washington journal". >> this week, judge sonia sotomayor was in washington in advance of her confirmation hearings. >> i would like people to say this is the best hearing we have ever had. >> she is a very human person of great legal mind, and i think that is the right person to be on the supreme court. >> watch her with senate leadership and members of the judiciary committee on c-span's "america and the courts "today at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> today campaign for america's future. this included john podesta and clust discussed ways to advance the progressive movement with the obama administration. this is an hour. >> good morning. my name is roger hickey. this is the take back america conference. in this last historic election we did take back america. we took it back from the edge of disaster. so the people in this room deserve a lot of credit. i'd like you all to give yourselves and president barack obama a big round of applause. [applause] >> for progress siffs t

the other side of the podium, angela king chair of our speakers' committee. laurie rousseau, organizer of today's luncheon and the new managing director of stanton communications. congratulations. valerie jackson associate editor with plats. ira allen public affairs specialist with the fogarty international center and the national institutes of health. skip keltenheiser, independent author and writers of letters from washington. rick dunham, washington bureau chief, one of our former presidents here with hearst newspapers and glad to have rick here as well. finally, r.e.m. writer editor and publisher with american journalism and review. and now you can give your applause. thank you. >> it may come as a surprise to some of you here today as you've watched our speakers luncheons over the years that we do not intend to site members of the press to speak at the podium. for one thing it would get way out of control if we start letting those doors open, right? but we have a special cause to do that today because our speaker is truly a special individual. but genera

at the time that i was on the 10 most wanted list, angela davis, 2 young women, we had six of the ten most wanted, you go from bank robber to bank robber, then you have these students and young activists, then you go back to bank robbers. >> host: paul in princeton, new jersey, you are on with bernardine dohrn and bill ayers. >> defense spending is 19% of the federal budget, not 57%. but for mr. ayers, the bomb that went off in the town house, that was intended for for dicks, it was un mail bomb meant to go off at a dance at fort dix. why not come clean about it to dlly? leat did you have to do with that bomb? y wthe book discusses that's length. the fact is that the people who hatw the whistle on what they were up to in the town house was a loss and it was something we peod very hard to work away from. that was a terrible, terrible decision by the people who were there. fortunately it didn't actually become what it might have become. unfortunately it did kill 3 of our dear friends and comrades. we did write about it and come ome.n about it. i am hesitant to ask you to buy the book, g

he would help people like angela davis and some of the others on the walls so people came in they felt better because they would see people that they read about. and then he proceeded to help them. so most of his work in chicago had to do with the south side and medicine and one last thing in that his house is still here. still in the city. in his basement, we've seen it, it covers about a block. it's a beautiful home on the south side. thank you. [inaudible] >> i have to say in 45 short minutes, it is impossible to do justice to the rich subjects in these very elegant and impressive biographies. all i can do at the end of our time now is to recommend that you locate those books and read them. i want to express my thanks to professors margaret washington, david and linda beito for joining us this afternoon. and thank you to our audience for joining us as well. [applause] >> thank you for attending today's discussion and for supporting the "chicago tribune"'s commitment to literacy. a book-signing will take place in the arts room. as you exit this room to your left, it is the first room

kerry, financial accounting foundation and customer speaker, skipping over myself at the podium here, angela kean, bloomberg news reporter and sherrif of the club's speakers' committee, i will skip over speaker for a moment, bob carden of cornyn communications, the speakers' committee member who range today's launch. thank you very much, bob. allen wildmon of the fasb and test of our speaker. and finally night camping gear up to planters. [applause] the financial accounting standards board is on of those because i it government agencies that sense the business rules specifically fasb as it is known developed generally accepted accounting principles that businesses must adhere to reporting their results. this is done so businesses can in theory cookbooks to make themselves and their stock prices look better than they really are. good enough but if you picked up a newspaper in the last year you probably noticed that more than a few companies aren't doing very well. think your sam pointed everywhere and shortsighted ceos, sleeping or negligent regulators, overspending consumers and the sleazy l

host: angela on the democrat line. from illinois. good morning. caller: i think what the president is doing is great. i'm going to make this short. about the health care. i live in illinois. there are only two hospitals here. i have breast cancer. i had it once in 1998. it occurred. so, there's a big foundation at a hospital. they told me i was not allowed because of a written agreement. the only person who came to my rescue was president obama. i even faxed a hospital the letter, which is when -- before he became president. they acted like that was nothing, like he was just trying to get votes. i said, no. ghost: how did he come to your rescue? caller: 20 came to my -- when he responded to my letter. it says, thank you for your recent letter soliciting the help of senator obama on your pending medical issue. before our office can began inquiring, and it goes on and on. host: decompressive -- do you the president will get what he wants in health care? caller: i do. and i've called local senators, senator ferricks. he said to show me anything wher

illinois, go ahead, angela. caller: i really think what the president is doing is great. i am going to make it short, my story. i live in illinois. there are only two hospitals here. i have breast cancer. i had it once in 1998, and it recurred. the hospital is a big foundation. they told me i was not allowed, because of a written agreement, ok? the only person that came to my rescue was president obama, ok? i even faxed the hospital a letter. this is when he was -- before he became president. they acted like that was nothing. he is trying to get votes. i said, no, and every time i call their they say it is harassment. host: when you say senator obama team to your rescue, what do you mean? caller: he wrote a letter responding when i wrote him. they said thank you for sending the letter from president obama on your pending medical issue. it goes on, you know. host: do you think the president will get what he wants on healthcare? caller: yes, i do, sir. i also called and spoke with a local senator. senator ferris, ok? he said show mate any way in which you are -- he said sho

former executives such as merrill lynch john fame or countrywide's angela lizilo were collecting into the millions while running their companies into the ground. to the extent these ceos and others were incentivized to produce short-term profits they were equally as innocent lives to flood the market with predatory loan products such as supply and mortgages, weaken the prospects for financial gains and increased the systemic risk. as a result of this increased systemic risk the american taxpayer has been asked to bail out financial institutions through liquidity tools such as capital purchase program the term asset backed securities loan facility or talf. that isn't a gift but a loan from the public and requires certain protections. one of these protections is a pay star who will place transparency into the system so the public shareholders are properly informed. bonus compensation poses a risk it merits limits. i thank the witnesses for helping frame the discussion on which bonus compensation limits may be appropriately and in systemic risk. that said no t.a.r.p. recipient should hav

. >> earlier today, president obama had a meeting with german represented angela merkel. here is the schedule. he has stops in france tomorrow in paris and normandy, where he will celebrate the 65th anniversary of d-day. his speech in cairo, egypt, continues to generate attention. we will show it again on sunday here on c-span. now, craig newmark, creator of craigslist. this is about 55 minutes. >> craig new2mark probably does not need much introduction, but because we will be on c-span, maybe more. it was created in 1995 and has grown to an online communities spanning almost 600 cities in 60 countries. craig continues to serve as a customer-service representative for craigslist. you should also note that he is a supporter of cfp. we advertised the conference for the first time on craigslist in san francisco. most importantly, craig is an advocate for internet freedom. i'm sure he will touch on some of the advances involving internet freedom, and craig has been involved. he has always been a principled stand, doing so notwithstanding the risks, so i am really thrilled tha

president barack obama meet with german chancellor angela merkel. the house is in session with energy and climate change bills. in "the new york times," obama and congress clash on how to pay for health care. and immigration reform returned. "the washington times" headlines, pushing for action. the federal reserve chairman ben bernanke appears thursday in a contentious. -- a contentious hearing on capitol hill. on the republican line, you can call 202-737-0001. on the democratic line, 202-737- 0002. and on the independent line, 202-628-0205. you can also send as a comment on twitter. we start this morning with the front page of "the wall street journal," "bernanke blasted in house." "setting aside the deferential tone usually reserved for fed chairmen, members of the house committee on oversight and government reform repeatedly interrupted mr. bernanke at thursday's hearing to review the fed's role in engineering and government aid package. for bankamerica corp. it was the harshest public grilling since the late 1990's. also in "the washington post,

wanted picture and at the bottom it says when they were capturedded and at the time i was on the list, angela, h. rap brown, two young women from bran dies, and six of the ten most wanted so you go through bank robber, bank robber, thick-nicked guy and have all that's students and young activityists and then you go back to bank robber. >> host: paul in new jersey, your on with bernadine and bail bill ayers. >> caller: to straighten out, defense spending little 19% but not 57% of the federal budget. mr. aer, the bomb went went off, mail bomb meant to go off at a dance. come clean about it. what did you have to do with the book? >> guest: the question of coming clean. the book discusses that at length. >> guest: new morning discusses it. >> guest: the fact is that the people who blew the whistle on what they were up to in the townhouse was us. and it was something that we tried very hard to -- you know, to work away from. so, yes, that was a terrible, terrible decision by the people who were there. fortunately it didn't actually become what it might have become. unfortunately it did kill three

earlier he held a joint news conference with german chancellor angela merkel in dresden. they spoke about relations between the two countries. the president now heads to paris and normandy, france. he'll wrap up his trip with remarks at the u.s. cemetery there. tomorrow is the 65th anniversary of d-day and we plan to carry the president's speech live tomorrow on c-span. >> this weekend on c-span2's book tv, live the midwest largest literary event. the "chicago tribune" printer row litfest. >> for a complete schedule of this weekend's programs and times, go online to booktv.org. >> our party needs, obviously, a lot of work. >> sunday, on c-span's q & a. indiana republican governor mitch daniels on revitaling the gop. >> it needs to look inwardly and think about how it can speak more meaningfully to the problems of today and to the -- and to the americans of today, to the young people of the day specifically. maybe i can be a little part of that. you don't have to be a candidate to do that. >> q & a with governor mitch daniels sunday night on c-span. also on xm radio or dow

host: yesterday president obama and angela merkel had a conference at the white house. here is what they had to say about the situation in iran. >> the chancellor and i discussed the situation in iran. today we speak with one voice, the rights of the iranian people to have their voices heard, universal aspirations, and their bravery in the face of brutality is a testament of their enduring pursuit of justice. the violence perpetrated agains them is outrage jus. despite the government's efforts to keep the world from bearing witness to that violence, we see it and condemn it. as i have said before, the iranian people will be the ultimate judge of their government's actions, but if the iranian government desires the respect of the international community, then it must respect the rights and heed the will of its people. >> host: ambassador dalton, your thoughts about what the president had to say? >> i think it is admirable. it is the right stuff t makes clear that iran has two universal standards on human rights and civil and political rights are essential parts of the i

. >> president obama and german chancellor angela merkel held a news conference yesterday in dresden, germany. during the conference, they talked about climate change and the 65th anniversary of d-day. today president obama will speak in france at a commemoration of the anniversary. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. we are lucky to have the american president with us here for the first time after meeting with us at the nato summit. we will visit a little bit of dresden, and later we go to the former concentration camp. i believe this is a trip of a highly symbolic nature. let me just remind all of us of the visit to buchenberg we will take later in the day. it is so important that the american president makes his first stop here in dresden. this is a highly symbolic city. it was a city that was almost completely destroyed during the second world war. it has again turned out to be a jewel of german culture and civilization. the people here are so glad that you have come to see them, because it shows that you also pay tribute to the tremendous efforts they made in those 20 years af

>> earlier today, president barack obama held a joint news conference in germany with chancellor angela merkel. later they visited the buchenwald concentration camp. his next destination is france with stops tomorrow in paris and normandy. the president's speech to the muslim world in cairo, egypt, continues to generate global reaction. we'll show that speech again this sunday at 10:30 a.m. eastern here on c-span. herbert allison is president obama's nominee to be the next tarp administrator at the treasury department. his senate confirmation hearing before the banking committee runs an hour and 20 minutes. >> the committee will come to order. let me welcome all of you here this morning. let me say to my friend and colleague senator shelby, the former chairman of the committee, will be with us shortly this morning. let me welcome our nominee this morning, mr. herbal i son, who is our nominee to be the assistant secretary-designate for financial stability at the department of the treasury. we welcome you as well, mr. allison. let me begin by thanking you for your willingness to serve dur

skipping over the podium, angela keen, bloomberg news and chair of the committee. skipping our speaker for just a minute, sean bullard, president of -- member of the national president club's bored of governors. he also organized this event. thank you very much, sean. paul charles, director of communications for virgin atlantic and a guess of our speaker. joe joe anselmo of aviation week. caspar -- for the european union delegation and finally myron belking former ap bureau chief in london and secretary of the national press club. ask anyone in this room who sir richard branson is and he will be defined different ways: a flamboyant en43 pren newer with an appetite for starting new buses, a magnet for controversy, such as his recent stint as a glass xo cleaning worker in a tv ad for his virgin trains. or a billion dollar philanthropist attempting to save mother earth. no matter, he is a gift for making people pause and take notice. his high profile adventures cloud developing personal space flight and in 1986, crossing the atlantic in his plane offshore racing boat

former executives such as merrill lynch's john day or countrywide angela mazzella were collecting salaries and notices into the multimillions while running their companies into the ground. to the extent these ceos and others were incentivized to produce short-term profits, they were equally incentivized to flood the market with predatory loan products such as subprime mortgages. for financial gain and increased systemic risk. as a result of this increased systemic risk, the american taxpayer has been asked to bail out financial institutions through liquidity tools, such as the capital purchase program and turn asset-backed securities, or tal. that money is not a gift but regular alone for about. as such require certain protections. one of these protections is special master who will place transparency into the system so the public and shareholders are properly informed. to the extent bonus compensation poses a systemic risk, get to merit some limits. i think our witnesses today for having the guts to frame a discussion on which bonus compensation limit may be appropriate to rein in systemi

let's take angela mazzella, countrywide and angel who has been involved in a lot of the troubles, potentially that we have today. his salary was $102 million. $102 million. are the owners of countrywide actually having to say in what he is making? i mean, if i'm the owner of the copy i'm going to want that in my pocket as a dividend. do you think your compensation committee approach really gives those owners the strength that they need to say no, that's too much? >> i think the case you just mention goes to the heart of the pay for performance. i think there has been nothing that so promotes a sense of double standard that i mentioned. and i believe you are mentioning. than the extraordinary cases of huge sums for ceos who have failed. and the juxtaposition between workers losing their jobs, seeing pensions cut, because of the failed ceo receiving enormous amount of that, of sums as the lead, and having failed. i think is very destructive to the kind of public trust in our financial system. so i think that go to almost the heart of everything we're talking about. how do you ensure that there

. >> president obama welcomes german chancellor angela merkel to the white house at 11:30 a.m. eastern time, the two leaders hold a press conference. later the president and first lady holds an evening picnic for white house staff. omb released a statement outlining but the veto threat of the war spending bill, this after yesterday's decision and congress to include funding for more f-22 fighter jets. on wall street, stock futures moving lower ahead of data on personal spending and consumer sentiment. china national radio says the state planning agency is likely to reject a chinese company's bid to acquire bankrupt general motors hummer unit. -- hummer unit, saying it conflicts with goals. u.s. district judge sam can't turn over a letter of resignation to a senate official serving a subpoena at the prison where he is serving a 33-month sentence. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> conservation and the beginning of 20th-century, there were two sides -- just like now. >> teddy roosevelt and his leading role in the early days of the conservation movement. >>

in fact that found one memoir were kosciuszko talks about pen and angela and says he was a drunk at saratoga. so, i don't think that they were the same kind of people. i don't think they would have liked each other but they definitely knew each other at west point and at the battle of saratoga. there is a woman back there. >> my name is sylvia and i just wanted to say that actually, i wanted to thank you for writing this book, which i think was long overdue. since you are involved in the kosciuszko foundation in new york, i wonder if you know that a few years ago, and i cannot remember exactly when, there was a plague done about kosciuszko and about his life in switzerland, and he lived with a swiss family that had-- and kosciuszko supposedly tutored her in various subjects. the girl fell in love with him, and i just wondered if it was a complete fantasy of the playwright, whose name unfortunately i can't remember, or if there was a touch of truth about it? at the same time, one eyewitness of this play it was so sad that this great he wrote of america and poland ended up with a, you know, bo

skipping over the podium, angela keen, bloomberg news and chair of the speakers committee. skipping our speaker for just a moment your john bullard president of the group and a member of the national press club board of governors. he is also the speakers committee member who organized this event. thank you very much, john. paul charles the director of communications for virgin atlantic and a guest of our speaker. joe of aviation week. casper, senior press officer for the european union's delegation. and finally my rent, former ap bureau chief in london and the secretary of the national press club. ask anyone in this room who served richard branson is and he will be defined many different ways. a flamboyant rish on to partner with a seemingly insatiable appetite for starting new businesses. a magnet for controversy such as his region stant as a glasco train cleaning worker in a tv ad for his virgin train or $8 billion philanthropist attempting to save mother earth. no matter, he has a gift for making people pause and take notice. his high profile adventures include developin

. >> host: let's go to angela on the republican line from new hampshire. >> caller: hi, i am calling because i am concerned about businesses that are starting to cancel their employees' insurance bodman -- before the nationalize health care comes in in order to protect themselves of that they can't be charged were held accountable. >> guest: i think that that is happening, that is something certainly you should alert your members of congress to enforcing specific examples of that but if there is an employer mandate in health insurance, not say there is but if there is there may be requirements for employers of a certain size to offer coverage whether or not they have a hat or dropped a previously. >> host: we have a twitter from carl the rights medical providers should not make a profit, let them provide services and the government return a living wage to them. on our independent line, jack from champaign, illinois. >> caller: hello, just want to make a couple of comments -- i don't agree that the government should offer a plan to compete with the private insurers here and i think th