anna vassilieva is head of the russian studies program. born in siberia she's an american citizen. david kramer, i'll start with you. what's your reaction to these arrests particularly the timing in the midst of this larger picture? >> there is no good timing for this kind of event. but certainly the juxtaposition of the pictures of president obama and president medvedev having hamburgers together and then seeing pictures of these arrests this isn't what the white house wanted. i think the indications from both moscow and washington are they don't want this upset relations. prime minister putin's comments i think were kaying that he didn't want to see this upset the relationship. i think from the white house as well, they don't want to see this upset the relationship. there's never a good time for this kind of thing. law enforcement officials have to carry out their duties. the timing wasn't great but there isn't much one can do about it. >> brown: your reaction to the arrest, anna, and the time something. >> the timing is very peculiar. as we all know it comes right after what was

i believe one of the reasons that's taking so long is they're waiting for the result of the anna service fraud case that's going up before the supreme court very soon, as i understand it. so that would be a tough irony, i think, for jack abramoff, if the supreme court overturns anna service's fraud. it's possible he might go free and not serve any time, which if i were jack abramoff would be a bitter pill to swallow. because i think -- jack abramoff, in my view, was a zealot who became corrupt. scanlon was closer to a washington criminal. >> we're going to show a clip, and had a lot of debate whether or not to run it. it's bad language. if you don't want to hear it, please turn this off now. we're doing it because it shows the strength of the language behind the scenes that you found in e-mails. it's only a minute 10 seconds. >> everyone should learn one thing, don't put all this in writing. >> they are ripe for the picking. can you meet me tomorrow? >> it's at least 100k. >> how can i say this strong enough? you is the man. >> i couldn't believe he was talking about thissthrough e- mail

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"washington journal," we will have more on line anna mckay against -- alan k. against. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 eastern. >> starting monday, start the confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee elena kagan live on the c-span networks and see replace every night at 9:00 eastern on c-span to. to learn more, read c-span's latest book about the supreme court. it provides a unique insight about the court. it is available in hardcover and as a e-book. >> president obama and russian president medvedev spoke to reporters yesterday. they were asked about president obama's decision to replace stanley r. mcchrystal in afghanistan. this is a little less than an hour. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and the president of the russian federation. >> good afternoon, everybody. please be seated. after many meetings around the world, i am delighted to welcome my friend and partner, president medvedev to the white house. this is also an opportunity to return the wonderful hospitality of the president and his wife. michele and i

anna the tea party which everyone is so excited about now, has never really articulated an agenda, certainlynot a realistic agenda, meaning one that will balance the budget -- or not even balance it, but bring the deficit under control. they claim that to be what they really want. host: this is the editor at large of the "atlantic wire." you can start by alidialing in. i want to get your reaction to this piece this morning from "the washington post." "how conservative islam has changed under obama." it says the tea party has replaced the religious right. these issues have been overshadowed by the broader, anti-government things pushed by the new all right. guest: let me say a few things. number one, the feeling way of the religious right has been happening for a long time. pat robertson has not been -- i remember writing a piece saying he was the biggest force in the republican party. it has been a dictator more sense that was true. again, this is a phenomena began of the story must change. as a columnist, you push that, be the first one to say to everyone -- wait, times of change direction,

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on our- where anna is democrats lines. caller: what motivates me to vote?he fact that i lost two nephews in iraq and who will be going to afghanistan. i feel like if you have a criminal -- if you have a criminal mind, especially minorities when you do not get out and vote when you have the right to vote. if we deny ourselves the right to vote one day it that will be taken from us. and nobody can complain. thank you. host: let's go to kansas. john, republicans line. hi, john, are you with us? welcome. go ahead. what motivates you to vote in primaries? caller: hopefully they find the right person to run in the general election. i was curious. i've a question about your programming. host: ok. caller: why do you almost always start with democrats, followed by independents, followed by republicans? host: it is to get to the phone the quickest. we tried to have the diversity of voices. it is to give us a call first . retry to switch that periodically. -- we try to switch that periodically. we tried to get the other number first. caller: your independent colors ar

where is my writer friend, anna quindlen when i need her? on another book tour., and meryl streep. -- i am meryl streep. [laughter] [applause] and today, class of 2010, i am really, i am very honored and humbled to be asked to pass on tips and inspiration to you for achieving success in this next part of your lives. president spar, when i consider the other distinguished dal recipients and venerable board of trustees, the many accomplished faculty and family members, people who hav actually done things, produced things, while i have pretended to do things, i can think of about 3800 people who should of been on this list before me, and and, you know, mize success has depended solely on putting things over on people. [laughter] so i am not sure the parents think i am that great of a role model anyway. [laughter] i am, however, an expert in pretending to be an expert in various areas, so, just randomly, like everything else in this speech, i am, or i was, an expert in kissing on stage and on screen. [cheers anapplause] how did i prepare for this? well, most of m pre

anna the tea par which everyone is so excited about now, has never really articulated an agenda, certainly not a realistic agenda, meaning one that will balance the budget -- or not even balance it, but bring the deficit under control. they claim that to be what tey really want. host: this is the editor at large of the "atlantic wire." you can start by alidialing in. i want to get your reaction to this piece this morning from "the washington post." "how conservative islam has changed underbama." it says the tea party has replaced the religious right. these issues have been overshadowed by the broader, anti-government things pushed by the new all right. guest: let me say a few things. number one, the feeling way of the religious right has be happening for a long time. pat robertson has not been -- i remember writing a piece saying he was the biggest force in the republican party. it has been a dictator more sense that was true. again, this is a phenomena began of the story must change. as a columnist, you push that, be the first one to say to everyone -- wait, times of change direction, and