and joining us is the mayor of charlotte, north carolina, anthony foxx.h for being with us. let me ask you first of all about a state that barack obama won with 14,000 votes or by 14,000 votes back in 2008. it is a battleground state in 2012. how does he win that state? what worries you the most as you go into this fall election? guest: well, the president's team is already here on the ground. they've opened 13 field offices in the state. i think the most important for the president is have those folks starting early on the ground game and continuing to work towards november. in addition to that, the president has visited the state many times over the last three years and we've seen a lot of him in 2012 and i think the more he touches this state, the better his chances are, and of course, the convention is going to be a critical piece, too. host: this is a story this morning from inside "the washington post." reminders that 2012 is not 2008. differences that the president will have instead of being the challenge, he's an incumbent. running on a record tha

anthony foxx as well. washington journal sunday at 7:00 eastern.past week the executive commission on china held a meeting on the ongoing human rights abuses there. >> i really fear my other family members lives. they have installed seven video cameras. even an electric fence. now, he said, those security officers near my house -- we want to see what else cheng guangcheng can do, too. the libertarian party on saturday elected former new mexico gov. gary johnson as their nominee an las vegas. he said his goal was to reach 15% in the polls to qualify for the presidential debate and at least 5% in november to secure funding in 2016. former california superior chief judge jim and gray was chosen as his vice president. >> i sat down with them afterwards and i then and there decided i had to vote for a libertarian party candidate. one of the first things i loved about him when he came to san jose and we all went down to the airport and in those days you could go out to the tarmac, believe it or not. roger macbride came in on a rented played named the kno

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. >> anthony foxx is the mayor of charlotte, north carolina. nice to see you.ing with us. >> great seeing you. thank you, soledad. >> still ahead on "starting point" this morning, before we get that i have a second. what do you think? >> can you imagine pulling up stakes and pulling your tent into your backpack and moving to another state? it will be really hard to have that democratic national convention in charlotte between occupy as you suggested in that interview and now this gay marriage vote it won't be pretty but you can't move. >> that's what democracy is about. >> that's why you cannot move. that's going to make for them roughly $300 million. and raise a city to a bigger national platform. as he pointed out, that city has been growing and growing. much of it under his guidance. he wants to keep that going in the right direction. >> from dnc perspective you can't tuck your tail between your legs and take off. >> financially it would be problematic and if you want that city to make the turnaround that they've had, got to keep doing that. >> you don't wan

on sunday, mayor of charlotte anthony foxx about the plans for the convention and the effect on the city. and we will stick with the chairman of the william pope foundation and conservative activist in that state. to learn more about the c-span tour, go to [unintelligible] -- go to c-span.org/bus. first, on sunday, author robert caro. it is the story by david jackson in the paper this morning. caro is working on his history of lyndon johnson and obama and cannot help wonder if there would've been a president obama without lyndon johnson. we are talking to robert caro as well. that will be on sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific time. here's a clip of that conversation and then we will be right back. >> i don't regard this as just a biography of lyndon johnson. i want each book to examine the kind of political power in america. i am saying this is a kind of political power. seeing what a president can do in a moment of -- in a time of great crisis. how he gathers and what does he do to get legislative action to take command in washington. that is a way of examining power at a time of c

they will visit with melvin alston and anthony foxx. on monday, they checked with the pope foundation chairman. >> this weekend on "book tv," which document the war against al qaeda since 1911 in the "hunting in the shadows." saturday night at 10:00 eastern also, your questions and comments from tom brokaw live at noon eastern. "book td" every weekend on c- span2. >> back to the marine corps university discussion yesterday. looking at terrorist organizations specifically the taliban in afghanistan and the united national people's movement in nepal. this panel looks at how terrorist organizations have of all the overtime. it is about one hour. >> hello. this is a panel for ongoing -- we are pleased to have such an interesting and distinguished said the panelists here to discuss the taliban in afghanistan and the nepali organization. to be going after such a dynamic speaker, we have to step up our game. our guest is here with the marine corps university and he is truly an expert on afghanistan, pakistan. he has written several books and n

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