is the president what was the reaction of ordinary arslan there is and the politicians in your country when the russians put their national flag under the ice on the north pole was it what was it a big deal i thought to be of be considered a very clever little p.r. exercise. not because in for us especially but because it woke up the russian of the world and i personally can't a welcomed it because i had been trying for ten years to speak about the arctic issues to people in europe in the united states and elsewhere and there was very little interest but suddenly when the russians put the flock of the bottom of the arctic ocean everybody woke up but i realized times how to ride so i think when we look back only to the war sob welcomed the opening corps to the rest of the world but now we need to come together and and create a successful framework for corporation mr president. does iceland claim well like russia like canada there's a claim its share of the arctic shelf and what do you think in general is the best way to tackle this problem in order to avoid competition and conflict one

. >> tomorrow, on washington journal, kristie arslan talks about congressional legislation. jendayi frazer talks about the situation in sudan in charles peters talks about his biography of lyndon johnson. that starts at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> there is nothing about finance that is rocket science. you think about ponzi schemes, the biggest ponzi scheme for wall street is telling someone who has worked really hard to earn a buck that they are not smart enough to understand how that stock is to be invested. >> in 2007, analyst meredith whitney was the first to predict major losses for city group. she is our guest sunday night on "q&a." 's now, the impact of scandals and political candidates. this is 45 minutes. screen is professor lara brown who is the author of this book, "jockeying for the american presidency." we're going to be talking about presidential campaigns and elections and congressional campaigns and elections and scandals. professor brown, 44 men have sebbed as president of the united states. do they have anything in common? is there one commonality a

host: this is kristie arslan. 77.5% of employees are self- employed. 22.41% or firms with between two 49 employees. 99.9% of all businesses are strong -- are small businesses. guest: it goes to what we do here in washington these days. we need a policy shift here. a lot of the economic policy being discussed now is focused on larger sized small businesses. when you see a chart like this and you see how much of the segment is to the self- employed, you realize that we need to focus policy on the needs of this demographic because it is the democratic that is the largest and it is the demographic that is growing in our nation. from jesse inar los angeles on the republican line. caller: i am working as a stagehand. i have done this for 30 years. we are self-employed. it is different than having our own business. i am curious as to how this actually helps what we are dealing with as far as difficulties with the union situations that are guest: some people at a disadvantage competing for jobs and opportunities. one of the things that we try to do is really work with organizations. if we can

tomorrow on "washington journal," kristie arslan talks about economic policy and congressional legislationnd its impact on the self-employed. jendayi frazer as the latest on the situation in sudan. author charles peters talks about his biography of lyndon johnson. that is live it 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. -- at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span3 >> there is nothing about finance that is like rocket science. it is probably one of the most frustrating things for me. think about ponzi schemes. the biggest ponzi scheme for wall street is telling someone who has worked really hard to earn a box that they're not smart enough to understand how that is going -- earn a buck that they're not smart enough to understand how it is going to be invested. >> meredith whitney was one of the first to predict major losses for citigroup. she's our guest on sunday night's "q&a." >> search the term "mideast peace" and you'll get more than 1700 programs and thousands of the transcripts about the subject. it all leads up to this week's middle east peace talks. it is washington and the world your way. >> the candida