you're on with arturo vargas. >> caller: good morning, mr. vargas. >> good morning. >> caller: i have a few questions, and i want to couch this by saying i don't expect you to obviously speak for the entire latino community, just as i don't speak for the entire mutt community, english, scottish, whatever the heck i am, but that being said. i wonder what your perspective is you mentioned immigration reform and a few items of making it easier and so forth. what would be your acceptance or what would be your preference i guess to do what -- number one, what those illegals currently here that are already -- already have been here and are under illegal status, what do we do with them, and number two, what are your feelings as far as the constitutional argument regarding quote, unquote, someone who comes here illegally and that child is -- through manipulations of the constitution are considered u.s. citizens. that are your thoughts on those two items, i would really think of it? >> what do we do the with the 11 million people that are here. i think

. >> arturo vargas is the executive director of naleo, the national association of latino elected and appointed officials, and the website is naleo.org. mr. vargas, thank you. >> thank you. >> coming up, we'll simulcast today's edition of c-span radio's "washington today" program. that gets under way at 5:00 p.m. eastern live here on c-span three. >>> illinois votes in the republican primary today. join us later for results live from the offices of politico. we'll also have speeches from mitt romney and rick santorum. ron paul and newt gingrich have no plans to speak. that's tonight at 7 378 eastep. on the c-span network and make c-span.org your clearing house for all things related to the campaign. watch video of presidential candidates and president obama from the campaign trail. search in the candidates on the issues section for the candidates' views on campaign issues like the economy, the deficit, national security and immigration. again, that's all at c-span.org/campaign2012. >>> the u.s. supreme court will hear arguments on the health care law later this month. c-span will air

host: arturo vargas is the director of naleo, and the website is naleo.org. mr. vargas, thank you. guest: thank you. host: we will look at federal food safety programs. that will be after this word from c-span radio. >> housing construction numbers this hour showed u.s. builders began work on slightly fewer homes in february, but building permits, a gauge of future construction, jumped up to 5% last month, the highest level in more than a year. builders broke ground on a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 698,000 homes, down over 1% from january. an update on the shooting in florida last week. the justice department says it will investigate the shooting of an unarmed african-american teenager who was killed last week by any bird watch captain who was armed with a high-power -- a neighborhood watch captain who was armed with high-powered hundred department announced its civil rights division, along with the u.s. attorney's office for the middle district of florida and the fbi, will launch what they are calling "a thorough and independent investigation into the facts and circumstance

host: arturo vargas is the director of naleo /ñ??????? ., trying to reform such a long way to go. but one of the things that the obama administration had the opportunity to do is to get these regimes to have some legitimacy to lead their people to a democratic process without having the destruction of revolutionary change. >> i want to make a couple of comments. one is to offer further explanation on why there is not a center. and the second point i want to make relates to the lesson that steve was saying. there has been a lot of focus within the obama administration about precisely what you're describing. having those kinds of conversations, you can see what is coming, get out in front of it and offering certain suggestions. but let me offer the first observation. mubarak very much did what elliott was describing. he was not alone in this. basically, all the so-called republics, they had no justification for why they were in power. they had no idea that explained what was their reason for ruling. unlike the monarchies, they had dynastic le

then, arturo vargas talking about voter turnout projections for latinos this coming fall.fter that, caroline smith duvall will take a look at federal food safety programs and new proposals to overhaul the way the fda meets. your e-mails and your phone calls, "washington journal," live each day, right here, 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. live coverage now of the u.s. house. committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 587, resolution providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 2087, to remove restrictions from a par sofle land in the district in virginia. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 0, proceedings will resume on the mollings to suspend the rules previously postpone the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from texas, mr. smith, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3992. -- 3992, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the cl

arturo vargas talks about the projected voter turnout for latinos.will investigate how the fda inspects meat with caroline smith. live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. next mitt romney talks about the u.s. economy of the university of chicago. the event was part of the series of forums. this is just under 40 minutes. [applause] >> welcome. i know you are not here to see me, but a few things. gov. romney received his ba from byu. he then went to a lesser institution in cambridge, but he .as a connection to usfc in his namesake was the star football player of the university of chicago and went on to play for the bears, sir you recovered. if you have not checked on line this morning, the delegate count is 516 for mitt romney. santorum is the closest, and he lf that. have ha fivelf romney has the edge in illinois , and eight-point age nationwide, and he is coming back from puerto rico. we are sure to talk about issues during your -- about issues. that is what this is about, trying to get some clarity about what we experience. it is my pleasure t

arturo vargas talks about the projected voter turnout for latinos.nd how the fda inspects meat with caroline smith dewall. washington journal is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern every day on c-span. in a moment on c-span, freshman house republicans talk about legislation that would repeal the medicare advisory board that is now part of the health care law. after that, a high-school education summit. we will hear from education secretary arne duncan. later, candidates for mitt romney and -- kate mitt romney and rick santorum tomorrow. >> in march, 1939, c-span began broadcasting nationwide. it is available on tv, radio, and online. >> we have had advice that we do not do as i did today and come in with a plain old white shirt and a summertime -- a summer tie. heaven forbid. i do not know if my colleagues feel this would be a better decorum for the senate, and i see the distinguished senator stafford over here nodding no. perhaps the people of ohio would like to make a judgment on what they would like to see me attired in here in the united states senate. mr.