c-span. you can download this and other podcasts online at c-span. >> monday on c-span, our road to the whiteouse coverage continues with former senator rick santorum as he makes his official presidential campaign announcement. that is live from somerset, pa. at 11:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. >> this week on "newmakers", we are joined by sander levin, democrat of michigan and the top democrat on the ways and means committee. we also have two reporters to help us with questioning -- alberto sanchez, budget and appropriation reporter with the "national journal," and ian swanson, news editor at "the hill" newspaper. ian, go ahead with the first question. >> thanks. >> glad to be here. we've known each other a few years. >> yes, and i'm looking forward to the talk today. i'm going to start out with a disappointing topic, at least -- the labor department today put out a report for jobs figures for may that found the economy only added 54,000 jobs last month. this came, of course, after a slew of other bad economic news, on housing, other private sector forecasts on jobs and manufacturing. i'm

c-span: where was she living at the time? >> guest: she was living in canada. c-span: she is a canadian geographer. >> guest: yes, she is. c-span: where'd she go to school, by the way? >> guest: i don't know. c-span: i know you mention in the book the university of windsor. i--i... >> guest: that's where she was working as a geographer. c-span: working. ok. >> guest: and so she said, 'i--i think i can find some bodies in the permafrost and get this virus and my primary concern is safety,' unlike hultin, who was just going to go up there by himself and not tell anybody. if he found nothing, he was never going to tell a soul, because he didn't want the eskimos to become sort of--part of a media circus. she decided that she wanted to make this an--something that everybody knew about, that they would all understand the urgency for doing this, and so that she could do this in the--in the safest manner possible, because she didn't want to unleash an e--an epidemic on the world. c-span: what year did she start her research? >> guest: you know, i've--i--you'd think i'd

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that is on c-span 3 at 10:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span 2 at 1:00 p.m. eastern, the former national security adviser brent scowcroft talks about foreign policy following the annual gerald ford foundation journalism award. also today, the senate commerce committee looks at threats to real security is members here from that of the transportation security administration and the amtrak police talk on c-span 3 at two o'clock 30 eastern. agriculture secretary tom vilsack was at the national press club monday to preview next week's meeting of the g- 20 agricultural meetings. will discuss how industrialized nations can help emerging countries. this about one hour. >> thank you very much and thanks to all who are here today. let me start off with a sobering statistic. the united nations food and agricultural organization says 925 million people were undernourished last year. this is an improvement from 2009 but still unacceptably high. our goal as a nation and as an international community is clear -- to bring down this number by increasing the availability and t

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it descend a night at 9:30 p.m. on c-span. -- it is sunday night at 9:00 there the p.m. on c-span.ta rep michelle laughlin is in a close race with mitt romney. bachmann got

she had not been so that does speak to her c-span: tuna how many times you've been interviewed the last two or three years? >> guest: over 100 times, never at list laing, must say on air. c-span: what do you think of the media looking at it from the other side? >> guest: amine step p inaccuracies. there are interviewers who taped interviews with me and i can tell when they haven't listened to the tape because there simply to the cruiser to locations and simply never under and they find their way into print. and on occasion recently i have a very politely asked if i could hear the quotes attributed to me to read no offense meant but it's easy to get things wrong and i have been horrified when i seen a draft of a piece using the words i had been uttered in describing certain things involving other people. so i've been able to correct some things but that has astonished me. there's been several wonderful pieces. i'm not saying that they were laudatory, but they were beautifully written and funny and -- know, but there's been a lot of good writing but i have been struck by how much and accuracy i've seen. c-span: when does the movie come out? >

at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> jill abramson will be the first woman executive editor of the "new york times" in its 160-year history. watch her almost 40 appearances on c-span from 1988 as editor of the legal times through managing editor of the "new york times" online at the c-span video library, just one of the more than 100,000 people you can search and watch for free any time. it's washington your way. >> this week, james grant with a biography of the man who established majority rule in the house and senate. his name was thomas reed. he served from 1893 to 1891. >> why do you think the public would be interested in reading a book about the life and times of thomas reed? >> i have no idea about the public. i would be delighted to spend three or four years in the company of this man. this person never leaves and has no job and stays for the weekend. you have to live with him or her. it's ever so helpful if you come to like him. instantly i knew that we would be friends. i know is delighted to welcome him into my house. >> did you know instantly? >> i came across an essay that was in a book, and in this book, reed figured for a chapter. it was a fabulous

it is available at c-span's part of our video library. that is at c-span.org. from a self-described freelancer on our twitter page president obama needs to call out the republicans. $11.5 trillion spent and paid for nothing. he needs to show misuse of taxpayer cash. regina joins us from apollo, pennsylvania, on the republican line. good morning. you are on the air. please go ahead. caller: i want to talk about congressman ron paul and the fact that a lot of people call on and talk about social security but i don't hear one talking about ron paul has the bill, who is also running for president. he has a bill h.r. 219, and it make so that the social security money that we are forced to pay to the government -- we have no choice. that disturbs me. i have no choice and our government all these years have allowed the democrats and republicans, whoever does this, to go ahead and force it out and then this bill is a lock box on the social security. h.r. 219, the whole situation is we are just allowing everybody sort of fussing about this. but away need to rein in this

c-span: when you got back, and where is home? >> northwest connecticut right up at the beginning. c-span: went the wreck the best? >> guest: i rate the best probably between 4:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. when i am writing something like that i didn't quite early when the household is this the and i have three or four hours of uninterrupted work. then after that he can read over what i have done and make corrections and then go ahead and plow forward and do what research i may have to do generate a coherent narrative which is more or less the pattern bin. c-span: what do you hope this book will do? >> guest: i hope it will give people a precise account of exactly what happened at tiananmen, some understanding of the forces at work in chinese society which produced the emotions and drive that propelled the students and to what amounted to a crusade to improve government and not rebel against it or anything else. and the forces that is stimulated which, instead of adapting itself and taking the opportunity to move with the students, rose up and crushed them in an effort to demonstrate that

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at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. and we'll also have live coverage of the conference during the day on c-span2. the president will be in toledo, ohio, today to talk about the auto industry. the president will tour the chrysler group's toledo supplier park and meet with plant workers. we'll have live coverage at 1:00 eastern on c-span3. >> today marks the first time when our legislative branch in its entirety will appear on that medium of communication through which most americans get their information about what our government and our country does. >> several times today this has been referred to as an historic occasion. whether or not it will be an historic occasion is, i think, a subject for the judgment of history. a thaw week marks 25 years of televised coverage of the u.s. senate. on that first day in 1986, c-span2 was carrying a little more than 6.5 million homes. today it's available in over 89 million homes. watch that first day or any of the 21,000 hours of senate coverage online at the c-span video library.

we'll pick up coverage at 1250 this afternoon. c-span radio wraps up with presidential candidate and the chairman. that's the republican leadership conference starting at 12:50 eastern. carlsbad, california phyllis. caller: carlsbad, new mexico. host: in new mexico. go ahead. caller: i don't care whether you are independent, republican, democrat. stop taking all the wages away from them working in washington or living outside of it. take all their perks away and start hurting like the rest of america is hurting. we are. i brought a daughter from one side of the country to another because of no business. they've lost it all. start letting them feel the pinch. host: we have a tweet from dean he writes instead of cutting benefits, congress should be cutting waste and tax loopholes. send us your tweets at c c-span wj. on the line for republicans. caller: good morning. i'm 52 years old. i've been paying into social security since i was 14. i've been an independent contractor most of the time. i believe the problem with social security is that

easy-to-navigate web site for politics in the 2012 presidential race with the list c-span events from the campaign trail. visit us at c-span daughter are/campaign 2012 -- at c- span.org/campaign 2012. saturday was the final day of the 2011 leadership conference. coming up, we will show you a number of speeches from this conference. beginning now with the governor. . he is reported considering a run for president. the recovery comes as a result of individuals doing the hard work and making things happen. [applause] unfortunately, this administration in washington that is in power now clearly believes that government is not only the answer to every need but is the most qualified to make essential decisions for every american in every area. that that mix of arrogance and audacity that guides the obama administration is an affront to every freedom-loving american and a threat to every private sector job in this country. whether they are seeking to punish a company like boeing that is wanting to go into south carolina, they are pressuring company leadership in laboratories in new york, imposing epa mandates that will kil

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said at c-span and congressional chronicle. there is video of every house and senate session. keep up-to-date at c-span.org /congress. >> a burdo state centers were in washington earlier to discuss job creation and economic growth. this event includes a discussion on the growing challenge of state budget deficits. the conference begins with remarks from the former education secretary, margaret spellings. >> good morning, i will ask everyone to take your seat, please. but monday morning. i've thank you for being here. i am dejected vice president of the u.s. war policy and innovation here of the chamber of commerce. i'd like to welcome all of you to the 2011 sec rule -- the second annual governor summit sponsored by the campaign for free enterprise, a project of the national chamber foundation and the u.s. chamber of commerce. we are thrilled and honored to have with us today six of our nation's governors, representing a cross-section of the country, a cross-section of injury -- industries, challenges, and success stories, and we will hear from them through our program this mor

c-span3 at 9:30 a.m. eastern. -- >> now available, the c-span directory. inside new and returning senate and house members. it has to put your addresses, information on the white house, supreme court justices, in the governor's. order online at c-span.org/shop. >> michele bachmann formally announced her candidacy for president say -- republican nomination for presidency in waterloo, iowa. she is the founder of a house conference. -- [unintelligible] ♪ ♪ ood morning. good morning. is this is so great to be here in iowa this morning, and even better to be here in waterloo where i was born. [applause] i think it is entirely fitting that we are here today act the site that was once the waterloo women's club, so thank you for being here. my name is michele bachmann. i stand here in the midst of many friends and many family members to announce formally my candidacy for president of the united states. [cheers and applause] i do so, because i am is so profoundly grateful for the blessings that i have received, both from god and from this great country, and not beca

>>c-span: i was watching a panel and someone in the audience asking you name the literature that you would recommend today of any book at all quicksand curb monegan said "midnight in the garden of good and evil." what does that feel like? >>c-span: beyond words. that is a great thorough. somebody said when the book came out, it was on the best-seller list and how you feel? >> i feel wonderful. you can only feel so good and nice things have been all along. and i feel as good as i could possibly feel but actually i spent seven years doing this taking a long time the friends would say will you ever finished the book and after a while the people in savannah thought i really wasn't frightening one. 88/teenine there was no book and there were rumors i really wasn't right to one hour is becoming an eccentric and supposedly i was writing one by relevant wasn't writing it really. there was some pressure. so now i did spend the seven years and has been received very well i don't feel that i wasted a moment that it was well spent. >>c-span: how did you live financially? >> guest: i wrote a column every month and by roche annual re

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host: we took that hearing yesterday as part of our coverage here in -- hear at c- span we would like our website, c-span.org, looking up hearings on iraq regulations and you can see that for yourself. for the remainder of our time, talking about ethics standards for public officials. albany, new york. traci, an independent line. anyone else for? first of all, he is jt setting an example for future politicians of new york. we are try >> we will take you live to the white house for the joint news conference between president obama and chancellor angela merkel. t. please have the sea good morning began. -- good morning again. we had a wonderful dinner last night. betters english is much than my german. michele and a much before to hosting the chancellor. will present her with the medal of freedom. germany is one of our strongest allies. we see our partnership in the drive of bitches -- this is the largest trade relationship in the world -- in the drive of relationships. researchers are unlocking new innovations, including clean renewable energy sources. we see our partnership encouraged

it is all searchable at our c- span video library. c-span3 washington your way. eated by the washington cable companies. >> this week on "q&a," the look at a new documentary coming out this month. it is called the "page 1 -- inside "the new york times."" >> what is a guy who has a harvard law degree during walking around the new york times newsroom with the camera in his hand? >> that is a good question. i was a lawyer for a few years but always wanted to be a filmmaker. when i first picked up a camera and saw what it was like to be behind it and captor things in real time, it really thrilled. i made my way through the new york times after making a few other films during which i discovered david carr, who is really the start of "front page: inside the new york times." >> i want to show you a clip of an interview

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you can find it on our c-span radio program. today at 6:00. and we will play you as far as the audio version of that is concerned, we'll play you those arguments. again, you can listen for it on c-span radio at 6:00. you may know that on monday there will be releasing of the full papers by various sources. this will fake place monday on the 40th anniversary of the publicication date of the papers. our guest will be historian robblet dollic to talk about the release of the papers and give some historical context as well. coming up next, we're going to talk about a new proposal by federal regulators when it comes to buying a house. it would require you to have at least 20% down. it would also limit you if you have a certain amount of debt that you hold. our guest from the "washington post." we'll have that discussion when we come right back. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3, more than 20 years after the end of the cold war, a panel reflects obronald reagan andgoer bachove from lectures and history. nathan connelly on the civil r

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please bear with me if i start telling you things you already know but those lovely people at c-spanre here to outcast this and therefore think it is our duty to use this opportunity to get across the message about the serial genocides that have been going on in sudan, so forgive me if i am telling you things that you already know. i know there are people in this room who think it is perfectly appropriate as a topic of conversation to talk about genocide but believe it or not not everybody feels the way we do about that. i am going to talk to about what you about what is happening in abyei. over the weekend you probably saw the sudanese armed forces occupied the region of abyei. they brought in 5000 troops, an unknown number of tanks. they have then basically carpet bombing the city of abyei since the 19th of may. 20,000 people of had to flee for their lives. i have been getting e-mails from someone we

host: we took that hearing yesterday as part of our coverage here in -- hear at c- span we would likeo -- if you would like you can go to our website, c-span.org, looking up hearings on iraq regulations and you can see that for yourself. for the remainder of our time, talking about ethics standards for public officials. albany, new york. traci, an independent line. caller: the lady before me stole my thunder. you are going to lie to your wife? what do you care about lying to anyone else for? first of all, he is just setting an example for future politicians of new york. we are trying to teach children not to sext, text all of these lewd pictures on their cell phones. he will be making laws about the internet. the people of new york in his district, i am pretty sure that there is someone who is just as passionate, just as fired up as anthony wiener. you can find someone else to represent your district and to get the job done that will not lie to you, lied to his wife. lewd pictures for the world? the world wide web? host: republican line, north carolina. caller: gosh, piggyback from th

experts here, and please bear with me if i tell you things you already know, but those lovely people at c-span are here to broadcast this, and therefore, i think that it's our duty to use this opportunity to get across the message about the serial jen sides that have been going on in sudan, so forgive me if i'm telling you things that you already know. i know there's people in the room that think it's perfectly appropriate as a topic conversation to talk about genocide, but believe it or not, not everybody feels the way we do about that. i'm going to first of all talk to you about what's happening in abya. over the weekend you probably saw that the sudan armed forces occupied the region of abia bringing in 5,000 troops, an unknown number of tanks. they've been basically carpet bombing the city since the 19th of may. 20,000 people had to flee for their lives. i've been getting e-mails from someone we know who works for an agency near the city all morning, and apparently, sudan sudanese war planes are buzzing the communities of the two neighbors states as well the message being to terrify the lo

you can listen to them all at c- span radio. you can also look -- listen to satellite radio or on line at c-span.org. >> it was not altogether a compliment, though -- although he regarded it as one. >> republican of thomas reed changed the power structure in the house. >> it overturned a long standing status in the house. >> mr. speaker on c-span q&a. you can down on one of our signature interview programs online at c-span.org/podcasts. and eileen shanahan talks about reporting this weekend on "american history" television. we will also look at american artifacts, the museum resource center and the history of overflowing fidel castro. "washington journal" continues. host: we are talking with the executive to rector of the faith coalition wrapping up his weekend conference here in washington, d.c. the fifth tryout for presidential hopefuls. >> they needed to come out and speak to the core audience. i think they had an opportunity to make their case in unique and different ways. some more new candidates. i think we are looking forw

c-span. double end our committee coverage at -- that will end our committee coverage at that time did you can watch the entire committee following the markup at c-span.org, and you can watch the morning session with harold koh. this is the senate foreign relations committee, and many of the 19 members have arrived. still waiting for the chairman, john kerry, to andarrive an -- to arrive and gavel this session in. the resolution would authorize limited military involvement in libya operation, but not ground troops. it is similar to a resolution that was debated and defeated in the u.s. house last week. the house also failed to pass a bill that would pretty much have eliminated most funding for military operations. that fell in the house by a vote of 180-238. you will see an amendment that will be debated here in the markup session that is similar to that house language as well. the house itself is out this week for the district work period. they are out for the fourth of july and back on july 6. the senate is in session this week. they had been working on judicial nominations and voted on thos

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at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. quite the house recently debated and voted on two measures related to u.s. military involvement in libya. look for continued debate in the house and senate at c-span's congressional chronicle, a comprehensive recourse -- top rancid resource on congress. c-span.org/congress >> next, law professors review the major supreme court decisions at the fourth circuit court of appeals conference held this weekend. the panel's discusses the impact of the supreme court. the discussed court cases involving freedom of speech and the first amendment, federalism, and campaign finance. this is just over two hours. >> i hope you will realize that we are being very selective in our coverage. it is not possible to be comprehensive. not even all the important cases will necessarily be talked about, but we hope we take enough of them to give you some sense of what the court has been up to this year. we will try to bring the train in on time. we will conclude comfortably by noon today. we have a very distinguished panel. i am delighted to have with us heather gerkin. she is nationa

you can watch our programming anytime at c-span.org and it's all searchable at our c-span video library. c-span, washington your way. a public service created by america's cable companies. house speaker john boehner is calling on president obama to start direct talks with congressional leaders on cutting spending before raising the debt limit. currently the white house has vice president biden leading the talk. speaker boehner will be holding a briefing today. in fact, shortly, to answer reporters' questions about that and others issues facing the house. we'll have live coverage shortly. it is supposed to be at 11:15 a.m. the democrats are meeting with president obama this afternoon to talk about budget cuts. progressive leader barbara lee will be one of those members and we spoke to her this morning on "washington journal." " continues. host: on your screen is representative barbara lee, democrat of california. congresswoman, the democrats are meeting with president obama today. what is your message to him? guest: my message, of course, to the president -- and i am certain he agrees wi

you can download this online at c-span.org. >> monday on c-span, our road to the white house coverage continues with former senator rick santorum as he makes his official campaign announcement. that is why from somerset at 11:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. >> each year congress works to pass the 12 spending bills that funds the federal government for you can follow the progress with our comprehensive resource on congress, congressional, or -- if congressional car -- congressional chronicle. it is that c-span. >> president obama said friday that the big three automakers are now turning a profit and that an agreement has been made to sell the remaining stake of chrysler. he spoke to autoworkers at a chrysler plant in toledo, ohio. this is about 30 minutes. >> to introduce the president of united states, please welcome bill oakes field. [applause] >> good afternoon. i have been a chrysler employer for 17 years. i'm a second generation worker. my monetary year after 30 years of service. -- my mom retired after 30 years of service. my husband chris works here and i have two beautiful gen

documentary sunday night. >> we are live from new orleans at about 12:40 eastern with the republican leadership conference. until then, c-span viewers way and on the outgoing defense secretary robert gates. let's look at some of the headlines on this friday morning, beginning with the "* piggee euan." newt gingrich -- with the times picayune. newt gingrich speech fires of car. and another headline that of giving a lot of attention is from los angeles. this is the veto by gov. jerry brown. this is the budget with dinner -- disagreements. the headline from the "l.a. times" brown vetoed dismays. and this one from "time" -- did bob gates service masters to well? our twitter addresses twitter/ cspanwj. she points out robert gates 15 days left as secretary of defense, just ask him. today from "the new york times." the ps points out top military officers saying yesterday it was critical of the united states for maintaining ties with pakistan despite growing anti- americanism in the pakistan military and the worst relationship between the two countries in years. our numbers are on the screen. jesse is on the phone, good morning. >>

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have >> each week the house of commons is in session, we air prime minister's questions live on c-span 2 at 7:00 a.m. eastern, and again on c-span at 9:00 p.m. eastern. you can find more on our website. next, an interview with republican presidential candidate, texas congressman ron paul. then they looked at the 2012 republican presidential candidates. after that, a joint hearing on the future of u.s. manufacturing. >> today, a book tv and american history tv looked at literary life in savannah georgia, with a literary events on c-span to. this includes a conversation with plenary -- a conversation about flannery o'connor, "midnight in the garden of good and evil," and a tour of civil war sites in savannah, georgia. trouble with us as we visit the site of a plantation, and explore it antebellum with a historian. >> this week on "road to the white house," our series of interviews with gop presidential candidates continues with texas republican ron paul. he talks about his previous presidential bids, monetary policy, the federal reserve, abortion, and the republican party. he assesses the oba

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debate at c- span's congressional chronicle, a comprehensive research -- resource on congress. find a video of every house and senate session, daily schedules, and information on your elected officials at c- span.org/congress. next, our lady michelle obama speaks in south africa. after that, president obama talking about new technology and job creation. then, another look at today's house floor debates. the burst of presidential authorization to continue action in libya, the second to live it -- to limit funds for operations there. >> saturday, chief justice john roberts is the featured speaker at the fourth circuit court of appeals. a panel of law professors will review the major supreme court decisions from the last term. live coverage on c-span and c- span radio begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern. first lady michelle obama was in south of briquette this week on an official visit. she spoke at a church in soweto where a protest took place in 17 -- 1976. that led to the end of apartheid in south africa. she spoke about the apartheid struggle in south africa and the u.s. of a rights mo

from the c-span website -- data security revisited at congressional hearings. deyton shaft, so the network -- today, 10 shaft from sony will testify. this is something we will be covering on c-span to pick -- today. from "the washington post" house republicans pushing back against a series of public health measures, including school lunch standards and tobacco regulations. that is in "the washington post" this morning. the last call on washington's role in the economic recovery comes from chicago. joyce, are you with us? caller: ok, i and calling from chicago. first-time caller. arguing about democrats and republicans -- about the party. it is about us. we the people, the united states, to form a more perfect union. we are arguing among each other. obama is the greatest present we have the best one sitting there was carter. carter sitting in the white house with a coat on -- energy. people calling saying how can we help. go on your computer, public debt, go down on the computer and it says -- how to make contributions to reduce the debt. it cut down further and

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he is one of 100,000 people you can search and watch for free online at our c-span video library. it is washington your way. >> next highlights from the most recent session of the australian parliament. this 35 minute program comes courtesy of the australian public affairs channel. >> i am david speers. we are going to show you some highlights from the latest sitting of the australian parliament. climate change continues to dominate the agenda here as the government finalizes its plan to introduce a carbon tax. the government has been under pressure to do more about bugs are arriving in australia, finalizing the deal with malaysia on 800 asylum seekers as a deterrent. the government is also being forced to act on the live exports of cattle to indonesia after shocking scenes of the mistreatment of cattle. here are highlights of the latest sittings of the australian parliament. >> my question to the prime minister, of the the house on the report released by the climate commission titles the vertical dead guy. why is that critical to set a price on carbon? >> order. the leader of the

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watcher almost 40 appearances on c-span online at that c-span video library. one of the more than 100,000 people you can search and watch for free, anytime. at a news conference earlier today, the secretary general says dean khadafy regime is weakening. british and french warplanes deployed attack helicopters for the first time against the forces. this is 40 minutes. >> and then we will be happy to take questions. >> thank you andgood afternoon. it is now just over two months since we launched the operation to protect the people of libya under threat of attack. we have an historic united nations mandate, and the contribution of several partners, including from the region. together, we have made considerable progress. we have taken the momentum. we have turned the tide of terror unleashed by the qaddafi regime, we have saved countless lives and we have seriously degraded the ability of the qaddafi regime to attack civilians and we have relieved the pressure on cities, such as misratah. the figures speak for themselves. since nato first took action to protect li

institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> here is a look at what we are covering this morning. on c-span 2 at 9:30 eastern, the house oversight committee holds a hearing on the recovery from last year's gulf oil spill. the mississippi governor and local officials will testify. on c-span 3, the house energy subcommittee looks into data privacy and security of information stored on line. live coverage begins at 10:00 eastern. here on c-" is next live with ye calls. followed

it was on forsyth park, a very beautiful part of the slave trade there looking out at all of this. c-span: on lot? >> guest: on a computer. i have an early apple. i kept up reading as i went along. and that's where i wrote, taking my time. i'd get up, first thing i would do i would have coffee and sat right down, and presentable, no shower -- c-span: what time? >> guest: i get up around eight or nine and by what -- i right or i would organize notes or i would make appointments to see people, but always start some writing and of course every month there would have to do my esquire column. so break away and do research for - quarter, and right that and said that by fedex and later by fax when i had a fax and they became widespread. then i turn back to the book and sometimes it took me two days to get back into the rhythm of it because i'd have to steep myself into the information on the tractor and was working on and did into the rhythm and the flow of the ambience and i'd start out with and work. for today's sometimes it would take me to come down from having written the a square piece to

at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. it is also available online at c-span.org. >> on friday, the american-arab anti-discrimination committee held a discussion on the political unrest in the arab robbery taking part in that discussion was the deputy administration for the middle east at the u.s. a eddy. >> i am delighted to be here moderating with what is sure to be a compelling and provocative discussion on the uprisings in the arab world. our distinguished beakers today bring arrange of perspectives on recent perspectives in the arab world. it will also generate dialogue with our guests in the on all -- audience about halfway through the session, and open it up to questions and answers about your viewpoint as well. a few minor notes. ralph nader is listed as being a member of our panel this afternoon but he is appearing at the grand banquet tomorrow night. he will be the keynote speaker. one of our guests will be joining us later this afternoon. so we will get started right now because we're running late. allow me to se