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c-span: and the man in the glasses there is john scali... >> guest: yeah. c-span: ...here at abc and then became... >> guest: yeah. c-span: ...un ambassador. where did you take this picture from? >> guest: there was a press stand set up in front of the inaugural stand. that's the way they did things. they don't--this is on the east side of the white house--they don't have the inaugurations there anymore. and so this was done from there, and i used telephoto and wide-angle lenses in order to get close up, or to get wide images. c-span: you said 'east side of the white house.' you meant east side of the capitol. >> guest: i--i'm sorry--of the capitol--i'm sorry. yes. c-span: how did--how did the mood change when watergate started--hearings started? >> guest: i think the--the white house became more under siege all the time, and--and every day something was revealed that--that was unknown as the witnesses came one by one, and i think this was the most important show in--in america, if not in the world, at the time. c-span: on the screen on the far right is james hamilton, who wa

starting 8:00 eastern c-span todd family brothers and sisters of first laid mary todd lincoln beginning at 8:00 eastern on c-span3. coming up live this weekend on our companion network c-span national governor association 2012 meeting in our nation's capital. coverage under way 10:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow with an opening news conference and later discussions on economies. our coverage will continue sunday on education and childhood hunger as well as homeland security and role of the national guard. live coverage of the annual governor's winter meeting this weekend on c-span. at the 1968 olympic games john carlos and tommy smith raised their fist in the black power salute. >> they said black power. they intimidated so many people, white people in particular by using that phrase, black power. because when they use that word or that phrase plaque power, it made many people think black power meant destruction, blowing up the statue of liberty or ground zero, destroying america. it wasn't anything about destroying america. it was about rebuilding america. having america have a new paradigm in h

discover more about african-american history during black history month on book tv on c-span2 and online at the c-span video library. search and share from over 25 years of c-span programming at c-span.org/videolibrary. >>> more state of the state addresses now with new mexico governor susana martinez. she spoke at the state capital in san jose. she talked about repealing a law that allows illegal immigrants to receive driver's licenses and talked about small businesses receiving tax benefits returning home from war. this 40-minute event is courtesy of new mexico's kmme. >>> thank you. lieutenant governor -- lieutenant governor, senate president pro tem -- >> sergeant-at-arms. [ chanting ] >> i'm going to ask all of you to please refrain. we appreciate if you would leave the house. [ applause ] >>> governor martinez, i want to welcome you. welcome you. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. lieutenant governor, senate president pro tem, mr. speaker, our thoughts and prayers are with you and your loved ones, and new mexico is pulling for you. democratic and republican leaders, esteemed members of the ne

and i have been asked, very explicitly to point out that we have a microphone here from the folks at c-span. there it is. so if you are a question thrust your hand into the air where she can see it and wait until she reaches you and then everyone can hear it. >> is this on? why are there no great unifying leaders like george washington today? >> first of all, read the farewell address. washington never believed that the united states would be without political differences or political parties, factions, whatever you want to call them. what washington's whole presidency was about, whether it was staying out of european conflict or trying to avoid as long as possible the evolution of these intense partisan differences, washington's whole presidency was about buying time. washington was enough of a visionary to know -- washington was a strong leader of a weak nation, and given that situation, he also had enough faith in the future of this nation, given 30, 40 years of peace, that it would develop to the point where, frankly it could defend itself against any foreign power. likewise at home, wa

>> discover more about african-american history during black history month on book tv on c-span 2 and online at the c-span video library. search and share from over 25 years of c-span programming at c-span.org/video library. >>> we got started because there were a lot of conservative think tanks that work across issues. but before cap, there had been no single progressive organization that works on domestic policy, national policy. >> the president and the ceo of the center for american progress on the mission of the washington, d.c.-based think tank. >> you know, we think there's often an ideology behind a particular argument that are made in washington with very little facts behind them. part of our job is to make the arguments and the factual arguments and the evidence-based

the c-span networks today. join us tonight at 8:00 for speeches from the recent world economic forum from davos switzerland. topic, the global economy on c-span. c-span2 at 8:00, book tv focus. tonight the focus is on african-american lives, and here on c-span3 at 8:00, american history tv examining the lives and times of george washington. >>> at the 1968 olympic games, john carlos and tommy smith raised their fists in the black power are salute. >> they said black power. they intimidated so many people. white people in particular, by using that phrase. black power. because when they use that word or that phrase black power, it made many people think that black power meant destruction. blow up the statue of liberty or ground zero. destroying america. there wasn't anything about destroying america. it was about rebuilding america and having an america to have a new paradigm in terms of how we could truly be with each and every one of us doing that pledge going to elementary school and junior high school about the land of the free

on c-span's nukz maker, senator jeff bingaman will answer questions from reporters about the agenda in congress for energy and environmental policy. you can watch news makers on sunday on c-span at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. >>> c-span's washington classroom is a partnership with the washington center and george mason university. this week we look at the tea party movement. >> to the students at the washington center here in washington, d.c. and across the potomac at george mason university in fairfax, virginia, we want to welcome the students. we also want to welcome to the george mason campus peter mara of cbs news. he's covered the white house since the reagan administration and here in our studios a professor at harvard. thank you for being with us. let's dig into the book, and one of the points i want to highlight as we focus the on the tea party, it's role in the 2012 campaign and the president's own re-election effort. you write in the book that the tea party p in all of its manifestations has pulled want the republican party sharply toward the right and shifted the u.s. public at a critical juncture, blunting the reformist force of barack obama's historic presiden

. >> roper v simmons, saturday at 6:00 p.m. on c-span radio. >> wcsp washington around on xm satellite radio 119 and everywhere streamed at c-spanradio.org and "washington today" continues. ♪ >> although the strategy is framed as making the military more nimble and flexible, it's not clear how slashing the armed forces by over 100,000 during a time of war, shedding force structure and postponing the modernization makes that so. the president must understand that the world has always had and will always have a leader. as america steps back, someone else will step forward. >> and so the debate continues on capitol hill, the comments of representative buck mckeon, a republican and chair of the house armed services committee as defense secretary panetta and general adam dempsey testifying on capitol hill about the president's budget that includes spending increases in many areas including health care and transportation with some rather sharp cuts in military spending, this is hour two of "washington today," i'm steve scully. thanks for being

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you have today the better off you will be in in economy. >> watch the rest of this meeting online at c-span video library, archived and search searchable at c-span.org/videolibrary. >>> critics of president obama's recess appointment said the white house has created a dangerous precedent that would override the confirmation process. next the house oversight committee hears from chris lee followed by a panel with white house counsel. the president's appointments from earlier january is being disputed who say congress was not actually in recess at the time. this hearing is just over 3 1/2 hours. >> good morning. the committee will come to order. the oversight and government reform committee's mission is that secure two fundamental principle, first, americans have the right to know that the money washington takes from them is well spent and, second, americans deserve an efficient effective government that works for them. our duty on the oversight and government reform committee is to protect these rights. our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers because taxpayer

apple in the last few days -- >> washington journal airs live every morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. now interviews and political news live on c-span radio's washington today. >>> going to be dealt with. but the senate was the last bastion of resistance that heterosexual to be overcome and what mansfield did with hubert humphrey and everett dirksen and the other senators they won an overwhelming victory for what was probably the most important piece of legislation ever enjaktd, the civiling rights of '64. >> shapiro discusses his book with bernie sanders of vermont this friday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on "after words" here on c-span radio. ♪ >>> this is an economic relief package. because the president's policies have not only failed, they've actually made the economy worse. we were doing policies like those that we've passed and sent over to the senate be no need for this type of economic relief package. >> i'm just glad for the american people that the drum beat that president obama created across the country, remember public sentiment is everything and the public overwhelmingly suppo

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follow the discussion online at the c-span video library, archived and searchable at c-span.org/videolibrary. >>> a recent hearing of the senate budget committee looked into the financial crisis affecting eurozone economies. analysts from the peterson institute for international economics, mit, and the american enterprise institute testified at this two-hour hearing. >> come to order. >> i want to welcome everyone to the senate budget committee today. today's hear willing focus on the outlook for the your row zone and its potential impact on the u.s. and global economy. we have three really distinguished witnesses with us this morning. i want to thank them each for being here. first, we have dr. simon johnson, sr. fellow at peterson institute and professor of entrepreneurship at the sloan school of management. dr. johnson has testified before this committee on several occasions and we welcome him back this morning. we also have dr. fred bergsten, director for the peterson institute for international economics. i would note that after 13 years of ably leading the peterson institute, he'll be

check us out at c-span radio.org. a long-term outlook that many say congress needs to work on, one of the issues that senator ron widing put forth as ben bernanke testified on capitol hill. last week he was before a house committee. today before the senate budget committee. >> i want to ask you a little bit more about the shocks to the committee that you the have been discussing. you talk about the pace of the recovery being slow and particularly for the millions of people who are hurting, unemployed, underemployed and that all of this really comes together as part of a sluggish expansion that's left the economy vulnerable to shocks. so i can see plenty of shocks. the payroll tax debate bogging down into a quagmire and talking about two months or another short-term effort. we mentioned europe as another one. mentioned the question 69 sequestration and you know, to me, that will alone puts a very negative spectacle you know out because it would mean that in a lame duck session in the 2012 congress, you would see, again

c-span 3. for more information, follow us on twitter at c-span history. >>> an air of mystery has surrounded this bronze likeness of alexander hamilton. so claims author james m. good in his definitive book on the outdoor sculpture of washington, d.c. in dedicating the ten foot tall figure, the great visitors president warren harding talked about an anonymous donor. could it have been andrew mellon who liked to describe as the greatest secretary of the treasury since hamilton himself. sculpted by james earl fraser, the protege of augusta st. gardens, hamilton wears a slightly quizzical look. perhaps he is trying to recognize his surroundings. after all, it was his famous deal with congressional supporters of thomas jefferson that led to the assumption of the states debts to an entirely new city or the built on the banks of the potomac. the pedestal on which he stands makes no reference to hamilton's real estate transactions. it pays tribute instead to his financial genius. he smoked the rock of the natural resources that reads an abundant streams of revenue gusts forth. >>> this is c-span 3 with

discover more about for example history during black history month on american history tv on c-span 3 and online at the c-span video library. search and share from over 25 years of c-span programming. >>> farming officials tell congress current immigration laws make it tougher for them to find workers. at issue is the temporary visa program for immigrants coming into the u.s. for seasonal agriculture work. members of the judiciary subcommittee on immigration heard from farm experts from georgia, california and north carolina. they discussed what to do with agricultural workers in the country illegally. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> i'll call to order the subcommittee on the policy and enforcement. today, we have a hearing on regional perspectives on agriculture guest worker programs. good morning to all. today's subcommittee hearing represents our third hearing on the issue of seasonal agricultural labor and guest worker program. this is a complex issue which impacts not only farm workers and agricultural employees, but also u.s. workers and local communities in the united states and the

you can follow coverage of political events as well as results on the c-span networks and online at c-span.org. >>> now online at the c-span video library, speeches from last weekend's conservative political action conference. >> we must outsmart the liberals! we must outsmart the stupid people that are trying to ruin measuring! >> it's about one country united under god. we aren't red americans, we're not blue americans, we're red, white, and blue and president obama, we are through with you! >> around the last table, they can get along and come at our throat as long as we're foolish enough to raise taxes and throw money in the center of the table, and then they can get along like the scene in the movie after the bank robbery, one for you, one for you, one for you, and they're all happy. >> search for "cpac," and you can click videos and share them at c-span.org/videolibrary. >>> earlier this week, energy secretary steven chu outlined the president's 2013 budget request for the energy department. the president's request is just over $27 billion. and that's less than last year's spending. the

. >> this year's political action conference begins thursday and c-span will cover it. watch it online at the c-span video library at c-span.org. >>> this is c-span3 with poll continues and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend american history tv. 48 hours of people and events telling the american story. get our schedules and see past programs on our web sites. join in the conversation on these social media sites. >>> the house commerce committee has voted on the keystone oil pipeline. it would give the federal regulatory commission 30 days to approve the pipeline taking the decision out of the hands of the white house. ehrlir early earlier this year, president obama denied a permit for the project. the committee meeting is less than four hours. >> committee will come to order. at the conclusion of openings statement call up hr 3538, north american energy access act. i would note because of the conference committee on the payroll tax extension, i want to thank members for getting here to start this morning. we're intending to stop temporarily at 10:00. and resu

unparalleled in our knowledge, experience, and -- >> all of this available online in our video library at c-span do the coring and later in our program schedule. take you live now here in washington, the annual conservative political action conference is getting started. first up this morning, this afternoon going to hear from republican leader of the u.s. senate mitch mcconnell. live coverage here on c-span3. >> good morning. i want to thank the acu board, acu staff and volunteers. thanks for the opportunity once again to gather as a movement to share our ideas and our talents in the great cause of liberty. every year at cpac past meets present. and both gain new energy and enthusiasm and allies for the fight. we have a chance to honor and to learn from the conservative giants of the past and to size up new ones. we get to hear from those who are leading the cause in state houses across the country and here in washington. for those of you haven't noticed, our ranks are growing. one of the great developments in congress over the past few years is the emergence of so many strong, principled conse

and by the way, we are covering cabinet secretaries all week on the c-span networks and you can check it out on our website at c-span.org, including as we heard earlier the transportation secretary ray lahood and cat lien sebelius. this is "washington today" on c-span radio. congressional negotiators trying to work out the final agreement of a $150 billion measure that would extend a cut in the payroll taxes over the next ten months. it would also deal with extending jobless benefits for those people still out of work. there's a story on this at "the washington post" website, washingtonpost.com, and dealing with the so-called doc fix, now final passage according to the "washington post" is expected by friday. speaker john boehner speaking to reporters earlier about this proposed agreement. >> on payroll, all along and as late as last week you insisted that the payroll tax extension must be paid for. so what does the about-face say? >> we were not going to allow the democrats to continue to play political games and raise taxes on working americans. and so we made a decision to bring them to the table so that t

i'll start with you so our friends at c-span. >> ted. ambassador, you indicated that it would probably be in israel's rational self-interest to bolster the palestinian authority at this time, but yet we -- there was a major prisoner release that has given as you know, hamas tremendous credibility. i've never been particularly impressed by the measures that the israeli government has taken to bolster the palestinian authority when everybody agrees that this is the most nonviolent, most rational group of leaders ever. is it not possible that given the extreme right-wing nature of the coalition government in israel that there is essentially a tacit understanding between hamas and the underliners, and there are no talks going and that each side believing time is on their side and woupreferring that the extremists be on the driver's seat or very influential? >> i don't think so, ted. i think that the deal for hamas. it was done to get back shalit and there was a fear that they might lose the opportunity to get back shalit, and the israeli gove

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follow american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org/history. >>> american history tv usually is shown on the weekends on c-span 3 will continue this week in primetime. our focus is black history month. at 8:00 eastern with the ground breaking of the new smithsonian museum tank place wednesday on the national mall, the museum's founding director takes us through the storage facility to see some of the artifacts that will be on display. and the relationship between martin luther king, jr., and his mentors. at 10:00 to memphis, tennessee, as we tour the national civil righ rights museum. and then at 10:30 from water bury, connecticut, professor william foster teaches the class on the history of the "n" word with a focus on uncle tom's cabin and mark twain's huckleberry finn. this is american history tv on c-span three. >>> you're joining us on c-span 3 american history tv every weekend. 48 hours of the people and the events that tell the american story. we're continuing our special look at the nation's first ladies on this presidents' day weekend. an

already saying he would veto this particular piece of legislation, but it did spark a debate here at c-span and certainly among of you listening on c-span radio and live on c-span3 your thoughts about a federal worker pay freeze. here's what om of you had to say. >> annapolis maryland, maryland. i agree that federal employee salaries should be frozen. lease no reason why they shouldn't be. they should be treated just like every other american, every other american worker who has had to endure pay freezes and reductions in their salaries. they're no different than anybody else. chris van hollen should agree on that because you know, it's wrong for him to disagree on it. i think salaries should be frozen one more year. thank you. annapolis, maryland. >> i'm calling from college park, maryland. sean duffy is misrepresenting the situation. it turns out that the lower paid federal employees are being paid more than private sector employees. but upper paid federal employees are not. they're paid less than public sector employees. so to treat them all the same and want to freeze their wages is unf

c-span 3. for more information, follow us on twitter at c-span history. >>> in may of 2011, mistoron richard norton smith led a ten-day bus tour from north carolina to texas. the group stopped at many presidential and historic sites along the route. one of the stops was the sixth floor museum at dealey plaza in dallas, texas. the mee sum was located in what was once the texas school book debaas toir. from the sixth floor of this building, lee harvey oswald shot john f. kennedy on november 22nd, 1963. curator gary mack talked about the museum and how the information on the assassination and ensuing investigations is presented. >> what we set out to do was to basically tell what happened and not draw any of our own conclusions about what it means, but to present what history has told us. and there have been several investigations, and various developments over the years. most people, according to the public opinion surveys, have never been satisfied that it was just lee harvey oswald. but none of these other theories have been proven. and as far as many people are concerned, they've all been dismisse

that's on c-span 3 at 3:30 a.m. eastern. also on c-span 3 at 2:00 p.m. eastern, treasury secretary tim geithner will return to capitol hill to testify about the president's 2013 budget. he's before the house budget committee. >> booktv is live saturday from the savannah book festival. coverage starts at 9:30 eastern with tom clavin on the last hours of the vietnam war followed by karl marlantes on what it's like to go to war and scotty smiley at noon. at 1:30 eastern, the changing israeli/palestinian conflict and irshad manji and toure on "who's afraid of blackness" and the rice and fall of the comanches on c-span 2's become tv. >> c-span radio's "washington today." over the next 90 minutes a look at today's top stories including the president's trip to milwaukee to talk about the economy. >> welcome back to "washington today" here on c-span radio. i'm steve scully. we're on the website with a photograph of the president as he toured the master lock plant in milwaukee. wisconsin, of course, with its ten electoral vote, a key battleground state in this 20

about african-american history during black history month on american history tv on c-span3 and online at the c-span video library. search and share from over 25 years of c-span programming. at c-span.org/video library. this is c-span3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week. and every weekend 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs on our web sites. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. transportation secretary ray lahood testified before the senate budget committee yesterday on the president's $74 billion budget request for his department in 2013. it includes a six-year, $476 billion transportation development program pained for by military operations as they wind down in afghanistan and iraq. this is about an hour and a half. >> the hearing will come to order. i want to welcome everyone of the senate budget committee this morning. our hearing today will focus on the president's transportation budget request, our witnesses the secretary of transportation ray lahood. this

the c-span video library, all archived and searchable at c-span.org/videolibrary. >>> this is c-span 3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend with american history tv, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. join in the conversation on these social media sites. >>> the ninth circuit court of appeals struck down proposition 8, california's ban against same-sex marriage tuesday, ruling two to one that it violated the u.s. constitution. the ruling upheld a lower court decision, which struck down the ballot measure in 2010. judge stephen rinehart wrote the opinion opinion. it requires there be at least a legitimate reason for the passage of a law that treats different people differently. proposition 8 serves no purpose other than to lessen the status of gay and lesbian men in california. supporters of the same-sex marriage ban can either appeal to a larger ninth circuit court of appeals panel or directly to the u.s. supreme court. this is the oral arg

. >> watch the rest of this meeting or the two others they have held online at the c-span video linebacker at c-span.org/videolibrary. >>> now an update on the ongoing house and senate conference committee negotiations on the payroll tax cut extension. >> over the past couple of weeks, the house and senate conference committee negotiating a long-term extension of the payroll tax cut, unemployment benefits, and doctors reimbursement rates has held three public meetings. three more are plan in order week with the first on tuesday. steven sloan, a tax and congressional reporter. >> we haven't seen a lot of progress yet. we have seen maybe a little bit of agreement here on there on some of the small issues. but the big issues that have to be decided, the fate of the unemployment insurance program and exactly how you're going to cover the $100 billion cost of extending this package through the rest of the year, that hasn't been discussed. and both sides seem to be at pretty big odds over exactly how to address those issues. >> so let's take unemployment insurance. where -- what are the specific

>> discover more during black history month on american history tv on c-span3 and online at the c-span video library. search and share from over 25 years of c-span programming. at c-span.org/videolibrary. >>> before taking off for their president's week recess the house and senate extended the payroll tax cut until the end of the year. the bill also includes long-term unemployment aid and medicare payments to doctors. this morning, before final votes we spoke with vermont representative peter welch for about half an hour about the deal struck between the house and senate negotiators. >> we're very happy to have congressman welch with us this morning, democrat at large from vermont. and i wanted to start here, with

discover more about african-american history during black history month on book tv on c-span2 and online at the c-spanideo library. search and share from over 25 years of c-span programming at c-span.org/videolibrary. >>> john glenn piloted "friendship seven" into space. next, ron neil, a reporter who covered the american manned space program, interviews director gene kranz, who worked on "mercury," "gemini" and "apollo". as lead flight director of the "apollo 13" mission, he and his team lplayed a significant role in guiding astronauts back to earth. this is part two of an interview conducted for nasa's johnson space center. >> it was time to move on to "apollo 12." i can remember pete con regard, since you were talking, let's talk about another, who said to me, those guys landed on the moon, what do i do for an encore? >> was there a similar feeling in mission control? >> no. i think, in fact, it didn't take a second for the program office to ratchet up the complexity of the objectives. once you landed on the moon, what are you going to do to top it? i'm going to land on the moon next to a surveyor

. >> been getting a lot of tweets as well at twitter.com/c-span. our handle is @c-spanhistory just in case you want to favor that. the hash tag today is person of the year 1862. #poty1862. just want to read one tweet before we go back to professor thomas. here's one from wilhelm ii. he's not worthy of conversation. i nominate ben butler and that from our twitter folks. >> we'll go to professor thomas at the library of virginia who is standing by to take some of your calls and question. professor thomas, i do want to start with a question by one of our facebook friends. she'd like to hear professor thomas' opinion about lincoln racing an army and whether he feels lee had any inside information prior to lincoln's assassination. >> okay. i don't think lee or anybody had any idea about a conspiracy for lincoln's assassination. somehow i think he did that all by his lonesome and did it with a few others, who knows? lincoln raising an army against his own people. and they were the other people and thus he was. >> raising an army to save his nation and it

if you want to read more about c-span and egypt, and it's not affiliated with us at all. just their own version of a c-span-type center, center for strategic and international studies. there's a cover of the "new york post" this morning. and here's a picture of marie colvin who was killed, the cnn producer who was killed in syria. syrians marked her death "war crime" is what "the new york post" is calling that. one final call on the brokered convention topic. greg from raleigh, north carolina. what do you think? caller: thank you. thank goodness for c-span. hello to our friends in australia. and thank you for your work. and that poor lady who was murdered, or killed in the war. the best to her family. it's a terrible loss. i think that all four candidates have strong points. after watching the debates and listening very carefully. i still find it difficult to make up my mind. the -- all four have such good -- i like something in all of them. you know, there's enough difference between them that there's a tradeoff. but it's the idea of fearing a brokered convention. it's ju

c-span video library. all archived and searchable at c-span.org/videolibrary. this discussion is part of the day long summit discussing innovative ways discussing problems and military voting. this was hosted by the overseas vote foundation. >>> this is going to be a discussion between and amongst those who have a common interest in facilitating parngs of our men and women in uniform and that most fundamental of american rights which is that right to vote. we live in a representative republic where the underlying premise of that republic is that through the process of elections that we choose leaders who represent our point of view. the voters will oversee the elections and make sure that everything is upheld. to the degree that the actions of these elected officials impact our lives and nowhere is the impact on someone's life more profound by a public official than those folks who are in our uniforms.

vote and join the conversation with us on facebook, at facebook.com/c-span. >> each week at this time "american history tv" features an hourlong conversation from c-span's a sunday night interview series "q and a." here's this week's encore "q and a" on "american history tv." >>> this week on "q and a," historian and author edmund morris discusses his newly released book the last in a trilogy about teddy roosevelt. it's called ""colonel roosevelt" >> i want to go back to the first words you wrote about theodore roosevelt in yours first three books, you started off with a prologue, new year's day 1907 at 11:00 precisely the sound of trumpets echoes within the white house. and floats through open windows out into the sunny morning. you remember what mood you were in when you had to write those first words? >> yes. it was a mood of complete despair. i'd been trying for months to get the book started. i knew in my head that i was going to start with new year's day of 1907 because i found out quite by accident that on january the 1st, 1907 shook more hands than any other president in histo

at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span-2. >> by 202, at least half of all energy that of the navy uses will come from non fossil fuel sources. >> from sail to coal and oil and clear power, the navy secretary on the reasons for and new energy standard. >> we are too dependent on eit her potentially or volatile places on earth to get our energy. we are susceptible to supply shocks. and even if we have enough, we are susceptible to price shocks. when the libya situation started, that was a $1 billion additional fuel bills for the u.s. navy. the only place that we have to go get that but we train our sailors and our marines less. >> more tonight at an o'clock p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> this past week, house and senate lawmakers continue to look at continuing the pay cut for workers, and they will continue their work on tuesday with a fourth public meeting. the cuts expire by the end of the month, and all sides agree on extending it. >> i do not hear a fundamental disagreements in that this enhances their lives and their ability for them to get a job down the road. i do not hear a disagreement with th

saturday starting at noon even on book tv on c-span 2. author gary joiner from one damn blunder great beginning to end and then a look at the over 200 thousand books of the books housed at the archives. and a walking tour with neil johnson and on american history tv on c-span tv, from barksdale air force base, a look at the base's role at 9/11 and visit the founding father's autograph collection and from the pioneer heritage center. medical treatment and medicine during the civil war. louisiana, this weekend on c-span 2 and 3. >>> the new america foundation recently hosted a discussion on the impact of negative political advertising on the 2012 elections. speakers look back in the history of negative ads, the number of ads being put out this year and how those ads effect people's views on politics. a poll showed that 50% of ad this is season are negative. up from just 6% four years ago. >> good afternoon. hello. welcome to our first 2012 event here at the new america foundation. i i'm a vice president and editorial director at new america.