susan elizabeth baker. there are some horrific allegations and charges facing what she did with children in her midst in 1987. it begins with her 3-year-old stepson who vanished and we still don't know what happened to him, right? >> no, we don't. i pulled some information off a website called the charlie project. they cover a lot of missing kids. earlier today, when i was looking at it, they have information on paul leonard baker, who is in fact susan baker's stepson. back in 1987, she claims she put him to bed and that he simply vanished. unfortunately, investigators were coming through a lot of that information and they were able to find out he may have possibly been abused and other things going on at the time. when this happened with baby shannon, investigators said, hey, susan was one of the people we looked at right away, based on her criminal history. >> you have not only the 3-year-old, we also have her 6-year-old daughter who was also abused, let me read off some of these charges, this lady was co

. >> >> this week on "the communicators," a discussion with fcc commissioner meredith attwell baker. she discusses several issues currently before the fcc including net neutrality, media ownership rules and federal broadband policies. >> host: well, meredith attwell baker is our guest this week on "the communicators." also here is kim hart of the hill newspaper to join in the questioning. commissioner baker, if we could start with the issue of network neutrality, network management. were you surprised that chairman genachowski emphasized this as his priority issue? >> guest: well, i think i was surprised because we didn't necessarily have a heads up that it was coming, but certainly the president had outlined it in his campaign speeches, so we knew this was a priority of the chairman. i think to discuss it i'd like to start with something that we all agree on which is the fact that we want to have an open internet, and we want to have the free flow of lawful content on the internet, and we all agree about that. i think where we disagree is whether consumers and innovation would be be

baker's stepson. back in 1987 she claims she put him to bed and he simply vanished but unfortunately investigators were combing through a lot of that information and they were able to find out that he may have possibly have been abused and there could have been some other things that were going on inside of that house at the time. so, when this happened, with baby shannon, investigators said that, hey, susan was one of the first people we looked at right away, based on her criminal history. >> right. you've got not only the 3-year-old but then we also have her 6-year-old daughter, who was also abused let me read some of the charges. this lady was convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill her 6-year-old daughter had broken hands, sores on her back and the sentence, again, john i'll go to you on this 10-year sentence suspended to 80 days? how does that happen? >> it shouldn't happen but it did. this is just a recurring event in a lot of these cases that you're covering, mike, a lot of these c

what about the bakers?>> they lived here since whatever happened in south carolina to bring them to washington county. >> this is since the '90s? >> probably. >> it is a mind-boggling story, multiple charges being brought against the mother, the babysitter, and the babysitter's husband against a missing 7-month-old, shannon dedrick, we're told they found the child hidden in a 2 foot by 3 foot cedar chest at the babysitter's house, with material around it to conceal the fact that the baby was there. and the charges against the mother stem from the fact that the mother and the babysitter conspired to hand over this child to the babysitter who also in some way seems to be related, we're told, to the father of this child, as well. so as we try to figure out exactly what's going on here, all we can tell you at this point is that that baby is in child protective custody, and is -- under another examination. but even though they found her 12 hours after she had been placed in this box, the sheriff says, she has be

baker is a hero? >> really. let me ask you this, sherman. where does the 911 call from mommy fit in. >> i'm not so sure she's a hero. these are wacky people, simple as that. >> that's your defense? you are going to stand in front of a jury and say, they're wacky? >> all prosecuted based upon the result. thank god that nobody got killed or nobody's dying here. >> you know what -- >> okay. >> -- b.s. and i am holding my tongue, all right? don't start trying to tell me there's not a prosecution because the baby happened to live. you know what, that is thanks to god. this is definitely a miracle. but huh-uh. no, no, no, no, no. they can be forgiven while they are behind bars. but what i want to figure out and the grandmother is with me. kandis boyer has driven nearly 900 miles to get to her baby granddaughter. ms. boyer, you just told me that your daughter, baby shannon's mother, has said, "so many different things." like, what? what she saying? >> caller: for one, that she didn't know where her child was. for two that she did not harm her child

washington county sheriff's investigators began walking the baker property closely. south carolina authorities had received a tip the bakers had killed their son and dumped the body. >> law enforcement says they have a person of interest but still refuse to name them. where is 7-year-old baby shannon. >> straight out to allison walker with wmbb. allison, i understand as we go to air, police are searching a gray van in connection with little shannon's disappearance. who owns the van? >> the sheriff's office and the florida law department will not tell us who own the van. they are looking for evidence in the van, searching it thoroughly. neighbors have said that shannon -- or that susan baker does drive a gray van, but we do not have that confirmed. we don't know that for sure. >> now, clark goldband, susan baker would be the babysitter? >> yes, nancy. she is the babysitter. she's been there about two months working with the family. susan baker, the babysitter, also sending an e-mail to the governor of florida, charlie crist, pleading with him just a few weeks ago, to

baker's house out in rural washington county. about 8:30 last night, they went in and received consent to search the house. at the back of the bed and pushed back behind things and no one could see them was a 2x3 cedar chest inside when they opened the latch they found alive and well baby shannon. >> you know it's a miracle. and it's my understanding, to you clark goldband, the baby is not just a cardboard box under a bed. this child was in a wooden chest. take a look at this. locked down. it's like a cedar chest. and nothing to eat. nothing -- of course she can't eat. only seven months. no bottle, no toy, nothing. in fact, they had put baking soda in the box because the baby would poop and the baby had been in this box for many, many hours locked inside a box, clark goldband? >> 10 to 12 hours, nancy, what law enforcement are saying. and you are right, that is a thick two-foot by three-foot chest and you have to wonder exactly how much air that child had been getting, although law enforcement did say in a press conference the ch

baker is a hero. >> really? let me ask you this, sherman. where does the 911 call from mommy fit in? >> i'm not so sure she's a hero. these are wacky people, simple as that. >> that's your defense? you are going to stand in front of a jury and say, they're wacky? >> these crimes are often prosecute based on the result. thank god that nobody got killed or nobody's dying here. >> you know what -- >> okay? that's the best defense. >> -- b.s. and i am holding my tongue, all right? don't start trying to tell me there's not a prosecution because the baby happened to live. you know what, that is thanks to god. this is definitely a miracle. but huh-uh. no, no, no, no, no. they can be forgiven while they are behind bars. but what i want to figure out and now the grandmother is with me. kandis boyer has driven nearly 900 miles to get to her baby granddaughter. ms. boyer, you just told me that your daughter, baby shannon's mother has said, quote, so many different things. like what? what is he is saying? >> for one, that she didn't know where her child

we don't know that for sure. >> susan baker is the baby sitter? >> yes, nancy. she's been there two months working with the fakly. she sent an e-mail to the governor of florida, charlie crist, pleading with him a few weeks ago to save the child saying the child is around an abusive household. the child has been shaken by her parents and also shannon has also inhaled drugs such as marijuana and smoke from cigarettes when staff instructed them not to smoke around the child. >> she has problems of her own? >> she does. they stem back to 1987 when the sitter reported her stepson missing. he was 3 years old. when she returned, the child was gone. >> when she returned from where? >> the home. it's not clear where she went. when she came back, the 3-year-old was gone. investigators searched for the 3-year-old boy. they examined her stepdaughter. she has welts and broken bones. >> she becomes a baby sitter in the home where shannon disappears. that doesn't clear up the discrepancie discrepancies. they say the baby is asleep in the room with them, they sleep until 11:30

who is, in fact, susan baker's step son. and back in 1987 she claims that she put him to bed and that he simply vanished. but, unfortunately, investigators were kind of combing through a lot of that information and they were able to find out that he may have possibly been abused atlanta could have been some other things going on inside of that house at the time. when this happened with baby shannon, investigators said that, hey, susan was one of the first people we looked at right away based on her criminal history. >> right. so you've got not only the 3-year-old but then we also have her 6-year-old daughter who was also abused. let me read off some of the charges. this lady was convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill. her 6-year-old dawit heard broken hands, sores on her back. the sentence again, john, ten-year sentence suspended to 80 days? how does that happen? >> it shouldn't happen but it did. this is just a recurring event in a lot of these cases you're covering, mike. a lot of these cases throughout the u

susan baker asked christina if she would permanently take custody of shannon. christina agreed to meet with susan on october 31st at 1:30 a.m. on brown street. susan baker took custody of shannon from her mother sometime in the hours of october 31st. christina is charged with interference of child custody, a third-degree felony, deserting a child, failing to report a missing child, false report of a crime first-degree misdemeanor, contributing to the delinquency of a child. susan baker was charged with neglect of a child with aggravated circumstances. second-degree felony. interference of a child custody, third-degree felony. false report regarding a missing child, first-degree misdemeanor. false report of a crime, first-degree misdemeanor. contributing to delinquency of a child, first-degree misdemeanor. we could not have accomplished this without the men and women and more that's not even present to stand behind me today. also i want to say -- >> quite an emotional moment for everybody involved in this case. the baby was found with just a blanket and a box of

baker. >> really. >> baker is a hero. >> yeah. >> let me ask you this, sherman, where does the 911 call from mommy fit in. >> i'm not so sure she's a hero. these are wacky people, simple as that. >> that's your defense. you are going to stand in front of a jury and say, they're whacky. >> all prosecuted based upon the result. thank god that nobody got killed or nobody's dying here. >> you know what -- >> okay. >> -- b.s. and i am holding my tongue, all right? don't start trying to tell me there's not a prosecution because the baby happened to live. you know what, that is thanks to god. this is definitely a miracle. but huh-uh. no, no, no. they can be forgiven while they are behind bars. but what i want to figure out and the grandmother is with me. kandis boyer has driven nearly 900 miles to get to her baby granddaughter. ms. boyer, you just told me that your daughter, baby shannon's mother, has said, "so many different things." like, what? what she saying? >> caller: for one that she didn't know where her child was. for two that she did not harm her child. and the stories were always di

washington county sheriff's investigators began watching the baker property closely. south carolina authorities received a tip the bakers had killed their son and dumped the body. >> law enforcement say they have a person of interest but still refuses to name them. where is 7-month-old baby shannon? >> straight out to allison walker with wmbb. allison, i understand as we go to air, police are searching a gray van in connection with little shannon's disappearance. who owned the van? >> the sheriff's office and the florida department of law enforcement are not saying who owns the van. we do know they have it at the sheriff's office. they are looking for evidence not van. searching it thoroughly. neighbors have said that shannon -- or that susan baker does drive a gray van, but we do not have that confirmed. we don't know that for sure. >> clark goldband, susan baker would be the baby-sitter? >> yes, nancy. she is the baby-sitter. she's been there two months working with the family. susan baker the baby-sitter also sending an e-mail to the governor of florida charlie cri

and when baker went to moscow, gorbachev talked about 25% reductions, and baker came back and once againbehind gorbachev. he is talking 25%. we're talking 10%, and in this meeting, i went along with cheney, and he said if you look at the actual numbers instead of the percentages, you will see that gorbachev has assumed a much higher number for the u.s. than we are, so his 25% comes up to the same number of tanks that as our 10% does. so we had said that the u.s.- reagan administration proposal america, same ceiling on tanks, ceiling on artillery. well, baker thought about that, and he kind of came back in a bottle and said but they want to limit aircraft and helicopters as well. and i think he was probably surprised, and i have not seen this in a record, but i was there and not as sure as it's been about is what -- assures one can become a with cheney said we do not mind artillery aircraft and helicopters. it would be fine with us to see a reduction in those as well. and i think this sort of a hit like a bit of a bombshell because he had thought that aircraft number 1 was the sort of key

. >> hi, my name's peter baker and i'm the captain.been here in the virgin islands here for 23 years. i've been captain for about 20 years. >> i'm darren and my teammate with st. joe's. it's my first time-out here on the boat in the ocean. i've had a great time and a great experience. >> paradise, man. >> paradise. >> swim with the sharks, man. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> derek williamson, i'm a guard. >> i'm a guard from connecticut. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thanks to the guys from st. joe's for letting us tag along on their snorkeling trip. now i'm joined by the president of the university of the virgin islands, dr. david hoff. thanks for taking the time for sitting down with us. >> my pleasure. thank you for inviting me. >> my first question is how in the world this university is such a well-kept secret because if i would have known when i was making my decision to come to college, i would have come here. >> well, you can come now. we would love to have you, but you're right. it is a well-kept secret. i am honored to be the fifth p

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david baker, american hero. to all of our country's veterans, god bless you and god bless our troops at home and abroad. thank you to our guests, but especially to you. and a special good night from friend of the show, ka kay hilliard. her daughter, brooke, celebrating her birthday today. happy birthday, brooke. everyone, i'll see you tomorrow night. until then, good night, friend. >>> coming up, could it be true? it looks like jon and kate will be back together for christmas at least. nothing like a house filled with cheer. not! >>> and serena williams stops by to discuss her new book "on the line" and what happened when she crossed the line. >>> and finally, sarah palin is back in the news and guess what, she was wrong about something. i can't believe it! all that and more next. >>> tonight on "the joy behar show" jon and kate will be together for christmas. maybe santa will drop some mood stabilizers in their stockings. >>> also the guy accused of shaking down david letterman said he was only making a sales p

ken baker off to you first. obviously this is very shocking considering hulk never really let on how bad things had gone for him personally. we knew they'd gotten bad, but not like that. >> we know divorce is retched. around that time his son was facing all these serious charges and it was a very public messy divorce. it must have been really hard for him. but i've got to say right here. a little warning. hulk is the ultimate showman. he's promoting a book, and it seems like when celebrities have these sort of "i reached the bottom and climbed my way back to the top to happiness" there's always a gun and some sort of alcohol and pills involved. i'm not saying he's making it up, but it's conveniently dramatic and fits that formula. i love hulk hogan, but at the same time, he says this book is called "my life outside the ring," we saw that, it was hogan knows best. >> you make a great point, ken. and i have become cynical. i always liked hulk hogan, and when i see him now on the "today" show, i sit back and wonder

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there susan baker. she is charged with child neglect and interference of child cuss difl investigators found 7-month-old shannon. there she is alive beneath the sitter's bed. the sheriff got all choked up as he talked about the discovery after the five-day search. such good news that she was found alive. >>> police are searching for a gunman who opened fire at a downtown orlando office building. >>> i want to get you updated on the breaking story we've been following out of orlando. you our affiliates there telling us that one person is dead from a shooting at a high rise office building. eight people had been shot at the legion's place office building. at least seven are hurt. many of them, seven we're told, were on the way to the hospital in trauma red condition which is critical. the shooter is at large though. let me show you his that i can youture here. he's identified as jason rodriguez. there he is. and according to the orlando environment, he is a former employee of reynolds, smith and hills. an

if you read secretary baker's memoirs you find he was completely angry about the a leak in the fall of991 about interagency differences in the ukraine. he said i was feeling sand bagged not by cheney but by those who had been the initial source and there was no question it was it was women won the following story and was first leaked. >> the other part that i think was important was as a number of scholars pointed out the rise of the vulcans and david calahan, this was one of the few efforts to step back and take a really long look. and george hairing in his imagine starle history of foreign policy argues the same thing. how does the gpd hand up and whest i first, on the national security strategy, i'll let film speak to that with more detail as he does in his paper. my recollection was that that was largely an effort driven by condi rice and pen on the issue. and both the office of the vice president and the office of the secretary of defense did not have a decisive influence. there is some discussion that the quote muscular idealism in the september, 2002 document was a complete mani

bought our first home he sat face-to-face with a banker and that was a member of the community, that baker was involved in charities and things like back and with the 21st century we had securitization so you have a lender in icelandic lending money through lehman to a mortgage broker and lending money eventually to some bus driver in newport beach living in a three and a thousand dollars home and had no income verified by the lawyers. so we do need to go back to smaller banks. >> one of the classics was the ninja mortgage, no job and no assets. [laughter] there is a form of thousand dollars a year bus driver because he does and how to put his income down. occupation bus charter, income $400,000, all with these massive mortgages that they couldn't possibly pay back. and the brokerage house the amended to them did not care because they sold it under lehman and lehman didn't care either because they sold it to iceland so this poor guy in the house that can't pay the mortgage is in some kind of a worse something. he doesn't already goes to. >> he was very informative, very educational present

he would raise, as kevin baker mentioned earlier, he would raise its best writers personally throughe rural roads of upper manhattan to engage in pick up races and as i said into the 1850's or 1840's, the man was in his 50s who and he occasionally got into fistfights. he had this reputation but i found corps records were the guys selling in vanderbilt's lawyer says vanner builded gently laid his hands upon him to remove him. the guy ends up somehow unconscious, locked in the pilot house. >> kind of drag racing in upper manhattan. >> he was the guy you whitesell feeca take care of himself and i don't think he ever came in for personal threats, at least none that he couldn't handle. >> it is interesting too, he dies just before the class war in the u.s. really heats up. later in the year he dies, a huge nationwide rail strike that gets very ugly and i guess he would have been in the thick of that hattie live. >> that is something that i try to bring out in my book. one reason i am glad that you are doing this event is that your novels bring out the multilayered society in new york. >>

. >>> peggy baker is on the front lines. this virginia woman tells robin meade why she's a a unique mission. >> letters, yeah, from iraq. >> reporter: peggy baker is the founder of "operation first response." >> some of the ser injuries that they've had, and they're still smiling, working hard to continue on. >> reporter: the group assists with everything from financial aid to visiting the injured. it all started with inspiration from peggy's son. >> my son joined the army, all of a sudden i was put in a position that my child was going to defend our country. it opened eyes. >> reporter: after a friend's son was wounded, peggy met him at the hospital to offer support. >> at first i didn't have a lot of personal support, to have somebody there that actually cared, that meant a lot. >> reporter: more than 5,000 families have been helped by the group. >> it's an emotional but wonderful experience to be part of their lives. they're incredible heroes. >>> in case you haven't heard, the world is come to go an enin 2012. at least t

. >> regulating the internet, one of the topics on monday with meredith at well baker, on c- span to. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us now, two folks who have never been on this program before. our guests are adele stan, she is the washington bureau chief at altinet. our other guest is james joyner. the topics will be wide and varied for this hour. the president this week is going to talk about afghanistan. what are the larger interests of the president on tuesday? of guest: one, what are we trying to accomplish in afghanistan? it still remains unclear, eight years into the effort. at one point will we have satisfied that our reasons for being there? can we transfer out of it? second, to what degree can those goals be reasonably accomplished? of how can they best be accomplished in terms of strategy? finally, under playing all of this is the politics of it. he is fighting people on the left in his own party, who want him to get out and are tired of the entire mission. then he has got people on the right that are pressing him to double down on the effort and do more.

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there's no question that secretary baker's anger was quite real, and i'm sure it was still lingering the bawling spring when the dpg was first leaked. the other part i'd think that is important here is that as a number of scholars have pointed out, this is one of the very few efforts to step back and take a really long look. george sharing in his recent kind of material history of american policy history argues the same thing. how does the dpg stand up, and what is its relationship to the 1992 national security strategy? first, on the national security strategy, i will let philip speak to that in more detail, as he does in his paper. my recollection is that that was largely an effort driven by condi rice and steve hadley with a look at their very able penn -- with philip as their very able pen on the issue. the office of the secretary of defense did not have a decisive influence. there was some discussion that this "muscular idealism" in the september to dawson to document was an unabashed -- september 2002 was an unabashed abatement -- the word preemption does not appear in any of t

. >> today on "the communicators," meredith at well baker talks about high-speed internet access and other telecom issues at 6:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. on "america and the courts," recent changes on the supreme court. the retirement of justice souter and the addition of some -- of justice sonia sotomayor. that is at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> "american icons," three nights of c-span original documentaries on the iconic homes of the three branches of american government continues tonight at 8:00 p.m.. the capital, the history, art, and architecture of one of america's most symbolic structures. "american icons," tonight at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. get your own copy of "american icons." it is $24.95 plus shipping and handling. order online at c- span.org/store. >> on this vote, the yays are 60. nays are 39. 3/5 have voted in the affirmative. the motion is agreed to. >> with that vote, the senate moved its health care bill to the floor. starting monday and through december, follow the entire debate and how the bill would affect access to medical care. the public option, taxes, ab

ken baker off to you first. obviously this is very shocking considering hulk never really let on how bad things had gone for him personally. we knew they'd gotten bad, but not like that. >> we know divorce is retched. around that time his son was facing all these serious charges and it was a very public messy divorce. it must have been really hard for him. but i've got to say right here. a little warning. hulk is the ultimate showman. he's promoting a book, and it seems like when celebrities have these sort of "i reached the bottom and climbed my way back to the top to happiness" there's always a gun and some sort of alcohol and pills involved. i'm not saying he's making it up, but it's conveniently dramatic and fits that formula. i love hulk hogan, but at the same time, he says this book is called "my life outside the ring," we saw that, it was hogan knows best. >> you make a great point, ken. and i have become cynical. i always liked hulk hogan, and when i see him now on the "today" show, i sit back and wonder

. >> peggy baker is the founder of operation first response, a volunteer organization that helps wounded u.s. soldiers and their families. >> some of the serious injuries they have and they are still smiling, working hard to continue. >> the group assists with everything from financial aid, visiting the injured. it started with inspiration from peggy's son. >> my son joined the army after 9/11. i was put in position that my child was going to go and defend our country. it opened eyes. >> after a friend's son was wounded peggy met him at the army hospital to offer support and that's when she found her mission. >> at first i didn't really is a lot of personal support besides my family back at home. to have somebody there that actually cared, that meant a lot. >> more than 5,000 families have been helped by the group since it started in 2004. >> it's an emotional but wonderful experience to be part of their lives. they are incredible heroes. >> a janitor who barely earned enough money to feed his own family is is now called a hero. what he did to save the lives of hundreds of girls. >> serv

the first speaker the insurance industry, the last baker, the insurance company. it was obvious president obama was leading us down the path of a private insurance bailout, a private insurance base system and that is what we got but i see evidence of real growth in the single-payer movement, real activism in the single-payer movement. as i mentioned we started the mobilization for health care hugo to that site you can see what has been going on a run the country. it hasn't gotten immediate attention and i'm talking about demonstrations in dozens of cities at dozens of insurance companies were hundreds of people have been arrested sitting in an protesting the insurance companies. it shows the conflict from where congress is going and where the american people are. even without the media coverage we set a goal of 100 people setting in and we got 1,000 people willing to sit in. tin the motley expected and we thought 100 would be hard to get. ascetical 500 signing up and we have almost 5,000 signing up in just a handful of weeks. so i see this movement actually growin

. >> our organization was formed by george mitchell, howard baker, in order to bring forth the principle of compromise necessary for bipartisanship. we should not be bipartisan because it is nice but the only way to get the kind of change we need in this country. i hope during the course of this discussion and you will hear more. it is my pleasure to welcome walter isaacson who will be i moderating this panel. he is a board member of the bpc. >> thank you very much. we have a great panel. very quickly, much of larsojeff, charlie black, steve schmidt, hilary rosen. she was chairman of the r i a a and a founder of the rock the vote. ted divine, you have had 17 winning democratic campaigns. you work for kerry and gore. but we also have the former communications director for the democratic national committee. if a political consultant feel strongly about something for the good of the campaign and the government, what influence do they have on what the candidate will say? are you really just a hired gun? >> we believe in the candidates. in some cases, we work with people that we have known fo

the organization was formed a few years ago by a former senate majority leaders tom daschle, howard baker, george mitchell. excuse me. in order to bring forth the principle compromise that was necessary for bipartisan. the organization is not of the view that we should be bipartisan because it's a lovely thing for everything to be nice for each other but it's the only way that we could get the durable change that we need in the country. we are also to have this group together. it's often seen as kind of soft and mellow and just kind of friendly. and while these are lovely people. these are smart people. these are principled people. these are not mellow people. and i hope during the course of this discussion and the rest of the couple of days you'll hear that. it's my final pleasure to welcome walter y zachson who will be mot -- moderating this panel. he is also a board member of the b.p.c. walter? >> thank you very much, jason and james, the chairman of the b.b.c. board. there's jeff larson, a minnesota political fundraiser has been affiliated with norm coleman, many other republicans and

president carter, vice president mondale, vice president dick cheney, jim baker, the former presidentust the bush, david broder, tom brokaw, sears, peter and deferred -- all principal players still with us. from the reagan campaign, the carter white house, the kennedy campaign. i interviewed john anderson and his running mate, the former governor. i tried to talk to as many as possible and gather as much oral history as possible. host: mrs. reagan? guest: no, she has retired from interviews. i will forever be grateful to her that -- the 1985 files are sealed at the library because they have not been culminated yet. there are millions associated with his life there. but she told the library to open them exclusively for me to go through. i had exclusive rights to go through the 1980 campaign document. host: what did you learn from the documents but that surprised you? guest: most of it was pretty straightforward. the one thing which was interesting, all of his inner circle dick allen, and meese, and others -- they were modest men. there were very focused on their conservative philosophy

let's stop and remember david baker, 22, ohio.medal and humanitarian service medal. loved time with family at the cabin with his brother and dreamed of college and being a cop. favorite song, chicken fried. leaves parents mark and laurie, brother mark jr., twin sisters and his dog. on this veterans day, to all of our veterans, god bless you and god bless our troops at home and abroad. thank you to our guests and especially to you. a special good night from friend of the show kay hilliard and her daughter brooke celebrating her 37th birthday. happy birthday, brooke. i will see you tomorrow night 8:00 sharp eastern. until then, good night, friend. >>> i'm a.j. hammer and this is a "showbiz tonight" news break. we get under way at the top of the hour. dave's extortion war. shocking revelations from the guy accused of trying to black mail letterman. the carrie prejean donald trump smack down. striking back at the claims about him. tv's most provocative news show at the top of the hour.

one of the topics monday with meredith atwell baker, the newest f.c.c. commissioner. the communicates on c-span 2. >> president barack obama hosted his first state dinner last night. the event honoring the india's prime minister was set in a tent on the east lawn. he hosted indian prime minister manmohan singh. here's a look. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama, accompanied by his ex lensy, the prime minister of the mrs. kahr. [hail to the chief playing] applause applause >> please be seated. good evening, everyone. on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. afga bahboute. many of you were here when i was honored to become the first president to help celebrate devali, the festival of lights. [applause] >> some of you were here for the first white house celebration of the birth of the founder of sikhism. [applause] tonight we gather again for the first state dinner of my presidency with prime minister manmohan singh and mrs. gorshon kahr as we celebrate the growing partnership between the united states

one of the topics monday with meredith at welle baker, the newest commissioner at the fcc, on c-span 2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: the numbers. for democrats, republicans and independents. open phones for about 15 minutes. we'll talk about wal-mart for an hour and then in our last 45 minutes we're going to take a look at vice presidents. on the front page of "usa today" a story about health care ads targeting senators still undecided about health care legislation. writing evan tracy with the campaign media analysis group has counted more than 70 ordinary cares from the u.s. chamber of commerce to individual physicians -- and the senator complained about the ads. since the beginning of the year, quote there have been more than $3.3 million worth of media ads by groups from outside the state. a democrat said who was up for re-election. in arkansas 1570 pots spots at a cost of $600,000. and another saw 1,900 spots at a cost of $1 million. in louisiana 100 spots at a cost of $00,000 targeted democratic senator mary landrieu. and others. birmingham, alabama is up first in th

. >> peggy baker is the founder of operation first response a volunteer organization that helps wounded.s. soldiers and their families. >> some of the serious injuries they have and they are still smiling, working hard to continue on. >> the group assists from financial aid to visiting the injured. it started with inspiration from peggy's son. >> my son joined the army shortly after 9/11. i was put into a position that my child was going to go and defend our country. it opened eyes. >> after a friend's son was wounded peggy met him at the army hospital to offer support and that is when she found her mission. >> at first i didn't have personal support except my family. to have somebody there who cared meant a lot. >> more than 5,000 families have been helped by the group since 2004. >> it is an emotional but wonderful experience to be part of their lives. they are incredible heroes. >>> hey, guys. hope you are having a good safe trip and we're thinking about you. our prayers are was you. may god bless. >> don't think for a second we have forgotten you who are serving and your families wh

like the president and tip and senator baker and others, once you get the leadership behind it, then you got something. then it isn't blame senator dole or this is the president and speakers compromise. >> host: these oral history conversations will air over the weekend, first ever airings of the conversations between the first direct offer of the dole institute richard norton smith and bob dole. how can people access these oral histories, richard? >> as a matter of fact, they are right now can access them by c-span because this is the first time that they have been made public. they are housed at the dole institute, but have not been opened and i'm not aware of plans to open them any time soon. this is actually in effect kind of a sneak peek exclusive to c-span viewers. >> he ran in 1980 and lost, 1988, the excerpt of the interview in his race with then vice president george bush and getting the nomination in 1996. how badly did he want to be president? >> well, you know, on the face of it, just from what you said, you think he wanted to be president in a bad way. there is a school

the first speaker the insurance industry, the last baker, the insurance company. it was obvious president obama was leading us down the path of a private insurance bailout, a private insurance base system and that is what we got but i see evidence of real growth in the single-payer movement, real activism in the single-payer movement. as i mentioned we started the mobilization for health care hugo to that site you can see what has been going on a run the country. it hasn't gotten immediate attention and i'm talking about demonstrations in dozens of cities at dozens of insurance companies were hundreds of people have been arrested sitting in an protesting the insurance companies. it shows the conflict from where congress is going and where the american people are. even without the media coverage we set a goal of 100 people setting in and we got 1,000 people willing to sit in. tin the motley expected and we thought 100 would be hard to get. ascetical 500 signing up and we have almost 5,000 signing up in just a handful of weeks. so i see this movement actually growin

. >> regulating the internet, one of the topics tonight with meredith attwell baker, the newest republicancommissioner. on the communicators on the c-span 2. >> and now back live to foreign policy discussion looking at china's emerging role on the world stage. analysts aren't examining the nation's transformation as a global leader in areas such as economic policy and how the status as impacted u.s. this live form is being co-hosted by the brookings institution and the australian national university. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we are waiting for the brookings discussion to continue on the look at china's growth policy. here is an update on the senate. the senate will begin debate on its health-care bill later today here on c-span 2 live coverage before the thanksgiving recess. some evening and weekend sessions. the debate is expected to last week's due to numerous amendments to legislation. the senate gavels in today at 2:00 p.m. for an hour of morning speeches and then the health-care

the first speaker the insurance industry, the last baker, the insurance company. it was obvious president obama was leading us down the path of a private insurance bailout, a private insurance base system and that is what we got but i see evidence of real growth in the single-payer movement, real activism in the single-payer movement. as i mentioned we started the mobilization for health care hugo to that site you can see what has been going on a run the country. it hasn't gotten immediate attention and i'm talking about demonstrations in dozens of cities at dozens of insurance companies were hundreds of people have been arrested sitting in an protesting the insurance companies. it shows the conflict from where congress is going and where the american people are. even without the media coverage we set a goal of 100 people setting in and we got 1,000 people willing to sit in. tin the motley expected and we thought 100 would be hard to get. ascetical 500 signing up and we have almost 5,000 signing up in just a handful of weeks. so i see this movement actually growin

next week on "the communicators," new republican commissioner meredith atwell baker. >> thanksgiving week on c-span. topics include next year's midterm elections and a look ahead to 2012. what's fair in politics, the role of the media, and assessing the obama presidency. also tuesday night, the first state dinner as president obama welcomes indian prime minister singh. later in the week, american icons. three nights of c-span original documentaries beginning with the supreme court, thursday night. >> and now a government and renewable energy leaders talk about the future direction of u.s. energy policy. speakers include jeff bingaman and carol browner, assistant to the president for climate change and former epa administrator. they spoke at the american council on renewable energy's annual policy conference, this is about an hour. >> good morning. good morning, everyone. welcome to the eighth -- can you belief it? -- the eighth, yes, it's the eighth. used to be we would say welcome to the second and the third and how nice it is to come back again. and now time has flown. and we're at