. >> president barack obama, back in 1991 as barack obama citizen activist. he's a graduate of harvard law school and served as the editor of harvard law review in the 1980s and returned harvard in 1991 to protest hiring practices by harvard university. if you want to read more go to wgbh in boston or online at the hill.com. >>> we're back at 7:00 a.m. eastern time and we'll continue our conversation here on c-span radio. 4:00 for those of you on the west coast. thanks for being with us on this wednesday. enjoy the rest of your evening. >>> fema director craig fugate testifies about the president's 201 budget request of $10 billion for his agency, a 6% cut from this year. members also hear about local and state emergency agencies. this is two and a half hours. >> good morning. today we welcome the administrator of the federal emergency management agency, fema, craig fugate, to discuss his agencies budget request for fy 13. after the conclusion of the discussion with mr fugate, we'll convene an additional panel of speak holder organizations. stakeholder organi

. >> president obama back in 1991 as barack obama, citizen activist. he is a graduate of harvard law school, served as the editor of harvard law review in the 1980s. he returned to harvard in 1991 to protest the hiring practices by harvard university. if you want to read more on this story, go to wgbh in boston and read the story online at thehill.com." we continue the conversation here on c-span

barack obama's health care reform law. california human services secretary today said there's a lot left to do before a full immennation of the final act including the exchange program. california has more than 6 million uninsured citizens. an open mic caught president barack obama in a candid moment with russian's president. he asked for time to deal with the defense system in europe. >> he was referring to incoming russian presidents. the exchange happened in south korea. the white house says the words reflect the reality between concerns of the white house and russia and missile defense. >>> pope benedict is in cuba marking the second visit for the country ever. castro greeted the pope this afternoon. the pope says he comes to cuba as a pilgrim of charity. he also advocated for a better relationship between the catholic church and cuban government. the last to visit cuba was back in 1998 pope john paul ii. >>> 35-year-old christopher chainny of florida entered guilty pleas of nine counts. he faces 60 year in prison. cheney admitted to hacking into emails of stars to get naked photos of them. the naked images of johan sen wound up on celebrity websites. >>> the campus is mourning loss of student athletes tonight. hern

citizens. now clearly barack obama has not done what saddam hussein or moammar gadhafi did to their people but he said a legal president that could one day be used as justification to go down that path and i don't believe that americans would ever stand for it but i hope they wake up sooner rather than later also reminded us what it is that real due process is supposed to meet the judicial review a fair trial those things are all strengths not weaknesses of our system and we have this process in place to guarantee the fundamental right to be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law and that is after all one of the things that makes america special right these fundamental rights and protections these are things to be proud of things to be protected and maintained not just dismantled over a fear of terrorism lastly paul made a really interesting point he said he's encouraged by what appears to be the beginning of a backlash against the administration claiming this power and sad thing is that he pointed to laura ingram as his example and so this is where we've seen the worst deve

the energy of the 2008 election that had such a powerful impact to elect barack obama had to do with average citizens feeling like they were part of the process. depresses the base other than people thinking they are spectators. i think it's a mistake and i am urging him not to do it but i am going to support him for president because i think he is a good president. >> don't you think in a second term it's an opportunity to get a constitutional amendment? >> it's hard. >> unless you are congress. it would be impossible going through congress. the first time you could actually get a constitutional amendment with a convention? >> possibly. i think the enthusiasm that goes behind that is good. i don't want people to put eggs in that basket. reelect obama and he gets to pick the justices. it was a 5 to 4 decision. i think that is the best route and we need to get this thing overturned frankly sooner a constitutional amendment is likely to pass. >> i think the opportunity for getting a constitutional amendment is a huge hurdle but i think that after an election when you have already got all of the infrast

citizen because he's a mulatto. every time you bring up the name barack obama, people will come up. love barack obama, i love deer bell, i'm having an event to memorialize professor bell on march 28th, most of them will be white and women supporters of a guy who was very much moderate, very considerate and a scholar in the work he did as a teacher. >> professor ogletree, how did you react when you first heard the tape would be made out to be a big deal and part of a cover up and conspiracy, what was your reaction? >> my first reaction ed, was to ignore it. glenn beck said ogletree was part of the black power movement in 1970. i was in high school, i was a junior. he said i was an editor of the black panther newspaper. i was at stanford editing the newspaper. he said i went to angela davis trial every day. he said angela calls me tree. everybody calls me tree. that sense of people trying to find anything that will hurt this president that makes no sense at all. i'm going to keep praying for both hannity and all the other folks who have this sense of trying to bring the president down

america being praised while the the irish citizens themselves are boycotting obama is there encouraging end of mania as they call it ok when enda kenny met barack obama in the oval office for the second time in as many years yesterday the u.s. president showered ireland and its leader with praise he said the done extraordinary work during a difficult time mr obama said i expressed my confidence and his government's ability to get ireland moving again and mr kenny himself there in america said he discussed the upcoming referendum on the fiscal compact with mr obama saying we expect the irish people in their pragmatism and understanding of what the future holds to vote strongly in favor of the treaty so here you have to keep the cations massive enda kenny speaking to a foreign leader saying my people are going to do whatever i say they are going to submit to the foreign land hold nurse the landlords over in europe and he's telling them to the face of the new york times saying they're going to pay their taxes because we need to pay anglo-irish and these people my peasants will do what i say now doesn't this guy look like chucky he looks like that

continues to contribute $100 million to defeat barack obama, the supreme court i say it on your show, but the supreme court should be ashamed of itself for citizens united. the only thing we can do is amend the constitution. >> but as a judge, i am going to sustain that objection. i think it's absolutely outrageous. two decisions. i would go back to 1886 and get rid of corporate personhood. >> you're right. but to go back to dylan's question, there's a reset in presidential politics. there's a reset that starts with the conventions and the nominating speech. and then most americans for the next ten weeks focus on the election. very few americans, a small percentage have vote d for paid attention to what's gone on so far. there will be a reset. if mitt romney makes a great speech coming out of the convention, if he runs a good campaign, if he holds his own and debates with barack obama, and remember as clod a candidate romney has been, his best performances have been in the debates. a lot can change. and you have the economy itself. that's the x factor. the price of gas at the pump. that's the x factor. so i remind our democrats, do not think this

citizens of denver are relieved. >>> thanks for watching, "erin burnett out front" starts right now. >>> does barack obama have a donor problem? >>> the big announcement for apple today. will it put some money in your pocket? let's go "out front." >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, a developing story. there was a hate crime in france that is spurring fears of copy cat attacks in the united states. at this hour, increased security at american jewish institutions from san francisco to washington, d.c., and new york, following a deadly shooting today outside a jewish school in southern france. french president nicolas sarkozy said the shooting was an obvious antisemitic attack. the new york police department said special attention is now being paid to synagogues. >> do we have a significant jewish population in this city, and we have to take that into account. we know that we're at the top of the terrorist target list, so we are concerned about the so-called copy cat syndrome. >> mary snow is following this story from outside central synagogue here in new york city. mary, what sort of extra

straight was the citizens united supreme court case but since that time more things that happened including something that just very recently happened and that is the signing by president barack obama of h.r. three forty seven which makes basically makes a protest of any type potentially illegal people could get arrested be put in jail for up to a year if they're protesting at a place where there are people with secret service agents i know that again you know d.c. is a city you know there's protests just about every day here and i know that the occupy movement here. wants to protest specifically against this i'm wondering what you guys think about this as if this is something being discussed at zuccotti park among the new york occupiers. yes it is there is there's actually a few of us. that were protesting when barack obama was in town and we were penned in on a block for two hours and unable to leave and we are retaining attorneys too to go against the n.y.p.d. the city and the whatever feds were in the area at that time to see if we can roll back h.r. three four seven i mean it seems to be this happened back in november so it was before this law came along so maybe we had a litt

barack obama after the break. but trivia. name the state that's been the birthplace to the greatest number of presidents who were born as american citizenser is ohio with seven presidents born there. all of them were american citizens at birth. eight presidents were born in virginia, but five were born as british subjects. we'll be right back. i think i'm goin-... shhh! we find that we don't need to sleep that much. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. ♪ you got to believe ♪ yeah ♪ believe in yourself... ♪ [ female announcer ] weight watchers -- rated number one best plan for weight loss by u.s. news and world report, again. ♪ if you want it you got it ♪ you got to believe your turn. your time. your year. join for free. weight watchers pointsplus 2012. because it works. on december 21st, polar shifts will reverse the earth's gravitational pull and hurtle us all into space, which would render retirement planning unnecessary. but say the sun rises on december 22nd and you still need to retire, td ameritrade's investment consultants can help you build a plan that fits your life. we'll

citizens united. they said that third party independence could give unlimited money as long as they were truly independent, and looking at mitt romney and barack obama and their super pack, do you think they're independent? they're against the law, and we ought to have 48 hour reporting. we ought to have full disclosure, we ought to limit tax to individuals, but these bandits and special interests who spend money. >> a question from larry garfield: >> well, we'll take votes from both of them. i mean, i've raised a half a million dollars average gift $25. 40% of my money comes from democrats, 40% comes from republicans and 20% from independents. it's all across america. i have more than 20,000 contributors, more than all the other candidates put together and they're from every state. look, don't listen to the experts. listen to the american people. they're sick and tired of the way this had country is being run by special interests. let's take it back! >> that's buddy roeper, governor buddy roemer running for president. love having you on the show. thank you very much. >> rush limbaugh is still spouting off it's just that less companies are paying hi

barack obama. snfment chanting] >> and here's why. and here's why. because the american people are divided into two groups. you have the patriots like yourself, if you've got the patriots and the citizens that know what's going on. and you've got that other group that i call the clue left. yes, and so it is us against the clue-left and the good news is there are more of us than there are of them. [cheers and applause] because of that and because there are more of us than them, -- by the way, do you think this many clueless come out in the rain? i don't think so. it might mess up their we've. you are the paterts. we are the real patriots that care about this country because we know what's going on, we know that they're trying to take away our freedom and we are all here to make that statement that we want we want our freedom back and we're going to get our freedom back in november at the ballot box. [cheers and applause] and finally, yes, we know we need to repeal this terrible bill. and i believe that it will get repealed. because of the american people. because just like when the founding fathers started this great country, they had three basic ideals that helped to inspire this natio

citizen can turn down a request from a potential president. it is not something i think will happen. if i am not the leader, i will help the leader. defeating barack obama i think is essential to the future of this country and i will do everything i can to help defeat barack obama, but i hope to do it as the republican leader, because i think i could do a better job of debating him. when you look at how much money he's going to raise, it is pretty clear that the traditional romney strategy about razing his opponents is not going to work against obama, and the traditional negative strategy will not work because obama will be more negative with more money. i think $250 a gallon gasoline and the idea of an american energy policy is essential. a gingrich strategy of $2.50 or less per gallon and relying on american energy, i think we can win that debate in october. >> if you were the republican nominee, would you consider mitt romney as a running mate? >> i can't imagine romney would want to be on the list, but i think he would be. i think we have a number of very talented people. >> thank you for joining us. what an honor to peak the master debater. you --

citizen can turn down a request from a potential president. buit is not something i think will happen. if i'm not the leader, iill help the leader in defeating barack obama. that is essential for the future of this country. i'll do everything i can to defeat barack obama. i think i can do a better job at bating him. when you look at how much money he will raise, is is pretty clear that the traditional raw meat strategy of out raising his opponents will not work against obama. obama will be more negative with more money. the only way to beat him is to have a very big solutions and be able to articulate. that is why i have the idea of $2.50 a gasoline. the obama strategy is going to $9 or $10 a gallon. my strategy of $2.50 or less a gaon. i think we can win that debate in october. we could win the general election. host: if you were the republican nominee, which to consider mitt romney as your running mate? guest: i would certainly consider a number of people. i could not imagine governor romney would want to be on the list, but he would be. host: in north carolina, good morning, to wear for waiting. caller: speaker gingrich, what an honor to speak to the

citizens can fix this economy? doesn't matter who started it. it matters who will end it. do people believe mitt romney will do a better job or can barack obama do a better job? 8.3% unemployment is not good. anyone who thinks they can fix it relatively soon will win. >> if gas price keep going up, that's more troublesome. up another penny today. thank you so much for coming in. we appreciate it. >>> is the pressure of rising gas prices getting to the white house? today the president will announce he's speeding up approval for part of the controversial keystone pipeline. dan lothian will tell us what this is really about coming up. >>> witnesses tell what they saw after an unarmed teenager's killing and they question what the shooter said. >> i didn't believe it was self-defense. when wei if it was self-defense, why was he on trayvon's back? >> more from a cnn exclusive interview with those witnesses coming up. but what about your wrinkles. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. it has the fastest retinol formula available. it's clinically proven to visibly reduce wrinkles in just one week. "why wait if you don't have to." rapid wrinkle repair. ne

citizen can turn down a request from a potential president. but it is not something i think will happen. if i'm not the leader, i will help the leader in defeating barack obamathat is essential for the future of this country. i'll do everything i can to defeat barack obama. i think i can do a better job at debating him. when you look at how much money he will raise, is is pretty clear that the traditional raw meat strategy of out raising his opponents will not work against obama. obama will be more negative with more money. the only way to beat him is to have a very big solutions and be able to articulate. that is why i have the idea of $2.50 a gasoline. the obama strategy is going to $9 or $10 a gallon. my strategy of $2.50 or less a gallon. i think we can win that debate in october. we could win the general election. host: if you were the republican nominee, which to consider mitt romney as your running mate? guest: i would certainly consider a number of people. i could not imagine governor romney would want to be on the list, but he would be. host: in north carolina, good morning, to wear for waiting. caller: speaker gingrich, what an honor to speak to th

have barack obama four more years if they have the house and the senate and that becomes their primary objective as the economy gets better. >> what does that look like in the age of the citizens decision with people like sheldon adleson and foster freeze. by the way, there is a california chain called foster's freeze, if you ever get out there. with those people throwing money around like water, does it look like bob dole 1996, the candidates down to 200 people rather than those that started out with them, what does it look like? >> we weren't in the room, but it was palpable how little energy and enthusiasm. it was though he had the first read through in a bad rehearsal of a speech he had never seen before. what was going on here? so lacking in the passion that has to come from the candidate himself or herself to lead a winning campaign. so something is tailing off there. >> what does santorum do? is there a way to get him out of this campaign or does he go to romney and say you get out, i'll take the banner. >> no, he's thinking about 2016. if somebody is here saying i'm laying a foundation, i'm either barry goldwater redefining the party, intellectually or logically, i'm n

barack obama. >> [chanting] yes we will >> here is why. the american people are divided into two groups. you have the patriots like yourself -- you have the patriots and the citizenst know what is going on, and you have the other groups that i call the clueless. yes. it is costs against the clueless, and the good news is there is more of ross then there are of them. -- us against the clueless, and the good news is there is more of us than there are of them, and because there are more of us than them -- by the way, do you think this many clueless would come out in the rain? i do not think so. it might mess up their weave. you are the patriots. we are the real patriots that care about this country. we know what is going on. we know they are trying to take away our freedom. we are here to make the statement that we want our freedom back, and we are going to get our freedom back in november at the ballot box. [applause] >> and finally, yes, we know we need to repeal this terrible bill, and i believe that it will get repealed because of the american people, because just like when the founding fathers started this great country, they had three basic ideals that helped t

barack obama. >> [ chanting] yes we will >> here is why. the american people are divided into two groups. you have the patriots like yourself -- you have the patriots and the citizens that know what is going on, and you have the other groups that i call the clueless. yes. it is costs against the clueless, and the good news is there is more of ross then there are of them. -- us against the clueless, and the good news is there is more a loss than there are of them, and because there are more of us than them -- by the way, the using this many clips would come out in the rain? i do not thanks -- this many clueless would come out in the rain? i do not think so. it might mess up their weakness. you are the patriots. we are the real patriots that care about this country. we know what is going on. we know they are trying to take away our freedom. we are here to make the statement that we want our freedom back, and we are going to get our freedom back in november at the ballot box. [applause] >> and finally, yes, we know we need to repeal this terrible bill, and i believe that it will get repealed because of the american people, because just like when the founding fathers s