barbara boxer spoke to reporters about climate change and energy legislation. we will also hear from the bill's, author, senator john kerry. after that, senate republicans weigh in on climate legislation. >> supreme court week starts sunday with c-span's a ridge to a documentary, the supreme court, home to america's highest court. >> it comes in the relationship between the lawyer who is arguing at the podium and the court that is arguing to. if you stop to think of the when you go in there, you will see that if one of us lint -- lead over the bench as far as we clean and the lawyer arguing leaned toward us, we could almost shake hands. that is a very important thing. it means that when the arguments take place, you are physically and psychologically close enough to each other so that there is a possibility for real engagement. >> can insider's view of the court and hear from all the justices about the roles, and traditions, and history. the supreme court, homes to america's highest court premiere sunday on c-span. for behind the scenes sneak peek, connect to c

this week on "newsmakers," california senator barbara boxer talks about the role of the epa and congress in dealing with climate change. >> i expect people to go and try to repeal the endangered species act and the safe drinking water act and the clean water act. this is just an excuse for them to come in. i think the epa is doing what they have to do under the law. there is a danger to global warming. guess who said that? the bush administration. all the scientists and the american academy of scientists, so epa stepped up to the plate and resolve it now. we can resolve it in two ways. one is to let the epa do there were, and i support that, but i think is foolish not to do it our way, which gives much more flexibility, the ability to buy of sets, the ability to really create jobs and do the kinds of things that we want to do. >> see the full interview with senator barbara boxer this sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> justice o'connor insisted that we have lunch every day when we were sitting. now, clarence, you should come to lunch. she is really sweet, but very persistent.

sponsored by senators barbara boxer and john kerry, the bill largely mirrors the house-passed waxman-markey bill, with a few exceptions. "clean skies'" tyler suiters has been following boxer's plan since december, and, tyler, still a lot of open-ended issues. r

look, people are backing this bill, loads of people from the west coast, henry waxman, barbara boxer, people advocating for this climate change bill are throws who don't live near coal producing states like ohio, west virginia, michigan, where heavy industry uses traditional energy to employ its workers to make goods. they're going to get hid hard. those jobs will be lost as a result of this. >> mike, will it help jobs or hurt them? >> this will definitely help jobs. modernizing our electric infrastructure and power infrastructure and industrial infrastructure will do nothing but create jobs but good jobs, jobs that people will want and can make careers out of. you would not see the kind of just make work jobs here, because the entire electric infrastructure needs to be rebuilt. >> a few handful of companies like pse and g will benefit from this, one of the big utilities but by and large the average working family will suffer. the c.b.o. estimates budgets will go up by $175 and three trillion dollars will be sucked out of the economy in the first two years. >> these are the exiendz ki

barbara boxer, california. chris dodd, conn., thomas harper, delaware. roland burris, illinois. evan by, indiana. benjamin cardin, indiana. robert menendez, new jersey. chuck schumer, new york, kent conrad, sharon brown -- how much time you have? with us now is a 25 year veteran of policy, in the past she has worked with two massachusetts democrats, left side of things. president obama campaign of a public option. that is what he said we would have, that is what we said we wanted. >> it is politics, pure and simple. the reality is that a public option will be provided by private insurance companies, just like nationally. they are going to have one right over here, they cannot afford things, then they will charge a higher rate. that position says that i have to charge you more because i have to pay for everyone else. they do not want to have to show that they can provide the same care for 1% of the population and not everyone else. shepard: in a capitalist system, which you could argue we are in, if we are in a capitalist system and one organization is operating not-for-profit an

. >>> california senator barbara boxer wants the epa to say what it's going to do about reports of toxic drinking water at schools. now we've told you an associated press investigation found that water at some schools in all 50 states had unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and other toxins. boxer wants the epa to tell how and when it's going to address this. the epa has not commented. >>> i couldn't sleep very well last night so i got up and watched the game, the "monday night football." it was a packers legend playing against the packers. larry smith has more on a great night for brett favre. he looked like his old self. >> he really did. one interception through four games. if you follow football, that's really good for brett favre. he takes a lot of chances. he turns 40 on saturday. he admitted later he was about as nervous as he had ever been in his career entering a game. he's playing great football. keep in mind he's played in two super bowls. it was like a super bowl atmosphere in metrodome last night. his new team the vikings versus the packers. leading them to the 30-23 win in a

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i want to particularly thank barbara boxer who has been at this for a long time.his effort, she has done california and the country proud and i'm grateful to work with you. [applause] we are here and we introduce this legislation because of one word -- security. economic security, energy security, national security. america knows that that is the battle that we face right now. the fact is that what is in this bill provides the ability for america to get back into the driver's seat and take back control of our own security and take charge of our future. we have a chance to put millions of people back to work leading the world in a new economic era. we can safeguard the air that our children breeze, the water that people drink. we can stabilize a dangerously changing climate that demand our attention because the current course threatens our safety. our health, our economy, our environment, our security are also less the same message. it is time to reinvent the way that america uses energy. [applause] that is exactly what this legislation does. the clean energy jobs

. >>> this week on c-span's "newsmaker," barbara boxer and co-author of new energy legislation.she talks about the role of the e.p.a. and congress in deals with climate change. >> i expect people to go and try to repeal the clean air act and i expect them to repeal the endangered species act and they have never liked them and this is just an excuse for them to come in. now, i think the e.p.a. is doing what they have to do under the law, you know, there's a danger to global warming, guess who said that? the bush administration. we have their word. and all the scientists and the american academy of sciences. so either we step up to the plate and resolve it now, we can resolve it in two ways, one, is to let the. p.ae.p.a. do their work but it's foolish to not do it our way which gives much more flexibility, the ability to buy offsets and to create jobs and to do the kinds of things that we want to do. >> see the full interview with senator barbara boxer this sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> justice o'connor insisted we have lunch every day when we were

. >> it was one of those sticky situations senator barbara boxer was meeting with the u.n. secretary general. senator boxer doubled her embarrassment. >> how are you? >> thanks. >> getting caught ripping out her gum. but who hasn't? tom moderated a debate and he e depos itted his gum. we got this view of her gum leaving her mouth. when president obama said that the president has to be able to. >> walk and chew gum at the same time. >> the real trick is to sleep and chew gum. >> let me have it because you are falling asleep. >> he probably will die of embarrassment. >> let's spit your gum out, okay? >> when he sees himself sleeping, chewing gum and sucking his thumb. and when driving, make sure your window is all the way open before you spit out your gum. before you go on tv. >> i am putting my nicorette back in. >> ann coulter was offered another piece. >> chop it up so i can snort it. >> could have been worse. much worse if someone did this. >> after joaqin came close during his bizarre appearance. >> i will come to your house and chew gum. >> i don't have to. >> justry l