. >> at the top of the hour, a visit to barksdale air force base where we learn about the events of 9/11 as they unfolded at the place president bush was taken immediately after being told of the attacks on new york and washington. while there, we'lexplore history and current day operations of the b-52 bomber at the base where one of the largest collections of these aircraft operates from. then about 30 minutes in, we travel across town to the louisiana state museum to see a unique collection of autographs signed by some of our nation's founders and statesmen. >> my favorite is this one signed by john hancock. the one at the national archives is faded and rather difficult to see, whereas this one is in nice, bright signature, easily recognizable as john hancock. >> to round out the hour, a look at medical practices during the civil war as we visit the pioneer heritage center. >> we have our amputation kit. it consists of scalpel, bone saw, the big pliers that have the cutting edge to remove things like appendages like fingers. >> all these stories and more as american history tv in co

then a walk tour of the city, with neil johnson and on american history tv on c-span 3, from barksdale air force base, a look at the role of the base on 9/11 and a history of the b-52 bomber. visit the founding fathers exhibit and from the pioneer heritage center. medical treatment. >> rick santorum defended religious life. on the talk shows this weekend, and in speeches santorum responded to comments made by president john f kennedy. >> i believe in an america where the separation of church and state is absolute where no catholic -- and no minister would tell his membership who to vote for. where no church or church school is grantsed any public funds or political preference. and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the president who might point him or the people who mighty electricity -- might, elect him. >> more than 100 million americans, adults suffer from chronic pain according to a record from the institute of medicine, doctors at a recent committee examined the medical costs for pain and barriers for treatment and educating doctors and patients on

. >> barksdale air force base is home of the eighth bomber wing. since the b-52's introduction here in 1958, the base has housed one of the largest fleets of this aircraft in the u.s. military. >> when a b-52 enters a conflict, that the decision makers, america's leadership, they're serious, and it just got serious if the b-52 entered the conflict because b-52 says massive air power. >> it was the first nuclear bomber and it was designed basically during the cold war era and it was to project global power and long-range strike to our enemies during that era. now, that has graduated over the years and this weapons system has also can modernized and upgraded over the years to continue with the flights that currently need us today. >> this is the b-52-h, has a wingspan of 185 feet. maximum gross weight is 488,000 pounds fully loaded, so that's with weapons and fuel. we carry up to ten different munitions on this particular jet ranging from unguided weapons, so gravity weapons that just free fall out of the bombay ba to guidedgps, guided weapons, jdam

eastern from barksdale air force base a look at the base's role on 9/11 plus a history of the b-52 bomb are and also visit the founding fathers' autograph collection at the state museum and from the pioneer center, medicine during the civil war. shreveport, louisiana, this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >>> even a person who's a senator, even a person now who's president of the united states, faces a predicament when they talk about race. they face all sorts of predicaments. they face the fact there are some, an appreciable number of americans who are racially prejudice. they face the fact a much larger portion of the american pop lule wants to deny this even now. >> randall kennedy on racism, politics and the obama administration. the rhodes scholar is the author of five books and will take your calls e-mails and tweets for three hours live on "in-depth" live on c-span2. >>> energy secretary steven chu testified earlier this week before the committee on energy and water development. topics included the president's decision to hold on on the nuclear waste storage facility, energy research pr

from barksdale air force base a look at the role on 9/11. plus the history of the b-52 bomber.then the autograph collection. then the heritage center medical treatment during the civil war. shreveport louisiana. this weekend on c-span 2 and c-span 3. >>> health and human services secretary, kathleen sebelius testified before the house energy and commerce committee on health. the budget calls for $76.4 billion in expenses which includes a 26% increase for the center's for medicare and medicaid seriescertifyservices. this is just over two hours. >> the sub committee will come to order. as agreed earlier, with the democrat side of the aisle, each side will be recognized for one minute for opening statements. we can move straight to secretary sebelius' testimony and questions. the chair reminds members that pursuant to the rules, opening statements will be made part of the record. i recognize myself for an opening statement. i would like to thank secretary sebelius for being here with us to discuss the fiscal year 2013 budget. one of the most striking features of the budget is just

van and the next thing we saw was the president speaking in front of this podium here with barksdale air force base under it. that's how we found out about it, that the president was here. >> we have taken all appropriate security precautions to protect the american people. our military at home and around the world is on high alert status. and we have taken the necessary security precautions to continue the functions of your government. we have been in touch with the leaders of congress and with world leaders to assure them that we will do whatever is necessary to protect america. >> when "air force one" came in, it was under escort by two f 16 fighters that were -- that had been scrambled from ellington field outside of houston, texas, to meet "air force one" over the florida panhandle. and they were carrying live munitions and were assigned escort duties. it was interesting that the organization that they were from was the 149th fighter wing. that was president bush's old outfit when he was in the texas air national guard. one of the f 16s landed to refuel while the other assumed a combat ai

barksdale air force base is home to the b-52 bomber. since the b-52's introduction here in 1958, the base has housed one of the largest fleets of this aircraft in the u.s. military. >> you know when a b-52 enters a conflict when the decision maker -- america's leadership, they're serious. and it just got serious when the b-52 entered the conflict. b-52 says massive air power. >> it was the first nuclear bomber and designed during the cold war era and was to project global power and long-range strike to our enemies during that era. now, that has graduated over the years and this weapon system has also been modernized and upgraded over the years to continue with today. >> this is the b-52h, it's got a wingspan of 185 feet, maximum gross weight of this jet is 488,000 pounds fully loaded, so that's with weapons and fuel. we carry up to 10 different munitions on this particular jet ranging from unguided weapons, gravity weapons as they just freefall out of the bombay. to guide the weapons, that's your gps guided weapons, and we also carry ai

eastern from barksdale air force base, a look at the base's role on 9/11 plus the history of the b-52 bomber. also, visit the founding father's autograph location at the museum and from the pioneer heritage center, medical treatment and medicine during the civil war. shreveport, louisiana this weekend on c-span2 and 3. earlier this week the associated press reported that israeli officials have no plans to warn the u.s. if they decide to launch a preemptive strike against iranian nuclear facilities. remarks now from the defense minister who recently said despite media reports israel is not trigger happy about attacking iran. it is one of the featured speakers taking part on a panel discussion on what a nuclear arm's iran would mean for the middle east region and the world. this is about an hour and a half. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning, everyone. i am jane harman, the not so new president and ceo of the woodrow wilson center, almost a year now. time flies when you're having fun. it truly is an honor to succeed lee hamilton as head of this extraordinary center. today

. >>> barksdale air force base is home to the eighth farmer wing which flies the b-52 bomber. since the b-52's introduction here in 1958 the bases housed one of the largest fleets of this aircraft in the u.s. military. >> when a b-52 enters the conflict, the decision-makers, america's leadership, just got serious. it just got serious if the b-52 entered the conflict because b-52 says massive air power. it was the first nuclear bomber. it was designed basically in the cold war era to project global power and long range strike to our enemies during that era. now, that has graduated over the years and this weapon his sem has also been modernized and upgrade over the years to continue with the fights that currently meet us today. >> well, this is the b-52h, both conventional and nuclear bomber. it's got a wingspan of 185 feet. max gross weight of this jet, 488,000 pounds, fully loaded, that's with weapons and fuel. we carry up to ten different munitions on this particular jet, ranging from unguided weapons. gravity weapons, free fallout of the bomb bay, to guided weapons, that's y

. >> barksdale air force base is the home to the b-52 bomber. since their introduction in 1958 the base has housed one of the largest fleets in the u.s. military. >> you know when a b-52 enters a conflict the decisionmakers, america's leadership, they're serious. it just got serious if the b-52 entered the conflict because that says massive air power. >> it was the first nuclear bomber and designed during the cold war era and to project long range strike to our enemies during that era. that has graduated over the years and this weapon system has been modernized and upgraded to continue with the fight that meets us today. >> this is the b-52-h, conventional and nuclear bomber. a wing span of 185 feet. maximum gross weight is 488,000 pounds, fully loaded. that's with weapon and fuels. we carry up to ten different munitions on this jet, ranging from unguided to weapons, so graet weapons. they freefall out of the bombay, to guided weapons. that's your gps-guided weapons, and we also care air launch cruise missiles. a whole bunch of modern weaponry o

from barksdale air force base a look at the base's role on 9/11 and the history of the b 52 bomber and visit the founding father's autograph collection at the museum. and from the pioneer heritage center, medical treatment during civil war. this weekend on c-span 2 and c-span three. >> if you had said in 2006 that the world would be begging for the united states to use force again in the middle east within 3 1/2 years, everybody would have said you were crazy. >> brookings institute robert kagan is not only an advisor to the romney campaign but also serves on -- >> a lot of -- a broad consensus, and i think what you're seeing here is the kind of consensus that exists in the community and there's probably a lot of overlap between the two parties. >> more on robert kagan and that's sunday night 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> even a person who is a senator, even ea person now who is president of the united states faces a predicament when they talk about race. they all sorts -- they face all sorts of things. they face the fact that a much larger portion of the american pop will yo

shreveport with neal johnson and on american history tv on c-span3, sunday at 5:00 pm eastern from barksdale air force face and the history of the b-52 bomber. also visit the founding fathers autographed collection at the louisiana state exhibit museum and from the pioneer heritage center, medical treatments during the civil war. >> if you had said in 2006 that the world would be begging for the united states to use force again in the middle east within 3.5 years, everybody would have said you are crazy. >> brookings institution fellow robert kagan is not only an advisor to the romney campaign but also serves on secretary of state clinton's foreign policy advisory board. >> what i've been writing for years, actually, is that there's a lot of continuity in american foreign policy and i think what you're seeing is the kind of consensus that exists in the foreign policy community and probably there is a lot of overlap between the two parties. more with robert kagan on foreign policy and his latest, the world america made sunday night 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >> next an agenda with vice president j

eastern from barksdale air force base, a look at 9/11 and a history of the b-52 bomber. also, visit the founding fathers autograph collections at the louisiana state exhibit museum. and from the pioneer heritage center, medical treatment and medicine during the civil war. shreveport, louisiana, this weekend on c-span 3 and 3. -- 2 and 3. >> if you had said in 2006 the world would be begging for the u.s. to use force in the middle east within three and a half years, everybody would have said you were crazy. >> robert kagan is not only an adviser to the romney campaign but also serves on secretary clinton pose foreign-policy advisers aboard. >> what i have been writing for years is that there's a lot of continuity in american foreign policy, a lot of a broad consensus. i think what you are seeing is the kind of consensus that exists in the foreign-policy community and there's a lot of overlap between the two parties. >> more with him on foreign policy and his latest book sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span "s "q&a". washington journal continues. host: joining us from ou

then a look at barksdale air force base and their role on 9/11, plus the b 52 bomber, and then visit the museum and from the pioneer heritage center, medical treatment and medicine during civil war. shreveport, louisiana on espn2, book tv. >> who have we vetted? >> romney, and -- >> obama just changed the entire dynamic. >> look inside the hbo movie and book that gave the inside story on just what happened during 2008. >> i love those hockey moms, they say the difference between a hockey mom and pit bull? lipstick. >> their expectation coming out of that speech was that she was an -- asset for the campaign and for a week or 10 days after that, she was. on the democratic side there was a lot of concern as the mccain-palin ticket came out. people on the democratic side were sort of freaking out. >> we'll talk about game change . >> "washington journal" continues. host: we're taking a lookt in this next 45 minutes. jim of the ohio news network. he serves as the moderator. welcome. >> good morning. host: the reason we asked you come on today was your exchange with romney. give us a brief

eastern, from barksdale air force base, look at the base's role in 9/11 and the history of the b-52 bomber. and from the pioneer heritage center, medical treatment and medicine during the civil war. shreveport, louisiana, this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >> rick santorum delivered a full throated defense of religion in public life on sunday, appealing to social conservatives who revive his presidential campaign mr. santorum responded to comments made by president john f. kennedy. >> i believe in an america where separation of church and state is absolute, where no catholic fellow can tell the president, should he be catholic, how to act, and a protestant minister can tell his parishioners for whom to vote, where no church orchard school -- is granted -- note church or church school is granted any public funds or preference, where no man is denied public office merely because he differs from the president who might appoint him or people who might elect him. >> you can watch more of president kennedy's speech on our website at the video library. go to c-span.org confided at the archives and th

eastern, from barksdale air force base, a look at the base's role on 9/11, plus a history of the b-52 bomber. also the louisiana state exhibit museum. and from the pioneer heritage center, medical treatment and medicine during the civil war. shreveport, louisiana, next weekend on c-span ii and c-span iii. >> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke yesterday called on congress to avoid tax increases and spending cuts set to take effect in 2013 under current law. he testified before the senate banking committee reiterating his view that while economic growth and unemployment have improved faster than expected in recent month, a number of factors such as the housing market continue to lower prospects for fast recovery. this is about an hour and 40 minutes. >> i call this hearing to order. today, i welcome chairman bernanke back to this committee to deliver the federal reserve's semiannual monetary report to congress. there are reasons to be optimistic about our nation's economic recovery. the u.s. economy has expanded for 10 straight quarters and private sector employment has increased for