jack kemp big power empower america, jack kemp and bill bennett our far right. for their support of nafta. we thought that's going to cause us trouble with our ranks. but one of the reasons he was successful was that he did take approach down the middle. one of the reasons that he took the approach down the middle was the elephant stampede in 1994. i don't know if that happens to barack obama in 2010. we will see, but obviously some people predict that is what will happen. now if you get 35 seats for the republicans in 2010, will policy be more down the middle, more bipartisan? i don't know. >> host: but when it breaks effort plan, to some extent, is with the monica lewinsky and the impeachment thing. which i think historians will have some real trouble wrestling trying to figure out was that a great moral issue that the republicans took on tuesday, or was that some amazing piece of insanity were we all became polarized over something that was, should not have been our focus? >> guest: you probably know him my view. i wrote a book of on this. i that is very seri

i spent more defending bill bennett did on the entire rest of the news coverage. and of course to national news coverage. and we it's the only decision left tenures which fit taunt. he came at enormous cost of newspaper and we spend enormous amounts of money, unbelievable amounts of my defending him. but it's worth it and i hope as we get back to the basics of our journalism that we don't lose sight with remake that obligation we really have to stick to it from the corporate titans all the way down to the regional reporter. >> yeah, i mean, the question is that what point are you going to go to jail for a source. and you know, i rarely let it get to that because i've been able to usually take somebody's information and get it verified elsewhere. so it doesn't -- so then my original tipster who absolutely wants to remain anonymous, you know, becomes marginal or irrelevant to what we ultimately put on the air. and you know, at the same time, i will not put that person's name anywhere on my computer. i will put it on notes, anything like the so that there's no way of

interview with former education secretary bill bennett, who discusses his book, "a century turns." it begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern time on c-span2. >> all this month, said the winners of c-span's studentscam video documentary competition. middle and high school students from 45 states submitted videos on one of the country's greatest strengths or challenge the country is facing. watch the top winning videos every morning at c-span at 6:50 a.m. eastern just before "washington journal." at 8:30, meet the students that made them and for a preview of all the winners visit studentcam.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: kingston reif is deputy director of the center for arms control and nonproliferation. yesterday, the release of the posture review on nuclear weapons. how would you grade it or at least summarize what the administration did and what you think of the changes? guest: first, i think it is important to put the posture review in the context of president obama's larger vision for a reduced role of nuclear weapons in u.s. national- security policy. a year ago in propaga

"after words" with bill bennett and walter isaacson continues. >> host: you were just talking about thereakdown and bipartisanship and the failure of the hope of obama that we wouldn't become a red state-blue state that nation. and i can so they agree with you. i think the last campaign, the fact that john mccain and barack obama got the nominations and of their respective parties was a yearning for people to work across the aisle the wing john mccain had proved he could do and the way barack obama talked about so out only in his conviction speech. what happened to make all that fall apart? >> guest: well, i think it is temporary. i think we will be back. i think what happened in this administration it turned out that this administration is not a centrist administration. health care, which has been a 14 month issue now for president obama has been largely designed, i make the contrast, i would make the contrast the night before when the clintons did their health care plan which is pretty much a white house operation. it was an inside plan and suffers from being an inside plan. this one

i spent more defending bill bennett did on the entire rest of the news coverage. and of course to national news coverage. and we it's the only decision left tenures which fit it's worth it and i hope as we get back to the basics of our journalism that we don't lose sight of it. we have to really stick to it from the corporate titans down to the reporter. >> the question, at what point are you willing to go to jail for a source?

it's my pleasure to be here with bill bennett, an old friend, somebody who has written now a third in a trilogy of history books. there were two great volumes you did on american history, that ended in 1989, and now you're doing a slightly slimmer volume to continue it, to the present. is that -- you see it as part of a trilogy? >> guest: it is part of a trilogy, it is "the century turns," but it is the third in the trilogy. the reason i was a little reluctant, you've written history books, this history is pretty close to us, so i was worried about perspective, objectivity, but because of "america's last best hope" are available in the public schools, teachers like to believe they're going to get up to the present. i say that because usually they don't make it, but they like to believe they're going to get their students up to the present, so they asked me to. >> host: "america's last best hope" tried to in some way teach history the way we did, from what you might call a leftist or a baez or a bias that didn't really glorify the triumphs of american exceptionalism, would you say that

it's my pleasure to be here with bill bennett, an old friend, someone who's written now a third in atrilogy of history books. there were too great volumes you did on american history that ended in 1989, and now you are doing a slightly slower volume to continue it to the present; is that how you see it is part of a trilogy? >> guest: is part of a trilogy. the book is "a century turns" but it's the third of a series america's last best hope. i was reluctant. you know, you've written history books. this is close to us, was worried that perspective object to the but because america last best hope first two volumes are now in schools, available in public schools, teachers like to believe they are going to get up to the present. i say that because usually they don't make it but they like to believe they are going to get their students to the present so they asked me. >> host: america last best hope in some ways tried to in your mind right the way we teach history a little bit from i think he felt there was what he would call leftist or buy a used didn't to glorify the triumph of american

>> i was listening to the radio, listen to bill bennett became a personal mentor and friend to me. and who wrote the forward to my new book. getting to understand what i believe in and why i believe. allows question are you involved in any actual campaigns right now? >> no, no. absolutely not. except i do have my campaign button, franklin roosevelt for ex-president. there we go. >> thanks very much for your time. >> annie leonard one of "time" magazine's 2000 euros of the violent says health hazard, environment damage and social injustice all result from the american obsession with acquiring stuff. it's about 45 minutes. >> thank you. thing to so much for coming. i have so many friends in the odd is that i am so happy. like i really, really, i know it's in the days to come out on a school night. thank you guys so much from the bottom of my heart. today is day nine of the book tour. we have been to new york, toronto, and d.c. tomorrow we have san rafael, portland, seattle, olympia, boston and denver. and we're continually adding new places. so if you have friends in other places, pl

he is a from a host of bill bennett's morning in america, a nationally syndicated radio program. he is a contributor on the fox news channel and a columnist with the philadelphia inquirer and is the president of a reston, va., based media company. but of all of those past and present accomplishments, rick focuses on as his highest accomplishment, his greatest accomplishment being a great husband and father, and he and his wife, sharon, have seven wonderful, wonderful children. please welcome a great american, which santorum. -- rick santorum. [applause] >> thank you. appreciate it. thank you. thank you very much, david, and thank you for welcoming me here to the louisiana. thank you for the outstanding leadership, conservative leadership, principled conservative leadership. i don't think you will find a more conservative voting record, stronger principled voting record. he has a tough election. i know it is louisiana, but he has a tough election and we have to help david make sure that he gets six more years in the u.s. senate. [applause] i heard a few aws when people heard i hav

. >> host: hello, it's my pleasure to be here with bill bennett, an old friend. some of who is written out a third in the trilogy of history books. there were two great volumes you did on american history that ended in 1989, and now you are doing a slightly slimmer volume to continue it. is that how you see it, part ever told you? >> guest: the book is a sentry turned but it is the third of a series. i was, you know, you've written history books, this history is pretty close. i was worried about perspective objectivity, but because america last best hope are now in the schools, available to public schools, teachers like to believe they're going to get up to the present, i say that because usually they don't make it but they like to believe they're going to get their students up to the present. >> host: america, last best hope in some ways try to in your mind to write the way we teach history a little bit from i think you felt what you might call a left is or a bias or a bias that it would glorify the triumphs of america exceptional is that is that about right. >>

then, former education secretary bill bennett examines america from the end of the cold war through the war on terrorism. book to be prime time all week on c-span 2. tomorrow, live coverage of the southern republican leadership conference. we will hear remarks from liz janey and newt gingrich. that begins live thursday at 7:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> it is the ultimate responsibility to warn that there vehicles comply with safety standards. that is their responsibility. we're not branding these cars say. it is our job to enforce and toice please the marketplace -- to police the market place, which we do. the automakers have to uphold their obligation to not only comply with our standards but the state of the art. it is my job to make sure they called to the standards. this agency will hold the line. >> david strickland, head of the nhtsa, testifying before congress in his agency's role in auto safety. the agency follow those words with an announcement that it will seek a fine against toyota of $16 million for failing to notify officials . starting as off is dave shepardson of "detroi

passed by 73-25. 31 republicans vote ford this bill yet conservative says senator bennett should not have. another vote, the ashcroft amendment a bill that would punish parents if they let their children get hands on semiautomatic weapon passed by 95-2, two republicans voting no. bennett voting yes. in this environment some say bennett cast the wrong vote. two examples, michigan and utah. now about north carolina? a labor union saying it wants to form a third party in north carolina because it thinks democrats aren't looking out for workers so much. take a look at how people break down in north carolina. according to the gallup poll you 47% democrats, 38% republicans. so you think by looking at that this is a democratic state. but look at this. let's stretch these numbers out a little bit. asked north carolinians to describe themselves, 38% are moderate. 40% are conservatives. only 18.4% say they're liberal. a country right now that has a lot of tugging by the right a lot of tugging by left in this environment the president has to name a new supreme court pick and get him through the

also today, it is -- on afterwards, former education secretary bill bennett examines america from the cold war to the war on terrorism. "book tv" prime time all week on c-span2. in the southern leadership conference, we will hear comments from newt gingrich. that begins live thursday at 7:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> our public affairs content is available on television, radio, and online. you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube, and sign up for our alert e- mails @ c-span.org. >> a hearing on school nutrition programs. the obama administration unveiled plans to tackle childhood obesity through meal programs at schools. held by the house education and labor committee, this is one hour and 40 minutes. >> the committee will come to order. i want to welcome our witnesses and thank you for taking the time to be with us. i am going to introduce you in a moment. first will have opening statements by myself and by representatives kline. my statement starts out -- will change it right away and say "this afternoon." we will examine how strong a nutrition programs can he

senate to some of the most progressive, and the senators who are supporting the base bill are senators barrasso, bennettof utah, boxer, brownback, burr, cardin, chambliss, coburn, demint, dorgan, feingold, graham, grassley, harkin, hatch, hutchison, inhofe, isakson, landrieu, leahy, lincoln, mccain, thune, wicker, and wyden. that is a very broad cross-section of the united states senate. from some of the most conservative to some of the most progressive members on the base bill who say it is absurd that the fed can lend out trillions of dollars without the american people knowing who has received that money. and let me just tell you what our amendment would do, and it's pretty simple. number one, it would require the nonpartisan government accountability office, the g.a.o., to conduct an independent and comprehensive audit of the fed within one year, and secondly, it would require the fed to disclose the names of the financial institutions that received over $2 trillion in virtually zero interest loans since the start of the recession. that's it. that's the whole amendment, pretty simple. and i would ho

shares my passion for avoiding bailouts, but he says the way to do that is to strip from the bennett -- the senate bill the $50 billion fund or the $150 billion fund that the house makes available to provide for the creditors of result institution. the amount available under the senate or house bill for taking care of creditors and counterparties is not just the $50 billion, it is that plus borrowings from the treasury. if you eliminate those funds, but you allow the borrowings, then the barings start with the dollar one. -- the borrowings starts with dollar one. i think the ultimate victory would be to tell wall street they do not have to pay in at the present time but they are available for the fdic to borrow money and bail out their creditors and counterparties. >> if the gentleman would respond -- if i can respond briefly. in bankruptcy, the taxpayers would not be exposed at all. >> i am reclaiming my time. i am more concerned with senator mcconnell's remarks were he seems to take aim at the $50 billion in and leave the borrowing capacity. secretary geithner, we are here to discuss lehman brothers.

bills. which senators abstained? >> kit bond and bennett bennett of utah. >> meantime goldman sachs accused of putting its interests ahead of client, a charge lloyd blankfein denies. mary thompson joins us with more from washington. >> reporter: good morning. in prepared testimony released yesterday, blankfein says without his clients' trust his firm can't survive. but senator levin chaired the subcommittee for permanent investigationsed goldman breached that trust. >> the evidence shows that goldman repeatedly put its own interests and profits ahead of the interest of its clients. >> reporter: in his claims with e-mails like this one from goldman mortgage executive daniel sparks who wrote in late 2007, he wrote, real bad feelings across european sales about some of the trades we did with clients. the damage this has done to our franchise is very significant. levin's committee examining the role of financial banks and the crisis. he says goldman and others built a conveyor belt that dumped billions of toxic housing stocks into the system. g

bill actually does right at the top of the show. also, republican purge, arlen specter is out, john mccain, charlie crist and robert bennett is all beingd on the right. is this any way to run a party or run it into the ground. >>> next, where's the credit. the top two leader of al qaeda were killed over the weekend. does president obama get enough credit for being tough on terrorism? that's my question for former counterterrorism adviser, richard clarke. >>> plus wait until you see how president obama parried with a gay rights heckler. >>> and let me finish with a tribute to a real american hero. let's start with the politics of financial rerm and the lingo. "time" magazine's mark halpern is author of the great book, "game change." and ross sorkin is the author of "too big to fail." two giants on the show tonight, gentlemen, thank you for joining us. >>> it seems to me that the president has finally got the accent right. he calls it wall street. he doesn't say financial regulation or all of these boring terms. he says, we've got to clean up wall street. we've got to stop them from stealing our money. oempbd, the republicans, thanks

bill actually does right at the top of the show. >>> also, republican purge, arlen specter is out, john mccain, charlie crist and robert bennett arened on the right. is this any way to run a party or run it into the ground? >>> next, where's the credit? the top two leader of al qaeda in iraq were killed over the weekend, in a joint operation by u.s. and iraqi forces. does president obama get enough credit for being tough on terrorism? that's my question for former counterterrorism adviser, richard clarke. >>> plus wait until you see how president parried a gay rights heckler. we'll have it in the "hardball" "sideshow." >>> and "let me finish" with a tribute to a real american hero. let's start with the politics of financial reform and the lingo. "time" magazine's mark halperin is the coauthor of the great book, "game change." and "the new york times" andrew ross sorkin is author of "too big to fail." two giants on the show tonight, gentlemen, thank you for joining us. it seems to me that the president has finally got the accent right. he calls it wall street. he doesn't say financial regulation or all of these boring terms. he say

bill clinton, necessarily. maybe to benny curry, certainly, maybe to vernon jordan. but it is very clear, at one point, jackie bennett called over to make sure they had the equipment ready, in the office, if she was going to wear a wire. so they were talking about that, both she and her mother were adamant about this. as to the specifics, did they really think she was going to go into the oval office and talk to bill clinton, i'm not sure that that was what they had in mind. >> and then, the request came to the centell panel to expand the assignment, mandate of the office of independent counsel and before they went to the panel they went to the department of justice, and talked to the attorney general and the deputy as to whether or not they were supportive and the doj supported the expansion of the mandate. do they have any regrets about that? you talked to the attorney general and eric holder, now the attorney general. did they regret supporting, giving the office of independent counsel this additional assignment? >> well, they did. i interviewed janet reno at her home in florida, and as you know she's a very -- th

ignoring the constituents and voting for the bank bailout bill with that extra $150 billion of the march on top including guys like john mccain, john bennett, mcconnell, guys whose constituents did not want them to vote that way. this year where you have some democrats they voted yes because of party leadership. i just feel now if you look for somebody that person does not represent you, they represent their party. i want to know how you feel. >> guest: i think they don't represent -- i would make one twist on what you just said. that person doesn't represent you. they represent their party. i would say to some degree it is that person doesn't always represent you. they were elected by you to do what they think is right. the reason i say that is when it comes to the quote unquote bailout of the financial institutions which largely occurred at the end of 2008, the very end of the bush administration and during the transition, which obama pretty much supported, a lot of members of congress regardless of what they were hearing back home were hearing something that they believed, perhaps, was more important from people from the treasury secret