three hours with bill bennett 's" ay as part of "booktv holiday weekend. get the whole schedule at gov 2.0. -- at booktv.org. >> senator durbin asked about mandatory sentencing guidelines, the death penalty, and treatment of enemy combatants. republican senator tom coburn talks about the role of judges and the commerce clause. this is one hour. >> thank you, mr. chairman. miss kagan, welcome. you are probably aware of the fact that, about 12 years ago, then majority leader began a tradition -- bank goodness it became a tradition -- thank good became a tradition -- thank good is that it

three hours with bill bennett on sunday. that is on c-span to. >> stewart udall, the secretary of the interior under presidents kennedy and johnson, died in march at 90 years old. his family, including his son and nephew, organized a memorial service. from santa fe, new mexico, this portion is one hour 25 minutes. >> okay, folks. we are ready to get going here today. we are ready to get going. we are starting on time as that has requested. first of all, happy father's day. let's have all of those fathers stand up. we have a lot of fathers here. [applause] happy father's day. dennis udall, my brother, and i will be your masters of ceremony today. you will see him on a regular basis. family and friends have gathered today to celebrate our father's life and legacy. i already have a lot of tears with many of you. let's remember, we have the celebration side. there will also be a lot of crying with the speakers, no doubt. dad did not have a funeral. he wanted a celebration of his life. i will talk about that in a little bit. we a

. >> sunday, syndicated talk show host bill bennett.he is the author of more than 20 books for adults and children. three hours with bill bennett sunday, part of "book tv's" three day holiday weekend on c- span2. >> for a snapshot of washington and the 111th congress, the c- span direction -- congressional directory. the president's cabinet, supreme court justices and state governors, all at your fingertips. order online net c-span.org /store. >> "washington journal" continues. >> our guests ali noorani is the executive director for the national immigration forum. thank you for joining us. you met with the president about immigration reform. what did you want to hear and what did you hear in the meeting? guest: we wanted to make sure that he was focusing on the right of all aspects of immigration policy. by and large, it was clear that he wants to fix the immigration system and he sees the waste and harm that is being caused by our immigration system as it currently stands. it has been an important week for immigration policy and we wil

join the conversation with bill bennett sunday, part of the holiday weekend. get the whole schedule at booktv.org. host: on your screen is congressman john tierney of massachusetts. a report on contract thing in afghanistan. the famous phrase that an army moves on its stomach. we have a $2.1 billion contract there. what are we getting from it? guest: yes, $2.16 billion for contacting that goes through everything from food to supplies. they are getting the goods delivered. there is no argument on that. but there is a failure on the side of authorities to know who they are paying in these contracts, what impact that might have in terms of waste, fraud, and abuse, and in terms of the counterinsurgency mission in afghanistan. host: that last part is what you seem to emphasize in your report. guest: we are not really tracking a lot of these companies. and they go and hire trucks and drivers and security companies, which in many instances, turned out to be warlords. they do whatever they need to to get the goods to where they need to be, but they are all set extorti

join the discussion on american history, education, and politics, three hours with bill bennett, sunday, part of book tv's three-day holiday weekend on c-span2. get the whole schedule at booktv.org. >> in a surprise turn of events, australian prime minister kevin rudd was forced to step down last thursday after months of political debate over a 40% tax on the mining industry opposed by his government. he lost a leadership battle within his governing labor party with his deputy leader, julia gillard, june 23, clearing the way for her to become the country's first female prime minister. hours after accepting her new position as prime minister and party leader, she addressed members of the australian house of representatives in her first question time. this program is a recap of last week's events, which include remarks from ms. gillard and outgoing prime minister rudd and a portion of prime minister gillard's first question time. >> thank you very much, and thank you for joining me in this jam-packed room. and can i say, australians one and all, we have the greatest resolve and enthusiasm

sunday,,your questions for bill bennett on a "in depth." is the author of more than 20 books and join the discussion on american history, education, and politics. three hours with bill bennett on sunday, part of the three day holiday weekend on c-span2. but the whole schedule on booktv.org. c-span is now available in the 100 million homes bringing you a direct link to public affairs, politics, history, and nonfiction books as a public- service greeted by america's cable companies. -- created by american's cable companies. "washington journal" continues. host: we have john hall, executive director of the florida center for fiscal and economic policy. he joins us from tallahassee. what our conditions in the sunshine state these days? guest: conditions are tough. our state is in trouble not only from the oil spill and my reason and leave for dissipating in your program is to talk about the budget. we have a shortfall in the state general funds of about $6 million. those are needed to meet critical and high priority needs. that is about 20%. ho

three hours with bill bennett on sunday. get the whole schedule at but tv got -- booktv.org. >> now, the memorial service for senator robert byrd, the longest serving member of congress in history. this takes place at the steps of the state capital in charleston, west virginia. we hear from president obama, vice president biden, house and senate leaders, and others. ♪ [bells ringing] [bells ringing] [bells ringing] [bells ringing] [bells ringing] [background sounds] [background sounds] >> we invite you to join us as we recite the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and for the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> would you please remain standing for the national anthem? ♪ ♪ . [applause] [applause] [applause] >> let us pray. oh holy one loving god, we cry out to you today in our sadness and loss, our mountains of wheat today, and our rivers run salty with the tears. our center, our advocate, our brother and ou

. >> today on "book tv," bill bennett, live and in death. the former education secretary has written more than 20 books -- live and in depth. starting today at noon, eastern. it is a part of the holiday weekend. the rest of the schedule at booktv.org. >> one of the best quotes about money and politics is that is about water that finds home. >> he won the pulitzer prize for his reporting by jack abramoff and tom delay. the daschle investigative correspondent for "the washington post" on c-span's "q&a". >> the senate judiciary committee held a confirmation for supreme court nominee elena kagan. next, we will show you portions from three days of that hearing, beginning with opening statements from the chairman and the ranking member. as well as from the nominee. this is about 40 minutes. host: [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> good afternoon. welcome. everybody here, just so you know the procedure, senator sessions and i have discussed this, we are going to recogn

and one of the highlights this weekend is a replay of bill bennett's "in depth," and also, and drew an appellate tain -- andrew napolitano of a fox news channel interviewed by ralph nader. this program would -- and this program will be back tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. enjoy your weekend. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . >> by the way, an old sage saying, "this is my creation of this it sounds very authentic -- "this is my creation." it sounds very authentic. a lot of people say there is any change, but the promise is not change. the change that is predicted does not happen. sometime ago, we heard that japan would be the no. 1 country in the world. i wish that was true. but it did not really happen that way. the circumstances change. maybe the cristobal is somewhere -- to the crystal ball is somewhere in oberhausen, but not here. i'm talking about the optics. so japan is facing many challenges as well. there are changes. there are some things that look like change but not really change as well. what we have to b

. >> today on book tv bill bennett live in depth. the former education secretary has written more than 20 booksor adults and children. join the discussion on american history, education and politics for three hours starting today at noon eastern. it is part of book tv's three-day holiday weekend on c-span 2. get the rest of the schedule at booktv.org. "washington journal" continues. host: joining us is blake hounshell managing editor of foreign policy magazine. if the current edition is titled the bad guys' issue. you call this group the committee to destroy the world. tell us who they are around what they have in common. guest: it is a parody for a news magazine fans of the "time" magazine cover from the 1990's with alan greenspan, larry summers and bob ruben. this is the flip side. the guys who are trying to do bad things. you have robert mugabe the dictator in single -- zimbabwe. he turned them from a breadbasket to a failed state. we have the leader in burma. then you have omar bashir to his left leading the genocide in darfur. k

. >> sunday, your questions for syndicated radio talk-show host bill bennett. the former education secretary and the author of more than 20 books for adults and children joined the discussion on american history, education, and politics. three hours sunday as part of "book tv" three day holiday weekend on c-span to. >> one of the best quotes i have ever heard about money and politics is it is like water behind a whole. >> to write about political action committees and their influence on congress, and one the pulitzer prize for his reporting. jeff smith, national investigative correspondent for "the washington post." >> sunday, c-span will air highlights from the first three days of elena kagan's supreme court confirmation hearing, with opening statements by senate judiciary committee members and their questions on campaign financing, executive power, abortion, and treatment of enemy combatants. sunday morning at 10:35 eastern on c-span. our website offers on demand highlights from each day and portions organized by date and senator. you will find other events w

hispanics are really worried about jobs paying bills or server college. 45 percent say they or relatives did not find work recently suspended sentence bennett say it is difficult to get ahead financially. researchers say hispanics are particularly volatile to the poor economy because the level of education, income. news around the bay view live in san mateo county you could soon see higher sales at the board of supervisors will vote on tuesday whether to put the rear him raising measure on the ballot. sales tax increase could raise $30 million annually for five years for the cost of from that. or so next month to a doctor resolution and put that before the voters. it could cost more to register currency and a disco kron4 step or six wins the registration fees that will go on the november ballot.ballot the governor of rice them to ride a fee for the vehicle registration and on tuesday as if it's a scare county transportation authority which is also borders supervisors voted to drop the issue. voters will decide if the new fee will be levied on drivers in the city the money would go to street repair projects pedestrian safety and public trans

senator bob bennett, a big knock against him before he lost, was he had worked together with a liberal democrat from morgan on his own version of the healthcare billthe bill did not even come up. the simple fact they worked together was enough to have republican primary voters in the utah very upset. if that is the standard to be used, that is what this outside money is really doing. host: is your contention that the deregulation of the political financing laws levels the playing field for republicans tried to regain control of congress? guest: it has allowed more money to come into the republican side. it has at the same time allow more money to come in on the democratic side. the main case that has thrown some much turmoil into the system was called a decisioa dee out in january. it is these as we see just before the election. lately the labor unions have been using that as much if not more than corporations have. they spent $10 million on the race against senator blanche lincoln of arkansas. it has opened the door to more money from both sides, both liberals and conservatives, as opposed to democrats and republicans. the party structures themse

senator bob bennett, a big knock against him before he lost, was he had worked together with a liberal democrat from morgan on his own version of the healthcare bill. the bill did not even come up. the simple fact they worked together was enough to have republican primary voters in the utah very upset. if that is the standard to be used, that is what this outside money is really doing. host: is your contention that the deregulation of the political financing laws levels the playing field for republicans tried to regain control of congress? guest: it has allowed more money to come into the republican side. it has at the same time allow more money to come in on the democratic side. the main case that has thrown some much turmoil into the system was called a decisioa dee out in january. it is these as we see just before the election. lately the labor unions have been using that as much if not more than corporations have. they spent $10 million on the race against senator blanche lincoln of arkansas. it has opened the door to more money from both sides, both liberals and conservatives, as opposed to democrats and republicans. the party structures them