president bill clinton and former south african president nelson mandela. mr.reenberg discusses his book with republican strategist mary matalin. >> host: welcome, book lovers. welcome, c-span lovers. c-span, they changed the world and books that are still selling not as well as they were a couple of years ago. but the industry that hasn't changed much and there are people who love them madly. and carry them everywhere with them. i'm mary matalin. here here with stan greenberg. i'm going to do one from your bio and from our history. >> guest: thank you. >> host: i've known you forever but i didn't know you were such a big cheese. stanley b. greenberg a strategic advise religious companies in campaigns. this is stan's seventh book, dispatches from the war room. in the trenches with five extraordinary leaders. the seventh of political-type books you've written these other great histories, the two americas our political deadlock, how to break it, described by my husband as the most important book in american politics. >> guest: true, true. >> host: middle class dr

bill clinton, let me throw you this -- you are part of newt gingrich's class of 1994. you were part of the impeachment process with clinton. looking back 10 years later, to the republicans go too far? did the republicans be smirch themselves out of? >> guest: i am reminded of jesus christ superstar. mary matalin saying i don't know how to love him, i still can't get my arms around bill clinton. i do know this that i was given to ron by anger, rage and bill clinton. i thought to bill clinton represented everything that was wrong with america. i am loath to emma. i had no use for hillary clinton. and i think it goes back to being a kid raised in the atlanta suburbs looking at the '60s radicals and looking at the world from my parents died in. of course, 10 years later i read about this in the book -- i'm embarrassed by some of the things i said about bill clinton that my goal and i think i have gone there in 46 now as opposed to being 30 when i started campaigning to understand everybody has something to bring to the table and understanding while they couldn't understand

one of which fall from -- al fro m and bill clinton had nothing to do it. we were growing more reverse. therefore, there were more communitarian and less tolerant of the politics of division. the other factor he had a lot to do with. the government must at the two car parade, because they believe the government could perform and have a role to play in giving us a shared future. the bases were pretty even in 2000. president bush ran a brilliant campaign. compassionate conservatives may have been the best slogan of my adult lifetime. what is said to the moderate voters, i will give everything bill clinton gave you with a smaller government and a moderate tax cut. wouldn't you like that? al gore got more votes, but not enough to stay out of the supreme court where president bush was elected 5/4. he was reelected in 2000 for all right. we were still in the capsule of fear from 9/11. we never defeated a president involved in the military conflicts. it was the smallest margin of victory since woodrow wilson's victory in 1916. in 2006, we won the congress back. it

but there was something magical about bill clinton in 1992. i went on to tell the guy there was a guy who helped lay the foundation for so much of this. a young man we noticed in 1984 and 1985 that middle class america and asian america was not being represented, their concerns were not being dressed, and they were -- addressed. i thought back on the great leaders of this organization, from chuck robb, to dick gephardt, to bruise babbitabbit. john jones. obviously to the great chairman in 1990 and 1991. i thought about the great ag secreta secretary. the great leader in the senator joe lieberman. the honor reliable joe long. i thought about the honorable roy romer. i thought about ellen tauscher and the great senator from indiana. i thought about my dear friend and vice chairman and partner in chairing this organization, the great then governor and senator now and my immediate prepared ses -- predecessor. for we have all been a part of something very special because largely if not mainly because of the courage, determination and tenacity of a

we had the 1992 elections with bill clinton and george bush the father 30 we're trying to make the case you could not trust the inexperienced failed governor from a small stake revenue said what is this election about? it is about the character and quality of the president of united states the experience of the national security interest authenticity and trusts. that is what the fight was about and you tried to define it. >> we said change first is more of the same and healthcare. above all we said change we could not continue past policies but the most concrete thing was the economy. so our polls i conducted polls to define the most powerful choice, but the main thing was focused on what is the most powerful toys i cut off her? that would shift voters to us, and bring in coalitions and voters in to the electorate that would support us what are our qualifications to make those relevant and make your qualifications, how to make his qualifications not relevant? make our issues relevant. deciding what the fight is about is everything. if you look at each of these leaders of the action with

also this morning from "the washington times, " he referred to bill clinton people appeared during and after their pursuit of president clinton on impeachment charges the for a sexual liaison with an intern, several republican luminaries and not as dave, also, and elkton affairs and cling pro- life leader henry hyde, former house speaker newt gingrich and former rep bobolink is -- bob livingston who resigned just before assuming the speaker chair. mr. sanford voted in favor of three of the four articles of and be against it in -- mr. cullen. he was in the house of representatives before being elected. geraldine is joining us on independent line from mount pleasant, south carolina. caller: good morning. i object to of the fact that all of the news media and newspapers are focusing more on the fact that what he did to his family, what he did to his sons, that is all well and good. as far as i'm concerned, his private life is his private life. but when it affects the people of south carolina, then it is morally and very objectionable. he left them for five days without a leader, no one kn

hopscotch the body man on the plane and went to every state. >> guest: bill clinton wanted to respond to those as we said no. what's the fight about? the want the fight about experience. we won the fight about change in the economy. we are going to put up on the air and at schools all the nobel laureate saying our economic plan creates 8 million jobs and is the best thing for america and we are going to put everything behind the added that talks about our economic plan and we are not going to respond. no, you had to hold him down. he wanted to defend his virtue. we did groups and research but in the end of about at the end what's the site about, can we stay on our definition of the fight? we did polling to track that show it was working by not responding -- polls are an important piece by the way but it was around a central project of the is keeping control of the fight is about. >> host: so you're bringing up -- i love when candidates are forced, they're has to be brave somebody -- people understand the role of somebody in the campaign even if it is to get everybody to move push's to

there was something magical about this fellow, bill clinton in 1992. there was a guy that helped lay the foundation for so much of this. he noticed that middle-class america was not being representative -- represented. their concerns were not being addressed. and they were not given the tools to achieve their dreams and aspirations. from chuck to dick gephardt, to jim jones, to john, bill, and barbara. obviously, to that great chairman and 91 who we will hear from later. i thought about the congressman from mississippi. the great leader in the senate from connecticut, joe lieberman. i thought about dave bliss here this evening. i thought about ellen and the great senator from indiana. i thought about my dear friend and vice chairman and partner in sharing -- in sharing this organization. and of course, my immediate predecessor, my friend, the great governor. for we have all been a part of something very special. mainly because of the courage and determination and tenacity of a fellow black men who is now a fellow again that you will see later, and our

we all love bill clinton has the president. i voted for him twice and i want you to understand that i thought he was a disgusting person but i thought he was a great president. mike was that the had been elected he still probably would have been a disgusting for some but we would have lost all the benefits of its leadership of president of the united states. i mean that seriously. especially in this administration, this man, barack obama is one of the most impressive human beings i have ever seen in my life and politics. i am awestruck. he is an awesome man. he represents so much that is wonderful about our country. a black african father, a white american mother, if that is not the melting pot i don't know what it is. raised in a very nurturing wonderful environment. he went to columbians university, did extraordinarily well. he then went to harvard law school where he was head of law review. you don't get that by affirmative action. you have got to be really good. he then taught at the university of chicago where i taught for

and bill clinton who i still think he is a better politician than barack obama. i think he is a thoroughbred. i'm not tried make comparisons but i am making a point that with all the tools you give them, with all the framework, with all the testing and in a manipulative way what's the best way to say. they -- it something else that they bring. >> guest: tony blair was particularly articulate. and he also had, you know, i write in the book, he had an underlying religious base which i think was very, was central to what would drive his purpose, and let you kind of a chaotic politics in britain because britain is so uncomfortable with the notion of religious parliament and expressed publicly. and so it was not something he could actually give voice to until 9/11 when i think he was then able to speak about kind of fundamentalist right and wrong, you know, the fundamental threat facing the democratic society. and he was able to speak in religious terms and really found his voice. that's when you particularly elegant in the post-9/11 period and the iraq period. but he

bill clinton did not do anything great. the great man behind that came in with his budget four times is newt gingrich. it was a republican house. all we do is fight back and forth. they should both be responsible for what they did with our national debt. both parties are wrong. we should wake up and demand that our debt be paid off, whether we use our own oil, whether we find solutions which newt gingrich has a lot of the solutions. i hope he runs for president. they all lie and they tell you what they want. people should wake up and stop fighting. our country is going down the tubes. host: how should we pay off the deficit? caller: taxes to bring back our companies that left. cut the corporate taxes from 35% down to 12%. capital gains tax, cut it out. in china, there is no capital gains tax. you will see the stock market go back up. we will start having a little bit more confidence. but nobody thinks like that. they better wake up. if you give stimulus checks, of course it won't work. you have to cut corporate tax. there a

but there was something special about bill clinton in 1992. the man now speaking to helped to lay the foundation for so much of this. a young man who noticed in 1984 and 1985 that middle-class america and the mainstream america was not being represented. their concerns are not being addressed, and there were not given the tools to achieve their dreams and aspirations. i thought back on the great leaders of this organization from chuck robb to dig gephardt to jim jones, at 2 barbara kinelly, obviously to the great chairman in 1990 and 1991 with whom we will hear from later. a thought about the congressman from mississippi. the great leader and the senate from connecticut, joe lieberman. the hon. joe long. i thought about roy romer and did mccurry who is here this evening. i thought about the great senator from indiana. i thought about my dear friend of vice chairman and partner in chairing this organization, now senator tom carver. of course, my immediate predecessor, my friend, the great gov. tom vilsack. we have all been a part of something v

speakers include bill clinton, steny hoyer and bruce reed. this lasts about an hour and a half. >> ladies and gentlemen, lab buy daniels. >> oh god, creature of universe upon universe, we are here this evening no honor, thank and recognize a friend, a patriot, a lead leader, a lover of our country. in this moment, dear god, as we should in all moments, we recognize your presence in the work of our hands, your light and the clarity we attain, your spirit and the wisdom we achi e achieve, your inspiration and the good that we seek to do. we ask for your continued guidance and blessing even as we know that we often merit them n not. we thank you for our many gifts. this evening we thank you for al and engineer fro ginger ginger others that are not here this evening. our tradition teaches that at 5 years old the person should study scripture. at 13 the commandments, at 20 one is ready for one's life pursuit. at 40 within achieves discernment. at 50 one is ready to give counsel. at 60, one becomes an elder even with your grace, a sage. which is is

he was harder to recruit than bill clinton. but i always believed bruce was the person who lead the d.l.c. into a new era and i couldn't be more delighted that he is doing so. thank you, bruce, for giving the d.l.c. a great future, and you are going to make the d.l.c. an important source of new democrat ideas for president obama. [applause] >> the last 14 years have been a blessing for me and i'm not going to detail every one of them. the d.l.c. has far exceeded any dreams that i could have had for it we hen we began. you have heard plenty of that tonight so i won't talk about that. what i want to say a few words about are about some of beliefses and values that -- some of the beliefs that figuid me that i hope the d.l.c. will continue to reflect under bruce's leadership. firsters call me old fashioned but i still believe that substance matters. that values and ideas matter. i believe that in politics, in the end you rise and fall on what you believe in and what you stand for. if you stand for good things, for strong values and

president bill clinton then nominated and the senate confirmed her to be on the second circuit court of appeals, the circuit that covers my own state of vermont. she actually, mr. president, you may be interested in knowing this, she has the most federal court experience of any supreme court nominee during the past 100 years. this is a remarkable person. she's the first nominee in more than 50 years to serve as a federal trial judge and then as a federal appellate judge at the time of her nomination to the supreme court. in fact, with judge souter's retirement, she's going to be the only member of the supreme court to have served as a trial j. now, th -- as a trial judge. now, the distinguished presiding officer knows, his own experiences, that most of the cases that go up to the appellate courts come to the trial court. and there are trials of the trial court. of the others, none will have served as a trial j. she will have. she served there with great distinction. now, with all of this, it's remarkable that you have some special interest groups, mostly on the far right, who have op

he was infamous during the debate on bill clinton's plan. as one of the first democrats to come out and highlight problems in the plan. he has already begun making noise about how he wants to build -- how he wants the bill to be bipartisan and has certain requirements he wants for the government-run plan will create. it's not clear yet whether they will follow those guidelines are not. >> these hearings will begin this week and next week and then what? >> the house hearings is this week all week long in all three committees. i don't know how we will keep track of that. then congress will leave and go home for a week. then we will see if interest groups are running ads in trying to persuade people. if they come back after the fourth of july and in the house, have promised the speaker stood next to them at the white house and said they will pass this by july 31, despite all this, they will talk about how they peace bill together and how do they pay for it. the house being the house, when they have the bill, they can do whatever like because the

then, former president bill clinton and steny hoyer at a business dinner. after that, another chance to see it the conversation with columnist george will. >> this week on "newsmakers," congressman pete stark discusses legislation working its way through congress. he talks about one proposal that would establish a public health insurance plan to compete with private plans. >> at the end of the day, if you choose to have competition and you choose to have a plan that is dependable and affordable, you cannot do it without having a public plan there. that creates the competition for the private plan. so yes, there will be a public plan in the bill. will the people vote for? i don't know who wants to go home in next year's primary and say i voted against the plan that is going to provide 30,000 people in my district, most of whom are nonwhite, most of whom are poor, most of who are working, and most to do not have a way now to get insurance. i don't think that is a vote many people want to make. >> california congressman pete stark, tomorrow morning at 10:00 an

president bill clinton nominated her and the senate confirmed her to be on the second circuit court of appeals that covers my home state of vermont. she actually -- you may be interested in knowing this. she has the most federal court experience of any supreme court nominee during the past 100 years. she is a remarkable person. she is the first nominee in more than 50 years to serve as a federal trial judge and then as a federal aplenty judge at the -- appellant judge at the time of her nomination. in fact, with judge suiter's retirement she is going to be the only member to serve -- judge souter's retirement the only member to serve as a trial judge. most of the cases that go up to the appellate courts come from the trial level and there are ghess a trial court of the other eight members of the supreme court none of them have served as a trial judge. she will have. she served there with great distinction. now, with all this, it is remarkable that you have some special interest groups, most on the far right, who have opposed her nomination. i remember the fundraising orders that have g

bill clinton didn't apologize for slavery, george w. bush said he blood not -- does this president think that is something that should indeed have been? >> i haven't spoken with him specifically about the senate resolution, and i would want to get his view on that. >> okay. what is the president's fault on slavery especially since he invokes -- >> at opposed. [laughter] you just asked me with the president's view is on slavery, what did you think i would say? [laughter] this is a very serious topic, just want to note that was your question, so go ahead, i'm sorry. [laughter] it does drive me crazy when one doesn't get a chance to finish their entire statement before somebody else -- i'm sorry, i'm off track. [laughter] it is friday, i'm just trying to have a little fun. >> dealing with this issue of slavery since he invoked the issue over a year ago in the philadelphia speech is it something this white house could tackle? bill clinton tackled it and table it in the second term when he dealt with the race initiative. >> i'm sorry? >> the

the did not do that to bill clinton. host: new orleans on the democrats their index caller: sure.ost: what you make of this example? caller: i don't believe it is a love affair so much as he is a very articulate and intelligent man and sinkthings before he sps which is a refreshing change from the last eight years. i think that the media seize this more than anyone else and that is the reason for the exposure. his a constitutional law professor and has a lot compared to the cowboy that we just are rid of. host: on the independent line, john, what do think? caller: i don't it is a love affair from the media to barack obama, but if you put it into the context of how the media treated george bush just after 9/11 and a look the other way as bush pushed through his policies, you put it into that context -- and with the media when after bill clinton and al gore when he ran for election, if you look at the way that the media has treated democrats and republicans suddenly the media is being easier on barack obama -- and all of a sudden everyone is accusing the media of being so easy on ob

one of which al from and bill clinton had nothing to do with. america was growing more diverse racially, religiously, culturally. and, therefore, by nature, more communi communitarian and less tolerant of the politics of division. the other al from had a lot to do with. people didn't believe president reagan's lines any more about government messing up a two-car parade because they believed government could perform and had a role to lay in giving us -- a role to play in giving us the shared future. the bases were pretty well even in 2000, and president bush ran a very, really a brilliant campaign. that xscompassionate conservati may be the best showilogan of m adult because they said we will give you everything president clinton did with a smaller tax. never mind the details that were not so pretty. so, al gore got more votes but not must have to stay out of the supreme court where president bush was elected 5-4. and then he was re-elected in 2004 all right. we were still in sort of the capsule of fear from 9/11. and we never had defeat add pres

obama's a much more disciplined thinker and decision maker, i think, than bill clinton is. now, so far that's worked for him, and i can say again from talking to our friends who've worked for both there's a bit of a relief in that, you know, they have the meetings, it goes on for -- the meeting's scheduled for an hour, 1:57 obama says, okay, thank you all very much, i'm going to go back and think about it and then either makes the decision right there or calls in rahm or whatever, ten minutes later the decision is made. that's a little different from the way it was. [laughter] in our white house which makes for, you know, it is, it does make life a little bit easier on the staff, but in defense of president clinton some, i would say two things. number one, when clinton had the most consequential and difficult decisions, he was more like that as well. i think of when he on his own nickel had to basically bail out the entire mexican government on his own. he had been abandoned by the entire rest of the congress, he had no support in the country, and he took what was a very ri

also, just because you mentioned you both had praised bill clinton. i guess the argument that the obama adminstration is making is that the top marginal rates went up on bill clinton and all he wants to do is bring the top marginal breaks back. >> yeah, your point is completely correct. the higher taxes are the more likely increases will lose revenues. they are both sides of the curb. it depends on what taxes you are talking about. it depends upon how high they are, how broad the tax base is. that me give you one that is really focused on politics today. it is the highest tax rates. and i will go on that one that i can. and i want to take you back to john look and of the. we go to the very heavily in the book. when jack kennedy took office the highest marginal increase tax was 91%. andel lowest tax rate other than zero was 20%. that is when he came into office. now, when you look at this kennedy cut the highest rate from 91% to 70% and cut the lowest rate from 20% to 14%. cut them all in the middle too but those of the two extremes. if you look to the

nothing interfere yates me more when i read, bill clinton is like theodore roosevelt. they are nothing like him. he whats a deep intellectual writer who had such moral conviction. he never lied. >> we are out of time. we haven't had time to talk about your bob dylan interview. we'll attempt to do that later. >> all right. thanks, brian. >> join us next sunday for part two on our conversation with douglas brinkley. here on c-span. >> up next, prime minister gordon brown. congressman eric can'tor and homeland security. after that, a reporter's round table on the political news of the week. tomorrow on washington journal, the chief congressional correspond ant previews this week's action. corey boles talks about the pass which offers consumers cash vouchers to buy more fuel ee fish yept cars. washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> how is c-span funded? >> i think you get a little bit from the federal government. >> grants and stuff like that. >> maybe from others? >> it might get some federal funding? >> 30 years ago. america's cable company created c-

later when there was a vacancy on the circuit court of appeals in her district, democrat president bill clinton said, i think she out to got the nod. he nominated her for that position and she was confirmed by a wide margin. she has actually been through this process not once, but twice. she has gone on to serve, i think, longer as a federal judge -- when you add together the district court time and circuit court of appeals time -- i think she served longer as a federal judge than anybody in the last 100 years who's been nominated to serve on the u.s. supreme court. i've read some of the comments that her colleagues have had to say about her, including colleagues that were also nominated by republican presidents. and they've been uniformly complimentary, very gracious in their remarks but very laudatory as well. so i would say to my republican colleagues, while you struggle to -- to get over the fact that we're going to set the same time line or try to set the same time line for the confirmation of judge sotomayor that we set for the nominations of -- of judges alito and john roberts, i -- i ju

we democrats under bill clinton got a balanced budget in place. and we had a surplus, not a deficit, we had a surplus and then we had the debt down and it was going to be eliminated and george bush came in, he started this war in iraq, a war with an open checkbook, no end in site, no checks and balances on it, and tax breaks to the people who earn $1 million or more. and it drove us into the ground. and that's what brought us to this january. within our in the president took all of this on his shoulders and shared the burden with the democratic progress. and i think we have averted the rest of it. we have a long way to go. i think this supplemental will help us get the rest of the way. because coming at us is paying paying. coming at us is fiscal responsibility. coming at sauce challenge. we're going to have to make those difficult choices. that's bun of the reasons we want to take care of health care and energy, because at the end of the day those will help our economy. so the challenges are great, and there's plenty of stuff in this bill i don't

york city, the district attorney of manhattan was a wonderful [unintelligible] i remember when bill clinton nominated her, the republicans controlled the senate, and they put a hold on the nomination. they place an anonymous call on her -- hold on her, but would not come forward. in june 1998, they were trying to hold her up, because they thought they would nominate her for the supreme court. the republican controlled senate finally released her nomination. she was confirmed overwhelmingly. they thought it was so important to hold her up in a disgraceful amount of time. when the rugged marshall was nominated, he was facing stiff opposition and it did not make any difference that he was first in his class, where he was part of the legal defense fund. he had all kinds of hostile questions, he was appointed solicitor general. he was the winner of 29 out of 32 cases before the supreme court. other lawyers thought that they may have one case, he had 29 out of 32. and when he was nominated as the first supreme court justice who was african-american, he said this was the right thing to do and the

later, stanley greenberg on advising bill clinton, tony blair, and nelson mandela. he is interviewed by mary matalin. and live on sunday, bill ayers. his latest book is "race course." for a complete schedule, go online to booktv.org. >> now a house hearing on state secrets. the chairman is co-author of legislation to make it harder for the state secrets privilege. this is about 90 minutes. >> the hearing will come to order. today's hearing will examine the state secrets privilege. the chart recognizes himself. the legislation that i have introduced with other members of the committee would codify a uniform standards with dealing with claims of the state secrets privilege in civil litigation. the last congress at an oversight hearing. our experience has demonstrated destructive impact that secrecy can have on our nation. for the rule of law to have meaning, liberties and rights must be enforceable in the courts. separations of powers concerns are highest with regard to executive branch contact. -- conduct. claims of secrecy have been used to conceal matters from congr

i don't believe that bill clinton that i recall said that. there was an agreement called the frame work, where they try to cap the north korean plutonium and weapons program. unfortunately, in early 2002, we started to believe that north korea had eight iranian-based program and that made things much more difficult. many people believe that they started cheating for years and to that agreement. the bush administration did set up a round table for talking about north korea's nuclear program trying to get a complete and verifiable return to move them back away from their nuclear weapons capability. i think it was an appropriate gesture. north korea deck -- detonated weapons earlier this year. many people think that north korea does not want to move away from the nuclear program. it would be a very different country if it were for the nuclear weapons. host: texas on the republican line. caller: what do you think baxter international and the live virus in multiple locations between december 2008 and february, 2009? the swine flu virus? guest: i h

teddy roosevelt, harry truman, jimmy carter, bill clinton, they all called for it. while some reforms have been made, efforts at comprehensive reform that covers everyone in brings down costs have largely failed. part of the reason is because of the different groups involved such as doctors, insurance companies, and others could not agree on the need for reform or the shape it would take. if we are honest, the other part has been opposition that has used fear tactics to take any efforts to achieve reform as an attempt to socialized medicine. despite this long history of failure, i am standing here because i think we are in different times. one sign that things are different, the senate passed a bill that will protect children from the dangers of smoking. [applause] this went nowhere when it was proposed a decade ago. [applause] what makes this moment different is that this time for the first time stakeholders are aligning not against but in favor of reform. they are coming out -- coming together out of a recognition that while reform will take everyone in our health

dispatches from the war room, stanley greenberg on advising bill clinton, tony blair, and nelson mandela. then, another look at all of today's coverage from the chicago tribune. and alive, tomorrow, and that with bill eyres. the university of illinois professor and former underground member. he will take your calls. for all of this weekend's programs at times, go to book tv dog or. >> today marks the sixty fifth anniversary of d-day. president obama was in normandy, france to attend the ceremony. joining him was french president nicholas sarkozy. this is just over an hour. >> president obama, your royal highness, prime minister rao, prime minister harbor, presidents are cozy, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. -- president sarkozy. it is our privilege to welcome all the illustrious visitors joining us today. we extend a special welcome to the d-day and world war ii veterans and family members in attendance to honor us all with their presence. [applause] today we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the d-day landings that took place in the early morning hours of

later, stanley greenberg on advising bill clinton. he is interviewed by mary matalin. live sunday, and death with bill a years, university of illinois professor and former underground member. his latest, "race course against white supremacy." for a complete schedule of this weekend's programs and times, go online to "book t v.org." >> calyces been funded it? >> from public television? the >> donations. >> federally? >> contributions from donors. >> 30 years ago, america's cable companies treated c-span as a public service. no government mandate, no government money. >> topics that today's state department briefing include the trial of two u.s. journalists in north korea. the assistant secretary for public affairs speaks with reporters for about 25 minutes. >> i thought that that red sox signed was permanently banished. >> absolutely not. we have some outstanding coverage. it is a fine tradition. taking over robert to as from the evil empire of which we will not talk about. good morning, and welcome to the department of state. secretary clinton has returned from south am

bush and bill clinton from 1990 to 1997. dr. kessler is a graduate of amherst college, harvard medical school and university of chicago law school. rodale is the publisher. to find out more, visit rodale.com. .. >> host: we are here with one of the authors i am have admired my whole life, eduardo galeano. eduardo galeano board in the uruguay i mentioned to him i have had his books in my head for decades. one of the reasons i became involved in latin america and studies about latin america was because of your work spur it is really a great pleasure for me to be here with you. >> thank you. >> host: you have been in the states for a while? how long? >> guest: it 10 minutes. i just arrived. >> host: i know you are going to york. >> guest: and then other cities. >> my new baby. >> this is the book, at "mirrors" stories of almost everyone but of course, i checked out the spanish title title, [speaking spanish] which is a little different which means universal history, almost. >> guest: almost because if you say universal history it s

you had the first george bush, two nominations, one of whom will step down this summer, and bill clinton put two moderate liberals on the court. but there was a long time, 11 years, in which there were no vacancies on the court, quite historic. during that time, if you were to some of the rehnquist court, you would have to say that there were some extraordinary movements. i mentioned several of them. but there was not a solid phalanx of conservatives. this was a time when the center held. justice o'connor's vote mattered a great deal. then came 2005. this extraordinary sequence of events where and president bush had rehnquist, and samuel alito was nominated for o'connor', so you had two bush appointees on the court. so that was the conclusion of the rehnquist court and the beginning of the roberts court. what i thought i would do is give you a glimpse. what a profoundly different court it is from the court it was in 1969 in terms of who is on the court and how they do their business. it has been a turnover. there are no justices left in the warren court. there is no one on the present co

barack obama in the primary said, you know, ronald reagan had a different kind of election than did bill clinton. >> host: that is a good place to close. i don't want you to get in trouble but i want all republicans out there who are concerned about reagan, to hear it from the international polling strategist guru. thank you, and we can, get the book, whatever your party's. thank you for watching. of think event hosted by the 2009 epicenter conference in san diego lasts about an hour. >> thank you very much. that is the first excerpt that we've shown in the united states of the film "inside the revolution" that we will be releasing on september 11, 2009, to try to take people inside the most moral, try to understand the dynamic that is going on because we are at the most dangerous moments in the history of the islamic revolution and it's been an extraordinary week as well. in the grand scheme of 2009, we are at the 30-year anniversary of the islamic revolution. it was actually on wednesday, april 1st, that we celebrated the islamic revolution in iran. it was 30 years ago on wednesday that the ay

sotomayor was elected to serve in court by president george herbert walker bush and was promoted by bill clinton to a higher court, and now she has been nominated for supreme court service. she has more experience than any nominee in 100 years. she will not be a neophyte. she grew up in the bronx, her father died when she was 9 years old and her mother raised her younger brother, who became a doctor. she was encouraged to apply to princeton, a world that she knew nothing about but she applied and she was an accepted. she graduated second in her class, and i do not think that princeton university is an easy assignment. she went on to graduate from yale, she was involved in prosecution, and private law practice. she has an amazing background. i think that she will be an extraordinary member of the supreme court. jeff sessions talked about his philosophy, i had no prepared remarks, i disagree with him but i respect him very much. i hope that we can serve the nation by giving her a fair hearing. we should not use a double standard on the nominee. the chairman has suggested a timely hearing, within t

bush as well as a bill clinton. she participated in over three dozen decisions. she has written over four unassigned opinions. -- she participated in over 3000 decisions. she has written over 400 signed opinions. i have had the opportunity to meet with her in my office earlier this month. in addition to having an impressive professional wrestler may come our her personal journey also captured -- professional reza masume, her personal journey also captured my attention. she has had a supportive family to leave her and guide her from the bronx to harvard and yale school. she has lived up to the promise that her mother and grandmother saw in her at a young age. i believe that she is the kind of person that will bring extraordinary intellect and character and credibility, but a tremendous wealth of experience that will be very helpful to the court and the issues that are before them today iand in the future. her life has been an inspiration to all americans proving that with determination and hard work, anything is possible. she is at a historic choice that will brin

ronald reagan won a decisive victory and fundamentally changed the course of america. 1993 in which bill clintoning a new democratic party was followed by 1994 in which the democratic party suffered its worst defeat in 40 years. now, history teaches us that there is a clear road back to a majority. that this is a time for optimism, for solutions, and for a focus on hope and opportunity. we must focus on solving america's problems and creating solutions for america. the american people will take care of the republican party if we will work with them and focus on helping them. consider california. last november then senator obama got 61% of the vote. clearly a blue state by the current method of coloring things. but in may, stopping taxes and spending in sacramento got 64% of the vote and gave us an example of the great challenge facing the republican party. think about this. 64% of the people in california said, "sacramento is such a mess, they rejected raising taxes and raising spending." they wanted fundamental change in sacramento. 64% would be a massive majority in our largest state for a par

the things, was the -- i think it was a glass stiegel bill that was put in in the late 90's, and bill clintonsigned it.

he was a top envoy for middle east peace under bill clinton. former congressman william jefferson who kept $90,000 in his freezer here's opening statements in court. he is accused of racketeering and other crimes. mr. jefferson says he has an explanation for the cash that was found in his home freezer and has pleaded not guilty. william jefferson represented parts of new orleans. those are some of the headlines on c-span radio. >> "washington journal" continues. host: a lot of people heard what the president had to say about health care. what goes through your mind? guest: i think what he said at the speech, and c-span covered it. i had a chance to listen to almost every word. i think he pretty much laid out his plan. he did a wonderful job in rallying troops and addressing an audience that perhaps he thought was hostile. there were very warm and gave him many ovations. there was only one boo. he is sticking with the program. host: when doctors here about a public plan, what is there -- why are they against this? guest: there was the public pla

they voted with president bush and then with bill clinton. all of the sudden, barack obama printer in, and did bring up -- barack obama brings her in , i think it is a pretty good statistic. i do not care what color you are. host: do you think the stakes are different when you're talking about a lower position versus the? supreme? caller: no, the qualification still has to be there. we are calling her stupid and she was second at prisoprinceto. host: dahlia lithwick? caller: i agree. this is a judge was 17 years of judicial experience. she is the most qualified person to be tapped for the supreme court in 100 years if you look at judicial experience. if you look at her record, as i have been doing, there is not a lot to be alarmed by. progressives will say there is not that much to be cheered by. she is an incredible, moderate, careful, scrupulous, slightly boring, hospital corners judge who sticks to their records and sticks to the facts. she reminds me, more than anyone, of david souter. she has a great reverence for the statute before her.

then, bill clinton and the steady hoyer honor retiring democratic leadership ceo al from. tomorrow on "washington journal." a look at iran and the health- care debate on capitol hill with tony blankley and jon- christopher bua. later, a look at the cover story, barack hoover obama, the best and brightest blow it again. this week on c-span's "newsmakers." pete stark, chairman of the house at ways subcommittee on health discusses legislation working its way through congress. he talks about one proposal that will establish a public health insurance plan to compete with private plans. >> at the end of the day, if you choose to have competition, and you choose to have a plan that is dependable and affordable, you can't do it without having a public plan there. that creates the competition for the private. yes, there will be a public plan in the bill. will people vote for it? i don't know. who wants to go home and next year's primary and say, i voted against the plan that is going to provide 30,000 people in my district -- and most of whom are nonwhite, most of whom are poor, mo

called for it, harry truman called for it, richard nixon called for it, jimmy carter called for it, bill clinton called for it. but while significant individual reforms have been made such as medicare, medicaid and the children's health insurance program, efforts at comprehensive reform that covers everyone and bring down costs, have largely failed. and part of the reason is because different groups involved, doctors, insurance companies, businesses, workers, and others, simply couldn't agree on the need for reform, or what shape it would take. if we are honest, another part of the reason has been fierce opposition field by some interest groups and lobbyists, opposition that has used fear tactics to paint any effort to achieve reform as an attempt to socialized medicine. despite this long history of failure, i am standing here because i think we're in a different time. once thing that different, the senate passed a bill that will protect children from the dangers of smoking, a reform the ama has long championed. [applause] disorganization went nowhere. when it was proposed decade ago -- i will s