. >> this is after -- bill thomas and chair the ranking member of -- ways and means got into -- confli conflict, said altercation in his room, and they -- dmaments left occupied the library further irtaitritated mr. thoma they didn't come and escort him out it was an altercation that was about ready to happen, and it came to a situation attention on house floor bill thomas a guy i think is a brilliant legislator, very smart one, probably one hadn't smartest guys, along with bill, newt gingrich ever worked with, huge sometimes monthed decoration gets in the way of accomplishing things very humbling time for bill, but, we got it worked out. >> did he change at all after that. >> it worked out, bill is -- when he amazes me. >> when you were back as a teacher, i must have he -- i want you to explain it, about you used to have kids read two books the jungle, and john steinbeck's grapes of wrath i thought interesting a conservative republican is ought to have kids read those two books there are other books, too -- those two books i happen to think are important, because i wanted, kids to und

congressman bill thomas, another chairman, chairman of the ways and means committee. widely seen as one of the smartest and toughest guys to ever walk the halls of congress, one of the main proponents of the tax cut bills of the last decade. and we've got robert greenstein, founder and president of the center on budget and policy priorities, an expert on a wide range of domestic policy issues including tax and social safety net programs. let's start, dr. rivlin, on mr. baucus' speech. lacking in some detail, some specifics that i know some of my colleagues in the press wanted. did it change or shift the debate at all? did it move the needle? >> i was very glad to hear him say several things that he said. one, clearly we're going to need more revenue as we address the long run deficit problem. and he stuck with progressive rates, didn't go for flat tax. he's a cautious man. i'm a more radical -- i'm a centrist but a radical centrist. i would go for a more dramatic tax reform. but i thought he laid out many of the reasons that we need tax reform and laid them out well.

pete domenici is certainly one and add to bob packwood, another, and also my good friend, bill thomas. let's give a big round of applause to those former members of congress who are here, they really worked hard and still are working very hard. thank you all so very, very much. as well as to the bipartisan policy center, truly formed for the right reasons, bring us together. i've often thought nothing of consequence is ever accomplished by doing something alone. you got to work with people. it's a partnership. it's working together and certainly the bipartisan policy center has done that. i want to thank them, too, for getting together and helping advance the ball here. winston churchill once said however beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. the need to overhaul the u.s. tax code seems obvious. today, the code is certainly not beautiful. instead, it reminds me of hydra, the mythical greek beast with hundreds of heads. each time you cut one off, two more grow back. like hydra, our tax code is growing out of control. since 1986, congress has made 15,000 c

baucus followed by a panel discussion with former white house budget director alice rivland, and bill thomas. live coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. monday, espn president john skipper on the network's expansion to different media platforms. john king on the ways technology has changed cnn and phil meeks and the small business focus. monday night on c-span2. robert menendez says he is outraged that allen gross wa remains in cuba. he is currently serving a 15- year sentence. the portion of the hearing is about 50 minutes. >> good morning. the hearing on the western hemisphere will come to order. our apologies to the secretary and other of the witnesses. we had a vote on the floor. i just came from that. welcome to our hearing. this is a statement of what we must do for the people of cuba and how we can get there. i want to thank our panelists for coming today. i look forward to hearing their analysis and ideas on how we move down the path to freedom. i want to acknowledge the wife of allen gross, judy gross, who is with us today and we're in solidary with her and her husband a

chairman of finance committee, he was one of the architects of the 1986 reform, congressman bill thomasanother chairman, chairman of the ways and means committee. one of the main proponents of the tax cut bill over the last decade. we have robert greenstein, founder and president of the center on budget ilc priorities. and social safety net programs. let's start with doctor alice rivlin. did it change at all? >> i was glad to here him say several things he said. one, clearly we will need more revenue as we address the long-run deficit problem. and he stuck with progressive rates. he is a more cautious man, i am more radical -- i am a centrist, i would go for a more dramatic tax reform. but i thought he laid out many of the reasons that we need tax reform, and laid them out well. >> to gain any insight from his comments about where the tea party might find areas of consensus, or was there not enough they are? sumac i'm sorry? >> i was referring to this. there were several questions asked by journalists to try to hone in on specifics, and i thought chairman baucus his answers were that i

also, former white house budget director, bill thomas. former congressman from california and a number of others. that is just getting started on the companion network. also, the head of j.p. morgan case, jamie dimon, will be on capitol hill testifying before in the senate banking committee for the recent $2 billion trading loss. live coverage of that hearing on wednesday starting at 10:00 eastern. they will be back next week on the hill testifying before the house financial-services committee live on c-span 3, and c-span radio. now road to the white house events with and romney in michelle obama. the wife of mitt romney has been on the campaign trail recently where she met with a group of hispanic supporters. this is about 20 minutes. [applause] [applause] i do this every year. every event at the white house. >> ok. >> high. hello. how're you? -- how are you? >> good afternoon, a peer>> good afternoon. yenthank you some much for being here. before this, i like to share a very quick story that will give you an insight into who she is as m

. >> two big bills on the horizon, thomas, and let's go through them. g, said better than a 50% chance this gets done, right now, a lot of parts moving, from sources i have spoken to, this is definitely a possibility because there is a desire to get a long-term transportation bill passed through congress through fiscal year 2013 which would then provide a catalyst for folks to hire people to have the federal funds behind them to do these jobs in terms of rail, transport, highway. so what are a few of the hiccups now a still an idea, a lot of house republicans want inclusion of the keystone pipeline, senate democrats said, look, we will relax some of the environmental permitting -- the environmental permitting process and in exchange for not having keystone there and they believe that could be enough in order to get there bill through and also taking away from bike lanes and pedestrian things and house republicans ray is not part of a highway bill. the other interesting thing though, thomas, about student loans, is there's now an idea between mitch mcconn

his remarks are followed by a panel with former republican ways and means committee chairman bill thomas and budget director alice rivlin. the bipartisan policy center hosted this one hour event. >> good morning and welcome to the bipartisan policy center. i'm the vice president of public policy. for those of you not familiar with the bipartisan policy center we are a think tank advocacy organization that works with both republicans and democrats to develop solutions to the key problems facing the country. we have some packets of information out front that hopefully you can look at that include our more recent proposals including tax reform proposals and recent reports that we did on the sequestered. we were founded in 2007 by the former senate majority leader's howard baker, tom daschle, bob dole and george mitchell. the bp brings together all five regardless of political affiliation or possession when tackling a problem and certainly our federal debt is one of the most pressing issues facing the nation today. the past two years our bipartisan debt reduction task force led by senator do

congressman bill thomas, chairman of the ways and means committee. widely considered one of the smartest and toughest guys that has ever walked the halls of congress. and we have robert greenstein founder of the center for budget priorities, addressing a wide variety of issues including the social safety net program. let's start with senator baucus's speech. lacking in detail sign of some of my colleagues in the press wanted. did it move any of you? >> i was very glad to hear him say several things that he said. one, clearly we need more revenue as we address the long room -- run deficit problem. he stuck with progressive rates. he is a cautious man. i'm a more radical -- and a centrist, but i'm a radical centrist. i would go for a more dramatic tax reform. but i thought he laid out many of the reasons that we need tax reform. and he laid the now well. >> did you get any insight on with the two parties might find areas of consensus? i'm sorry -- >> [unintelligible] >> i was referring to -- there were several questions asked by journalists to try to h

pete and bob and bill thomas r. ones. let's give a big round of applause to the former members of congress who are here, who worked hard, and who are still working very hard. [applause] thank you very much. for the bipartisan policy center, it was clearly formed for the right reasons. nothing of consequence was ever done by accomplishing it alone. things are accomplished in partnership, and the bipartisan policy center has done this. i want to thank them for getting together in helping to advance the ball here. [applause] winston churchill once said, "however beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results." the need to overhaul the u.s. tax code seems obvious. today, the code is not beautiful. instead, it reminds me of hydra, the mythical beast with hundreds of heads. each time you cut one off, two grow back. like hydra, our tax code has grown out of control. congress has made 15,000 changes to the code. we need to get rid of the deadwood and simplify the code, and we should, but tax reform cannot be

is out with a list of 88 titles it feels fits that bill which includes experiments and observations on electricity by none other than ben franklin, thomas payne's common sense and the novels the women, moby dick, scarlet letter and the great gatsby and some children's classics, the wonderful wizard of oz and the cat in the hat. you can nominate titles you think should be on that list of great books that shaped our nation. a link is on www.wusa9.com. >>> prince george's county wants to make sure anyone who had damage in friday's storms gets the help they need. while residents say things look better tonight, hundreds still have no place to live. >> reporter: i'm anny hong in bladensburg, maryland, where residents say the area looks a lot better, but the clean-up continues and so does the damage assessment. one of the hardest hit areas from friday's fast moving severe thunderstorms in bladensburg is this residential neighborhood on newton street between 52nd and 57th avenues. several apartment buildings were damaged, some roofs ripped off forcing officials to condemn those buildings. the clean-up continues three days after the microburst w

comptroller of the currency says jpmorgan's $2 bill plus trading loss was due to an inadequate risk management issue within the bank's chief investment office. thomas curry's comments came during a hearing on implementation of the dod frank regulatory law. jpmorgan's president jamie dimon is expected to testify before the same committee next wednesday on june 13th. this hearing is about two hours and 15 minutes. >>> this hearing is called to order. >> when jpmorgan announced it has lost millions of dollars in a large trade reportedly designed to reduce the firm's risk, it reminds us that no financial institution is immune from bad judgment. while the jpmorgan trading loss does not appear to have caused systemic problems it's a clear reminder that wall street continues to need better risk management and enforcement. to repeal or weaken wall street reform and defund it would take us back to the days before the financial crisis of 2008. wall street reform was a response to the crisis caused by a lack of consumer protection, reckless behavior in the financial sector and regulators who failed to take action in time. we now have an agency solely focused

bill: dissenting justices include scalia, kennedy thomas and alito.the moment that kennedy was not the wild card justice on this. it was chief justice john roberts. who leads on the appeal does the house go first or do they work in concert with mitt romney and allow him to. >> the house has passed measures that started to chip away at this. i think they will likely hold a vote on repeal before now and the election. clearly this now will turn to a dispute between the two candidates for president, with president obama saying i've now been vindicated by the court and governor romney saying it may be constitutional but it's unworkable, unaffordable and wrong for the country and i'll appeal it. bill: i think it was yesterday when mitt romney was on the stump in virginia he said, quote, my guess is they are not sleeping real well at the white house tonight. that is yesterday and today is today. chief justice roberts saved -- his vote saved the affordable care act. that is the latest line from the blog. karl standby from american crossroads down in austin, t

at which five founding fathers were rock stars of their time from jon meacham's thomas jefferson and his $10,000 wine billuse, to ben franklin's advice on choosing a mistress. we should also mention next week on "morning joe," we're bringing all of jon meacham's mistresses out. i'm sorry. we're bringing together an all-star panel of historians, i'm sorry, keith, a look at the lasting legacy of the american president. that is -- and we've taped some of that stuff already -- those are -- again, i'm a historian, i'm a nerd. those were great even though meacham was involved in it. >> despite that. >> talking about the presidents and we have bob karo on lbj and you and doris kearns goodwin and evan thomas. >> they're all stars. >> all stars. >> never actually been called th. $10,000 bottle of wine or wine bill at the white house? >> he came out -- he spent $10,000 entertaining. >> yeah. >> really? >> ice cream. >> what's coming up? >> what do we have, willie? >> still ahead, tom brokaw is here, chuck todd and davi axelrod. >> that is murderer's road, gehrig, ruth -- >> mantle. >> the third guy, theç '27 yanke

names like benjamin franklin, the wright brothers, thomas edison, bill gates, steve job and others are familiar taos all. they are familiar names across the globe. that's because their ideas led to cutting edge technologies that that were widely adopted and put to use, changing our lives and society for the better. some of these bold innovations were far ahead of their time and often succeeded with government support. for example, few know that without government contracts for airmail, our commercial aviation industry would not have become so successful. it was research supported by both u.s. government labs and the private sector that gave us the internet. most famously, who can forget president john f. kennedy's call to put a man on the moon. while this effort was successful from a technological perspective, it also captivated a generation of americans, inspiring them to think big and think bold. it is vital to our nation's future success that we reinvigorate the spirit of innovation. if we do, we can harness the talent of our nation's people as we continue rebuilding our economy. an

>>darya: time as thomas up as they lawmakers to pass a budget related bills.s given 12 days to either sign or veto the bills. if voters reject these about major's that i series of automatic cuts kick in. if they pass the budget it >> it is smaller 500 500 >> and and sam francisco scho district that they are making cuts to offset shortfalls. >>mark: @ the dow jones is up 87 points. there is adding increase of purchases during the month of may. there's an increase in home buyers this month. it there is hopes that a modest housing recovery will continue. does the >> this change is happening with the indiana pacers. and the like larry bird just quit. >>darya: aunt will be back with more developing news. where is it a lot from are prove it. perez de look from our roof hut then we will be right back in irian. >>mark: and and welcome back according to the poll president obama is a jogger and romney. his job or with african-american and latino its parent. but that public is wary of obama's direction. this could lead in favor of romney. that presents approvals rating i

bill? the statute which declared it illegal to refuse access to someone because of race to a hotel, gas station restroom. would scalia, thomasroved such a decision or joined in the decent? well, maybe kennedy would have. the fact is we have the most conservative court since the early 1930s and maybe more than that. these justices led by scalia believe in original intent. they want to judge cases the way the foundin fathers would. well, the founding fathers, wrote slavely into the constitution. it took a civil war and the 13th amendment to get it out. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "politicsnation" with al sharpton starts now. . . >>> welcome to "politicsnation." i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, the election fairness. at a campaign event in new hampshire this afternoon, president obama laid out his vision of this country. a vision of america where everyone has shot at success. a vision where the middle class thrives. a vision that stands in direct opposition to that of willard mitt romney. a man who made millions in junk bonds who always made sure the cards were stacked in h favor. and who profited by se

thomas, is sell. the best way to sell is testimonial. bring someone forward denied coverage before this bill.rson forward trying to get into this economy and needs health care coverage under their president'sç plan. to bring someone forward, been sick and through bankruptcy because they didn't have insurance. this is gonna be an easy sell for the obama team and one they will tee up easily because this affect millions of americans and i think there's going to be millions of americans sprinkled out over the country, in every district and every time a republican goes back and starts talking about repealing this, they are going to meet these people face to face and they are going to be forced to ask the question, answer the question, why do you want to take away my insurance? look, they are scared to death over this, because this does set the table for an expansion of universal health care down the road. ted kennedy told president obama, get what you can get. this is a classic of getting what they can get e and setting the table for some good outcomes, bringing the cost down, controlling costs,

had in order to get a lawyer bills at this past april he is accused of killing a teenager to a lot more in its february issue he says was in self-defense. president thomas back the white house after spending the weekend in his home town of chicago the president will be back in the bay area this weekend will be attending a fund-raiser will fly out for abandon los angeles he was there it two weeks ago for several fund-raisers in his reelection campaign has a new ad attacking mayor rummies economic credentials. the ad claims his promises and not pan out and as governor of massachusetts and blames them for leaving his in- and libya as one of the lowest rates in job creation. 639 in the poll shows most california voters are having some second thoughts when it comes to the states high-speed rail project the u.s. the only times survey says 59 percent would now vote against the projects and only 53% to approve the measure but was on about ballot back in 2008 for their sins and cost overruns and objectives by some cities for their land would run through the latest cost estimate now is a $68 billion. 641 president obama's gesture to listed to miss class plus mile

thomas raises a glass. ♪ >> reporter: it is a life of prayer and song. a life devoted to god. but even father jeremy and father wolfston need to pay the bills.ons. they already make their own cider and gin. >> they expect that monks will pay their own way and work for their money. and one of the ways the monks have traditionally done it and our community has done it is through beer brewing. we sought to return to our traditional ways. >> will you have a drink yourself? >> i hope so. >> reporter: father jeremy and the rest of the monks' mission is fulfilled here. >> you are pressing on with the work here? >> reporter: the recipe is similar to the one they used before the times of king henry viii. and all this is only possible thanks to the rise of the microbrewery. and this growth guarantees jobs in difficult times and also means more choice than ever before at the bar. even if you're a monk. a man of god, you know, brewing beer, is there any conflict there at all? >> well, for 200 years we did it. many of the monks in belgium, for instance, are famous for it. st. benedict does say if you can do without the drink, that's a great thing. but, a

bill: they all got the same virus. >> i'm sure there is a lot of stuff going on between u.s. and iran. after reviewing sanger's book, thomasndent for "the washington post" wonders are we at war with iran? is there is a shadow going on? you have to wonder given the revelations. >> bill: well, in both cases and so -- this is really kind of new frontier stuff it seems to me. and maybe the technology -- cases where the technology is way ahead of the legality or morality. if the unmanned drones and cyberwarfare -- this totally changes the whole picture of national defense. doesn't it? >> technology definitely -- there are some people who understand it. there's evidence that they're using it. yeah, it is a very scary thing. i'm glad you reminded me about that obama comment. early on when he was briefed by the national security people after he got elected, i started hearing about cyberterrorism. it has been a real concern from a lot of people in the intelligence community for years and years. it is interesting one of the stories that we're apparently doing cyberattacks on iran. i'm sure we're the targets of similar attacks from o

bill in 1925. it is an 87-year-old plant. thomas edison was alive when this was built and television had just been invented. air travel was in its infancy. it was built and is still operating today. we have improved and all the other technologies. we figured out how to the same thing but for less money. all with greater speed and reliability. the american way. clean replaces 30. high-tech replaces low-tech. our country benefits when this happens. the 87-year-old power plant is switching to natural gas beginning in 2014. this is a growing trend in the power sector. natural gas is cheaper. it burns cleaner. you are less likely to get as much or have a baby with birth defects. if you live near a plant that burns it, you're feeling better. you know there are more dangerous elements coming out of coal that out of natural gas. you can get natural gas without blowing the tops off of mountains and destroying the environment. right now, 36% of america's electricity is generated by coal. 36% today. six years ago, kohl was producing half of am

bill. host: attorney general eric holder said yesterday -- host: covers and goals are, your reaction? guest: -- thomas and goals are, -- representative gosar, your reaction? gee, i find it egregious that as a member of congress -- guest: i find it agreed to set as a member of congress i use voter identification come here on my voting card but also on my pin i had not worn today. if that is good enough for members of congress, it is good enough for about who could reach a good enough for who could come to the polls with valid -- about who could, to the polls with a valid id. one of the subject we will talk about is fast and furious, in arizona issue, where we gave guns to do drug cartels without doing proper detective work. of the said administration looking at arizona as a stepped-up -- stepchild in the united states but i am proud of arizona for leading the way, calling out questions and holding this administration responsible for their actions, particularly in law enforcement. host: let's look at a story from cbs. host: there is a lot on the docket before the fourth of july recess. do you think this

bill: congressman charlie gonzalez from texas up in the next hour. and also norm ornstein, american enterprise institute out with a powerful new book, he and thomas mannute about congress, how broken it is today. you think it's bad? it is even worse than it looks says norm ornstein. in studio with us at this hour, cliff guffey is president of the american postal worker's union. bringing us up to date on very bad piece of legislation republicans have put out which would really gut the united states postal service. it is hr 2309. what should americans do about this? how can they get involved? >> well, we want 2309 to be either defeated or to be modified to be more like the senate bill. the senate bill has some rational means of allowing the postal service to have their own money returned to them so that they can downsize in a rational manner. that's the problem the post office has right now. yes, there may be people out there in the public who will never use the post office again but they're not paying for it. and what we need is the postal service to have the ability to use the funds that it's gotten and turned over to the federal government, returned

bill will reduce the number of gears that a member can serve. this is proposition 28. this will allow them to be served 12 years in either that assembly or the senate. . a thomast turn limits. >>darya: the elder said that they no longer support the high-speed rail project. initially more people voted for a bit now they have decided to oppose it. governor brown has set aside $10 billion of bonds from the system as latest budget despite the deficit and the spending plan. it is 9:22 a.m.. will be back from kron news and 50 minutes. let's take a look at mt. tam. you can see the end and clouds. we will take a look at the weather when we come back. >>darya: 925 a m. i am. it's 90 5:00 a.m.. we are seeing downpours. given that the band had a hand toward some of its is the. >>mark: we have not really had much rain in april. it is going to wait for the next few hours. in the spot it will clear out to mark. it will warm things back up by the middle part the we. >> >>mark: facebook and turns are apparently making big bucks. sophomore engineering intern's are paid just under $75,000 a year. faced books are paying and transgendered more than other tech companies. six of fa

thomas jefferson in jefferson city, missouri saturday at noon eastern. former senator in missouri first lady on family life inside the governor's mansion. also, a bill, a country, a provision's list from each in mesopotamia to the university of michigan's museum. sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern. >> at one time in 1967, this was called the bloodiest 47 acres in america. >> we take you through the missouri state penitentiary. walk back through history in the halls of the missouri state capitol and governor's mansion. once a month, c-span's contact vehicle explores the history and literary life of cities across america. next week and, from jefferson city, saturday and noon p.m. and 5:00 p.m. on c-span2 and c- span3. >> this week, the middle east institute held its conference on turkey. topics also include turkey's bid to become part of the u.n. and the country's overall relationship with europe. this is a little under an hour and a half. >> welcome back. can we get ourselves he did for our second panel. -- seated for our second panel. this is our second panel. turkey, the eu, and u.s. -- involving partnerships. like last time, i will introduce our moderato

capital named in honor of thomas jefferson with the tv and american history to be in jefferson city, missouri, saturday at noon eastern. literary life with the tv -- with book tv. billcontract, provisions list from ancient mesopotamia to the university the zero special collections, the story behind eight miniature babylonian.clay tablets. and then, in american history tv -- >> at one time come in 1967, this was called the bloodiest 47 acres in america. >> a warden takes you through a historic state penitentiary. also, walk back through history in the halls of the state capitol and the governor's mansion. once a month, the c-span counted vehicles explore cities and lives across america. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> microsoft chairman bill gates says that age kitchen has a was been a strength for our nation manageurges are congressional ls to continue making it so. president lincoln signed a law funding public colleges through federal land? . -- land acts. >> we immediately agreed on a first choice, bill gates. someone who would not only help us recognize and celebrate the last 150