this is super top secret and it is bob woodward, and almost anything that he does is meaningful. this is going to be one of the biggest fall titles abound. this is not a memoir sweeping of george bush, but it is about points within his administration were he had to make major decisions. >> learn more about these and other bulls coming out in our 2010 fall preview this weekend. for the latest in nonfiction, like to put tv every weekend. taphole schedule netbook tv -- if the entire schedule at our web team. >> mervyn king recently testified before the british treasury committee. here's a portion of that. were he discusses the u.k. housing market and creating loans for small businesses. there is one point about higher prices, which is that it makes sense that some of consumer prices, it is a bit of an anomaly. the cpi measure that we use at the moment there is a 0% cost of living. when you think of how much safety >> i think it would be an improvement of the cost of occupying the measured level pricings. i am quite cautious about the way [unintelligible] the way that you do it is qu

anything that bob woodward does is meaningful. this will be big rig -- this will be one of the biggest titles. this is not a sweeping biography of george bush by about specific things about his administration. >> learn about these and other books in our fall book previewed this weekend. for the lettuce and nonfiction, of watch book tv every weekend. -- now all political roundtable on middle election campaign. from today's "washington journal," this is about 40 minutes. the "american spectator". who will be the speaker of the house for the 112th congress? guest: i don't really know. republicans are within striking distance and possibly could take over the house. it depends on how things go round. in 2006, we had a similar situation, and the mark foley scandal hit and that is what turned it from a bad year for republicans and turned it into an election. we will see how the news breaks with charlie rangel and maxine waters. that is the type of thing where that is the last hammer to drop, where you see parties lose their majorities. i

the waiting for bob woodward's reporting, that there was a little bit of a civilian military element to this between the white house and the pentagon, that a factor, at least in the minds of some of the civilians in the white house, was to signal the u.s. military that there was a firm belief on the civilian side that it cannot have an open-ended timeline. and secretary gates saluted the decision and defended it in public for another reason, which was country and important, also to signal the karzai government but they do not have an open ended timeline. and they organize themselves to participate in the buildup of afghan security forces much more effectively than they have done today. they accepted the president's decision with enthusiasm because that signaling the afghan. they would recognize it would have this other affect in causing actors to hedge and be a concern. >> ok, let's take one last question. >> i am it retired from the world bank. a couple suggestions. when you have sessions like this about afghanistan, how about having an afghan on the table? >> on the table, yeah? >>

it is bob woodward. almost anything bob does is meaningful. this is for sure going to be one of the biggest fall titles around. this is not a sweeping memoir by george bush. it is talking about the specific points in his administration where he had to make major decisions. >> learn more in our 2010 fall book preview this weekend. for the latest in nonfiction authors and books, watch every weekend. get the full schedule at booktv.org. >> politics, books, and history -- available anytime on c-span radio in the washington area at 90.1 fm, nationwide on serious channel 132, and on your iphone and i pad, on loan -- on-line around the world. listen to your phone with a partnership with audio now. it is available any time. just call the number on your screen. it is free, but check with your phone service provider for additional charges. c-span radio -- even more available on your phone. >> president obama said today that his administration will help ford motor company export more than 200,000 vehicles by giving the company a loan guarantee. those rem

this is bob woodward and almost anything that bob does is meaningful.is is not a sweeping memoir by george bush. this is rather talking the specific points in his administration where he had to make major decisions. >> learn more about these and other come -- books coming out. get whole schedule at booktv.org. >> the senate banking subcommittee on economic policy heard from administration officials in the chicago federal reserve bank on efforts to stimulate the u.s. manufacturing sector. the "washington post" reported that the administration and congressional democrats are propairing more than two dozen proposals aimed at u.s. manufacturing. this is about an hour. >> thanks to both panels. i will introduce the first panel in a moment and the second. there is a phone call so we unfortunately have an hour and not an hour and a half. in america, we have always been good at making things. american companies and workers laid down rail ray ways and high ways and manufactured medical equipment and appliances. in turn workers have been rewarded with a path way

this is super top-secret, and almost everything bob woodward does is meaningful. this will be one of the biggest titles around. this is now sweeping memoir, this is talking about the specific points in his administration where he had to make major decisions. >> learn more about these and other books coming out in the 2010 fall book. v. for the latest in nonfiction authors and books, watch "book tv." >> today, treasury secretary tim geithner said social security will remain solvent until 2029. that is the finding of a report by the social security and medicare trustees. this is the first year the social security program is spending more than it takes in. geithner also discusses the new health care law's impact on health care. he is joined by kathleen sebelius and the labor secretary at this 20-minute briefing. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the social security and medicare board of trustees met this morning to complete their annual financial review of these programs and to transmit their reports to the congress. i want to welcome my fell

. >> this is super, super top- secret, and it is bob woodward and almost anything he does is meaningful. >> this, for sure, is going to be one of the biggest fall titles around. this is not a sweeping memoir by george bush. this is talking about specific points in his administration where he had to make major decisions. >> learn more about these and other books coming out in our 2010 fall book review this weekend. for the latest in nonfiction authors and books, watched book tv every weekend. get the whole schedule at booktv.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: rich lowry, editor of "national review" to talk about the conservative agenda. the midterm elections, some saying it is highly competitive. republicans may take back control of the house and maybe the senate. and it is going to be one of the most expensive. how deep the republicans are bearing right now. guest: i think if it were held today it would be a massive, historic blow out. we will see if that holds. the key indicators, perhaps the most important is the president's approval rating. "usa today" gallup poll, really

this is bob woodward. this is going to be one of the biggest fall titles are ground. this is not is with a memoir by george bush -- sweeping mor emoir by george bush. >> for the latest in nonfiction authors and books, watch "booktv" every weekend. >> now a hearing on the use a chemical dispersants in the gulf oil spill cleanup. a government report says they have been affected. their long term affect is unknown. this is a little more than two hours. >> the hearing will come to order. we will commence with some opening statement by the members of the committee and the subcommittee. then we will hear from our to witnesses from the obama protection agency and the atmospheric administration. i will ask for our chairman to lead with her statement. >> thank you. i want to thank the chairman whitehouse for his at leadership of the oversight committee. this hearing is part of the public works oversight of the federal government's response to the deepwater horizon disaster. today will be examining the issues around the use of chemical dispersants in dealing with the deepwater s

this is bob woodward, and almost everything he does is meaningful. this is talking about the specific points in his administration where he had to make major decisions. >> learn more about these and other books coming out in the fall preview this weekend. for the latest in a non-fiction authors and books, watch "bu ook tv" where every weekend. >> c-span radio is available nationwide, online and around the world at c-span.org. now listen to it on your phone with a partnership with ocaudio now. it is free, but check with your phone service provider for any additional charges. even more available on your phone. >> now a senate hearing on efforts to prevent and prepare for a terrorist attack using weapons of mass destruction. the first panel features officials from the densest department and fema. this is about one hour. forward nding >> good morning, everyone. our hearing deals with government prepared is in response to terrorism attacks. i particularly want to thank senator cottle for his interest in the subjects. -- particularly want to thank senator