part of booktv on c-span 2. now remarks by jeffrey lacker, president of the federal reserve bank of richmond. he spoke to a gathering of the maryland bankers association in baltimore. this is about 45 minutes. >> in 2009, he served as a voletting member of the federal open market committee. as a member of this committee, dr. lacker was involved in decision making process that determined not only the fed funds rate, but decisions that affected interest rates in general, foreign exchange rates, employment, and the general level of prices of goods and services. many of you were at this event last year and heard dr. lacker as he started in this role. we are certainly looking forward to hearing what he has to say about 2010. and he has agreed to take questions, so questions come to mind during his presentation, write them down and he will try to answer them for you. dr. lacker. [cheers and applause] >> thank you rick for that great introduction. it's a great pleasure. after last year's invitation, i want to thank ric

on c-span. >> this weekend, tuffs university history professor, 1965 voting rights act. he will discuss his book with the "the washington post" national editor on after words, part of booktv c-span-2. the number one news app for your iphone is cspan radio. there is also a tab to links to all of our podcast, including "q&a and "after words." >> a state department briefing on the earthquake relief efforts in haiti. this is just over 15 minutes. >> afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. we have with us today the counselor to the state department and the chief of staff and the u.s. aid administrator for a briefing on u.s. efforts in haiti. we had a brief window here today, so we will go straight to our first speaker. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> we wanted to provide an update and we will gladly take your questions. i will make a few brief remarks. we are continuing to see a quite challenging situation on the ground in haiti, and our thoughts and prayers continue to go out to many of the haitian people and their families and others who are there. it is a quite devastating situation. with more visi

part of this weekend's booktv on c-span. 2 >> next week, president obama delivers his first day of theying out the future for the country and his plan to deal with unemployment, health care, and the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the state of the union address next wednesday, january 27, at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on c- span. >> conservative columnist charles krauthammer was at the heritage foundation today to talk about the obama administration's forum policy. he talked of which he touched on issues like nuclear proliferation and israel, among others. this is 50 minutes. >> i am the vice-president of the heritage foundation. i like to welcome all of you to the heritage foundation and a special welcome to those joining us on line with its very special event, our sixth margaret thatcher freedom lecture. we created the series in 2006. we wanted to wait not only to honor lady thatcher but to give greater clarity and attention to the principles and policies that undergird freedom itself, not only in the united states, but around the world. but the first lecture, we ask a former soviet dissid

that is part of this weekend's booktv on c-span 2.eek, you will have your chance to talk to the oft offers of "being change." -- dana change. -- "game change." >> fred grandy represented i was in congress for four terms. since 2003, he has been heard every morning on wmal talk radio in washington, d.c. he is our guest sunday night on q&a. >> washington journal continues. host: our guest is james ki thetfioeld a national correspondent. -- majes kitfield. james kitfield. what prompted you to write this piece? >> guest: we have seen this program for a while. in the last year-and-a-half, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of broken strikes. there's a controversy last summer when the cia director told congress there is a secret program establishing hit squads to fight and kill terrorists around the world. that caused a big furor. we should probably shun some more light on a secret program to target assassinations. we know very little about this. we don't know what the evidenciary bar is to get people a list. we don't know who

on c- span. >> sunday, the history of executive power from george washington to george w. bush. author john yoo talks about his book "crisis and command." afterwards, part of our booktv weeken on c-span 2. >> and now, sandra day o'connor on the impact of recent high court rulings in the selection process for judges and state levels. she spoke earlier at an event hosted by georgetown university and the aspen institute. this is about half an hour. >> the folks in the back understanding, plan to take their seats. we can get started. i am pleased that we have been joined by some of our georgetown law school students. i am meryl chertoff, director of the program at aspen institute. i would be remiss if i let the opportunity to go to say a few words about some of our programs that are coming up. in november 2010, the third georgetown aspen institute symposium will take place and it will treat one of justice o'connor's other interests, and that's education. the event is going to take place -- it will be devoted to the subject of civic education which justice o'connor has done some much on in her years since leaving the supreme court. each year, we conduct a seminar in aspen

eastern on c-span 3 you can also listen to the address live on your iphone with the c-span radio app. >> booktvlcome's paul johnson, author of over 40 books. the latest, "churchill." sunday february 7 at noon eastern on "in depth." >> the president's upcoming state of the union speech was one of the main topics at today's white house briefing. press secretary robert gibbs also answers questions about support for federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. this is almost 50 minutes. >> let me read just one quick statement before we get started. we are deeply saddened by the loss of the passengers on ethiopian airlines flight 409 in beirut, lebanon last night. our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of those who lost loved ones. the united states commends the government of lebanon and the united nations rescue workers and their immediate response and recovery effort. >> the middle class initiatives that the president and vice president outlined today, would you expect that to be essentially the laundry list of new initiatives that we might see in the state of the union? or will the

[applause] [inaudible conversations] and the >> it can turn this weekend on c-span 2 booktv. >> hillaryon today marked the one-year anniversary as secretary of state by holding this town hall meeting with state department employees. in the hour-long event, she ducks but criticism of relief efs in haiti and corruption in nigeria. >> good morning, everyone. it has been one year since we welcome the secretary of state to the state department, and one year since she held her very, very first townhall meeting with us. and it has certainly been an eventful year. what i like to do is said like for all of you to please rise for a moment for a moment of silence for the thousands of haitians who are lost and also for victoria delong, a cultural affairs officer at the department of state who died in haiti as well as a wife and two children of andrew wyllie, an officer in the prm who was assigned in haiti as well. thank you very much. i know the secretary of state will address many of their issues, but i'd like to thank all of you who so generously committed your funds coming to her personal funds

on the potomac. >> this is c-span's book tv. wanted c-span booktv. this is our "in depth" program featuring one author and his or her body of work. if you'd like to dial in a talk this month, (202)737-0001, (202)737-0002, mount and pacific. twitter.com slashed booktv is where you can send a tweet to michelle balkan. bill in l.a., thanks for holding. you are on air. >> caller: good morning, ms. malkin, how are you? >> guest: good. how are you? >> caller: i just noticed on youtube there are 1600 videos by you and other members. so far, dishonest, nazi slut, a racist, prostitute. what the hell is going on? >> guest: we talked about this. this is what "unhinged" is about, a large part. a unique responses that i've seen to provoke among a lot of people. you mentioned videos on youtube. when i started hot air which is my group blog a couple of years ago we initially conceived as a video broadcasting site. so it still has that component. we do original videos. great special correspondents that will do undercover videos for us, sometimes people will submit st

part of this weekend's booktv on c-span2. >> the new c-span video library is a new video archive.om barack obama to ronald reagan, and everyone in between. it is fast and free. >> saturday president obama as ambassador at large for global women's issues talks about supreme court justice ruth ginsburg and the changing role of women in the law and the rights of women around the law. >> i am always concerned about the potential for an unintended consequences of the new regulations. they act as a tax. when you regulate something you tend to get less of it. this weekend, republican fcc commissioner on efforts to create a national broadband plan among other things. "washington journal" continues. host: bob cusack is the managing editor of the hill. he is here to talk with you about his and his reporters' view of the party's chances of the 2010 elections coming up. i want to show you in the audience about what the morning headlines look like. the democrats may not be enjoying them this morning. and inside it says it determines pre-sage challenges for democrats in the midterm. here it say

. >> washington journal is live on c-span every day at 7:00 eastern. >> this weekend on booktv, john mueller believes a new collar attack on the u.s. is far smaller than people think. also, ann looks at the impact on automobile in modern society from the annual operating kotz to global warming and possible incoming in on the entire schedule at booktv.org. and get the latest updates on twitter. >> the leader of the pentagon enter the fort hood testified before the hearing this morning. they discuss what led to the shooting, and how military bases would prevent future violence. this is about two and a half hours. >> good morning, everybody. the committee meets this morning to consider the findings of the independent panel appointed by the secretary of defense following the tragedy at fort hood. the primary objective of the panel was to quote, determine whether there are programs, policies, or procedural weaknesses witness the department of defense that hurts the safety of the employees and families, closed quote. today's hearing is on the unrestricted report. a restricted annex entitle

on the potomac. >> host: this is a c-span booktv our monthly program featuring what author and his or her body of work this month's guest is michelle malkin. booktv c-span.org is or e-mail address to ruder.com/ booktv the key for holding. you are on the air. >> caller: good morning. i have a question about your videos. on youtube there are videos some call you a dog is where the nazi slut or a racist or prosecute what the hell is going on? >> guest:. [laughter] and. we talked about this. that is what unhinged is about. the response that i seem to provoke. he mentioned videos on youtube. when i started hot air which is my group blog we initially conceived it as a video broadcasting side. we have great correspondence sometimes peoples of the stuff. that is the most unhinge response but i like to have the nine hot air i did something from dressup to a cheerleader to a guerrilla. [laughter] two gwyneth paltrow. >> host: do you regret this? >> guest: no. people ask me that. ask me again about people having a myth about me and there is a myth that i may perpetually angry person prick with the videos we did

the clare boothe luce policy institute in virginia here to interview ann coulter on her new book, "guilty." for c-span booktvs "after words." >> good to be here. >> you pretend five other about selling books. >> six. >> why did you write "guilty"? >> there was a little voice in my head saying, when is the next book coming? no, that was a publisher. it was just something i've noticed for a long time. how liberals use the ideas of victimhood to get ahead to shut down debate, to seek advantage, and assorted overtaken the entire world. where the real villains, the aggressors, the perpetrators are always claiming to be mortally offended by been wounded, weep for me. and it's pernicious. >> when the first was coming out i remember nbc had but few weeks ahead and then suddenly they spiked two. what happened? >> guest: well, according to the always reliably drawn report and banned for life. those litigious long enough for me to go on the today show and not lauer told me and not be in for life and then the band went back into effect. >> host: what is that about? how can they justify that? >> guest: seven "new york ti

on c-span. -- here on c-span. the blogger, calmest, an offer of three books on the culture of corruption take your emails. live at noon eastern on booktv. >> you are lost. you did not own it anymore. and that hurts. my possessions are now in a storage bin. >> the award winning documentary about the impact of subprime mortgages on minorities, sunday night at 8. >> last year, a homeland security subcommittee held a hearing on the needs of children before, during, and after. we heard testimony from fema director craig fugate for an hour and a half. the committee's objective today is to resolve with the very special needs of children during the prepared this, response, and recovery phase of disaster, and the extent to which current planning and programs either meat or fails the special needs. we're focusing on children for several reasons. children in most families are the focal point, and parents who cannot find an available school or day care center or access health care for children baby forced to relocate after a disaster -- may be forced to relocate after disaster or stay out of work force when they are badly needed to rebuild communi

c-span programs are available for download as 30d casts. more with wil haygood and dave zirin in just a moment. >> if you watched booktv recently, you've seen deb onour television set. gene, with the new book, with your job, do you have time to read, and what are you reading? >> well, while i was writing the book, i had no time to read anything that didn't have something to do with the book, but now i've started reading all kinds of things again. i'm right in the middle of reading about antonin and a lee yarks i'm reading the book about the campaign, of course, and i'm reading some fiction. there's a book i just called trading dreams at midnight by diane mckinney whetstone who writes these wonderful fictional stories about african-american women in the inner city. so that was my fun book, and it was still kind of a downer. >> what is your preferred place and time to read? >> i read, i read a couple different ways. i read a lot on planes. i have a kindle, so i can carry around six different books at one time. that's good for traveling. and i read at home, i have a special book chair that's dedicated just to reading with a special light and a whole

february, booktv welcomes a british historian and former adviser to do margaret thatcher, paul johnson. his latest book is on winston churchill. sunday, february 7, at noon eastern on c-span 2. >> on november, 1983, president ronald reagan signed into law legislation declaring the third monday of january as the martin luther king, jr., a federal holiday. next, john conyers leads discussion on efforts to establish the federal holiday. this is almost two hours. >> good afternoon, everybody, and welcome to the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. i directed a vision of the united states future. more important, the congressional black caucus foundation, which we are delighted to have here. my responsibility today is to just say a word about the wilson center and why this program as such an important one for the center. of course, those of you in washington had seen the monuments around the mall. in 1968, congress in its wisdom decided instead of building a monument of that kind to former president woodrow wilson, it would create a living institution. some of you may know before he came up politician, wilson was a political scientist, an important scholar and pres