and brandon roberts talks about low-income working families. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the c-span network provides coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books and american history. it is all available to you on television, radio, online and on social media networking sites. we take c-span on the road with our digital bus and local content vehicle. it is washington your way. now available in more than 100 million homes. created by cable. >> next a look at the british television channel that's comparable to c-span. the bbc parliament channel covers the house of commons, house of lords and other government branches. its website offers eight channels of video from legislative sessions and committee actions. to explain it all, we talk to peter; knowles, the controller of the bbc parliament channel. this is 35 minutes. >> what's the history of the bbc parliament channel? >> that's been a -- there's been a parliament channel for getting on to 20 years, explicitly modeled on c-span in its origins. it was o

brandon roberts will be here as well. now we go to "newsmakers." ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] . >> joining us from st. louis is anne wagner, one of a half dozen canned daylights for the national republican committee and here for the questions in washington is casey hunt. national politics reporter with politico and phil elliott. thanks for being with us. let me begin by asking you, what sets your candidacy and your race apart from your competitors'? >> well, i think there's multiple things that i'm running on and i'm traveling all over the country meeting with members of the republican national committee, talking with them on the phone, interacting with them on our website and all of our multiple social media nuances and opportunities out there. but i think what sets me apart is probably three or four different things. and it's rooted in experience. it's rooted in over 20 years of political service to the republican party and to public s

and brandon roberts who talks about the economy's impact on low-income-working families. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the c-span networks, they provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history. it is all available to you on television, radio,

and brandon roberts. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> maturity in a time of pettiness, calm anytime a banker, that is what the nation asks of the united states senate and that is what this office and that is what this office demands

host: brandon roberts, manager of the working poor of family association. thank you. our coverage of the rnc debate takes place here, at 1:00 p.m. on c-span. we will have coverage here on c- span. thanks for watching today. we will be back tomorrow. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> and a reminder that, coming up live from will -- live, we will show you a debate from the candidates for the republican national committee chairmanship. one of the candidates, gentry collins, has removed himself. you can see that the big live at 1:00 p.m. the inauguration of gov. jerry brown who defeated businesswoman meg whitman will be live at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> for these children, our children, and for all of america's children, the house will come to order. >> with the start of the new congress this wednesday, look back at the opening of past sessions online at the c-span video library, with every c-span program since 1987, more than 160,000 hours, all searchable, all free. it is washington

latest report by the working poor bang families project with the manager of the organization, brandon roberts is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. tomorrow on c-span, all six of the declared candidates for the republican national committee chairmanship will debate for the first time. the list includes current chairman michael steele, the moderator includes -- moderator's include rubber norquist -- grover norquist. watch live coverage tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> calm in a time of anger and leadership in a time of uncertainty. that is what the nation asks of the united states senate. that is what this office demands of e to serve here. and a search for farewell speeches and hear from retiring -- >> search for farewell speeches and hear from retiring senators. there are more than 160,000 hours all online, all free. it is washington, your way. >> several journalists and scholars talk about the 2008 attack in mumbai, india. this is part of a terrorism conference organized by a pakistani organization and the jamestown foundation produces about one hour, 10 minutes. -- and th

host: brendan robertson is -- brandon roberts is with us from the project -- working poor families project5 million people lived in low- income families. these are 2009 statistics. where do you get these statistics? how did you come up with them? guest: thank you for the opportunity to be here and speak about our recent report on low- income families in america. this is a 9-year-old initiative that focuses on the examining -- examining the conditions of working families in america. since 2004, we have been looking at u.s. census data on an annual basis, and thank you to the census for now having an american committee survey, which generates the senses on an annual basis rather than having to wait 10 years. each year we have a chance to go in and look at the numbers. the most recent data available is what came out in 2009 in november. the we have a non-partisan data specialist group in d.c. called the population reference bureau. they analyze that data for us each year, and we generate conditions -- generate data on conditions for u.s. working families on hold. and later this spring will --

host: brendan robertson is -- brandon roberts is with us from the project -- working poor families project. 45 million people lived in low- income families. these are 2009 statistics. where do you get these statistics? how did you come up with them? guest: thank you for the opportunity to be here and speak about our recent report on low- income families in america. this is a 9-year-old initiative that focuses on the examining -- examining the conditions of working families in america. since 2004, we have been looking at u.s. census data on an annual basis, and thank you to the census for now having an american committee survey, which generates the senses on an annual basis rather than having to wait 10 years. each year we have a chance to go in and look at the numbers. the most recent data available is what came out in 2009 in november. the we have a non-partisan data specialist group in d.c. called the population reference bureau. they analyze that data for us each year, and we generate conditions -- generate data on conditions for u.s. working families on hold. and later this spring will