close to home i did a biography of brian lamb. i've got a lot of work with educators and c-span people kept saying, what is the real brian lamb lake? and he did not want a biography done. and i pumped him and and i pumped him i finally got a contract to do one. i came in and i said well, what do you think? and he said well, i guess that lets you do one. i can't say no. the station is committed to open access to information. how can a close things down? and he didn't interfere, kind of open doors for me, give me a list of high school friends and buddies, so that was kind of fun to do. prior to that i did a book that looked at individuals who change national policy. so it's called citizen democracy and is a bunch of profiles of an elect, unappointed individuals who went out and created things like major legislation because of their action. >> host: i teach political science. they almost have been one of the number one major people. i don't assume they added a technical school. or a value added major because they get their technical

close to home i did a biography of brian lamb. i have done a lot of work with educators and c-span and people kept saying what is the real brian lamb light? he did not want a biography done and i pumped him and pumped them and i finally got a contracted the one and i find it came in and i said well, what do you think lexi said well, i guess i will do it and i can't say no. the nation is committed to open access information and how can i close things out? it's a wonderful story. a kind of open doors for me so that was kind of fun to do. prior to that i did have look that looked at individuals who change national policy called citizen democracy and it's a bunch of profiles of individuals unelected, unappointed individuals who went out and created things like major legislation because of their actions. >> what do you teacher at the naval academy? >> i teach political silent. i'm proud of the fact that for the last 30 years we have been the number one and people don't assume that a technical school. they get their technical education

. >> it would be better if the lamb faced off with brian lamb. >> the american hero. >> he is an american hero and he is a subtle american hero. i love the way he talks. >> the main problem is it is a waste of money. dead people only vote democrat. >> way to bring it back. >>> from zombies to zelits are they being attacked because of how they act? pentagon officials believe that at least some of the 97 u.s. and nato troops murdered by afghan security forces over the past 30 years were killed because they were culturally insensitive. that's right. it was their own fault according to paul spur re the best way to deal with this is u.s. troops go through muslim sensitivity training to learn about stuff that is considered insulting in islam. like for example never show the bottom of boots while sitting or lying across from a muslim. avoid winking or cursing. >> but it is a tick. you can't help it. >> it is my tour retes. >> avoid exiting the shower without a towel. and spur resays many military officials are outraged with one senior army intelligence official telling him quote, the cultural af

selected essays of 1949 to 1995 with brian lamb. he talked at length about the development of his personal philosophy, which began with marxism in the 1940s. .. c-span: what does it mean? >> guest: what it means is that--it refers to a constellation of opinions and views that is not traditionally conservative but is conservative and is certainly not liberal. and since i and others who have been called neo-conservatives move from being liberals to being a kind of conservative, then neo-conservatism seemed like a pretty good term. c-span: i did some calculations on the 41 different essays you have in the book as to what year they were written. i don't know if you've done this. >> guest: no. c-span: forty-one pieces, and they were written from the 1940s to the 1990s. the most were written in the '70s--18 of the 41. why would you guess that the ones you chose for this book were written in the '70s? >> guest: i think it's because things, particularly intellectual, political things, intellectual and political ideas, were more in flux in t

i like to watch the main interview by brian lamb that are on sundays at 8:00 where he hosts different authors, and he has discussions, in-depth discussions about the books that they have written. and so it's just an easy way to get information that are in those books without having to read the books. >> wesley romans watches c-span on comcast. c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> you're watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs. weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights, watch key public policy events and every weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our web site, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> and we have more now on the situation in north africa looking at libya, egypt and tunisia today. the center for strategic and international studies is hosting this daylong discussion on the -- as the state department continues to receive criticism for its handling of the septembe

one more thing, brian lamb is much better looking than you. host: i won't argue. let's go to stanley on our independent line. do you plan to watch tomorrow night's debate? caller: no. this only one thing that can save the country and that to replace the irs with a fair tax. the top 20 countries in the world, we have the worst tax system. i am in the care society, living on social security. i could have a yard sale and all tax free. i put all my money back into the country. i spread it around, all the stores i go through and so on and so forth. i am the researcher for 14 friends and relatives with documented information on who in congress want to replace the irs. there are about eight or nine of them. allen west, i'm surprised he did not go into the system. if hope to be got in, he would ever placed it also. and we would not be stuck with this. abee got in, hee would have replaced it. i had a son who used to fish near the oil larigs and there's the moratorium problem. meanwhile, i will just share with my friends all the information and concentrate on making cash mo

i'd like to watch the main interview by brian lamb on sunday said it a clock, where he hosts differentauthors and has discussions about the books that they have written. and so, it's an easy way to get information in those books without having to read the books. >> house speaker john boehner campaign for mitt romney. he told campaign supporters that with their help, republicans will keep control of the house this year and that he plans to run for speaker again. the campaign novice in new hampshire, this is 10 minutes. >> or any member of the congress, whenever 89 freshman. send them back. [applause] you know, nancy pelosi is working hard. and even though we won 65 seats in the democrat over the last two years, she only has to win 25 seats to get my job back. let me tell you why. the only way she's going to get to that gabble is to riot out of my cold stone hands. [cheers and applause] now you heard people on the political circles talk about the coming election over the course of your lifetime is being the most important election of their lifetime. we'll guess what, they were wrong. the

i like to was the man in a room like brian lamb at 8:00. he hosts different authors.discussions. in that discussion about the book that they have written. and so it is just an easy way to get information that iran those books without having to read the books. >> what is c-span on comcast. c-span, created by eric as cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> the center for national policy host the event looking at the obama administration to expand its use of those tracks. speakers included counter-terrorism experts from the american foundation and the university of virginia. >> good afternoon. my name is gregory, i am a senior fellow to the middle east here at the center for national policy. on behalf of our chairman and our presidents i want to welcome all of you here today and i also want to welcome c-span to cover this event. it is titled the deaths from above, drones and targeted killings. as many as you are aware, join attacks started under the bush administration but have been accelerated under the obama administr

one other thing, brian lamb is way better looking than you. >> host: let's go to stanley in massachusettsndent line. stanley do you plan to watch tomorrow night's debate? >> caller: no. >> host: why not? >> guest: >> caller: there is only one thing that can save the country and that is the fair tax. under the top 20 countries in the world we have the worst tax system. ibm in a care society myself living on social security, and i could have a yard sale and that is all tax-free and i put all of my money back into the country and spread it around. all of the stores i go to a and so on and so forth. and i am the researcher for 14 friends and relatives with a documented information on who in congress want to replace the irs. there's eight or nine of them. alan west, i'm surprised he didn't go into the system. he would have replaced it also oe and we wouldn't be stuck with this giving your money to the politicians in this country, and they send it to brazil to look for oil. i have us on in texas that used to fish in the oil rigs. some are 4 feet high and they're telling them out. that is a mora

i like to watch interviews by brian lamb on sundays at 8:00 where he hosts a different operas and has discussions and in-depth this discussions about the books they have written. it is an easy way to get information in the books without having to read the books. >> wesley watches c-span on comcast. c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> and our discussion about the economy and economic issues in the 2012 elections. we will hear from the heads of the u.s. chamber of commerce, the national association of manufacturers, and the national retail federation, as well as former michigan governor john engler, who now heads the business roundtable, hosted by leading authorities. it's just under an hour. [applause] >> thank you for turning out here on this cold, wintry morning in washington. it's now a for your weeks until america goes to the polls. it could not be a better time to have this conversation about what is the single biggest issue of this election campaign and that is the economy, jobs, and how to get a

i like to watch them interviews by brian lamb. he hosts different authors and they have discussions. and that discussion about the buck that they have written, and so it is just an easy way to get information that are in the books without having to read the book. >> what is c-span on comcast. c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. the american enterprise institute here in washington recently hosted a panel discussion on whether google is violating antitrust laws. speakers include the university of chicago law school professor randall pecker, yale university economics and law professor george priest along with economics founder gregory sendak. participants could .. your report co-authored by setback entitled what is the chicago school teach about internet search and the antitrust treatment of google. john leibovitz has said that the ftc plans to make a decision on whether to take legal action against google. this is 90 minutes. [applause] [inaudible conv

i like to watch the readings by brian lamb that are on sundays at 8:00 where he hosts with authors andin the books without having to read the books. >>> the supreme court is in full swing of arguments on affirmative action. joining on the phone is adam of "the new york times" to tell us more about the case you had a front page cover story yesterday in "the new york times" featuring abigail fisher. who is she and what is the case about? >> about a young white woman from texas four years ago the university of texas turned her down and she sued saying that her race had been held against her. that gives rise to a major affirmative action case. questioning whether public colleges and universities can take race into account in fashioning their student bodies to make sure there's educational diversity. >> but as the system for those applying to college? >> it's complicated. they take most of the kids under what people call the top ten system which means a few graduate in the top 10% of high school in texas you automatically get in. that's about 75% of the class. dever 25% is admitted the same

>> brian: charlene lamb, who was absolutely exposed as, in my mind, totally incompetent.cause there was no justification. really? when the lieutenant calls you up and says, i have a fear here that we'll be overrun and your ambassador puts it in writing the week before he was assassinated, you could sit there in front of a national audience and say there was no justification? >> steve: she said the security was appropriate. if it was, how did four people die? here is part of that exchange. >> it's been suggested that budget cuts were responsible for a lack of security in benghazi and i'd like to ask miss lamb, you made this decision personally, was there any budget consideration and lack of budget which led you not to increase the number of people in the security force there? >> no, sir. >> gretchen: the answer was no, sir. then you have to wonder about now this alleged cover-up, the second part of the story. remember when the united states ambassador to the upunion, susan rice, went out five days after the attack and said it was because it was the video, that it wasn't a

brian lamb of c-span, who has created a c-span network that is so objective -- >> that's just pandering [applause] >> i would call it pandering, except i dedicated the book to him. but everybody turns into c-span and can trust the network for what they are doing, because they are giving such people played everything. i'm afraid the other network people, if you are conservative, you believe fox come if you're liberal, you believe msnbc. and c-span, we managed to contain and integrity and managed to stay on politicized. in this highly politicized era. >> this is a highly substantial book. i don't suspect there is much that he didn't cover in this book that you wish you had. we left with any things about mr. cronkite that you wish you would have been able to get to the bottom up, but the nature of this kind of work, you can only go so far in trying to figure out the answer was? >> well, lot of controversy swirls around the vietnam war, the importance of the so-called cronkite moment come on piggery 27, 1968, after being very pro-war, meaning that he, personally, was in 1965, 1966, 1967, th

. >> brian: did you know that the answer -- i blame paul ryan for this, too. the day before it was asked, it was asked a question to lambve anything to do with the reason -- >> dana: can we play that? we have that. a charge made by the vice president last night. then made today by the president's press secretary. then he tried to walk it back. it turns out not true. listen to charlene lamb. >> it has been suggested that the budget cuts were responsible for lack of security in benghazi. i'd like to ask miss lamb, you made this decision personally. was there any budget consideration and lack of budget that led you not to increase the number of people in security force there? >> no, sir. >> dana: if you are in a crisis communication situation, you typically want your answers in a row before you go forward instead of repeating things. the situation the white house finds themselves was preventable. but instead they have the deputy campaign manager saying this is political. i looked to me like the reporters were finally starting to do what they needed to be doing, asking them questions they could have asked three weeks ago. >

brian: you shoot the bird and he bring its back. >> it is an all purpose hunting dog and great swimmers. >> gretchen: and now to the dog that looks like a lambthey were bred by coal miners in leng andand they are fast and agil. >> we have the habanese which is the native breed of cub a. with a long silky colt that keeps it cool in the summer. it is very, very friendly dog and comes in all variety of the colors. >> brian: this is all part of meet the breeds. >> this week from 10 to 5. go on line to meet the breeds.com. if you are looking to add one to your life style, it is important to know about them. >> gretchen: he is sleeping. >> he is a baby. >> gretchen: thank you for bringing your beautiful pets this morning. >> gretchen: coming up on "fox and friends", a plane breaks up midflight. >> and voters don't care about the party but wants a better economy. donald trump has a message and a brandd new aprentising up. don't go away . ladies and gentlemen the windshield blew out. we take that on an airplane . >> brian: he's taking a break from the top secret to join us on the couch. and chris o'donnell here live . "fox and friends" starts just a