caller: as a fan of brian lamb, i want to ask a brian lamb-style question. dr.arson we never hear about your personal life, your family your kids and all of that. the obama's are proud and have always been out front with their family. you must commend him for his fine family style, i would imagine. as your style, i notice you are trying to parent america. i'm interested to know about your parenting style. i would also like to know about your religion. your seventh-day adventist. will you be taking saturdays off as president of the united states? that is really a slight to god for you to be working on a saturday, so i would like an honest answer on that. guest: ok, you will do what needs to be done on any day of the week. as a surgeon, there were many instances where somebody had a life-threatening situation on saturday and i would deal with it. so you do what needs to be done. but you always give honor to god. as far as my family is concerned, i have three sons. my oldest son murray, was born in australia. i spent a year over there for his dual citizenship. he i

it was on the state 20 years ago that brian lamb began the very first "washington journal".deo clip] >> good morning and welcome to this "washington journal" on january 4, 1995. there is the first page from the "usa today". there is a caricature of __ that is the paper you can buy all of the united states on this wednesday. in washington, where the temperature is about 30, we welcome you to this new start time everyday __ 7:00 am on the east coast. host: the very first "washington journal". among our guests, barney frank, and then senate leader bob dole. that program, and all of our programming, on our website, c_span.org. some of the comments on her facebook page __ there's this from andy. saying they will not do anything while obama is office, they worry that he will get all of the credit. tony has this on our twitter page __ for the caller concerned about turnout in the midterm elections, do the math on the president obama winning with about 28% of votes. join in on the conversation. a couple more calls. first from thomas. caller: the question is not whether the republica

brian lamb of c-span read to me on friday a book. i've been reading a biography of henry clay. he always preferred the house over the senate, although he served them both. he says the house is more vital, more dynamic, more common. "often there is not a distinguished man in the whole number. its members are all up secure -- obscure individuals whose names bring no associations to mind. they are mostly village lawyers, men in trade, or even persons belonging to the lower classes of society." now if you put women in with men, i do not know that we have changed much. but that word had a very particular meaning and it is a meaning that we would do well to study. did tocqueville lived in a world of kings and princes, and the people who come here, come here by the one single act that their citizens freely chose them. and i don't care what your ethnic crowd, what your ideology, i don't care whether you are younger or older, i do not care if you were born in america or are a naturalized citizen. everyone has an equal standing because their citizens freely sent them and therefore should

brian lamb at the stand that to me on friday a phrase __ henry clay always preferred the house to the senate, although he served in both. he said the house is more vital, more dynamic. this is what was written __ often there is no distinct man in the room, its members are all obscure. they're mostly village lawyers, or even persons belonging to lower class of society. if you put women in with men, i do not know that we have change much. the word holder had a very particular meeting __ a meeting that the world would do well to society. he was an aristocrat, he lived in a world of kings and princes. the folks who come here come here by the one single act that their citizens freely chosen. i do not care what your ethnic background, your ideology, whether you are younger or older, whether you were born in america or you are naturalized citizen, every one of the 435 people have equal standing because they are citizens. their voice should be heard and they have a right to participate. it is the most marvelous act of a complex giant country trying to argue and talk. and conservatives, but am

brian lamb at c-span read to me friday a phrase from de tocqueville that is essential to the house. henry clay always preferred the house. he was the first on speaker and he preferred the house to the senate although he served in both. he said the house is more vital and dynamic and comment. " often, there's not a distinguished man in the whole number. its members are almost all obscure individuals whose names bring no associations to mind. they are mostly village lawyers men in trade, or even persons along into the lower classes of society. ." if you put women in with men, i don't know that it we would change much but the word volcker in that time had a particular meaning. it is a meaning the world would do well to study in this room. you see ,de tocqueville was an aristocrat who lived in a world of princes and kings and the folks who come here come here by the one single act that they are -- that their citizens freely chosen and i don't care what your ethnic background or ideology is or whether you are younger or older, i don't care whether you were born in america or you are a na

brian lamb at sea spwrb span wrote to me friday a phrase that was so central to the house henry claylways preferred the house. he was the first strong speaker. he preferred the house to the senate, although he served them both. he said the house was more vital more active, more dynamic and more common. this is what he wrote, "often there is not a distinguished man in the whole number. its members are almost all obscure individuals whose names bring no associations to mind. they are mostly village lawyers, men in trade or even persons belonging to the lower classes of society. now if you put women in with men, i don't know that we have changed much. but the word vug gar had a very particular meaning and it's a meaning the world would do well to study in this room. you see, he was an arist row carat, he lived in a world of kings and princes. the folks who come here come here by the one single act that their citizens freely chose them and i don't care what your ethnic background whether you're younger or older, i don't care whether you were born in america or you are a naturalized citiz

caller: as a fan of brian lamb, i want to ask a brian lamb-style question. dr. carson we never hear about your personal life, your family your kids and all of that. the obama's are proud and have always been out front with their family. you must commend him for his fine family style, i would imagine. as your style, i notice you are trying to parent america. i'm interested to know about your parenting style. i would also like to know about your religion. your seventh-day adventist. will you be taking saturdays off as president of the united states? that is really a slight to god for you to be working on a saturday, so i would like an honest answer on that. guest: ok, you will do what needs to be done on any day of the week. as a surgeon, there were many instances where somebody had a life-threatening situation on saturday and i would deal with it. so you do what needs to be done. but you always give honor to god. as far as my family is concerned, i have three sons. my oldest son murray, was born in australia. i spent a year over there for his dual citizenship. he

i just miss brian lamb on friday. i do not know if they are still behind the scenes. just not the same. just to be able to call in and speak with brian lamb was such an honor. mrs. wayne as well. they were family to the people that watch. it is almost like they were the walter cronkite's of their time. i do believe that they have done more for the american people than any other media outlet. host: thank you for the comments about c-span. i hope you will call back in 30 days to tell us what might be on your mind. victor is on the line. he is from florida. victor, democrat. welcome to the program, victor. caller: thank you. i have a comment about the congress. they have a 15% approval right now. the reason why that those people do not trust congress is because they are taking money from special interest. they are taking money from wealthy people like the koch brothers. they are ignoring the will of people. in the first day of office, they are not deal with the priority of jobs. they do not deal with the priority of the deficit. they do not deal with the priority of the

the house of representatives denny hastert house of representatives denny hastert sat down with brian lamb in 2004 to discuss his book, "speaker" on booknotes. representative hastert recounted his years as a civics teacher, football coach and member of the u.s. house of representatives. he also discussed how we handle the daily responsibilities of the house immediately after the september 11 terrorist attacks. watch for an encore presentation of this interview now on booktv. c-span: denny hastert, author of, "speaker," what`s the granby roll? >> guest: the granby roll is a move in wrestling that you can score from the bottom. not many people do it. and it`s good in wrestling, it`s probably good in politics, too. if you can score when you`re on the bottom and keep winning, that`s what it`s all about. c-span: where does the name granby come from? >> guest: granby high school in norfolk, virginia. they were the instigator -- coach by the name of bill martin was -- instigated it and taught it. and it kind of passed through the east coast. i picked it up in the midwest, and it was one of our tr

i hope you recognize how fortunate you have to have brian lamb here today he usually charges a lot of money, the fact that he came here for free today, you should consider yourself lucky. i do think it's going to be end up being jeb bush and hillary clinton. it's going to be another bush-clinton. i am already bored to death. i think this is the worst thing that could happen to either party, to the nation, to tell the truth. on the republican side i mean, at least the way i see it, we all know jeb is the brightest of the bunch, he should have been president first, he would have been if he hadn't lost for governor of florida first time around. he was the pick of the litter. we ended up with the dimmer bulb. you know. whatever. metaphors all over the place. but george got it. he did it, jeb too bad. you lost your chance. i don't think the nation is ready for a third bush. to go back that far for the republican party to someone who hasn't flun a competitive race for 20 years is making a big mistake. but i say the same on the kemic side. what does it say about the gene pool of this nation

caller: good morning gentlemen c-span, and happy new year to brian lamb and c-span. i wanted to speak about the state of the voting rights act. mr. davis there was sharing that the voting rights act, in his commentary, was the reason for the partisan divide and the gerrymandering that we now have. guest: i disagree with that. guest: it is an unintended consequence, not the reason. caller: without the voting rights act black citizens would not have -- that is not the reason for the gerrymandering. gerrymandering is because a legislatures have created the value of partisan divide because of their preference of party politics. i wanted to say if i could, 15 states in 2014 were the first directive states to create new restrictions on voting rights, and those states were primarily states that created them were republicans. host: all right, charlotte. guest: she is raising a question and tom and i have strong views. guest: it is a good question. guest: what she is talking about is the voter id laws where you have to show a photo id and a discriminate against minorities, ol

since brian lamb was sitting where you are sitting. have been watching this last election, when republicans left this country in a mess and president obama try to turn it around and republicans consistently obstructed what he tried to do. and now that he's trying to turn the country around, they are trying to criticize him and prevent him from bragging a little bit in the state of the union when now the economy and other things are starting to turn upward. and they can't bear it, because they didn't have any part of it, since they were the ones that were obstructing the whole thing in the first place from the day he took office. this is bittersweet in a way. host: michael from ohio independent line. caller: hello, good morning. how are you? host: fine, thanks. go ahead. caller: i want to tell you some stuff about president obama. his campaign he followed bush policy, he followed the wall street and in ca --nca. he wavered to assad. obama is responsible by incompetence of the deaths of half a million syrians. and of course, the presiden

that c-span covers that washington journal covers and i have been watching you since the day of brian lambthat happened overnight, you go live at 7:00. how much prep time do you get? are you prepping at dinner last night, or do you come in at 2:30 in the morning and start? for us junkies maybe on a saturday, it would be great to see a behind the scenes of "washington journal," what time you get there, who pulls the articles? i will take your answer off the air. host: thank you. michelle is the executive producer and i am sure she is listening and probably heard your suggestion. jim tweets in -- refresh my memory where -- where the vaccines host: decatur georgia, a. -- a parent. caller: i am still a parent. i am raising some of my children's babies. i think it should be mandatory because you cannot keep your children in a wall. we are public people. it is too bad -- measles mumps anything we can avoid our kids to go through, i would say it should be mandatory. host: thank you, ma'am. next up is peter in chattanooga, tennessee. peter, what is your role in the medical profession? caller: hell

caller: good morning gentlemen c-span, and happy new year to brian lamb and c-span.ted to speak about the state of the voting rights act. mr. davis there was sharing that the voting rights act, in his commentary, was the reason for the partisan divide and the gerrymandering that we now have. guest: i disagree with that. guest: it is an unintended consequence, not the reason. caller: without the voting rights act black citizens would not have -- that is not the reason for the gerrymandering. gerrymandering is because a legislatures have created the value of partisan divide because of their preference of party politics. i wanted to say if i could, 15 states in 2014 were the first directive states to create new restrictions on voting rights, and those states were primarily states that created them were republicans. host: all right, charlotte. guest: she is raising a question and tom and i have strong views. guest: it is a good question. guest: what she is talking about is the voter id laws where you have to show a photo id and a discriminate against minorities, old peop

at 12 years of age in indiana you're from indiana founder of this network, brian lamb be is from indiana. we're hoosiers around here. indiana a black and white stage a whole lot more than white than black. it cnged over the years. we weren't talking about king in my middle school or my high school. when this deacon brought me the gifts of recordings. i knew who king was but never studied dr. king. when i started listening to king's voice on the records peter and i hrd love in his heart and hope in his soul, it brought me back t life as i said. it, king wasalking t aation about the power of love, aut the perorvess thataso apt rengasev me. so when i said earlier that he literally saved my life, when i heard his voice o all those record he did. from whatever on what i tried to do with all my work, radio tv print, philanthropy, try to make the world safe for his legacy. >> host: april 4th, 1968 what was dr. king's mind set what was the last day of his life like? >> guest: last day is quite remarkable. night before, we said a moment ago given th mountaintop speech at mason temple in memph. th

you like to -- only brian lamb reads everything. but we like to read certain kinds of books. so these boys are no different. there are all kinds of issues that were raised in that special for the betterment of the school system and for the betterment of these boys who are stuck in this public education system that in many ways is not working for them. that's, again, one of my passion projects. i still do a lot of work with black boys. and i just, i have seven younger brothers. so this is something that comes natural for me. it's not just something i do because i'm on tv. i have seven younger brothers and now thanks to those seven brothers and two sisters, i have 31 nieces and nephews, many of whom are black boys. so this is something i live every day even in my own family. >> host: neville is in cleveland. you're on booktv with tavis smiley. >> caller: um, mr. smiley, i would like to ask you to make a comment on the contribution of people from the caribbean to american society. i think of the fact that people like colin powell and eric holder have backgrounds from the caribbe

>> speaking of ryan lamb, by the way, good to see you all this morning, i hope you recognize how fort you are to have briany for these. [ laughter ] >> and you should consider yourself lucky. on the clinton -- i do think it's going to end up being jeb bush and hillary clinton. it's going to be another bush/clinton. i am already bored to death. i think that's the worst thing that could happen to either party or the nation to tell the truth. on the republican side i mean at least the way i see it, look we all know that jeb is the brightest of the bunch, he should have been president, he would have been. he was the pick of the litter and we ended up with a dimmer bulb or whatever met article fors are all over the place. george gold it he didn't, so jeb, you lost your chance. that doesn't mean you get a third one. i don't think the nation is ready for a third bush. to go back that far for the republican parties to someone who has run in a competitive race for like 20 years i think is to make a big mistake, but i say thing on democratic side. what does it saying about the gene pool of this nation that we have t

the house of representatives denny hastert house of representatives denny hastert sat down with brian lamb in 2004 to discuss his book, "speaker" on booknotes. representative hastert recounted his years as a civics teacher, football coach and member of the u.s. house of representatives. he also discussed how we handle the daily responsibilities of the house immediately after the september 11 terrorist attacks. watch for an encore presentation of this interview now on booktv.