. >> today on c-span "newsmakers" with buck mckeon. then a look at republican outreach to minorties with radio and talk show host armstrong williams. followed by kentucky senator rand paul's remark at howard university in washington, d.c. >> i would like to think it is an important book in a sense, it tells you how the court works. there are so few good books out there to explain the process, what are they saying to one another? we see this court that splits the -- see the cases that splittings the court 5-4. it is a book about how the court operates. >> when you dig into the notes and the library of congress, the memorandum, the notes back and forth between justices that are available and a lot of stuff is available. you -- i'm not a lawyer. but i was fascinated by the human side of it. in many cases, justices have -- you can see that justices have

then "news makers" with california congressman buck mckeon, chairman of the armed services committee. after that, president obama announces his 2014 budget request. >> orphaned at age 11, she lived with her favorite uncle, james buchanan. years later, he becomes president, and because he's unmarried, she serves as white house hostess. she's the first to be called first lady on a regular basis and is so popular that she sets trends in clothing and children and ships are named after her. meet harriet lane. we'll look at her life and that of her predecessor, jane pierce, along with your questions and comments by phone, facebook, and twitter, "first ladies," machine night, live at 9:00 eastern on c-span and c-span3, also on c-span radio and c-span.org. >> this morning, reuters correspondent jeff mason and usan ferrechio discuss the senate, and the grown-up coming immigration bill. and then we look at the backlog of claims at the department of veterans affairs. and later, scott snyder from the counon

>> buck mckeon was a guest this week. we talked to him about the situation in north korea. >> how should the u.s. response if the north koreans into another missile test? to second-guess what the commander in chief will do. the military will get him options. not the president. i do not have that ability. i do not want to get out in front of any decisions that he might make. we have to be very careful about setting redlines and that moving them. that has happened in the past, not just with this administration. when you do that you incur each people to move forward. toompare nations individuals. i was just messing with some of our top military leaders. i ask them if they had reared children. they all had. i said the children ever push to? they all do. that is human nature. you pushed until you get stopped. that may be an action that should be taken. did not gohen we take out iran and the israelis did. sometimes it is best to take action. >> we will have more from buck .ckeon live tomorrow, two discussions on the situation i

"newsmakers" with house armed services committee chairman buck mckeon is 6 p.m. eastern sunday on c-span. leadershipe annual program of the rockies retreat in colorado, discussion about gun laws and the second amendment. among the speakers is a policewoman who shot and killed a gunman at a church in colorado five years ago and this is an hour and five minutes. -- ago. this is an hour and five minutes. topics that few capture the national conversation with more ideas, thoughts, and emotions than gun laws. i'm pleased to announce a very distinguished panel that is here to discuss this very issue right now. our panel is entitled our second amendment. a guarantee of freedom. to speak on this topic, allow me to introduce our speakers. i will read the introductions as we introduce them in order. mary catherine ham, who is spoken here before two years at large at "hot air." she brings to our panel a deep understanding of the national media's politics on gun control. on any given day, you have probably seen her on the fox news channel taking on some big names from the le

. >> in just a few minutes, california republican congressman buck mckeon, chairman of the armed services committee, is going to join us live and talk to him about today's developments. >>> also happening right now, tornado watches have been extended for north carolina and virginia after a series of devastating twisters. also due to relentless storms ripped a path of destruction from texas all the way to the dakotas. cars were tossed around like toys. homes destroyed. and entire neighborhoods you can see, just strewn with debris. at least one person was killed and five more injured as this violent twister ripped through mississippi. kemper county bohr the brunt of this storm. david mattingly is there live with the latest. good morning, david. >> good morning, john. this storm was deadly. but it was also massive leaving behind scenes of destruction just like you see behind me for hundreds of miles. >> it was probably the worst damage. >> reporter: for the second straight day, severe weather, menacing more than a half dozen states. the hardest hit, mississippi. this tornado caught on video.

the pressure is growing and people like buck mckeon will have to make some tough calls. >> thank you both for being on "newsmakers". >> sure. >> next on c-span, radio talk show host talks about minority outreach and rand paul's remarks at howard university in washington, d.c. and later, high school students in the u.s. senate youth program. i really learned, politics, it's about people that really interact, and we learned that we can do this, we are all capable of being leaders of our country, and it's about working together and finding common ground. >> before this program, i really wasn't all that optimistic about the future because like jay said, all the media shows is the negative aspects about the future, and i think this program really made us all more optimistic about the future and more positive about where our country is going. >> we get the negative opinion from all the news media, whether it's msnbc on the left or fox on the right, but the fact of the matter is that every day they're working together, you know. justice kagan is able to put behind her differences and go hun

. >> buck mckeon is reflecting the. he talks about redlines. in the next breath he was saying he does not want to get involved anywhere because we are not in a position. when you talk about afghanistan, he said you are winning. we have been fighting for 12 years. we have not yet subdued the taliban. we're talking about iran. it begs the question. if you have redlines he may have to back off if you do not feel like you have a military that can meet these challenges. this is all happening so quickly. they're having difficulty figuring out what they want to do. >> what are they watching for? for anothertching ballistic missile. immediately will will have to see how south korea and japan responds. we need to show them that they cannot get away with it. >> with syria, what is next? >> there will be a lot of pressure. it is taking some sort of action. for airlevin is calling strikes against military targets to try to take down the aircraft that syria is using to beat back the rebels. it is this president to is disagreeing with him on that. to make to

congressman buck mckeon from california chairs the committee hearing.inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> meeting come to order. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. the house armed services committee meets to receive testimony on the fiscal year 2014 budget requests for the department of defense. i want to welcome secretary haig toll his first appearance with us. we're happy to have you here, mr. secretary. general demps dempsey, thank you for both here, and secretary hale, we appreciate all you and the great work you do for our nation. our job is to weigh inputs from senior military leaders so we may fulfill our constitutional obligation to provide for the common defense two months ago general dempsey told the committee the military could not absorb any further cuts without jeopardizing the mission we ask of them. today i hope to hear how the president's budget, which asks for another $120 billion out of defense, will impact our military posture and readiness. specifically i'd like to hear which missions we mu

for the 2009 at the so, that was a good example where buck mckeon agendas and clear -- was clear in favor of the deal that that was a good example where after -- where ahmadad dinijad was in favor of the deal. but it demonstrated how difficult it would be to get even a very modest agreement could this would have been an extremely modest agreement. and shifted the president's policy to one that emphasized increasing pressure in a way to gain leverage. a very embarked on difficult six-month negotiation for another un security council resolution. at the very last moment, as most of you will remember, brazil and turkey and iran announced an agreement which was viewed in the white house really is a pretty transparent effort to try to delay the sanctions. so we went ahead with the sanctions. since then, we and the iranians have been locked in this sort of spiral where we keep increasing sanctions as the negotiations make a process -- no progress. i keep going ahead with their nuclear program and each side keeps trying to bargain leverage. kind ofnot reached some an agreement that would relax sa