. >> stephen: lady byrd johnson was beautifying our nation. hillary clinton was our health care system. nancy reagan was just no saying. why does this and childhood obesity the two things that appeal to you. >> when i was campaigning, i got to meet these military family. i was traveling around, talking to mostly spouses and, you know, i was awed by their sacrifice. i mean, these folks are-- you know, you cited some of the statistics. they are moving more often than any average american does. they're expected to sometimes, you know, their children are going to schools, changing schools nieb, 10 times in their entire educational career. but the thing that struck me is that they do it with grace. they do it without complaint. and i was inspired. i said on the campaign trail that if i had the opportunity to serve in this role, that i would try to be their voice and tell their stories because i think that most americans are like me and like you, we are not a part of the military community, so we don't understand that sacrifice. >> stephen: well, i

10:00 p.m., we'll hear from several women who served as right hands from first ladies from lady byrd johnson to laura bush. watch the role and influence of america's first ladies tonight on c-span3. >>> the aclu has believed for some time that police departments around the country are tracking people's cell phones on a routine basis, often without getting a warrant based on probable cause. >> should tracking a cell phone require a warrant? tonight, american civil liberties union attorney katherine crump on police use of technology for surveillance purposes and whether current law adequately protects an individual's right to privacy, at 8:00 p.m., on "the communicators," on c-span2. >>> four years ago, i was a washington outsider. four years later, i'm at this dinner. four years ago, i looked like this. today i look like this. and four years from now,ly look like this. [ applause ] that's not even funny. >> mr. president, you remember when the country rallied around you in hopes of a better tomorrow? that was hilarious. that was the best one yet. [ laughter ] but honestly, it's a thrill for m

p.m., we'll hear from several women who served as the right hands to the first ladies from lady byrd johnson to laura bush. >>> and on c-span 2, book tv's weekend programs in prime time. tonight, get a glimpse into the lives of former and current u.s. senators starting at 8:30 p.m. eastern with former pennsylvania senator arlen specter and his life among the canablnibals. richard g.lugar, statesman of the senate. and at 10:00, a book party with alan simpson. a biography of the wyoming senator. book tv in prime time all week on c-span 2. >>> the aclu has believed for some time that police departments around the country are tracking people's cell phones on a routine basis often without getting a warrant based on probable cause. >> should tracking a cell phone require a warrant? tonight, attorney katherine krump on police use of technology for surveillance purposes and whether current law adequately protects an individual's right to privacy. at 8:00 eastern on the communicators on c-span 2. >>> four years ago i was a washington outsider. four years later, i'm at this dinner. four years ago i lo

. >> byrd and johnson were in new york to attend last night's broadway opening of "magic bird" a playut their on-court rivalry back in the 1980s. saw it last night, it was pretty good. >>> when we come back, how one family is dealing with their daughter's rare genetic condition, the same disorder rick santorum's daughter is living with. i remember the days before copd. my son and i never missed opening day. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better, and that means... game on! symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis, and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. [ whistle ] with copd, i thought i might miss out on my favorite tradition.

magic johnson buying the dodgers, living with hich and bringing -- h.i.v. and bringing his rivalry with larry byrd to broadway. >> magic johnson certainly doesn't sit still. >> no, he does not. see you later. >> he was talking about why they're paying a billion dollars. not only do they split a billion dollars, they get to work for facebook. keep the day job. >>> new this morning, no budget deal in maryland as the legislative session ends now. the free state is under what's being dub add doomsday plan-- >> dubbed a doomsday plan. >> it derails plans to build a casino at national harbor. delia goncalves is live to talk about what's coming up next. >> reporter: good morning. prince george's county executive rushern baker was hoping upon hope that lawmakers would give him the green light to go ahead and build a billion dollar casino here at national harbor. not only is the project on hold for now, it may be built in the future with some major changes in store. lawmakers will revisit the issue of this galling casino if and -- gambling casino if and when a special session is called so far they agreed t

. >>> the great magic johnson and larry byrd, you know there's a play on broadway right now at the longast night magic johnson treated the audience to his personal appearance. npr's mike peska will be here to tell us what that was like. he was in the audience. he'll give us an idea of what it was like and whether he thinks magic byrd is a hit. >> cool. >> being on a job interview. that's nerve-racking enough. career coach valerie burton will be with us. you know that opportunity you have when they say, do you have any questions? she's going to tell us whatnot to say, whatnot to ask, whatnot to do at that very moment. >> you want to be smart, have a question ready, just don't ask the wrong one. >> she says you can make the deal or break the deal at that very moment. of course, two things we're keeping an eye on, talking about u.s. secret service investigation now under way. of course look at the map here, severe weather out there. we're going to keep a close watch. alexandra steele is going to be with us. this is a big, big day for a good friend of mine who is turning 50. barbara in char

so you go after an irs audit and it turns out it's vulnerable so in an byrd doesn't just pay a fine he goes to prison and then johnson is guilty of all sorts of misuse of campaign contributions and declaring some of his supporters so the irs is going after johnson, too seven johnson comes to roosevelt so roosevelt has to pull the irs off johnson said he can continue to be roosevelt' man in texas and then to make sure annenberg goes to prison you have faith maneuvering will by fdr he pulled both of those off, so he was someone you are dealing with that the executive branch to be very powerful. >> yes, in the back. >> al milliken. you both united and the way that you viewed economic relations with the lack of economic relations between the united states and japan leading up to world war ii and has pressed do you believe the united states was by the attack on pearl harbor? >> i think we were pretty united in our view on that and that is something i did the majority of the work on the book for so i will answer first. we do plan out in the book in the early pages in 1933 this is before fdr is even inaugurated as president

so you go after an irs audit and it turns out it's vulnerable so in an byrd doesn't just pay a fine he goes to prison and then johnson is guilty of all sorts of misuse of campaign contributions and declaring some of his supporters so the irs is going after johnson, too seven johnson comes to roosevelt so roosevelt has to pull the irs off johnson said he can continue to be roosevelt' man in texas and then to make sure annenberg goes to prison you have faith maneuvering will by fdr he pulled both of those off, so he was someone you are dealing with that the executive branch to be very powerful. >> yes, in the back. >> al milliken. you both united and the way that you viewed economic relations with the lack of economic relations between the united states and japan leading up to world war ii and has pressed do you believe the united states was by the attack on pearl harbor? >> i think we were pretty united in our view on that and that is something i did the majority of the work on the book for so i will answer first. we do plan out in the book in the early pages in 1933 this is before fdr is even inaugurated as president

so you go after an irs audit and it turns out it's vulnerable so in an byrd doesn't just pay a fine he goes to prison and then johnson is guilty of all sorts of misuse of campaign contributions and declaring some of his supporters so the irs is going after johnson, too seven johnson comes to roosevelt so roosevelt has to pull the irs off johnson said he can continue to be roosevelt' man in texas and then to make sure annenberg goes to prison you have faith maneuvering will by fdr he pulled both of those off, so he was someone you are dealing with that the executive branch to be very powerful. >> yes, in the back. >> al milliken. you both united and the way that you viewed economic relations with the lack of economic relations between the united states and japan leading up to world war ii and has pressed do you believe the united states was by the attack on pearl harbor? >> i think we were pretty united in our view on that and that is something i did the majority of the work on the book for so i will answer first. we do plan out in the book in the early pages in 1933 this is before fdr is even inaugurated as president

byrd has just become the majority leader. howard baker told me the story that the first time he went on a foreign trip as a young senator and he criticized lyndon johnson while he was abroad, and they were on the trip with him and he quietly took howard a side, senator baker aside and said a police found we don't criticize the president when we are in a foreign country. it doesn't matter who the president is coming and baker said to me the way he did it and the wisdom of what he said meant a great deal to me. baker took the lesson that they became very country close friends, and in the book there are times when you will see baker and rhetoric of collaborating to get things done. it didn't matter that one was a democrat and one was a republican. >> host: so the senate back then is a body trying to work with important national goals in a bipartisan way most people would sense that this doesn't exist today. as a talk about the contrast between that and what people perceive to. >> guest: it was deep in the dna of the senate. at staff level we were always told if we can up with an idea and i was a democratic staffer, the first words were go find any republi