eastern on c-span radio and c-span 3 tv.he move to drop references to islamic radicalism is drawing fire warning it ignores the role religion with play in motivating terrori terrorists. experts are challenging the administration's shift in its recently unveiled national security strategy. an ordinance that chicago officials say is the convictest handgun -- strictest handgun regulation takes place today. they were approved july 2. in response to the supreme court rule ting that say would put mo guns in people's hands. they have had gun owners prevented from stepping out on porches and garages with the handgun. the communist party letter in cuba says fidel castro will appear on a key program for the first time in four years. they said he is said to discuss his concerns about the middle east. fidel castro hasn't appeared on the program since a serious illness in 2006 forced him to step town and hand power over to his brother raul. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> watch world leaders from the whitehouse

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camping 2010 coverage on c-span. -- campaign 2010 coverage is on c-span. >>n this week's edition of "the communicators," -this was held in los angeles of may -- in may of this year. shall city on the internet is a common concern for attorneys general across -- child safety on the internet is a common concern for the attorneys general across united states. we talk about online safety in light of rapidly-changing technology. >> general counsel, we talked about the incredible technology -- general gensler, we talked about the incredible technology here. kids are quick to adapt. the technology is moving really quickly. how do you keep up with the opportunities and threats that are faced by young people who you are charged to protect? >> you are right. the technology is literally and physically light years ahead of law enforcement, regulators, and investigators, in terms of what we can do in identifying the people who are causing threats to children on the internet. the whole idea of the internet, in terms of the insidious peter, is that it is shrouded in anony

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thank god for c-span. i wanted to say that illegal immigration is just what it is, illegal immigration. states are becoming bankrupt. these people are making more than just taking jobs, they take their resources. they utilize the schools, they utilize the health care system, utilizing the welfare system. in the end, all of the hard- working, taxpaying americans are paying for these illegal immigrants. how would another country react to a mass exodus of americans into their country? they have to earn those rights. there are plenty of people here that are documented, we except that it is legal and the federal government needs to support the state in reining in this problem. thank you. host: thank you. this came from mexican officials, "the fight is not over. the speaker of the house of representatives in mexico said that we need to prepare "to generate sources of jobs so that these people coming from the united states can find some kind of employment in our country." michigan, marsha, republican line, good m

caller: thank you for c-span. i do not think that a lot of the american people right now have the money to pay $41,000 for a car, especially when many people do not have jobs right now. it might be a good investment for the future down the line when jobs are created and people can invest money, but the people i am talking to the need a car are going to dealerships and getting things that are good on gas. $41,000 right now is too expensive. thank you for taking the call. host: for democrats, 202-737- 0002. for republicans, 202-737-0001. for independents, 202-628-0205. jerry is joining us from detroit. good morning. caller: i have been looking at this volt and the new cars in detroit, there is a lot of excitement. when i look at the volt i think about what a deal it is. right now i spend $50 per week on gasoline. that is how much it would save me in terms of gasoline. couple that with tax deductions, down to $25,000, actually. i think that general motors, ford, and chrysler are trying to get back on the top. it is j

caller: 94 c-span. -- thank you for c-span. we have homeless people who are down on their luck, and our government build a $2 million island in the middle of the illinois river, so i guess the homeless and hungry can watch it during the winter while they are almost freezing to death. i don't know why they based this money when they could be helping out everybody else -- yesterday waste money when they could be helping out of a body else. i have a comment -- the government seems to be going anti-religion a little bit. without these religious-type, fifth base to help organizations, without their help, -- faith-based health organizations, without their help, there would be a lot more destitute and hungry in the united states. guest: thank you for your comment. as it relates to the government going anti-religion, quite the contrary. we know that faith based organizations and people of faith have been instrumental in topphelping those who have been down on the block and downtrodden. we are focusing on programs, religious or not, tha

eastern on c-span. >> on tuesday, carte goodwin was sworn in to follow the late senator byrd. he will be the youngest man in the senate. he has said he will not run for the seat. here is the swearing in. death of the late senator robert c. byrd of west virginia. the certificate, the chair is advised, is in the form suggested by the senate. if there be no objection, the reading of the certificate will be waived and it will be printed in full in the record. if the senator-designee will now present hself at the desk, the chair will administer the oath of office. the vice president: please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, mrgoodwin: i solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; the vice president: that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the

caller: thank you for c-span. the biggest question, seeing a lot of us americans are taking half a cut in pay, why aren't legislators taking half a cut, pay two-thirds of their medical benefits, and when they are done with their term, they should not get anything after their term. we are spending a lot of money into our legislation -- taking vacations, having a great time. the rest of us out here are in dire straits. host: not the first time we have heard that sentiment. guest: you know, first of all, congress is not taking a pay raise this year. they get an automatic pay raise, as the cost of living increases. it is less than what normal federal employees get. but congress under the law gets an increase every year if the cost of living goes up. it pledged that is the law. they don't have to vote on it. but this year and they voted specifically not to take that. washington is an expensive place to live. it is not like middletown, tennessee, or lincoln, nebraska, for north dakota. it is an expensive town. a lot of

i have followed c-span since i was 14. i watch c-span every night. i got a petition in my e-mail. i think it is absolutely necessary. she is a brilliant person and will make our lives better. i totally believe that. host: the web site called the liberal change committee, we can find that website for you and put it up on the screen in a minute. first, edward yingling who represents bankers, quoted in the story as saying that statements from elizabeth warren have raised tremendous concern in the industry. he says "from what i hear in the senate, that nomination would be tremendously controversial." lancaster, john, good morning. caller: if all of those geniuses in the senate are opposed to it and chris dodd said she might have a rough confirmation, it means he is probably opposed to it as well. but she has got common sense, she is interested in the everyday person, and everything she has said so far would make consumers want to have her involved. i have signed a couple of different petitions on the internet from other groups. host: what are some of the other groups? caller: i cannot

live coverage gets under way at 9:30 eastern here on c-span and c-span radio. jill lewis is covering the story, thank you so much for being with us. guest: thank you for having me. host: you have been posting some of the headlines from the meeting. what are they? guest: some of them are policy oriented. governors are here to talk about their challenges with fiscal situations, layoffs, talking about homeland security, health, and medicaid. the political headline is the new head of the governors' association is in the thick of a lot of political intrigue right now. since senator byrd died, the senate is one short. we have been waiting for west virginia to clarify its election succession laws and for the governor to declare a candidacy for the u.s. senate. that has been an interesting subtext here. the head of a non-partisan organization, he intends to stay leader. he becomes chairman today. he has been running for the senate. host: if you saw earlier promotion, we had scheduled governor joe manchin. we hope to have him on, he canceled yesterday late in the day. t

on c-span's "q & a." host: dr.oward koh is on your screen, he is the assistant secretary of health and human services and he's here to talk about the national hiv/aids strategy announced by the president and the white house. dr. koh, how many people in america have aids? >> we have over one million people in this country infected and some 56,000 people infected every year. that's one person infected every 923456 had 23456 1/2 minutes. that's too much. host: about 1.1 million people have aids. >> h.i.v. guest: h.i.v. host: in the states. guest: right. host: how do you define h.i.v. and aids? guest: h.i.v. means you're infected and you have the virus. aids means you have various accompanying illnesses or aids-defining illness of the 1.1 million h.i.v. up effected people about 400,000 have aids. host: how -- is h.i.v. a death sentence still? guest: absolutely not. the good news, peter, is we've made so much progress recipe treatment and so many people are living healthy, productive lives who are h.i.v. above or who ha

you can watch both live on c-span. >> as the energy authority looks to expand the bill, look at c-span library, look up a bill. it's all online and free. the c-span video library, it's washington your way. >> president obama today signed a bill extending long-term unemployment benefits by six months. this happened shortly after the house voted the legislation. this is some debate before that house vote. colleagues, this action should have occurred two months ago. this house acted to extend unemployment insurance on may 28 . for six weeks, for six weeks republicans in the senate blocked unemployment insurance. they stood not on the side but in the way of millions of americans. and during those six weeks over 2.5 million unemployed americans exhausted their benefits and they struggled to stay afloat while continuing to look for work in this difficult economy. americans like this person from grand rapids, michigan, who wrote me, and i quote, i worked 22 years in automotive. 60 to 70 hours a week. supporting my family, paying my taxes, and working in my community. every single day i send m

live at 9:30 on c-span two and on c-span three the first public meeting of the national commission on the bp deep water horizon and offshore drilling. the establishment by president barack obama will hear from the status of clean up operations and spill's economic impact on the gulf coast. from new orleans that live at 10:00 eastern on c-span three. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 201c mr. ram os the author often books including a country for all. immigrant manifesto. >> i have a twit another count and when you say where to you live. mostly in miami but either i'm mostly on the air doing news casting and television program or on the air traveling all around the world. my family. they live in mexico city. i have very good friends all over the united states, my doubter is right now in paris. my girlfriend in los angeles. i don't have a home. maybe - maybe my only home was where i was born in mexico city, and it's the house where i lived for almost 20 years and i still remember the address and the phone number. and that's the only time in my life where i've felt at hom

thanks, c-span.israeli leadership was led by a man whose entire career has been spent opposing the palestinian state. i want to point out that that is historically inaccurate. i have hours of benjamin netanyahu speeches within the last two or three years where he has advocated in his official position of prime minister as well as prior to his assuming that position, where he not only entertained that but supported that idea. your guest ignored the elephant in this theater of debate being that the palestinians oppose israel's right to exist. again, it sounds like you have on your hands yet again another apologist for palestinian militants and general hatred of jews. it is tiresome. guest: i would certainly resent the suggestion that i am an apologist for hatred of jews. i am. jew -- i am a committed jew myself. it does have a case fu hateful d against antisemitism and violence against israel. in palestine they have been far more explicit than any other previous palestinian leadership in rejecting hama

the c-span video library. it is washington your way. >> this weekend on booktv discussions by congressmen, senators, and activist. libtarne and conservative ideas. >> "washington journal" continues. host: let's begin with talking about the difference between what refineries do and what bp was doing in the gulf of mexico so people understand the difference. guest: absolutely. first of all, thanks for having me this morning. it is a pleasure to be here. what we as domestics do, we don't produce the crude oil. we make it better. we make gasoline, deisel and other products that surround us in our daily lives. host: how many refineries are there in the united states right now? guest: probably 147, 148, depending on bho who is counting. those are owned by interest crated companies, independent companies, large, small, and meedyum sized. we go through the whole gamut, the biggest of the big to the smallest of the small. host: how many are we talking about? >> we're talking a low of two to 2.5 million direct jobs. ans

around on c-span. also tomorrow, president obama speaks at a campaign fundraiser for missouri state democratic candidate robin cardin hand. also, republican candidate, congressman roy blount talks with businessmen in lebanon, missouri about the economy and jobs. that is at 9:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> for a snapshot of washington and the 111th congress, the c-span congressional directory, a reference guide to every member of the house and senate, the cabinet, supreme court justices and state depoffers at your fingertips. order on line at c-span.org/store. >> now a discussion on conservative women in politics and feminism with national review's katherine lopez. following her remarks, she took questions from the audience, the event was hosted by the clare boothe policy institute. it is about an hour. >> good afternoon, i am michelle easton, president of the policy institute, and on behalf of the institute and the heritage noundation -- foundation, i want to thank you all for joining us. those of

you can watch online at the c- span video library.o purchase a copy click of the "byuy now" button. tonight, this author won a nobel peace prize for his development of the micro credit initiative. in the 10 laws of enduring success, maria on living through hard times. also, the nobel-prize winning economist tells about the 2008 economic collapse and what is next in his book "freefall." c-span is now available in over 100 million homes, bringing you a direct link to public affairs, politics, history and non- fiction books, all as a public service. >> learn more about the nation's highest court from those who have served on the bench. read the latest book from c- span. candid conversations with all justices, active and retired. now available in hardcover and also as an e-book. host: steven camarota joins us to talk about u.s. immigration policy unner the obama administration. let's start with the lawsuit announced yesterday. how does this plan to the administration's overall policy toward emigratioimmigration. guest::the administration

let me tell you what we're covering today on c-span. here is the headline in "the new york daily news," "a royal welcome." queen elizabeth is addressing the u.n. she is expected to talk about unity and peace. the president is meeting with the israeli prime minister, their fifth meeting could go to c-span.org to find out when we will be airing the press conference for that and the rest of our schedule. thanks for watching. we will see you tomorrow. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . . to cut the israeli prime obama today. they are expected to meet later today. we will take that event and show it to you later this afternoon on c-span. -- we will tape that event and show it to you later this afternoon on c-span. another world leader, queen elizabeth ii is in the country. she is a new york city this afternoon. we will have that live starting at 3:00 eastern. later, the queen heads to ground zero for a touur of the site. david cameron will hear from opposition be

that is on c-span "q&a." "washington journal" continuous. >> of the executive director of the california budget project is joining us from sacramento, the state capital. as we begin a five-part series looking at states and their budget challenges. thank you for being with us. california starts the budget on july 1, as many states do. give us an overview of the state finds itself in. guest: california once again faces a significant budget gap. our budget is out of balance by about $19 billion. i know that is a big number. our budget gap is larger than the budgets of many states. that is about what california spends in the year in the entire state prison system and all of our colleges and universities. if you wanted to balance the budget by getting that out of a product line, like gm, you would have to shut down all of the prisons, shut down the colleges and universities. big problem. host: as we go into more california specifics, we invite all of the viewers. the problems that affect california are specific to

those are just some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> c-span is now available and over 100 million homes, bringing you washington your way. a public service created by america's cable companies. >> learn more about the nation's highest court from those who have served on the bench. reid c-span's latest book "the supreme court." candid conversations with all the justices, active and retired. now available in hardcover and also as an e-book. >> "washington journal" continues. host: walter leger joins us from new orleans, senior partner at leger & shaw, to talk about the claims process. let us begin right from the first step. if you want to file a claim with bp, what do you do first? guest: actually at the present it is a little bit confusing because they are in a transition between bp handling the claims and the new gulf coast claims facility headed by ken feinberg. right now there is a 1-800 number you can call to get an contact with bp. if you have a business loss claim or claim that you believe is related to the oil spill, you can call this number can go to one of the clai

c-span is transmitting all of its programming in hd. we are welcoming our very first high-definition affiliate's this morning in frankfurt, ky. we want to introduce you to the gentleman who runs the cable system, john higginbothom, who joins us from on board the digital bus. nice to see you again. guest: good morning, susan. host: we figured state capitals are full of political junkies like those in washington there why did you make the decision to launch c-span hd there? guest: that is exactly why. a lot of things that happen in washington, back to frankfurt, kentucky, and the people in this community pushed out to the state and implement all of the programs. we have 17,000 subscribers. not every single one is a political junkie but a lot are. host: tell us a little bit about the frankfort system because it is municipally run. how does it work? guest: we are an actor, water, cable, telecom be visible utility. the cable system started in 1952. we offered the exact same services the big guys do, time warner and cox. voice, video, data, a

caller: thank you for c-span. president eisenhower had a century ago warned us about the military industrial complex. i think we need to return to his wise words and learn from them continuously. 9/11 was the perfect excuse. president bush completely overreacted. to a ragtag group -- small group of bedouin to learn how to fly planes and brought us into the war in afghanistan and iraq which i believe it's good to turn out to be the greatest blunder in u.s. history. president obama needs to be a stand-up guy and stand up president and get us out of these wars. my grandmother had the best advice about the middle east, she said let them kill each other. i think we need to get out of afghanistan and iraq. host: louisville, ky. jan, independent line. caller: good morning. i just want to say as far as the duplicity of pakistan, americans remember india was the first country on 9/11 to offer us support. they are looking for a way for us to is stop cozying up to india. neither democrat or republican officials will admit it

eastern on c-span. in a moment, we will show you a house hearing on the trend of unbundling air fares to require passengers to pay for some services individually. first, we talked with the bloomberg reporter for some background on these issues. >> it looks like they are saying that airlines have to do more disclosures on fees for bags. what did the committee members here yesterday? >> that is right. you have said it. we have seen so many more of these if you are flown in the last couple of years. there are additional fees for checking your bag, buying a sandwich, or even getting a drink. congress members are hearing about this, because they fly a lot. go back to their districts every week. consumers are coming up to the congress members and complaining about these fees. the congress members are trying to respond by holding the hearing, such as the one you are about to see. the government accountability office did report that was requested by the committee and the gao found there could be much more discl

caller: good morning, c-span. the man that just called saying that black people are looking to obama as our savior, i am a black woman and i do not look to obama as my savior. when he got in i knew that this would probably be said about the news media and white people, but we already knew that obama was up against a lot of different things. the right has taken over christianity, but they cannot take away god. black people are praying people. what these right-wingers are trying to do this country, believe me, we will be okay and this needs to stop. this guy is going around with eight videos, getting over it and realizing we are in this country together, going through rough times. we need to pray that we can save this country for -- from what it has gone through. host: "the appeal is to that stupid and gullible, this story should have the left to the right wing blogs and media." in "the new york post," he points out "liberals shame to the mainstream media out of pursuing candidate barack obama's history with the rev

eastern on c-span. >> tomorrow on "washington journal" an associated press correspondent reviews secretary clinton's week-long trip to south asia. a discussion on race relations in politics. the former naacp president. raven brooks from net roots nation describes how on-line media sites are used to promote the progressive agenda. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend, former new york times public editor clark hoyt on the changing newspaper industry. >> a word about some of the standards and maintaining journalistic integrity as we move from one media world to another. >> sunday night on "q and a." >> this week on "the communicators," the proposal by the fcc for an emergency communications network. we are joined by a representative of public safety communications officials and the former s.e.c. chief engineer. -- fcc chief engineer. >> discussion of public safety and whether part of the spectrum could be dedicated to part of emergency communications. we are joined by th

the c-span video library. is "book tv" your way. >> -- host: joining us is peter decoursey from capitolwire.com. first, a quick look at updated figures from pennsylvania. the current jobless rates as of may was 9.1%. the projected deficit for $0.1 billion. give us your sense of what pennsylvania looks and feels like these days, economically. -- the projected deficit was $4.1 billion. guest: we are very much like someone who has been watching the weather news and is waiting to see if the hurricane sweeps away the entire house next year. both the governor and the senate majority leader spent a decent part of this week talking about, essentially, if you think this year's budget is bad, wait until next year. we will have a new governor and about a $4 billion structural deficit. once the state's pension problems, unemployment problems, and the disappearance of stimulus money all combined to take the state revenues to fund the state portion of the budget from about $28 billion to about $24 billion. host: what does i

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eastern on c-span. at 10:00 p.m., a debate among four democratic candidates running in rhode island's first house district debate to replace patrick kennedy. that begins tonight at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. >> they are the towering figures and they are all different. they have their different talents. they have their different dangers. >> this weekend, biographer robert service, and his trilogy of books on russian leaders, lenin, stalin, and, most recently, leon trotsky. learn about their relationship and roles in developing their form of communism. robert service, sunday night on c-span's "q&a." >> this week on "the communicators," two viewpoint on a legal decision that rejected the fcc's policy on broadcast indecency. attorney carter phillips represented fox television stations. patrick trueman filed a friend- of-the-court brief for focus on the family and family research county -- council. >> from the u.s. second circuit court of appeals decision this week, we now hold that the fcc's policy on indecency v

live coverage starts at 10:00 eastern on c-span 3. the house ethics committee is planning a public trial in a september 4 charles rangel for alleged that wrongdoing. this week, a subcommittee holds a meeting to discuss the charges against chairman riegle and procedures for the pending trial. coverage is on thursday at 1:30 eastern. host: jess ford is the director of international affairs and trade at the government accountability office. part of a recent investigation into mexico in drug policy. reports that the u.s. is failing to assess whether drug aid to mexico is successful. what did you find out? guest: we were asked by congress to find out what it was taking so long for our assistance to get to mexico. the program was originally agreed to by president bush and mexican president calderon. there were concerns about where we stood, as of march, in delivering the equipment to mexico. at the end of march, less than half of the aid had been obligated by the state department and other federal agencies. 10% had been spent. we also found

caller: hello, c-span.now american knows what the most dysfunctional legislature reside in new york. how can a state with a big deficit -- like, a few miles from me, there is a new dorm and athletic center going up, $30 million, just started. why can they not put these projects a site for a year or two until they get things straightened out? guest: well, a lot of what you are seeing in terms of construction of new york is federal stimulus money. besides the direct operating agents, the federal government did a very large capital infusion of four states to try to put people to work -- large capital infusion for states to try to put people to work. it would seem strange, given that there is financial crisis underway, but a lot of this capital dollars are federal. the other thing is that the capital spending doesn't affect the operating budget as directly, because there is a lack always, and you are really doing the projects with borrowed funds. they have reduced the size of the capital budget and cut some pro

available in hardcover and as an e-book. >> c-span is available in 100 million homes.bringing you a direct link to. >> president obama talked about efforts to promote exports and progress on his campaign promise to double exports. >> good afterroon. thank you for joining us. >> good afternoon. we concluded meetings on the export council. we had a candid discussion about the strategy is to meet the imperative of selling u.s. goods and services and how we can strengthen the impact of president obama's national export initiative. after a decade in which america's economy relied too much on and increasingly hard- pressed consumer for growth. president obama understands we need to get back to the basics. we must reinvest in innovation and do a better job of connecting u.s. companies to the 95% of the world's consumers who live outside the borders of the u.s. in line that is where the national export initiative comes in. it is a government wide effort to redouble exports by 2015. the goal is to double exports by 2015. it was designed with one overriding goal. to put american

[laughter] >> welcome everyone and all of those that are watching on c- span. for so many people here and for me as the chief sponsor of the americans with disability act in the senate, this is a day at real joy and celebration. 20 years ago today president george h. bush signed into law. he said that the shameful wall of discrimination come tumbling down. 20 years ago it did. [applause] just iin dart called the emancipation proclamation for the people with disabilities. it has four main goals. equal opposition, independent living, and economic depe independency. it is really about the right to living in the world. it is about ensuring people that can go places and do things that other americans take for granted. i always been the bulk of earl and des moines and i was talking to her about this proposed bill that we were going to get through -- i always think about the girl and des moines and talking to her about this proposed bill and going on and on and she said it is all well and good, but all i really want to do is be able to go out and buy a pair of shoes l

for welcoming c-span h.d. host: just tell your cable system that you're interested, and they'll consider it. the digital bus, which is brand-new for us, tell us what you did at the state capital today guest: we had some people come by. we appreciate the bus coming to frankfurt again. host: well, we thank you and love our state capital affiliates and thankful you are the first h.d. affiliate and hope to have more sign on around the nation soon. runing the cable system for 17,000 cable subscribeers and now c-span h.d. will be an option. thank you, john. guest: thanks. have a good day. host: you too. >> on c-span today, the c.e.o. of massey energy talks about his company's coal mining operations in virginia. democrats put forward their ideas for an energy bill, then it's "washington journal." >> at 11:15 a.m., steny hoyer talks about the economy at the center for american congress. and at 12:30, a look at the effect of the economic stimulus package. you can watch both events live here on c-span and at c-span.org.

you can see this on sunday night on c-span at 9:00 p.m. eastern. on our website, you can find our archive of prime minister's questions. >> coming up, the second and final arizona republican primary debate. after that, a news conference to replace the west virginia senator robert byrd. at 11:00, robert service talks about his book on the life of leon trotsky. kenneth feinberg oversees the $20 billion fund created by bp for claims related to the gulf oil spill. he speaks to the clubs in washington. our coverage begins at 8:30 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> for a snapshot of washington and the 111th congress, the congressional directory has the members of the house and senate, the supreme court and all of the justices. c-span is now available in 100 million homes, and you a direct link to public affairs, and politics as a public service created by america's cable companies. >> next, an arizona republican primary debate with john mccain, j.d. hayworth, and jim deakin. they met in arizona for their second televised debate before the primary. >> the primar

eastern on c-span. also a look at the federal budget deficit during the closing session of the national governors' association summer meeting. that is live at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the most important mission as a journalist is to confront those who are in power, to question those who are in power so we can prevent abuse of power. >> since 1986, jorge ramos has anchored the largest spanish television network in united states. we will spend an hour with him "q&a".day night's >> c-span brings you a direct link to public affairs, politics, history, and nonfiction books, all as a public service, created by america's cable companies. >> next, president obama speaks at a fund-raiser for missouri senate democratic candidate robin carnahan. this event is about 40 minutes. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> thank you. thank you very much. you know, it is a gorgeous room. and i like it so much that is kansas city. i want to

the c spans congressional reference. the president's cabinet, sprome court justice all attire finger tips. order on line at c-span/store. appoint gs a normaler aids to temporarily a little over 30 minutes. flushflushfass pass >> the time has now come to appoint someone to the senate who will look out for west virginia and work hard for west virginia. i am very, very proud to appoint cart to the united states senate. the senate seat occupied for nearly 52 years by our be loved robert c. byrd. i am proud of mr. goodwin. i hoe the man. he's been part of some landmark legislation. the president will attest to that. i don't need to tell you all if you don't know cart, he's fiercely indpebbed enter. we have gone toe to toe many times when we made our decision, i had nobody that would carry out the tuties and wishes of the he can it's important to have someone who understands how important it's to bring all sides together. we appreciate and respect where everywhere is coming from. it's about respect. we don't have to come from

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here on c- span. -- that is at 8:30 p.m. here on c-span. also tonight, barack obama speaks. republican candidate for congress talks in missouri about the economy and jobs. that is at 9:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> sees them is not available in over 100 million homes bringing you a direct link to public affairs, politics, history, and a nonfiction books. >> next, house minority leader talks about abortion rights at a national right to life convention. also, remarks from the republican nominee for pennsylvania gov. and pennsylvania representative tim murphy. from pittsburgh, this is about one hour ago -- one hour. >> welcome to this session of the annual national right to life convention. this year, we are faced with great challenges but we also have greater opportunity. the threats to unborn children's lives have never been greater and yet there is an awakening across this country about the humanity of unborn children. they see the ultrasound and they know what abortion does to an unborn child. this session is about what people are doing to protect unborn children and t

sunday night on c-span q&a.-span is now available in over 100 million homes bringing you a direct link to public affairs, history, nonfiction books. it is a service created by america's cable companies. host: today, we will get the comments from our next guest from right on line. what is the agenda? guest: today is our last a day. we kicked off yesterday at 8:30 in the morning. it was on citizen journalism. after lunch, we heard from a congressman and the producer of not evil just wrong. we went back to some of our training sessions. we had a dinner with a congresswoman. we had our general session this morning starting from 9:00 a.m. to noon. we had a guest from fox news and from "the wall street journal" and many others. we will have a couple of more training sessions and our affiliated organization " rabbit up. >> we will be covering both your conference and another. [unintelligible] let me ask you about this story that involves sheer rodham. -- sherrod. what does ensure represent your movement? >> many of you

thank you so much for c-span. my husband and i are both 86 and i have been watching c-span since its inception. retired for -- from long beach appear in twain harte and we are in the western hills. my question is, if mr. colston would please compare the minim wage in china -- mr. gilston would please compare the minimum wage in china to the minimum wage in the united states. ourovernor recently said he was going to start paying minimum wage to state workers to help with the budget deficit and all of that. also, i read a book on c-span called the wal-mart affect that was reviewed or by a guess on your program some time ago. my husband ordered it because it was not available in the bookstore. host: we will leave it there and of our best to answer your questions. guest: as far as i know, there is no minimum wage in china. depending on the industry's beck -- the industry sector, they can be quite low. there has been a lot of agitation in factories were more advanced products are made to raise wages. but even in good f

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[applause] >> the c-span video library has every c-span program since 1987, but do you know that includes every author who has appeared on book library? booktv, your way. the contributions of slaves that helped build the u.s. capitol recognized at a new gene ceremony. speaker of the house nancy pelosi and senate majority meter harry reid and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell were among the speakers. is about 40 minutes. -- this is about 40 minutes. thank you. the chaplain will help lead us in prayer. >> let us pray. beneath the whistling and the melodic beat a hammer and chisel, human hearts were heard, humming gospel spirituals as they worked on this capital. as black laborers -- for the freedom of all god's children, the salma took on flesh and blood and echoes against these marble halls today. to you, do i lift up my eyes, to you, the dwellings in the heavens, my eyes like the eyes of slaves, fixed on the hand of their masters, like the eyes of a servant at the slightest gesture of the mistress. so our eyes are on you, our lord, o god. have mercy on us, o lord. we are filled with

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thanks, c-span. i want to point out wh you ask him to evaluate president obama's position on the palestinian-israeli conflict, he said that palestinian leadership was weak and divided, with the characterization. also, that the israeli leadership was led by a man whose entire career has been spent opposing the palestinian state. i want to point out that that is historically inaccurate. i have hours of benjamin netanyahu speeches within the last two or three years where he has advocated in his official position of prime minister as well as prior to his assuming that position, where he not only entertained that but supported that idea. your guest ignored the elephant in this theater of debate being that the palestinians oppose israel's right to exist. again, it sounds like you have on your hands yet again another apologist for palestinian militants and general hatredf jews. it is tiresome. guest: i would certainly resent the suggestion that i am an apologist for hatred of jews. i am. jew -- i am a commi