c-span: mm-hmm. guest: first of all, i always wanted to be a writer, but i didn't know that i wanted to write about this lane in limerick, this slum. because anybody that comes from those circumstances doesn't want to write about it. you're ashamed of it. you don't have any self-esteem. so it wasn't till i somehow began to gain some approval or acceptance from my students in new york or from friends of mine. in social circles, i start talking about growing up in limerick and--i suppose some of the stuff i told them was amusing and they'd laugh because the whole--poverty is so absurd. some of the stories i told them were so absurd. they'd laugh and they'd say, when you going to write about'--i've been hearing this for years. 'when are you going to write a book? when are you going to write a book?' i--but no more insistent than the little voice in my head, 'write the damn book.' and i've tried it over the years. i wrote a--i wrote a version of it in 1969, i think, called, "if you live in the lane." but

c-span: no, when... guest: when it happened? c-span: when it happened. guest: oh, it was shortly after nixon was elected president. and usually, the outgoing and the incoming president meet, and they talk once about whatever issues are on the table. but for nixon, he and lyndon johnson met several times. and he said, "we had so much to talk about. we had the war in vietnam, we had the russians and nuclear disarmament, all of these great issues to talk about." and he said, "but the first time i got to the white house, one of the first things lyndon johnson did was take me up to the family residence. and he took me into the president's bedroom, and he got down on all fours. he was on his hands and knees." this was the outgoing president of the united states showing the incoming president of the united states underneath the bed. he said johnson lifted the bedspread and he swished his hand underneath the bed, and he was referring to the listening devices that kennedy had installed under the beds. and he said, "dick, they're voice-activated." and i said to hi

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at 9:00 eastern time on c-span and c-span to we will cover the president's address. also we will cover the republican response by paul ryan, republican of wisconsin. we will talk more about that as well. on c-span2 we will have live reaction from members of congress. the look on the republican line, the first phone call. go ahead. caller: i do not think this been -- the speech tonight means anything because he keeps saying he's going to be transparent and has not been transparent. he wants everyone to think he is moved to the center but he will stay to the left where he came from and where he is planning on staying. guest: that is a classic example of what i was talking about. philip has not entirely made up his mind, but mostly made up his mind about this presidency. there is no way to look at the last few years and are regarded as a time of active government involvement in the economy and regulation. the president believes those things are necessary and staunchly defends them and has achieved more in two years than most presidents have in two years. nearly as much

and yet these companies are forcing us not to watch c-span to and c-span 3. i miss it every day along with thousands of people. i hope that in the future they will be able to do something about giving people more expansion. host: we are asking folks what would surprise them the most in the coming year, 2011. politically speaking, of course. dick pullman writes in the current section of "the philadelphia host: you can read that in "the philadelphia inquirer" today. george, independent line. thoughts? caller: i would really be surprised, and i believe that this was a campaign promise but might be wrong, to have lobbyists taken out of politics in washington. host: how does that happen in your view? caller: they need to really not have lobbyists controlling so much of the voting and money flow within washington. there is so much special- interest. there is so much everything that is run by lobbyists. like other thought, tied to this one, would be to get the speculator is out of the commodities market in particular. i think that if they control the lobbyists and t

we will have your phone calls and reaction on c-span, c-span radio, an online. you can also watch the address on c-span2 2. >> this week on "the communicators," a discussion meredith attwell baker. >> meredith attwell baker is a one of the two republicans who sit on the federal communications commission. if we could start with the vote the fcc took this week, which omcast merger. you were for it. why? >> this is my first time on a merger with the fcc. we have fallen into some pitfalls. comcast filed this merger with us on january 28 of last year. we have an internal clock up 180 days or repaid it is a big merger and we should carefully consider it. we should do it in a more timely manner. manner.

watch this live on c-span and c-span radio. on c-span 2 interviews from the house as they leave the chambers. all of this tuesday night, 8:00 eastern. we want to hear from you. the president saying job also be a dominant issue. is it all about jobs? likely to call on congress to ratify it quickly. faring it will result in the rising middle class resolve. charls joining us from texas. good morning. is it about jobs? caller: to me, it doesn't matter. they are just politicians, either side. they are just going to say what they want to say. the worker man is going to get it put to them. i would like to make a comment on something that happened earlier. i've seen this several times. you have a caller that will call in and ask a question and after they ask the question, you'll say we got an email or someone, that person's question never gets answered. i don't know if you are aware of that but it has happened a lot host: we try our best. i pressure call and something we'll be aware of. including a meeting in which he told his senior s

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i am sure that c-span will be covering the rnc election. it is an interesting political snapshot, all little different. the majority does not win, people can stay in for as long as they like. the person that it's the fewest votes does not necessarily drop off. but there is a natural progression. there people in the rest of will realize when they hit their high water mark in terms of support, and generally that support can be shifted to other candidates. it can go to multiple candidates out there. it is a fascinating process of one that i have fallen over the last two decades. very gratefully from election cycle to the election cycle. >> we will be covering in mid january. ann wagner and joining us from st. louis with phil elliott and kasie hunt. thank you very much for being with us. >> my pleasure. thank you for having me. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> c-span is a private nonprofit company created in 1979 by the cable television industries a public servic

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caller: first, i would like to say thank you for c-span and i would also like to again challenge c-span program about mountain top removal mining that we are suffering from. fair trade should be fair trade, not free trade. the gentleman who called ahead of me is absolutely right. we transferred our wealth to a communist nation that we fought two wars with. you don't have the right to vote, right to go to church, to form a union, no human rights enforcement, no environment of protection. you talk about our corporate tax rate being so high. that may be true but we have more deductions than any other country in the world. we just need to start taking care of america, people. if you go to china and you want to get into retail industry or you want to have products manufactured for retail, you have to build through walmart. we have to invest in america. if it takes terex to level though playing field and -- tariffs to level of blood playing field and get rid of nafta that is what we need to do. host: sorry to cut you off but we are running out of time. secretary, would you like to address his

caller: good morning, c-span. sure appreciate all the c- span does for us, especially the transparency for all three branches of our government. by the way, i want to compliment you, greta. your the mona lisa on c-span. we appreciate you being -- you are the mona lisa on c-span. do we appreciate you being there. first of all, free enterprise is what built this wonderful nation of ours. from the 1950's all the way up to 2000. this is what the republicans have been telling us, but unfortunately, it is about to destroy america today. capitalism and free enterprise is what got us -- got monopolies is so far out of order. and you have trouble with the economy because of what is going on in all three branches of our government. in major reforms, both in immigration and the health and financial reforms, they are all affected the middle class worker. i am so thankful that i have my social security. i have reached my retirement age and and getting good benefits from it. but for people coming up behind me, they are going to

eastern on c-span. this week on c-spans newsmakers, david dreier from the california fifth district. the congressman will talk about voting on a resolution to cut spending to 2008 levels, as well as the chairmans plans for the rules committee. watch newsmakers, sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern and again at 6:00 p.m. here on c-span. >> sunday on c-span's "road to the white house" minnesota congresswoman michelle balkman and rick santorum with. tune in to c-span's "road to the white house" sunday at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. eastern and pacific. c-span's local content vehicles are traveling the country, visiting cities and communities as we look at issues impacting the nation. we now take you to cobo arena in detroit for the north american international auto show where we caught up with several members of the industry involved in battery operated vehicles. >> you know obviously it was during the time of the economic down turn. we were struggling as a state, we were struggling with the automotive industry. what we fo

i can talk about c-span for next two hours. c-span has been described as a national treasure. since i used to work there i can tell you actually is. c-span's mission is different. it is not a news network. it is different from cnn. what c-span is funded by the cable industry, there is no profit motive. so that frees up c-span to take a camera and tape and author speaking or a congressional hearing or a lecture at a university and all of this together creates the outlying programming. c-span's primary mission is to show the house gavel to gavel on c-span and on the news, c-span2 the senate gavel to gavel and when they are not operating you get the other programming available. there is c-span3 and in some places there is c-span 4 and 5 which is awesome. that is great. there are no commercials so it doesn't have that financial imperative that the other news networks have. so they are able to just show everything as it is. there is no editing and no opinion on the part of the network. they will bring on for call in shows and analysis people that this is the left or right side and

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live on c-span, c-span radio and online ad c-span.org. you can also watch the press and's address on the c-span2, followed by reaction from members of congress from statuary hall -- you can also watch to the address on c-span2. host: karen ignagni is chief executive officer of america's health insurance plans. could you give us your thoughts on what the house did this week repealing the healthcare bill signed into law? guest: i think this is part of the discussion that began two years ago about what is the right thing to do with respect to health care reform, how we proceed, what do we expect, what needs to be accomplished, what was accomplished and what still needs to be done. one of the points we made last year and we talked about when we were last together on this program, is the issue of cost containment. that was left on the cutting room floor in the debate last year. we have to go back to the issue. we have to look at what are the issues surrounding individuals who are purchasing on their own, the issues surrounding small business,

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thank you, c-span. host: "time" magazine has more than 50 photographs posted on its web site, scenes from an upheaval is what is called. it is available on-line at time.com. next is tony from harrisburg. good morning. caller: hello? good morning. i am a first time clalealler, bt i have been watching forever. i hope that president barack obama, and that is one thing i want to say -- everybody keeps saying, barack obama. i think that is disrespectful. he is president barack obama, he should be addressed as president barack obama appeared to egypt, this goes way, way, way back. we as muslims, we say, oppression is worse than death. as time goes on, things began to bubble over. it is time for a new era in egypt. just like it was time for barack obama, it is a new time for egypt. host: we should offer no help to leaders of suppressing their people. we will have more on all of this later in the program with former governor tom ridge. and coming up, craig crawford, who has his political trope, part of the cq.c

thanks for c-span. i just wanted to point out that a lot of what we hear in the mainstream media is all these new republicans, and i think a lot of that is simply because they don't have a record because republicans who have a record, whose record is known, who are noun what they've done to this country couldn't get electsed dog catcher for the most part or couldn't get elected president certainly. we remember the bush years, believe it or not, and they will come back to haunt you. you say that new republicans, this is the same thing we heard last time at the end of the bush administration. oh, give us another chance. we'll do it right this time. well, last time we screwed up, but this time we're going to do better. we're brand new. we know what we did wrong. this is what we hear every single time from the republican party, and they go back to the same old mantra. lower taxes, less regulation, every man for himself. thank you. i'd like to hear an answer to that and possibly like to respond to your answe

caller: to good morning, c-span. i am a c-spanaholic. i love c-span. the c i -- thing i see that all of these new governors that will take office, they should just do away with their inaugurations, just have simple gatherings, not make it so elaborate like they are pompous kings and something. it's got in california, governor brown served hot dogs -- host: in california, governor brown served hot dogs. caller: it is good. i have good friends close friends about -- that are close friends with linda ronstadt. she was on stage in las vegas or something and said something about george bush when she was singing, and, of course, she had not been around for a while so the audience was not aware of her popularity in the 1960's, so they had to have per escorted out by police because she was bombarded because she said something about the bush. it goes to show you how people can be brainwashed into thinking that everybody is right on the republican party but not the democrat party. we made a new party in this country. we need a third party. no labels as a start.

caller: it is all the things on c-span. it is not only c-span, it is the news media. this lame duck session they have and the votes that occurred. i have been looking for this way before this last november. i hate it, yes, but this is just the beginning. i am afraid this will happen over and over the senators are going to have to be protected along with the house members. host: linda says, " the media has no interest in denying coverage to wing nuts of either stripe." from "the houston chronicle", all rampage in arizona shocked the nation. us from wingate, north carolina. good morning. caller: i am not surprised. i have been looking for this ever since the republicans party started spreading hate -- with glenn beck and hannity. the tea party rally. now , the republicans are going to stand up -- they knew it was coming. it was part of the system, to try to throw them out -- to vote against them. thank you. host: another victim is a john mccarthy roll who testified in 2006. "amid the shock, recalling a judge's life of service. he had been chief judge since 2006 and the

thanks for c-span. i just wanted to point out that a lot of what we hear in the mainstream media is all these new republicans, and i think a lot of that is simply becse they don't have a record because rublicans who have a record, whose record is known, who are noun what they've done to this country couldn't get electsed dog catcher for the most part or couldn't get elected president certainly. we remember the bush years, believe it or not, and they will come back to haunt you. you say that new republicans, this is the same thing we heard last time at the end of the bush administration. oh, give us another chance. we'll do it right this time. well, last time we screwed up, but this time we're going to do better. we're brand new. we know what we did wrong. this is what we hear every single time from the republican party, and they go back to the same old mantra. lower taxes, less regulation, every man for himself. thank you. i'd like to hear an answer to that and possibly like to respond to your answer, t

live coverage of that memorial service airs tonight on c-span television and c-span radio at 8:00 p.m. eastern. the president returns to the capital tonight, late, as the white house prepares for next week's visit by chinese president hu jintao. in remarks earlier today, the treasury secretary commented on the economic relations between the u.s. and china, saying beijing is moving too slowly to reform its currency practices. he says the undervalued yuan is increasing the risk of inflation. you can hear the secretary's remarks later on c-span radio. meanwhile, on wall street, stocks are headed higher. a report on the domestic economy said to be released later by the federal reserve. analysts expect it to show signs of recovery. at the opening bell, dow jones futures were up 56 points at the top of the hour. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. high school students, it is time to upload your videos for our student documentary competition. the topic is washington, d.c., through violence. the deadline is a january 20. a chance for a grand prize of $5,000. the student ca

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this is c-span 1. here's mike, one of those arriving on the scene moments after the shots were fired. >> i'm at the supermarket at the southeast corner -- corner. medivac helicopters have just arrived. all kinds of fire and rescue personnel. congresswoman gabrielle giffords was holding a meet and greet here in the parking lot of the safeway supermarket and a man opened fire with apparently small caliber handgun. congresswoman giffords was shot , she has just been medivaced out, probably a half a dozen or more other people also shot, at least three dead. it's absolute pandemonium here. ivepk been giving c.p.r. for the last 20 minutes to two different people. that's why i'm sure there are at least three dead because those that i was helping i think will end up being declared dead. i didn't stop doing c.p.r. until i was relieved by a paramedic. i don't think there was any point in doing c.p.r. to the people i was doing c.p.r. to. >> welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. this is the john c. scott talk show.

. >> this is c-span's communicators " wall -- c-span's communicators " " -- c-span's "the communicators" program. >> you are moving and it is a little bit technical and confusing. >> i use the word on crunching and confusing. it is an $8.80 billion fund. the contribution factor was fitting 0.5%. what that means is that it is a 15.5% tax on everyone's -- a contribution factor was 15.5%. it is clear that the fund is not sustainable. needs reform. we have commitment from all five of the commissioners to move forward. congress is interested in this. if congress has more ideas on how to revise this fund that has been traditionally our telephone or broadband, those ideas are welcome. we all have similar starting point, which is there needs to be a path for all americans toward a broad band future. there are more businesses, there are more consumer services that are on broadband. we need to provide a path for that. the fund is too big. this is a large and unsustainable fund. i think we need to look that the efficiencies of it. we need to acknowledge that this is taxpayer money that we need to

plus, your phone calls and reaction, live on c-span, c-span radio an online at c-span.org. you can also watch the address on c-span2. >> it is the same old story. >> the same prescriptive line. he practices them every week. i am sure they sound fantastic in the bathroom mirror. >> now, from london, prime minister's questions. this week, david cameron answer questions regarding the national health services focusing on patient wait times for the prime minister also answer questions on job creation and educational subsidies for students. >> order, questions for the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. >> this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. in addition to my duties in the house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> the nhs is facing massive reorganization, while at the same time seeking the greatest savings in its 62-year history. respected professional medical bodies warn about the risks to public service of giving private companies the easy pickings. before pursuing that gamble will the prime minister reflect carefully, info

c-span: explain that. guest: well, actually, everybodx from west africa is familiar with this, so it's interesting that many americans, including myself, was not aware of this.tt the west african countries -- for example, nigeria -- thereo are many local indigenous, disproportionately successfulen african ethnic groups, also for example, the ibu in nigeria. but most saliently, most -- almost in virtually every west african country, there is a very small population of lebanese, ethnic lebanese, again, who came over sometimes two or three generations ago, and they are essentially the driving force and the link to global capitalism.l they -- you know, foreigno investors do all the deals with them, and they are extremely disproportionately wealthy. they typically -- in sierraem leone, that i discuss at great length, until the rebels took over, they basically -- the lebanese minority essentially controlled the diamond industryn which was -- and that's often true.n market-dominant minorities tendy to control the

c-span 3. see the complete schedule online at c-span.org/history or press the c-span alert button and have the schedule in mailed to you. >> this weekend on book tv on c- span2, almost 10 years after the attack on the world trade center and the pentagon, cnn's national security analyst peter bergen is interviewed by an author and columnist. also this weekend, william herzog and david eisenhower on the military industrial complex. and obama's first campaign for the illinois state senate. a complete schedule on booktv.org and sign up for our booktv alert. host: there is a policy debate raging across the country and in this town as lawmakers and white house turned to the u.s. budget and the deficit, about the right approach, whether or not but the precarious economy weather got -- more investment is necessary or is it better to work on the deficit. matthew mitchell is at george mason university's mercatus center. guest: we are a research institute that focuses on the intersection of public policy

that is next on c-span.demons, a prayer breakfast with education secretary duncan and reverend al sharpton on the legacy of dr. king. then the discussion on how dr. king might have approached current policy issues being debated. >> starting tuesday, the house takes up the repeal of the healthcare law. watch the debate and final vote live on c-span, and go to c- span.org to rea

what you don't see off and on c- span on our house coverage is the tally board. members are registering their presence. you don't see that as often because our normal coverage of the u.s. house is provided -- the cameras are provided by the house gallery. on this opening day of the u.s. house in the 112 congress, you are seeing additional hd coverage by our c-span cameras. it is a different look, when we don't often see except for opening days or joint sessions of congress. this will continue throughout much of the afternoon. the house will vote later today, debate and vote on the new rules as the republicans take over the house with 242 republicans, 153 democrats. republicans get to set the rules for the management of the u.s. house. that is the debate at this afternoon sometime probably in the 2:00 hour. [crowd noise] [random chatter] [random conversation] [general crowd noise] [crowd noise] [general chatter] [random conversation] [general crowd noise] [crowd noise] [random conversation] [genral chatter] [general chatter] [rumbling crowd noise] [sound of gavel]

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c-span program since 1987. more than 160,000 hours, all of mine, all free. it is washington your way. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> this week, our guest is robert samson who writes columns about the economy. >> one of the things about your habits as a reporter is that you never vote. >> years ago, i decided not to vote because i thought that when you vote, you make a psychological commitment to one side and against the other side and i thought it better not to do that. it was a private matter and i discovered other journalists have the same practice and i assumed for roughly the same reason. my wife describes it as one of the dumber things that i do. she has a long list of dumb things i do. >> why does she think that? >> she thinks that you want to exercise your right as a citizen. she probably thinks that you have a bias for and against certain people and certain positions anyway. you write a column that is an opinion column,

you can also follow us on c-span -- you can follow c-span on twitter. if you missed some of that, we will have some portions of the meeting tonight at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. you can find it all on line. let's go to orlando, florida. >> republican suck. >> we will move along to union, kentucky. go ahead. you are on the air. >> i just want to say that i am republican and conservative. i hope this new rnc chairman will bring conservative and -- conservatism back to the republican party. we need that in our party. i am both a republican and a conservative. >> when moved to stewart, florida with barbara. >> that was quite a process. glad to see they finally made up their minds. i did not know a thing about the man. there was a lot said about $20 million or $30 million and the shortage. mr. miller finally brought up the reason for the shortage. that was because a lot of people decided to send money directly to the candidates because the rnc was not listening. i am hoping that will change in the next few years. >> have you been watching all day on c-span? >> all

on c-span radio.y, the court considers copyright and ownership. >> at the inception of the relationship, james earl reid was an independent contractor. >> listen to the argument on c- span radio. listen online at c-span radio.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: sewell chan wrote the story yesterday "the new york times." what will this it today when they issue the report? guest: it casts a very broad not of blame. it accuses regulators of falling down on the job. it accuses wall street banks of taking too many risks, to foolishly, and corporate executives and directors of mismanaging, and been incompetent. host: there is this in "the wall street journal caracol -- journal." they say they dissent with what the report will say. why? guest: the commission was not able to reach a consensus. the majority of the report is the democratic view point. the four republicans have two separate dissent. three of them wrote one dissent, and the fourth wrote another. the minority dissent that you refer to, i

c-span -- washington your way. the public service created by american's cable companies. >> now house majority leader harry kantor and -- eric kantor and steny hoyer. this is 45 minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland, the distinguished minority whip, rise? mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, i thank the speeblinger -- thank the speaker for recognition and i ask to speak out the of order for one minute to inquire of the schedule for the coming week. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hoyer: i thank the speaker and i yield to my friend, the gentleman from virginia, mr. cantor. mr. cantor: mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman from maryland, the democratic whip, for yielding. on monday the house will meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. on tuesday the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour debate and noon for legislative business. the house will recess no later than 5:00 p

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thank you, c-span. host: and we are talking about the republican study committees proposed $2.5 trillion in spending cuts over the next 10 years this morning. this week from john -- we have never taken the dollar and will never take a dollar of federal monies. clinton on the independent line. caller: hi, how are you doing? my question is about the cuts on the environment. i mean, if we do not begin looking at where we are doing to the plan there right now, cuts will not even matter -- to the plan that right now, cuts will not even matter. 200 species per day are dying. we are killing them. they're going extinct. and we are cutting back on any program that would do anything at all to try to save the planet. these people are not even paying attention to what is going on. host: would be opposed to cutting funds for species to survive all? caller: exactly. host: what would you cut? would you cut anything? caller: the other guy talked about being in eisenhower died and i remember watching and eisenhower -- b

i watch a lot of c-span.oticed that a lot of people will make their opinions, but nobody will talk about the problems of the united states. host: could you stop right there and repeat that? caller: is it possible, through the way that exporting is set up, that the debt that china is holding, some of it could come from the importing and exporting? host: richard mcgregor? guest: yes, some of the debt has come from funding u.s. consumption. as far as where the u.s. is a creditor, i am sure there are some countries, but i do not have a list in front of me today. host: burlington, vermont. mike, good morning. caller: good morning. richard, the primaries and for china to grow militarily -- the primary reason for trying to grow militarily -- china is simply reassembling a former empire. china uses money to obtain the resources. the u.s., unfortunately, has used our military to build up the military in four nations to exploit the resources. the leadership in those countries traditionally have been fascist, military d

live coverage here on c-span. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> we are standing by for the start of this discussion on the future of offshore oil drilling. we will hear from the director of ocean and energy management, michael bromwich. coming up this afternoon, we will show you remarks from tim pawlenty. he starts a tour promoting his recent book. he is a potential republican presidential candidate. you can see his remarks starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern. on c-span 3, a discussion on dwight eisenhower's speech on the military industrial complex. they are discussing whether people listened to dwight eisenhower's remarks. >> if i could get you to sit down, we have a full house this morning. if you have not already turned off your cellphone, that would be a great time to do that. since we are going to be talking about workplace safety, in the unlikely event of an evacuation, the exit signs taking to the stairwells. you have got two choic

eastern time on c-span and c-span 2, we will be covering the president's address and also on c-span, we will cover the republican response by paul ryan, republican from wisconsin and we can talk about that. on c-span 2, we're going to have live reaction from members of congress. for the worth, texas, phillip on the republican line, first phone call. phillip, you with us? caller: i was going to tell him that i don't think his speech means anything tonight because he keeps saying he is going to be transparent and hasn't been transparent. they have done all their big bills behind closed doors and not where the american public can see things. and he wants everybody to think that he is moving to the center but going to stay to the left where he came from and where he is planning on saying. guest: that is a classic example of what i'm talking about. phillip has largely made up about his mind about what has happened with this presidency and you can't unhinge or decouple will from what you presided already as president. no way to look at the last few years and not regard it as an active peri

learn more about him and watch c-span coverage of his other appearances online at the c-span library. free. it is washington your way. >> it is a new congress and a new way to use c-span. congressional chronicle is a conference of resources to follow congress. research members, a new session time lines, and find video and text of all floor appearances. c-span.org/congress. >> it is time to upload your video for the student cam competition. the deadline is midnight tomorrow. enter for your chance to win the grand prize of $5,000. this year's topic, washington, d.c. through my lens. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome representative nan hayworth, republican of new york. let's begin with the health care vote. guest: i'm going to vote yes. although the goals are hon orable, to make health care insurance affordable intimate care effective and affordable, this bill will confer costs on us. it does not have a realistic mechanisms to remove the liability. it's on like anywhere else in the world. it will confer extraordinary power, if not immediately, then predictably a

learn more about him and watch c-span coverage online at the c- span video library. with every c-span program since 1987, more than 160,000 hours, all searchable and free. it is washington your way. >> now, from london, the prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. this week, the leader of the opposition challenge to the prime minister or the state of the british economy. after recently released gdp figures for the final quarter of 2011, it showed that the economy fell by 5.5%. the prime minister said it was disappointing, but defended its government's plan. >> i am sure the whole house will want to join me in sending our deepest condolences to all those affected by the appalling terrorist attack in moscow on monday. our thoughts should be with the families of all those killed and injured, but especially with the family of gordon cousland of the united kingdom. i spoke to president medvedev on monday evening and offered him our complete support in ensuring that the terrorists should never be allowed to win. this morning, i had meetings with minist

eastern here on c-span. >> c-span is a profit nonprofit company created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a public service. up next, a look at china's central television annual end of the year review. focusing on domestic events and issues. then the department of interior's renaming ceremony, honoring former interior secretary. after that, several journalists and scholars talk about the 2008 attack in mumbai, india. >> c-span's original documentry on the supreme court has been newly updated. today you'll see the grand public places and those only available to the justices and their staff. and you'll hear about how the court works, from all the current supreme court justices, including the newest justice. also, learn about some of the court's recent developments. the supreme court, home to america's highest court, airing for the first time in high definition. today at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> now china's central television presents its annual end of the year review. focusing on domestic event

pacific on c-span. tomorrow on "washington journal ," a discussion on the 112th congress and the obama administration. also a discussion of china's president hu jintao's visit to the united states. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. tomorrow on newsmaker as "." on "newsmakers," kathleen sebelius discusses the health care reform law. >> go to c-span.org to r

. >> tomorrow on c-span, all six of the declared candidates for the republican national committee chairmanship debate for the first time. the list includes current rnc chairman michael steele, the moderators grover norquist, the president of the group americans for tax reform, and tuck " carlson. watch live coverage of 1:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> maturity in a time of pettiness, colman a time of mancur, leadership and a time of uncertainty -- that is what we ask of the united states senate and that is what this office demands of each to serve here. >> search for farewell speeches and hear from retiring senators on the c-span video library with every c-span program since 1987, more than 160,000 hours, all on line, all free. it is washington your way. >> now our teacher documentary, "the supreme court -- home to america's highest court." ♪ >> you need to appreciate how important it is to our post -- our system of government. >> this is the highest court in the land. and the framers created it after studying the great lawgivers in history. shouldn't the government concedes that the destr