c-span: by? >> guest: as he said the heroes of iwo jima are the guys that did not come back and in the sands of iwo jima is not about iwo jima. it is about prostitutes and lying and training in new zealand and it is about the battle of powell and right at the end they hid iwo jima. why did they call a sands of iwo jima? said they could use the number one image in the history of photography, the flagraising. and they could advertise, the flag raisers in this movie so they would pack the seat. what did the sands of iwo jima mean to john wayne? go to the chinese theater and you will see betty grable's footprints in elizabeth taylor's handprints and when he could to john wayne 10 pack you will notice it is different from all the others. john wayne's plaque is black is john wayne as for the honor of the memorialized in black cement made from black sand. the black sands of iwo jima. c-span: so, when you look back at all the work you did -- >> guest: not much were compared to those guys. c-span: what is

c-span: ... 'encouraging flying competitions and signing on to teach at purdue, that she barely had time to fly.' go through a little bit of all that so we can see what -- all the different things she was doing. encouraging flying competitions, what was that? guest: well, she was very involved in this women's flying organization, the ninety nines, so she was always -- whenever they were doing anything, she was always spending time with them. she was always working with other women to -- she gave trophies for various races. c-span: would it be -- i mean, i know you talk about the bendix, which... guest: she flew in the bendix. c-span: and what was the bendix? guest: the bendix was a trans-atlantic flight which was the -- it was the most exciting trans-atlantic flight. c-span: a race? guest: race. excuse me. it was a race. it was the big race. it was the one that got all the publicity. it was started by -- vincent bendix gave the prize. it was started by a man called henderson because he wanted to

c-span: why did you go? guest: i went twice last year, once because of the shooting down of the iranian aircraft and once because of the end of the war. c-span: the iraq war. guest: the iran-iraq war, which lasted for eight grisly years. c-span: you write that when you do travel, you wear the veil. guest: all women born or iranian have to wear either the chador, the all-enveloping black veil that covers everything but the face, the hands and the feet, or hajab head scarf and very loose clothing does not reveal any curves. c-span: and do you have to go into the country that way, so you dress that way before you leave wherever your demarcation point is? guest: it depends on which airline you fly. if you fly in iran air, yes. if you fly in a foreign aircraft carrier, you can dress at the last moment. and there are other little things. i mean, you know, you have to be very careful -- no makeup. i once had my red nail polish on, had forgotten to take it off and the stewardess reminded me, and of course, i had no

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not everyone is c-span. some networks are connected to financial interests, whose interests may be otherwise if they hear certain things on the air. that is a problem i know, as someone who was excluded from the debates, i know what happens. you get excluded from the debates and you cannot get your message out. so yeah, there's a tremendous amount of influence which tv networks have. there should be some kind of a nonpartisan system set up to determine the qualifications for people to be in the debate. it should not be arbitrary or capricious, and that unfortunately is what happens sometimes. host: knoxville, tennessee, independent line. go ahead. caller: good morning, representative kucinich. i was for you when you ran for president until it became obvious that the so-called free press showed that it was not quite free. three things i would like to reference and talk about a first of all, health care and your stance on universal health care. i am in a state right now work the incoming governor is threatenin

c-span is great. it would be better if there were another c-span. host: there is, the seast and three.an two [applause] [laughter] what about the $28 million figure? taxpayers' money for a second engine that they say they do not want? guest: they are saying that they want. we have testimony about this. there is honest disagreement. you get into the technicalities of this stuff and most members of congress are not the jet pilots or engineers. they do not know. the vote in the house last year was overwhelming for a second engine because of increased competition, bringing down costs, and increasing performance. host: are their jobs at stake in your district? guest: there is a plant i think in columbus, georgia. the vote for me would be to have one engine. i think two engines will be the best in the long run. host: republican, missouri. caller: i have a few questions about this money we borrowed from china. what are the terms and conditions of that loan? what is the collateral? what is the length of the note? is the government borrowing that money on my

go back to the c-span -- host: let's go back to the c- span digital bus. guest: guest: at the postal service has its own source of income. a long story made short, the postal service actually owes a lot of money from the treasury. to your point, the postal service is that last mile. even when used east -- even when you use private services, there are places these private services do not go. a private company will take it to the u.s. postal service to get it on top of that hill. so the postal service is still very widely used and one of the oldest public services in america. polling shows that it is one of the services that people still have a great deal of confidence in. host: let's go to dayton, ohio. caller: mrs. moore, please do not take this personally, but the problem is you end 434 of your best friends -- and bush did this, clinton did that. at the end of the day, we are $14 trillion in debt. the deficit is over $1 trillion. the bottom-line is, 20% across the board. tell people this is what you have to deal with. now manage. guest: i want to show him

keep it up, c-span. see if you can get somebody to talk about other countries in the world, that would be great. host: let me ask hisham melhem from al arabiya, which capitals in the region are most anxious about the spreading? guest: i would say all of them with varying degrees of concern or fright, to be blunt. of course, the situation in yemen is right for a change. yemen is the poorest country in the arab world. it does not have the armed forces that egypt has a that could control the injured -- situation and prevent a complete descent into or chaos and yemen is on the arabian peninsula, where out private in the arabian peninsula is headquartered and almost on its way to becoming a failed state like some malia and afghanistan before. yemen is a place where many people in washington and many people in various capitals, particularly in the caribbean peninsula, are watching with a great deal of concern. the situation in jordan is a bit worsened because there is a great deal of economic and social disloc

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caller: hi, c-span. it just a couple of quick point is for those who like to engage in class warfare. we've got to remember who employs the middle-class and poor. that is small business or large business for that matter. the regulation bill probably has to be re-looked at. 80% of all jobs come from small businesses and they are being stifled by those like obamacare and the regulatory bill. the problem that america has is actually probably threefold. 1, unions' drive up costs. two, you have a free trade agreements. now we are working on one with korea. when you have unions driving up costs of employment and you have a free trade agreement, it dries it up. 3, you know, relative to that, you need a reflective of trade agreement and you need to lower cost of employment here. the last point -- we have an appalachia -- a reserve that will supply america with 100 years worth of energy. we have to start tapping into this market. that is all i have. thank you very much. host: steve -- from "usa today." many facto

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find r contact any time at the c-span video library kurt we take c-span on the road.uring our resources to your community. it is washington your way. created by cable. provided as a public service. "washington journal" continues. host: heather boushey from the center for american progress, a senior economist. what do you see out there? guest: there is research that shows the united states has a crumbling infrastructure kirk a recent report card from the nation's civil engineer's association that said we need trillions of dollars to repair the crumbling infrastructure that we have. let me give you an example from my own neighborhood. i live in the district of columbia. across the street from it is a small business owner. a young guy with a wife and a baby. he opened a restaurant. three times, the water main has broken, leaving him to not be able to continue to work at his restaurant. that is the picture of the decaying infrastructure in america today. you have small business owners, consumers, big business is being afforded -- thwarted. it has not kept pace. host: what

caller: i was going to say i'm so glad for c-span. it's awesome to hear so many people speaking as i think, too, i don't think the question is whether mubarak has been a good ally. i think it's irrelevant when viewed through the lens of the people of egypt. it's really about them. are they getting their, you know, -- are they getting a fair shakedown of democracy? and i don't think they are, as we can see. i think what's going on is this is kind of scaring some of the other regimes in the area, because if they see that egyptians or -- a quote-unquote moderate country can come up off of so much oppression and being under the thumb of that dictator for so many years, maybe that will happen in other countries, and i think that's what's really going on is people are starting to get fearful of the instability. host: albany, new york. caller: i think the question is not whether he's been a good ally. only because on the one hand you can say yes, mubarak is a good ally because he supports america's foreign policy and keeps that area of the w

i am going to think c-span. will tell you, in the last couple of years i have become aware -- through c-span -- congress is a big, fat joke. we are spending all of this money in other countries trying to make them like ourselves and we are a big, fat joke. host: howard, pennsylvania, republican line. caller: happy black history month. this polarization thing, this is like communism. i do not see anyone in congress that represents the william mckinley policies. we are watching. i am talking about doctors against pharmaceuticals and law- enforcement against prohibition. the supreme court failed us as well. thank you. host: md., charles, republican line, go ahead. caller: part of the biggest problem that we have is that congress is not able to differentiate between social issues and economic issues. host: tell us what you think the differences are and why it affects the polarization of congress. host: -- caller: the energy policy, two years ago we had $5 per gallon gasoline and it is headed that way again. offshore

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it is all searchable at our c- span video library. c-span, washington your way. created by america's cable companies. >> syndicated columnist and rate -- radio talk show host, herman cain said he is still in exploratory mode for running for president in 2012. he spoke at a lincoln dinner. this is about one hour. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> i am not officially in exploratory mode. i am the first, foremost exploratory presidential candidate here. the others are getting all of this press and they haven't declared anything. i am not a declared candidate, i have to say that, but i have put together my formal exploratory committee and it is going great. this is my fifth time here. i love coming here. i have got people working, lining up meetings for me in south carolina. vigil lyonnais strategy, i knew that was dead on arrival. how can you ignore the early primary states and think you're going to go to florida, the waters are going to part in your going to get the nomination. i thin

see the rest sunday night on c-span's "q&a." with congress in recess see what house members had to say about hr 101. washington journal continues. here to talk to us about consumer confidence hitting a three-year high. what kind of signs are we seeing that lead you to say consumer confidence is up? >> we saw the index that came out a lot of that is the forward looking optimism and unemployment, we saw the numbers go down to 9%. a boost from the payroll tax cut consumer spending is about a large percent of the u.s. gdp. with the number we saw here it is great, we still have a long way to go. we haven't seen those levels since 2007. he said this should be the year that confidence grows job gains will be the catalyst although the broad strength will provide other supports as well the falling unemployment and boost are offsetting the price of gas prices following unemployment and the economist with an littics that the falling unemployment is going to offset what we expect to see in spring and summer in terms of high gas prices. this

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the c-span networks. available in more than 100 million homes, created by cables, provided as a public service. host: pete sepp of the national taxpayers union, what kind of overt tax increases has president obama proposed in his 2012 fiscal budget? guest: there are older tax increases that he calls for bonn costs, some $800 billion, by allowing the tax relief loss from 2008 to expire 4 upper brackets. another over a tax increase, a 20% tax rate on capital gains and dividends. the interesting speculation about this is what is going to happen when that surtax associated with health care reform bill takes effect in a couple of years? that is 3.8%. the white house is saying we are never going to let the rate on investment go above 20, but it will be 23.8% when that happens. host: you have also talked about when you call him in taxes. guest: the biggest one is on energy, actually, a series of tax increases on american energy producers. they are calling the oil and gas preferences. 40% of the $44 billion the a

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eastern here on c-span. >> on tuesday, a discussion on retirement and the future of social security. >> it will be hosted by the institute's of women's policy research. watch live coverage at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> this monday, visit the public and private spaces of america's most recognizable home, the white house. c-span's original documentary shows the mansion, the west wing, the oval office, and the lincoln bedroom and focuses on the president's and first families who influenced it to this day. the white house, inside america's most famous home, this monday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the work program is the biggest back to work scheme that this country has seen since the 1930's. instead of being cash ltd., it has no limit and hold as many big less possible from all those categories. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> members as to the promised drawn increasing cost of health care. rking with china now in the drc on a major infrastructure roads program we're doing that work together

thank you for c-span.retired, i set myself up so i have no debt. i reserved my cash at that time in my home. then, i decided because of some fact that i would move my money into the bank. the bank does not pay any interest. and, they charge the fees which are in excess of the little bit of interest they give me. quite frankly, this year, i will move all of my money out of the stupid banks because they are not doing anything. i think there are a lot of people like that. host: where will you move it to? caller: i will move it back under my mattress. host: have you thought about gold? caller: if i see a good opportunity. host: neil irwin? guest: is part of the policies that the federal reserve are pursuing. it is true that retirees suffer as a result. it means you are not able to earn the interest rates you would normally get from a bank. the reason people do not put money under a mattress, is because it's something goes wrong, your bank -- your house its route, you are all of long -- you are out of luck. you

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i am so glad that c-span exist. i look at this and i have a lot of concerns and there are a couple of different areas where i would like to suggest that the president speak to a different person in a couple of different areas. i believe he has got a terrible perspective on our civil rights and i would love for him to speak to -- concerning his terrible record on civil rights i would like in the area of economics that he talk to a hybrid person -- half of paul krugman who can bring some reality into the sense that our economy, the reason that businesses are not investing in jobs is because they do not think that there are people out there to buy any new products. it is a demand, like a demand which is causing problems. i think peter stockman from the reagan years, the omb director, could help them there. in the area of social structure, i wish he would speak with naomi klein. and the one person that has done probably more than most presidents in the modern era to effect change, ralph nader. i think ralph was almost s

who want to welcome our c-span audience. we are pleased that c-span is with us today and we thank them for that. i am pleased now to have with me fcc commissioner robert mcdowell. i will give his former short introduction in a few minutes. you know if you are with us this morning, we had commissioner mary beth baker delivered the opening keynote. nice to have as a book and. and noticed a lot of audience members from the last two conferences. commissioner mcdowell mentioned this was moved her annual conference so i have no compunction about using that. it has a ring of permanence but the first two occupants of the chair you are sitting in, the past fcc chair and the incoming -- he was on the verge of becoming the broadband bazaar, the executive director of the commission's national broadband plan and last year we had eddie lazarus who was the current fcc chief of staff. i was honored to have both of those gentlemen and we had great conversations as many of you can attest. this is really a step up the ladder for us to have an

"washington journal" is live on c-span every day on c-span at 7:00 eastern. a couple of live events to tell you about today -- a congressional oversight committee examines the effect that commercial real estate losses could have on bank stability. members will hear from representatives of the fdic and the federal reserve. that is live on c-span at 10:00 a.m. eastern. tonight on c-span, former alaska governor sarah palin speaks to a young america's foundation event in santa barbara, calif. marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of ronald reagan. that is at 11:00 p.m. eastern. >> they hold an environment of politics that had come apart. it had become polluted and destroyed and violent. >> documentary producer nick cowett on hubert humphrey. >> the reason was to show another side of this. ever remembers -- everyone remembers hubert humphrey as someone was looking the bits of lyndon johnson. he was under tremendous pressures. >> that is sunday night at 8:00 on c-span. >> sunday on book-tv's "in depth." the founder of the american spectator magazine has writte

eastern here on c- span. our coverage of the young america's foundation continues tomorrow night with former vice president dick cheney. he is the closing speak here at this banquet marking the 100th anniversary of president ronald reagan thursday. that is live at 10:15 eastern here on c-span. >> listen to historic supreme court cases on c-span radio. saturday, from 2003, the fair housing act, racial discrimination, and liability. >> the complaint says that he should be liable as an individual because the old the corporation. he should also be liable because he was the officer on record. >> listen to the argument on c- span radio. you can listen online at c- spanradio.org. >> the federal communications commissioner says the recent decision on next neutrality would likely go down in flames. this is part of a day-long conference on broadband policy. it is almost one hour. >> i want to welcome our c-span audience. we are glad c-span is with us today. we thank them for that. i am please to have with me the sec co

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c-span podcasts. >> c-span is a private nonprofit company created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a public service. tonight, prime minister david cameron and opposition leader ed miliband on egypt and the security of british nationals in the region. also, a couple of programs commemorating the 100th anniversary of president ronald reagan's prepared remarks from sarah palin followed by presidential historian. tomorrow, president obama delivers remarks on the u.s. economy and rebuilding the nation's infrastructure. watch live coverage from the u.s. chamber of commerce here on c-span at 11:30 a.m. eastern. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> you cannot watch the scenes in cairo without finding it incredibly moving. >> from london, "prime minister's questions," from me british house of commons. they addressed the unfolding events in british, including the security british nationals there. the prime minister recently visited the region and talks about a timetable for withdrawing british troops. >> order,

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welcome to c-span. i think it should only be cut in the military budget i read an article that said if we could make enough of a deficit, we would tut it to the poor. there needs to be tax revenue. thank you. dell is joining us from pennsylvania. caller: the problem is not on the side of spending but on the revenue side. we have 50,000 or more multi-millionaires paying very little taxes. they are paid by for tur 500 companies. these are the problems. i disagree with him on the military spending you are making the deficit worse. cuts are not the answer. he's only increased it $2 trillion. ronald reagan born 100 years ago today. a texas perspective. phil joining us from phoenix. >> why don't we have a really big fundraiser? let's discuss the deficit. the only way we can cut defense is to change our focus to peace. a look back at the reagan legacy. two high-profile speeches we covered here. saying that the nation is becoming so weighted down by debt and excess government she would join the primaries our qu

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on c-span. tomorrow, former vice president dick cheney is the speaker at a banquet marking the birthday of president ronald reagan. it is taking place in santa barbara, california. watch this at 10:15 p.m. eastern here on c-span. sunday on newsmakers, homas security -- homeland security secretary janet napolitano. that is 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> the c-span network provides coverage on american history. it is available to you on television, radio, on line, and social networking sites. find our content in a time on c- span video library. we take c-span on the road with our video box and local content vehicle. this is washington your way. the c-span network. created by cable, presented as the public service. >> former alaska gov. sarah palin had a tribute to president ronald reagan in santa barbara, california. touching on his 1964 speech, a time for choosing, she talked about his political philosophy, size of government, and you as energy and economic policy. she is introduced by the

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eastern on c-span 2. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> tomorrow president obama delivers remarks on the u.s. economy and rebuilding the nation's infrastructure. watch live coverage from the u.s. chamber of commerce here on c-span a at 11:30 a.m. eastern. >> the new class of freshmen senators have been giving their first speeches on the floor. follow their speeches online with the congressional chronicle, read transcripts of every session and find a full video archive for every member. congressional chronicle at c-span.org/congress. >> former presidenter british foreign secretary jack straw recently testified before the british iraq inquiry for the third time. he testified about including reservations about the axis of evil -- tony blare on the legality of invading iraq. this portion is about four hours. everyone.rning, i'm sorry we started a few >> good morning, everybody. we're now ready to start the hearing. we shall be hearing this morning from the right honorable jack straw m

i have watched c-span along time. have been shocked to find out that we live in a country where over 2000 retired and generals make between $100,000 and $200,000 per year. allow them to know how many retired federal employees we have the thanks to the ronald reagan changes in the 1980's that have led to $300 billion per year and what is wrong with putting 40 and 50 year olds back to work instead of rewarding them? host: let me take his point and broaden that to the retired military and the states dealing with their own pension problems. guest: that is really a hidden problem that is becoming more evident as more state and local governments have huge unfunded pension obligations. it is easy to make future promises to your employees. often that as part of the negotiation in the contracts. a lot of state and local governments had not been putting aside the money or realizing how much of these things would cost when they come due. we are seeing this all of the country and this will be a real challenge in the coming decade

>> >> host: good. >> caller: as always, thank you for c-span. i'm a longtime subscriber to "the american spectator." i began getting it in the early 1980s when it was still a large-size, tabloid-sized magazine, and i enjoy it every -- i wait for it every month. i can't wait to get it and read your columns as well as the continuing crisis. which you didn't explain is taken from a whole lot of left-wing publy cases -- publications, little blurbs that are just unbelievably funny. [laughter] >> guest: thank you. >> host: i, i -- it's terrific. you mentioned earlier on the program that we're seeing the remaking of ronald reagan into a liberal. we just saw it this morning on "meet the press" where both willie brown who was speaker of the assembly under reagan, democrat, and andrea mitchell tried to make the case that he was some kind of a liberal. of course, peggy noonan put them both down beautifully, but it is just disgustingly unbelievable what these left wingers try to do. and i'm waiting for your comment on that one. thank you. >> guest: well, it

. >> c-span's local content of vehicles are visiting cities and towns as we look at our nation's history and some of the authors who have written about it. go to c-span.org/lcof the. offer and magazine editor r. emmett tyrrell, founder of the american spectator is a syndicated columnist and editor of a dozen books on the clinton administration in particular. mr. tyrrell is best known for his new york times best-seller "boy clinton: the political biography". >> r. emmett tyrrell junior. what is culture slog? >> guest: culture smog is diminishing factor in american politics. culture smog is the culture of political culture of our country which is the smog by the left-wing point of view. it pollutes everything it settles on and it settles on a great deal. politics, religion, the arts but as i say i think it is diminished because there is a movement afoot to create a new political culture. i mentioned that in my last three books. that movement is made up of talk radio, cable-tv, fox news, talk-radio with shaun and eddie and rush limbaugh and marc levin and it is made up of the internet. it i

eastern time on c-span and c-span radio. thank you for being with us. enjoy the rest of your weekend and have a great weekend. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> next, "news makers" with homeland security secretary janet napalatano. then a debate on a reform of the health care law. followed by senate republican response to the vote. >> janet napalatano is our guest on "news makers" including her thoughts on airline security. here to question her brian bennett of the "l.a. times" and eric lipton of "the new york times." " first question do eric lipton of "the new york times". >> when you are going to sleep at night, what are one or two of the things that you worry about the most in terms of threats to homeland security and what specifically are you doing to try to make sure that those concerns don't ever come true? >> well, we're always concerned about the threat of terrorism. it westbound somebody trying to sneak explosives on a plane. it can be somebody trying to sneak bombs on a plane or a cargo shiphold. it can be biological,

eastern on c-span and c-span.org. >> c-span's book abraham lincoln, great american historians on the sixteenth president is a contemporary perspective and mr. lincoln from 56 scholars, journalists and writers from his early years as a springfield lawyer to his presidency during one of our nation's most troubled times and his relevance today and the publishers are offering to c-span viewers the hardcover edition of abraham lincoln for the special price of $5 plus shipping and handling. go to c-span.org/books and click on the abraham lincoln book can use the code of lincoln at checkout. >> officials from the white house and department of health and human services discussed ideas to help low-income families. we hear from maurice miller whose family independence initiative allows low income families to control and tailor their own assistance programs. the new america foundation in washington d.c. hosted this 90 minute discussion. >> great. welcome to our event today, social innovation and community solutions for a new war on poverty. we are pleased to have you in the room with us today a

eastern here on c-span. >> pcs and networks. we provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history. it is available to you on television, radio, online, and social media networking sites. i'd are content at the c-span video library. we take c-span on the road with our local content vehicle. it is washington your way, the c-span networks. now available in more than 100 million homes. created by cable, provided as a public service. >> former u.s. ambassador to egypt, edward walker, said that president mubarak lost control of the egyptian army and could not sustain security in the country. he spoke with the former ambassador to tunisia. this is about one hour 20 minutes. >> thank you for joining us. we have been watching protests in tunisia and egypt. we are watching a non- ideological driven people's movement. we will remind you of all of its potential pitfalls and promises. they are overthrowing the shackles of fear after living under hypocrisy and saying, "we can." "we do deserve democracy and w