c-span: fred j. maroon, photographer, what--what went into putting together this book, "the nixon years"? >> guest: it took four years to do the actual photography. i had to get a permission first from the white house to do the behind-the-scenes first term of president nixon. then i went on to do all the other segments: the committee to re-elect the president, the watergate hearings, the impeachment hearings and finally his departure from the white house. and then--it was too passionate a time to use the images right away for any major purpose. i had done it as a historic document primarily. and so i had to wait and--which i did, until about three years ago, and at which time i took the negatives out of storage, where i had them, and produced about 1,000 work prints and edited them. and now, 25 years later, the book is published, and there is an exhibition at the same time at the national museum of american history. c-span: where does this photo come from? >> guest: this is in the oval office. it was

watch live coverage on c-span 2. house speaker john boehner making a rare appearance on the floor of the house on this wednesday urging passage of a bill aimed at re-establishing water access for thousands of california residents, farmers that were blocked by policies put in place by the obama administration. speaker boehner urging that the white house should support the bill because it would re-establish farming jobs in california even though as the newspaper reports the administration issued a veto threat earlier today against the measure. we begin with the comments of representative grace napalitano from california. >> the san joaquin water reliability act is anything but. it repeals existing state law as written for the use of the water from the san joaquin river in california's central valley. it reallocates water in a way that elevates agricultural uses above all other water needs. that's municipal, fisheries and environmental uses. if enacted this would -- this bill was mostly aimed at california. believe me.

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caller: think you for c-span. -- thank you for c-span. notice they all seem to say the same thing. they are for the people. they want to solve the money problem. they want to solve the world conflict problems. they all do the exact same thing. they all call you to give money. it is all about money, money. what we need to do is get rid of the gop and get rid of the democrats and here is why. we need to vote for the man. all of us put together cannot solve a problem because we're all bumping heads. ron paul could solve all of the problems and none of them will vote for him, because he is not in with the gop it speaks the truth. they do not want the truth. obama says he got the man in afghanistan. the cia went over and got him. everyone wants credit for everything else. oft: let's product issue negative ads and positive messages. our guest was at a panel that c- span broadcast looking at a negative advertising. >> maybe you can comment on what the calller was saying when he started off by saying they're all talking about the same thing. >> t

this is "washington today" on c-span radio. >> on march 20th, the u.s. supreme court hears the oral argument in miller v alabama, someone convicted of murder when he was 14, whether it violates the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. you'll hear it cited on c-span's radio historic supreme court argument from 2005. donald roper, superintendent of the pitocy correctional institution versus christopher simmons, respond depth. >> they can evaluate the series of studies and pick what is an arab theirry age. there is no study in anything mr. simons cites that justifies that particular day, 18, they talked about adolescence. they talk about young adolescence, old adolescence and continuing until the mid-20s. nothing justifies the age of 18. that makes it the kind of fact that a legislature ought to be evaluating, not a court. >> everyone agrees that there is some age below which juveniles can't be subject to the death penalty. the question here is where are society's evolving standards now draw that line? 15 years ago this, c

eastern time on c-span radio. we're asking the question, is washington paying enough attention to the year to year-deficit and the overall debt now approaching close to $16 trillion. give us a call here at c-span radio. it's our listener feedback line. here's the number. 202-626-7962. we ask that you leave a message, tell us where you're calling from, we'll use some of your comments tomorrow and friday on "washington today." 202-626-7962. >> more "washington today" in just a minute. first, other news. on wall street the dow fell 97. nasdaq down 16. s&p down 7. federal officials plan to kill a private company's plans to start a national high-speed wireless broadband network after concluding it would in some places jam personal navigation and other gps devices. the federal communications commission said it's going to seek public comment on revoking light squared's permit after a federal agency that coordinates wireless signals, the national telecommunications information administration, concluded there's no way to m

check us out at c-span radio.org. a long-term outlook that many say congress needs to work on, one of the issues that senator ron widing put forth as ben bernanke testified on capitol hill. last week he was before a house committee. today before the senate budget committee. >> i want to ask you a little bit more about the shocks to the committee that you the have been discussing. you talk about the pace of the recovery being slow and particularly for the millions of people who are hurting, unemployed, underemployed and that all of this really comes together as part of a sluggish expansion that's left the economy vulnerable to shocks. so i can see plenty of shocks. the payroll tax debate bogging down into a quagmire and talking about two months or another short-term effort. we mentioned europe as another one. mentioned the question 69 sequestration and you know, to me, that will alone puts a very negative spectacle you know out because it would mean that in a lame duck session in the 2012 congress, you would see, again

a simulcast of c-span radio "washington today" program next here on c-span 3. >> plus podcasts. all free with the c-span radio apps. ♪ >> we're going to ask you many things today, hopefully you came prepared to know a great deal about fast and furious. the important things that i'm going to ask today are what can you do to bring this to a close? what can you do before the i.g. completes her investigation to allow the american people to see change that tells them this is no longer going on and it won't go on in the future? >> so that's how the hearing began with chairman of the house oversight and government reform committee. the republican from california posing questions to the attorney general eric holder the two squaring off today over tissue of fast and furious. eric holder calling this a political issue. welcome to hour one of "washington today" here on c-span. also on capitol hill a former executive of the collapsed brokerage firm mf global said he warned jon corzine a year before the company went under about some of the risks of making large bets on european government de

that's on c-span 3 at 3:30 a.m. eastern. also on c-span 3 at 2:00 p.m. eastern, treasury secretary tim geithner will return to capitol hill to testify about the president's 2013 budget. he's before the house budget committee. >> booktv is live saturday from the savannah book festival. coverage starts at 9:30 eastern with tom clavin on the last hours of the vietnam war followed by karl marlantes on what it's like to go to war and scotty smiley at noon. at 1:30 eastern, the changing israeli/palestinian conflict and irshad manji and toure on "who's afraid of blackness" and the rice and fall of the comanches on c-span 2's become tv. >> c-span radio's "washington today." over the next 90 minutes a look at today's top stories including the president's trip to milwaukee to talk about the economy. >> welcome back to "washington today" here on c-span radio. i'm steve scully. we're on the website with a photograph of the president as he toured the master lock plant in milwaukee. wisconsin, of course, with its ten electoral vote, a key battleground state in this 20

eastern on q & a here on c-span radio. >> and welcome back to washington today on c-span radio. it's official. after months

2's book tv and book tv on c-span 3. >> american history tv usually shown on the weekend on c-span 3 will continue this week in prime time. our focus on tuesday night is black history month. at 8:00 eastern with the ground breaking of the new smithsonian event of african culture and history taking place on the national mall, the museum's founding director takes us through the storage facility to see some of the artifacts that will be on display. at 8:30 the relationship between martin luther king jr. and his mentors,

eastern on c-span. >> i had a hunch one of them might be addicted to drugs. >> i am going to ask each one a simple question. we will see what their response is. >> i believe nicotine is not addictive. cigarettes and nicotine clearly do not meet the classic definition of addiction. >> we will take that as a no. >> not addictive. "it's not addictive? >> not addictive. >> in the 1970's, they wanted to remove nicotine from cigarettes and replace it with a drug equally addictive. they had all of these molecules they invented, but they had no way to test them. that was my job. find a molecule where the brain would say i like it and the heart would not have any cardiovascular problems. >> sunday night, a discussion with the subject of "addiction inc.." 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. "this president's date on c- span former navy seal talked about his new book on the mission that resulted in the killing of osama bin laden. >> by august, these factoids had metastasized into a story. the helicopters arri

two and online at the c-span video library. search and share for 25 years of c-span programming at c-span.org/video library. >>> we got started because there are a lot of conservative thinksings across issues. there had been no progressive thinking that worked on domestic policy, national security. >> neera tanden on the mission of washington, d.c.-based think tank. >> we think there's an ideology behind particular arguments made in washington with very little facts behind them. part of our job is to, you know, to make the arguments and the factual arguments and the evidence-based arguments behind our own views. i do think sometimes when the facts don't argue for our position we reexamine those positions because, you know, we unfundamentally believe the most important thing is to be right about what your views are. >> a look at the center for american progress sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> energy secretary steven chu testified before resource committee last week on president obama's 2013 budget re

this weekend on c-span 2 and c-span 3. >>> verging group chairman richard branson and the former presidentbal policy recommend that you treat drug abuse as a health issue and not a crime. this is about 50 minutes. >> could i call the committee to order and invite our two witnesses to come to the table? could i ask members of the committee to declare any additional interests which are about the register of members interests? >> i'm vice chair of the parliamentary group of the report. thank you. >> i'm with the lead community with drugs and alcohol report. >> thank you. sir richard, federal counselor, thank you very much for coming before us today. this is the committee's first session in our major inquiry into drugs. the last time the committee considered this question was ten years ago. in fact, i think only mr. winnick is the survivor of the last report. we made a number of recommendations, not all of which were accepted by the government then or have been accepted now. we will be looking again at those recommendations and looking at the development of drug policy over the last ten years.

this is "washington today" on c-span radio. construction funding or maybe more specifically the lack of it, is a major concern in the department of veterans affairs and the proposed 2013 budget which includes a 10.5% increase in construction project but underfunds facility maintenance and other construction projects for the third consecutive year the budget process reductions in construction and maintenance programs raising concerns by senator murray from washington, democrat, and chair of the veterans affairs committee. also with automatic budget cuts in place with congress's inability to reach agreement on spending programs. that issue comes up with the veteran affairs secretary as he testified earlier in the day. here is a portion. >> like i said in my opening remarks i believe all v.a. programs including medical care are exempt from guts but there is ambiguity between the act and the existing law. when i asked the acting o.m.b. director to address this during a budget committee hearing two weeks ago he said o.m.b. is yet to

at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. louisiana's govern bobby jindal will be presenting his budget, a budget $900 million in the red. it's mostly cloudy and 38 in barksdale. you are listening to -- this weekend. book tv and american history tv explore the history and culture of louisiana. saturday starting at noon even on book tv on c-span 2. author gary joiner from one damn blunder great beginning to end and then a look at the over 200 thousand books of the books housed at the archives. and a walking tour with neil johnson and on american history tv on c-span tv, from barksdale air force base, a look at the base's role at 9/11 and visit the founding father's autograph collection and from the pioneer heritage center. medical treatment and medicine during the civil war. louisiana, this weekend on c-span 2 and 3. >>> the new america foundation recently hosted a discussion on the impact of negative political advertising on the 2012 elections. speakers look back in the history of negative ads, the number of ads being put out

also at facebook.com/c-span. we will read those questions as well. you are watching live coverage from the library of virginia in richmond. it is an event co-hosted by the museum. robert krick, the first of five historians speaking. david blight is next. we will hear from james mcphearson here on american history tv on c-span 3. >> ladies and gentlemen, if you could return to your seats, we'll get restarted in just a moment. okay. let's get restarted if we could. our next speaker, i mentioned earlier, he is a detroit tigers fan. i think the reason that he particularly likes richmond is we sent justin verlander to the tigers. but david blight is a familiar face here in richmond. coming down from connecticut quite frequently to speak with us in the virginia historical society and the american civil war center. david has done quite a bit to help our understanding here and nationally about the civil war. david is the class of 1954 professor at yale university. excuse me. professor of american history at yale university. he is also the director of the cen

this is washington today on c-span radio. oregon has a new representative susan bonamecci, and she replaces david woo who resigned in a sex scandal after it was announce had he was having a relationship with an 18-year-old. she is a former state senator and defeated a republican candidate who ran a year ago with with most of the votes counted, and the representative-elect led with 50% compared to 40% for rob cornelus, and this sound is courtesy of kgw tv in portland. >> thank you to all of the candidates who ran in the primary and also thank you to rob cornelus, and there were a lot of differences between us as candidates, but the one thing that i want to take from this election is to move past destructionist party politics. that took a small r republican idea of representative government. in a small d democratic idea of serving the common good. this country and the district deserve nothing less. in the end, that is what this election was about. giving the people of northwest oregon effective legislation and allowing the vote

on c-span. we'll have more from the world economic forum tomorrow including a panel on the political and economic future of africa. plus, the ceos of several major corporations talk about the roles the companies are playing in the global economic recovery. >> at the 1968 olympic games, john carlos and tommy smith raised their fists in the black power salute. >> this is black power. they intimidated so many people, white people in particular, by using that phrase, black power. because when they use that word or that phrase black power it made many people think that black power meant destruction. blowing up the statue of liberty or ground zero. destroying america. it wasn't anything about destroying america. it's about rebuilding america and having america to have a new paradigm in terms of how we can truly be what each and every one of us pledged when we were going to elementary school about the land of the free, the home of the brave. we all wanted to be great americans, but as young athletes we

live coverage here on c-span. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> ladies and gentlemen our program is about to begin. please turn off all pagers and cell phones. thank you. ♪ >> the new national museum of african-american history and culture will be the 19th in the smithsonian institution. president obama and laura bush will join us here. you are seeing video of the upcoming museum. the museum is the work of a national architect. his design for the museum barrault's motifs that are no late 19th century. the result is on colored at pedestals that will contrast at the alabaster buildings in the nearby federal triangle. the staff has been collecting artifacts and working to raise $250 million to fund construction. congress has pledged to fund of the other $500,000 -- $500 million needed. president obama and first lady laura bush along

eastern on after word here on c-span radio. >>> welcome back to "washington today" on c-span radio. hundreds of people injured today in egypt. fresh round much violence that erupted in the aftermath of yesterday's soccer riots. protesters had rubber bullets fired at them. 70 are dead. jeff dyer of the "financial times" reports iran is more willing to launch terrorist attacks inside the u.s. in response to threats of the regime inside iran. james clapper said the alleged iranian plot to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the u.s. which was uncovered last year reflect eed much stronger suppo from officials in iran. we'll talk with him in just a couple of minutes. the obama administration asking intelligence agencies for additional assessments of the risks of transferring five senior taliban detainees to a third country as part of an effort to broker peace with afghan militants. in the testimony today before the senate intelligence committee intelligence officials did not specific which country might be involved but news agencies have reported that the detainees could be sent to qatar

facebook.com/c-span. while we continue to work on the signal from richmond, virginia, we are working on that. we hope to bring you the rest of the event. in the meantime, a look at the civil war on c-span tv. >> this week on american artifacts, we visit the center for education and leadership across the street from ford's theater where john wilkes booth shot lincoln. the center is the newest edition to the ford's theater campus on 10th street in washington where you can learn about the life, death and legacy of lincoln. paul tatro talks about the center's purpose and goals. >> we are in the center for education and leadership. directly across the street from historic ford theater on 10th street in washington d.c. behind me is the tower of books, which is a concept that really started about five years ago to visualize and showcase the unending quest to learn more about abraham lincoln. this tower of books represents, as we all know, that abraham lincoln is the most written about figure in world history nex

this is american history tv on c-span three. >>> you're joining us on c-span 3 american history tv every weekend. 48 hours of the people and the events that tell the american story. we're continuing our special look at the nation's first ladies on this presidents' day weekend. and we revisit nancy reagan's 1999 tour of the ronald reagan presidential library. >> mrs. reagan, for somebody who's not been to this library, how do you get here? where is it? >> it's in simi valley, and it sits high on 100 acres. and it's not too far from los angeles. we can leave our house and be here in 45 minutes. it's beautiful. just beautiful. everybody should come and see it. >> one of the things that struck me after being at the ranch was there some similarity here. the winding roads and all that. do you think about that? >> well, ronnie always liked to be high, shining city on the hill. our house in bel air is high. and the ranch is high. this is high. and that always peopled -- he could never live in a valley. you know, in a valley, i guess you'd call it. >> when you thought about this library, what was

you can see this and let live on c-span 2 and the house here on c-span.ownsend serve as the lieutenant governor of maryland from 1995 to 2003 and is a board member with catholic democrats. welcome to the table. we appreciate your talking with our viewers. guest: could be with you. host: this ruling over the contraception issue has not died down. we can see it here in the papers this morning from "the wall street journal." let me read this -- guest: my reaction is that it is not an immoral policy, it is part of a long tradition to care for the least among us. to care for the sick. to help those that need help. women, many women want, need, use contraception. as you know, you can use contraception for a number of issues. to prevent birth, on ovarian cysts, on terrible cramps. it helps to stop and reduce ovarian cancer. there are many reasons that one may want contraceptive devices. the fact that the bishop does not understand that is really unfortunate. the good news, as you know, is that catholic health centers under carol keaton, who says that this is a g

television and here on c-span radio. the debate over salary and bonuses for british bank executives as it untold inned with dave kameron, the prime minister. >>> every year we provide the coverage of the state of the state addresses to get a sense of what's happening. today, maryland's governor, martin o'malley gave his speech before a joint session. he talks ax jobs, the economy, his plan to raise taxes in some areas to try to keep the budget bransed and provide additional funding for education and towards the end of the speech he touched on an issue that's getting a lot of regional and national attention. a movement to install -- to make marriage legal between men and women same sex. >> i'd like to talk to you now about a quality of civil marriage rights for all marylanders. the very reason our state was founded was for religious flee come and at the heart of religious freedom is respect for the freedom of individual conscience. the way forward, the way to sustain and enhance our common life together is equal respect f

i'm head of c-span's lcd project, local content vehicle. we've got three of them. the purpose of these vehicles is to collect programming from outside of washington, d.c. how do we do it? we staff each one of these with one person with a small video camera and a laptop editor so they're able to roll, record, produce, and edit things from the road. and that's what we're doing with the lcvs. why do we want to do this? to get outside of washington, d.c. and collect programming for all of our networks. and we're doing an lcv's city tour. all three vehicles, one will do history programming at historic sites, the other one will do book tv programming at bookstores catching up with authors. and the third one does community relations events. community relation events are important because they work with our cable partners in each one of these cities. the last thing important to know not only this goes on the air, but is archived on our website, the c-span video library, and also doing extensive social media. you'll see us on facebook, our cable partners on facebook, four s

watch on c-span television or listen on c-span radio. the obama administration stepping up efforts to keep the asian carps out of the great lakes where it could endanger other fish. they plan to spend $50 million including increased trapping and netting and testing of an acoustic water gun in hopes of scaring them away. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> we got started because there were a lot of conservative thinking. there had been no single progressive think-tank that works on economic policy, domestic policy, national security. >> president and ceo of the center for american progress,, on the mission of the washington d.c.-. based-. >> dairy little facts behind them. part of our jobi estimate the arguments and factual arguments and evidence-based argument behind our views. sometimes when the facts don't argue for our position, we examine those positions, because we fundamentally believe the most important thing is to be right about what your views are. >> a look at the center for american progress, if sunday n

here on c-span radio. >>> welcome back to washington today here on c-span radio. some news from michigan first. governor of that state supporting mitt romney in his presidential bid. more on that in a couple of minutes. detroit economic club former senator rick santorum defending his record against a new onslaught of attacks by the romney campaign. he out lined his economic agenda before business executives in detroit. here's a portion of his speech. >> would you have voted for t.a.r.p. money in particular for the auto loans to gm and chrysler? romney has stated woe not have support the decision to bailout the auto industry in 2009. >> i've heard that. [ laughter ] i take a little different position than governor romney. governor romney supported the bailout of wall street and decided not to support the bailout of detroit. my feeling was we should not support, the government should not be involved in bailouts period. that's a much more consistent position. it's one that if you look at what happened with --

. >>> up next on c-span 3, the senate budget committee looks into the eurozone financial crisis. then tsa administrator john pistole discusses airport security. and then later, the heads of u.s. steel and the steelworkers union discuss manufacturing and the global economy. friday morning on c-span 3, the turkish foreign minister will be discussing his country's foreign policy and role as a bridge between europe and the middle east. we'll have live coverage from the center for strategic and international studies here on c-span 3 and at c-span.org starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. >>> when i first started the book, i also thought this must be an american story. this is about a country that worships the religion of self-reliance and individuality. this is the religion of thoreau, but we're laggards, in fact much more common in european nations, especially in scandinavia. and it's even more common in japan. >> on "after words" in going solo, a look at the growing trend of american adults choosing to live alone, and what that means for the country, saturday night at 10 eastern. als

3 and online at the c-span video library. search and share from over 25 years of c-span programming. >>> farming officials tell congress current immigration laws make it tougher for them to find workers. at issue is the temporary visa program for immigrants coming into the u.s. for seasonal agriculture work. members of the judiciary subcommittee on immigration heard from farm experts from georgia, california and north carolina. they discussed what to do with agricultural workers in the country illegally. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> i'll call to order the subcommittee on the policy and enforcement. today, we have a hearing on regional perspectives on agriculture guest worker programs. good morning to all. today's subcommittee hearing represents our third hearing on the issue of seasonal agricultural labor and guest worker program. this is a complex issue which impacts not only farm workers and agricultural employees, but also u.s. workers and local communities in the united states and the american taxpayer. this i

nancy calo is in the c-span studio real dollars c-span radio studios -- nancy calo is in the c-span studio it includes the race for the white house domestic politics, and the middle east. at noon, on nbc's "meet the press," two governors and a jan brewer. at 1:00 p.m., on abc's "this week," guests include rick santorum, once again, and governor rick snyder, a michigan republican, governor deval patrick. at 2:00 p.m., on "fox news sunday," chris wallace welcomes mitt romney and governor mitch daniels, a republican of indiana. at 3:00 p.m., on cnn "state of the union," candy crowley talks with republican senators john mccain and lindsay graeme, then john hickenlooper and republican governor scott walker. also former shell oil president john hofmeister on the price of gasoline. finally, at 4:00 p.m., on cbs "face the nation," bob schieffer talks with republican governor chris christie of new jersey and martin o'malley of maryland. re-airs begin at noon with nbc's "meet the press." finally, at 4:00 p.m., it is "face the nation." listen on your iphone or blackberry. or go online to c-spanradio.

i enjoy always the c-span forums, especially on civil war history. and i wanted to ask you, regarding the recruitment of black troops in which douglass participated in, did he feel it should have been done earlier? more aggressively? >> oh, yeah. >> caller: or did, like many people, have to wait for the political realm, the shift of more of lincoln faith? >> well, of course, both parts of question are true. douglass with the black troops and union army from june of 1861. you can go back and read his editorials and published speeches that argue that vehemently. he demands in the first summer of the war that those black militias that are marching on town greens across the north be allowed in the union army. there were black men desiring and offering to enlist right up before sumpter. and douglass was advocating. he was advocating even more strongly in 1862. once it finally came, of course, douglass was not only grateful, he joined the cause by becoming one of the principle recruiters of black soldiers. he was one of the principle recruiters of the famo

you can consider watching on c-span television following it on c-span television hd 2 program but here on hd 1 we want to break away, because it is top of the hour and it is time for "washington day." and c-span is wsp-fm around the country, and channel 119 here in washington. >>> home prices started a pretty steady decline about five years ago, and government certainly can't fix the entire problem on its own. but it is wrong for anybody to suggest that the only option for struggling responsible homeowners is to sit and wait for the housing market to hit b bottom. [ applause ] >> the president in a short drive from washington, d.c. to falls church, virginia, as he announced the plan of a series of packages and proposals designed to jolt the housing market, and his latest effort to reignite the economy of four years of foreclosures and falling home prices. this is washington today on c-span radio. i'm steve skully, and meanwhile at the bottom of the hour, we will have a conversation with senator john thune who is putting forth legislation to stop of the big bonuses for fannie mae and fr

and walking tour of shreveport with neil johnson and on america history tv on c-span 3 sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern from barksdale air force base and a history of the b-52 bomber and visit the founding father's autograph collection at louisiana state exhibit museum. from the pioneer heritage center, medical treatment and medicine during the civil war. shreveport, louisiana, this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >>> there are millions of these americans who are willing to sacrifice for change, but they want to do it without being threatened. and they want to do it peacefully. they are the non-violent majority, black and white, who are for change without violence. these are the people whose voice i want to be. >> as candidates campaign for president this year, we look back at 14 men who ran for the office and lost. go to our website c-span.org/thecontenders to see video of the contenders who had a lasting impact. >> can you remember in the depression, those of you who are my age, when times are really hard and we left the doors unlocked? now we have the most violent crime-ridden society in the

this is "washington today" on c-span radio. congressional negotiators trying to work out the final agreement of a $150 billion measure that would extend a cut in the payroll taxes over the next ten months. it would also deal with extending jobless benefits for those people still out of work. there's a story on this at "the washington post" website, washingtonpost.com, and dealing with the so-called doc fix, now final passage according to the "washington post" is expected by friday. speaker john boehner speaking to reporters earlier about this proposed agreement. >> on payroll, all along and as late as last week you insisted that the payroll tax extension must be paid for. so what does the about-face say? >> we were not going to allow the democrats to continue to play political games and raise taxes on working americans. and so we made a decision to bring them to the table so that the games would stop and we would get this work done. >> what does it say going forward, though? >> can you address for a moment, some members of cong

>> it all depends on our deal with c-span. we would love to have c-span in. everything we are broadcasting now is free and in the clear. we would love to have c-span in our portfolio of stations and channels that we're building. >> does it include the broadcast network? abc, nbc, cbs? >> it does. there is a second consortium and they are lining up their stations and they will be broadcasting content from those stations. >> where is your device manufactured? >> the companies designing it are in israel and germany and it will be manufactured probably in china. >> we're also joined here at the booth by brian mchale who is vice president of technology for fisher communications out of seattle. mr. mchale, what you are going to demonstrate for us today? >> what i want to show here is live television over the air from a station in seattle, that's the accessory with a chip in it to pick up over the air content. you can see we have the guide itself. clear to air. for our demonstration, we have my tv, the c.w. the food network has graciously allowed us to distribute th

let us know what you think on c-span's facebook page which is at facebook.com/c-span. >>> now online on c-span video library, speeches from last weekend's conservative political action conference. >>> we must outsmart the liberals. we must outsmart the stupid people that are trying to ruin america. >> it's about one country united under god. we aren't red americans. we're not blue americans. we're red, white and blue and president obama, we are through with you. >> around the last table, they can get along and come at our throat as long as we're foolish enough to raise taxes and throw money in the center of the table and then they can get along like the scene in the movie after the bank rob whichry, one for one for you, one for you. and they're all happy. >>> with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> a look now at the $25 billion mortgage settle

you can watch the latest on c-span and c-span 2 as the senate and house takes up the tax issue. the president returning after midnight tomorrow. likely any signing would take place saturday or into the weekend. well, the president, president george w. bush inherited an administration from the clinton administration. we have gone from budget surpluses to deficits. in fact, this past year, a budget shortfall of $1.3 trillion. how did we get to this point? according to the "new york times" the tax cuts and war spending and recession and growing government programs all contributed to the nation's debt and deficit now reaching $15.5 trillion. in 2009, shortly after being sworn into the office of president, barack obama speaking to the joint session of congress with this pledge. >> and yesterday, i held a fiscal summit where i pledged to cut the deficit in half by the end of my first term in office. my administration is going line-by-line to eliminate wasteful and ineffective programs. it is a process that will take time. we already identified $2 trillion in savings over the next deca

this is "washington today" on c-span radio. u.s. officials and defense analysts are concerned that a covert war of assassinations between israel and iran could escalate out of control. the israeli prime minister blaming iran yesterday for car bombings of israeli diplomatic vehicles in new delhi and in the georgia capital. the attacks coming following the deaths of several iranian nuclear scientists, the most recent on january 11th in a car bomb that took place in tehran that iran said israel in orchestrated. and so this back-and-forth raising a lot of questions in a number of capitals around the world including here in washington. it came up at today's daily

caller: good morning c-span. thought it was interesting about one year ago, china put together a super committee of intellectuals, economists, and so long to come up with what kind of future problems china is facing. the number one priority they were going to face was the growing income disparity between their lowest peasant class, who are pre rarely their manufacture -- who are primarily their manufacturing workers and the middle and upper classes. other priorities they had was corruption. they were going to have to address corruption and the growing lack of social trust that chinese people had. in the way they were going to deal with their number one priority of the income disparity -- they were going to raise chinese people's sense of nationalism. they were going to begin talking about their founding fathers and they're proud history. they were going to get people to rally around the flag. they felt that this would help all press the peasant class -- help supproppress the peasant class. host: draw this to a co

all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. for more information follow us on twitter @c-span history. >>> a generation before president john f. kennedy, acting on behalf of a grateful nation, designated him an honorary american citizen. winston churchill paid his own heart-felt tribute to his trant atlantic origins. appearing before a joint session of congress on the day after christmas 1941, he puckishly observed "i cannot help reflecting that if my father had been american and my mother british, instead of the other way around, i might have got here on my own. today outside the british embassy on massachusetts avenue, churchill literally two nations in one bronze footprinted on british soil and the other on american. this pleased the old man himself no end. of the statue announced on his 89th birthday, thesaid, "i feel rest happily on both feet." controversy arose over sculptor william mcvay's depiction of the war time prime minister, not because of his characteristically defiant stance with right hand raised in a trademark

the c-span networks today. join us tonight at 8:00 for speeches from the recent world economic forum from davos switzerland. topic, the global economy on c-span. c-span2 at 8:00, book tv focus. tonight the focus is on african-american lives, and here on c-span3 at 8:00, american history tv examining the lives and times of george washington. >>> at the 1968 olympic games, john carlos and tommy smith raised their fists in the black power are salute. >> they said black power. they intimidated so many people. white people in particular, by using that phrase. black power. because when they use that word or that phrase black power, it made many people think that black power meant destruction. blow up the statue of liberty or ground zero. destroying america. there wasn't anything about destroying america. it was about rebuilding america and having an america to have a new paradigm in terms of how we could truly be with each and every one of us doing that pledge going to elementary school and junior high school about t

the ng a's winter meeting live saturday, sunday, and monday on our companion network c-span. join us later for more from american history tv. the focus is george washington and his lasting impact on american life. historian richard nor on the smith lectures on the first president from washington's home in mt. vernon, virginia. american history tv gets under way tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span 3. >>> at the 1968 olympic games john carlos and tommy smith raised their fists in the black power salute. >> this is black power. they intimidated so many people, white people in particular, by using that phrase, black power, because when they use that word or that phrase black power it made many people think that black power meant destruction. blowing up the statue of liberty or ground zero, destroying america. it wasn't anything about destroying america. it was about rebuilding america and having america to have a new paradigm in terms of how we can truly be with eachnd every one did their pledge when we were going to elementary school and junior high school about the land of t

we already very postings on facebook, facebook.com/c-span. join in with your nomination for person of the year, 1862 and just a couple of them want to take a look at now. writing in for lincoln. justin says it should be lincoln in september of '62. with the emancipation proclamation. also paul martin says the abolitionist william lloyd garrison. we'll look at a couple of those and take your phone calls, as well. robert crick joins us from the library of virginia in richmond. robert crick, your nomination was thomas stonewall jackson. outside of the south in 1862, how well-known was stonewall jackson? >>. >> '62 began, he was barely known in the south and probably not at all in the north and the impact that he made in 1862 seems to me to be in large part eight consequence of that explosion as though on a cat at that time put to fame. his impact on the year in the minds of southerners and of northerners both the soldiers in the field and the civilians at home on both sides of the river went from nothing to i an great deal and that is part of my

now is your time to tweet your questions live on book tv on c-span 2. with talk of the possibility legislation to improve the nation's cyber defense, former cia director deals with national aware, of the cyber threats from an aspen homeland security group discussion. >> in some ways, cyber mirrors a little bit the discussion that we used to have about terrorism in the '80s and the '90s and a great deal of difficulty coming to the national consensus about what to do about it, until we had 9/11 which crystallized everything, and then when the nation moved forward we haven't had that event in cyber yet. we image ine it, and in the attk of stratmore where i lost my credit card, the only good thing that comes out of it is that a few more of those, the public awareness that it is a serious vulnerability that will overcome some of the private sector reservations about working with the government on this. >> watch the rest of the discussion and more about homeland security online at the c-span video library, archive and searchable at cspan.org/video library. >>

eastern and specific -- and pacific on c-span. >> this president's day on c- span a former navy sealalks about his new book on the mission that resulted in the killing of osama bin laden. >> one of the things that got me off the bench to write this book was by august, the facts had this story that had the seals pressing their helicopter as they arrive like keystone kops, blowing their way into the building, finally shooting their way through the building for the first floor where the wounded man's wife and shot him in cold blood in the bedroom. that did not sound like the mission to me. talking to the guys that were there on the scene, the whole thing basically was over in 120 seconds, quite a different story. >> see his remarks as part of our prime time lineup. it also includes a debate on whether to prosecute wall street banks for mortgage fraught with former new york governor eliot spitzer an assistant attorney general -- for mortgage fraud. it all begins monday 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> "washington journal" host: continues another visit from grover norquist, president of am

"washington today" here on c-span radio. i'm steve sculley. the u.s. and nato will seek an end to the combat mission in afghanistan next year. a shift to the role the u.s. is providing in support and training of afghan security forces. that announcement today from defense secretary leon panetta. u.s. military commanders had said they would begin a transition this year toward taking more of an advisory role in afghanistan with its national army and allow the police there to take on a greater responsibility for fighting the insurgency over there. in presidential politics, mitt romney moving on to minnesota. politico saying he was giddy today on the campaign trail as he took aim at former house speaker newt gingrich, who placed a distant second in florida last night for failing to be a true conservative. that's the claim by newt gingrich. meanwhile the former house speaker is back on the campaign trail tomorrow. he will be in nevada, the site of the next round of caucuses taking place in weekend. >>> news late today from donald trump. he's expected to mak