c-span: what do you watch? >> guest: and tv. c-span: why? >> guest: because i just kind of had it with the talk shows. c-span: the talk shows. are there a lot of talk shows on israeli television? do you get tired of it all? are you getting tired of talking in this interview yet? >> guest: no, not yet. i'm talkative. c-span: you like to talk? >> guest: stop me if i'm giving you a headache. c-span: no, you're not. going back to the devil is -- television, the reason i ask you is you wind in the army and said you wanted to work at the army radio station. it was an interesting point because all through the book you talk about being rabin's granddaughter and then you were worried about being treated special but you didn't get what you wanted when you got in the army. did that surprise you? >> guest: yeah, not because i was rabin's granddaughter. c-span: why did they want you? >> guest: i don't know. c-span: how do you apply for job like a job like that the military? >> guest: it's a special process that is so long and boring. it's not too interes

c-span: by recent price?est: first of all the dixiecrat segment, we could just they're just basically blatant racist and called racist by a bunch of men who are narrating. i did think they would want that. i thought it might be a problem to have it out there, but they let me use it was glad. c-span: you had malcolm x? inuit strom thurman themed things. where was that come from? >> guest: malcolm x was from the cbs footage and strom thurmond came from -- it was a documentary on the 63 march that was put out the usaid in that was along outlaw documentary. opposed to what is your philosophy -- by the way, how long is this? >> guest: just under two hours. if the pbs two hours, hours 50 minutes, two hours. reiko what is your philosophy about i.t. and these people? how must you assume they know? >> guest: i assume they know nothing. we i.d. him at least three times. each person with the pen to pass along their off-camera. president carter once. c-span: here is hubert humphrey and strom thurmond and debate. >> the s

c-span: "ms. noonan might further be described as a strict reactionary like her boss, driven rightward by the sheer obnoxiousness of the left." >> guest: yeah, and he uses a funny example. he compares ronald reagan continually talking about how he got to know the communists when he was head of the screen acting guild. he compares reagan talking about that with my talking about what is was like in the early 70s to be going to anti-war demonstrations in washington. and to be surrounded by people who were saying awful things about america, which is a moment recounted in the book, which people always ask me how i became a conservative, and you know i can never quite answer that question, but i always can tell them when i knew i was not of the left. and i knew i was not of the left when i was on that bus hurtling down the jersey turnpike on its way down to washington for this big demonstration. and those people were saying awful -- you remember the standard litany of insults about america. and i didn't

c-span: when did you start it? >> guest: we started filming actual footage two or three of weeks after rob got back to the states. then we started doing on camera interviews a couple months after that when he was actually not going into surgery every day. it wasn't effective of a recovery process. c-span: what are the extent of your injuries? >> guest: i had a left knee this articulation. a right indication. c-span: is that it now? that's enough. how many different operations did you have to have two get to where you are today? >> guest: this is a -- i don't remember the exact number, it was pretty much every other day for two or three weeks, and then one more. then i had two surgeries were they replaced my eardrums that had become ruptured. c-span: you are a graduate of virginia tech university. at what point in your university time, did you go into the marine corps? and why did you enlist? >> guest: it was during my junior year. my original plan was to join the reserves after my junior year, finished college, and

c-span: a quick clip.eymour hersh asked why you talk to him. >> i did learn from people inside the agency that there had been documents called family jewels. i had your father's phone number and i called him. he didn't lie to me. what he did was if i said there was 120 cases of wiretapping of american citizens contrary to the law in america, he said my number is only 63. it was a question of numbers. he did not back away from the question. that is one hell of a story. c-span: a little bit more than what you might imagine that he said. if you trace back what he said, he said that he was pivotal to the publishing of that story. my father was the source, in some ways, to that story. the leaker at the top. now, you might say, my god, why would he do that? i think he was doing what he's that he was going to do. he was going to keep the good secrets and let out the bad secrets. there had been wrongdoing. 697 instances of stagnation plots -- experiments on human guinea pigs. torture, double agents on american soi

c-span: and alexander?t: alexander's delivered under the california race that is counterpunch.org. skype projects on his house. c-span: your secretary hank paulson, former treasury secretary. this is only a minute or so. let's run this and we'll wrap it up. ♪ >> this morning we made come a hearing on the turmoil of recent reactions regarding government-sponsored entities, investment banks and other financial institutions. ♪ >> this is not just a cosmetic issue in a feel-good issue. ♪ >> the taxpayer already is going to suffer the consequences if things don't work the way they showed work. ♪ c-span: the video you must have gone in there with an idea. you weren't a minimum of vision when he shot a look at. >> actually, no. it didn't work that way. it was shot before the idea happening. that means that he might want to say how we ended up at them is that. cast doubt that senator be hancock contract. written in 1982 when there was actually a bad recession. family heard about it from a former turnout for bear st

c-span: where did you grow up. >> guest: new york city. c-span: what did your parents to?> guest: filmmaking family. dad and uncle are producers, my cousins are in various areas of the entertainment business. c-span: what kind of education did you get? >> guest: underground berkeley short story writing and graduate school. c-span: where did you grow up? >> guest: in valley stream, new york. c-span: what about your education and? >> guest: high school and got a phd from a delhi university. i got a second postop from the university of minnesota. i went to work for phillip morris. c-span: we have a clip from your documentary, and it starts with the early days in the life of victor denoble. >> back in the 60s, people pigeonhole people. victors not very bright, so he's going to go to plumbers school like his dad. one day my father looked at me and said, what are you doing tonight? and i said i am hanging out the guys. he said well, why don't you college? that was really strange for me. my father had never mentioned the word college and my 17 years of existence. i have ever hear

if you're watching on c-span right now thank c-span. if you're watching on pbs, on thank pps but because i've done so many of these things, you know, when you put together a guest panel of experts i have a few friends in the industry. it's also difficult for me to get the exposure and platform i need to talk about the pending conversation. this has been like pulling teeth try and get the kind of focus and attention on this particular issue. what say you about this point beyond black women that poverty is just a question and issue on particularly women. >> what's interesting about me talking about money every week is that it's the number one rated show on cnbc. you wouldn't see the support that somebody truthfully of my stature should have and i'm here to tell you ladies and gentlemen, i do not have it. as much as you think i do, i do not. i have to fight and crawl into bed and scratch for every single thing that i still to this day create. so women do not have a place in my opinion in the media but especially in business economic media.

it's a quagmire. >> c-span. c-span was there for the clarence thomas hearing.can be described as nothing really happening, occasionally there are moments like this. >> i think they should be handcuffed to a chain-link fence, flogged and all of their hearsay evidence should be

book-tv is every weekend on c- span 2.ed the first amendment. >> god said, let there be light and there was light. >> it is no rebuttal to my position that it is important. there are plenty of poisons in the world. >> anyone who says they have got on their side -- has god on their side gives them the right to commit any crime. >> although harsh, the debate has been going on for ever is. . thankfully, we're guaranteed our free rights in america. our constitution says congress shall make no law respecting -- disrespecting religion or preventing their of. this is my house in grand junction colorado where i have lived most of my house and have hardly ever been to church. my parents were raised catholic but they said catholic church is more about the money than the fate. i stopped believing and a higher power until it became agnostic. i decided to immerse myself in the middle to better understand religion and its role in government. this is a free lunch that is put on every week by a baptist church at my high school. people all

and watch the entire dinner only on c-span. you can also sync up your experience online at c-span's dinner hub. find the guest list, highlights of past dinners, plus blog and social media posts at c-span.org/whcd. white house correspondents' dinner live saturday on c-span. >>> born in a north korean work camp, it's the only world chin had ever known. he's also the only one to ever escape from camp 14. >> his first memory at the age of around four was going with his mom to a place near where he grew up in the camp to watch somebody get shot. and shootings, public executions in the camp were held every few weeks. and they were a way of punishing people who violated camp rules and of terrorizing the 20,000 to 40,000 people who lived in the camp to obey the rules. from then on. >> sunday author blaine harden on shin's journey out of north korea. sunday at 8:00 on c-span q & a. and then the interview with robert caro. volume four in the years of lyndon johnson. his biography of the president. >>> during his second day of testimony b

blaine harden tells his story this sunday on q and a on c-span radio. >>> listen on the go with the c-span radio app. congressional hearings, white house briefings and speeches from national leaders. supreme court oral arguments, book teechb, american history tv and the sunday talk shows on the weekends. and the podcasts of q and a and news makers. the radio app free at the itunes app store. >>> and welcome back to washington today here on c-span radio. one of the changes put forth by ben bernanke he told reporters that he is comfortable with the current stands of interest rate policy given the forecast that economic growth will be moderate. as expected the fed chairman did stress that the fed could purchase more assets if the economy needs additional assistance but some ways to boost like tolerating higher inflation would be reckless. here is more from today's news conference as he took questions on what some say is not enough of what is being viewed as a slow economic recovery. >> unemployment is too high and you said you expect it to remain too high for years to come. inflation is under

is c-span history. and also use the hash tag poty 1862. person of the year, 1862. we'll try to take a look at some of those tweets after the next historian speaks. also at facebook.com/c-span, the question is posted there. we'll read some of those throughout the day, as well. watching live coverage. you're watching live coverage from the university of -- from the library of virginia in richmond. it is an event co-hosted by the library and also by the museum of the confederacy. once again, robert krick the first of five historians who will speak today. david blight is coming up next. we'll also hear from james mcpherson, the historian james mcpherson. all of that on the way today 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's a detroit tigers fan. i think the reason that he particularly likes richmond is that we sent justiner have land

eastern on "the communicators" on c-span 2. >> in primetime this week, book tv on c-span 2 with a look tonight at pearl harbor starting at 8:30 eastern with craig shirley's december 1941. then stanley wine traub's pearl harbor christmas and burt and anita on "fdr goes to war" on c-span2 this week. applications for social security disability insurance have recently increased to 3.4 million people. last week the social security administration's chief addressed what's behind the increase, citing the high unemployment rate and an increase in mental illnesses. he was joined by interest groups representing the disabled who talked about better ways of incorporated the disabled into the work force. hosted by the national academy of social insurance, this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> good morning. i'm mark miller and i'm a columnist for reuters. i wreet about social security and medicare and other health insurance issues as well as pensions and personal finance, and i'd like to welcome everyone and thank you for joining us this morning for our forum on why are more people claiming disability s

. >> this is american history tv on c-span 3 and tonight we'll be live from milwaukee, wisconsin. in just a few minutes a gathering of 2,000 historians will be under with a i to hear about the history of beer and spirits in america. it is the keynote session at the annual meeting of the organization of american historians and national council on public history. while we're waiting for the program in milwaukee to begin, some news. charles colson, the special counsel to president nixon indicted in the watergate cover up and can later founded 9 non-profit prison fellowship died today. in 2007 and 2008 he sat down for extended oral history interviews. in this excerpt he recalls the day that president nixon resigned and a three-hour meeting between the two men soon after charles colson got out of prison. >> where were you the day that nixon resigned? >> in prison. >> how did you feel? >> well, i was relieved that it was over. disappointed because i would have thought he would have taken his own troops with him if he was going to resign, pardon or commute the sentences, hopeful that pro

watch the entire dinner, only on c-span. you can also sync up experience at c-span's dinner hub. find the celebrity guest list, highlights of past dinners, plus blog and social media posts at cspan.org/whcd, the white house correspondents dinner live saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> mexican president felipe calderon spoke about mexico's competitiveness and trade at the u.s. chamber of commerce. focusing on trade and investments, he said, in this very difficult time in the world economy, the world needs more trade, not less trade. president calderon also credited mexico's participation in trade agreements, like the north american free trade agreement, with helping the mexican economy grow. it's about an hour. >>> i'm tom donahue, president and ceo of the chamber. won't you please be seated. now, i haven't heard of a welcome like that for a head of state here in a long time and it was very appropriate. it's wonderful to also see all of you here for such a timely conversation on the united states and mexico and our critically important economic partnership. there are a n

the c-span video library. every c-span program since 1987. >>> all this week in primetime here on c-span 3 it's american history tv. tonight, a look at the 1830s texas revolution between u.s. settlers and the mexican goveme. and we return now to a symposium with author stephen hardin looking at the life and career of sam houston and his military strategy during that conflict. this is 35 minutes. >> thank you. we're going to get started again. we're finally getting to the blood and guts of the thing. it is my pleasure to introduce dr. stephen hardin. dr. hardin is a professor of history at mcmurray university in abilene. he's the author of "the texas rangers," the award-winning "texian iliad," "the military history of the texas revolution." "the alamo 1836: santa ana's texas campaign." and "texian macabrar:p the melancholy tale of a hanging in early houston." additionally he's the editor of the book "lone star: the republic of texas 1836 to 1846." and is the author of more than a dozen scholarly articles enjoye

eastern at c-span 2. also today live coverage of the indiana senate republican primary debate between senator richard luger and the challenger who serves as indiana's treasurer. the primary is held on may 8th. that debate begins live at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span or listen on c-span radio. >>> and as congress continues its two week recess, all this week on c-span 3 we're showing you american history tv in primetime. tonight from our oral history series a look at the life and career of president nixon. you'll see programs on the impeachment charges brought against the president, the oval office meeting with elvis presley and an interview with david guerra again who began his political career on the nixon speech writing team and later wrote the president's resignation letter. that all begins tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span 3. >>> april 15th, 1912, nearly 1500 perish on the ship called unsinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sound the lookout sighted an iceberg ahead they struck the bells three ti

the nixon tapes on c-span radio. >>> welcome back. you're listening to "washington today" here on c-span radio, some news today, late this afternoon on capitol hill the house is going to vote friday on a republican bill that would prevent interest rates on federal student loans from doubling this summer. it would be paid for by cutting money from the president's health care overhaul law. the announcement from john boehner coming the same day the president was wrapping up his two day three state tour to college campuses. yesterday in north carolina and colorado, today in iowa at the university of iowa. it was a rather abrupt announcement by the speaker of the house who said that the president was looking for a fight when really there was not one if congress fails to act the student loan interest rates will double from 3.4% to 6.8% in july. it's an the election year increase set by law unless congress blocks it. could it affect as many as 7.5 million students when both parties are competing for the vote and a affection of the youth vote

sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a." >>> this saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv, join our live call-in program with distinguished navy s.e.a.l. and author chris kyle as he talks about his life, from professional rodeo rider to becoming the most lethal sniper in u.s. military history. at 10:00 p.m. on "afterwords" -- >> if you think of yourself as a family and if you think of yourself as a team -- and she said, you know, when i get a raise at work he's so proud of me and it's like we got a raise, our family got a raise. but i really felt as though she had redefined providing to include what her husband does and that she had a lot of respect for what her husband was doing. >> "the richer sex" author liza mundy on the changing role of women as the bread winners of the family and how this impacts thfr lives. also this weekend, "america the beautiful." director of pediatric neurosurgery at johns hopkins ben carson compares the declines of many pyres past with america and shares his thoughts on what should be done to avoid a similar fate. sunday at 3:30. book tv. ev

c-span will have live coverage. c-span 2 will be live with the look at drones in the u.s. and the impact on privacy, safety and national security. the discussion hosted by the brookings institution. all this week here on c-span3 we're featuring a look at the president's 2013 budget request. this afternoon at 5:25 eastern, veterans administration secretary, both president obama and house republicans want an increase for the department. and at 8:00 eastern, american history tv prime time, and a look at who "time" magazine might pick for person of the year in 1862. james mcpherson is among the historians who nominate for the most influential person on the stage 150 years ago. >> c-span's 2012 local content vehicles cities tour takes our book tv and american history tv programming on the road the first weekend of each month. this past featured little rock, arkansas with book tv at the university of arkansas. >> he was interested in the 19th century. the civil war. these are two friends, union and confederate, who knew each other prior to the civil war, who fought against each

eastern on c-span. you can also watch online at cspan.org or listen on c-span radio. >> i walked out after the iowa caucus victory and said "game on." i know a lot of folks will write, maybe even at the white house, "game over." but this game is a long, long, long way from over. we are going to continue to go out there and fight to make sure that we defeat president barack obama, that we win the house back and that we take the united states senate and we stand for the values that make us americans. that make us the greatest country in the history of the world, that shining city on the hill, to be a beacon for everybody for freedom around the world. >> with that announcement rick santorum ended his 2012 presidential bid, a process the former pennsylvania senator began in 2009. follow the steps he took along the road to the white house online at the c-span video library. with every c-span program since 1987. >>> this weekend on newsmakers, we take a look at some of the most competitive senate races this y

what can we expect for viewers watches on c-span 2 or listening on c-span radio in the senate debate next week? >> the republicans will put forward an alternative. i think they're still discussing what's going to be in it. it would certainly provide the grants to local law enforcement that's really the meat of the bill. it might deal with some of those provisions i discussed earlier differently than what the democrats have done. the truth is the original bill, the democratic version, had 61 co-sponsors and included eight republicans, one of them is mark kirk, ailing from a stroke he suffered several months ago so he is not around. they're right at 60. if democrats can keep the republicans on board that sponsored the measure, it is going to go through. >> rosalynn following the story for the "washington post" joining us live on capitol hill. thanks very much for being with us. prosecute esh your perspective. >> thanks so much. >> news on the vice presidential front within the last hour. senator rob portman making an appearance on the jong king program, of course asked about the potent

. >>> on c-span 2, book tv's weekend program. tonight, a glimpse into the lives of former and current u.s. senators, starting at 8:30 p.m. eastern with former pennsylvania senator arlen specter, and his life among the cannibals. at 9:25, john shaw on the senator from indiana, richard g. luger. and at 10:00, former senator alan simpson with donald hardy, author of "shooting from the lip", a biography of the wyoming senator. book tv and prime time. all week on c-span 2. >>> the slu has believed for some time that police departments around the country are tracking people's cell phone on a routine basis, often without getting a warrant based on probably cause. >> should tracking a cell phone require a warrant? tonight, american civil liberties union attorney kathryn crump on police use of technology for surveillance purposes and whether current law adequately protects an individual's right to privacy on c-span 2. >>> here we go. welcome aboard the water taxi, everybody. beautiful day in downtown oklahoma city. i'm captain rick. i liv

eastern on c-span. for more information, go to c- span.org. >> this year's studentcam competition asks students across the country what part of the constitution was important to them and why. today's first prize winner in high school selected article 1. patents and copyrights is one of the essential powers given to the federal government in our nation's founding. >> one of the enumerated powers of the congress, patent laws. >> whenever i'm working on a video project, copyright it is important. this goes back to intellectual property. intellectual property is a promise from the government to legally protect creators from having others copy their content for a limited amount of time in exchange for their release in the content into the market. this is done to spur economic growth and encourage progress. this started in england. when it became time to set up a new government, our founding fathers made sure intellectual property was included. >> our founding fathers recognized that in order to overcome the

and watch the entire dinner, only on c-span. you can also sync up your experience online at c-span's dinner hub. find the celebrity guest list, highlights of past dinners, plus blog and social media posts at c-span.org/whcd. the white house correspondent's dinner live saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> with an increasing number of people accessing video content online and on a myriad of mobile devices, the senate commerce committee on tuesday looked at what the changes mean for consumers, for technology, and for the price of access. witnesses include the former ceo of paramount and fox as well as executives from amazon.com, microsoft, and the nielsen company. this is two hours. >> good morning, everybody. we have a very distinguished panel this morning. not that we don't always, but this is particularly so. and we welcome you all. there will be hopefully thousands of senators coming to surround to ask questions about the impenetrable future. but anyway, this hearing is about the emergence of wrong line video and the po

you can sync up your experience online at c-span's dinner hub. find the celebrity guest list, highlights of past dinners, plus blog and social media posts at cspan.org/whcd. the white house core respondents dinner live saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the social security trust fund will not be able to pay out full benefits beginning in 2033, three years earlier than projected last year according to an annual report released by social security trustees. treasury secretary geithner was joined by health and human services secretary and labor secretary. he accredited the affordable care act with setting the medicare program on path to save $200 billion by 2016, but acknowledge that had the program still will exhaust funds by 2024. that's the same prediction as last year. this is about 30 minutes. >> every year reports are issued to congress on the strength of these two indispensable programs. and we just met to complete this review and transmit to congress on these reports. millions of americans rely on social security and medicare for inc

the c-span video library every c-span program since 1987. >> president obama this afternoon will visit boca raton, florida, to discuss taxes. you can see his remarks on our companion network c-span. live coverage at 2:55 eastern. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. susan rice testified on capitol hill about the obama administration's foreign operations budget. some members questioned the $79 million for unesco, the u.n. scientific and education organization because the body has allowed palestinian as a member. ambassador rice's testimony is about an hour and a half. >> we will come to order. i want to welcome everyone to today's hearing. ambassador rice thank you for being with us today to give testimony and answer our questions on the administration's budget request for the united nations and international organizations. i know it's been a very challenging year since you last testified before this committee. we commend you for your efforts to get the international community to pressure iran to stop pursuing nuclear weapons. you've also pushed the u.n. to assist countries in the middle eas

you can also sync up your experience at c-span's dinner hub. find the celebrity guest list, highlights of past dinners plus blogs and social media posts at c-span.org/whcd. the white house correspondents dinner' at 6:30 eastern sunday on c-span. >>> just a moment ago the senate agriculture committee approved the 2012 farm bill. the bill would end direct cash payments to farmers saving $50 billion over the next decade. most of that money would be put into a new insurance program to pay farmers if crop and commodity prices fall beneath a certain level. it would also consolidate nutrition programs. here's the start of the meeting starting with an opening statement from chairman debbie stabenow. >> now, this committee is unique. our hearing room doesn't have a raised dais. instead we sit around a table, not unlike the tables that american families, american farmers sit

it gets under way tuesday morning live on c-span 2 at 5:00 a.m. eastern with james murdoch, former chairman of the news corporation's british newspaper division. and wednesday and thursday also at 5:00 in the morning, rupert murdoch answers questions about the phone hacking. that's also live on c-span 2. >>> it's been more than 20 years since los angeles police officers were videotaped beating rodney king after a traffic stop. the officers were found not guilty of police brutality, sparking the 1992 los angeles rioting that killed 53 people. rodney king recently published an autobiography, "the riot within." tomorrow he speaks at the shoemburg center in harlem. you can see the event live on bo booktv.org. >>> the federal reserve reports that u.s. manufacturing increased 10% in the first thee months of the year, but manufacturing has dropped slightly this month. commerce secretary john bryce jon testified about efforts to boost manufacturing. congresswoman mary bono mac chaired the hearing. >>> if the senate committee could please come to order. go

this is c-span 3. 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. each weekend on american history tv learn more about the presidents, their policies and legacies, through their historic speeches and discussions with leading historians. every sunday morning at 8:30 eastern and again at 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. here on c-span 3. and to find out more about the series and our other programming, including our weekend schedules and online video, visit c-span.org/history. while the founding fathers get the credit for the creation of america, without the encouragement and work of many women things may have ended up differently. next, george mason university history professor rosemarie zagarri examines the role women played in generating support for the revolutionary war. this is a

on c-span 2, book tv's programs in prime time. get a glimpse into the lives of senators starting at 8:30 p.m. eastern with senator arlen spector and his life among the canabl canables. then john shau. and at 10:00, a book party with allen simpson. book tv in prime time, all week on c-span 2. >>> four years ago, i was a washington outsider. four years later, i'm at this dinner. four years ago, i looked like this. today i look like this. and four years from now, i will look like this. that's not even funny. >> mr. president, you remember when the country rallied around you in hopes of a better tomorrow? that was hilarious. that was your best one yet. but honestly, it's a thrill for me to be here with the president. a man who has done his best to guide us through difficult times and paid a heavy price for it. there's a turn for guys like president obama. probably not two terms. >> miss any part of the dinner? you can watch online at the c-span video library. behind the scenes, the red carpet, and all the entertainme entertainment. >>

thank you very much. >>> here's a look at the c-span networks today. on c-span live at 12:00 p.m. eastern, the brady center holds a news conference on how to prevent gun violence. victims of gun violence from across the u.s. are expected to speak. coming up on c-span2 live at 1:00 p.m., a look at america's tax policy, an event hosted by americans for tax reform. grover norquist is one toffee chured speakers. and then on c-span 3, a house oversight hearing examining the spending report related to a 2010 las vegas convention costing over $800,000. the event's live at 1:30 p.m. eastern. >>> frankly, we owe it to our first responders to give them a modern communications network, and that's e

west coast and here on c-span radio.ere in washington on capitol hill before the u.s. supreme court the case of the arizona immigration law. meanwhile in arizona about 25 tea party supporters gather in the state capitol as they support the arizona immigration law. supporters of the measure making a point that they support legal immigration but not illegal immigration. we talked about this in our last hour. some background on exactly what the court will be deciding. we expect a decision by the supreme court by mid to late june. jan brewer is the governor of washington. she was here in washington inside the courtroom, supporting the bill she signed into law and after the oral arguments which ran about 80 minutes, governor brewer spoke to reporters. >> i'm very, very encouraged of what we were all able to view today and hear. i thought that the hearing went very, very well. i feel very confident as i walked out of there that we will get a favorable ruling in late june. i'm very impressed with the fact that they gave us extr

and watch the entire dinner only on c-span. you can also sync up your experience online at c-span's dinner hub. find the celebrity guest list, highlights of past dinners, plus blog and social media posts at c-span.org/whcd. the white house correspondents dinner live saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> the senate homeland security committee heard testimony today on research that can be used for both acts of scientific innovation and bioterrorism. witnesses including administration and health officials discuss recent policy from the national institute of health on this dual-use research and examined ways to make sure highly infectious diseases like the avien flu don't turn into a worldwide pandemic. >> hearing will come to order. good morning and thanks very much to our really distinguished panel of witnesses. we use the word distinguished around here very easily, but it actually does relate to this panel. and i thank you for being here. if i may begin by looking back a bit. in 1851 a revolution in medicine already under

welcome, and welcome to our c-span audience. we're live on c-span. this is the women, money, and power forum, sponsored by the feminist majority and 51 women's rights, labor, and civil rights organizations. welcome. i'm going to just briefly describe the her vote coalition, and you're going to hear from some of its key leadership, and what we're doing to mobilize women's vote in the 2012 election. last august, in recognition of the anniversary of the 19th amendment, which women won the right to vote, and in recognition of the great 1963 civil rights march on washington, which happened in the same month, a coalition of women's organizations announced a new multiorganization effort called "her vote." the goal -- [ applause ] >> the goal of her vote is to preserve her rights. health and economic rights for women that are at stake in the 2012 election. there are now 52 groups that literally represent millions of activist women in this country that have come together to harness the growing power of women in the united states. you know that women now compr

live coverage at 10:00 eastern here on c-span 3. later in the day the senate budget committee chaired by senator kent conrad will begin work on the 2013 budget. live coverage of the markup begins at 2:00 p.m. eastern, also on c-span 3. >>> this week actor alec baldwin is on capitol hill asking members of congress for more funding for the arts. that's next on c-span 3. then a conversation on u.s. dependence on foreign oil. later a panel discussion with business leaders on ways to increase u.s. exports. >>> from the colonial era, prohibition, to today. drinking for better or worse has always been a part of the american landscape. saturday night live on american history tv a history of alcohol in america. watch our simulcast of "backstory" with the american history guys. host ed ayers, peter onoff and edward gallo regale with tales of spirits in america. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >>> actor alec baldwin is in washington, d.c. this week promoting federal funding for arts and education programs. he spoke at the

you can watch any time online at the c-span video library. behind the scenes, the red carpet and all the entertainment at c-span.org/video library. >>> the senate banking, housing and urban affairs committee recently held a hearing on the mf global collapse, the sixth such hearing in recent weeks. this one focused on the lessons learned and the policy implications. cftc commissioner jill summers testified along with other regulators and the bankruptcy trustee. mf global filed for bankruptcy on october 31st. it's the eighth largest u.s. bankruptcy. this is just under two hours. >>> we'll examine the lessoned learns of the collapse of mf global. the misuse of customer accounts by one of the world's largest derivatives brokers as shaken confidence in our markets and deserves a thoughtful discussion of how to better protect farmers, ranchers, and investors going forward. but before we get to these important issues, i would like to express my deep concern that almost six months after mf global's bankruptcy thousands of former customers still have

the c-span library, every c-span program thins 1987. >>> april 15th, 1912, nearly 1,500 perished on the ship called unsinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sounded, once the lookout sighted and iceberg ahead they struck the bells three times. ding, ding, ding. which is a warning saying that there's some object ahead. doesn't mean dead ahead. it means ahead of the ship and it doesn't say what kind of object. with the lookout, what they then did after striking the bell went to a telephone mast and called down to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is that they saw. and when the phone was finally answered, the entire conversation was, what do you see? and the response was, iceberg right ahead. and the response from the officer was, thank you. >> samuel helper on the truths and myths of that night. sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern. part of american history tv. this weekend on c-span3. >>> north korea plans a missile test as early as tomorrow to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the country founder. the country says the missile launch will put a satellite into orbit, but th

caller: hi, c-span. thank you for c-span incidentally. i'm supporting brown because he's the solid backer of affordable health care law. i work with a number of republicans where i work and they were all against this affordable health care law. but guess what? they announced they're going to close our company and move the work to canada and tennessee and now, some of the gentlemen that were totally against the affordable health care are realizing that that's really going to help them in the transition between this job and the next job if it takes maybe a year to get reemployed. and all of a sudden, it's not such a bad idea. it's funny when it doesn't affect you. it's terrible. but when all of a sudden you're affected by bad things happening, it becomes wonderful. host: joe, how is the ohio economy? are you seeing any signs of recovery? caller: well, the ohio economy isn't doing so bad but like i say, they're closing the plant that i work in and move the jobs to canada and tennessee. and poland and probably china. host: thank you for your

that's live tomorrow on c-span starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern. tonight on c-span 3 american history tv looks at the battle of hampton roads. that civil war naval conflict was the first combat between ironclad warships from the mariners museum in new port news museum tonight at 8:00 eastern. >> our specific mission is to work to see to it that human rights remain an essential component of american foreign policy. and that when we are evaluating our foreign policy moves globally, human rights can never be the only consideration but it has to be part of the dialogue. >> we have the president and ceo of the lantos foundation for human rights and justice. >> when we abandon our deepest values when we're talking about torture as it relates to the war on terror or the reset policy with russia and the upcoming issue of whether or not the u.s. congress should pass the accountability act, which is we don't need to go into the details of that policy issue. but whether or not we're going to stay on record as saying the human rights matter. they matter in rus

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, yes. >> or did like many people have to wait for the political realm to shift more in lincoln's favor? >> well, of course, both parts of your question are true. there's no question, douglass thought there should have been black troops in the union army from june of 1861. you can read his editorials and public 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 into the union army. there were black men desiring and offering to enlist right after fort sumter and douglass was advocating that. and he was advocating it even more strongly in 1862. once it finally came, of course, douglas was not only grateful, he joined the cause by becoming one of the principal recruiters of black soldiers. he was one of the

we have more live events coming up on the c-span networks, 12:35 eastern on our c-span 2, an aviation summit. presenttives of the aviationtry. live at 2:30 on c-span, afghanistan's defense and interior ministers will speak at the center for strategic and international studies about partnership with the u.s. starting at 2:30 eastern. later tonight here on c-span3, american history tv looks back at the battle of hampton roads, that conflict known as the battle was the first between ironclad ships. again, waiting for former president bill clinton, he will be delivering the keynote address at the ex-im bank conference. foreign ministers from the g-8 countries are meeting this week. secretary of state hillary clinton opened the meeting yesterday at blair house across from the white house. top items include iran, syria and north korea. >> once again welcome to the historic blair house here in washington. i greatly appreciate this opportunity to discuss in person the many global issues that require joint leadership from the g-8 nations. the events of this past year, even of just this past we

caller: thank you for c-span. your first speaker said the white house --hundreds of laws have been passed against women since the republicans have been in office. second, romney is the only well person i ever hear on television who has to constantly brag about who he knows that owns what and what kind of cars he has. second, the catholic church and other churches if are supposed to abide by all federal laws as other groups. they do not pay taxes and they receive federal grants, so they are not to discriminate in any other way that any other job does. last, i have a complaint against c-span and all other major news outlets. since this president has been in office, you know longer show was a point of view of the size of the audience that he speaks to. no longer do. we see do we see the first three rows when he walks along and shakes hands, but when you show rick perry, you do show the size of the audience. you zoom out for romney and show the size of the audience. when christie's spoke at the reagan library, you sho

the weekend of may 5th and 6th from oklahoma city on c-span 2 and 3. each weekend on american history tv learn more about the presidents, their policies and legacies through their historic speeches and discussions with leading historians. every sunday morning at 8:30 eastern and again at 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. here on c-span 3 and to find out more about the series and our other programming including our weekend schedules and online video. next, radio talk show host moderates a panel discussion on teaching constitutional history. david mccullough and gordon wood join a panel of five other historians and scholars at this event. it's a little over an hour. >>> you know, i think we should begin by thanking david boren for this extraordinary day. [ applause ] as i enter the stand, he picks up opponent to david mccullough. come out to the university of oklahoma. we need you to do this or any of these wonderful minds sitting here on this stage. as david has said our focus is teaching the u.s. constitutional history in the 21st century. i love akhil's story

thank you for having c-span. i am known as a c-span junkie in my neighborhood. i watched the show religiously. what i'm going through right now is we are processing a short sale. i am sure you are familiar with that term. it seems the government is starting to foreclosed properties again on sub-prime financing, and there is a new surge. the people better in the business of doing the processing for the banks, and i presume that is outsourced, do not hire more people. they do not hire qualified people. the processing has grown from 6- to-eight weeks. i am one in my 10th week. i am the procurement agent. i have no idea who the contact person the other agent is contacting is. we are just falling behind. the buyer is getting discouraged through the whole transaction, and in the meantime the property values are still falling. my question is, who is responsible? it used to be in 2007 that the seller had to get a 1099 from the government to pay the differences. who was responsible for the processing fees incurred during the short sell? host: conrad, since you have been

on c-span's "q&a."ay 6, look for our interview with robert caro on the multi- volume biography of the 36th president, lyndon johnson. >> "washington journal" continues. host: the debate going on about the future of the post office. looking at postal service legislation. here to talk this through with, rachel bade, staff writer ed "congressional quarterly." can you tell us what is expected from the senate specifically when it comes to the postal service today? guest: absolutely. the senate today is expected to pass a much awaited overhaul of the u.s. postal service. the service in the past two years has been in the financial front. they are a 200-year-old institution basically having trouble conforming to the 21st century. whereas most businesses could downsize or make changes to address challenges, the postal service has -- congress. congress is considering, the senate specifically today, joseph lieberman's bill that is bipartisan. it has democratic and republican co-sponsors but it is also still a litt