c-span: that little kids can sign. just as she can. she was very helpful. c-span: how old is she?> guest: on the time we were shooting she was four. c-span: how much shooting did you do with each family? >> guest: we shot for a total of four months. from february until may. the idea was to get to know the family and their allies and circumstances entering in the months leading up to the lottery, with the lottery being the chromatic event that brings all of these different people together. and that vary the amount of time we stuck with them. if you've ever been in a new york apartment, you know there are very small way to fix the five cameraman and a lot of equipment. we try to do it in short bursts. c-span: how come you said she lives right down the street from you. >> guest: i live in upper manhattan. c-span: if you've never been to harlem, where it is a start finish? >> guest: that's a good question. it depends who you ask because they're safer neighborhoods in upper manhattan. sugar hill i think it is called us on 145th street and some people consider that part of harlem and so

c-span: heart attack? >> guest: yes. c-span: mrs. johnson. you have a chapter -- let me just ask you, first, why did you devote a chapter called lady bird? >> guest: well, i think that the story of lady bird johnson's transformation, which in this book, "means of ascent, is what the lady bird chapter is about, is one of the most wonderful stories that i ever heard. you know, she was so shy as a girl, she had this really painful public shyness, where she couldn't bear to speak in public. when she was in high school, she told me, she prayed that if she finished first or second in the class and would have to give a speech as valedictorian or salutatorian at her graduation, she prayed that she would get smallpox, and i wrote, "she would rather risk the scars than speak in public." now, she marries lyndon johnson. she, of course, cannot campaign for him, make speeches for him. more than that, she doesn't participate in the political part of his life at all, and i asked her why not and she said, "well, i didn't want to be part of absolutely everyth

c-span: why?>> guest: well, they are the service that have really courageously sort of stuck to their guns, not to make a--a pun. i mean, they have--the other services are incredibly sort of other directed. they--they--they just seem weaker and more afraid. they're much more timorous in the face on congress. they're much more timorous in the face of the press. the marines have stayed the course. they have--they've given little concessions here and there to a congress, you know, demanding that they become less mean and warlike and all those things, but they have stayed the course and i--and i think in the core--core matters. c-span: are there any women in combat forces? >> guest: no. c-span: have there ever been a--a woman in our--any combat action in thi--in this country's history? >> guest: well, unofficially and illegally. c-span: but, i mean officially? >> guest: no, not officially. c-span: will that ever happen based on what you've been finding? >> guest: it could. it really could. it just dep

c-span: alfred p. sloan foundation. >> guest: the sloan foundation sponsored the management side of mcnamara. they gave me a little -- a little bit of help with my early management work. alfred p. sloan, as you probably know, overhauled general motors, made a huge fortune. and as my book explains, when mcnamara and these young guys left the army air force, were looking for someplace to try their skills, they got to ford and they were going to make it over in the image of sloan and gm. so actually alfred sloan not only -- foundation supported the book, but his management is discussed directly in the -- he's like a character in this book. c-span: and what did they do for you in this project? >> guest: they gave me a little financial support on two occasions. c-span: now do they have a point of view? >> guest: no. c-span: the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. >> guest: no, that is a program that has no point of view. it's a program for peace and security writing. and it gives grants to indivi

c-span: where are you from? >> guest: i am a native northerner, born in the upper peninsula of michigan, grew up in wisconsin and went to the university of michigan in ann arbor. so, good solid midwestern roots. c-span: what was your major in school? >> guest: i was both an english and history major in ann arbor, but i worked four years on the michigan daily and, i think, as much as anything, that was the central fact of my college years. c-span: when was the first time you can remember seeing strom thurmond in person? >> guest: the first time i can remember seeing him in person, i believe, is when i went over to my first judiciary committee meeting in the late summer of 1979. i had moved up here from raleigh, north carolina, where i worked for the news and observer to take the beat for congressional quarterly that has been available, principally, to someone with a legal background, which i have. i had heard of him when i was growing up, but in traditional northern terms, that this was an old segregationist who

c-span: what'd you do?> guest: i edited culture columns and religion columns, and i wrote about higher education. c-span: how did you get that job? >> guest: let's see. well, i worked at other magazines. i think i worked at "commentary magazine," i interned at the journal, actually, right out of college, and i wrote another book prior to joining the journal which was about religious colleges in america called "god on the quad." c-span: and why did you do that? >> guest: why did i write about -- c-span: where'd you get the interest in "god on the quad"? >> guest: well, i visited two schools that had just opened up, one was called patrick henry, and i wrote a piece in a magazine and wanted to look into why these schools were growing so rapidly. c-span: patrick henry's right down in virginia. where's the other? is that down in florida? >> guest: when i visited, it was in ann arbor, michigan. c-span: what did you find out about those two schools that you find most interesting? >> guest: they were attracting som

c-span: how long are they? guest: not more than 500 words, although we saw some were 12 under with a limit. c-span: can you write one essay? >> guest: the common application is one standard essay. it has there's so many schools taking the common application which is one application online that the investor probably more than half of the colleges in the united states take your common application. the schools in addition got a few more assays. there are usually available to kids something straightforward words tell us something about ourselves. right about something intimate about yourself. well, i know for many years of feeling out of it, writing about yourself is an extremely difficult thing to do without. they say many of them are prepared to do, a lot of them don't like to do. my son, have a 17-yard comments came up. he's not introspective and why should he be? i wasn't at that age. and it's intrusive. and how come he certifies the kid to reveal something that may not be their business. c-span: could you have

c-span: dr.turner, president of southern methodist university, is it true you have not spoken the truth shall set you free? >> guest: that was the motto that was identified that accompanied the opening of the school when it was founded in 1911 and opened in 1915 so that is the motto. c-span: what does it mean today to you? >> guest: i think it means to all of us the truth will set you free. that means the basic goal of institution is to try to find truth whether that is in our research efforts in teaching or in the human experiences or whatever. of course ultimately the goal is to find what is really there. c-span: what is the toughest part of being a president today and what is the best part of being the president? >> guest: the toughest part of being a president, i tell people when they say what is your job description? i say it's a coordination of incompatible forces, and truthfully that pretty much is the case. if you're in business you have got one basic goal and that is to increase sharehol

here on c-span 3 at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the resources committee on the role of the federal government in energy innovation. witnesses include former lockheed martin ceo norman augustine. they recently published a report concluding the government has an integral role to play in the process. also at 10:00, over on c-span, the senate banking committee is holding a hearing on the derivatives market and the ongoing implementation of the dodd/frank law, a provision known as the volcker rule would limit trading by banks for their own accounts. jpmorgan recently announced a more than $2 billion trading loss. >>> congressman, there are people who look at what happened with jpmorgan and they say here is a company made a stupid decision, did something dumb, lost money, didn't collapse, fired people who were responsible. this is the market at work. this is how it's supposed to happen. why does the government need to play a role? >> well, to some extent that's true but i take credit for it. if this had happened five years ago,

eastern, again on c-span 2. and coming up tonight, a debate between the candidates running in wisconsin's gubernatorial recall election. republican incumbent scott walker is being challenged by milwaukee's democratic bear, tom barrett. watch this live tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> join us on memorial day for a pair of remembrance ceremonies. president obama is expected to be at the annual event taking place at arlington national cemetery and our live coverage starts around 10:50 a.m. eastern. later in the day it's another ceremony, this one taking place at the vietnam veterans memorial. we'll have that live for you as well starting at 1:00 p.m. both on our companion network, c-span. >>> there's an extra day of book tv this holiday weekend on c-span 2. aaron burr may be best remembered for his duel with alexander hamillton. saturday night at 8:30 eastern and afterwards the former director for asian affairs at the national security council, victor cha on the impossible state, north korea. >> the dial

2 and c-span 3. brokaw joining us on book tv starting at 9:00 eastern, three hours in depth including his best selling book "the greatest generation" that's coming up today here on the c-span networks. we're going to take a short break and come back in a moment. host: joining us from harvard is trey grayson, the director of politics a study looking at young people in 2012. thank you for being with us. guest: good morning, steve, glad to be here. host: as you look at this study and look specifically at where young people are and where they were in 2008 when they overwhelmingly supported the president in his election efforts, where are they today in 2012? guest: the president, i think, has a little bit of work to do to try to get back to where he was in 2008. and he may never get there. it was really a historic election but young millenials, the folks that we surveyed are very concerned about the economy and less supportive of the president today than they were during that 2008 election. host: why? gue

and i thank c-span-fo for covin this event. we appreciate it. today's program is titled "the multi-stakeholder privatized internet governance model: can it survive threats from the u.n.?" now, i understand that the potential threats to the internet that we're going to be discussing today are going to arise if at all in the international telecommune kankcs union or itu, but the itu operates under the u.n. auspices and it's one of the u.n.'s specialized treaty organizations. that's why sometimes today we may be referring to the itu or the u.n., which is apparent body of the itu. now, more specifically the issues we're going to be discussing today will likely arise in the context of a particular itu sponsored conference called "wicked" 2012. champion will take place this december in dubai. no, i didn't say wicked as in wicked witch. but wicked as in w-i-c-t, which stands for the world conference on international communications. so there have been concerns expressed and the commissioner mcdowell was one of the early concerns that some countries migh

on c-span at 2:00 eastern. c-span 2, a day look at the u.s. economy. focusing on government spend, housing market, federal banks, tax rates and other topics, live on c-span 2. tonight here on c-span 3, american history tv prime time all this week, while congress is on break. tonight historians talk about the fight against slavery. that begins at 8:00 eastern. >>> join american history tv and book tv this weekend as we feature the history and literary culture of oklahoma city's capital. on american history tv, visit the site of the oklahoma city bombing and land runs and native american tribes of the area. that is this weekend here on c-span 3. >>> between 1971 and 1973, president richard nixon secretly recorded nearly 4,000 hours of phone calls and meetings. >> always agree on the little things. and then you hold on the big one. hell i've done this so often in conversations with people, we'll concede that, make them feel good, don't give them the big one. >> every saturday this morning on c-span radio hear more of the nixon tapes including discussions

that's live today on c-span at 12:15 eastern time on c-span 2.e're talking about the president's counterterrorism strategy, what you think about it. there's talk of a secret "kill list" that the president get personally involved in looking at. let's go to greenbelt, maryland. tony is a republican caller. caller: good morning, c-span. i am very conservative, conservative when it comes to killing people. i don't understand how the american people can put up with the fact that just because some people claim that some people are terrorists that they are supposed to believe it. no evidence, just saying and you should believe it. i don't understand where al qaeda came from. unlike since 9/11 of cod is everywhere. it there's no proof al qaeda exists. these people cannot even afford shoes in afghanistan, yet we are involved in a 10-year war with these people that are very poor. terrorism has become our business. it is an unending war. host: albany, new york, charles, democratic line. caller: good morning, thanks for the program. i remember growing up in

seen every weekend on c-span 3. our lectures and history series continues with former defense secretary donald rumsfeld on the bush doctrine, compassionate conservatism and the war on terror. and in two hours, a look at urban america in the mid 20th century with college professor brian purnell. he teaches a course on the political, social dynamics of u.s. cities after world war ii. american history tv all week on c-span 3. >>> each weekend you can see lectures in history from colleges around the country. they're here on c-span 3 on american history tv every saturday at 8:00 p.m. at midnight eastern, and sundays at 1:00 p.m. next former defense secretary donald rumsfeld on the bush doctrine. he spoke at the citadel in charleston, south carolina, for two hours. >> well, mallory, thank you so much for your kind words and thanks to the citadel for the invitation and the hospitality and the wonderful tour that i had today. it is an impressive institution. general, it is good to see you again, having served on the joint s

on c-span. in looking ahead news makeers this sunday, democratic national committee chair debbie wasserman schultz talks about the presidential race, the political landscape for the u.s. house and senate this year, and money in politics in the 2012 cycle. that's on c-span at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. then on monday c-span's live memorial day coverage begins with president obama at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery. speakers including defense secretary leon panetta and actor tom selleck will be live at the vietnam veterans memorial for an observance at the wall. our live coverage begins at 10:50 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i want people to get from the book is a better understanding of who she was, what she was like because there have been a lot of books written and most of it has been written by people who have talked to friends and friends of friends, maybe don't have the information themselves. i happened to be there. i knew her. >> from late 1960 through 19

caller: thank you for c-span. i get direct information by watching c-span. i hear it for myself.erhaps this is an oversimplification. immigration. you have one piece of pie then you encourage the rest of the world to get a slice. they are getting very well off, especially with mexican immigration. they come over here at and can work for $4 an hour. you see line at sending it back to mexico. i am not a racist. i have great respect for the bond that they have. the poor people have to bond tally because they do not have anything left. host: college education -- the columnist in "the new york times," a column about the challenges that college graduates face. "they are entering an economy with the wrong portfolio, in many cases." guest: one of the sad realities is that we have been under producing college graduates of for a long time. since the end of the 1980-1981 recession, the demand for college graduates increased over time by about 3% a year. the supply to produce college graduates went up by one percentage. that is a difference of 2%. we have drawn down more in health care and t

eastern here on c-span radio. >>> this is "washington today" on c-span radio. the president's budget suffering a second defeat today when senators voted 99-0 to reject it. this couples with the house's rejection in march means that the president's budget has failed to win a single vote of support this year. republicans offering the president's plan on the senate floor. democrats disputed that it was the president's plan arguing that a slim amendment did not match what the president's budget document included which was thousands of pages. republicans say they use the president's numbers in their proposal so faithfully trying to represent the plan. senator jeff sessions even challenged democrats on the senate floor to point out any of the errors in the numbers and he would correct them. according toor the washington post no one took up the challenge. the debate that took place, a number of republican amendments on the budget also failing in the senate today setting up more debate on the budget and spending issues on capitol hill. here is how it unfolded. senator

american history tv in prime time all week on c-span 3.ext on american history tv a discussion on world war ii reporting and censorship and the experience of the associated press reporter ed kennedy. mr. kennedy was fired in 1945 after he defied a military embargo by reporting on germany's surrender a day before the official announcement. in early may of this year the associated press apologized for having fired kennedy. the national press club hosted this one-hour event. >>> good evening and welcome to the national press club. i'm rick did you know ham, the washington pure owe bureau chief and in my extracurricular life i'm part of the educational and charitable arm of the national press club. this event is mopping other things a fund-raiser for the press club journalism institute and the good programs we do so that every book you buy, not only will benefit the authors as it should but will benefit the national press club journalism institute. if you haven't already bought the book, i would recommend it. and that's the end of my ad there.

follow the house live on c-span. and the senate's continuing work on its version of a student loan bill. the measure seeks to prevent the doubling of student loan interest rates, is currently at 3.4%, and they're due to rise to 6.8% july 1st. earlier this week, the chamber failed to advance the legislation, and it's still unclear where the measure goes from here. follow the senate live on c-span 2. >>> furthermore, i remain optimistic about the future of indiana, and the united states of america. the news media and political leaders spend a great deal of time talking about what is broken in our country. and in some degree, that is the nature of their business. but we should also have confidence that the unique american experiment is alive and well. and our political system still can work. >> tuesday night, long-time indiana republican senator richard luger lost to primary challenger richard murdoch. look back at senator lugers 's, six-term career, including his work in the '90s. all online, archived and searchable at

three and across the c-span networks. they did pass a $246 billion defense authorization bill. can you find all of yesterday's markup session in our video library at c-span.org. the house itself did come in this morning about a half an hour ago. the budget sequester bill replaces $98 billion in cuts in defense and social programs with different cuts. we spoke to a capitol hill reporter for a preview on today's debate. >> the house on thursday is expected to take up two measures aiming to avert a sequester of defense funds. we're joined by kathleen hunter with bloomberg news joining us from capitol hill. y remind us again what the sequester would do and what are the two goals of these two pieces of legislation? >> well, the sequester is a mek and of that was put in place last year in august when congress passed legislation raising the debt ceiling. as a condition of that, they agreed to put in place some automatic cuts to programs starting in january of 2013. so what's going to happen this week in the house, as you mention

watch for programming from wichita, kansas on book tv and american history tv on c-span 2 and 3. >>> saturdays this month, c-span radio is airing more from the nixon tapes, secretly recorded phone conversations from 1971 to 1973. this saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern, hear conversations between president nixon and white house special counsel and key adviser chuck colson, who passed away last month as they talk about the democratic presidential nominee, george mcgovern. >> he doesn't have the stuff, mr. president. he really doesn't. >> you really think so? >> no. and he is on the verge of an impending -- >> disaster? >> disaster from his side. and everything he has done has

and thank you very much and have a wonderful afternoon. >>> live coverage here on c-span 3 of several senate hearings on tuesday. at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the senate subcommittee on primary health and aging. we'll hear testimony about efforts to reward innovation and develop incentives for sharing hiv/aids research. then at 1:00, the senate subcommittee on human rights will hold a hearing on the developments in the chen guangcheng case, the blind human rights activist seeking asylum in the united states after he and his family were detained without charge for 19 months. mr. chen is currently awaiting travel documents to come to the u.s. >>> over the past year, c-span's local content vehicles cities tour has taken book tv and american history telephone on the road. from tampa to savannah, charleston to knoxville, birmingham and baton rouge, and last month in oklahoma city. the lcv crews have visited the places that define a city's literary and heritage life. watch for programming from wichita, kansas on book tv and american history tv on c-span 2 and 3. >>> saturdays this month, c-span r

the house is live right now on c-span. the senate is considering five alternative budget resolutions for next year all offered by republicans. up to six hours on debate on budget today. you can see it all live on our companion network c-span 2. this afternoon booktv.org will be live with arthur brooks. you can hear what he has to say at 5:30 eastern online at booktv.org. >>> what people are saying to him don't take the vice presidency. right now you are a powerful majority leader. you won't have any power. johnson says power is where power goes meaning i can make power in any situation. his whole life i said nothing in his life previously makes that seem like he is boasting because that's exactly what he had done all his life. >> sunday night the conclusion of our conversation with robert caro on the passage of power volume four on the years of lyndon johnson sunday night on c-span's q and a. >>> this is c-span 3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout there week and every weekend 48 hours with american his

enjoy c-span better. that is what we do. that is what is reflected in the " you gave me. >> as chairman, how much of your day -- how much of your time is spent working on issues that regulators and legislators care about in washington? we talked a lot about privacy, what about you? >> realistically we are in the infrastructure business. we sell services used by a lot of people many hours of the day. that means we are important. that means we are regulated. that is just part of this business. we are regulated at the federal level, state level. we have to pay attention n. that takes a lot of my time. we have to continually explanted both consumers and regulators what we are doing, why we are doing it. that way we can tell our story so when there are issues, they can be dealt with in a context where people understand all the ins and outs. i spent a lot of my time on this kind of stuff. >> recently, speaking of regulation and local issues, mayors of several new york city's wrote a letter to the fcc against the cable companies an

"wash journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >>> right now i want to you take a look around you and think not where everyone has been but where they are going. the guy in front of you could win an academy award some day. the girl behind you could be a future president of the united states or even, better than that, the mayor of new york city. the guy sitting to your right to be a future nobel lawyer yacht. okay, maybe not the guy to your right but certainly the one to your left. >> memorial day weekend watch commencement speeches, politicians, white house officials, and business leaders share their thoughts with the graduating class of 2012. saturday through tuesday at noon and 10:00 p.m. eastern. >>> there's an extra day of book tv this holiday weekend on c-span 2. h.w. brands on a different side of the new york politician and vice president saturday night at 8:30 eastern. and on afterwards, the former direct or for asian affairs at the national security council, victor chaw on the impossible state, north korea. >> the

you can see the house live on c-span. and the senate is considering five alternative budget resolutions for next year, all offered by republicans including president obama's budget plan. up to six hours of debate on budgets and you can see it all live from the floor of the senate on c-span 2. also coming up this afternoon, book tv.org will be live with arthur brooks, author of "the road to freedom." he says big government policies threatened american traditions. hear what he has to say at 5:30 eastern at book tv.org. >> reading has become over the last 200 years, the ultimate democratic act of the ultimate democratic country. because it makes it possible for the many to teach themselves what is the few once held close. the president can quote mark twain because he read and the post man can understand the reference because he's read huck finn too require a lot more stelf and cleverness w. careful reading of books and newspapers and now material on the internet, it reveals to ordinary people like us. wasn't for nothing that

eastern, part of american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >>> over the past year, c-span's local content vehicles city tour has taken book tv on the road from tampa to savannah, charleston to knoxville, and last month in oklahoma city. the crews have visited the pl places that define heritage. june 2nd and 3rd, watch for our programming from wichita, kansas, on book tv and american history tv on c-span 2 and 3. >>> the national committee to preserve social security and medicare released a report today on women and social security. it finds the poverty rate for senior women and widows is 50% higher than male retirees 65 and older. the organization has proposed changes to how benefits are c l calculated to address the discrepancy. this is just over an hour. >> good morning, everybody. could i ask you to turn your cell phones off? c-span has made that request. or ipads or whatever else is going to make noise. my name is max richmond, ooip the president of the national committee to preserve social security. we are a member-supported advocacy educational organization that for 30 years

see that on c-span. you can also listen to it on c-span radio as well. if you missed that all together, you can catch it later on our c-span video library. again, mitt romney, you can see that live, 10:20 this morning. statesville, north carolina, john on our republican line talking about the motte romney story this week and if it matters to you. good morning. caller: good morning. i was just curious if "washington post" or c-span has ever run a story on barack obama, the alleged eating dog incident or cocaine use when he was younger? and if the alleged cutting hair, which the family has even said wasn't true, i would believe the family before i would believe the "pennsylvania post." i was wondering if c-span has ever run a story on barack obama's past, eating dog or the cocaine use. host: we've addressed a lot of these issues, but as far as the story overall, did you read it first and foremost? caller: i just heard what i've heard on tv. would you please answer my question? have you ever run a story on obama eating dog or cocaine use? host: we've had pe

live at 9:30 eastern on c-span 2. then later this afternoon, the congressional commission on china will get an update on china's dissident chen guangcheng and hear about human rights abuses in china. that is live on c-span 2 at 2:00 eastern. >> bin laden was a strategically irrelevant communicator with various and disparate outfits. i have to confess i worked on the problem of iraq and we knew bin laden personally was involved in communications, trying to bring under his control al-zawahiri. we knew that he was making out reached in somalia and involved in all these types of things working through individuals. as a consequence, bin laden was relevant. >> counter-terrorism and national security, how they changed in the year since the death of bin laden. analysts and intelligence community members weigh in on it. see what they have to say online at the c-span library, all archived. >> up next on c-span, your calls, e-mails, and tweets live on washington journal. will be live in a couple hours with a panel of veterans of

look for this in the near future on c-span. welcome to c-span. it's pretty much show time at this point. first, because we do have so many military folks here tonight, we always like to start out an event like this with the national anthem. i would ask you all please to rise and we'll play the national anthem and get on with our event. ♪ [ national anthem playing ] [ national anthem playing ] >> thank you very much. time now to meet tonight's panel. for our special event band of brothers, normandy to the hole cast. holocaust. please direct your attention to the screen above as you learn who will be here tonight and the incredible stories they have to share. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> that is a shot overlooking omaha beach in normandy. it looks a little more peaceful than on june 6, 1944. i thank my editor and photographer for putting that together. time to meet the boys. wow. the boys. it's going to be a fun night. if you like to laugh and learn about history, then these are the guys that you want to hear it from. i'm going to open up the magic door and see i

this is washington today on c-span radio. >> jane is our guest this friday on afterward on c-span radio and discusses his book, peace, they say, a history of the nobel peace prize, the most famous and controversial prize in the world. >> to honor the u.n. and there were also saying they were admonishing the american administration in this new war against terror, don't you dare go it alone, everything must go through the u.n. that was a message of that peace prize, and i think the chairman -- >> do you know that? i mean, that's -- >> the chairman was explicit in his so-called presentation speech he gave at the prize ceremony, yes. he was very explicit the next year when the prize goes to jimmy carter and when the chairman announces the prize to carter, he says this prize is intended not just as a personal award for mr. carter but as a kick in the leg to the american administration and all that follow that line. >> jay nordingler discusses his book with matt murphy of the wall street journal friday on 7 p.m. eastern on c-span radio. >> c-span radio is wcps fm washington and around the cou

eastern here on c-span. live today on c-span at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the national ministration is marking small business week. then at noon, the u.s. navy undersecretary will outline the surface combat fleet. at 2:00, remarks from former u.s. supreme justice john paul stevens. justice stevens a step down in 2010 after 35 years in the course. again, you can watch live coverage here on c-span. >> consumers are very frustrated right now. their mobile devices and smartphones are working so slowly. >> competition for wireless space and two commissioners tonight at 8:00 a.m. eastern on "the communicators." >> world leaders are in chicago for the two-day nato summit. >> president obama and afghan president karzai are among nato summit in chicago. earlier today, the two spoke briefly about the strategic partnership agreement reached between the two nations earlier this year and the a--- the transition of a party to the afghan people. >> good morning, everybody. it is a great pleasure to welcome president karzai to my hometown of chicago after he exten

c-span will have live coverage starting at 3:00 p.m. eastern. c-span2 live at 3:00 with the discussion on the impact of broadband on job creation. a new report says increasing number of african-americans have internet access and that could translate into more jobs. that discussion live on c-span2, starting at 3:00 p.m. eastern. here on c-span3 it's american history tv prime time, all this week while congress is on break. tonight historians on the battles of shiloh and fort donaldson as we look at the anniversary of the civil war this year. c-span's washington journal goes on the road this weekend, live from north carolina, leading up to the state's republican presidential primary. saturday the journal will be in greensboro for a visit with international civil rights center co-founder. and sunday in charlotte will talk with the city's mayor. and monday, washington journal in raleigh for a chat with the pope foundation chair. sunday, on q and a. >> i want each book to examine a political power in america. this is a kind of political power, seeing

watch that live on our companion network c-span. meanwhile, today on c-span2, we're showing you several portions of the recent phone hacking scandal in britain. that's known as the leveson inquiry. this gets under way at 12:30 p.m. eastern, again on c-span2. >> and coming up tonight, a debate between the candidates running in wisconsin's gubanatorial recall election. scott walker is being challenged by milwaukee's democratic mayor tom barrett. watch that live tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. a look at arlington national cemetery here. join us memorial day on monday for the annual remembrance ceremony. president obama is expected to address the crowd and our live coverage starts around 10:50 a.m. eastern, monday, on c-span. >> and later today and later in the day, another ceremony takes place at the street nam veterans memori memorial. we'll have that live for you as well starting at 1:00 p.m., also on c-span. >> this is c-span3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, 48 hours of peo

c-span 2 and c-span 3 are featuring special prime time programming. tonight, american history tv prime time looks at two battles of the civil war, starting at 8:00 eastern with the battle of ft. donnelson and at 9:00 it's shiloh battlefield. c-span 2 presents book tv in prime time with memoirs of american soldiers who served in iraq and afghanistan, including the story of an ill-fated special forces unit in eastern afghanistan and the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in u.s. history. it all starts at 8:00 eastern. >>> between 1971 and 1973, president richard nixon secretly recorded nearly 4,000 hours of phone calls and meetings. >> always agree on the little things and then you hold on the big one. hell, i've done this so often in conversations with people. i said we'll succeed thconcede make them feel good but that don't give them the big one. >> conversations with presidents. this week hear conversation with his gerald ford, ronald reagan and george h.w. bush. in washington, d.c., listen to 90.1 fm and c-span@radio.org. >>> an event yesterday

this weekend from wichita, kansas on c-span 2 and 3. >> 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. >>> a brookings institution panel now on america's leadership role abroad during a presidential election year. panelists discuss a wide range of global issues challenging the u.s. this is about an hour and a half. >>> i think we're going to get started. my name is benjamin wittis, fellow in government studies and director of the 2012 project. and it's a pleasure to welcome you to -- i've actually lost track. sixth or seventh or something like that of our series of events on the critical issues of the campaign, and the critical issues more particularly of what the -- the president cy, the results of this campaign will have to manage. for those of you who haven't been to the prior event and for those of you who have, i apologize for this bei

tomorrow on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. live pictures from capitol hill as we await the start of a homeland security subcommittee on counter security and intelligence hearing. it's running a little bit behind as committee members are in the house chamber right now voting on defense appropriations. should start within the next 45 minutes or so. we have it live when it gets under way. your phone calls while we wait from today's "washington journal." >> let's start by showing you some of the various headlines about the debt limit that appeared this week. here, for example, is "huffington post" nancy pelosi john boehner trade barbs over prospect of another fight. above that, boehner warns of debt ceiling battle. over on this side, this is reuters, debt limit hike need not be a crisis. geithner. "washington post" obama warns republicans about debt ceiling fight and ezra klein, will the 2013 debt ceiling be moot. on the phone with us is ben while, staff writer for congressional quarterly. what message you want to send to washingt

i was watching c-span. i was wondering whether the president relieved -- received any kind of letters from non- citizens, and also the fact that people write thousands of letters to the president -- my understanding is that people must feel at underrepresented through their formal system. my question is, what do you think about proposing representation like they have in europe, for example, instead of getting yourself elected to congress, for example? guest: thank you for questions. he certainly does get international letters. it is a fairly small piece of what he reads. i would guess that this may be about 5% of the mail that he receives. in terms of people not being represented by their government, i think part of this exercise sometimes is because teachers around the country want their students to learn how to engage with government and do it in new and different ways. i do not think it is necessarily that they do not feel represented by their local or elected officials. it is one more way to engage and

caller: thank you c-span.egarding this budget, i am very tired of hearing the back and forth as to why it this budget cannot be put under control. if you put single women in office who have ran the household, they could get this budget balanced. i have done it for 25 years. i raised my children off of one income. i paid taxes and did what i had to do. the primary concern for american people need to be concerned -- i hope you listen carefully. a flat tax would be fair for everybody. pay one flat tax. pay your fair share. 10%, 20%. we need to get under control who is spending all of this money and where it is going. please do summary church on what one trillion dollars is. -- please do some research on what $one trillion is. give the money back to the american people. $4 trillion could put a lot of money in people's pockets. you could end the government programs. give me my money and i could make it work for myself. obviously, we are handing money to people who do not know how to handle money. that makes all of

eastern on c-span and c-span radio and online at c-span.org. >>> bonnie frank is the top democrat on the financial services committee. he was first elected in 1980 and retiring at the end of his current term. congressman frank it was first congressman to acknowledge being gay. 2010 he and former senator christopher dodd wrote the financial regulation law that bears their names. barney franks joins us on "news makers" on c-span sunday. >>> when people are saying to him don't take the vice presidency right now you are the most -- you are a powerful majority leader. don't take the vice presidency. you won't have any power. johnson says, power is where power goes. that is i can make power in any situation. his whole life i said, nothing in mislife previously makes that seem like he is most because that's exactly what he had done all his life. >> sunday night, conclusion of our conversation with robert karo on the passage of power. volume four in the years of lyndon johnson, multi-volume biography of the 36th president. sunday night on c-span's q and a. >>> british prime minister david ca

all of that live on c-span. also this weekend, president obama and first lady michelle obama will be on the campaign trail speaking at rallies in the battleground states of ohio and virginia. live coverage of the first obama for america campaign rally begins at 12:55 p.m. eastern on c-span.org. it's taking place on the campus of ohio state university in columbus. the president's second campaign rally is on the campus of virginia commonwealth university in richmond. that will be live at 4:35 eastern on c-span, c-span radio and cspan.org. >>> here is the flattering building going up in 1903. it was not the first and not the tallest. we see this all the time. skr skyscrapers and stop and think what is the technology. basically back in the 1890s when they were introduced, they were explained as a rf bridge on its end. how else would you explain this. most people were afraid of this thing. as a matter of fact, you might think we were all loving it. i mean we love innovation, we're in new york, we're americans. but ac

our friends from c-span and our own recording crew would be very grateful. we will post the program within 24 hours on our website for everyone's future reference and of course, those watching us via the internet are welcome to send their questions at any time, simply e-mailing us. hosting our program this afternoon is steven buchy. he's our senior research fellow for homeland security and the center for studies. he focuses on cyber security and special operations as well as defense support to civil authorities. dr. buchy served for three decades as as a pentagon official, commander of the third battalion fifth special force, had e led deployments to south asia and the persian gulf. in july 2001 he assumed the duties of military assistant to defense secretary donald rumsfeld and worked daily with the secretary for five and a half years. retiring from the army in 2005, he continued at the pentagon in a civilian capacity as secretary of defense for homeland defense in american security affairs. before joining us here this year, dr. buchy was a lead consultant

speeches again on c-span, and you can watch online. voting will begin shortly as delegates begin to choose the vice-presidential nominee. each nominee will get about 11 minutes to speak. gary johnson expressed a preference for jim gray, a retired superior court judge, and a longtime opponent of marijuana laws, who will see a challenge from jim burns, and also lee wrights, the main competition for the presidential bid. a report -- having the former new mexico governor on the ballot makes libertarians more hopeful because they have been trying to get him into the race when he was the governor of new mexico and became known nationally for his support of decriminalizing drugs. when he started missing the cut for the republican debate, the benton to go -- come on over. -- begged him to come on over. we will hear some of an interview that is all about -- that is about the presidential race overall. president obama kicked off his campaign earlier in ohio. he will be in virginia earlier -- he was in virginia later he -- he will be in virginia

" on c-span radio. the headline at politico.com, closing arguments wrap up in the john edwards' case. josh is joining us live outside the courtroom in greensboro, north carolina. thanks very much for being with us. >> good afternoon, steve. >> let's begin with kind of your own observations and then we'll go to the details of the case. what was it like inside the courtroom? what were the dynamics? what was john edwards' expressions and what were the closing arguments for the defense and prosecution? >> well, edwards had a pretty somber face on during the trial and also during the closing arguments whenever the jury is in the room. i think he made an actual effort to look like he was being serious and wasn't treating it as, you know, a trivial or joking matter at all. and, you know, the spectators were generally fairly quiet. there was, i think, a fair amount of tension. could you tell from the lawyers who have been, you know, at trial on this case now for about four weeks and obviously have been involved

this weekend, from oklahoma city on c-span 2 and 3. >> this is c-span 3, with politics and public interest programming. telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> regulation of technology and innovation were discussed at a stanford university law school conference held in early march. speakers included facebook general counsel, ted olyiat, the founder of pay pal, peter teal as well as two attorneys that represent communications companies and hollywood artists in intellectual property disputes. the moderator is stanford law school dean. the panel is two hours. >> i would just have one quick story i have to slip in. we were trying to recruit somebody at one point from a law school out in the east. in the boston area. i said to the person, who works in the area, that of course you should come here. this is the center of the universe for everything that you care about. and there's so many important things that are happening. it's not that nothing is happening anywhere els

. >>> some live coverage tuesday on c-span 3 to tell you about. at 10:00 a.m.use subcommittee holds a hearing to examine several legislative proposals for overhauling the federal reserve. one of the measures introduced by texas congressman and republican presidential candidate ron paul would abolish the federal reserve system. other proposals being considered would seek to reform the central bank. and at 3:00 eastern, a senate house conference committee will work on a bill to extend funding for highway and surface transportation programs for another two years. congress passed a temporary extension earlier this year, which expires at the end of june. you can watch live coverage here on c-span 3. >>> this week, live from london, the ceremony and pageantry of the state opening of parliament. until recently, parliament's official opening was usually held towards the end of the year. with changes to their election rules, it's now been moved to the spring. and wednesday queen elizabeth will formally outline the government's priorities for the upcoming year. live cove