c-span: like? >> guest: well, people like berns and allan bloom at cornell, and then leo strauss, harry jaffa, martin diamond at claremont, harry neumann. these are people that didn't go with the conventional flow. they questioned a lot of the contemporary orthodoxies, made a point of returning to the original sources in the tradition. and i respected that and, i think, got my own turn of thought decisively from that approach. c-span: was there a point where you were starting to figure out that professors had a point of view? >> guest: that's pretty obvious i think. you walk into a classroom, unless it's on something like calculus or physics, if it has anything to do with human life, the point of view is going to come across pretty quickly and pretty decisively, usually. there are some exceptions to that, of course. but you can tell--doesn't take long to figure out who has an ideological agenda and who's really trying to understand something. c-span: i guess the question was related to what--when y

c-span: where's your hometown? >> guest: new jersey. central new jersey. c-span: where? >> guest: a town called warren. c-span: how long did you live there? >> guest: i've lived there about 17 years. i was born in arizona, but i was raised in new jersey. c-span: and where did you go to college? >> guest: i did my undergraduate work at colgate university in upstate new york, and i'm pursuing my doctorate at columbia university. c-span: skipping the master's? >> guest: i actually have two master's degrees as part of the ph. d. program. c-span: and what are those in? >> guest: they are an ma and an mfel in international relations c-span: when was the first time that you had any contact with richard nixon? >> guest: actually, i can get into how i originally wrote the letter to him. i was a junior at colgate and i was majoring in political science, and i was enrolled in a course on national security and foreign policy affairs. and that was taught by a very good, very conservative professor, and i consulted with this professor because i thought that i wanted to enter that area

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c-span: here's what the book looks like. it's called "nixon off the record," and our guest has been its author, monica crowley. thank you very much. >> guest: thank you very much. .. 80 degrees, big crowds here on the campus dade this is about ten minutes. autho >>> joining us here on the sety. is another author we want to introduce you to. this is bryan latell. co herself -- here's his book.roun. if you will start gi giving us r your background.ounciln particularly your cia background. >> i worked at cia and nationalp intelligence counsel inac washington for about thirty fivl years.in >> what capacity? >> i became the national intelligence officer for latinee america which it a three or foua star military equivalent.on he was a civilian. it was a substantial position. i had responsibility for all of latin america and cuba. on the an lettic side oft -- intelligence. >> what does thatno mean? >> i was not a field operative. i did not go and conductof espionage. i did not go out and be foreignl agency. most of my career at hea

what john c-span and would listen on c-span radio. again, the election results coverage starts at 8:00 tonight. coming up, and we take a look at history and specifically close presidential races when it comes to close races. richard norton smith from george mason university will have this discussion right after this a bit from c-span radio. >> the americans go to the polls to vote, president obama in remarks earlier said that he is "cautiously optimistic about today. the president giving about one dozen radio and satellite tv interviews from his hometown of chicago. meanwhile, governor romney will be monitoring results from boston. word just in on the associated press that he and his wife have just cast their ballots in belmont, mass. some economic news on this election day. real estate data provider breeding this morning that a measure of u.s. prices rose 5% in september compared to one year ago. it is the largest year-over-year increase recorded since july to thousand six. they also said prices declined 0.3% in september from august

eastern here on c- span, c-span radio and c- span.org.including live streaming of the obama and romney headquarters as well as interactive maps online and much more, too, all of that at c- span.org. >> the more i watch c-span, i watch the morning journal. i like the give-and-take of there. i like the balance to their approach. i also like to hear the calls. some of them are unusual, to say the least. c-span is everywhere. in every event, small hearings, public policy meetings downtown, c-span just seems to be there. >> steve austin watches c-span on verizon. c-span, brought to as a public service by your television provider. >> no a look at where the candidates are. president obama in chicago. this evening's victory or concession speech will come from the mccormick place convention center. mitt romney is on the road today before him back to massachusetts. we noticed a short while ago he was in cleveland. he will have a short stop in pittsburgh before heading to boston for tonight's headquarters beach. we will have all that live beginning

on c-span and the president at 9:00 in colorado. watch here or listen on c-span radio. those are some of the latest headlines. [video clip] >> these are the stories your textbooks left out, great stories about real people in american history, very important moment in american history we don't know about. the first programs in america came to -- came 50 years before the mayflower sailed there there were french and they made wine and had the good sense to land in florida in june if instead of december in massachusetts. but then they were wiped out by the spanish. completely left out of the textbooks. a woman named hanna was taken captive by indians in 1695 and brought to new hampshire. still to come captors in the middle of the night, realized she could get a bounty for scalps of the indians, she went back and did that and made her way to boston, where she was a heroin and a statue was erected to her, the first statue of an american woman with a hatchet in hand. >> he is our guest on sunday on "in-depth." watch live at noon 2. -- at noon eastern. host: today we put a spot

a contest that on c-span and c- span radio.he paper today focusing on those swing states as we know -- the tribune -- the washington bureau notes that florida is a renewed focus in this election, at this point with polls now a dead heat. romney campaigned in florida, returned wednesday for rallies and tampa, miami and jacksonville. he is expected over the weekend to go back. for obama, victory in florida is a prize. for romney, it is a necessity. debates about whether romney can carry ohio or other midwestern battleground states become moot without a win here, experts say. the "new york times" focuses on pennsylvania and a story a -- and shift, romney a purchase pennsylvania with a new urgency. first there was quiet, then came the super pacs, not the candidate is on his way. in a striking last-minute shift, the romney campaign has decided to invest its most precious resource, the candidate's time in a serious way to win pennsylvania. mr. romney's appearance here on sunday could be a crafty political move to seriously undercut p

needs to be seven days. >> we are on c-span. we are on c-span, online, and i want to be clear about this. so you are not against new revenue? >> i am certainly for new revenue for economic growth. is to give you two numbers to set the stage -- >> but -- >> this is important but if we go at 4% instead of 2% for a decade. if we were at reagan percentages rather than french or obama percentages, 4% rather than 2% for one decade, that would net $5 trillion in addition to run for governor to pay down -- of the dead obama ran up, which began in a decade from stronger growth. you don't get stronger growth by raising taxes. you get less growth. so raising taxes doesn't give you the revenue, growth did use the revenue but i'm all in favor of real revenue. not imaginary revenue which is a tax increase. >> all right. the flipside of the tom cole article, just look at the in game but if you don't agree to small tech site now, tax hike on -- they would be a much bigger tax hike take place which would be, everyone's taxes would go up when the

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, but was not employed by c-span. caller: he is against bullish and ann romney. it is not just chuck todd. they're not doing the american people any favors. host: are not alternatives? caller: i do not want to take the side of fox news. if you listen from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m., their news is fair. the rest of the news, andrea mitchell, for example, she should not be on any more. host: you did not vote because of the media? caller: let me throw this in. george bush was blamed seriously as being the most inefficient present according to the media, but this guy was elected twice by the american public, ok? he secured the country and saved the country from additional attacks. the economy was not so bad when he left office, yet no one in the united states media ever gave this guy, bush credit. everything was blamed on this. obama was a lucky guy. even my students do not know the capital of the states they live in. host: where did you teach? caller: i have taught in different colleges nationwide. i am private now becaus

live coverage on c-span, c-span radio, and i c-span.org. president obama stop at a rally in hollywood, florida. one of four campaign stops. trauma -- this is about half an hour. ♪ ♪ >> hello, florida. are you ready to go? i am sorry, i could not hear your -- are you ready to go? could everybody please give them a big round of applause. stories like hers are why i got into public service in the first place. i am so proud of her and her family. she is going to do great things. we also have here the former governor, charlie crist. a big round of applause. [applause] your outstanding senator for the next six years, bill nelson, is in the house. [applause] representatives ted deutch, and the chairman of the democratic party, debbie wasserman schultz, they are all here. [applause] let's hear it for your mayor. [applause] now, all of your here -- i am really happy about that. [applause] for the past several days, all of us have been focused on the storm's taking place along the east coast. -- florida knows something about stars. as a nation, we mo

follow the debates starting to o'clock eastern with live coverage on c-span and the senate on c-span 2. >> my favorite program is "book tv." i also like the coverage of the book fares on "book tv." they will occasionally cover lectures from historians, universities, but fares. i find it very informative. allied the diversity of the coverage. i learned about topics that i may be would not encounter on my browsing the internet of the sites ago to. to.c-- the sites i go we sat there and watched it and learned a lot a about the characteristics of the new south. i also get introduced to books that maybe my friends and colleagues are not talking about but something i learned about. >>deidra fair james watches c- span on comcast. brought to yous a public service by your television provider. >> now, a discussion on the impact of tuesday's election from the u.s. senate. this is about 45 pence. -- this is about 45 minutes. host: ira shapiro is the author of "the last great senate." he is here to talk to was about the issues facing the senate coming up in the next edition of the senate. welcome

caller: i want to thank c-span for all their work. i watched a show on c-span last night.la broadwell was talking about one of her books. the state director of security -- the cia director of security . one of the things she touched on was general petraeus. they were intentionally going after his computers to see what they could find behind the scenes. it was amazing to watch these shows back-to-back. how can folks say people are not aware of this and it popped up at the last minute? apparently this had been going on for many months. what she said last night was very extensive. guest: you were saying the security chief talked about looking at petraeus's computers ? that doesn't sound right to me. they would not be talking about this investigation in this type of setting. host: the caller was referring to "book tv." you can go to c-span.org in case you missed that. moving done to nancy in maryland -- moving on to nancy. caller: i think that you should give it an opportunity to play out and see what the evidence and see what happened. i didn't understand how in the world the

on c-span radio.hey air at noon eastern on "meet the press." -- they air at noon eastern. you can listen to them all on c- span radio, 90.1 fm in the washington, d.c. area, nationwide on x and satellite 119 -- xm satellite 119, or a c- span.org go to -- a c-span.org rode to -- or go to c-span.org. [video clip] >> if allowing insurance companies to discriminate and eliminate health care for millions who are elderly, disabled, and poor, i will not make that deal. i will fight against that deal. that is a price i am not willing to pay. that is not by partisanship, that is not change, that is surrendering to a status quo that has hurt too many american families. >> it is within the power of the american people to choose their own future. we know what they need to know. you can stay on the path of the last four years, or you can choose real change. you know that if the president is reelected, he will still be unable to work with the people in congress. he has ignored them, attack them, and blamed them. tha

i listen to c-span. they're so upset about ben gauzey, which they should be upset about, they don't take into account that the state department has a shoestring budget. people are very upset about the compounding, but the f.d.a. operates on a shoestring budget because they have been shrinking government. host: so anne, do you see room for cut? caller: yes, i see room for budget cuts in the defense department. i'm a senior citizen facing retirement, and i really do believe in some means testing for social security. it's an insurance program. and there are people, you're just like with your health insurance, if you're really lucky and you've done the right things, and you're really healthy, you're not complaining that you've paid for health insurance. and then the people who need it, there's money for them. so it's the same thing. there are many people who have benefited greatly, sometimes from unfairnesses that rich people have bought for themselves and our country. but your people have benefited, and so

on c-span's "q & a." host: joining us from new york is justin ruben, the executive director of moveon.org, one of the groups meeting with the president. when you talked to the president, what was on his agenda and what is on your agenda? guest: we were talking about the upcoming fiscal showdown. one of the things the president was clear about -- they asked the details of the meeting to be kept off of the record. i want to honor what the president ask for. the top line thing was the president reiterated his commitment to make sure the bush tax cuts for the rich are not extended. that is a big deal. that is something moveon members have been fighting for for a couple of years now. there is absolutely no way we can afford to give another round of tax cuts to millionaires when we have so many pressing priorities in this country. to have the president say that was a big deal. host: some say it might be people having salaries of $1 million or more who would see an increase in their taxes. would you like to see

c-span is everywhere. a small hearing, public policy meeting downtown, c-span seems to be there. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. a short while ago we showed you the victory and concession speech from the 2000 presidential race. next up, the florida supreme court chief justice who presided over that decision in the state of florida. >> to give you a sense of what was going on at the time, let me take you back to 2000. you will hear from don evans. updating supporters of election night on that night in 2000. you'll hear from him and hear from bill daley doing the same. >> the latest count in the state of florida shows gov. bush winning that state by more than 1200 votes. they're still counting and i am confident when it is said and then we will prevail. thank you again for your hard work and all your efforts and we look forward to a great celebration. god bless. >> vice president gore and sen. lieberman are ready to conc

eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. presidential candidates today are making their final push in key battleground states to get supporters to the polls for tomorrow's elections. the president has stops in wisconsin, ohio, and later tonight, in des moines, iowa. ..

darryl and mary lynch watch c-span. to you as a public service by your television provider. >> now, we joined president obama for his last event of the .aypacks i at the university of colorado at boulder, this is 35 minutes. [applause] >> hi, voters! how are you guys? how are you fired up? are you ready to hear the >> everyone agrees gives savannah a big round of applause. >> we mourn those who were lost our thoughts and prayers go out to the families who have been affected. we pledge to all of those whose lives have been turned upside down. they have still got a long way to go to deal with this incredible storm. to help those whose lives have been turned upside down. some of the local officials in new york, they have a long way to go. to deal with this incredible storm. we have also been inspired these past few days. when disaster strikes, we see america at its best. the differences that consume us, they seem to melt away. we saw it in california with the fires this summer and the terrible tragedy in aurora. there are

your reaction -- live coverage starts at 9:00 eastern on c-span radio and c-span and c-span.org. this week on british prime minister's questions -- the european union budget, a report on the future of the british economy, and the closure of the ford motor plant. david cameron said he would veto the budget if it is not in the best interests of the u.k. and accused the opposition party of having the position of "opportunism." this is about half an hour. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i am sure the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to corporal david o'connor. o'connor and corporal channing day, rural army medical corps. we owe them and all others who have lost their lives a deep debt of gratitude. their courage have lost their lives in deep debt of gratitude. their courage and dedication and professionalism will never be forgotten by our nation. our sincere condolences with their colleagues, friends, and families. mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings, and in addition to my duties in this house, will have meetings later today. >> i am sure the whole house will align

eastern on c-span.ampaigns in virginia. >> i regard medicare as the program, and i got to see it from a very young age. we have to strengthen and extend its solvency, but now i know tommy thompson approved a program to replace health care with a voucher. a piece of paper that does not keep up with costs? tough luck. it is out of your own pockets. >> medicare is going to go bankrupt in the year 2024. i do not want medicare to go bankrupt. i want to fix medicare, but i want to make sure seniors in america are protected, and only those under the age of 50 by the year 2000 will have a choice. what i support is that those individuals 50 and under will make a choice. the federal health employees benefit comes from involvement. >> through the weekend, what more debates from key house, senate, and governor's races starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> we join mitt romney for his campaign rally in virginia. after that, washington journal examines virginia as a battleground states followed by the montana s

eastern here on c- span. in the interim, the latest on hurricane sandy recovery and response from fema administrator and the red cross senior vice president of disaster services. the area around new york was hit with snowstorms last night and we will find out how the agencies are coping, starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern here on c- span. new york democrat senator charles schumer spoke this morning at christian science monitor it event, hosted a discussion about 14 sandy recovery and what he expects to happen at congress lame-duck session. several reporters were there and sent out these tweets -- we covered senator schumer's speech and we will have it for you on the c-span schedule sometime this afternoon. also this from chad from fox news -- saying congresswoman morris rogers will make a formal bid for house republican conference chair, the fourth largest leadership post in the house. it is currently held by jeb hensarling from texas. the 112th congress returns tuesday to start its lame duck session, before the n

caller: thank you for c-span.t is about the only place where we get real information. thank you for taking my call. number one, i do not trust the electoral system, the way it is set up. sonosedly mitt romney's owns quite a few voting machines in ohio. the old saying is that these republicans are getting caught left and right cheating in florida. here in michigan they are, and in ohio. if republicans do not cheat, they cannot win. they cannot win on issues, they are nothing but liars. mitt romney's whole campaign is based on lies. american voters, if they go ahead and vote for this man and cut their own throat, that is fine, but the cheating, the big money, the way that republicans have redistricted republican run states, if they do not cheat, they cannot win. i do not trust that system at all. host: you brought up the question of one of mitt romney's sons and voting machines in ohio. npr did a story about this a few days ago. "his son, not gunning to rigged votes." here is the story -- host: as we turn the page a

you can watch that on c-span to. on c-span, today's white house briefing, spokesman jay carney answers questions at 12:30 p.m. eastern. both the house and senate return for business today with a week and showing leadership elections and no white house meeting later this week, caviling at 2:00 p.m. eastern today with four bills on the calendar including one that would deal with the over-the- counter asthma inhalers, requested vote postponed until 6:30 p.m. eastern. you can watch the house on c- span. the senate will dabble in at 2:00, considering legislation expanding hunting and fishing on federal land. the senate is live on c-span2. c-span and its middle and high school students to send a message to the president through a short video. but president obama know what is the most important issue he should consider in 2013 for a grand prize of $5,000. the competition is open to students grades 6-12 and the deadline is january 18, 2013. for complete details and rules, go online to studentcam.org. yesterday, a discussion

c-span is a great way to get an unfiltered view of the days events. >> he washes on c-span. c-span created by america's cable companies in 1979 brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> we have more veterans day programming now. recently the veterans center held it's 15th annual conference at the memorial in washington. it included key notes remarks by richard myers. he addresses military cadets and mail tear academy on service and leadership traites which he served as a chair of the joints chief of staff from 2001 to 2005. he speaks for about 35 minutes. >> thank you very much. and when i was stationed in okinawa that was the bombing range and you made your pill gram image to pile's memorial there. that was something we had to do actually. i think it's still morning, good morning everybody. i got to thank jim for putting me between you and lunch. i've been that way a couple of time in the last two weeks. it will end on time. you had a wonderful experience so far since thursday. you've been exposed to some real american heroes i think for the younger

because c-span is here, my request is for everybody to introduce themselves briefly. not just people in the room but for those watching c-span, so they will be able to understand. >> jonathan rausch from brookings institution, national journal. here is a question -- if house republicans vote for a compromise that includes either a tax rate increase or a tax increase that is not revenue neutral, what should that member expect to happen in his primary race? >> good question. the taxpayer protection pledge is a pledge by design and share with all candidates, in a sense that i promised the people of my state and the american bible vote against any net tax increase -- either raising rates or broadening the base unless rates come down. tax reform, yes. simplification, absolutely. reduced taxes -- no net tax increase. most republicans in the house and senate have made that commitment. a handful of democrats. about 1300 state legislators and governors -- a lot of people have chosen to make a commitment to their constituents. people coming in and saying, grover, could you tell

c-span is a great way to get a kind of unfiltered view about the day's events. >> c-span created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> next, a discussion on the middle east in the aftermath of the arab spring. >> this was part of a national security council friday. this is an hour. >> thank you for this stimulating conference so far. like america, i am awash in debt. it is time to make good on those promises. to shibly tilami whom i've had the pleasure of seeing, i'm owing you a way overdue thank you. professor tilami is a distinguished former advisor -- current advisor to many government agencies, u.s. leaders and diplomats, and he is a prolific and best-selling author. let me quote from the top of his web site at the university of maryland where he is the anwar sadat professor of peace. "i have always believed good scholarship can be relevant and cons consequential for public policy. it is possible to affect public policy without being an advocate. to be passionate about peace without losing analytical power. to be moved by

we will carry that on c-span and c-span radio. some discussion about what the republican position will be heading into those negotiations. from today's edition of "the washington post." i went to. the to the front page story of -- i want to point you to the front page story of "usa today." again, that is john boehner talking about putting off some of the bigger deals until after the new year and when the new congress sets. we are talking about the next four years and what you like to see president obama address. vicki is from virginia on the republican line. caller: good morning. i would like to see a few things. maybe a flat tax. maybe they could agree on something like that. i cannot understand why the rich should pay more. i understand a lot of the deductions. it seems like the people who do not have to do not want anyone else to have it. if you have a sucker, why should you give me your sucker? it is yours? i think it will hurt the country by doing that. i agree with all of the women's issues. i am not against that. if it is f

caller: thank you to c-span. i want to talk about the balance in fairfax county, the most populous county in virginia. we have electronic and paper. they are outdated and they were supposed to have been disposed of five years ago. yet the options of paper or electronic when you go to vote. they're not just for emergency. guest: sometimes paper is better. i know it's not environmentally sound, but the more i look at the the ballot questions, the more i am always attracted to paper ballots. they are simple. as long as they are carefully guarded -- and that's always a problem in certain areas of the country -- they can be superior to these fancy machines. i salute you for being vigilant. i think people on both sides need to be vigilant. people have to have confidence in the results. although i would also caution people against too many conspiracy theories. i've heard them on the left hand on the right. i guarantee, whatever party loses on tuesday, it will take until wednesday noon for the conspiracy theories to star

caller: thank you for c-span.y comment is, when i was a kid, i listened to my parents said there were going to get taxed out of business. they had a farm. they did. because of the income tax. and i heard that it should be changed, it should be changed. then, i grew up. i had a job and how the income tax system should be changed, it should be changed. now i am 75, and first of all, i had a business in new york, and exactly what happened, i got taxed out of business and regulated out of business. you were saying he reached a breaking point where it is not worth it anymore to just have a business. so i moved to tennessee. now you can do whatever you want to do. i took a little bit of money i had, i put it into gold, i draw social security, and the affordable care act is a disaster as far as i am concerned. coming down the pike. but i am still here and the taxes, the income tax system should be changed, it should be changed. i had been listening to that for 60 years. i am sick of hearing it. change it. >> listen, you

eastern on c-span. tonight on c-span, several events looking at the tax hikes and budget cuts of the fiscal cliff and what may need to happen to reach a compromise between the white house and the congress. we'll show you discussions and comments from speaker boehner and representive larson of connecticut. >> washburne worked his way up, went to harvard, went to illinois, in galena. he arrived after a month's journey by ship, stagecoach, by train, arrived in this steam boat in this muddy mining town. boarded himself in a log cabin, established a law practice in a log cabin and slowly worked his way up and became a successful lawyer in galena and got involved politically, ran for congress, served eight terms and then befriended abraham lincoln, obviously from illinois, and then ulysses s. grant, also from galena. washburne stayed with them, a close confidant in the civil war. after grant was elected president, he initially appointed washburne secretary of state and at that point, washburne became very, ve

on c-span, c-span radio, and online at c- span.org. we will bring in the presidential result does well as key senate and governor races as well as a victory in a concession speeches. we will also have your reaction to a halt tuesday night at 8:00 p.m.. we leave you now to bring you back to this rally in pennsylvania when the governor arrives. first, "newsmakers" with the the wasserman schultz and jon thuman. -- de4bbie wasserman schultz. representative debbie wassermanthank you for being with us. >> joining us is david levinthal, a reporter for politico. thank you for being with us. let me begin by asking about florida. you said the president will win your state. breakdown the demographics of florida. where will the president do well and mitt romney? >> let's just talk about how early voting has been going. you do that combined with the absentee voting. going into early voting, we cut the absentee ballots by 85%. going in they had about 36,000 ballots when normally they have more than 200,000 ballots more than us. when early voting end

eastern on c-span 2. we will hear from texas senator- elect ted cruz, also on c-span 2. >> truman never learned anything from fdr or his staff. there was a transition with their own knowledge. the-transition with the zero knowledge. -- position with the zero knowledge. that does not happen anymore. he got a phone call saying get to the white house as soon as you can. he grabbed his hat and passed out. he had a car and a chauffeur. he was met by eleanor roosevelt. he looked up and she said, the president is dead. he said, what can do for you. she said, what can we do for you? you are in trouble now. >> from his only life through his presidency, a look at the life of harry truman on c-span 's "q & a." 's "q & a."

eastern on c-span. president obama will participate in the presidential ceremony followed by a remembrance ceremony. our live coverage begins at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i need some help over here. >> did he try to get up? >> no, he just rolled himself out. >> where is sergeant robert yates today? we followed him after this plane ride for many months. he ended up entering himself that a program at walter reed where they used acupuncture and meditation and other techniques to wean him off of the drugs he was on and through this program he was able to walk out the walter reed on his own two feet. i commend the military for choosing -- allowing us to tell a story both the good in the back and for recognizing this problem by recognizing there is a problem of over medicating and they are looking for ideas to fix it. that is the pieces of the film -- the metaphor is that the status quo is not working. we need to look outside the box for ideas. >> war with matthew heineman and a night at 8:00 on c-span

road to the white house coverage on c-span. over the past week and a half on our "washington journal" program, we have been focusing on those battleground states and taking a close look at each of them. we will give you a brief look and an overall view of the important state of ohio. host: we have been highlighting key battleground states as part of a series and the countdown to campaign 2012. today we will wrap up their series by putting a spotlight on ohio. to do that, we are joined by mark naymik, a political reporter with the "cleveland plain dealer." ohio has 18 crucial electoral votes. september unemployment rate of 7%. and a state that president obama won by a little more than four points in 2008. go beyond the numbers and explain why ohio has been described as the ultimate battleground state. guest: great question. ohio doesn't need any more spotlight. the candidates themselves and their running mates have been in ohio about 80 plus times by the time this weekend is over. that is a lot of activity. and the reason they a

eastern live on c-span. in his weekly address president obama urges members of congress to come together to finding solutions to creating more jobs and tax cuts before they expimplete speaker of the house john boehner. >> hi everybody >>> on tuesday america went to the polls and the message you sent was clear. you voted for action, not politics as usual. you elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. that's why i've invited leaders of both parties to the white house next week so we can build consensus around challenges we can only solve together. i also plan to bring in business and civic leaders from outside washington to get their ideas and input as well. at a time when our economy is recovering from the great recession our top priority has to be jobs and growth. i focused on that throughout the campaign to create jobs here in america and give people access to the education and training those businesses are looking for. it's a plan to keep us on the cutting edge of invasion and clean energy and balance ou

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c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> when i watch c-span i watch morning general and the give-and-take i like the balanced approach and i like to hear the callers. some are unusual to say the least. c-span is everywhere. c-span in washington, every event, small hearings, public policy meeting, c-span seems to be there. >> steve austin watches c-span on verizon. c-span created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> up next, congressional scholars, thomas -- thomas mann and norman ornstein examine partisan politics. the authors of the book "it's even worse than it looks" contend the of level of hyperpartisanship has resulted in a dysfunctional political process marked by adherence to political party platforms above all costs. the discussion moderated by e.j. dionne of the washington post is followed by remarks from susan page, washington bureau chief of usa today and oklahoma congressman mickey edwards. >> i think we are ready to begin. i am e.j. dionne, senior fellow at brookings. on moderate a lot of panels, the greatest

live coverage here on c-span. it about 45 minutes, -- in about 45 minutes, julie rovner on the health-care law. health-care law.

i appreciate all the things c- span does.here are not enough people bringing issues like this to light. i am the father of two young the marines. things like this really get my attention. it seems like as the information comes out about this more and more each day, it is more and more questions. people have to stop and look at this for the good of the nation. there are way too many things that do not meet the eye. i think yesterday the president got a free ride on questioning this in front of the american people. today this will go behind closed doors. it will classify everything as top secret. we will never know the truth. host: what would answer your questions? caller: i do not know if it is possible to do that because of the media. there is not enough real reporting going on. i do not mean to be negative about this. if you turn on the mainstream media, it is all about brittany spears underwear and what happened last week. even this thing going on with the general, it is about the sex, not how it affected the military and t

listen to all of the program starting at noon on c-span radio. you can also listen with our free apps on the iphone, android, or black. . -- blackberry. >> 2013 should be the year we began to solve our debt through tax reform and entitlement reform. i am proposing we avert the fiscal cliff together in a manner that ensures 2013 is finally the year that our government comes to grips with a major problems facing us. >> i am open to compromise and new ideas. i am committed to solving our fiscal challenges. i refuse to accept any approach that is not balanced. i am not going to ask students and seniors and middle-class families to pay down the entire deficit while people like me making over $250,000 are not asked to pay a dime more in taxes. >> the newly elected congress starts in january, but the current congress has work to do in what is called a lame duck session. work is expected on the pending fiscal cliff including the expiration of the bush tax cuts, raising the debt ceiling, and planned cuts to domestic and military spending, also known as se

eastern on c-span. before 11:30, is behind the scenes look at teenagers in the white house. >> "washington journal" continues. host: andrew grossman is a reporter with the wall street journal. thank you for being here. you covered the new york delegation, new york politics you are just in the area on biden's trip up. tell us about the damages sought along the coast of new jersey and new york. what is the situation like a couple weeks later? guest: along the jersey shore, i have not seen that yet, it was really bad. there were a lot of towns, many beach communities on a barrier island. there are still streets covered with sands, it looks like snow is essentially. there are houses that have been picked up and turned a 45 degrees. people are starting to trickle back into these neighborhoods. lot of places, it looks like a ghost town. there are still buildings boarded up. some of them have a spray paint on them and look pretty much closed. not many people around. usually if you are in a motorcade d.c. peopl

eastern on c-span. president obama travels to pennsylvania friday to talk about his plan to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. we'll be live from the manufacturing company in hatfield, pennsylvania at noon eastern on c-span 3. >> the program began under one of the advisors to president franklin roosevelt, to document the conditions under which people were living. this was back when we didn't have television. we had radio, but a lot of places didn't have electricity so they could not listen to the radio broadcast to find out what was going on in other parts of the country. ray striker, who was an economist from columbia university, he is the head of this project and in 1939 when kodak introduced color film, they sent it to him to have his photographers try it out to see what they could do. kodak was trying to establish a new product in a new market and they wanted people who knew how to use it effectively to try it out and public lissize it. >> america on the 1930's and 1940's comes to life as beverly sha

well, we dug in the c-span archives to find footage of you, c-span video library talking about issues you're still passionate about until this day. this is from april 20, 1983. let's take a look at congressman ron paul. guest: there will be statements about the need to tighten security in order to protect u.s. diplomatic personnel. no one has suggested an obvious alternative for protecting our foreign serviceperson ell stationed abroad. we should withdraw our diplomatic personnel from volatile areas of the world. i'm not suggesting the breaking of diplomatic relations with these foreign governments. if the closing of our embassies is impossible, we should greatly reduce the scope of their functions. this era of rapid transportation and instantaneous communications, the world of our embassies and ambassadors serving abroad has drastically changed. when communication was slow, the u.s. ambassador made policy decisions without consultation with washington. nowadays, the decisionmaking process is centralized in washington. ambassadors and embassy personnel carry out policy decisions that

c-span is a great way of getting an unfiltered view of the day's events. >> derek hills watches c-span. created by america's cable companies brought to you as a public service from your cable television providesers. >> music actist bono was at new york to talk about social enterprises. he's co-founder of the campaign that takes a portion of sales from certain consumer goods and donates the noun fight diseases in after can a. [applause] >> thank you, very much. >> thank you, brian. in an area where this is not equality is not always on tap. and the -- you heard that every school kid in ireland will have access to free music lessons if they need them. so brian's been helping us out with that along with loretta and the american ireland fund. thanks of course especially to president joya who has made me feel so welcome here and to dean of the mcdonough school of business and to j.t. right there who is learning the cords of sunday, bloody sunday instead of doing his homework. that's president's son. [applause] >> all right, j.t. and amu menam. you know, look at that. this is going to -- thi

follow the house debates with live coverage on c-span and the senate on c-span 2. >> deputy british prime minister and liberal democrat leader nick clegg answered questions wednesday during prime minister's questions. prime minister david cameron was away on a trip to the gulf. they congratulated president obama for winning the election. other questions focused on the economy, cuts in the health service and trade relations with the united states. this is about 35 minutes. >> order. questions to the prime minister. mr. ian wright. >> question number one, mr. speaker. >> the house will know my right honorable friend, the prime minister is on an official overseas visit to the middle east. mr. speaker, the whole house would wish to join me in paying tribute to the two british soldiers killed in afghanistan last week, our heartfelt condolences goes to the families and friends of these brave service men and with remembrance day on sunday we're once again reminded of the remarkable job our armed forces do to ensure our safety and security. furthermore, mr. speaker, the house would wish to join m

eastern on c-span. [captioning made possible by bloomberg television] [captions performed by national captioning institute] @@@@@@@@@@ >> i'm open to comprow -- compromise. i refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. i am not going to ask students and seniors and middle class families to pay down the entire deficit while people like me making over $250,000 are not asked to pay a dime more in taxes. >> the newly elected congress starts in january, and work is expected on the impending fiscal cliff including the expiration of the bush era tax cuts, the federal deficit, raising the debt ceiling and by how much, and planned cuts to domestic and military spending. follow all the floor debates starting tuesday at 2:00 p.m. eastern with live house congressional on c-span and the senate on c-span 2. >> deputy british prime minister and liberal democrat leader nick clegg answered questions wednesday. prime minister david cameron was away on a trip to the gulf. members offered glages to president obama o

good morning, c-span. this filibuster thing, this is the perfect way for our government to work the way our government was set up to work with checks and balances. with the filibuster rule, -- i'm getting an awful lot of feedback. host: go ahead. caller: i don't want the void it i want to make these guys sit down and do the people's business. president obama wants to fall off the cliff. that's why he wants to go do that to the middle class and blame the republicans. host: caller, we'll leave it there. caller: be on the republican lines say, let them talk. guest: so it may be that this filibuster idea may have more support. democrats don't want to eliminate the filibuster. they want to keep it in place but just want to change the burden and move it to where there's one bite at the apple on a particular bit. so these changes are not earth shaking. one is your perspective on it, whether you're in the majority or minority. but the way you do it becomes an important part of this. that's why the implications her