c-span: why? >> guest: well, i--at the time i was a writer for army times and someone said--i did a story about fred cherry, who was a air force prisoner of war who had won an award from the air force because they didn't look after his finances properly. cherry's wife had had a child out of wedlock by another man, actually had it in an air force hospital. there was evidence that they could have checked up and--and found out that she was unfaithful to him. so cherry won an award back and after the article appeared, someone called me and said, 'if you want to know a more difficult story, a more moving story than that and--you--you might check into this particular case.' i found--i was told that jim thompson was the longest-held prisoner of war in american history. that surprised me because i had always heard that everett alvarez was the longest-held pow. so i looked into the thompson story and then went down to interview him and i found someone who had had a stroke in 1981. he lived down--for the pa

c-span: why? >> guest: principally because it gives you a nice bold signature and it's nice and round and soft with no edges and didn't cause me any calluses and i could hold it without having to grip too tightly, and it allowed me to have a smooth motion. other people use a bic or ballpoint pen, but i found the sharpie to be useful, and i would go through about 10 or 15 sharpies in a sitting. c-span: were you aware that everybody that came up watched every movement that you made? >> guest: i ... c-span: and listened to everything you had to say? >> guest: yeah. i had to make sure that it didn't become so mechanical that there wasn't a human contact between me and everybody who came up, so i was very sensitive to trying to make that eye contact, saying hello and thanking them, really, by my eye contact or saying hello, for having stood in line to get a book and to wait to have it signed. it was a very pleasant, moving experience to have so many people come out to see you and to get an autograph an

c-span: why the book? you've written a lot about this in "the wall street journal." >> guest: a lot and mostly because i came to the journal on the wings of one case like this and i had an editor-in-chief at the journal, bob bartley, who instantly recognized the importance of this event taking place, this sweep of false accusations of child sex abuse that he recognized that there was a larger issue called prosecutorial run away prosecutors who, quite simply, in many cases don't care. they don't really care if you're guilty or not guilty and you will never give up the conviction. and all of that combined with the cases of american citizens, most of them, almost all of them middle class, low and middle class people that got up and saluted the flag and were believers in our society and believed until all the and believed that if you are falsely accused of something, our system of justice is there for you and you will be recognized. someone will come forward. in every case i wrote about, the citizen said it's

c-span is wonderful. i primarily watch c-span, fox, and cnn.very sunday talk show, meet the press, face the nation, state of the nation on cnn. the big three i don't bother with. a limited news. basically sound bites. they tend to omit what is going on. we have been watching cnn and fox all day, and you get the big three, they really gloss over. more often than not will omit stories. i think there is a lot of bias in the mainstream media. host: thank you. all of those news alice emission, do you watch a close of leon television or do you go online -- those news outlets, do you watch only on television or do you go online? caller: i flip stations in my studio. not online. i have to sit there. i can't do that. ,ost: denver, colorado democrat line. how do you get your news? i used to work for a wierl publishing company. i've collected bits of news for generation now. i watch c-span. i love it. it is the only thing that you can actually really responds to. i read the "new york times" online. i take harper's magazine. actualll of those magazines, or

we will cover these remarks here on c-span radio and c-span television.s joining us from north carolina. good morning, john. caller: good morning. thank you, c-span, for allowing me to speak my mind. i have a comment to make. --m extremely unarmed extremely alarmed and concerned about what the president said concerning drones. my personal opinion is the drone is a clumsy, mechanical machine. case in point -- i was listening , and theerview journalists talk about a drone strike that killed a 16-year-old boy by the name of abdul, who is the son of the terrorist or the individual who was allegedly connected to al qaeda. i thought that was unfortunate. he said the son was 16 years old, and the drone strike killed him and two cousins, who were also teenagers. that many americans should be alarmed and even upset and frustrated about the drone program. i would like to make one more comment about the drone program and what the president said about the citizenship. i personally believe that american citizens should first be read their miranda rights, etc., before

can see that on c-span -- you can see that on c-span.more "washington journal" after this. >> i do not underestimate the difficulty of doing this auction. it has never been done before. we've never done a reverse and forward auction. it is very complicated. there are moving parts. i know they are working to will gently at the fcc to get it right. our job on the subcommittee is to make sure that they are adhering to the law, that we are in constant communication so that our intent is clear, but we want as much of the spectrum made available for sale in the auction is possible so we can build up more wireless infrastructure. >> oregon congressman greg walden on the fcc spectrum auction and other communications issues in front of congress tonight on "the communicators" at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. president grover cleveland loses his bid for reelection in 1888, his wife staff --that -- the they did return to the white house, winning the election of 1892. the life of frances cleveland as we continue our series on first ladies, live tonight at

on c-span television or listen to it here on c-span radio. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. host: vietnam veterans memorial on this memorial day. you see a good crowd gathering right now. i will continue throughout the day. we will continue to show you pictures come in as we go through our final hour of washington journal. takeh for this hour will -- for this hour, we will take your calls on memorial day, and if you observed, tell experiences and stories and give your perspective. if you live in the eastern and central time zones, give us a call at -- so there's the lines for us this final hour as we bring you " washington journal" this memorial day. this is from "the washington times" this morning. , andmber memorial day ronald reagan's words." he highlights some of the words from arlington national cemetery, may 26, 1986. "arlington, so many memories, so many wonderful men rest here, men and women who lived colorful and vivid and passionate lights. they are the greats of the military. blackjack pershing, omar bradley.

the house on c-span and the senate on c-span 2. >> post-9/11, a lot of people cared about national security issues than was the case before. all of a sudden there was a market for former cia folks and former defense intelligence whocy, all of those guys are used to operating in the shadows saw a market for their services. there was the somewhat uncomfortable kind of between agencies and former employees. it washe time, i thought something we had to do. back ins moved farther tuesday, i think i have changed my mind. i think waterboarding is something we should not be in the business of doing. >> why? >> because we are americans and we know better than that. guy whois that -- a meant well and served his in some very dangerous situations. he risked his life to take on al qaeda attacks and take on terrorism. foroing off to prison leaving his young family behind. scott shane on, his feature story "from spy to stores to convict." sunday at eight p.m. on c-span. >> "the communicators" is on is beingill where ces hosted. with my guest. what is this machine are looking at here? >> it will pay. let y

it must include c-span video.resent point of view, not just the things they are thinking about but also talking to people who have different point of view. have lots and lots of clips. how did you go about finding that? from thea lot of them same video library which is a very efficient place to look for clips. fromtep that did not come that, i searched under youtube until i found stuff. i must have spent hours. >> how many hours altogether? >> wow. 100 maybe? at least. >> this is the longest to spend on any particular project? >> ps. >> you employ humor. how powerful do you think humor is. people can because relate to humor. they could relate to humor. i think it is very powerful. it is one of the two strongest things. i could have also gone down the depressing route which would have hit just as hard but i like to keep more lively and vibrant. >> your theory is that young people are working about -- worrying about the debt. is that something either of you are worried about? >> i did not have much thought about it.

eastern on c-span and c- span three. also on c-span radio and c-span .org.shington journal" continues. host: we continue our conversation about syria with aram nerguizian, a senior fellow at the center for strategic and international studies. thank you for being here today. we wanted to ask you about syria lost military power. what are we talking about, what forces does the assad regime have? >> since 2010, we had the best ref estimate in terms of capabilities. they are very secretive. you had in the thought military focused against missouri for 30 years. the law affects the civil war and insurgency and counterinsurgency warfare, and erosion of eric capabilities, and erosion of armor. 2012, and erosion of manpower. effortu have now is an by the assad forces to reverse some of those. they have continued focus on armored mobility in major cities like damascus and areas that defend the city. they still haven't active pool of attack helicopters -- they still haveve pl of attack helicopters. they still have a fairly dense air defense network despite some talk of

on c-span's "q&a."ost: following the justice department's seizure of associated press phone records and the use of surveillance cameras in the wake of the boston bombing, we now look at the intersection of surveillance and privacy with cato institute research fellow julian sanchez. we are still learning details about this case, but take us through the legal issues that are involved here. why was the justice department able to get the phone records of the ap? >> details are a bit slim. it sounds like in this case, what they used was probably a grand jury subpoena. one reason why it was relatively easy is a 1979 supreme court maryland,d smith v. in which it was held that the fourth amendment essentially does not apply to records held by third party cases. dial digitsh the some places when making a phone call, and they held that a warrant was not necessary to get that and a mere six minutes is enough. there's a variety of other isls -- that a mere subpoena enough. and there's a variety of other tools the g

have that live here on c-span, 8:00 eastern. ahead of that we wanted bring you some of the last week's event with vice president joe biden. he and ted cruise, both in colombia, south carolina. different events. republicans had dinner in columbia and democrats had jefferson day dinner and salute to the how the representative clyburn. here's a little bit of what vice presidental joe biden had to say a week ago. >> my dad was a gent ling, good man. my dad had an expression, he said, don't tell me what you vow. some would say jorks his name is joe, let me tell you what i value. literally my dad would go, don't tell me what you value. show me why you your budget andly tell what you you value. show me your budget andly tell you what you value. don't tell me how you care about the elderly. show me your budget. i think it's fair. let's take a look at the other team's budget. we will find out what they value. they will tell you they passed the budget again in the house of representatives. the ryan budget, republican budget. the budget th

next up on c-span and c-span radio, we are going to take you to a meeting of the national transportation board. two weeks ago, they met and released recommendations on the junk driving in the u.s.. among the recommendations was reducing the threshold of drunk driving from the 50 states and district of columbia from .08 .05.-- to you will see some of the comments from the chairman, who was at the meeting, obviously. will it -- at 8:30, we hear from you. we will open up our phone lines. we have also posted the question on facebook this .vening, facebook.com/c-span should it be .08, the current level, or .05, the recommended level by the ntsb. . number posting already 47% for changing the law across the country. 22% keeping it -- 47% the current law. to change the recommendations. that is just what they are. recommendations. they are not a lawmaking body in that regard. they can make recommendations and incentivize states. let's go first up to the comments of the ntsb traffic safety director, who lays out not only the .05 standard that other recommendations by the board. here is a look two

in march that at 9:00 on c-span and listen to it on c-span radio. linet is on our republican for more ireland -- from rhode island. caller: they should kill this affordable care act because it will cost people a lot of money. if tre everything there is going on with it. to once the irs being able track who has held care and who has to pay? as far as the irs, this deserves independent counsel. an independent counsel should do it. if this where people in to tell the truth and they lie, then it is like they have lied to the fbi. you cannot have holder, you cannot gamble for watching the hen house. you cannot have goebbethe wolf watching the hen house. this is not a good bill. listen, pedro, we pay for a lot of things people have like food stamps and insurance. give them places to live, give them places to live. health care. these girls keep having kids. you have couples that cannot afford to have two kids. if we have people that have six kids and the father is not around. it has to stop. the average guy that is paying these bills cannot pay them for hi

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eastern time here on c-span radio or watch it on c-span.se are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. was ania garfield educated woman and a believer in women's rights. she expressed frustration with the traditional roles of woman and wife. campaignmes garfield's for president, she reluctantly play the role of hostess. when he was assassinated, she returned to ohio and ensured his legacy by making their home into an early version of a presidential library. we will look at the life of first lady mary arthur mcelroy who took the role of first lady when her brother chester arthur became president. when our conversation about the lives of first lady's live tonight at 9:00 eastern on c- span, c-span 3, c-span radio, and c-span.org. "washington journal" continues. host: on mondays, we look at your money, how taxpayer dollars are spent, what programs they fund, and who benefits from them. alan bjerga is our guest, bloomberg news reporter. and you for being here. he covers agriculture for bloomberg. let's talk about the farm bill. give us a

thank youod morning, for c-span. this strikes me as a diversion from the current issue, which is a background checks. to start talking about bluebird and the rest of it it is a diversion away talking about a simple matter, talking about background checks. i am not against the second amendment. checks. background just to finish -- host: let me jump in. what you make of prospects on the hill. -- what do you make of prospects on the hill? caller: i was calling to comment for the gun lobby to be so strong as to be able to stomp to preventgislation crazy people from getting their hands on a gun, for them to be issuerong -- another that arises is our system of campaign contributions that enable our elected officials to take what is estimated to be a 90% in favor of background for sucho allow mistaken legislation, it really needs to be more analyzed as much as the background check legislation themselves. host: we are going to bring up some dollar pieces -- some dollar figures for you. let us hear from charles from fairfax,

the house heref on c-span and the senate on c- span to. we have more live coverage, and that today. c-span to a discussion looking at the current political structure in egypt. last year the president replaced jose mubarak as president after years of political protest. the new america foundation will examine the situation in egypt with a panel discussion. >> this is grant -- mrs. grant was interesting. she was of their lives regarded as an abject failure, unable to provide for his own family. then and almost no time at all suddenly he was the most popular man in the country, the man who saved the union on the battlefield and said president of the united states. time of theed her white house. she said it was like a bright, beautiful dream. the most wonderful time of my life. i think that gives you an idea of how much she enjoyed being first lady and how she felt her husband had finally achieved a recognition he deserved. >> be part of the conversation on julia grant with your questions and comments live to fight on first ladies at that o'clock eastern. and c- c-span radio span.org. >>

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thank you, c-span. host: catherine, do you want to hear what members of congress are saying, whether or not they agree with you? i am probably your biggest c-span watcher. i watch it almost everyday. i get most of my true information from c-span because i get it right from the mouths of the individuals. i do watch msnbc. i watch cnn. i watch fox. i watch "democracy now." everybody, listen to because i think everybody has a slanted view. as an american, i only want to know the truth. host: thank you for your comments. i think the beauty of reporting on the web is that we can provide links and videos to the primary sources. what we are tying to do is pull out the most important pieces. let's say we get a 500 page document, we will try to stay late, read the entire thing, and pull out the most important arts. what we cannot do at newspaper and television, is give you the entire document, which we can do on the web. i think it is wonderful how the web has democratized information, giving bloggers and report

our series is available on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org/first ladies. >> there tends to be a denegation of the u.s. military by some historians. whenever one battalion fought an american battalion, the germans tend to be superior. i think this is just nonsense because it's pointless. global war is a clash of systems. it's which system can produce the wherewithal to project power in the atlantic, pacific, indian ocean, southeast asia. which system can produce the civilian leadership to create the transportation systems? the civilian leadership that's able to produce 96,000 airplanes. >> sunday june 2nd two-time winning author rick atkinson will take your call and e-mails live sunday at noon eastern on book tv. c-span created by america's cable companies in 1979 brought to you as a public service by your television provider. .... >> on c-span tonight our first lady series looks at the like of frances cleveland thin -- then president obama takes part in memorial day service at arlington cemetery. supreme court justice sotomayor answers questions in denver. ....

live monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span 3, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> now president obama in moore, oklahoma to survey the damage from last week's tornado. he met with affected families to offer his condolence. he also spoke to reporters what's next of plaza tower elementary school. president obama spoke for about 10 minutes. >> good afternoon everybody. obviously, a picture is worth a thousand words and what we're seeing here it gives you some sense of what the people of moore and people of oklahoma has been dealing with over these last several days. there are a couple of acknowledgements that i want to make. let me begin by just saying whenever i come to an area that's been devastated by some natural disaster like this, i want to make sure everybody understands i'm speaking on behalf of the entire country, everywhere. fellow americans are praying with you, they're thinking about you and they want to help. i'm just a messenger here today letting everybody here know that you are not alone that you've got folks behind you. obviously the damage here is pretty hard to c

eastern on c-span. was anetia garfield educated woman and as a believer in women's rights to much she expressed frustration with the traditional roles of mother and wife. during garfield's front porch campaign for president, she reluctantly played the role of hostess. when he was assassinated, she returned to an ohio -- two ohio and ma of a presidential library. her brother chester arthur later becomes president. -- live monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span, the spam three, radio and c-span.org. deputy prime minister nick clegg stood in for david cameron last wednesday for question time. david cameron was meeting with president obama in washington dc. he fielded questions on human rights violations in sri lanka, youth unemployment, and a referendum that will determine whether the u.k. stays in the european union. this was the first question, the new parliamentary session. and no interest at all in the interests of hard-working families. >> questions for the prime minister. question no. one. >> mr. spe

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caller: good morning, thank you for coming on to c-span and thank you c-span for having him.ber one, i think gap and walmart -- people should not be in those stores at all. that is the reason jobs are over there because you can't get people over here to work for $37 a month. they are making big profits off of mostly women. without children today mothers and fathers, i think that is despicable. the sad part about it, the people who need to hear this don't listen to c-span. thank you very much. guest: i understand and share the colors and -- outrage -- caller's outrage. it is important to note that amounts ofade many dollars off of workers overseas and refused to pay to protect the workers. the cost to brands and retailers of upgrading factories and making them safe, putting an end to these disasters is less than $.10 per garment to make these safe. this is what gap and walmart or if using to pay. -- are refusing to pay. caller: thanks for taking our call. it is easy to become involved with the daily details of this kind of thing. the real reason we're in here, -- had theyans e

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and we will have highlights from today's coverage sunday at 9:00 eastern on c-span.lso british prime minister question time resumes next wednesday, may 15th. you can see that live at 7:00 eastern right here on c-span2. in washington today, the president of south korea will address a joint meeting of congress, she is the first female president of the country, her speech comes after meetings yesterday with president obama. she is the sixth south korean leader to a joint -- address a joint meeting of congress and we have that at 10:30 eastern on companion network c-span this morning. on capitol hill today three state department officials testify before the house oversight committee on the benghazi consulate attacks, two testified in private before the committee. september 11th attack last year killed u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. live beginning at 11:30 a.m. eastern on c-span2. yesterday on the hill interior secretary sally jewell testified of the 2014 budget telling lawmakers she is a lot in $475,000 to repair parts in other facilities damage

c-span three at 9:40 a.m. britain's prince harry is at the tomb of the unknown at arlington national cemetery. and the guantanamo bay prison. what options are available to the administration for transferring detainees and closing the prison. that's at 10:00 a.m. eastern then at 1:30 p.m., the institute for korean-american studies talk about how things are on the european peninsula. >> post 9/11 a whole lot more people cared about national security issues than was the case before. so all of a sudden there was a market for former c.i.a. folks and former defense intelligence agencies and national security agencies. all those guys who were used to operating in the shadows saw a market for their services as commentators and book writers. so there was this somewhat uncomfortable, you know, kind of interaction among the agencies and former employees. >> and at the time i felt water boarding was something we needed to do. as time has passed and september 11 as moved farther and farther back into history, i think i've

facebook.com/c-span. 45 comments already. you can always send us an e- mail at journal@c-span.org. bob is from the time records news in wichita, texas. they look at the remembrance and how veterans, fallen veterans specifically, should be honored. you go to the bottom of the op- ed this morning, it says -- on the follow-up page of the op- ed from the record news of wichita falls times goes on to say with those thoughts in mind this morning, again i'm a to participate and give your thoughts on the best way to honor fallen veterans, here is how you can do so. for democrats, call us at you can also reach out to us on twitter or send us an e-mail at journal@c-span.org. about 45 people participating on facebook even before the start of the show. john fox says -- those are some of the 45-50 or so comments on facebook before the start of the program. as you can imagine, several of the papers this morning showing their pictures of how memorial day is done in their hometown. ,"is is "the columbus dispatch showing lawrence ross the third. friday.k place on another paper out of the "chicago t

that is monday night, live at 9:00 eastern on c-span and c- span three, also on radio and c- span.org. prime minister's questions will not be seen tonight. on wednesday, queen elizabeth the second buckingham palace to parliament for her 60th state opening of parliament. or seven minute speech drawn up by the government outlined the priorities for the coming year and included priorities for immigration and climate change. members from both the house of commons and house of lords in attendance and the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall attended together. hugh edwards host of the program. it includes a panel discussion with members of parliamentooat e openings. ♪ >> very good morning. everything is just about ready for the start of a new parliamentary year. the state opening of parliament. it is an event which mixes grand ceremony with hard politics. , sheout an hour's time will reveal the program for the year ahead. it is the penultimate session of the parliament for the general election of may 2015. we have been enjoying the spectacle and considering what the queen's speech tells

, c-span3, c- span radio and c-span.org. >> i do not underestimate the difficulty of doing this option because it has ever been done before it is very complicated. there are a lot of moving parts. i know they're working diligently at the fcc to get it right. our job is to make sure they are adhering to the law, that we're in constant communication so our intent is clear. we want much of the spectrum to be available for sale and the auction as possible so we can bill that more wireless infrastructure. >> oregon congressman on the fcc spectrum auction and other communications issues in front of congress tonight on "the communicators" at 8:00 on c- span2. >> the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery. we continue our conversation on veteran issues, looking at employment, especially how families are affected at times of diplomat. joining us is kathleen moakler of the national family association, serves as a government relations director. for those of you may not know your position, what is it? guest: the national military family association for over 40 years has served as an a

on c-span 3, former chief c.i.a. analysts on cold war intelligence during the eisenhower administration. that is sunday at 3:00. >> next the white house briefing with press secretary jay carney earlier today. a major topic of discussion was the report on benghazi. it says the c.i.a. talking points used by susan rice were revised by the state department to remove any references to terrorism. carnie discusses the acknowledge by the i.r.s. that they unfairly audited groups for their tax status. his briefing is about an hour. >> good friday afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for being here. i appreciate your patience. before i take your questions i want to note because it has been reported we did as many of you know, have a background briefing here earlier at the white house. i think 14 news organization were represented from online, print and the like. we do those periodically. we hope that the participants find them helpful. no one here thinks that is a substitute for this briefing that is why i'm here to take

you can find that on c-span numeral three. you can also find more information about that on our website. coming up next, congressman brian higgins, democrat of new york, joins us. he serves on homeland security and intelligence and counterterrorism subcommittees. later on, our spotlight on magazines looks at "reason" magazine and a piece questioning the use of stimulus money. here is a news update from c- span radio. >> it is a: 32 eastern time. an update on the irs review -- 8:32 eastern time. an update on the irs review. the white house press secretary said at yesterday's daily briefing that, "i can tell you that i am not aware of anyone here knowing about it." turning to sexual assault in the military for the second time this month, a member of the armed forces assigned to help her event sexual assault in the military is under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct -- help for event sexual assault in the military is under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct. reports last week that an air force officer who heade

caller: good morning, c-span listeners.i found out that were presented if cole -- that representative cole was going to be on, i went to see what was his concern about the naacp twog investigated for years, to spend the money they had to spend to defend andrew young. my comment is -- i want to make a statement. what happened to me this weekend with my grandson, he is three years old. i thought about working in the and i said what are i lost my and he said tooth, and he blamed it on the dog. and i said, this economy is so bad, they do not realize what they're doing. sequestration -- give me a break. this is not helping the country. we probably agree that sequestration is a heavy instrument. but we have to remember that president obama -- it was his idea to force republicans to deal with things. the president never offered a plan. the senate never picked up be the republican bill. i would not have expected them to pass exactly what the republican house it, but they had the opportunity to pass their version. they chose not to

tonight it 9:00 eastern on c- span, c-span radio, and c- span.org. the openve internet order but you also have the death of the social contract. both of those were fundamentally built on the premise that we give you a monopoly, you served everybody, we have universal service and other requirements. as we move to an all-data worlxc d the foundations of those economic contracts are crumbling. >> we assume it is probably one term, whether it is a success or failure it will probably be notrmined wby whether or those options are successful or failure. there are a lot of different land mines and issues to figure out. tom clearly has the skills to get that done. >> the issue is likely to face tom wheeler, president's choice as head of fcc, tonight on "the communicators. >> "washington journal" continues. >host: reid wilson joins us from about thene" to talk road to 2016. welcome to "washington journal." from "theheadline washington post," emblematic of other headlines -- is this unusually early or is this the new normal? guest: i think it is a combination o

the eastern on c-span.w schoolersity had a conference about the fatal shooting of 17-year-old african-american trayvon martin. a piece onw wrote the case last year called "the curious case of trayvon martin." this is about an hour 15 minutes. [applause] >> wait a minute. [laughter] anyone has ever introduced me and found that magazine i had in college. very well. thanks for having me here. thanks for that fantastic introduction. so, today i'm going to talk to you about what i call journalism and justice and how those things have coincided in , orcase of trayvon martin overlapped in the case of trayvon martin. here allu have been day, you do not need a refresher on this course. if you have not, maybe you do. so, for what ever reason i will give a little bit of a run through of what facts we know in the case. on february 26, trayvon martin, 17-year-old boy from miami gardens, is in stamford, florida with his father. they are there to visit the father's girlfriend, who lives in a gated community. this is a gat

i was doing the c-span thing with brian lamb. he's got this footage from 1981 and 1982. as i say, i actually was on c-span sunday morning talking about the book a little bit. >> you do bloomberg. >> they just let me come in and they had that walking thing reset down an airplane that theme song from what was the apocalypse now? >> yeah, please. [inaudible] >> shoot a bear isn't she -- [inaudible] she's one of the 20 euros in the book. >> i was much younger. [inaudible] i was at clinton's cea. >> what good career. >> well, i'll look for it and get it up on my list. >> is that rate? you're not in the budget business? >> what is your field? >> this is a family affair. [inaudible] i am on the warpath in the current budget productions because i didn't see as a model of the economy, which is obsolete. it's kind of potential gdp, springs back in four years. we stay on the path of potential gdp forever. why are we using models that way over project to the economy and result in a projection far lower than it is. i took the last 10 years and said cut-and-paste. we had the same econ

it airs live on c-span 2 every wednesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern, when the house of commons is in session and again on sunday nights on c-span. the house of commons is now in recess for two weeks. question time returns wednesday, june 5, 2013. at c-span.org, you can find video of past prime minister's questions and other british public affairs programs. >> next, a review of the recent elections in pakistan. and, a house hearing on the domestic use of drums. after that, a hearing on u.s. efforts to eradicate malaria worldwide. on friday, the atlantic council hosted a panel discussion, looking at the recent pakistan elections. it marks the first transfer of power since the country's independence in 1947. we will hear from the former pakistani investor to the u.s. and a former pakistani u.s. secretary. this is just under two hours. >> good morning, everyone. i am the director of the south asia center at the atlantic council. on behalf of my colleagues

that is next on c-span. on this morning's "washington journal," we will talk with freshman congressman john delaney and virginia congressman frank wolf. congress will hold more hearings this week on the ongoing investigation into the irs targeting of conservative groups. this morning, former irs commissioner douglas schulman will testify before the senate finance committee. commissionerng irs stephen miller will also be at the hearing. live coverage starts at 10:00 eastern on c-span 3. on wednesday, douglas schulman will take part in a house oversight committee. we will also hear testimony from the treasury department inspector general for tax and ministration. that is live at 9:30 eastern also on c-span 3. senator rand paul spoke at an event last night hosted by the new hampshire republican state committee. senator paul is mentioned as a possible presidential candidate. we will also hear from republican national committee chairman rights previous -- reince priebus. from concord, new hampshire, this is 45 mi

on c-span. a lot more-9/11 people care about national security issues and was the case before. and so all of a sudden, there was a market for former cia folks, former defense even theence agents, former national security agency, all of those guys used operating in the shadows. they saw a market for their services as commentators, but raiders. -- book writers. so this was a somewhat uncomfortable interaction between the agencies and the former employees. >> and at the time i felt that waterboarding was something we needed to do. as time passed, and september 11 has moved further back into history, i think i've changed my mind. and i think that waterboarding is probably something we should not be in the business of doing. >> why do say that now? >> because we are better than that. >> this is a guy who i think by all accounts meant well. he served his country well by most accounts for 15 years and some very dangerous situations, who risked his life to take on al qaeda in pakistan and to take on ter

our live coverage begins at noon eastern on c-span and c-span radio. then president obama's pick for the number two position in the white house budget office. he testifies on capitol hill to the senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee during his confirmation hearing. live at 3:00 p.m. eastern, also on c-span. next, a discussion about homegrown terrorism with former f.b.i. and c.i.a. deputy director philip mudd. from this morning's "washington journal" this is 35 minutes. host: we welcome philip mudd, joining us from memphis, tennessee, and the book is titled "take down: inside the hunt for al qaeda." a veteran of the f.b.i. and the c.i.a., mr. mudd, thank you very much for being with us. guest: thanks. welcome from memphis. host: "what changed at the f.b.i., larger and larger mountains of data, not just what we could quickly accumulate on an individual case, but what we funneled through the system that might match a bit of data collected years ago. we suffered, you write, from data overload, the good and the bad. can you explain? gu

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live on c-span television and c- span radio hd2.ally, secretary of state john kerry is making his case to russian president putin for russia to take a tougher stance on syria. this at a time when israel's weekend air strikes have added a new factor to the talks. secretary kerry arrived in moscow today. some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. ralds leading the way, again, weapons of war in previous centuries bu =t now symbols of sovereign authority. in charge of security. you will see more of him and a while. chancellor, bearing the per se with the speech. the duke of norfolk and the lord great chamberlain, the marquis. of the queen and the duke edinburgh. >> my lords and members of the house of commons, my government's legislative program will focus on economic growth, justice and constitutional reform. >> queen elizabeth delivers her government's priorities for the upcoming year during the state opening of british parliament. live some of cost fr-- a liuve wednesday at 5:30 a.m. host: we are back with richard fry co-author of

thank you for c-span. i love what you do. just agree with one comment, and that would be that, you know, big business is in bed with the government, and it makes me sick to see what's happening. and, you know, with other callers that have been calling in, i would lake to know your comments on -- i would like to know your comments on how people call america a tell increase it is not. it is a republic, and it is a constitutional republic. host: we're almost out of time, lori. guest: you know, certainly i understand that legally, but i think the resonance of the term democracy is that it is one person, one vote, and theoretically at least we can each change this country's future with our votes. it doesn't always happen. it's not always easy. but that is what we are, and that's what matters to most americans. and so, you know, i think people -- people on both sides seem really kind of discouraged right now, which is a little bit sad to me. but, you know, we go in and out of periods of feeling very optimistic and having a period,

we will be live here on c-span. after that, the president will leave for a four-day trip to mexico and costa rica. he will meet today with the president in the country's capital. they will discuss immigration, trade and the drug war. they are said to hold a joint news conference and we hope to bring that to you live, here on c-span. while we wait for the announcement, a preview of his trip from this morning's washington journal. we will return to the president's trip to mexico today. the president talked about his trip on tuesday from the white house. here is what he had to say. >> a lot of the focus is going to be on economics. we spent so much time on security issues between the united states and mexico that sometimes i think we forget this is a massive trading partner responsible for huge and hugef commerce numbers of jobs on both sides of the border. we want to see how we can improve that, and maintain the economic dialogue over a long. of time. -- along timeframe. in my first conversation with the president, he

we will cover that on c-span.enator has said that he will demand offsets to any aid that goes to oklahoma. do you agree with him? guest: i don't know what he said so i won't comment. t ink that i would like to t who tom, who serves on the appropriations committee as the subcommittee chairman and i think tom was kind of the leader and supportive on the sandy issue, too. so i think that we will look at what we do on the house and look at tom and also congressman langford and those that -- i think this hit mr. cole's district and i believe he actually lives in that town. host: i think he lives in moore. guest: i think we will help. i supported t tom, who serves on the appropriations committee as the subcommittee chairman and i think tom was kind of the leader and supportive on the sandy issue, too. so i think that we will look at what we do on the house and look at tom and also congressman langford and those that -- i think this hit mr. cole's district and i believe he actually lives in that town. host: i think he li

eastern on c-span -- live each easternt 7:00 a.m.n c-span. >> president obama asked congress to close the guantÁnamo bay prison. he also broke about the use of u.s. drones and warfare, next on c-span. in an hour, you can weigh in on president obama's remarks. later, republican senators john mccain, with the graham and kelly ayotte ms. bono to the presence call to close on time of day. -- respond to the president' call to close guantanamo bay. you to take good care of all the furniture. >> they did return to the white house, winning the election of 1892. we continue our series on first ladies live monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> now, president obama outlines his counterterrorism strategy as the net -- at the national defense university. he defended u.s. joan strikes overseas as legal and necessary in the fight against al qaeda. during his remarks, the president was interrupted by a protester. >> it is a great honor to return to the national defense university. here, at fort mcnair, americans have served in uniform since 179

you can listen to it on c-span radio.n we come back, we will turn our situation to the -- our attention to the situation in cleveland. later, philip mudd, the author of a new book on homegrown terrorism as the "washington journal" continues the sunday morning on maybe the 12. we are back in a moment. ♪ >> post-9/11, a lot more people cared about national security issues then was the case before. all of a sudden, there was a market for former cia folks, former defense intelligence agencies, and for some -- and former ages it all of those guys who were used to operating in the shadows saw a market for their services as commentators, so there was this somewhat uncomfortable interaction between the agencies and these usually former employees. that the time, i felt waterboarding with something that we needed to do. as time has passed, and after september 11 has moved farther and farther into history, i think i have changed my mind, and i think that waterboarding is something we should not be doing. >> why do you say that now?