c-span: okay. what's different in 19 -- in the year 2000 than in 1918 if this kind of a pandemic were to start again. >> guest: okay. there's two big differences. one is vaccines. in 1918 there were novack seens. now, the big fear that everybody has is if they see a virus like this coming and they have the six months notice which they are expecting to have to make a zack seen that people will think scientists are just crying wolf and will not be vaccinated -- c-span: but they won't have a six months' notice for everybody though. >> guest: they're hoping to have -- well, no. c-span: it starts somewhere. >> guest: not everybody's going to get it. but if they can get vaccine going as fast as they can, you could protect most of the world from the virus. and sort of stop the pandemic from starting if people believe the scientists, they had to have a vaccine. the second big difference is antibiotics. a lot of people who died in 1918 died, of them died because of the flu itself. but then others got very i

c-span: why did you go? >> guest: i went twice last year, once because of the shooting down of the iranian aircraft and once because of the end of the war. c-span: the iraq war. >> guest: the iran iraq war, which lasted for eight grisly years. c-span: you write that when you do travel, you wear the veil. >> guest: all women born or iranian have to wear either the chador, the all enveloping black veil that covers everything but the face, the hands and the feet, or hajab head scarf and very loose clothing does not reveal any curves. c-span: and do you have to go into the country that way, so you dress that way before you leave wherever your demarcation point is? >> guest: it depends on which airline you fly. if you fly in iran air, yes. if you fly in a foreign aircraft carrier, you can dress at the last moment. and there are other little things. i mean, you know, you have to be very careful no makeup. i once had my red nail polish on, had forgotten to take it off and the stewardess reminded me, and of course,

c-span: oh, you do? >> guest: oh, yeah, which is -- should be pretty clear to you if you read mr, william safire's headlines. he's sort of famous for pushing to the limit the pun-ability. or -- i remember he wrote one not too long ago about paul tsongas. now it was about the womanizing question, the bad conduct -- no, the womanizing question something else and paul tsongas, and it was called wine, women and tsong -- t-s-o-n-g. and i almost called him and said, "all right. you win this year." c-span: what about your column, though, that goes out beyond the new york times? do you also write those headlines? >> guest: no, they do that themselves. but the times' ones -- what you see on the times op-ed page, we've done our headlines ourselves. c-span: how long has that been a tradition? >> guest: as long as i know of. i mean, i got to tell you, i was never so blindsided in my life as when i filed my first column, and after i had filed it, the copy editor called me and said, "well, what's your headline?" i sai

c-span: what is that? how much does religion play a role in the whole exercise of government do you think? >> guest: i think that you know it's a different thing when you speak about religious here or there. in israel when you speak about religious, you speak about the jewish orthodox community. because i mean there are other people who may be keep tradition but would not call them orthodox. you can speak about i believe fit teen, one fifth of the total population would call them orthodox jewish. c-span: so most of the people that are leaving the state of israel are not religious? >> guest: yes you are right. c-span: i want to redo this first paragraph. rumor has it that prime minister it's chalk shamir and industry and che. minister ariel sharon heavens open for more than six. the defense minister itzhak rabin tried to punch or wrong for impugning his character in a cabinet meeting. banning cabinet meetings when ministers passed notes have the time they contained derogatory jokes about fellow cabinet memb

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thank you for c-span. am a progressive leaning democrat and i would hope the ofsident speaks to the issue the minimum wage, that it should andncreased to at least $10 $.10. even more perhaps. immigration reform, definitely. i wish he would emphasize the problems we have with the economy now. with two points in mind -- i think we need to know more is notcally -- there enough education being done by any governmental source to highlight the damage that was done back in 2008. the global economy, how that affects our economy and home. we have left wall street off the hook. it is as if we are dumbed down today in not knowing more about how wall street failed the economy, failed the american people. host: how would you rate the president's handling of the economy? caller: he has had little to nothing in the way of support for what he is trying to get done. i cannot imagine -- he has tried his best to work with the republican party in the making attempts to create avenues whereby we increase employment and get peo

www.c-span.org on c-span,io, and -- c-span radio, and www.c-span.org . do see myself as a person trying to understand my place and trying to situate myself. i think the idea came to me when i was giving some lectures at the u.s. air force academy in a very rodrings, and mina, liberal young air force officer had lots of chats with me, looked i find very interesting. , andld me he was a liberal i did not want to grant to my mind any oppression i might adopt of the u.s. air force academy, right-wing and full of strange, radical, biblical fundamentals. so he tells me he is a liberal, and he tells me he was in favor of immigration, which i thought was very seraphim. when people come to this country, they should learn the native language. i don't think he was speaking about commancho. and i said, i quite agree, everyone should learn spanish. >> the settlement of the united states from the hispanic perspective, "our america," tonight at 9:00 p.m. and tonight on book tv s book love. read the book and join the conversation, go to booktv. org and enter the chat ro

it will be live on c-span. westart off this morning, want to start by getting your views on surveillance and what you would like to hear the president they regarding potential reform. the numbers to dial are on your screen. host: you can also reach out to us on facebook or twitter. finally, send an e-mail. we get to your calls, here is some of the news from overnight. tom coburn will not serve out the rest of his term. on thursday night that he will not serve the rest to steperm and intends down because of deepening health problems. in his statement, he acknowledged that he is battling a recurrent cancer and will continue to fight for his priorities are in the remainder of his time in office. both carolyn and i have been touched by the encouragement we have been received, he said. as a citizen, he is convinced that he can best serve his children and grandchildren as shifting his focus elsewhere. he notified aides earlier in the day. earlier in denied the evening. the decision to resign marks a shift in his plan

and c-span 3.lso on c-span radio. >> last week, representative wasly burn -- bradley byrne sworn in. he is a business attorney and former state senator. the seat was left vacant by jo bonner. this is about five minutes. will representative-elect byrne and the members of the alabama delegation present themselves in the well of the house. and will all members please ise. the gentleman will raise his right hand. do you solemnly swear that will you support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you will bear truth faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose and will you well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god? mr. bryne: i do. the speaker: congratulations. you're now a member of the 13th congress. without objection, the gentleman from alabama, mr. bachus, is recognized for one minute. mr. bachus: thank you, mr. spe

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eastern tomorrow at c-span. -- on c-span.etary of homeland security jeh johnson called for changes to immigration policy and wants his first public speech the news conference of mayors winter meeting. here are some of his remarks. common sense, immigration reform is supported by that u.s. conference of mayors, businesses , and if the polls are to be believed, the majority of american people. border security is inseparable from homeland security. border security should be part of the contents of immigration reform. protecting our borders and promoting trade and travel to cities and other communities. over the past four years, dhs has made historic investment in terms of manpower and comprehensive immigration reform with an even more to that effort. unpretentious immigration reform would promote more effective and efficient system for enforcing immigration include anould earned cap to citizenship or approximately 11.5 undocumented immigrants present in this country. -- 11 point 5 million undocumented immigrants present in this

caller: thanks for c-span.n governor bush was governor of florida was just an outstanding governor. a fark you would be better president than hillary clinton. god bless mrs. bush for her candor. she is right. than threeo be more families that can hold that office, that precious office of president of the united states. your previous caller from florida is dead set against another bush in the white house but is all for another clinton, i would certainly hope for the thatr of the country hillary would side with mrs. bush and say, i'm not going to run. that jeb bushght would make for a great president but i am a rand paul kind of guy. we needfresh plate -- fresh faces, we need to term limits. stewart great job at c-span. thank you very much. host: jerome is joining us next to you -- is joining us next. i think barbara bush is correct in saying there is more waste to be a public service than just politics. congress sees offices passed down from one generation to the next because family names are known to be good vo

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eastern live on c-span and c-span3 and also c-span radio land www.c-span.org. think without question the communications act at this point is not keeping pace with where the marketplaces. as a general principle, what i tried to advocate for my own purchase the fcc is the fcc to do what he can to calibrate regulations to fit the times that of a statute requires us to do the contrary we are essentially stopped. i think we have reached the point, given the intermodal competition we see, that the fcc needs to be able to take actions to bring its regulations into the 21st-century, to reduce the silos, for example, that require ando to telephone companies cable companies and wireless companies differently even though they are competing to provide the same service. i think an update would be very useful and i have worked closely with my colleagues in congress for the success. >> republican fcc commissioner pai tonight on "the communicators." " continues.journal host: back with a reid wilson, senior political policy blogger for washington post gov beat talking about the

if they could choose, they would pay for espn and not c-span. whether you look at the landscape of how football is televised, espn is a broadcast partner of the nfl. cbs, fox, nbc, they're all broadcast partners. and abc have abc -- nbc have partnerships. none of them report very much on the things we're discussing today. host: why not? guest: because it's bad for business. host: can you write about it? guest: yes, i've written, including on espn.com, about the economic flaws in the system of the structure of professional sports and this book is full of discussion with the things that are wrong in the economic structure and the things that are wrong with espn, cbs, nbc, etc., all the networks that broadcast football i think share common faults and i write and talk about them all the time. but i'm an intellectual. the thing that goes out to prime time on "monday night football" or "sunday night football" on nbc, you don't hear a lot about concussions or -- on those shows. host: here's sally jenkins who writes for the "washington post" talking abo

it is live on c-span and c-span three. >> c-span, we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, pinning you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events and conferences in offering complete gavel to gavel coverage of the u.s. house as a public service industry. it is funded by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us in hd. tomorrownate returns for more debate in a vote on janet yellen to replace outgoing chairman ben bird nagy. next her confirmation hearing before the senate banking committee 20have a policy who -- . this is about two hours and 20 minutes. >> i call this hearing to order. today we consider the nomination of the honorable janet yellin to be chair of the board of governors of the federal reserve system for a term of four years. dr. yellin is an extraordinary candidate to lead the federal reserve. she currently serves as a member and vice chair of the board of governors. she previously served as a member of the board of governors in the 1990's. she was a chair of the -- of president clinton's council on economic advisors and she served

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monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span and c-span 3. brian higgins, congressman from new york, democrat, is back with us on the washington journal. guest: thank you for having me. begin with the memoir by former defense secretary robert gates. i think that these books come out periodically and people look for those juicy components that can be exploited. questiono call into the consistency of relationships between the secretary of defense and the president. i think these are exploited very often. i think the full context of the book should be taken on its face. i think robert gates is an extraordinary -- has done extraordinary public service and has a lot of credibility. i am more interested in his take on the situation in afghanistan and iraq relative to long-term american interests. war is a very complicated thing. i have been to iraq and afghanistan many times. i would like to know from him his perspective about what we ought to be doing to try to stabilize that place. whether it is direct involvement or not. host: right now, the uni

thank you, c-span. thank you.this, from joe -- host: last month we focused on the research being conducted at nih, focusing in part on the issue of cancer. i mention that because the entire program is also on our website, looking at why everyone seems to have cancer. heart disease and strokes have been beaten back, cancer might .ecome the final killer the extensive piece from george johnson this morning in the week in review session -- section. morning,call this thomas, good morning. you, thisw are morning? host: fine, thank you. caller: i have a question for you. i see we are discussing immigration reform. immigration reform, as i understand it, is when you have away of coming in here, can get into the country illegally, let's make you legal. a kind of a pat on the back or a reward for your ingenuity. what does that say to all of the people -- people, say, like my grandfather, who came to ellis island and did it the right way? is this not a slap in the face? i heard a couple from connecticut saying something -- i

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caller: thank you for c-span.eople can complain about this and that and where the money is being allocated, but do they know the entire time what is happening? we are the citizens. we make this country. i don't think the american people have a grasp on what is happening and where the spending .s happening they have put together this tool on their website where you can go to all 12 appropriations bills and see where they are spending the money. you can get a good idea of where they're spending the money and by how much. michael, new york, republican caller. theer: i am shocked republican party, and i am a republican, this whole situation with not having unemployment insurance, i know they are playing a game. it has gotten to a point where i am tired of it. republicans are unemployed. not everyone that is unemployed is a bomb. trying -- is a bum. we are the united states of america. we are not a corporation which as two balance the budget all time. this is not the time they should be doing it. they also need to get

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that is all live tuesday on c- span, as well as c-span radio and www.c-span.org. first buslaunched its in 1993 visiting hundreds of schools and communities nationwide and raising awareness on how c-span covers politics and government with our public affairs programming. 20 years later, the bus continues on the road, on the campaign trail, visiting events, education conferences, and schools. look for us on the road and online at our website www.c- span.org. you can also follow us on twitter. all brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. this winter, university students will get there chance to visit the c-span bus. join us as we hit the road for the conference tour. >> the director of the fbi spoke at the national sheriffs association conference in washington, d.c., recently. he talked about the relationship between local law enforcement and federal agencies as well as the fbi's future priorities. he spoke for about 25 minutes. [applause] >> thank you so much for that introduction. thank you for giving me a chance to visit with you. you are stuck with me.

live sunday on c-span j 2, your calls and comments for talk .dio host of mark levin that's at noon on book tv's "in depth" and on c-span 3, american history tv looks back 15 years at the impeachment of president william jefferson clinton. saturday and sunday at noon eastern. >> about 10 or 15 years ago we started looking at the census department data and something very strange kind of pops out. when you look at where the profits are of multinationals, if you look at a map of europe, you see germany, france, ireland , italy. but if you look at the data on where the profits are it's italy, france, germany, ireland. it's just this -- all of -- hugely disappropriation amount of profit was in ireland. that was one indication that something was going on. >> more with marty sullivan, chief economist for a nonprofit global provider of tax news and analysis, sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >> next, a portion from today's "washington journal" looking at women in politics and why more women are running for office now than ever before. this is about 1

the state of the union tuesday night live on c-span thomas c- span radio and c-span.org.bernanke.en he was at the brookings institution in washington recently to talk about central banking after the recession. this is about 50 minutes. >> there we go. good morning. can i have your attention please. it is my club fred josh pleasure and privilege to introduce ben bernanke. at a recent meeting of the american economics association and economist with mr. earning keep did not want the first pagence of his wikipedia to be ben bernanke, he studied the great depression and caused the next one, so he made sure that was not the case. his term ends in a couple of weeks after eight of the most small to us years in american economic history. oh he started at the great , he soon inherited the wind. a typhoon really and had to grapple with the panic of 2007, great recession and underwhelming recovery. he did this with scones, calm and creativity and in my view, quite literally saved us. despite the massive deleveraging over the past few years, we are still deeply in debt to ben bernanke

to tell you events about tomorrow on our companion network c-span 3. e-house energy committee on updating the communications act at 10:00 a.m. eastern and witnesses include several -- several former chairman. president obama is in north carolina to talk about the economy and manufacturing. members of the senate foreign relations committee will hear from state department officials about the political turmoil in the ukraine. littleink i just have antenna that would go up and tell me when someone have their own agenda and then i would tell him. he would not owe his agree with me, but i would tell him. it usually worked out. >> watcher program on first lady nancy reagan or see it saturday on c-span at 7:00 a.m. eastern. the series continues live monday as we look at first lady barbara bush. president obama's advisory group assigned to review the nsa data collection programs as determine those programs did not have a significant effect on stopping terrorism. members of the intelligence review group did not call for ending the program but recommended taking

. >> c-span. brought to you as a public service by your cable -- >> joining us for our conversation this week on "the communicators" is the senior republican on the federal communications commission, ajit pai. commissioner pai, this is the week that the net neutrality decision came down and part of your response to this -- i will read it to our audience and have you expand a little bit. >> that is my statement. first, peter, thanks for having me back. my statement signified what i think is a clear signal from the courts that the fcc exceeded its authority to regulate the internet. the better course would be to let congress clarify what the fcc's authority in this space should be. i think we should focus on what i think are the bigger priorities which are incentivizing the deployment of broadband infrastructure and creating greater incentives for innovators and entrepreneurs to do what they do best which is to create cutting edge operations. >> didn't the decision to leave the door open for regulat

the state of the union tuesday night live on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> bill and hillary begin their teaching right of aggression from yale the 19th century. hillary clinton's cribbage and right inside this building, the leflar law said at the university of arkansas where she taught classes such as criminal law, criminal procedure, trial procedures and prison project. hillary was educated, ivy league law school grad that it works in d.c. as part of the nixon campaign because at this time nixon have been impeached about two weeks before hillary potter first class. >> first lady hillary clinton tonight at nine eastern on c-span and c-span3, also on c-span radio and c-span.org. >> we are live at the user chamber of commerce this money for remarks from securities and exchange commissioner, the sec is one of the main agencies wriggling the financial markets. is republican appointee to the commission and to be addressing top aides like the volcker rule on trading practices and regulations and deal with the so-called too big to fill financial companies. this is live coverage her

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and c-span 3. lso on c-span radio and c-span.org. meets today tose begin the second session of the th congress. no legislative work but members will meet at 2:00 eastern for a session. then again at 6:30 eastern to establish a quorum for the start session. live coverage of court of course here on c-span. a discussion now on the for ities in congress social conservatives. >> we're joined now by frank cannon for a conversation about conservative agenda for 2014. the advanced guard of a planned effort by the religious right to push back on establishment efforts to issues like sive abortion rights and gay marriage. is that how you would define group? >> no. that -- that wouldn't be my self-definition. there are two aspects to what we do. defend the inclusion of social issues within politics. we think it's both right for the and a political winner. but we also handle economic issues. forry to push for economics families, working people. and large corporations on wall street. group and es your social con

house on c-span, the senate on c-span two. we are watching the supreme court as it hears oral arguments on the case involving recess appointments. story thatm an ap moved yesterday by mark sherman. and "the washington post" mike says that the -- reminds us that case -- "for 200 years the court has not had to rule on the meaning of the constitution that allows the president to make these recess appointments of high-level government officials when the senate is not in session to provide consent. the clause states that the president shall have the power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the senate and nearly every president, they write, has used the power of the executive branches and legislative branches, no matter which party was in control, have made lodging accommodations. but an extraordinary level of political gridlock between senate republicans and the president has forced the issue." landon, you have been hanging on from richmond. republican line. caller: i have a couple statements to make. see

the state of the union, tuesday night, live on c-span, c-span radio, and www.c-span.org.washington journal" continues. tom: now joining us is tarantino, chief policy officer for the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. what happened -- remind us of what happened to some military pensions and benefits from the agreement that was passed by congress, the budget agreement that was passed? guest: thanks for having me on, by the way. last year, basically the only thing congress did for vets was cut their retirement benefits. what they did was part of the budget agreement that was negotiated largely in secret between patty murray and paul ryan, they reduced the amount of colaase into retirement, minus one percent. the average cost-of-living increase that everyone gets across the country and reduced it by one percent. what it means is for working age retirees, people who spent 20 or 30 years in the military, from the time came -- they retire to the time they than 65 get the reduction each year in the amount of retirement benefits and a crew. or a senior enlisted person, it i

and c-span three, and also on c-span radio and c-span.org.he first on c-span, western time of the year with british prime minister david cameron, followed by a roundtable discussion on strategies in the 2014 elections, and the agenda this year in congress. and later, another opportunity on the work humility, and unlikely biography of america's greatest virtue. next, the first british question time of the year, as lawmakers paid tribute to the late labour goggins, who died while jogging. the prime minister also addresses housing benefits, gambling, and the scottish referendum. from london, this runs just under 40 minutes. >> order. questions to the prime minister. mr. simon burns. >> the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr speaker, i hope you will allow me to pay some brief tributes. captain richard holloway of the royal engineers was tragically killed after being engaged by enemy fire in afghanistan on 23 december. he was a highly respected soldier, and our deepest sympathies and condolences should be with his parents, his brother a

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on c-span. you can watch anytime at c-span.org where you will find video of past prime minister's questions and other british public affairs questions -- programs. tomorrow on c-span 3, the federal communications commission's illest commissioner will give his first -- newest commissioner will give his first public speech. we will bring you that live at noon eastern. later in the day, senators john mccain and christopher murphy will lead a conversation about global security challenges facing nato. they will be joined by a senior nato officer and other security experts live at 4:15 p.m. eastern. >> bill and hillary began their careers at the university of arkansas. bill came after graduating from yell and hillary came a year later. hillary clinton's career began right inside this building, the law school at the university of arkansas where she was a professor. she taught classes such as criminal law, criminal procedure, trial procedure. hillary was well-educated, ivy league law school grad that ha

you are on c-span. caller: thanks for taking my call. i think the president made a point and i was pleased with the speech when he said that we needed a national discourse on this topic. among all the topics around these days, certainly this topic , and i hoperving lots more will join the discourse as we try to speak about that balance between surveillance and security and on ourother hand protection of rights as citizens. i thought it was pretty good. he laid out many things that deserved reflection and thought in the coming days. thanks so much for listening. host: thank you for your call. you may have noticed, we noticed a lot of the members of the relevant house and senate intelligence committees, pat leahy, congressman rogers from this chicken, senator -- from michigan, senator feinstein. here's what senator paul said. while i'm urged the president is addressing the spying program because of pressure, i'm disappointed in the details. the fourth amendment requires an onividual warrant based probable

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tworday afternoon on c-span . >> washington journal continues.host: open phones as we go through the papers and news articles in this morning's news. public policy issues. four democrats. republicans.2 four (202) 628-0205 for independence. absence took a leave of , pleading guilty to cocaine possession. he will return to congress next week. he was sentenced to a year's probation. fors attending rehab alcohol abuse after he was busted by an undercover agent at a restaurant in washington at dupont circle earlier in the year. he has not announced whether he plans to run for reelection. his troubles have already inspired a number of his primary challengers to take a look at launching rematches against him. that is from "the hill" this morning. adding a baby to health plan not easy. there is another quirk in the obama administration's health care system. it lacks ways for customers to quickly update their coverage for the birth of a baby and other, life changes. if regular private insurance, parents just notify the health plan. insurers will still cov

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c-span rated by america's cable company in 1979. brought to you by your television provider as a public service. >> joins -- joining us on the "the communicators" today is ajit pai. this is the week the decision came down and i want to read your response on this: for the second time in four years the washington, d.c. circuit ruled the fcc exceed their authority in attempting to regulate the internet. it is time for the fcc to take no for an answer. >> that is my statement. thanks for having me back on "the communicators." my statement would be to not repeal the decision and let congress specify what thank you the authority should be. i think we should incentivize the broadband authority and create cutting-edge application. >> didn't it leave the door open for the fcc? >> i think as i said earlier the better core, even if the fcc has the option of moving forward with internet regulation, would be to let congress take the lead in terms of what, if anything, happens. >> the new chair, tom wheeler, hear is a portion of his statement: we

he had been impeached about two weeks before hillary taught her first class. 3,live on c-span and c-span also on c-span radio and c-span.org. next, david cameron answering questions about the u.k.'s humanitarian aid to syria and the future of refugees. other topics included scottish independence and the unemployment rate. time" in london, this runs 30 minutes. >> questions for the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i am sure the whole house would want to join me in paying simon,e to dell and tragically killed in kabul on saturday in a cowardly terrorist attack. both sought to improve the lives of the afghan people. he was a friend to many in this house and had given so much time and dedication -- and dedication to troubled regions across the world. our thoughts are with their family and friends at this difficult time. this morning, i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others and i shall have further such meetings later today. corrects condolences the prime minister expressed. the trust coordinates the fast-growing network numbering some 400 of church-based food banks wh

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