and influence on the president. introduced with the white house historical association, season one begins february 19, on c-span, c-span radio and c-span dot oregon on february 18. >> british prime minister david cameron was in algeria wednesday for talks concerning the recent hostage situation that left six brittons dead and made a surprise visit to libya. he took questions from the british house of commons in his weekly question time session which topics included state of the economy, housing benefits for veterans and a proposed tax increase on beer and alcohol. this is 35 minutes. >> order. questions to the prime minister. alison seabeck. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this morning i had meetings with mine tieral colleagues and others and in addition to my duties in the house i will have other meetings today. >> alison sea beck. >> i'm hear to speak, it right a mother in his constituency should not speak of the bedroom tax and confirm why her minister be able to offer her son, serving in the magesty's armed forces either a home or a bedroom on his return from duty? >> the reforms to housing benefit that we're putting in place

eastern and pacific on february 18 on c- span, c-span radio and c-span .org. >> on wednesday, the washington press club foundation hosted its annual congressional dinner. speakers included a speaker from utah and north dakota. lynn honored with the lifetime achievement award. she is a former senior editor and the first woman to hold that position at newsweek. major garret acted as the master of ceremonies. this is 45 minutes. >> good evening again. good evening, and welcome to our honored guests, members of congress, journalism colleagues, and friends. again, i am ellen shearer, and i'm president of the washington press club foundation. this is our 69th press club dinner. [applause] it is a chance to celebrate the hard work of those in the room. journalists and those they cover, the members of congress and their hard-working staff. it is also an opportunity to remember the great winning journalists who came before us and who set standards of reporting excellence to which we can all aspire. the four we did to our program tonight, i would like to introduce our distinguished table. these hold o

and facebook posts. live tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span .org. >>> this weekend the nation's governors gathered in washington, d.c., for the winter meeting. this morning during they heard from mehmet oz. he warned against smoking and sedentary lifestyle and spoke about obesity in the country. it's just over forty minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much. i live in new jersey, he wanted me to mention that. [laughter] i work in new york, i pay taxes everywhere. [laughter] it's an honor to talk a little bit today about a scene i see an interest in. i thought i would speak personally about what you may be able to do wore yon life lives. i had a great honor of spending the day with your spouses yesterday about giving mae lot of intel about what you are worried about. it will come up in the future. let me start off with a little bit of my background. i'm a cardiac surgeon. i practice medicine in new york. and one of my specialty areas is heart replacement therapy. whey learned due to heart transplants and developing these technology, you have give people bad news a lot of times. w

c-span with a preview starting at 8:00 p.m. and the president at 9:00 followed by the gop response and your reaction. the state of the union tuesday night on c-span, c-span radio. she was the first presidential wife to be called the first lady and the first to get a college education. when she and rutherford b. hayes celebrated their anniversary in the white house, see the first of its kind project for television investigating the public and private lives of the women who served as first lady. season one begins in one week on president's day at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> next, president obama announces his recommendation for secretary of the interior. this is 15 minutes. >> please have a seat. everybody is so formal. [laughter] well, good afternoon, everybody. ken salazar likes to saythe department of the interior is actually the department of america. other members of my cabinet may not entirely agree with that statement but you can see where he's coming from. secretary of the interior is in charge of overseeing 500 million acres of public land, including places like yellowstone and the grand canyon and protectin

c-span's new series, "first ladies," introduces the public and private lives of the first ladies. if even one begins next monday, presidents' day, at 9 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> this morning on c-span 3, before thestifies senate finance committee. the live starting at 10: 00 eastern. in a moment here on c-span, washington journal is live. at 10:00 eastern, the speaker is in the house. then at noon, they return for legislative business. coming up on "washington journal," reaction to the president's state of the union address. we hear from congressman keith ellison, the cove chairman of the print -- the cochairman of the progressive caucus. he is followed by representative tom cole of oklahoma. and then marcy kaptur

. >> next on c-span, "worst ladies -- influence and image -- influence and image." it is live every monday on c- span, c-span radio, and c- span.org. it explores the life and times of all of the worst american ladies from martha washington to michelle obama -- of all of the worfirst american ladies from martha washington to michelle obama. ♪ >> if we turn away and the needs of others, we align ourselves with those forces bring about the forces. >> obesity in this country is nothing short of their public health crisis. >> i had little antennas that >> i had little antennas that point up

conversation about martha washington with your phone calls, tweets and facebook posts, live tonight at 9:00 eastern, on c-span, c-span radio and c-span. org. >> people were traveling, traveling for a job, maybe they were on the way to the grand canyon. maybe they were on their way to working the agricultural feed fields in california, so at first route 66 was just way to get somewhere, i mean, your destination was out in california. but later on, after all of these snakepits started block up and the tourist traps, the attraction, the cafes, and the motels, and the trading posts, with indian trading posts, when those things started springing up. it almost became like a big amusement park around route 66. route 66 became the destination. so it is not like, dad, can we go to the beach in california? it is more like dad, let's go down route 66 because the fun stuff is there. it was like a big long amusement park. >> get your kicks on route 66 in albuquerque, new mexico. one of the place you will see this weekend as book tv, american history tv, and c-span look behind the scenes at the history apt the literary life in albuquerq

c-span airs its new series. historians, chiefs of staff, curators, and others exploring the ladies who served as first lady, from martha washington to michelle obama. season one begins monday night on c-span, c-span radio, and c- span.org. and watch the program live at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> british prime minister david cameron talked about the horse meat scandal. they are looking claims of mislabeling on products. he also discusses the british economy and the recent european union budget. this is just over 30 minutes. >> number one, mr. speaker. >> the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. spear. this morning i had meetings with minister colleagues and others, ur.addition to buy duties in >> myconstituent, the constable, is beg buried this afternn after having been killed on duty. i'm sure the whole house will join me in expressing sympathy to her family and also acknowledge her dedicated service. >> here, here. >> the horsemeat scandal has not only sears undermined confidence in the safety of the food we eat that threatens every successful meat industry. can the prime minister assure me that this government will relentlessly follow every lead and give each an every guilty person or business resp

conversation about martha washington with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook post live monday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> the british house of commons was in recess last week, so prime minister's questions will not be seen tonight. the japanese prime minister met friday with hobo at the white house. later that day -- president obama at the white house. later that day, he discussed his economic plan which has been called abenomics. this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you for coming. i am delighted to have you here. i am the president of css. i have to share with with you, this is a little story. the more important you are in washington, the worse you are treated when you come to a building. there were six elevators, you could take any one you wanted. but if you're the prime minister of japan, you have to come on the trash elevator. we make you come down to reserve room. that is what it means when you are important. it is called security. we are delighted to have the prime minister here. this is an exciting time for us. we know of his leadership through the years and we are really de

and pacific. on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. and you can also watch it again tonight at midnight. on this presidents' day, we talk about historian doug brinkley on the second terms of presidents. >> douglas brinkley, here is congressional quarterlies weekly and they have a graphic here. second terms tend to be more difficult. why is that? give us the history. >> well, i don't know if i totally believe that. and i know it's so popular right now that i hate to be the contrarian where we're saying second terms are a curse and that they're so much more difficult. i think any president would rather be in their second term than having to be in a first term with a huge election looming. so i think you get a lot of relief when you're president in the second term that you don't have to run again. also, there's a notion there are scandals that occur in the second term on nixon and watergate and iran-contra and lewinsky problems, all ones people raise. what they miss, is what would bill clinton have been without a second term. it wasn't the lewinsky issue that matters in the end but when he

c-span, followed by the gop response and your reaction. the state of the union, tuesday night on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our topic for the next 45 minutes is the youth vote. our guest is abby kiesh from center for information and research on civic learning and engagement. we are talking about millennials. who are they? guest: young people 18-29 years old. they are very diverse. it is a very diverse group and they are engaged. host: they make up 201% of the voting population. guest: we work with harvard university to highlight that young people are clear and concrete assets to the country and to their communities. the participation rates are around historic highs. we have the potential for even more growth. host: what are they doing? guest: young people are voting at the same rates as their parents, just over 50%. we have 21% of youth discussing current issues more than a few times a week. they are innovating in terms of using online tools. host: the report is they are voting at the same rate as their parents. guest: there was a dip in the 1990's. it is pretty consistent when you look a

season one begins tonight at 9:00 eastern and pacific on c- span, c-span radio, and c- span.org. what's the program earlier in 2:00 p.m.livlive at eastern on c-span, earlier in the day, you can watch the program. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome back douglas brinkley. let's begin there. what is the history books say about two-term presidents? guest: if you get two terms, you automatically get ranked higher. richard nixon had a truncated second term. the voters are giving you another four years is the big mark of creating a legacy. we do not like to get rid of presidents in the middle of a war. you do not want to change commanders midway through. i grew up in ohio. we were just down the road from fremont where rutherford b. hayes was president. he said we needed one term at six years. some people argued it would stop presidents to do what is expedient to what is right for the country. you have a short time to get things done then you're back campaigning again. some of our greatest presidents had second terms. host: why do presidents have two terms? guest:

and facebook posts. live tonight at 9 eastern on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> host: and beginning with his state of the union address earlier this month, president obama began laying a framework for enhanced cybersecurity protections. here's the president from earlier this month. >> we know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid. our financial institutions. our air traffic control systems. we cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our economy. that's why earlier today i signed a new executive order that will strengthen our cyber defenses by increasing information sharing and developing standards to protect our national security, our jobs and our privacy. >> host: and michael daniel is the president's cybersecurity coordinator. mr. daniel, in the president's executive order of february 12, 2013, he talks about vital infrastructure. how is the white house defining "vital"? >> well, vital infrastructure's really defined as that infrastr

and your reaction. the state of the union, tuesday night on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. an historian on mary todd lincoln. >> three of her four children died. one in the white house, one shortly after her husband nick -- assassination. the kind of grief this woman was going through was amazing, and the folks demonized her for that, thought she was crazy. we found out she was not crazy, but mary todd was a significant person and hopefully someday we get a view of the range range of things that impacted her life, not just the tragedy. >> c-span's new series examining the public and private lives of the women that served as first lady with seizing one beginning on but mary todd was a significant person and hopefully someday we get a view of the range range of things that impacted her life, not just the tragedy. at 9:00 p.m. eastern pacific -- eastern. >> today, state of the state addresses from governors around the country. first, delaware governor jack markel, then arizona governor jan brewer, followed by wisconsin governor scott walker. [applause]>> now, governor jack mar

and pacific. on c-span, c is c-span radio, and c-span.org. >>> next at the discussion on the u.s. and european economies. panelists discuss factors contributing to a weak u.s. economic recovery. unemployment, and federal reserve monetary policy. a representative from germany looked a the eurozone financial crisis. major challenges the european economy as well as the impact of environmental and industrial full employment and process perty. it's ninety minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i want to continue eating your lunches. we'll get started this afternoon. i hope you all enjoyed the first two panels of the conference. and i want to thank and congratulate the speakers for their thoughtful and important policy presentations earlier today. it's time to hear from our two lunchtime keynote speakers. this is something that i've been looking forward to greatly. who the minister of economy or the german federal state. i want to welcome both of you to the afl-cio i truly want to thank both of you for coming to speak at this con for fence. your conty biewtions are

c-span. with our preview program starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern and the president at 9:00, followed by the gop response and your reaction. tuesday night on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> first lady helen taft on discussing politics. but i always had the satisfaction knowing almost as much as he about the intricacies of an assiduous in. i think any woman can discuss with the -- with their husband national interest. i became phil yet -- familiar with more than politics. >> helen taft, whose husband, william howard taft, was the only man to serve as president and supreme court justice. one of the women who served as first lady in the new original series "first ladies -- influence and image." their public and private lives, influence on the public. but despite the white house historical sketch which. season one begins president's day, february 18, 9:00 eastern and pacific on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: bob wheelock with al jazeera american, executive producer. good morning and thank you. al jazeera is expanding its coverage in the united states. give us a sense who kedzie al jazeera english right now i

c-span. with her preview program starting at 8 p.m. eastern and the president at nine. followed by the gop response and your reaction. the state of the union tonight on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> i quoted lady bird often but she said the first lady has the podium, and she chose to use it. i think that was her quote. and i think really knowing that, it was after i made the presidential radio address about this, the treatment of women and children and afghanistan by taliban to invite after that i was married. and often dating jenna who was in texas, and we went shopping, and the ladies at the cosmetics counter the work of the cosmetic counter in the department store came up and said thank you so much for speaking for women in afghanistan. and that was really the first time that i thought, hey, they heard me. and i think i knew intellectually that the first lady had a podium, but i didn't really know it until after the. >> ceased its new series, first ladies, influence and image, a first of his current project for television examining the public and private lives of the women who serve as first lady. season one begins next monday, presidents' day, at 9 p.m. eas

eastern and pacific on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. it was 100 years ago this month that the 16th amendment to the constitution was ratified giving congress the power to collect federal income tax. earlier this week the urban institute hosted a discussion on the history of the federal income tax as well as proposals for replacing and changing the income tax system. this is about an hour and a half. >> good afternoon, everybody. welcome to the urban institute's first tuesday where we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the income tax. my name is howard gleckman, i'm the editor of tax power center block and moderator for today's program. 100 years ago today, delaware became the 36th state to ratify the 16th amendment to the constitution. .. >> director of the tax history project of tax analysts and prolific author whose latest attack was in the rage of fdr, just out today, and i have a copy here published by the urban institute press. gene wrote about tax policy like "contemporary u.s. policy," and not just write about it, but lived it. t

c-span. with our preview program starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern and president's at 9:00, followed by the gop response and your reaction. tonight on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> president obama awarded the medal of honor to former army staff sgt clinton romesha -- the fourth living veteran of the wars in iraq and afghanistan to be given the medal of honor. this is half an hour. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama, accompanied by medal of honor recipients staff sgt clinton romesha. ♪ ["hail to the chief"] >> let's pray. eternal god, from whom we come to whom we belong, and in whose service we find peace, such as written to be found in the spirit of truth and justice. on yourselves. the you men of valor -- of valor. -- the men of valor, retinas for the conflict. be ready for the conflict. better to paris and that all of them look upon it out origination. today, lord, we recognize men of valor, who in readiness for the conflict, the battle came upon them. their sacred story is one of life and death, suffering of servants faithfully rendered at the moment of truth. they belong to that small ban

c-span presents first ladies. influence and image. 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> today, eric cantor discuss the republican party's policy agenda. focusing on how their proposals affect families. among the issues, immigration, education, and taxes. this is 45 minutes. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i am the president of the american enterprise institute and i am pleased to welcome eric cantor today. it is an important policy speech entitled making life work. now, an ordinary introduction of his political career and rise to majority leader and talk about his new legislative accomplishment, his career, as most of you know, is not a collection of accomplishment, but a long-term effort to make it better, or country for all americans. here is someone who pauses to remember the why of public policy, valuing justice for all, protecting the vulnerable, and fighting against class divisions in american life. he knows that it leads to a happy and more prosperous life for more people. he cares about those who are being left behind, people that are

c-span's original series, "first lady." produced with the white house historical association, sees and one begins on president's day, february 18, at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org >> secretary of state hillary clinton's last day in office was on friday. she talks about america's leadership in the world and the need for diplomacy to change the world. she took a few questions from the audience on immigration reform, budget concerns, and the future of the american political system. this is an hour. [applause] >> please, take your seats. good afternoon, and on behalf of bob reuben, carla hills, who is with us today, the entire board of directors and our members, i want to welcome you to the council on foreign relations and i'm richard haass, president of the c.f.r. we're an independent nonpartisan membership organization, a think tank and a publisher and we are dedicated to improving the understanding of the world and the foreign policy choices facing this country. and today we are continuing what we've come to call secretary of state week here at the council. on tuesday night, we were fortunate to hear from george shultz who served as secretary of

eastern and pacific on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> quong's debate over fiscal issues is not affecting general electric, jeffrey immelt saying it's having a bigger impact on small and medium sized businesses. mr. immelt was part of a discussion on manufacturing hosted by the atlantic magazine on thursday. this is just under an hour. [applause] >> thanks so much for joining us. i want to start big picture. it has been a rough couple of years for the economy. people keep referring to the tantalizing signs of manufacturing revival. manufacturing jobs are up to about 400,000. they are down roughly 6 million in the prior 11 years. is what we are seeing a dead cat bounce? is something going on here? is there a manufacturing renaissance in america? what are you seeing? >> is the u.s.'s manufacturing more competitive than it has been in the past? yes. there are a number of drivers. in high-tech manufacturing, material innovation is happening. there is a lot of innovation and advanced manufacturing. materials are higher than it was in the past versus labor. the energy construct is bei

part of the conversation about martha washington with phone calls and facebook posts live monday night at eight eastern on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >>> up next "after words" with guest host author janet.t langht this week historian clayborne carson and he recounts his it hv journey from teenage civil rights activist present at the 1963 marchre on washington to editor of martin luther king jr.'s papers. kinkos counters the organizerseo and the civilunte rights movemet and putting stokely carmichael and the king family. it's about an hour >> host: dr. person thanks for joining me on "after words."memr your book is a memoir and a history book.. peal jouook to talk about your personal journey. i get very candid about your life and you also cover new insights as a historian to the life and legacy of dr. martin luther king jr..you to writehe what prompted you to write the book this way? >> guest: i wanted to write something for the 50th anniversary .coming-oage. it's like coming of age, so our life had been connected to the king legacy and i felt there wa eomething about my life thatoutf needed to be told to understandg

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. >> c-span's new series, first ladies, examining the private lives of women who served as first ladies. on c-span, c-span radio , and cspan.org. >> next. utah governor talks about his state's plan to have the plan based on free values. he was the speaker at the american enterprise institute as they looked at the affordable healthcare act. >> good afternoon. welcome to the american enterprise institute. i am tom miller. in market a reform in the age of in market a reform in the age of obamacare or --

eastern and pacific on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> last week, a bipartisan group of eights outlined a comprehensive immigration reform bill. next, a discussion on immigration policy looking at conservative viewpoints. this is about an hour 15 minutes. >> welcome everyone to the american enterprise institute. i'd like to first thank america's future foundation for the willingness to partner with a guide to host this event and hope you all take rogers words to heart and look at their events and all the wonderful opportunities that they offer for young professionals. since the twinkle of election, it seems immigration reform has left the news. we are all of these numbers bandied about left and right from just one piece from today's we can learn that one-tenth of the u.s. population is foreign-born. one quarter of. one quarter of taken engine business is started between 1995-2005 had a foreign-born only. one half of silicon valley's tech startups have a foreign-born founder. we hear about the memories -- and extradition cannot of growth we can expect from increased immigration

and philadelphia. live monday night on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> are you interested in being a part of booktv's online book club? every month we will feature a different book and author. you are invited to join. post a comment on facebook.com or send us a tweet on booktv. >> at the end of the working day, the prime minister would say very loudly, that was the signal that the working day was over. secretary and the general played goose. he loved games, churchill that. he said this goose was a friend of mine, you carve it. [laughter] >> he made fun of vegetarians, which he called not eaters. he said well, gentlemen, if you have finished, we will get on with important matters. all of the nut eaters died early after a long period of senile decay. another churchill favorite food was irish stew with plenty of onions, surprisingly sometimes pineapple. this is the meal that he served with eisenhower. and of course, caviar. churchill loved caviar. he was thrilled when stalin sent him some caviar, when henry hawkins brought him a gift of it back from the soviet union. when traveling, he had his meals ser

conversation about martha washington with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook posts, live, monday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c- span, c-span radio and c- span.org.this morning, michigan governor talks about gun laws affecting his state. affecting his state.

c-span premieres its new series "first ladies, influence." we're exploring the lives who served as first lady from martha washington to michelle obama. season one begins monday night on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. watch the program earlier in the day live at 2:00 p.m. on c-span. >> nebraska governor gave his state of the state address. he gave the plan to lower income tax and corporate income taxes. this is about 20 minutes. >> thank you very much. mr. president, mr. speaker, members of the legislature, tribal chairmen, distinguished guests, friends and fellow nebraskans, i am excited to be here today at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session as we take this opportunity to continue moving nebraska forward. since 2005, the nebraska legislature and i have worked together to make a positive difference for nebraskans. you and i have positioned nebraska as a state that is making significant progress. this is a great state and it starts with our citizens. nebraskans are hardworking, practical, responsible, and innovative. as nebraskans, we bring a sense of quiet pride to everything we do. we respect each other and we want our children to have an even better nebraska in the future.

eastern and pacific on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> here's a list of the ten best-sellingnonfiction e-book and print titles according to "the new york times." this list reflects sales as of january 31st. first, neurosurgeon evan alexander in "proof of heaven." the book has been on the list for 13 weeks. u.s. supreme court justice sonia sotomayor is second with her autobiography, "my beloved world." she recently appeared on booktv, and you can watch her discussion online at booktv.org. lawrence wright debuts on the list third with his look into the world of the church of scientology in "going clear: scientology, hollywood and the prison of belief." number four, bill o'reilly and martin dugard recount the assassination of president john f. kennedy in "killing kennedy." the book is in its t 16th week on the list. mark owen's "no easy day" is fifth followed by bill o'reilly and martin dugard's second appearance on the list with "killing lincoln." seventh, the book of fraternity humor, total frat move. it's the book's first week on the bestseller list. eighth, the personal tran

conversation about martha washington with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook posts live monday night at nine eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. next, a few interviews from our college series. ..

c-span. it will begin at 8 p.m. eastern, followed by the gop response and your reaction. the state of the union on tuesday night on c-span, c-span radioom. >> senator ben cardin spoke in bethesda, maryland today. he talked about sequester budget cuts that are set to take effect on march 1. this is an hour. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> that was a nice response. >> it's wonderful to see you here this morning at the national institute of health where we have the great fortune to have was united states senator ben cardin. welcome to all of you and those who are watching over the web. i want to say a few words about the senator and he is going to address you and we will have time for questions and answers. and we have ways to receive those for people who are here and over the internet. and we will make sure to respond to all directions from which those questions may come. >> for those of you with who live in maryland and about three quarters of the people who work at n.i.h. have that residence, this is your senator. he is become a national leader on retirement, security, the environment, homeland security, minority health and healt

c-span with our preview program starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern and the president at 9:00 followed by the g.o.p. response reaction. the state of the union tonight on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> you can also watch the address and republican response live online and in high definition on c-span.org. it will be available on demand through their website along with the tea party response from senator rand paul and share clips by social networks and by email. that's at c-span.org/sotu. of course, you can join in our facebook discussion prior to tonight's state of the union address, our question throughout the day, do these events matter? why or why not? we'll read some of these comments later after the state of the union. the u.s. house is coming in until 2:00 p.m. eastern. a conversation from the national press club with chairman tom price and ranking democrat chris van hollen talking about the federal debt and the upcoming sequester. again, we'll show you as much as we can until the house comes in at 2:00. >> hello. i'm bob wiener. welcome to the national press club newsmaker committee's event today. the national press club is the world's leading organization

and your reaction. the states of the union tuesday night on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> three of her four children died. one in the white house and one shortly after her husband's assassination sitting next to her in the theater. because of grief this woman was going through was amazing. folks humanize her for that and thought she was crazy. we found out -- folks demonized her for that and thought she was crazy. we found out she was not crazy. i hope one day we get a better sense of the range of things that influenced her. >> "first ladies, influence & image." season one begins february 18 on c-span and c-span radio. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we will be talking about drones strikes, targeted killing overseas. john brennan was asked about it repeatedly during his confirmation hearing on thursday and about the cia and the military's targeted killing program using lethal force to kill enemies of the state. here to talk about it is chris anders, the senior counsel in the american civil liberties union and john bellinger, a former legal adviser to the department of state's and legal advi

and facebook coats. this is live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and act c-span.org. >> foreign companies like our secrets. now they are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, our air for a dirt -- air-traffic control systems. we cannot look back and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our economy. >> interestingly enough, i think one of the concerns that we hear and you see it reflected its volume, quality, and timeliness. great, you share information with us about something that happened three months ago. what about now? we're trying to increase our time is so that we are out ahead of the issues. we're making progress there. over the past year in particular we have improved our ability to share information set -- faster with the private sector. i also hear concerns from different sectors about insuring that the other sectors that they rely on also increased their cyber security. if you are a bank, you are reliant on power and water and transportation to conduct your

eastern and specific on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> former president bill clinton spoke to pout -- house democrats friday on their annual retreat in leesburg, virginia. he discussed health care and gun control and immigration and also talked about the 2012 election. this is just over 45 minutes. >> i understand the next speaker does not need an introduction. but then i would not have anything to say. so you know -- thank you, thank you, thank you. for over 20 years, bill clinton has been a determined evangelist for the american dream. the voters of this country put him in the white house twice. not only because he understands what the american dream is all about, but because he also has a gift for explaining why our party is so committed to defending and promoting the dream. during his eight years as president, he oversaw record job growth, 22.7 million jobs created. he also became the first president to balance the budget four years in a row. the stock market went up 226%. it went down 25% under george bush. the years of his presidency were a time when our middle-class

and pacific. that is on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> from almost the founding, you are able to see fertility rates declining. by the time we had the second world war, we are right around 2.1 or 2.2. immediately after, the second world war, we had the only major instance of increase. that was the baby boom. everybody knows about the baby boom. it really was remarkable. not only did the fertility rate increase, quite high, 3.7 i think, for white americans. not only did it jump up, but it stayed up for an entire generation. it was long-lasting. people changed the way they lived areas i 1970, that momentum had ended. we saw not a gradual -- but the fertility rate jumping off the cliff. >> jonathan last on how changing birthrates could cause the u.s. to lose its place as a world leader. look for more book tv online, like us on facebook. >> now, former cia officials for the george w. bush administration defends the use of enhanced interrogations in the search for osama bin laden. former cia director michael hayden joins former cia counsel john rizzo, who advised the bush administration on interrog

season one begins monday night at 9:00 eastern and pacific on c-span, c-span radio, and c- span.org. at the program earlier live at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> saturday, booktv is in savannah, ga., for live coverage of the savannah book festival, starting at 10:15 eastern with vice-president al gore on "the future." at 1:30, cnn's chief washington correspondent jake tapper on the war in afghanistan in "the outpost." gary willslock, asks, "why priests?" this is live on saturday at c- span2, starting at 10:15. >> "washington journal" continues. host: marsha blackburn joins us. a republican from tennessee. good morning. president obama has been on a tour is a visiting places like georgia, north carolina. we saw him give the state of the union address. how are republicans getting some air time? what is your message this week as the president takes his message to the street? guest: how unfortunate that he chose to leave d.c. then rather trying to sit down with us of trying to address the nation's problems. jobs, the economy, out of control spending -- we would have loved to have had th

and your reaction. the state of the union tuesday night on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> now a briefing on debtuction and the federal government from a bipartisan group of former u.s. senate and house committee chairman and other members. the committee for a responsible federal budget hosted this half-hour event. >> good afternoon. i am pleased to introduce our congressional leadership council which is a tremendous group of former members of congress who have joined a campaign to fix the debt. to make the case, as i think no one else can, because they have all been there and done that, and experienced what it is like to be a policymaker on capitol hill trying to do -- make things happen in a partisan environment. but they are trying to make the case why the fiscal challenges are pressing and why it is important to come up with a comprehensive plan to address them. the campaign to fix the debt is an organization that has been around for not very long but has amassed a tremendous group of support from citizens across the country where we have over $350,000 citizens who have joined the campaign. w

eastern and pacific on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. the british house of commons yesterday voted 400-175 to allow gay marriage in the united kingdom. the prime minister spoke about the issue this morning saying it will, quote, promote marriage, defend marriage and encourage marriage. report will help that to happen. >> last night, trying to last night's vote on same-sex marriage is widely regarded as a historic vote. does the prime minister agree with me it's a tribute to all the people in all parties and no party, behind the scenes and in public who have worked for such equality? and does the prime minister agree with me that the vote proves that the heart is bending slowly but it bends towards justice? >> i agree very much with the honorable lady. i think the last night's vote will be seen not just as making sure there is a proper element of equality but also helping us to build a stronger and fair society. i thought many of the speeches made last night were very moving, very emotional and i would pay tribute to all those people who

eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. earlier today, the chamber of commerce hosted a quarterly economic briefing, asking a panel of economists what they want to hear from the president during his state of the union speech. here is a brief look at a portion of their meeting. >> we have a stated the union coming up next week. what, in your area, would you wish for? what would surprise you? what do you expect? i will start with bob in the middle, and we will work to the extremes. >> boy, that would be -- the chamber has been a great partner with us on this issue, but one of the things trucking has been struggling with is we are not investing enough in our infrastructure. that is good government spending. it creates jobs and productivity in the long run. you actually have an industry -- how many industries can do this -- you have an industry that says, "please fax me more." -- please tax me more." we have gotten so desperate in this area that we are talking about, perhaps because we cannot make a policy decision on this and

meat and harrison in c-span is our original series, -- meet anna harrison in c-span's original series, "first lady's." season one begins february 18 on c-span, c-span radiod c- span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us now at the c- span cable, judith conti, a federal advocacy coordinator. welcome. guest: thank you. host: discrimination for the unemployed, what is that? guest: a growing phenomenon from the last few years, this concept that you need to have a job when you want to get a job. we started noticing it with job announcements, saying things like only people currently employed will be considered for the job. we were so troubled by the few announcements that were brought to our attention, we and some reporters working on the story started digging deeper. reporters started talking with human-resources professionals who said -- yes, our clients are telling us not to send people who are unemployed, or if they are they have to be very recently out of a job. we started looking at online job wanted ads over the course of about four weeks. there were prevalent phrases that were very explicit in their preference to not even look at the

and facebook posts. live monday night at eight eastern on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >>> in january, northwesternniversity professor david talked about school choice at the university of florida law school to the peace been an education policy adviser to several u.s. states and foreign countries. the bob graham center for public service posted this hour-long even to. >> thank you. the center for public service is pleased to co-sponsor this is as we do programs on policy issues throughout the years of this is a great policy for us to look at. david siglio is a professor of education and policy at economics and a director of the institute for policy research at northwestern university and also a research associate at the national bureau of economic research and a fundamental right of the seattle co research program on the economics foundation. his research and social policy has been funded by the nsf, the department of education, the gates foundation among many others. david's currently funded research involves evaluating the floor of the corporate tax credit scholarship program, the largest school

and philadelphia. live tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and c- span.org. >> state governors from across the country are meeting in washington for their annual conference. this morning, "washington journal talked with" minnesota governor rick snyder. this conversation is about half an hour. >host: on your screen, governor rick snyder. governor of michigan. of course, a participant in the nga meeting. guest: good morning. >> what is your take away from a week of meetings in washington? guest: your show is covering the big issue, what is going to happen at the federal level. that is a real concern. host: what are you anticipating? the white house is anticipating a drop in may for eight states. what are you looking at? guest: this issue of the sequester is a failure. when you look at the states, and that governor's meeting yesterday, as i looked around the room, probably most of us in the room had not had to do with budget cuts in two or 3 years. we got the job done. why can it not be done in washington? host: what can it not be done in a more effective way? guest: one of the things that i

c-span. with our preview program starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern and the president at 9:00. followed by the g.o.p. response and your reaction. the state of the union tonight on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. you can also watch the address and republican response live online and in high definition at c-span.org. it will be available on demand through the website, along with the tea party response from senator rand paul and you can use the website to make clips and share them via social networks an email. that's at c-span.org/sotu. and join in our facebook discussion prior to tonight's state of the union. our question, do these events matter? let us know what you think. >> i think we hold up brown as this amazing feat that we accomplished this, that we rolled back segregation and then we look at what happened afterwards and we see how incredibly difficult it was. devicive in some ways but also that you had this very incremental progress after that, that was very frustrating i think to people. and so it's seen as a great victory but i think also it's important, you know, doing this research to really look back and see what we didn't accomplish yet. and so when i was looking a

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c-span's new series, examined the public and private lives in a first of its kind project for television. season one begins this monday, presidents' day, at 9 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> president obama has signed an executive order establishing voluntary cybersecurity standards that would improve information sharing and bolster collaborative efforts among federal agencies and the private sector. this briefing is 40 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to the department of commerce. i understand there's still some at the line out there because this is the place to be. the first -- i'm delighted to see the crowd here and delighted to have a chance to be here for part of this important announcement. i want to acknowledge just a few people in the audience. i do stand a large number of congressional staff representing both the senate and the house of representatives, and i think all of you for coming back and also want to particularly acknowledged cam kerry. where is cam? you somewhere here. cam has led the department of commerce's efforts in terms of cybersecurity and in terms of our involvement with all of it. it is cam's work and want to thank

c-span's new original series "first ladies influence and image." produced with the white house historical association, season one begins president's day, february 18, at 7:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> white house press secretary jay carney talked about the bombing of the u.s. embassy in turkey, calling it, quote, an act of terror. he also answered questions about the secretary nominee chuck hagel, unemployment figures and steven chu. this is 45 minutes. >> you better tell us a joke. >> no way. that was too good. i can't tell you that one. right? good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. happy friday. i have no questions -- i mean, i have no announcements so i'll straight g straight to questions. i do -- you probably have in your inbox a statement from the president on steven chu's departure. as you know, the president, if you've read it, thanks secretary chu for his dedicated service on behalf of the american people. as a nobel prize-winning physicist or scientist, steve brought to the energy department a unique understanding of both the urgent challenge presented by climate change and the tremendous opportunity that clean energy represents for our country. this agai

c-span with the preview program starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern and the president at 9:00 followed by the gop response and your reaction. tuesday night on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> the chairman of the senate armed services committee has scheduled a vote on chuck kindle's nomination to be defense secretary. senator carl levin says he tends to look after committee discussion. senator lindsay grahm said he would hold up the nomination until they get more information from the obama administration about the benghazi consulate attack. the defense department held a farewell ceremony for outgoing defense secretary leon panetta on friday in fort myer, va.. he will remain in office until the senate confirms his successor. ♪ [applause] >> prepare for review. ♪ doodle dandy"] ♪ >> please stand for the playing of the united states's national anthem. >> present. >> present. >> present arms. >> present arms. star-spangled banner"] ♪ >> please be seated. >> forward. >> forward. >> forward. >> ready. >> ready. hut. >> ceremonial at ease. >> ladies and gentlemen, general dempsey. [applause] >> mr. president, secretary and mrs. panetta, ambassadors, members of

conversation about martha washington with your phone calls, tweets and facebook posts, live tonight at nine eastern on c-span, c-span radioand c-span.org. >> c-span has been covering the national governors association meeting this weekend. one of the things they talked about was executed. what state governments can do about cyber threats. they heard from former national security advisor richard clarke who was adviser under the clinton george w. bush administrations and also speaking michigan's chief security officer and information security officer for the shoe and apparel website, zappos. leading the session with the chair and vice chair of the governors health and homeland security committee, martin o'malley and brian sandoval. >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm governor brian sandoval on the state of nevada. a meeting of the national governors association committee on health and homeland security is called to order. thank you very much for joining us. the briefing books for this meeting was sent to governors in advance, including agenda. speaker biographies and backgrounds information. the proceedings of this committee m