c. from america's cup pavilion, pier 27, 29 object obtaining a permit. we'll stay all night and let everybody have a chance to speak. we are going to limit it to 2 minutes. don't say the same thing the guy or woman in front of you said. it better to have new material or say i support or not support. you are free to talk for 2 minutes if you want. >> this is permit for temporary pavilion to be construct at pier's 27 and 29. it's going to feature the america's cup concert part of the america's cup event. it's scheduled soon in spring of 2013 and will go through october 2013 . the seating capacity is 4-6,000. there will be food and vendor has applied for liquor license for the entire site. the board of supervisors did approve the event program and in your packet you will find a list of live meetings and their outreach for this project and also letters from dwellers with their expressed concern and there are letters from live nation and just received a new letter from the america's cup live nation folks. anyway, all these letters are responding to the concer

from america's new scene. this saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday at five on american history tv on c-span3 ceremony to honor congressional staffer gabriel zimmerman was shot and killed him 2011 at an event for his boss, former congresswoman gabby giffords. mr. zimmerman was one of six people killed in the tucson, arizona, shooting. gabby giffords and her husband, mark kelly, attended this one out a thin. we hear from house speaker john boehner, nancy pelosi, and arizona senator jeff flake. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the united states capitol. before we begin our program, all of you know about the tragedy in boston that took the lives of innocent americans and left many others in serious condition. so if you at all rise and join together in a moment of silence for the victims of this attack. thank you all. pursuant to house resolution 364, the house visitor center room 215 of the capitol visitor center has been designated to gabriel zimmerman meeting were. they are placing commemorative plaque that you all season. this meeting and is dedicated in memory of gabe zimmerman who was s

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from obama. host: little rock, arkansas. democratic caller. caller: thanks to c-span for giving me the opportunity. i think all of this is just a distraction from america's real problem, which is jobs. i think maybe before they do anything else, the first thing they should do is pass a jobs bill. host: you think they don't have their priorities in order? caller: it used to be jobs, jobs, and now it is guns and gays. host: all these months and i never hear anybody talk about people who do violent home invasions using guns, which happens every single day in this country, and they are let right back out on the street. nobody talks about this, but this is a big problem. it will die every day, holmes get invaded. by simple commonsense solutions, if you really wanted to keep children and america safe, why aren't aren't penalties being stiffened to keep the violent felons away from law abiding citizens? nobody talks about this. host: getting some comments on the facebook page of this morning. here is some of them. the senate is set to vote on gun legislation thursday. harry reid saying he will bring it to the floor. he held a news conference yesterday after mee

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from pennsylvania, on the democrats line. how would you fix america's tax code, jerome? would like toi say, thank you to the cable companies for cpan. allink they should declare income regular income. no more of this hiding your income in different ways. .ake the rate much lower if it was much lower on all income, i think we could solve the problem. that is all i have to say. thank you. host: there is this from one of our viewers -- the area code here is 202-585-3 881 for republicans. dutch from new york, good morning. caller: good morning. thank you so very much for this program. i think it should be a flat rate tax, and it should go to the states. then the states can disperse it to the federal government. or ay be a deduction little bit of the pedants -- pittance for medical expenses. if you do the numbers, let's say 10% -- a person who is making below the poverty level, they probably will not pay anything. somebody making $50,000, they are going to pay $5,000. somebody making $1 million, a are going to pay $100,000. it has to be fair like that so that it is fair for everybody. no more getting around special tax breaks and loo

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america. the annapolis book festival live today, part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. >> the title, saving justice, comes from bob's decision not to resign after the saturday night massacre. which, by the way, he thinks should have been called the saturday night involuntary manslaughter. [laughter] because nixon didn't plan it, but just blundered into it. bob believed that the president has the authority to control everyone in the executive branch and to fire insubordinate personnel. and cox had proclaimed his insubordination on national tv. whether a president is wise to exercise that authority is for history to decide. attorney general richardson had promised the senate that he would maintain a special prosecutor in place. and he thought, therefore, that he had to resign when nixon asked him to fire cox. but bob bork had not made any such promise, and he thought that the president is entitled to dig his own grave if he insists. he also thought that he should not gain by the dealed and certainly should not appear to be a toadie. so he planned to fire cox and quit. richardson and the deputy attorney general t

from his new homeland. back to his native pakistan, he's a changed man with a new distinctly different view of america and american capitali ce film's director and lead actor. this is a different story of a different sort of stripe. but statement we are at a point in our american history where we're very much tossing around the ideas of identity, cultural identity, and the role of religion and and islam in an multiethnic, multicultural, multireligion society full of many different religions and ethnicities. i wonder, mira, when boston happened, the film premiered yesterday, to what degree -- it's almost eerie that these issues would be raised at the time that the film is coming out. >> it is eerie and sadly this will be a timely film for a long time. but the film came out of a desire to have a real, genuine human dialogue between this part of the world, the americas and the subcontinent, the islamic world. because as someone like the writer and myself. i have grown up both in new york city and in india. and very often, especially in the decade post 9/11, i have seen america so-called converse with that rest of the world in t

from bankrupting america." booktv tonight in prime time here on c-span2. >> a look now inside the omni shore ham hotel here in washington, d.c. where the export/import bank is holding their annual conference today. we're carrying live coverage over on c-span with a panel right now on strategies to remain competitive in global markets. participants include xerox ceo ursula burns, citigroup chairman michael o'neill and retired general james jones. and just looking ahead at the schedule, coming up at 11:00 remarks from transportation secretary ray lahood. and then at 12:45 eastern vice president joe biden will deliver the keynote address. live coverage today on our companion network, c-span. and, again, here on c-span2 we'll have more live coverage of day two of the society of american business editors and writers' conference when it resumes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> when the conference continues, the focus will be on how to landscape the business landscape has changed since the 2010 revamp of regulation. and until then the rule role of social conservatives in politics from this morning's "was

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from the chained c. pifment in -- cpi in what they pay in taxes where the middle america will see a greater increase in their taxes. people in my district who earn $38,000 will see a substantial increase in you were to move to the chained c.p.i. i heard you say that the president is not fan of mothering to the chained c.p.i. without a big balanced approach. but the facts are that in any letter you write to me refute that any middle-class american, especially the ones earning $38,000 will not see a tax increase, certainly is within the $250,000, which is president said was in the threshold to protect from any tax increase. my final comment is this. in the years that social security has been in effect, americans have contribute bitted $13.9 trillion to the social security system. we've seen those contributions earn $1.6 trillion in interest earnings by being saved in the trust fund. the total amount that has been spent in benefits for americans is $12.8 trillion. the result a there is an amount that has never been used in social security but the chained c.p.i. gets so much of its savings by hitting it benefici

c-span 3. turday, book tv is live from from the book festival. maryland in 1812, war, slavery and opportunity. 11, the changing suburbs and at noon, america's ongoingnvolvement in afghanistan. evolving roleser of women in society. thisnnapolis book festival weekend on c-span 2. >> two u.s. senators, a democrat and republican, announced wednesday they worked out a compromise on expanding background checks on firearms. we'll hear from senators joe manchin and pat toomey later. here is some of the gun debate from yesterday. we'll hear utah republican senator mike lee and connecticut's two senators talk sandygun violence and the hook school shootings. >> senator from utah. >> unanimous consent that the phone call be suspended. >> quout objection. >> for several weeks now, washington and the rest of the country have been debating several new gun control proposals. along with a number of my colleagues, including the minority leader, i have declared my intention to resist an immediate vote on any new restrictions that would serve primarily to limit the freedoms of law-abiding citizens rather than reduce violent crime in america. unfortunately, the current

america. that will save a lot of lives. host: mary schiavo, it is this morning from south carolina. thank you so much. guest: thank you. they are the winners of c-span's stuckey cam competition. .> $100,000 >> $3 million. over half a million dollars. ♪ >> economy is approaching the fiscal cliff. the deficit is overwhelming. government spending is a huge part of problem. we need a solution. help us. please. >> the average american family. the average income is $45,000 a year. the federal government earns an income of $2.50 trillion. there is a huge difference between these incomes. the american family spends $47,000 per year. only 4% of their spending is not just defied by their budget. the federal government spends 3.5 in openers trillion a year. one-third of their spending is not justified by the budget. that is a lot of spending to eliminate to avoid debt. >> the level of concern about the debt is high. >> the nation's debt is the most significant problem in the country right now as far as i am concerned. >> we have a total national government that that is approximately the size of the national economy. you have a problem. , it is over $16 tr

. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> up next, remarks from former secretary of state and first lady hillary clinton. obama was in connecticut today, talking about gun violence and gun legislation. you can watch our first lady's program again tonight at midnight eastern. >> in a speech friday, elrich lynn talked about women's education and business initiatives in developing countries. the former first lady and york center spoke at the women and world summit in new york city. she was introduced by tina brown. this is 35 minutes. [applause] >> welcome everybody to the women of the world summit. [applause] incredible night last night with meryl streep and angelina jolie, and those amazing women from pakistan. today we will bring you some extraordinary women telling extraordinary stories. of course, the most extraordinary of all is standing right next to me. [applause] she lets you hear her amazing words today, i want you to conjure up an image. this image of a solitary woman in a house in rangoon. throughout her long years under house arrest in b

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nights it's america, a portrait of each first lady, comments from noted historians, and thought from michelle obama on first place throughout history. now available throughout a discounted price. >> cn, crated by american cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> coming up next, the 20th anniversary ceremony for the holocaust museum. later, president obama speech on the importance of science investments. later, the the defense secretary chuck hagel holds a news conference with the japanese counterpart. >> former president bill clinton spoke monday at an event marking the 20th anniversary of the holocaust museum in washington d.c. this is just over an hour. [indiscernible crowd conversations] [indiscernible crowd conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome today's honored hocaust museum.r odict the tom bernstein, chair of the holocaust museum. lisa zaid, a granddaughter of four holocaust survivors. world war ii veteran scottie. the founding chairman of the united states holocaust memorial museum. [applause] and president bill clinton, founder of the clinton foundation and 42nd president of the united states. please rise fo

america saying yes to gay scouts, but no to gay leaders. we welcome our listeners as well on c-span radio. clark is joining us fromennsylvania on the democrats' line. caller: i have been a scoutmaster for the past 30 years. as a matter of fact, i will be presenting three of our scouts with their eagle award this afternoon. so i have some background in what i am talking about. first of all, this is not a decision that is being forced on anyone. as a scoutmaster and a volunteer of 30 plus years, i have been advocating for this change for quite a while, for the least the past decade. so this is not an attack on the boy scouts. there are many of us who have been dedicated to this program for our entire adult lives, who are working very hard to make this happen. secondly, in order for us to get some indication of what happens when you have a fully inclusive program, all we need to do is look at canada, look to great , you don't australia encounter any of these problems of voice camping together in tents are whatever. it is a non-issue. bsa does not inquire about orientation of employees, volunteers, are members or prev

the united states of america," comments from noted historians and thoughts from michelle obama on the role of first ladies in history. the discountedor price of $12.95 available at cice by your television provider. >> i went in. i walked in the kiosk. i said i was bob ney here to report. they said they knew one of my campaign managers in ohio. mail from california and massachusetts waiting on me. the go through the most embarrassing part of the stripped-down. , and thethe intake warden told the man to get away saying i could find my own way. clothes.the newbie another prisoner said, who is your escort? i said, a little guy in a suit yelled at me. he took me in the back way to the laundry room. the man is sitting there and he said, are you the congressman? i said, used to be. he said, republicans aren't you? i said, republicans put me in here, you know. he said, i was the mayor of east cleveland. welcome. i'll get you some clothes. >> more with bob ney tonight on c-span's "q&a." tuesday, homeland security secretary janet napolitano says she supports the bipartisan immigration bill. she says it's time to modernize the system and she is ready to work with congress. s

america. the annapolis boat festival live saturday, part of book tv weekend on c-span -- bok festival live saturday on book tv weekend on c-span 2. >> panels from the organization of american historians. the meeting starts with a look at the history of black freedom movement. it starts with your questions at 11:00 p.m. -- and 8:00 a.m.. 11:00 a.m. american life, saturday starting -- 9:30 a.m. on american history tv. >> "washington journal" continues. member ofn brady is a the ways and means subcommittee. i want to start we left off in our last segment, with the gun control debate. are you a gun hoe -- a gun owner own?- gun am not. i made that choice. we have a sophisticated handgun with this approach. it is a safe environment. i live at home in montgomery county. i worked up here in washington, d.c., which is a gun free community, which says so by law. i feel so much safer in texas than nine to working here in washington. i feel so much safer in texas than i do working here in washington king host -- here in washington. storyyou have a personal related to guns. what happens when you are 12 years old? a gentleman threatens my father and our fami

america's callingucture and group for $3.6 trillion investment needed by 2020. your time.or up next well look at current and use of domestic -- future use of domestic drones right news update from cn radio. >> within the hour president announce a new $100 researchnvestment into to map the human brain. he had mentioned the idea in his address.the union kpeurg the potential to -- omparing the potential to the human genome project. e said it could help answer questions about diseases like alzheimer's. experts say approval is when the assured today united nations general assembly votes on what could be the first regulating the multibillion dollar international arms trade. activistshan a decade and some governments have been pushing to keep illicit weapons the hands of terrorists, insurgent fighters and organized crime. january unemployment in the 17 european union countries that the euro has been revised up to 12%. jobless rate the has hit 12% since the euro 1999.ncy was launched in officials say spain and greece continue to suffer from rates above 26%. those are the latest headlines c-span radio. >> we have to take back media. is what will dia save us. the media are the most powerfu

america. that is at 9 p.m. eastern on c- span. president bill clinton spoke at georgetown university today. he reflected on his time in office and his postpresidential career. he president -- he graduated from georgetown. he was introduced by the school's president. [cheers and applause] >> good morning. it is my pleasure merrill lynch to welcome you all here today -- it is my pleasure to welcome you all here today. this marks the beginning of a journey we will take together over the course of the coming years to learn from one of the most accomplished global leaders of our time and someone we are proud to call a son of georgetown. [cheers and applause] president clinton, it is an honor to welcome you back to the hilltop. we are grateful for your contributions to our community throughout the decades and for the extraordinary impact you have had throughout our nation and our world. i wish to welcome our colleagues here from the clinton foundation and the clinton global initiative. i wish to welcome everyone .atching on our west -- webcast after president clinton delivers his lecture, he will take questions from both our students and students from the clinton school. a senior in our school of

from global warming to global taking. >> amy goodman your calls, e-mail, facebook comments and tweets "in depth" three hours live on sunday on c- span2. , "in their documentary poverty, america's untold crisis," frank bouton and jason economic impact on the u.s.. >> frequently called the most cosmopolitan city of the midwest, detroit today stands at the threshold of a bright new future, one rich with the promise of fulfillment. . since then,965 things have drastically changed. detroit's once positive outlook has been crushed by economic collapse. city is facinge numerous complications, touch as inadequate education, high crime rate, and high implement. it affects detroit and america as a whole. it is also the issue that is most often ignored -- poverty. >> we had an infrastructure that look like a diamond. now it looks more like a pyramid. >> the poor is getting poor. sooner or later, the request will not exist. >> properties the new american norm. >> that is 50 million people living in substandard conditions. the nation is facing its highest level of poverty since 1983. how can the obama administration save america from this untold crisis? >> poverty. >> poverty. >> poverty.

from the annapolis book festival. panels throughout the day at 10:00 a.m. eastern maryland and a c-span. the changing landscapes of suburbs and cities and at noon america's ongoing involvement in afghanistan. at 1:00 the ever evolving roles of women in society. at 2:00, former congressman on politics in america. the annapolis boat festival live saturday. part of book tv this weekend on a c-span2. >> national intelligence director told congress this week that budget cuts are making the country less secure. he was joined by the heads of the fbi and cia before the house intelligence committee. a hearing to discuss global threats. this is just over two hours. >> bring the committee to order. we have several numbers that are caught in other committees including the services. there will be along shortly. we will get to our distinguished panelists statements and to questions. of what to welcome today our national intelligence director. the cia director john brennan. director of the defense intelligence committee and the director of the fbi for the yearly open hearing before the house intelligence committee. as a reminder, we are in an open session, and we shoul

america must strive to expand the reach of freedom. >> the dedication of the bush presidential library and museum, sunday morning at 10:00 30 eastern on c-span. >> now testimony from the head administrator in charge of implementing the affordable care act or that he talks about progress of state health insurance exchanges and the need to be ready by october 1 and the cost of health care premiums. from the house energy subcommittee, this is just over .wo hours are >> good morning. thenvene this hearing of subcommittee to examine the health and human services management of the affordable care act as we approach the january 1 deadline for full implementation. is here tohan testify on behalf of of hhs. since i was responsible for lamenting this, many changes to the private health market, mr. cohan and others have their work cut out for them in the beginning of the next year. full implementation will finally take lace and on that date americans have been promised the ability to purchase health insurance plans through exchanges. we all remember the many promises that were made in the rush to pass the bill by any means necessary that if you like your coverage you can kee