c. retreat to the east of ukraine and was stoutly defiant even after receiving news that parliament had ceased to recognize him as leader by an overwhelming majority and announced an early election solutions you look at those who did all that is happening now the most part is than the easement crimes this is my strong belief that i will do everything takes to prevent my country from splitting up to stop the bloodshed it went from bad to worse we have a court which with parliament leading this article i will use it to mush anger from prison sparking jubilation and to use independence square. trying to seeing you as a force that changed everything your heroes here is the best of this country has while protesters are in high spirits and clear the east and south of the country are simply indifferent to its leaders have declared itself governance and constitutional power unique to all over the world and break up in the country and the. reporting from kiev in ukraine. here's a map that shows you just how much of ukraine is refusing to follow kiev's current lead these ten provinces home to mor

the president will be speaking at the house democrats retreat in cambridge, maryland live on c-span at 10:30 a.m. eastern time this morning. in ohio, republican line, good morning. caller: first of all, i would lead to see them -- i would like to see them fix the tax code. flat tax or ato a sales tax, either one. see them would like to redo their pay structure in congress. a freshman congressman should get paid the equivalent to what a private gets paid in the military. it should go up from there. third, i would like to see them impeach this president. he lied to you about your health care, he lied about benghazi, he lied about the irs, he lied heut the nsa and then continuously changes the health- care law, a bill that was passed by congress. whether i agree with it or not, he does not have the right under our constitution to just change the law 28 different times. that's unconstitutional. i don't care whether he is republican or democrat, you don't have a right to do that. i would not favor it for anybody else. he is no exception. you how yourask governor is doing out there, he is up

[applause] >> tonight on c-span, the house democratic caucus wrapped up a retreat. we will so -- we will show you president obama and vice president's biden remarks. jim jordan talks about changes to welfare. and ted cruz talks about u.s. energy production. later, we discussed public and private partnerships. on the next washington journal, we look at the health care law and the recent extension given by the obama administration. that, alicia caldwell discusses the future of the homeland security department under new secretary jeh johnson. this is all in washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. on sees. >> watch our program on first lady michelle obama, saturday at 7:00 p.m. on c-span. series on monday night with a special program. >> she brought financial resources to the marriage, as well as her managerial skills. she made it possible for washington to be away for eight years fighting a war. >> there was something about abraham lincoln where she saw the potential and encouraged. she helped develop it. there were lessons in etiquette that help polish them up for washi

institute] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] and tonight on c-span, the house democratic caucus wraps up a retreat in maryland. we will so -- show you president obama and vice president biden cost clothing -- closing remarks. jim jordan discusses changes to welfare. ted cruz talks about u.s. energy production. discussed public and private partnership and the impact on foreign policy. >> the new www.c-span.org website gives you access to a library of political events. more are added each day. we have nonstop coverage of politics, history, and nonfiction books. access more than 200,000 hours of archived video. everything c-span is covered since 1987. our video is searchable and viewable on your desktop tutor, tablet, or smart phone. just look for the search bar at the top of each space -- page. makes itww.c-span.org easy to see what is happening in washington. it is the most comprehensive video library in politics. >> president obama spoke today on the last day of the house democratic caucus retreat in maryland. he spoke about jobs, the passage of the debt limit increase, and enrollment goals for th

c-span3. house democrats are holding their annual retreat in cambridge, maryland. party leaders spoke to reporters about the policy areas they are discussing at the conference, including the economy, raising the minimum wage, and extending unemployment insurance. this is 35 minutes. >> we just had a great welcome from the governor of the great state of maryland, martin o'malley. we had a wonderful presentation by a couple of economists who talked to us about building an economy that works for all americans. that's what we're here to to do for the next two and a half days, talk about how we reward work, how we provide economic security to all americans, how we make sure that the economy of tomorrow works for everyone. not just some, but for everyone. how we return to those days when we really could say to our children, the american dream is before you. quite honestly, these last few days have been good days for americans. yesterday we maintained the full faith and credit of the united states of america and did not cause american families' mortgages to -- mortgage in

retreat in cambridge, maryland. democratic leaders have a briefing set for 4 p.m. eastern. we plan to carry that live for you on c-span. president obama also speaking to the group tomorrow morning. politico reporting that democratic congressional campaign committee chairman steve israel told colleagues at the retreat that the president will headline at least six fundraisers for house democrats this year quote with the potential for more. >> saturday booktv is live in georgia for the savannah book festival. coverage on c-span2 start at 9 a.m. eastern and continues throughout the day. this savannah book festival live saturday on booktv. and barks -- march 2, the civil rights movement and the obama air, historian we'll take calls, comes convenience and tweets live from noon to 3 p.m. eastern oon c-span2. and online that booktv's book club comment on papers in depth guest bonnie morris. join the conversation, go to booktv.org and click on the book club to enter the chat room. >> according to a recent study by the foundation, highest rate of entrepreneurship in the u.s. over the last decade has shifted to those in the

c-span. this week, house republicans to our in a retreat in cambridge, maryland. for more on the retreat and a better understanding of what is ahead, we spoke with a reporter who covers capitol hill. adriel bettelheim is a senior roll call.q there are two key issues that seem to have come out -- and dealing with the debt limit and immigration. first on the debt limit. how do they plan to adjust that next week? >> i think they are trying to lse on whether they would allow a clean debt limit extension or whenever they choose whether they will attach some preconditions and revived the expansion if they go the latter route. indications are there is at least some sentiment to tying an increase in the debt ceiling to repealing part of that health care law that deals with payments to health -- help insurers mitigate -- mitigate that risk of a technical thing. it has because the gop next big target in obamacare. make this decide to linkage is still to be decided. that is strong sentiment at least in the republican caucus -- >> you tweeted -- caucus -- this. tweeted is it

planning to skip the party's annual retreat and putting out pricey ads to distance themselves from the president. here is one sponsored by a nancy pelosi super pa c. >> joe garcia is working to fix obama care and voted to help keep your health care plan. joe garcia fought to hold insurance companies accountable and so they can't deny coverage from preexisting conditions and drop the coverage when you get sid. brad is a former deputy to period. and combaem, thank you for coming in on the snowy day. and great to see you. brad let me start with the joe trippi thing. he is not the first democrat talking head saying they can no longer defend obama care. kristin powers said it on our air yesterday. how damaging is it when they say things like that aloud? >> they can't deny what they are seeing and feeling. i believe that 2014 will be a wave election for the republicans. if they stick to obama care and economy. that is one- sixth of our national economy and it is a disaster and people are now feeling. it those people who are now running ads trying to distance themselves from the president. they can run but they can't hide. they voted for obama care. and

inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> coming up on c-span2, house democrats talk to reporters from their carcase retreat. later illinois congressman luis gutierrez discovers the need for immigration legislation. and senator john mccain urges u.s. intervention in serious civil war. >> on the next washington journal a look at the economic impact of the keystone xl oil pipeline. britain account of united advisers. we talk with the co-host of msn b.c. about what to expect in president obama's second term. former federal energy regulatory commission chairman will discuss the security of the u.s. electric grid. washington journal begins live and 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2 >> the new c-span.org website gives you access to an incredible library of political events with more added each day for the nonstop coverage of national politics, history, and nonfiction books. find the daily coverage of official washington or access more than 200,000 hours of archived c-span video, everything c-span was covered since 1987. or video is searchable and fuel on your desktop computer, tablet, or smart phone. just look for the

c-span2. >>> senators had the day off for their annual policy retreat, "politico" congressional reporter, i guess, being a congressionallal reporter means covering the repeat. senate democrat at national park in washington hearing from president obama and former president bill clinton. what is the significance of their timing of their hearing from president obama? >> caller: well, it's significant because in some ways senate democrats have been breaking from the president on certain issues. some of that related to the 2014 elections and democrats running in states where the president isn't particularly popular like louisiana and arkansas. come at the big moment for legislation in the senate on employment insurance still hasn't been reveef -- revived. that expired december 28. they prepare to go forward with a minimum wage increase. i think they try to strategize as a party where as in the past i feel like congressional aids have been little bit critical of the coordination between the white house and the democrats. >> i understand there's not a lot of media coverage coming out retreat. bill

c-span. the senate is not in session today. members gaveled out yesterday. they are holding a one-day policy retreat. members of both parties, republicans and democrats, holding retreats today. they'll be back tomorrow. you can see the senate when they return tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. actually at noon eastern on c-span2. >> if everyone's seated, let's go. so i apologize. i was hopeful that that first panel would not last this long, but it did. so thank you and i hope that doesn't impact your rest of the schedule for the day, but appreciate you staying around. so our second panel of the day is the nongovernment panel. we have michael kingston, senior vice president and chief information officer of neiman marcus group. then john mulligan, executive vice president and chief financial officer, target brands, incorporated. bob russo, general manager of p.c.i. security standards council. and phillip smith, senior vice president for trustware. we appreciate you being here today. as we did with the first panel, we'll go from my left. so mr. mulligan, you will start and you will have five minutes. >> good morning

c-span2. the house is out legislatively until tuesday, february 28. the democrats begin their issues retreat later this afternoon on maryland's eastern shore. minority leader, nancy pelosi, will brief reporters about that gathering. we'll have it for you live at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. news from washington today that israeli prime minister, bedgemin netanyahu, plans to visit the white house next month. the associated press says the white house announced the march 3 visit and would discuss middle east peace, iran's nuclear program, and other regional issues. the plrm has also been an outspoken critic of u.s. efforts to curb iran's program. kerry is trying to broker a middle east peace deal that would establish an independent palestinian state alongside israel. the a.p. says the white house in a statement said that netanyahu's visit is, quote, a demonstration of the deep and enduring bonds between the u.s. and israel and close consultations on a range of security issues that's from the associated press. the visit, march 3. >> the context here is that lee enjoys a reputation in the mo

c-span. the house is out because they finished their work yesterday. house democrats are holding their party retreat on the eastern shore of maryland. and the democratic leader, nancy pelosi, will be briefing reporters about their gathering. we'll have live coverage of that this evening at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> i think every first lady brings their unique perspective to this job. if you didn't, you couldn't live through it. i think to the extent that this feels natural to me at any level, and i would never have thought that living in the white house and being first lady would feel natural, it's because i try to make it me. i try to bring a little bit of michelle obama into this, but at the same time respecting and valuing the tradition that is america's. >> watch our program on first lady michelle obama at our website c-span.org/first ladies, or see it saturday on c-span at 7:00 p.m. eastern. and live monday, we conclude our series with a special two-hour program looking at all the first ladies from martha washington to ichelle obama. >> the house is in recess until february 28. the hill w

c codified in the law. >> self-defense use of deadly force or nondeadly force, the way the statute reads you get that sentence in there that says you have no duty to retreatand your ground. here is a solution. let's do it together, you ready? there is no reason why that sentence should be in a jury instruction if there are no facts that support the contention of stand your ground. so i believe it should be taken out of the jury instruction and only put in if the facts support it. we do that with many other injury instructions. that would take the issue out. i don't think the zimmerman jury or the dunn jury got confused by it. >> i think they understood that. >> but i hear you. if we take that out nobody could say that there is confusion because it won't be there. on the stand your ground cases i still think that before a jury says we will believe that you were reasonable in your fear and that you're allowed to stand your ground they are still going to focus on the reasonableness of the fear. they don't think if you are reasonable in your fear they won't care about stand your ground. >> don i hear you sighing. >> we are so far in the weeds on this. this is

retreat. that briefing scheduled for 6:00 p.m. eastern and you can watch t live here on cn. >> all americans know we must ensure roofs over the heads of our citizens. since the 1930's. federal government has distorted housing markets through the operation of fannie may, freddie mack and the federal housing administration. taxpayers are responsible for $4 trillion in the mortgages and mortgage-backed securities. yet despite the heavy involvement of the federal government, home ownership rates have barely risen in the last decade. 1968 home ownership was at 63.9%. the recent data has it at 65%. congress should wind them down by repealing the firms' federal charters. both entities distort the market by shoing mortgage-backed securities. over the last 10 years, nobody has been a better friend to the american people in congress than congressman jeb hensarling. many americans are unheard in d.c. 33,000 lobbyists conspire to make d.c. the city where bold ideas go to die. those who afford lobbyists get taken care of on capitol hill with tax loopholes, regulatory relief and special

. >> on c-span, we're taking you live to cambridge, maryland, democratic leaders concluding, there's the head of the democratic caucus brief regular porters on their upcoming two-day retreat. >> we just had a great welcome from the governor of the great state of maryland, martin o'malley. we had a wonderful presentation by a couple of economists who talked to us about building an economy that works for all americans. that's what we're here to to do for the next two and a half days, talk about how we reward work, how we provide economic security to all americans, how we make sure that the economy of tomorrow works for everyone. not just some, but for everyone. how we return to those days when we really could say to our children, the american dream is before you. quite honestly, these last few days have been good days for americans. yesterday we maintained the full faith and credit of the united states of america and did not cause american families' mortgages to -- mortgage interest rates to go way up. we made sure people can still borrow at a decent rate. today, hundreds of thousands of americans woke up hearing the president tell them you're getting a raise to $10.10 if y

retreat. the senate also back shortly. they will work on a bill restoring military pension cuts included in the federal spending bill. you will see live coverage of the senate on c-span2 and the house on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair will be offered by our the chaplain: chaplain, father conroy -- by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. dear god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we ask your special blessing upon the members of this people's house. they face difficultis

c-span. in montpelier, we have been able to establish that samuel mcallen was on the property. leeowing gettysburg, brought his army and retreated to the south. he came into orange county. he went to winter quarters here in orange county with montpelier beam them up -- and being the westernmost extent. based on statistics from out of six five casualties occurred in cap. from poor nutrition. 300 to 300 men -- 350 men living in close proximity. if one person gets sick, the sickness spread quickly. >> life and death at the 1864 confederate army headquarters. part of american history tv on c-span three. next, a debate hosted by stanford university on gun policy. the one-on-one debate is between stanford law professor and attorney john donohue, who spoke on the side of gun laws, and a civil rights lawyer who spoke on the side of gun rights. this is about 1.5 hours. >> am i on? welcome everybody. nice to see you here. my name is charles. i am the dean of continuing shorties -- studies. it is my pleasure to moderate --s around, guns and moderate this program called guns in america one year after sandy hook. it is little more than a yea

c-span. vice president joe biden called on house democrats to, quote, aggress ily push our agenda. he spoke at the democratic retreat on the eastern shore of maryland this morning for about 20 minutes. [applause] hello, everybody. shelby, how are you? [applause] , please, please. it's been a long week. [applause] [cheering and applause] thank you very much. thank you. last time a group stood that long and clapped for me the guy back yelled, joe, keep talking. it was raining outside. the snow stopped, the sun is shining. it's great to be with you. sorry i couldn't be here yesterday, and i just want you to know that i have within my deadline as i got off the helicopter and drove in the short disassistance -- distance i was told, joe, if you're not at 20 minutes to 10 the president can't land. that's an incentive. [laughter] for everyone. for everyone. look, i'm going to make -- in light of the time. you've been kind enough to invite me to your caucuses before, to your -- to this retreat, and i've always enjoyed it. i've always -- and willing and anxious to stay as long as you have questions. in order get to the discus

c-span two. read a woman's history for beginners and join the conversation. org, and enter the chat room. they had the day off for the retreatand we have a congressional reporter for politico. i guess that means covering the retreat. first the senate democrats were at nationals park hearing from president obama and former >> him ofbill clinton that is related to the 2014 nottion where it is particularly popular. it's a big moment for legislation in the senate and it still has not been revived. it expired and they are preparing to go over the minimum wage increase. past, congressional aides have always been a critical of the coordination between the white house and democrats. mediare's not a lot of coverage coming out of the retreats. what is bill clinton's purpose being their? a cheerleader for the agenda? told by some sources familiar that they don't expect any big policy and news or political news out of president clinton's visit. we are all on the democratic team so i see it as a teambuilding exercise right now. >> what was the focus of this meeting? >> they will focus on getting the agenda out there rather than opposing

members at their retreat last week and he emphasized republican's priorities including securing the border, creating a visa tracking system and no amnesty. listen to the sunday talk shows on c-span radio and under way right now and rebroadcast them again tonight after midnight. reaction from members of congress to the state of the union and comments about the year ahead. this discussion was hosted by politico and about two 1/2 hours. >> good morning, everybody. i'm thrilled to be joined on this early post-state of the union morning by susan brooks, congresswoman from indiana, james lankford, congressman from oklahoma, mike pompeo, congressman from kansas, three house republicans who were obviously at the state of the union, we hope, last night. our mobile polling question for this conversation is displayed on the tv's above us so weigh in and participate in this event. so let's get started. guys, this is a question that we're asking everybody today. so you'll hear throughout the presentation but the biggest thing i learned about president obama last night was that he was blank. i'll start with you, congressman pompeo. >> in charge for five years but responsible for nothing.

c-span. in the meantime, the, the democratic leaders from yesterday at the house retreat. >> great sessions. hear from're going to the chairman of the world bank. tomorrow we have the president of the united states. we have to stay tuned. since the vice president was not able to arrive today for the lunch keynote address, we are waiting to hear word of there might be some opportunity for the vice president as well. generally speaking, our members are not just thrilled that we have had this opportunity to really drill deep into these issues that are so important to americans but we are going to the heart of the issue we think americans care about. how do you build an economy that works for all americans? how do you build those letters -- ladders of ? that is what this is all about. -- to do that best. we are fired up. we know, as you just heard from our colleagues, who have been working so hard on this idea that if we help women succeed that all of america will succeed. to work on that. thatve agreed as democrats the house of representatives is not done doing its work. while some people consi

retreat continues in cambridge, maryland, despite this snowstorm. that briefing will happen at about 4:00 eastern. we'll have it live here on c-span. a live picture now at the hiatt hotel in cambridge, maryland 34d, on the eastern shore of the state where that democratic caucus retreat is being -- taking place. this room is where journalists are filing stories. we'll continue to bring you developments from the gathering. that briefing with democrat leaders this afternoon, starting at 4:00 p.m. eastern. a picture of the state of maryland and eastern shore, aim bridge, maryland, right in the lower part there, where the house democrats are meeting today. and live picture now of the u.s. capitol here in washington, the city quieted by the major snowstorm hitting most of the eastern seaboard. more snow and rain expected across the region through this afternoon. it interrupted government operations. the federal government closed today. many of the live events we planned to have for you today including a couple of congressional hearings, white house briefing, have been postponed due to the weather. the house and senate not in session for t

retreat. the senate also back shortly. they will work on a bill restoring military pension cuts included in the federal spending bill. you will see live coverage of the senate on c-span2 and the house on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair will be offered by our the chaplain: chaplain, father conroy -- by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. dear god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we ask your special blessing upon the members of this people's house. they face difficult decisions in difficult times, with many forces and interests demandsing their attention. in these days, give wisdom to all the members that they might execute their responsibilities to the benefit of all americans. and may their constituents understand as well that many in this country have interests at odds with their own. and that the task entrusted to their representatives is extremely complex. bless us, o god, and be with us all this day and every day to calm. may all that is done be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker pro tempore: amen. the chair's examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and an

retreat in maryland. it continues tomorrow. canceledident-who had his appearance today because of snow on the east coast will speak tomorrow right before president obama's remarks. scheduled at 10:30 eastern, live on coday hengs announced will not seek reelection in 2014. in a statement, he wrote last friday i celebrated my 73rd birthday, and i have the ability serving washington, it is time for people to the new people to represent them in the house. gs announcing his retirement. havegular watchers may noticed something unusual in wednesday's vote to end debate on the debt ceiling bill in the senate. some of the transparency issues that it has since raised -- what happened on wednesday? >> what happened on wednesday during the vote was that madeally the decision was and we are just now learning from a spokesman from majority leader harry reid is at the request of senate republicans to make thethe clerk usual announcements of the post positions as the vote is ongoing. and to the microphones were in turned off, so if you were anywhere other than in the senate chamber itself, either as a reporter or a senator or a staffer, you were left to really guess as to what was going on in terms of the way the v

c-span or send us a tweet. based on the comments of the new homeland security secretary jay johnson who spoke on friday, immigration stirs the old fight. the house's retreatn legislation puts pressure on the white house to stem record number of deportations. the piece by laura meckler reveals the house retreat may produce an unintended ripple in the form of increased pressure by the president to unilaterally stem his record setting rate of deportations. the matter has long been a source of tension between the obama mention and many immigrant right groups. these groups who are central to the liberal side of the immigration debate are furious at the administration for deporting people who could legally stay in the u.s. under legislation that the president supports. we'll have more on this and some background on the immigration debate in just a moment. first a look at the other sunday morning programs and the guests and topics which can be heard later today on c-span radio. nancy is in the studios. good morning. >> on today's sunday tv talk shows, the topics include security at the winter olympics in sochi, u.s.-russia relations, the debt ceiling and politic