charlie, independent. caller: thank you for taking my call. been a couple of years since i talked to you. people seem to be upset but they shouldn't be because we are getting the best government with money can buy. with all the lobbyists, about 500 per congressman and senator we are getting what we expect. if we didn't have any lobbyists maybe the senators an congressmen would listen to their constituents. host: to big bear lake, california, terrence, democrat. hi there. caller: yes. i would like to know from the gentleman which of the candidates running for governor is more likely to balance the budg budget. the $20 billion in the hole. which will take on the task of handling the pensions for the state? guest: i will have to leave that to the voters. everybody has their own plans. republicans tend to promote deeper cuts in the state budget and oppose tax increases. the democrats usually propose more of a mixed plan for the state government. they are a little more wary to suggest anything that resembles a broad based tax increase. if it it was

host: does charlie daniels play a mean fiddle? ♪ fiddle music charlie:hat's how you do it son.e you 15% or more on car insurance. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> larry: would michael have chosen this, do you think? you want neverland. >> yeah. >> larry: you don't like him in here, right? >> no, no. he needs to be somewhere special. larry, i really feel that with what my brother has done, just for people all around the world, there should be something special. >> larry: not inside -- >> a monument in d.c. for michael jackson. >> larry: in washington? >> yes, absolutely. not because of the music, because of the message in the music and how it touched so many people. that's what it should be. but he should be laid to rest -- >> larry: who decided here, though? who said let's do it here? >> well, my mother and -- i think it was like because we needed to put him somewhere for the moment. but i think it's -- it's not too late. >> larry: he can move. >> to neverland, right? >> larry: do the rest of the family have plots here? >> larry, plots. >> larry: no, i mean -- >> meaning -- >> larry: do you all want t

. >> lehrer: and in florida, governor charlie crist said the leading edge of the oil slick could arrive at pensacola's beach before the day is out. >> our state resours have determined that the oil sheen , with it are thousand of tarballs. skimers have been deployed near pensacola. the goal is to remove that oil from near-shore waters and prevent and minimize any potential impacts to our state. will be. >> lehrer: as the oil spread, the federal government again expanded its closure of fishing grounds. more than one-third of federal waters in the gulf are now off limits. more than 75,000 square miles of ocean stretching nearly to cuba. at an afternoon speech in pittsburgh, president obama refocused on possible criminal wrongdoing, leading up to the spill. >> the catastrophe unfolding in the gulf right now may prove to be a result of human error. or of corporations taking dangerous shorted cuts to compromise safety. but we have to conditional that-- acknowledge that there are inherent risks to drilling four miles beneath the surface of the earth. >> lehrer: today, federal officials approv

you saw charlie crist being pushed out of the republican primary and accused of being too moderate.n the republican side, that is what i am looking -- are you going to see that trend continue, where the so-called moderate candidates are losing d, the tea party-fuelde conservative candidates are winning? i think that is what you would expect. on the democratic side, you are seeing that with the blanche lincoln race and arkansas. you have labor unions and people on the left are very frustrated with her as being too conservative. that is why she is getting this challenge from the left. host: ben evans, political reporter with the associated press, thank you for joining us. following on that, this is a piece from "the new york times" looking at the race and arkansas -- unions take a stand in the arkansas race. they have knocked on 170,000 doors, and spent almost $6 million on television and radio advertisements. that is how badly labor unions want to defeat senator blanche lincoln. even though arkansas's labor force is one of the least unionized, labor has thrown its support behind mrs.

charlie, independent. caller: thank you for taking my call. been a couple of years since i talked to you. people seem to be upset but they shouldn't be because we are getting the best government with money can buy. with all the lobbyists, about 500 per congressman and senator we are getting what we expect. if we didn't haveny lobbyists maybe the senators an congressmen would listen to their constituents. host: to big bear lake, california, terrence, democrat. hi there. caller: yes. i would like to know from the gentleman which of the candidates running for governor is more likely to balance the budg budget. the $20 billion in the hole. which will take on the task of handling the pensions for the state? guest: i will have to leave thato the voters. everybody has their own plans. repuicans tend to promote deeper cuts in the state budget and oppose tax increases. the democrats usually propose more of a mixed plan for the state government. they are a little more wary to suggest anything that resembles a broad based tax increase. if it it was easy

and i thank you, charlie, for that service. and, howard, i thank you as well for serving over there. on june 27, 1950, president truman ordered the united states armed forces to help the republic of korea defend itself against the north korean invasion. while it ended in an armistice, the better conflict between korea and north korea still lingers on. we all know that. korea is a strong ally, and america remains committed to korea's safety, survival and success. by commemorating the 60th anniversary of the start of the korean war, the united states congress and the country rededicated our promise to thank those who wore the uniform during that time. an estimated five million valiant men and women served in the korean war. as a korean war veteran who flew 62 combat missions, it brings me great pleasure to remind americans of the sacrifice and service of those who fought in korea. to thess steamed korean war -- to the esteemed korean war veterans, you are not forgotten. we honor you, we appreciate you, god bless you and i salute

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we showed up in switzerland, and he didn't know i was friends with charlie chaplain's sons as well. >f the great songs ever written. >> it's a great song. >> larry: great, great songs ever written. were you shocked at the coverage? surprised at how immense the story was? >> not really. you know why, larry? because michael's success is not his talent. it was his message. people cried because they knew what his message was, the one he was trying to get through his music and we're very appreciative as a family and we will stay strong and united and stay strong as a family, but the world cried, because they knew they had lost someone who really cared about them. who cared about the planet, who cared about life. >> larry: by the end of the week, the top three albums in sales were his. nearly half a million albums were sold. 2.3 million downloads of single tracks. did that surprise you? >> no. you know what surprised me? what surprised me is the fact that i can't go anywhere without someone know iing what happened and any corner of this globe. >> larry: you just performed in africa. >> yeah

support of sheriff brown, but also members of the house of representatives i mary jo kilroy, and charlie wilson who are all here. wave, guys. [applause] that's why these folks work so hard to pass the recovery act. which cut taxes for middle class families. that way, boosting demand, cutting taxes for small businesses so that they could make payroll and keep their doors open, extending unemployment insurance and cobra to help folks make it through some really tough times to, rebuild our infrastructure and making investments that would spurrier additional investments from the private sector and strengthen our country in the long run. and in ohio, nearly 2,400 small businesses have gotten loans to keep their workers on payroll. 4.5 million families have gotten tax cuts to help pay their bills and put food on the table. some 450 transportation projects are under way or have been completed and more than 100,000 ohioans are at work today as a result of these steps anded today, i return to columbus to mark a milestone on the road recovery. the 10,000th project launch under the recovery act. th

host: does charlie daniels play a mean fiddle? ♪ fiddle music charlie:hat's how you do it son.eico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >> larry: he is becoming a regular on larry king live these days happy to see t. boone pickens, legendary oil man and chairman of the bp management company no association with the bp oil company. what did you think of the speech? >> i commend him. the president made it clear we have no energy plan. but we haven't had an energy plan for 40 years. so, let's get an energy plan. you know, i am for the wind and the solar. but that's -- that's not going to solve much for you. that is for power generation. and your problem is transportation fuel. is where you're coming from. and 70% of all the oil we import every day is for transportation fuel. if you remember the president said when he got the nomination that in ten years we would not import any oil from -- he said from the mideast. and i -- i believe he -- that's, you know he told us he would do that. but i have seen no plan to accomplish that. >> larry: he has tried, hasn't he?

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because she's acting like this is a serious charlie rose moment.ctually taking on the issues. first of all, she's drunk right now, larry. let's be honest. she's had a little box of wine to take the edge off. >> larry: where do you live, maggie? >> now i live in beverly hills. >> exactly, see? for all the complaining? exactly. >> larry: your successful daughter move you? >> oh yeah, yeah. >> larry: takes good care of you? >> yeah. >> larry: you a widow? >> yes, i am. my husband expired three years ago. very tough. >> larry: was he a good father, kathy? >> he was the best. he was very funny. they were on the show together. when people come up to me and say i feel like i knew your dad and i say you did. he was just like that. she is like that but this is a weird party face she is doing for your benefit. she is trying to act sober. it's like when the cops pull you over and have you do that test. can we have her blow into anything? >> larry: i told you i don't drink. does your daughter ever embarrass you? >> occasionally she does. >> we rehearsed this.

you saw charlie crist being pushed out of the republican primary and accused of being too moderate.the republican side, that is what i am looking -- are you going to see that trend continue, where the so-called derate candidates are losing d, the tea party-fuelde conservative candidates are winning? i think that is what you would expect. on the democratic side, you are seeing that with the blanche lincoln race and arkansas. you have labor unions and people on the left are very frustrated with her as being too

. >> you mentioned guggenheim, is that the charlie guggenheim family? i believe it is. >> and you also mentioned mark cuban. i saw your documentary at his theater here, the landmark theaters in washington, and he's got theaters as you know in over 15 cities in the united states. businessn't in this and if he wasn't financing something like this, would you still be doing documentaries? would there still be places in this country to go see these things? >> i think there would be, but i'm glad he's out there. i think he's doing a great job. i also like the landmark theater chain. it's a good, healthy outlet for independent films. he's not the only one doing it, but he's an important force. >> back to yoor documentary. this is ralph reed, a name that peopll watching this network will remember. let's watch it. it's a minute and 30 seconds. >> abramoff got ralph reed to not only mount public opposition to this plan, but to put pressure on members of congress who then put pressure on the department of interior to prevent the yana tribe from opening that casino

governor charlie crist: >> the news this morning to hear that there is oil there is one of the most disturbing things that we could imagine. so, obviously, there must have been a shift in the current and the wind over the night. so we're not happy about that. >> woodruff: alabama governor bob riley had a complaint of his own-- that locals, put out of work by the spill, are not being hired to help clean it up. >> every person i saw tending boom was from the state of maine. now that just defies logic. and again, we have had assurances from everyone involved that that's about to change. >> woodruff: meanwhile, scientists confirmed today that at least two giant underwater plumes of oil have accumulated in the gulf. last weekend, b.p.'s c.e.o., tony hayward, denied such plumes existed. today, hayward faced a different challenge-- reassuring b.p. investors. in a conference call, he said the firm had sufficient cash reserves to meet its obligations, and he pledged to restore both the gulf coast and his company's sullied name. but the president said now is not the time to worry about corporate image.

. >> ifill: governor charlie crist. >> most of the beaches in florida are pristine. are unimpacted by this event. the vast majority of them are. and the reality is when tar balls come up on the beach, so long as we're able to get the personnel there in a timely fashion, they can be cleaned up fairly quickly. we can't mislead people. but it is not misleading to say to any potential tourist that the vast majority of our beaches are beautiful. the water is clean. the fish are biting. >> ifill: b.p. declined to confirm reports today it plans to raise $50 billion to cover the cost of the spill. we take a closer look now at what may have led to the deep water horizon explosion with two reporters who have been investigating it. aham lustgarten is a reporter for an independent investigative news service. he's covering the broader safety record of the company and james glantz is with the "new york times". the times reported today on problems with a blow-out preventer and with an internal device known as the blind sheer ram. that was supposed to cut the pipe and seal off the o

trial lawyer who was appointed as a special counselor to the state of florida last week by governor charlie crist. he will advise the governor about legal issues related to the spill. and daniel farber is director of the environmental law program at the university of california, berkeley, law school. steve yerrid, let me start with you. can the government under current law compel bp to start an escrow fund? >> well, ray, we're clearly on new land right now, a frontier that was created after the valdez oil spill. what i think they're going to do is premise it upon the responsible party connotation and the oil pollution act which was passed in 1990 which makes the responsible party liable for all the damages and the clean-up. what they want to do now is front-end that and put it in a trust fund to get away from bp looking like an oversight entity and put it on the government, a government we can trust a lot better than we can trust an oil company. >> suarez: daniel farber, you're familiar with what's in that federal oil protection act. is there a mechanism in there for the government to say,

charlie should be here any minute. members of the subcommittee and commerce committee have called this a field hearing in their home state. i ask unanimous consent that they be allowed to make opening hearing. without objection, so ordered. we will hear from the members in their opening statement. the chairman and reckitt -- ranking members will be recognizeddfor their opening. i will begin. let me begin by expressing on behalf of all, was the condolences of friends and family members of those that died or were injured on the april 20 at the explosion. 11 lives were lost and 15 people were injured. parts, faults, and prayers go out o the families and the people impacted by this disaster as the well continues to spew oil on to the shore. today's subcommittee continues our examination into the oil leak. this is the second hearing our subcommittee has conducted on the incident. the third hearing that the committee of energy and congress has held on the issue. an unprecedented disaster that pales in comparison to the tragi

harry reid spent $4,000 at the charlie palmer stakeouts -- steakhouse." we can show you this as we go the next phone call. charlie, good morning. what do you think? should president obama be showing more a motion? caller: i do not defend the question. of we all know that his strong leadership point as a president is that he is calm. . to me that is what you need. this is just another media made up story to make the president look bad. i know that he has done a lot. i do not need his focus on anything negative. i keep up with this unfortunate news. two wars, the different things that korea is trying to do with israel, people trying to double. i think that he will prevail and be one of the best presidents we have ever had. why not ask a positive question about obama? it is always negative. no matter what you say. it is surprising to me. c-span has simply ask a question and i am surprised that the dialogue. my taxes have gone towards funding c-span. host: no, they have not. cable companies provide c-span as a public service. about 5 cents of your cable bill

host: charlie rangel announced his reelection campaign yesterday. surprising strength in a car congressional career plagued with scandal. when will we hear something from the ethics committee on investigations and to charlie rangel? guest: hard to say. they never seem to give you an indication. but i do not think that it will matter. unless he is caught with a gun in his hand and someone dead at his feet, he has been there for a long time and delivered for those constituents of his. politically it is a strong democratic district. he is their diet and he matters in washington. when your guy matters, it is a big deal. host: he will be facing the grandson of clayton powell? guest: i believe so, but it will take a lot for voters to turn. host: gary, independent line. caller: it amazes me when the democrats call in without realizing that there is really no difference. i would like ask your guest, there was a hearing when bernie sanders asked ben bernanke about the $2.20 trillion given to the big banks. if he could tell us how much and who it was given to

charlie crist is still the governor. he gets to take an airplane over to the coast and look very concerned. visuals do matter in elections. i have not seenmarc marco rubio touring the beaches yet. florida's beaches matter to the state and to the nation. that is something where it could have a really big impact. believe it or not, charlie crist is leading by some 10 points in the latest race. did you want to weigh in on the politics? >> i am not a political strategist. it seems to me that, in certain areas, like in my home state of colorado, that they voted for climate change legislation. that may be a subject of discussion with her and our opponent in the future. i do think the policy decisions that the administration makes have an effect on how people view what is happening. i agree with marty on that. that is probably where i would leave it. typically, i do not think environmental issues dominate congressional elections. in most instances, especially where the economy has been hard hit, i think jobs are going to be the

charlie crist running as an independent. kendrick meek, who had been opposed to the democratic primary, now faces a potentially strong challenge from a billionaire candidate who decided to run at the very last minute and has drawn considerable amounts of his own money into the race. he will be forcing kendrick me to be a little more competitive heading into the august primary. host: tennessee, keith on the democratic line. caller: i just wanted to say hooray for the tea party is because they are going to make sure we keep democratic control of the congress and said that over the next four, five, six years. and also i would like to congratulate the governor soon- to-be elective in south carolina to to the fat -- due to the fact that the senator called her a ragged and we will have the first rag head governor of the state. and it proves one main thing that the minority does not always speak the loudest. i am calling to say hurray for the tea party because i am so glad they are self-destructive. host: we will talk about self- r

we had charlie allen last year to come after 50 years in the intelligence community, he certainly has a lot of insight and perspective to share with us. i might note that he is also recently retired and we are fortunate enough to consider him a senior fellow. and in addition to welcoming the c-span audience, i want to welcome chesley and amanda lafferty, phil's nieces. today we will hear perspectives from phil, his role but that the cia and at the fbi. if we look at the threat landscape that we face today and how it has metastasized and how we can continue to see the blurring of both foreign and domestic threats, i could not think of anyone better positioned than phil to share his insights both from what we have seen overseas and some of the implications al qaeda poses and some of our countermeasures and objectives, but also the growing need domestically. obviously we are all aware of a growing on growing threat. at some point, i think we all have hard questions that we are still just beginning to struggle with in terms of what sorts of intelligence capacities we need, how we can get

then, c-span's cameras followed charlie melancon as the tour's this area. later, general odierno has the latest on security and the iraq. . [no audio] >> i know that a lot of the press may be curious about what is happening with the intent to cap the well. i don't want to go into technical detail here. until we get a chance to talk directly with command-and- control about what is happening there. it does appear that the cap at least for now is holding. they are slowly ratcheting up the amount of oil that is being extracted and being careful that they do not dislodge or disrupt the cap. we will know more within the next 24 or 48 hours. it is way too early to be optimistic. we will give you more thorough briefing when we know more. we spent a lot of time you are just talking about the logistics of the response on the shore as oil begins to come in. everybody here has particular concerns because we have limited resources. we are trying to get more booms into the places where we need. some in alabama was not whereeit was supposed to be. the governor was appropr

let's hear from our two native sons, charlie malone, member of the committee. go ahead. >> thhnk you, ssr. our condolences to you and thank you for having the courage to be here today. mr. chairman, thank you. ranking member burgess, thank you. our state, our people, our environment, our lively hood -- livelihood, thank you for being here. the news media is reminding us that we are facing the largest environmental disaster in our nation's history. has difficult not to draw the correlation to the largest national disaster in our area as well. it is easy tt become distracted day long, but we are here to make sure the real tragedy on people's lives aren't forgotten. i would add a footnote. louisiana issstill open for bbsiness, and the people along the coast need citizens in the neighboring states to ccme and enjoy louisiana, and we need to make certain that this investigation into what went wrong is thoroughly carried out. we must examine all solutions that may -- we must examine all solutions and guard against a situation like this ever happening again. these sto

he things i think that is widely known and yu referred to it in an interview you did last nightith charlie rhodes, under the influence of iran, seems to be exercing a kind of veto of what the internal hamas seems to wa to do in terms reconciliation. is that fair? do you think this crisi will change anything? >> i don't know if it will change or not but >> i reported you curately? >> yes is accure. >> let talk a little bit about at you reported which i thought was very interesting, the negotiations wit walmart. andsrael, th episode is seen as generally speaking, as another example ofthe palestinians saying n to a very generousoffer, so you are familiar with this narrave. >> yes, i am familiar. [laughter] >> what is your response to that? >> return to what olmert said. he sd we negotiated everything. i offed them awaand they offered me a swap. they did not reject they didn't accept which means that we didn't rejectany ofr coming om them. inhe time we were discussing, continue, so what is the stake we committed? we ask netyahu trestart from the point on the border, n security, on everything,

the relentless migrants, unemployed workers, roamed the region, or let the mountain charlie.it was not until 1987 -- or left the mountains entirely. it was not until 1987 that this interpretation of the broad forms was finally struck down. kentucky ins spoke at the ballot box and voted in favor of a homestead amendment which restricted strip mining by the mineral rights owner without the consent of the landowner. five years later, the ruling was appealed. i used the "rape"earlier. i remember discovering that spells a rape was still legal in my state. i thought, if i were married, it would be legal for my husband to rape. i felt horrible shame. kentucky's gender laws have come far since that time. the governor just signed a progressive policy requiring that men who beat women, and against whom an order of protection has been taken out, must be monitored with tps. i salute the governor and the legislator for enacting this law. kentucky's environmental laws monitoring, inauguration, and enforcement need to move apace. the surface mining and during the carter administration was a

just worried, we not know what is going to h h h h hh >> on wednesday, c-span crew traveled with charlie melancon to discuss the response to the oil spill. the coast guard admiral and epa and administrator are among those with whom he met. this is about 25 minutes. >> right now, we are having problems. it was coming off of the mouth of the mississippi and through these passes that are coming through the inner waters right here. we were having trouble pulling assets from the eastern side of the mississippi to the western side. it was too late of a response in order to get all this done at that time. now, thankfully, they have deployed people in this area. the response is substantially better. it is done substantially better. the manpower and assets deployed, that has gone significantly better over the last two or three weeks. >> what were the effects of it being slow in the first couple of weeks? >> the response was way too slow. we saw some oil coming into our parish one day, and it was the next day that anyone responded to look at it. they didn't have the assets or people to actually do

policy, there is no basis for any kind of action that risks of the same kind of confrontation that charlie was talking about a moment ago. everybody needs to carefully have valuate actions. everyone is committed to improving the situation on the underground. there is no policy and increase openings allow materials to be transported to cause us through land crossings. we think that everybody that wants to help -- transported to gaza through land crossings. we think that everybody that wants to help, may. >> [unintelligible] >> we are very aware of what has been announced. >> you said we disagreed with some policies, including demolitions and evictions. a few moments later, you said that the proposed demolitions announced today were exactly the kind of thing that and a monstrous. parker? -- correct? [unintelligible] >> of their projects that have different histories -- >> of their projects that have different histories. -- >> there are projects that have different histories. this is the kind of action that undermines trust and potentially in such a motion and adds to the risk of violence. we

because these people control the activist base and they are going to get what arlen specter got and charlie crist in florida got. they all know they are going to get that if they don't play ball with rush limbaugh and he doesn't believe in compromise which is why others apologizeed droll rush limbaugh and on fox news carly fiorina apologized to him on the air because she made a comment he didn't like. host: one more solution from the philadelphiaya inquiror. " more states with non- districting commuents. every 10 years after the census crews states redraw the boundaries of congressional and legislative districts. too often, the process is controlled by bipartisans. creating safe districts that are comforted to conclude more democratic or republican voters. next is bob joining us from harrison, arkansas. good morning. democrats line. >> good morning. >> i think our country is polarized by the sided issues whether it's abortion, gun rights or -- but the key are our trade policy. and the olympics were held in china years ago. and they were successful. but there were standards in place and if y

we had charlie allen last year to come after 50 years in the intelligence community, he certainly has a lot of insight and perspective to share with us. i might note that he is also recently retired and we are fortunate enough to consider him a senior fellow. and in addition to welcoming the c-span audience, i want to welcome chesley and amanda lafferty, phil's nieces. today we will hear perspectives from phil, his role but that the cia and at the fbi. if we look at the threat landscape that we face today and how it has metastasizeddand how we can continue to see the blurring of both foreign and domestic threats, i could not think of anyone better positioned than phil to share his insights both from what we have seen overseas and some of the implications al qaeda poses and some of our countermeasures and objectives, but also the growing need domestically. obviously we are all aware of a growing on growing threat. at some point, i think we all have hard questions that we are still just beginning to struggle with in terms of what sorts of intelligence capacities we need, how we can get

charlie. >> can i go back to the gaza flotilla aftermath -- >> before -- do we -- okay, good.o ahead. >> can you bring us up to date on what you know about any americans who might still be in israel? have all of them been sent back towards the u.s.? and do you have any numbers that are more updated than yesterday on -- >> i checked in with our consular affairs folks. they have had contact with 12 americans. all of them have agreed to be deported. some of them have already moved out of the country. this is not to say that these are all americans that might have been on one of those ships, but we have had contact with a dozen and we expect that they'll all be leaving israel in the next 24 hours. >> i'm sorry, did you say they agreed to be deported? is that something you can agree to? do you have a choice? >> under the israeli arrangements, i think they had to -- >> sign. >> -- sign something that then led to the deportation. >> and that 12 includes the one who was injured, right? the one person who was hospitalized and then released? >> yes. >> p.j., on -- yesterday, i think we

sherrod brown, but also members of the house of representatives mary jo kilroy, steve driehaus and charlie wilson, who are all here -- wave, guys -- [applause] -- that's why these folks worked so hard to pass the recovery actt which cut taxes for middle-class families, that way boosting demand; cutting taxes for small businesses so that they could make payroll and keep their doors open; extending unemployment insurance and cobra to help folks make it through some really tough times; to rebuild our infrastructure and make investments that would spur additional investments from the private sector and strengthen our country in the long run. that's what the recovery act was all about. and since then, here in ohio, nearly 2,400 small businesses have gotten loans to keep their doors open and their workers on payroll, 4.5 million families have gotten tax cuts to help pay their bills and put food on the table, some 450 transportation projects are underway or have been completed, and more than 100,000 ohioans are at work today as a result of these steps. and today, i return to columbus to mark a mi

charlie halleck, who is he? >> he was the leader of the minority in the house.the gentleman next to him in the center? >> i see tom kibo over there behind that man -- tom kegle over there behind that man. the >> would you say about senator paulicjohnson? >> it was difficult to say no to lyndon johnson. i was one of the few to say no to him, but he probably could not say -- operate as he did then today. >> when did you say no to him? >> when he called me on one occasion and asked me to support the civil rights act of 1964 and i told him that i could not vote for it. there were some parts of that i could support, but some that i coull not. he started like this, he said, how bad the the one that judge it? -- how bad do you want that judgeship? i had a man i wanted to see appointed as a federal district judge. mr. johnson called me on the phone. he was president then. he said, how bad you want that judgeship? and i said i want it. and he said he is not qualified. and i said why? and he said, he is too old. i said, you know, mr. president when you were running for pr

after that, our cameras follow charlie melancon as he looks said the aftermath of the oil spill there. and after that will be comments and questions on "washington journal." >> david cameron fields questions from members of parliament in his first prime minister's questions as head of the government. this is sunday night at 9:00 on c-span. >> president obama and vice president biden share -- speak with a parts supplier in maryland. he talked about the monthly jobs numbers. the economy added thousands of jobs last month. the unemployment numbers were down to 9.7%. this is about 15 minutes. [applause] >> good morning, everybody. please, everybody, have a seat. it isonderful to be here, and i want to make a couple of quick acknowledgements. is guy behind me, you may know him. he is a vice president of the united states, joe biden. [applause] we have maryland's lieutenant governor, anthony bro, here. we have the mayor of hyattsville, william gardner. [applause] and of course we have to acknowledge the big man here, and he is big. the owner of k. neal international, stephen nickel. i want