chris schroeder was one of them. this week and he joins us on "the communicators." please give as a primer on your business. >> when you want to take charge of your wellness, it can be very confusing and scary. we thought was a real opportunity with technology to do two things, first to create a collection with one destination, disease by disease and well this issue by well this issue. at the end of the day, we are wrestling with what we are thinking about. secondly, and pro-family importantly, these or experiences about real people. it is not just a clinical doctor telling you what to do. it is an opportunity to meet people like you who can give you support and guidance and ideas on how to live your life on a real-life basis. >> so these export patients, where you find them? >> all of our sites are populated with what we call expert patients. these are folks that we have never heard of before, but their true advocates and leaders in specific areas. we have spent years building this network of people who start the conversation on the website. some are medical profes

health central ceo chris schroeder on connecting consumers with information and support. "the communicators" on c-span2. c-span supreme court week is just two weeks away. >> this is the highest court in the land. the framers created it after studying the great lawgivers in history. and taking a look at what they thought worldwide was important for the judicial branch to do. >> supreme court week, starting october 4 on c-span. go online now for a virtual tour of the court, historic photos, and links or other supreme court sites. >> this morning, president obama appeared on five talk shows, including abc's "this week," and "me depressed." he discussed help -- "meet the press." here is a portion from two of those interviews. >> i think that race is such a volatile issue in this society. always has been. it becomes hard for people to separate out race being part of the backdrop of american society versus race being a predominant factor in any given debate. when i have said during the campaign, there are some people -- are there some people who do not like me because of my rac

chris schroeder on connecting consumers with information and support. "the communicators" on c-span 2. >> join "book tv" this weekend, we will be live with ken burns and your calls. "book tv" every weekend on c- span 2. >> challenges facing organized labor with the president of the afl-cio theory of this event was hosted by the american center for progress activation fun. it is about 40 minutes. >> ♪ i won't back bell -- back down i know what is right i have not just one light ♪ >> thank you very much. i am truly humbled by today. before anything, there is someone that i need the bank. someone that all of us need to thank. he has renewed our commitment to organizing. he has restored our voice in government. in the process he has rekindled the hopes of millions of american workers. he did something else. he reminded us that organized labor is not an institution, we are a movement. john, you have walked us through some of the toughest times. now, before long, you'll be able to walk kennedy the school, which will be a good thing. john, this movement and th

health central ceo chris and schroeder on connecting consumers with support. "as of 2 -- a communicator's" on c-span2. >> and now a look @ two -- two and governor's races. this is about 55 minutes. >> i am excited to get started with the third of our series. we talked about the house and senate campaign committees. we now move to the governor's. that will tell us all the smart things that they know about the races that you care about in 2009 and 2010. the first thing i want to give you is a blood again for the new tool. this is the hot line homepage. this is our newest tool to help you guys, because you are on top of all the races, this is a way to keep you better informed. and couple of the 2009 races here. and what would you get. all the information, that you need to know, [inaudible] the latest polls, how obama did in the district, and for those of you who want to get deeper into this, every single hot line story every single poll, all in one place. we have this for the senate and house. it is going to be -- we would just have hottest governor and senate ra

. >> tonight, health central ceo chris schroeder. >> joined "book tv" this saturday from the national book suggestible -- from the national book festival. book tv, every week and on c- span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: as the president moves to the international stage, we are joined by betsy pisik from "to washington times," u.n. correspondent, and laura trevelyan from the bbc. laura, then begin with you by asking about global climate change, leading at the discussion at the u.n. this week. why? guest: because there is a big meeting that will be held on tuesday, which u.n. secretary general is calling, trying to build momentum in which all countries are trying to build a treaty, cut binding emissions in the years ahead. of course it is a highly contentious subjects, so by getting the world leaders in the same place, the u.n. secretary- general is hoping to have a discussion about what kind of agreement can be reached. the major roadblock at the moment of course in that developing countries are reluctant to put a cap on their emissions levels if they feel that is going to

health central ceo chris schroeder. that will be on c-span2. >> this november marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. now the president of the czech republic examines the democratic advances by his country and other former communist bloc countries over the past two decades. this 55-minute event is hosted bycat cato. >> good morning. mining ms.ed and i am president of this institute. i like to welcome you to the conference today. -- my name is ed. it should be a fascinating conference. we will examine the results of the 20 years of the freedom from communism in eastern europe. certainly that is reason to celebrate. i have a particular fondness for the fall of the berlin wall which was in november 20 years ago. that is because my wife was watching on television that collapse and went into labor. my soon-to-be 20-year-old daughter the sided with the fall of communism it was safe to come now. [laughter] the cato institute has always had a strong interest in promoting freedom, not just in the u.s. but inte