the late christopher hitchens. they probably thought i was going to sue. they said that they would withdraw. i told them to send as many as they have. it makes a wonderful small introduction to my memoir is called a prologue of premonitions. at that stage, i had no idea. >> but you went on the daily show with john stuart right around the time that you found out. >> i went on that show the day that i was diagnosed. >> did you know at the time? >> yes, i was told that morning. i was feeling very ill. i had to be taken to the hospital. i thought i was having a heart attack. they said that it was not my heart. they said that i could discharge myself if i wanted, but they recommended i stayed for observation. they said that the next stop should be the oncologist because there was probably a tumor in my esophagus but it had spread. i decided to discharge myself because i wanted to do the jon stewart show. i managed to do both of the shows. i have just had the sentence read to me. >> let's was just a little bit of the show so that people can see. when they see th

. >> sunday, our guess is christopher hitchens. >> it is a tantalizing time to have cancer because there are treatments i can see just out of my reach, which is encouraging and a no-win -- and annoying. >> what is tuesday's vote all about? >> first, it is nice to be with you all. my one directive is to be kind. clearly, john boehner and the republicans have said that our report -- our focus is on job creation. it is essential for us to reduce the size, scope, and reach of government to achieve that. we are on a path toward doing that. this resolution we will be considering on tuesday is designed to get us where we said we would be, that is to funding levels before the bailout and before the stimulus. it is true. we want to have, the united states house of representatives, ourselves on record in support of our effort to resist -- to reduce the size and scope of government. it is a statement the house of representatives is making on this issue. there will be democrats who will join with us in saying this reduction is the right thing to do. we are beginning the process with that vote on tue

christopher hitchens. hot back [applause] [applause] [applause] >> tony blair with the prime minister of the united kingdom from 1997 to 2007. among its many international rules today, he is the quartet representatives in the middle east, working with the u.n., the u.s., russia and e.u. to try and secure a lasting peace in the region. after leaving politics, mr. blair converted to catholicism and he launched to tony blair face foundation, a global initiative to promote respect and understanding among the world's major religions. many of us in this room have read his recent si memoir, a journey, my political life. christopher hitchens is a author, journalist and atheist. his regular "vanity fair" column as prolific speeches and essays are essential reading for anyone and everyone can learn about global affairs. christer has a number of best-selling books, too. obviously "god is not great," how religion poisons everything. as his recently published memoir, hitch 22. christopher was recently diagnosed with a

after that, it is this week's "q&a" with author and commentator christopher hitchens. >> tuesday, president obama delivers the state of the union address to a joint session of congress. c-span live coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern with our previous program, followed by the president's speech at 9, then the republican response from house budget chairman paul ryan from wisconsin. live on c-span, c-span radio, an online at c-span.org. >> up next, minnesota representative michelle bachmann. last friday evening the republican congresswoman and founding member of the house tea party caucus spoke to nearly 300 members of iowans for tax relief. she was born in waterloo, iowa before moving to the minneapolis area where she served in the state senate before being elected to congress in 2006. this was our second visit to iowa this month. -- her second visit to iowa this month. [applause] >> what a wonderful introduction. thank you, everyone who is here tonight. thank you for inviting me here tonight. what a wonderful group. i wish everyone could see your faces. as many of you know, i am and i one

christopher hitchens and some ores who are sort of making that their self-definition which, to me, is kind of irrelevant. i'm more interested in what do you do? you know, what do you do to make the world a better place? if you don't believe in god, fine. if you do believe in god, fine. i'm not that interested one way or the other. but i'm interested in what you do. and i make judgments about what i think works, who i think is a good person. based on what they do more than what they profess to believe. >> host: cover bin, omaha, nebraska. on with phyllis bennis. >> caller: hi there. c-span's great and thanks for having me. madam bennis, my big question and then i'd like to tack one on, but my big question is this: in a rational, not mud-slinging sense how would you defend yourself to the middle if someone way over there on the right claimed that you always blame america first? >> host: okay, that's your big question. what's your follow-up? >> caller: okay. my follow up would be -- you mentioned something about the tea party folks being neophytes, and you wondered how that was going to

. >> sunday, our author -- our guest is christopher hitchens. >> it is a tantalizing time to have cancer. there are treatments i can see that are just out of my reach. it is encouraging and annnoying. "q & a." on c-span's >> the president said the chinese president has promised new steps to fight intellectual properties that -- international -- -- intellectual property rights. they spoke at the white house for a little over one hour. >> we just had a meeting with the business leaders for both of our countries. we are exporting more than $140 billion per year in goods and services to china, which supports more than five. thousand american jobs. our exports to china are growing more than twice as fast as our exports to the rest of the world, making it a key part of my goal to double american exports. cooperation between our countries is good for china. china's extraordinary economic growth has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. this is a tribute to the chinese people. it is also thanks to decades of stability in asia make possible by america's presence in the region, by

. >> sunday, our guest is author, columnist and contributor christopher hitchens. >> it is an unusualage. there are treatments i can see that are just out of my reach. >> tuesday, president obama delivers the state of the union address to a joint session of congress. our live coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern with our previous program, followed by the president goes a speech at 9:00, then the republican response delivered by paul ryan. you can also watch the president's address on c-span [applause] , -- on c-span2, followed by reactions from members of congress. >> in his weekly address, president obama talked about opening up american markets for goods and commerce. the republican response talk about repealing the health care law. >> i met with chinese president hu jintao at the white house this week. as a result of deals we completed this week, we will be increasing u.s. exports to china by more than $45 billion, and chinese investment in america by several billion dollars. more importantly, these deals will support some 235,000 american jobs, including a lot of manufacturing job

next sunday, our guest is author, columnist, and contributing editor christopher hitchens. >> it is arather tantalizing time to have cancer, some one of my age, because there are treatments i concede that are just out of reach. >> sunday on c-span q&a. >> now, to the state house in annapolis, maryland, for the second inauguration of democratic governor martin o'malley. he defeated former governor -- former lt. governor bob ehrlich. maryland's 61st governor was sworn in at an outdoor public ceremony where he delivered his inaugural address. it will also hear from the longest serving female u.s. senator, barbara mikulski. this is brought to us by maryland public television. it is about 25 minutes. ♪ >> repeat after me. i will support the constitution of the united states. and i will be faithful and their true allegiance to the state of maryland. and support the constitution and laws thereof. and i will to the best of my skills and judgment, diligently and fatefully, with about - without partiality or prejudice execute the office of governor according to the constitution and laws of this

. >> our guest is author christopher hitchens. but it is a tantalizing time to have cancer. there are treatments i can see that are just out of my reach. it is both encouraging and annoying. >> the president of the united states. they reflect on the previous an annual state of the union. >> earlier this week amid the house of representatives voted to repeal the health care law voted last month. harry reid has said the senate has no plans to vote on the repeal. there are 10 proposed changes. they discuss why it should be repealed. this is one hour and 10 minutes but the of >> i am president of the policy for analysis. one to welcome you here today. we are doing it by the representatives of the heritage foundation. they cannot be here physically. our interest in the bill that was passed is a major defect in the bill. we think it is so serious and so severe that the congress will have to reopen a health-care law and make major changes to it even if there are no critics around. i want to go over 10 of this major problems. number one is an impossible mandate. they will be require

. >> sunday, our guest is dr., vanity fair, this, and atlantic monthly contributing editor christopher hitchens. >> there are treatments that i can see that are just out of my reach probably, which is both encouraging and annoying. >> son -- sunday on c-span's q&a. >> this week on american history tv on c-span3, and domestic terrorism of the late 19th and 20th centuries. learn of the century-old traditions of preparing for a presidential and military were drawn funerals and greg carr explains mayor rich and of former slaves and experience life. see the complete online at c- span.org/history. does he stand networks. we provide coverage of -- the c- span networks, we provide coverage of public affairs available on television, on- line. radio, and retakes the stand on the road with our digital was and digital content via gorda. now available in more than 100 million homes, created by cable and provided as a public service. >> "washington journal" continues. host: on your screen now is bill adair, the editor of an organization called politifact. bill adair, what is the obameter? host: it is the mea

. >> sunday, our guest is author and atlantic monthly contributing editor christopher hitchens. >> there are treatments i can't see that are out of my reach probably. "q&a".ay on c-span's this weekend on booktv, bill crystal discusses his late father's essays on the neo conservative movement. 52 women look back on the work of the civil rights movement. prime minister gordon brown on coming back from the economic downturn. find a complete schedule at booktv.org. at the schedule sent to your in box. >> arizona rep gabrielle giffords is scheduled to travel to houston friday to continue our rehabilitation. her husband spoke with reporters earlier today at university medical center in tucson. this is 25 minutes. >> i would like to take an opportunity to thank all the people contacting us here at the hospital. it is amazing to see how many people in the country really feel about this event. what we are going to do at this press conference, i will turn it over to michael lemole in just a moment. captain mark kelly, ms. giffords husband, would give a brief statement. we will follow that with que

. >> sunday, our guest is of author christopher hitchens. >> it is a tantalizing time to have cancer. there are treatments that i can see that are just out of reach that are both encouraging and unknowing. a sunday of an c-span's "q & ." gabrielle giffords is scheduled to travel to houston to continue her rehabilitation. her husband spoke with reporters today. this is 25 minutes. >> what we are going to do with this press conference is i will turn this over to michael. we are also going to have congresswoman giffords' husband, mark kelly, give a statement followed by a few minutes of questions and answers. congresswoman giffords continues to do well. we are pleased with her progression. we are seeing improvements every day. that is in lightning for us. improvement in the first couple of weeks after injury is significant and shows how she will do in the future. we are still doing the usual routine things with her, which includes speech therapy and aggressive physical therapy. she continues to participate and cooperate and is making improvements and we are happy. >> as dr. rhee said, th

. >> sunday, our guest is author christopher hitchens. >> it is a tantalizing time to have cancer. there are treatments i can see that are just out of my reach that are encouraging and unknowing. ." sunday on c-span's "q & a >> -- this is sponsoring this event. i'd like to welcome you all to the a specialist fifa especially distinguished speakers to the conference of executive action has organized in as many months. i'm also gratefu to all of the iranian americans in the audience and some of you have been friends of mine for many years. nice to see so many familiar faces whose tireless efforts in defense of the cause of democracy have been an inspiration to all of us. as you know the regime proposed as the greatest threat to peace and security in the region and the world by virtue of its relentless pursuit of nuclear weapons and export of terrorism of around the world. therefore, we need to explore u.s. policies toward iran and developed policies that are going to be more effective in the future because we have many challenges at the iranian regime presenting to th united states an

. >> on sunday, our guest is christopher hitchens. >> it is a tantalizing time to have cancer at my ageere are treatments that are just out of my reach. it is both encouraging and annoying. >> madam speaker, the president of the united states. >> by congressional invitation, the president outlined his agenda for the next year and reflects on the previous in the annual state of the union. watch every address since 1984 online. it is searchable on your computer any time. the c-span network provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history. it is all available to you on television, radio, online, and social media networking site. find our content any time through the c-span video library. we take c-span on our road with our local content vehicle, bringing our resources to your community. it is washington your way, the c-span networks. now available in more than 100 million homes. provided as a public-service and provided by cable. >> gabrielle giffords has arrived at the houston hospital where she will receive physical therapy after being wounded nelywo a