host: democratic , cincinnati. -- democratic line, cincinnati. caller: my husband and i are sitting here where the young man was interviewing the lady in the delta or what ever. he passed if mr. obama had a clue. the silliness of her answer -- we were going to give money to the red cross for the gulf. we put our checkbook back in the door. that turns me off. my question to the young man sitting there, is this now going to be a wake-up call to the self to started diversifying the industry? guest:+ one of the things that has been a very complicated nature of the gulf spill is the idea of the offshore moratorium law while the administration conducts a detailed safety review to determine what has happened and prevent it from happening. while the gulf coast states depend a lot on fishing and tourism and things like that, oil and gas drilling is a big part of their system. in the energy legislation that is coming up, dealing with the safety issues said that things -- that production can be up again is going to be a very big issue. it is not a partisan

in cincinnati, everyone had just arrived. by 1830, there were 1 million people. there was an example that tickled me. there was a 23-year-old lawyer who had just arrived from new hampshire. he was considering a career in public service. he said, they are so crude. you have to get drunk with them. i do not know if i can do that. he thought it might be better at the national level. it was salmon p. chase. he ended up as chief justice of the u.s. supreme court. that was exactly what tocqueville was seeing. this 23-year-old nobody had left new england to create a life for himself, not just making money, but making a world for oneself. >> what did you think of the book itself, "democracy of america"? i have two versions. i have an abridged version that i think i paid $4 for. it is tiny. >> that is the original english translation. tocqueville got to know that author and corresponded with him. >> how does that compare to the one you are recommending now? >> he was kind of careless. i do not think his french was so great. tocqueville's english was not so perfect that, e

host: jacob, cincinnati, ohio. caller: i wanted to talk a little bit about the abolition of the income tax. i have done research -- i am about 20 years old. it is interesting to note -- and i would like listeners to know the federal income tax on accounts for 30% of federal income and revenue. so, if we look at from a time scale, if we cut our spending back 30%, it would take us roughly to the year 2000. we should keep the -- if we read -- about are you confident the 30% figure? caller: i am pretty confident. it could be a little upward but i'm pretty confident. host: what is the rest of the 70%? caller: it comes from other taxation. it comes from bonds, it comes from just general government raises. because people -- you know, i would like people to google this. don't take my word for it. host: i think there would probably be an argument about this figure, 30%. but it would be interesting to watch it play out. what do you do in cincinnati? caller: i actually am a student. well, i live and ohio, but i'm a student in

next up, cincinnati, ohio.aller: i just had a comment that it's kind of interesting to me that our government makes decisions as to private industry and what they can charge and thot charge but never placing the responsibility on the consumer. i mean, i have credit cards and throughout my life i make sure that i have some money to pay for it. we seem to foster this idea that it's owed to people to go out and buy things that they can't afford. then when they get in trouble, everybody else pays for it. we all do. whatever happens out there when the individuals go ahead for their own personal, if it's a needs for food that's one thing. but we're living in this society where we've got to have everything today. it wasn't like that 30 years ago. you did without until you could afford it. now we're in this messy situation as well as the government. they do the same thing only they just take it. and all of a sudden they're in debt because they're using beyond their means. and yet we still don't put the responsibility t

adjacent on the democratic line from cincinnati -- jason on the democratic line. caller: i honestly believe that we are going into a double-dip recession. it is god awful we are getting to this point, but truth of the matter is, the economy is drastically going down each and every day and millions and millions of americans are suffering at the hands of the government. congress needs to go ahead and pass the emergency unemployment bill. no one is going to get rich on $335 a week unemployment aid. that is my two cents. host: back to financial regulations. just read that senator brown was able to get the bank be out of the legislation. what happens next? guest: the big question is, who is going to, especially among moderate republicans, who will join the bill to give the democrats the 60 votes they need to move forward. host: and as i said, the papers are saying all eyes are on olympia snowe and susan collins of maine. guest: really we are looking at snowe and collins to see how they will react and so far we have not seen much. as of senator chuck grassley came out a

host: betty from cincinnati. portland, maine, duane on the independent line. caller: i am jewish and i have been to israel and i would like to say that i wish we had 100 more light helen thomas -- and we use the term advisedly. we need people who ask tough questions. what israel did last week is horrible. i have been watching c-span sense it happens and you did not even featured the story until helen thomas says something and then you make and issue what she said. that is ridiculous, nine people were killed, including american shot four times and had -- and you are becoming as fair and balanced as fox and we need more like helen thomas because there is something wrong with our foreign policy when we are not even allowed to discuss the issue of what an ally did or is doing to it as a people. host: we appreciate your views but to let you know, if you were not watching last week, we did several segments, including one with windy sherman. cleveland, ohio, wahid and the democrats line. caller: i tell you what, i agree with helen thomas. they have been over there fo

host: next call from cincinnati. ccller: i wanted to ask about someone in basra and he did not seem to have power. his father was an ayatollah. he went to ayatollah school or some kind of thing. if he graduates this school -- host: who are you talking about specifically? caller: i do not know his name. host: any idea of that? guest: i think our caller is talking about the head of the trend that is from central iraq and the son of a revered and distinguished grand ayatollah who was assassinated by saddam hussein in 1999. he has been in iran studying theology since the beginning of 2007. he has taken himself out of the political discourse in the r iraq. %+e longer he's there, the less influential he will become. is a proud state. they have limited affinity towards iran against whom they fought in a bitter ground war from 1980 until 1928. the longer that he is in iran, the less politically influenced he becomes. host: michael on our independent line. caller: my question -- you have worked in pakistan and work with the g

host: next call from cincinnati. ccller: i wanted to ask about someone in basra and he did not seem to have power. his father was an ayatollah. he went to ayatollah school or some kind of thing. if he graduates this school -- host: who are you talking about specifically? caller: i do not know his name. host: any idea of that? guest: i think our caller is talking about the head of the trend that is from central iraq and the son of a revered and distinguished grand ayatollah who was assassinated by saddam hussein in 1999. he has been in iran studying theology since the beginning of 2007. he has taken himself out of the political discourse in the r iraq. %+e longer he's there, the less influential he will become. is a proud state. they have limited affinity towards iran against whom they fought in a bitter ground war from 1980 until 1928. the longer that he is in iran, the less politically influenced he becomes. host: michael on our independent line. caller: my question -- you have worked in pakistan and work with the g

cary, cincinnati, republin line.er: i'm wondering why the relief well, or the relief well that they're gng to have ready in augus isn't a retirement beforthey drill the main well. guest: that's one othe suggestions that is floating out there, which is you simultaneously drill two wells. clearly that increases yr chance of leaking, ok? so it increases your chance of problems by two. on the other hand, if there re a problem, you would css over and be able to interrupt the flow in the leaking well. that's one of f the things bein >> tomorrow, the author of "the state of nature," discusses a federal response to the oil spill in the gulf. an associated press reporter talked about the survey of the nation's economic condition. new republic editor franklin foer on how soccer explains the world. up next, the nato secretary general talks about the handle of -- handover of security to afghan forces. we will have remarks by u.s. secretary robert gates. after that, barney frank and others talk about a new report on defense spend

i ever cuccinelli and from the cincinnati area. we haven't conversely done an outstanding job.he hamilton county senator is dusty rhodes. i am a very independent and i look at their character. i did not care what the race or religion or sex. when i see as sleazy campaign like a gubernatorial campaign with their present governor strickland attacking cases, i'd vote against that. >> thank you. brian sandoval getting 56% over given to is mired in his own personal scandal. c-span is the only place where you concede the speeches in their entirety. we are awaiting word from other candidates declaring victory. more of your phone calls and reaction to these primaries. 12 states holding elections. calling from california, could morning. -- good evening. >> i think jerry brown sounds like it better candidate. and i did not like her speech today. i thought it was really fake. i thought -- i trust democrats more than republicans in general. i think the speech seemed very fate in the way she talked. >> all of these speeches are available on our website at c- span.org. >> i want to start off

host: next call from cincinnati. ccller: i wanted to ask about someone in basra and he did no seem to have power. his father was an ayatollah. he went to ayatollah school or some kind of thing. if he graduates this school -- host: who are you talking about specifically? caller: io not know his nam host: any idea of that? guest: i think our caller is talking about the head of the trend that is from central ir and theon of a revered and dtinguished grand ayatollah who was assassinated by saddam hussein in 1999. he has been in iran sdying theology since the beginning of 2007. he has takenself out of the political discourse in the r iraq. %+longer he's there, the less influential he will become. is a proud state. they have limed affinity towards iran against whom they fought in a bitter ground war om 1980 until 1928. the longer that he is in iran, the less politically iluenced he becomes. host: michael on our independent line. caller: my question -u have worked in pakistannd work with the government'. at the time, we nee

on the republican line in cincinnati. caller: yes, i do a radio show here. auto industry was not just loans, they purchased stock in general motors. you also come across as being anti-capitalist. i find it ironic that you have no problem with a person making $30,000, but when a company is profitable, you attack the higher rates. guest: corporate profits have gouged the american consumer. ceo profits have gone through ceo profits have gone through the

we're joined from cincinnati on the democrats' line. caller: i just got out of the hospital with us light heart problem and i have a pretty good insurance. i am retired. in hamilton county we have a wonderful county hospital, but what really surprised me was the number of people of all races and colors desperately needing medical help. i think what president obama is asking is quite reasonable from what i have seen and what i just left yesterday. there are certain things in society we cannot cut off, that are not subject to the deficit knife. no matter how hawkish one might want to be. one more thing about the moratorium -- when i heard that the gas pipe had exploded a day or two ago in proximity to the rig, frrnkly, in my working life i would have done anything needed to take care of myself and my family also, but i would also have expected my employer -- horizon or whoever they were, i would expect them to provide a place safe for me to work. i think the president and i agree 100% to least find out what is going on with these companie

dayton, columbus, wilmington, cincinnati have all experienced significant service and job loss and a movement to complete outsourcing of these jobs. i remain concerned, while not taking position on this, remain concerned this business model that is being proposed would put added strain on the cleveland, especially after so many taxpayer dollars have been funded to expand the facility, as well as corporate investment. but i remain concerned about that. i want to just hone in on one thing. i am really concerned, and i have not been convinced by the testimony thus far, that by reducing the number of competitors currently that we will increase competition. we may be setting up a scenario of too big to fail. can you briefly comment? >> certainly, i think we are creating a carrier not too big to fail, but big enough to succeed. we compete on a global scale. we compete with large foreign airlines. we compete with large domestic airlines, like delta or american. we're putting ourselves in at a position with this merger to successfully compete. i do not believe that competition is reduced by

host: next of the cincinnati ohio on our line for the democrats. caller: i actually see the biggest problem in the fact that we started creating mortgage- backed securities. back in the days when i was growing up, we had mortgages that were held of the things that actually loan to the money. -- at banks that actually loaned you the money. if they have a cap in the organization, they would create derivatives off to a million different places. caused a serious hedging of these mortgage backed assets. >> thank you for your call. >> in the "washington post." host: that norborne check -- that gingrich, louisiana. caller: good morning. host: what do you think about the bill? caller: nobody knows. no one has read it. host: nonewe are asking you. caller: no one knows what is in the bill, believe me. we have to pass it so we will know what is in the bill. that is the same way here. they do not know what is in the bill. once we do find out what is in the bill, we are going to realize that we have lost a lot of our freedom with this bill. they can come in and

cary, cincinnati, republican line.ring why the relief well, or the relief well that they're going to have ready in august, isn't a retirement before they drill the main well. guest: that's one of the suggestions that is floating out there, which is you simultaneously drill two wells. clearly that increases your chance of leaking, ok? so it increases your chance of problems by two. on the other hand, if there were a problem, you would cross over and be able to interrupt the flow in the leaking well. that's one of the things being considered. i'm sure we'll hear more about that going forward. host: i want to thank you for talking to our viewers today on the "washington journal." appreciate your time. coming up next, we're going to get a view from the president of the natural resources defense council about the environmental impact of this oil spill. but first, we want to show you some footage that a c-span crew shot this past sunday of the fort jackson bird rehabilitation center. take a look. >> there's a few coming in r

a matter of full disclosure that on april 15, i was the keynote speaker at a tea party rally in cincinnatii did not give the distinct sense of sulfur in the air when i was -pthere. whether or not a response from the depths of mephistopheles pause bear or read in -- later -- mephistopheles's claire -- layer, these guys are going to answer the question. first, from a seller and ever so usefullchannel, kristin is the director of policy research. she is a contributor to the huffington post, "the daily caller," and politico. she has written for "the national review." for research focuses primarily on the election trends, young voters, political parties, and education policies. she has been published in the american journal of research for campaign finance refoom. after that, dave is the intrrpid researcher who reports the real america about what the strange creatures called conservatives are about. for three years, his reporting focused on the american conservative movement. he has covered the remaking of the american right for the washington independent. his work has appeared in "usa today," "

host: cincinnati on our democrat's lyle caller:. can you hear me? i want to ask you about a shiite innbosra. he wasnt an ayatollah. he went to an ayatolla school. host: who are you talking about? caller: he was in bosnia -- bosra. guest: i think he is talking about the head offthe sadr trend in central iraq. he is the son of a very distinguished and revered grand ayatollah who was assassinated by saadam hussein in 1999. they have been in iran studying theology since the beginning in 2007. he sort of has taken himself out of the political discourse in iraq. the zero -- in my own view, the longer he is in iran, the more distant and less influential he becomes. iraq is a proud arab state. iraqi arabs, rather sunni or shiite, have a very little affinity towards iran and they fought in a better ground war from 1980 to 1988. the longer that he is in iran, the less political influence he has in iraq. host: from long island, michaal, on our independent line. caller: my quustton for ambassador crocker, it is about your work in paaistan when you were under ge