as the hearing got under way, james clapper signaled that the u.s. is seeking to avoid a violent confrontation with iran. it's monitoring the possibility of a preemptive strike by israel. this is available online at washingtonpost.com. >>> allen furman is described as one of the least popular person on hill. he's retiring after nearly 20 years as the senate apartmepar tarren inspect 1989 we sat down with him about the jobs and the responsibilities. part of our video library. check it out at c-span dot organize. here's part of that conversation. >> mr. president, for a few weeks -- >> the presiding officer of the senate varies sometimes from hour to hour. does that mean you're the primary source of parliamentarian. >> the responsibilities of senators generally are, it's so -- so varied, they really are not expect to be experts in parliamentarian services. we're there to provide expertise as presiding officers change hour by hour. >> back to your job, i forgot to ask, who apoints you to the job? >> i'm appointed by the secretary of the senate. >> and y

director clapper, welcome. >> i take it as a compliment. thank you. >> thank you, chairman of feinstein, vice chairman chambliss, and distinguished members of the committee for inviting me to present the 2012 world wide assessment. these remarks reflect the collective in sides of the extraordinary men and women of the united states intelligence committee, whom it is our privilege and honor to lead. on their behalf, i would thank you both for your acknowledgements and recognition of the great work these men and women do all over the world, day in and out. and in many cases, at some hazard. i will not attempt to cover the full scope of worldwide threats in these brief remarks. so, i would like to highlight just some of the issues we identified for the coming year. never has there been in my almost 49 your career in intelligence, a more complex and independent a ray of challenges than what we face today. capabilities, technologies, know how, communications, and environmental foresail -- forces are not confined by borders and can trigger transn

clapper says al qaeda, while still a threat, is probably unable to launch a massive attack.tor clapper also noted the rising volatility in the wake of the arab spring, which, as you know, diane, we are seeing throughout the middle east. >> speaking of the volatility, another headline from another tinderbox box syria where the clashes continue today. the united nations security council coming together to debate the future of syrian president assad. the u.s. sent in the big guns, secretary of state hillary clinton, who talked about the challenge of pushing assad to resign. >> this will be hard. the results are far from certain. success is far from guaranteed, but the alternative more of assad's brutal rule is no alternative at all. >> the security council engaging on the issue today. >>> now a note about your money tonight on this the last day of the month. even though the dow closed down slightly today, this month emerged as wall street's strongest january in 15 years. climbing more than 3%. the s&p climbed more than 4% this month. and shortly before we came on the air tonigh

director of national intelligence, james clapper was sworn in as community and serves as the, james clapper was sworn in as community and serves as the pretense of old advisor for the president. he is long and distinguished career in the u.s. armed forces beginning of the rifleman in the u.s. marine corps reserve and culminating with lieutenant general in the u.s. air force and director of the defense intelligence agency. over 32 years in uniform service company also helped the russian chief of staff or intelligence to the u.s. air force headquarters during operation desert shield and desert storm and director of intelligence for three were fighting command, u.s. forces in korea. i've know, he also served two combat tours during the stage of conflict and core mission over laos and cambodia. he first retired in 1995 and worked in industry for 16 years as an executive on three companies with business focus on intelligence community. jirgas consultant and adviser to congress the department of defense and has a wide variety of government panel sports commissions and advisory groups. he was a me

>> thank you very much, general clapper, for that. we appreciate the remarks -- remarks and you taking time out of your extraordinarily busy schedule. i want to clarify one thing, my boss, john hamre, gave me the ability to moderate this. this is the information sharing conversation, not the iran conference, not the president's budget conference, this is the information sharing conference. don't make me crack down on the questions. i'm going to use my prerogative as moderator and ask the first question. in information sharing, culture, how have you seen the community, not just the intelligence community but the u.s. goth, embrace information sharing over the last 10 years, some of it forced on them by legislation. ? and what do you think is the biggest factor that is causing information sharing and do you think it's got enough traction now to be self-sustaining? >> first, ask away, i just won't answer, that's all. obviously the biggest event which, you know, was an epiphany for all of us, was 9/11. and having been around the intellige

clapper for the first time signaled that they think this may have come from the top saying that it shows that some iranian officials probably including supreme leader ali common a have changed their calculus and are now more willing to conduct conduct an attack in the united states in response to real or perceived u.s. actions that threaten the regime so i guess if anybody wanted to claim the war drums were beating between the u.s. and iran now or before there is no denying it now here to discuss this with me is christopher swift fellow at the university of virginia law school's center for national security law christopher thanks so much for joining us tonight great to be back. obviously we've heard a lot and you and i have been discussing you know so much of what's been happening between the u.s. and iran between the heating up of the rhetoric that we've seen but to say that iran is now the number one terror threat to the united states what happened well the first thing is that al qaeda decentralized has been massively degraded in pakistan and afghanistan the local insurgencies are stil

director of national intelligence, james clapper. today he appeared before congress to deliver an annual overview of the nation's most serious national security concerns. and clapper made that mention of an alleged iranian plot to assassinate the ambassador, a plot uncovered last year. >> defense command is going to be conducting its latest series of drills in the skies over washington tonight. that means between here and richmond, you may hear low flying jets. don't be startled if you do. let's take it out to the weather terrace. >> you know we have been talking about how nice it's been. >> it really is. i've been talking about how it's 20 degrees above average. let's not forget. if we're in april, 20 degrees below average. >> that will be the payback? >> it can happen. let's talk about perspective. we did not hit a record high downtown. the record high was 71. we hit 66. we hit 66 at dulles. that replaces the old record of 65 set back in 1993 and 65, that's average on april 10. that's how far ahead we are. temperatures right now, 6

i want to say a word of thanks to my friend, general clapper. i had nothing to do with inviting him, so i feel completely liberated to say what i really think about him. the witches, he is one of my real heroes. -- which is, he is one of my real heroes. this is a man who has dedicated his life to something much bigger than himself, which is serving his country. he has done a spectacular drop in almost every position that the government has -- spectacular job in almost every position that the government has. the only thing he failed that was trying to be a civilian for a brief time frame. he never liked that very much. when called to come back into service after a very distinguished military career, he went to nga, transformed it, give it the most complicated name in history. but then that led to him being pulled into the defense department as the under secretary for intelligence, and that led to his current role as the director for national intelligence where he is doing a spectacular job at a really tough time. ever since the dni was establishe

now this is a very awkward time for general clapper because the budget isn't formally released. so i'm just going to give him permission to answer some of your questions if he decides to. as has always been the case he is willing to put at risk his own career but i'm not willing to do it for him and so i will give him permission to say i can't answer that because the president's budget is not out. it will be of to him to decide what he wants to do. but i -- a very famous american once said he wanted to judge people by the content of their character not the color of their skin. i know the content of this man's character. we are lucky to have him in service. i want to thank our friends at ibm that targeting is the possibility to bring this public forum to this audience today and we are glad you all here. why don't i turn to you. >> thank you, dr. and stevan. i'm the vice president and practice for public sector strategy and innovation consulting ibm. we are pleased to be the industry partner for this important conference in the series which has gone on for longer than the year and

clapper. channel or former general clapper who's the head of national intelligence and patrol yes they almost wore out the subjective mood you know it was always if the iranians decide to go for a nuclear weapon if they choose to do so you know it's like going to war in the subjective mood and that's precisely what i was criticized for for saying we did ten years it's exactly ten years ago before you rock going to war and if on a contrived synthetic if i've never seen the like of it now that you said earlier seventy percent of americans believe iran currently has already has made it what you're about i mean what could be behind that misconception i mean i don't think that is totally not factual really good question you have to take five steps back and say what is this whole about is this about a nuclear capability right now it was about is about regime change we haven't changed the regime in tehran in fifty nine years don't you think it's about time that we change the regime in tehran the isra

clapper for taking time to share on this important topic. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] reconvene atg to 10:45. with coffee and doughnuts in the back. >> returned the groups the white house. live coverage of the presidential candidates from florida today include mitt romney in panama city and later tonight, a speech by newt gingrich at the lincoln day dinner in west palm beach at 8:00. here's a look at some of the eds the candidates have been running in florida. >> florida families lost everything in the housing crisis. newt gingrich cashed in. he was paid over $1.6 million by the agency that helped to create a crisis. >> i offered in vice as and historian. >> he was censured for ethics violations. he resigned from congress in disgrace. he cashed in as a d.c. insider. if he wins, this guy would be very happy. >> i am mitt romney and i approved this message. >> if he is dishonest to obtain the job, he will be dishonest on the job. >> what kind of man

clapper said it's still too early to tell on north korea, whether or not the new leadership will be as big a threat as his father was and cyber security is a very big issue. he sees al qaeda as being a more decentralized force. >> thank you very much. >>> dnc chair is slamming her republican counter part for his comments comparing president obama to the captain of that doomed italian cruise ship. what she is now saying. >>> the senate clears the way on a ban by congress. what does it really mean? >>> plus. >> turn around. >> dad. >> that is spectacular. a 6-year-old girl gets the birthday present she wanted. we'll show you more of this heartwarming reunion. join our conversation on twitter. [♪...] >> i wish my patients could see what i see. that over time, having high cholesterol, plus diabetes or high blood pressure or family history of early heart disease, can put them at increased risk for plaque buildup. and they'd see that it's more important to get their cholesterol where their doctor wants. and why for these patients, when diet and exercise alone aren't enough, i prescribe crest

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intelligence committee holds the annual hearing on global threats to the united states with james clapper and died pat-- david petraeus. >>> c-span's road to the white house political coverage takes you live on the campaign trail with the candidates. >> you will find more and more people who recognize the massive opportunity for change in trade. if i'm president of the united states, one of the things i will do in my first 100 days is begin an economic initiative is drawing latin american businesses together. this is not a massive opportunity of charity, but opportunity. it will help lift both parts of the world. >> this is about building a new grand coalition of americans who come together because they want to create a country where we unleash the spirit of the american people and rebuild the country that we love. that is what 2012 is all about. [ applause ] >> how are you? mayor white. >> you don't remember me. >> good to see you, sir.

national intelligence director james clapper says officials are working to tag information to track itts source. a former marine has pleaded guilty to firing shots at the pentagon and other military related targets in the washington area. jonathan malaku agreed to a 25-year sentence in a plea hearing today in alexandria, virginia. next up in the grapevine, does president obama urging that more americans pay their fair share in taxes include the people who work for him? and arizona's governor definitely got her point across to some people. ds, but last year my daughter was checking up on me. i wasn't eating well. she's a dietitian, and she suggested i try boost complete nutritional drink to help get the nutrition i was missing. now i drink it every day and i love the great taste. [ female announcer ] boost has essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to help keep bones strong and 10 grams of protein thelp maintain muscle. and our great taste is guaranteed your money . learn more at boost.com. [ dad ] i choose great taste. i choose boost.

also, the senate select committee holds its intelligence hearing with james clapper, director of national intelligence, david petraeus, cia, ronald burgess, jr., dia, robert mueller and karen wagner, home land security, and matthew olsen, national counterterrorism. >>> the home land security department is doing the best it can to secure the borders under current law. she spoke and took questions at the national press club for an hour. >>> good afternoon. and welcome to the national press club. my name is teresa warner and i'm the 105th president of the naal

clapper gave those comments at the center for strategic and international studies. you could see it at 8 eastern here on c-span2. and this afternoon author jeffrey clemens talks about his recent book, "corporations are not people." he wrote about the supreme court's decision on corporate campaign contributions and is currently working to overturn that ruling. you can see his remarks live at 6 p.m. eastern on booktv.org. >> i do believe that the west for all of its historical shortcomings -- and i'm scathing in my book in discussing these shortcomings because they have to be admitted -- for all of these shortcomings, the west still today represents the most acceptable and workable, universeally workable political culture. >> in 1991 the united states was the only global superpower. today how to restore its status in the world from former national security adviser brzezinski saturday night at 10 eastern. also this weekend on booktv, did fdr use world war ii to cover a more powerful executive branch? saturday at 11 p.m. and sunday night at 10, the new privacy is no pri

six intelligence organizations in two thousand and seven and eight on two thousand and eleven class clapper is the head of the i.c. basically told the congress that there is no effort on the on the weaponize ation at this time ok gentlemen that's what he said you can find a court on. monday so let me if in london if i can go to you what about this this oil regime that could you come into place here why would the european union wants to do and what iran is threatening to do today is monday and its discussion of cutting off oil to. the european union or the iranians doing the right thing or is it a bluff. i don't think it is a bluff i think it is a defensive measure that they could force the european union to look for it somewhere else at a higher price because the global oil market is so tight so trying to fly five hundred to six hundred thousand but is which are imported by the european union will not be as easy job furthermore the gulf producers including saudi arabia i'm not in a position to all of said the loss of that oil because they don't have any spare capacity to be able to provide

national intelligence director james clapper says officials are working to tag information to track itto its source. a former marine has pleaded guilty to firing shots at the pentagon and other military related targets in the washington area. jonathan malaku agreed to a 25-year sentence in a plea hearing today in alexandria, virginia. next up in the grapevine, does president obama urging that more americans pay their fair share in taxes include the people who work for him? and arizona's governor definitely got her point across to some people character and judgment and sobriety and thoughtfulness that speaker has been all over the place a whole host of issues and says inflammatory, exciting things but the record as speaker shows he hasn't been able to deliver in a consistent effective way. >> i find infure rating, one of the most dishonest things i've seen in politics. abusism. there should be a sense of shame a person is that fundamentally dishonest. >> bret: sounds from campaign trail today. a lot had to deal with ronald reagan believe it or not. there is a super pac that supports mit

intelligence director james clapper says an alleged irani plot uncovered last year to assassinate thesador. remember that? it is now a new threat to the united states. i want to bring in correspondent barbara starr. what is the report saying on aggressive tactics of iran? >> reporter: what they're talking about here is the irani regime may be more willing to conduct attacks inside the united states. that's a pretty shocking development. the thinking behind all of this is that the iranian regime right now trying to decide whether it will go for a nuclear weapon, looking for its own regime survival, basically looking to lash out, if you will. we saw that plot last year to try to assassinate the soviet ambassador at the behest of the iranians. so the question right now is what would make it rathe irania regime to paranoid that they might lash out. the concern is about nuclear weapons. oil sanctions, economic sanctions aimed at stopping them for thinking they can go for a nuclear weapon, that the price would be so high that they wouldn't do that. and at this hearing today, tough intellige

jim clapper saying home broken lone wolf attacks also pose a threat. he mentioned iran.lose eye what he has to say today. >>> meantime the head of russia's space agency is blaming cosmic radiation for the failure of its moon probe. the very same probe that crashed to earth this month. we mentioned this story when it first broke. the russia was blaming others including the united states for sabotage. but, apparently that is not to blame. >>> home prices nearly all big u.s. cities tracked by a major index plunged for a third straight month. the biggest drop seen in atlanta, chick foe and detroit. -- chicago. jon: right now we're learning of a possible conflict of interest that our nation's largest mortgage lender that could impact millions of homeowners. taxpayer-owned mortgage giant freddie mac reportedly is selling a type of mortgage-backed security to investors that only pays off if the homeowners are unable to refinance their mortgages at lower rates. sound like a conflict of interest? cheryl casone is with the fox business network. cheryl, freddie mac i thought was ch

then the state of the indian nation and james clapper will discuss national intelligence. >> april 15, 2010, i arrived in the hotel lobby in that general my crystal for the first time and he looked at me and said," so you are the rolling stone got rid of don't care about the article, i want to be on the cover. >> michael hastings wrote about the commander of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan in rolling stone. >> i said i think it is between you and lady gaga. i was trying to make a joke. generally crystal said just put me and lady gaga in a heart- shaped tub. i said this is a different kind of general. >> general chris -- general mills crystal got fired as a result of the article. he will be on sunday night at 8:00 p.m.. 8:00 p.m..

witnesses are scheduled to include director of national intelligence, james clapper; david petraeus, the head of the cia; the director of the defense intelligence agency, lieutenant general ronald burgess jr.; fbi director robert mueller; homeland security undersecretary caryn wagner; and matthew olsen, the head of the national counterterrorism center. also at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span3, the senate banking committee hears from richard cordray, the head of the consumer financial protection bureau. >>> by 2016 according to the imf, the world's leading economy will be a communist dictatorship. that's in five years' time. now, think about that. if imf is right, the guy you elect next november will be the last president of the united states to preside over the world's leading economy. >> columnist and author mark stein has published nine books. his latest, "after america," is a new york times bestseller. he also writes the happy warrior column for national review. and live sunday "in depth," your chance to call, e-mail and tweet with your questions live at noon eastern with booktv on c-sp

>> director of intelligence, james clapper, saying it's just a matter of time, but he went on to saymented, doesn't really have a co hees i have plan, and basharo continues to have support in the country. it's just a matter of time, a lot of violence, people could die in the meantime, so that's why secretary of state clinton, other foreign ministers of britain and france going to the u.n. security council saying, listen, he's on his way out. he's a goner, but how many more people are going to die until that happens? they want to hear from the arab league's monitoring mission we've been discussing that's been on the ground. we want to hear what they have to say and hope that makes this move a little bit along. >> we hear the secretary speaking next hour. we do want to ask you about russia. why is russia getting in the way there at the u.n. to help people of syria? why? >> for several reasons. first of all, the russians feel a little bit duped about what happened in libya. they have this resolution to protect civilians, but the goal was to get rid of muammar gadhafi, and they don't wan

in the prepared testimony, dni clapper sates the 2011 plot to assassinate the ambassador to the united officials have changed their calculus and are more willing to conduct an attack in the united states in response to real or perceived actions that threaten that regime, and we can also anticipate hard questioning on the administration's proposed transfer of these taliban prisoners at guantanamo to afghanistan as part of the confidence-building measures, martha. martha: yeah. very hot topics, indeed. thank you so much for your reporting on this. a little l bit later in the day as well. bill: there's a group of senators trying to go around the administration on the keystone pipeline project. 44 senators are introducing a bill that would allow it to proceed anyway. so will this change the game for keystone? is it now back in play? senator mike lee's a utah republican, he signed on to this legislation, and he's with me now. senator, good morning. >> morning, bill. bill: what's different this time? >> with well, what's different this time is that we're changing the law. existing law requir

director of national intelligence james clapper talk about information sharing among intelligence agenciesn c-span3 at 9:30 eastern. a un c-span at 10:00 the senate budget committee looks at the outlook for the u.s. and world economy. defense secretary leon panetta and general martin dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs will release details of the obama administration's defense budget for the next fiscal year. that is also on c-span at 2:00 eastern. now former white house environmental adviser van jones on a role of government in providing health care and other services. he spoke for a little more than an hour at the annual dove conference of families usa. [applause] >> i will take the applause as a positive meeting. i have the enormous pleasure of introducing van jones, the co-founder of the rebuild the dream movement. you will hear him emphasizing good jobs and economic opportunities. but his work is much broader than that. being a very busy man he is involved in many good things. among others co-founded the center for human rights, color of change, green for all, time magazine in 2009

speaker, we will continue to work proactively and clapper de vick with first nations' promises and the private sector to support programs and services students' success. is too early to post a budget. mr. speaker, that is a decision that will be forthcoming. thank you. >> got $5 million in tax breaks from this government to its generous corporate tax giveaway. they decided to cut workers' salaries in half, slash benefits, and turned to ship canadian jobs overseas. white dust this government irresponsible -- why does this government and out tax giveaways and turn away from workers? it is the only producer of locomotives in this country. when will the government step up to the plate in the interest of canadians and canadian workers? >> this is a sad situation, but it is a labor dispute between a private company and union. we have been briefed by a local amp on this situation. this matter is on the government must first session - [unintelligible] >> mr. speaker, last week the member from st. john's shot the entire province by once again calling for an end to this industry in canada. it is

james clapper, the director of national intelligence, will be testifying, and fbi director robert mueller today at 10:00 on c-span3 live, cftb director -- the cfpb director. also on c-span3, the federal budget and economic outlook by the cbo director doug elmendorf. c-span will be live at 8:00 eastern time. we will be taking comments by phone, facebook, and twitter. you can find out more about that at c-span.org/campaign2012. next, we'll talk more about the road to the white house and the race for the gop presidential slot in florida. we will speak to sally bradshaw in just a moment. ♪ ♪ >> with talk of possible legislation to improve the nation's cyber defenses, former cia director discusses threats. >> and some ways, the discussion about cyber mirrors the discussion we used to have about terrorism in the 1980's and 1990's. there was a great deal of difficulty coming to a national consensus about what to do about it until we had 9/11, which then crystallized everything. we knew what we needed to do. we have not had that kind of event in cyber yet. we imagine it and talk about it. the att

witnesses include james clapper, the director of national intelligence, david petraeus, head of the cia, fbi director robert moeller, and officials with the homeland security department and the national counter-terrorism center. live coverage on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org on tuesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> gabrielle giffords resigned from the house of representatives today, just over a year after being shot in the head in tucson, arizona. she entered the chamber with congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz at the house was wrapping up the boat. members gave their real speeches. [applause] -- members gave a farewell speeches. [applause] the speaker: any member wish to change her vote? >> does any member wish to change their vote? the speaker: on this vote the yeas are 338. the noes are 70. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the house will be in order. members could take their seats. the speaker: for what purpose does the gentlelady from calif

i think they all, every one of them in the republican party is -- they all sound like a bell clapper.ost: i am not exactly sure what that last reference was to i. caller: can i just make one last point. we have seen a couple of examples of racism coming from ron paul supporters. now, ron paul is not a racist. i want to make that absolutely clear. all of the information i have about ron paul is that he is not a racist. but there is a problem. he attracts these followers. and he seems unable to disavow or stop taking money from any of them. he needs to address that. host: we want to make sure that all of our listeners and viewers know that simon conway is a radio host at who in iowa. what hours are you on? caller: i am line from four o'clock to 7:00 monday through friday. -- i am on from 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. every afternoon, monday through friday. on a good night, we can be heard in 48 of our 50 states if the weather is right. host: you can also listen to the show on the website, whoradio.com. caller: you can. we are available all over the place. technology is a wonderful thing. it is a

among those testifying, a former head of the joint chiefs, general petraeus, and james clapper, the directorgence. that is next tuesday here on c- span, beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern. today the senate budget committee did meet. they were not reviewing the budget specifically, but hearing from economists on their outlook for the world and for the u.s. during the hearing, senator kent conrad said that in the upcoming budget discussions, there were be a longer markup than before for the upcoming 2013 federal budget. the hearing today is about two hours. >> i want to welcome everyone to the senate budget committee. i want to start with a bit of the business of the committee, because i know people are asking what is our intention with respect to going to a marked up. i want to make clear to everyone that i intend to go to a marked up in the committee, and i want to do it sooner rather than later. it talked about march 9 as a time that might have a real estimate. since that time that have talked about that and not let that slip, so we just have to wait and see. i will be talking to all the membe

appearing before the committee, national intelligence director james clapper, cia director, david petraeus, fbi director robert mueller and the heads of the defense intelligence agency, the national counter terrorism center and homeland security. live coverage next tuesday morning, 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> republican presidential candidates are back on the campaign trail after last night's debate. at this hour newt gingrich is making a couple stops in sarasota. mitt romney was in tampa this morning and heading to lehigh acres. it is halfway between tampa and the bottom of the state. rick santorum is finishing a event in stuart, north of west palm beach. ron paul returns to texas after the debate and doesn't have any public events today. we'll show you that hour long debate right now, courtesy of "nbc news.". >> tonight's gathering of the candidates, this special edition of rock center comes after what already has been a long campaign. it started in iowa. it continued in new hampshire. >> we made history. >> but after a bruising battle in south carolina the fight comes now here to f