today for having her i want horsley anti muslim sentiments can be found far beyond chairman king's committee tom took on this issue just last week and he explained how it's a symptom of a march a much larger change in america take a look. what's going on in wisconsin it's not just about the unions it's also about pulling the plug on democracy in america by selling off and privatizing our conscience and what republicans are helping their corporate overlords rob the united states of america blind they needed distraction so the rest of us don't catch on to their crime and that distraction is taking place on capitol hill and we're right here in washington d.c. right now where republican chairman of the house homeland security committee peter king republican from new york state began his hearings today into american muslim communities there's no greater distraction than fear it's been so effective in the past it's been used again today piers of peter king had to say today i remain convinced that these hearings must go forward and they will in fact craven surrender it's a political correctness and an

council committee looking into the matter. >> as tom sherwood reports now the tone of the meeting was at times rather chaotic. >> reporter: refusing to take off his sunglasses, former candidate for mayor sulaimon brown set the tone monday in his first testimony under oath, that he was paid cash and given $110,000 government job by vincent gray for brown's campaign attacks on adrian fenty last year. >> mr. brown. >> i'm not going to remove them. >> reporter: through often murky and confusing dates, money order receipts, documents and detailed brown called mayor gray a crook who efrj neared the payoff, an allegation gray denies. >> gave me cash and money orders to maintain my campaign for mayor, cover living expenses and attacked then mayor fenty. >> reporter: the star witness compelled by a court order to testified battled nearly every council question. >> mr. brown -- >> no, you are i'm on the record because -- >> you're delusions -- >> you threatened the confirmation hearing. >> sir, how did the issue of money come up. >> are you going testify or are you going testify for me? >> no,

tom murphyy. i'm co-chair of the advocacy committee of the recording academy and the director of the new musiciansesource center, the root here in san francisco. i'd like to remind the committee that san francisco is a very tolerant city, we just celebrated the weekend of accepting people in their diversity and in their own personal choices and what could be a more personal choice than the ability to experience music ? we have spent a lot of time in the city attracting arts into the mid market. we recognize that arts and culture are vital to not just musicians and not just small business owners but to all of the citizens of the city and this legislation is a wonderful opportunity to provide for, as michael said, some of the greatest entrepreneurs in the city are the musicians trying to make a living with their craft. we support other industries and other entrepreneurs in many other ways in the technology sector. every year thousands of people come to the san francisco music technology conference to learn more about how art and technology are growing and we are in the epee center of all of that. to

committee. first question from tom in arlington, virginia, a democrat. caller: i have one question for the congressman. are you going to attack the farm subsidies? i will take your answer offline. guest: i appreciate that. great question, from a rural district in western kansas and that is what i'm telling my constituents, that everything is on the table, including agriculture programs. there are ways to reduce those. some of those programs will go away. most farmers and ranchers say the same thing. cut everybody if you are going cut us. everybody needs to come to the table with solutions. there are no sacred trufs any more -- turfs any more. making our children pay these debts is no longer an option. host: there is a map yesterday showing your district, the 1st district of kansas receiving $369 million in crop subsidies, one of the highest in the nation. what kind of cuts do you think will occur during the agriculture appropriations debate that is going on right now? and what kind of cuts are acceptable to you? guest: significant cuts already in the app

immediately i am resigning from the house rules committee to join the house ways and means committee, signed, sincerely, tom reed, member of congress. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resignation is accepted. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to be removed as a co-sponsor from h.r. 1380. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? mr. kingston: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 2112, and that i may include tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 300 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 2112, the chair appoints the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. miller, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the cons

leading conservative members of congress, the chairman of the house republican policy committee from georgia, congressman tom with you. we've been trying to get michelle out of her skin a little bit. we wanted her to be able to deliver a stem winder, but wasn't she great? i'm telling ya. [applause] i am so pleased to be with you, thank you so much for coming out, spending your time coming to the nation's capital. you want know what a room full of patriots looks like? look around! isn't this grand? [applause] i'm so very pleased to be back with you. i was honored to be able to join you last year, and what a difference a year makes. we've made a little progress, 87 new republican members of the house of representatives. [applause] it's a good thing. you know, 37 of those 87 had never run for anything before in their life. nothing. not city council, not state legislature. they're just like you where you and i woke up one day and said what the heck is going on around here, right? we've got to do something. and for them in their district that meant running for the house of representatives. so i can't tell you, is

think he should tell the democratic national committee to pay for this and the motorcade from dublin to where he went? >> oh -- he can ask whatever he wants tomdeserves it. it's so hard to divide the -- itics from being president. >> london calling. >> president obama and the first lady attended a buckingham palace state dinner in honor of the obamas, hosted by the spry 85-year-old queen elizabeth ii. mr. obama met u.k. prime minister david cameron, and delivered a speech to the u.k. >> we committed to working together to that we could find an approach and is consistent w security needs. >> question, what are the intentions between the i don't think so and great britain today, pat? >> well, the tensions between -- britain is on sort of an austerity program now, also the british and french want the united states to be a little more aggressive in libya, which they've been very out front on. and for the g-8 he has problems with polls. the polls are concerned about given up the anti-missile defense and were the russians. so the real problems they've got is, john, they've got greece, ireland, spain and other countries that are real danger every go

committee looking into the allegations. the meeting was described as rather chaotic at times. tomtest. >> reporter: refusing to take off his sunglasses, former candidate for mayor sulamon brown set the tone monday in his first testimony under oath that he was paid cash and given $110,000 government job by vincent gray, for brown's campaign attacks on adrian fenty. >> mr. brown? >> i'm not going to remove them. >> through often murky and confusing dates, money order receipts, documents and details brown called mayor gray a crook who engineered the payoffs, ann allegations gray denies. >> gave me cash and money orders for me to maintain mayor, and attacked mayor fenty. >> the star witness com compelled by court order to taf battled nearly every council question. >> mr. brown on. >> >> no, i'm going put you on a record on moo. >> your delauusions -- >> no, how did the issue of money even come up? >> you want me to testify or are you going testify for me? >> no, no, sir. i asked you how did the issue of money come up? >> some political observers say brown's demeanor undermines his all

tom fit gerald now. >> reporter: this got more serious for him today. congresswoman nancy pelosi, the house democratic minority leader officially support the letter requesting that the house ethics committee launch an investigation into weaner's behavior and the question for congress is did weeper's actions violate house rules and did hous any government property? toepgain in the online communications with the six women that he said he shared inappropriate messages with. several former ethics committee officials told us that the key here is whether or not wiener survived the politically and will be how far this committee is willing to go in investigating this. a day after the blockbuster news channel 36 conference and admitting to sinning the loud pictures to women not his wife, other prominent political politicians seem to be distancing themselves today and this is a sampling on how someone handled the question and as to whether or not congressman owner's behavior means hereby resign. [ indiscernible ] >> give him everything. it's up to the constituents. this is time to get back to the serious business and in this country. we have problems with budget. >> reporter: they're told us a time

committee, the fda is still withholding approval. president obama needs to understand that if he wants the economy to grow, his administration should be encouraging successful innovation, not punishing it. i'm mike mandel. >> tom: finally tonight, college graduates are entering a much different job market than when they began school. today's unemployment rate is almost twice what it was four years ago. do they have what it takes to get a job? anna olson looks at how universities and students are responding to the changing labor market. >> reporter: vanessa warmingham dreamed of being a fashion designer. she even earned a college degree at new york's fashion institute. now, she's a graduate with an unpaid internship and worries about her job prospects. >> i know clothing inside and out, so anywhere else not dealing with clothing, i don't have as much knowledge. >> reporter: vanessa isn't the only college grad concerned about where she'll find work. experts say this could be a result of structural shift in employment-- that is, graduates not having the skills employers need. >> when you're talking about students right out of the box, freshly degreed, no, i don't think a lot of them have the skills that employers

last spring motivated by the good work of tom udall of new mexico, the rules committee undertook and detailed an examination of the history and application of the senate rules, especially the filibuster. after six hearings and many conversations, we reached an historic point in january when something needed to be done. change happened slowly. we all know that, particularly in the u.s. senate, and sometimes it's a product of compromise and deliberation. we all know that this institution is grand and wonderful as it is, could always serve to benefit by a bit of change. today we have some of that change. is it everything we want? no, far from it, but it will make a difference in the institution's effectiveness. and i'd like for a minute to thank the chairs of our senate committees and the ranking members as well. when we first spoke of this back in january to the introduction of the bill in march, through markup and now today, the chairmen have been greatly impacted -- have impacted greatly by our efforts and we have listened to them and made changes that they have suggested which on re

we will get an update from tom cole who serves on the house budget and appropriations committee. "washington journal" each morning at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. >> starting next month, we will be able to remove 10,000 of our troops from afghanistan by the end of this year and we will bring home a total of 33,000 troops by next summer. >> follow the time line on the war in afghanistan and search over 4000 entries online at the c-span video library. search, watch, clip, and share every c-span program since 1987. all free, any time. it is washington your way. who would think a youtube rap video on economics would become popular? >> here we are, peace out, a great recession. we're not in a recession. if you follow my lesson, lined up for the recession. we're still in a ditch and still ticking. don't you think it is proper to switch? it is time to get sober. >> we will talk with the creators of "fight of the century." peoplee trying to reach who are interested in how the world works. that is everyone from a high school student who is curious about economics to a person who is just trying to

tom cole headed up the republican campaign committee last time. >> i think we will hold a majority ore will gain or lose is early in the cycle but no president has shifted since 1948. this is the largest republican majority since 1947. i expect this to be a closer presidential election on slim the ad in 2008. the president had everything going for him. republicans -- john mccain still got over 170 electoral votes and 50%. unexpected very competitive election. host: what about your assessment? the democrats and 24 seats to take back the house. you look at redistricting and in the base case and are democrats, they may take a handful of seats in the process. it might be too, 4. the effect of redistricting will be to shore up a lot of those vulnerable republican seats that are remaining and democrats will meet to pick up to get back to 218 which is the magic number. republicans have unprecedented control of the process because they picked up so many legislatures and governorships in 2010. ohio, pennsylvania, michigan, they want to decrease the democratic voting strength. there are 61 repu

tom sherwood is here with the latest on this. >> this controversy has thrown the council into turmoil. and thomas is under heavy pressure to step aside from a powerful committee. it looked like an ordinary council session tuesday. ward 5 council member harry tommy thomas consulting and talking about various bills. >> i want to thank him for his committee and the work to get this out of committee. >> reporter: then kwame brown said in an off microphone comment, let's go deal with harry. and then chaos erupted when the media tried to follow the 13 members into a private conference room to discuss the fate of thomas. named by the d.c. attorney general monday in a stinging report that accuses thomas of converting $300,000 of government funds and grants to his own personal use. >> i am now going to move to close this meeting. >> reporter: council chairman brown had to take a formal vote to kick out the reporters. after a private hour meeting, brown said he would announce a decision wednesday. sources say a majority of embarrassed council members want thomas to step aside from the economic development committee voluntarily. but indicate they'll vote to remove him i

committee looks at threats to real security is members here from that of the transportation security administration and the amtrak police talk on c-span 3 at two o'clock 30 eastern. agriculture secretary tom vilsack was at the national press club monday to preview next week's meeting of the g- 20 agricultural meetings. will discuss how industrialized nations can help emerging countries. this about one hour. >> thank you very much and thanks to all who are here today. let me start off with a sobering statistic. the united nations food and agricultural organization says 925 million people were undernourished last year. this is an improvement from 2009 but still unacceptably high. our goal as a nation and as an international community is clear -- to bring down this number by increasing the availability and the accessibility of nutritious food around the world. as we look to the future, this challenge grows even more stark. the global population is on the rise and strong economic growth in developing countries is expanding middle class is an increasing demand for agricultural products. we will have to increase food production by 70% to feed a larger, richer global population of 9.3 billion pe

tom. >> [inaudible] >> if there is no further business before the committee, we would like to thank the panel for their testimony and answering these questions this afternoon. all members have five minutes -- excuse me, five days to submit questions or statements to the record. if there is no further business before the committee, we are done. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> monday, live on c-span 3, lieutenant general william caldwell on training an afghan security forces as they train for the reduction of u.s. and nato troops. live it 2:00 p.m. eastern on c- span 3. later that afternoon, the french foreign minister talks about arab unrest in the middle east. watch live coverage at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> congressman alan west, a member of the armed services committee and iraq war veteran, talked about the role of the u.s. military during a discussion held by the heritage foundation. following his remarks, he takes questions from the audience. this is just under one hour. >> [inaudi

as the chairman of the ag committee, collin peterson, asserted that's the language that's in the bill, but the secretary of agriculture, tom vilsack, and the attorney general, eric holder, took that and somehow interpreted the plain language of the bill to direct them to go open up a second pigford claim which now turned into an additional $1.15 billion on top of the $100 million which was in the 2008 farm bill. and now when we started out with 3,000 potential claimants -- excuse me -- 3,000 projected claimants to pigford 1 which would be the total sum of the claims out of the universe of 18,000 black farmers, now we have 94,000 claims, mr. speaker. 94,000 claims that have risen to the bait of $1.25 billion additional. i say that if you round it to the nearest 10th of a billion dollars i was spot on that it would be a $1.3 billion by the $100 million in the farm bill. it has come just as i said, slipped in, forced in, pushed in partly by the president of the united states at his directive. he was told to sign it. and according to the secretary of agriculture, he was to negotiate with the black farmers and ask for an additi

tom? no problem. ok. thank you very much. if there is no further business to come before the committee, we want to thank panel for their testimony and for answering our questions this afternoon. you will have five days to submit questions or statements to the record. if there is no further business to come forward for the committee, we're adjourned. thank you. >> yesterday the house began work on the annual spending bill for the department of homeland security. here is some of the debate on that bill. >> contact information including twitter addresses, district maps and committee assignments and information on the white house. supreme court justices and governors. order online at c-span.org/shop. it i fi pr for the department of homeland security. this bill before us today, perhaps more than any other bill, exemplifies the difficult choices that need to be made in order to address our nation's fiscal crisis. this bill demonstrates how we can fully fund vital security programs while also reducing spending overall. furthermore this bill does not represent a false choice between fiscal responsibility and security. both are national

committee and the author of the republican budget plan. >> also with us florida congressman allen west and south carolina governor nikki haley. >> and finally oklahoma senator tomident's deficit commission. we want to say welcome to all four of you. [ applause ] >> okay. so let's get right to it. our first question is from trey lewis. this is for all four of you on the panel. >> good morning, everyone. there's many ways that people feel as though president obama isn't using to stimulate and make the economy more robust. if you were in a position to do so, what would be the one thing you would do to stimulate and grow the economy that president obama isn't doing? >> one thing? >> well, 30 to 45 seconds each. >> first of all, i'd go in the opposite direction on spending, on taxes, on debt and deficits. get rid of all the uncertainty in the economy. he's promising huge tax increases on successful mall businesses. i wouldn't do that. keep taxes low and get spending under control so we don't have a debt crisis. if we have a debt crisis, a huge interest rate increase and inflation problem. that's making it harder for businesses to create jobs. so i would go in a diff

here in after that, joe lieberman and tom coburn on their proposal to cut medicare costs and reduce the debt. >> tomorrow morning, former house intelligence committee chairman peter hoekstra will take questions about libya and the war powers act and the situation in afghanistan. we will talk about the economy and trade with former senator byron dorgan. and we will speak with regina benjamin. "washington journal" every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> several live the best to tell you about tomorrow morning. the senate commerce committee will look into data security and privacy. members will hear from representatives of government agencies as well as business and consumer groups on the collection and security of personal information. that is here on c-span at 10:00 a.m. eastern. then on our companion network, c-span 3, at 10:30 a.m. eastern, a hearing on the impact of supreme court rulings on corporate behavior. witnesses before the senate judiciary committee were scheduled to include betty duke's, the lead and plaintiffs in the class-action suit on the behalf of a group against wal-mart. >> join the heritage foundation book party for an coulterville an

committee. we look forward to your assistance and again i think the witnesses for being here today. i look forward to testimony and i would recognize the distinguished ranking member tom mississippi, mr. thompson. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i welcome our panel of witnesses today. as you know, the united states has the highest incarceration rate in the world, more than to put 3 million people are locked up in america. approximately one-third of these prisoners have some form of religious affiliation to islam is the fastest growing religion among prison. about 80% of those join a religion while in prison turn to islam. study showed the typical inmate who converts to islam is poor, black, upset about racism, and not particularly interested in middle east politics. in preparation for this hearing, my staff spoke with a representative from the bureau of prison, the state prison officials from across the country. i regret that none of them are here to testify today. the bureau of prison and state officials informed us that they routinely require religious staff, including a mom, rabbi increase to undergo rigorous that income including british credentials, backgro

schedule, daily schedules, committee hearings, and information on your elected officials at c-span.org/congress. >> next, massachusetts congressman jim mcgovern and representative tom cole from oklahoma discuss troop reduction in afghanistan. saturday, a panel of law professors will review the major supreme court decisions from the last term. live coverage begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern. now, congressional reaction to the u.s. troop reduction plan and debt reduction talks. we begin with massachusetts democrat jim mcgovern. from "washington journal," this is about 25 minutes. pressing you by the c-span alert button. >> "washington journal" continues. >> we want to welcome back to c- span congressman mcgovern. a lot to talk about. the house taking up two resolutions on libya, one to cut funding and one to continue operations for a guest: full year -- for a full year. guest: the problem with libya is there is no clarity in our policy. i'm not sure what the endgame is. if we get gaddafi, then what? who are the good guys in libya? there's a lot of confusion as to how we get out of this war. i think that's the right thing to do constitutionally. two, i think we would have h

committees and to you take down the old dilapidated american cities. unfortunately, the money is not there. we have the value of the advertised tom supplement. it is very well documented. values increase when occupied homes when they constructors' are removed. our inability to convince federal officials of this pressing need has continued to be a problem with the demolition dollars continue to be problematic. in ohio, we have passed the -- one other innovation will talk about briefly and one that is the for the ohio senate now. the first one is the house bill called house bill 294 which expedites the foreclosure of tax testament the properties that are vacant because of the glut of foreclosures and many of the cities that were particularly hard hit by the foreclosure crisis. even delinquent properties that have been abandoned, vacant lots, vacant structures were taking up to two years to bring to foreclosure. house bill 294. i have the some of these bills if the mayors are interested. the second bill that is in the ohio senate was introduced this week will allow the fast track of foreclosures where the owners has for whatever reason decided

distinguished members of the committees, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to dis to appear before you surypleased to be here with my todayment colleagues tom delare and kevin whitaker. mr. chairman, let me be clear from the outset. with respect to global efforts to counterterrorism, developments in venezuela over the last decade have been deeply troubling. instead of meeting his international obligations, hugo chavez has chosen to develop close relationships with iran and syria. senior members of his government are directly implicated in providing support to u.s.-designatessed foreign terrorist organizations, particularly the farc and eln. the administration has significant concerns about connections between members of the venezuelan government and eta as well. all of these issues have been reported on this press. and as we have report inside the past, hezbollah has a presence in venezuela, and the department of treasury has done much to reveal these connections. i do, however, want to emphasize that the information available to us indicates that hezbollah activity in venezuela is limited to fund raising. we remain alert to indicationings

committees, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss venezuela's sanction bl activities. i'm pleased to be here with my treasury colleague, adam szubin, and state department colleagues tom delare and kevin whitaker. mr. chairman, let me be clear from the outset. with respect to global efforts to counterterrorism, developments in venezuela over the last decade have been deeply troubling. instead of meeting his international obligations, hugo chavez has chosen to develop close relationships with iran and syria. senior members of his government are directly implicated in providing support to u.s.-designatessed foreign terrorist organizations, particularly the farc and eln. the administration has significant concerns about connections between members of the venezuelan government and eta as well. all of these issues have been reported on this press. and as we have report inside the past, hezbollah has a presence in venezuela, and the department of treasury has done much to reveal these connections. i do, however, want to emphasize that the information available to us indicates that hezbollah activity in venezuela is limited to fund raising. we remain alert to indicationings

tom. huh? you should see november! oh, yeah? giving you more. now that's progressive. call or click today. . >> it is 51 minutes past the hour. >>> leon panetta facing questions from the service committeelacement for robert gates who is retiring at the end of the month. >>> six house democrats are now saying it is time for congressman anthony wiener to go because of his sexting. "the new york times" now reporting that his wife is pregnant. the stars markets are poised to bounce back slightly following six straight days of losses. the dow, nasdaq and s&p futures are pointing up. american morning back after a quick break. >>> baltimore, sunny and 89. mostly sunny. 102. wow. >> balmy. >> balmy baltimore. >>> delta is now backing down on some of these extra bag fees for troops. it comes after two u.s. soldiers posted a viral video that caused a pr disaster for the airline. >> martin savidge is live at hartville jackson airport in atlanta. this is the battle over the bags and the little guy won? >> reporter: right. good morning, christine, good morning, kiran. what is the slogan that the army has? it is an army of one. in this case, an army of two and a video camera that made all the differ

committees, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss venezuela's sanction bl activities. i'm pleased to be here with my treasury colleague, adam szubin, and state department colleagues tom delare and kevin whitaker. mr. chairman, let me be clear from the outset. with respect to global efforts to counterterrorism, developments in venezuela over the last decade have been deeply troubling. instead of meeting his international obligations, hugo chavez has chosen to develop close relationships with iran and syria. senior members of his government are directly implicated in providing support to u.s.-designatessed foreign terrorist organizations, particularly the farc and eln. the administration has significant concerns about connections between members of the venezuelan government and eta as well. all of these issues have been reported on this press. and as we have report inside the past, hezbollah has a presence in venezuela, and the department of treasury has done much to reveal these connections. i do, however, want to emphasize that the information available to us indicates that hezbollah activity in venezuela is limited to fund raising. we remain alert to indicationings