daniel patrick moynihan died in 2003. steven weisman leads a discussion on the former senator at the museum of the city of new york with peter galbraith, senior diplomatic negative at the center for arms control and non-proliferation, steven hess, former adviser to presidents ford and carter, richard avenuage, lieutenant governor of new york, and new york senator charles schumer. it's about an hour, 40 minutes. >> steve weisman is the editorial directer and public policy fellow at the peterson institute for international economics and previously was chief international economics correspondent for "the new york times." he was a journalist with the times for many years, first becoming acquainted with senator moynihan when he was reporting on new york politics and later as a correspondent in the washington d.c. steve also served as the bureau chief for the times in new delhi, india can, where he covered ambassador moynihan. steve hess is a presidential historian and senior fellow emeritus in governance studies at the brookin

moynihan at harvard. richard vavitch is the 75th lieutenant governor of new york state, and he got to know -- [applause] and he got to know daniel path rib moynihan in the -- patrick moynihan in the 170s when he played a very key role in senator moynihan's future. in those days he was chairman of new york's urban development corporation under hugh l. kerry and later served as chairman of the metropolitan transportation authority, the mta, where he recapitalized the system and created the metro north railroad. he is, and he is the staunchest advocate for moynihan station, and he's been very -- [applause] and he's been very dogged on this subject, thank heavens and thank you very much, lieutenant governor. lawrence o'donnell jr. is a political analyst, emmy-award winning writer and producer and is now host of msnbc's "the last word." for his association with the tv drama, "the west wing." but from 1989 to 1995 he worked with senator moynihan a serving as the taffe directer of the -- staff directer of the united states senate committee on the environment and public works and the united states senate committee on finance, both of which were chaired by senator moynihan

guard and sonia sotomayor neither of whom would be on the supreme court did they were not for daniel patrick moynihan. when you look at his career you think about the highlights, you will be reading an opinion of sonia sotomayor ten years from now that is in a sense a moynihan achievement. there are very few senators who play the long game. i want to make one note about infrastructure. because reporters can only drop one, senator moynihan's junior colleagues during this time was labeled -- if you had a pothole on your street you could get that fixed which the senate has nothing to do with pot holes but we get the idea. just about no one in the new york media knew that there was a senator pothole that is all good and well but there were also senator trueway. new york state in so many ways of being smarter than the country in so many things. and the highway system before president eisenhower got the idea for the interstate highway system. new york state made the mistake of building a throughway before there was federal money for it. daniel patrick moynihan threw his seat on the public works committee w

neither of whom would be on the supreme court today were it not for daniel patrick moynihan. so when you look at his career and you think about the highlights, you'll be reading an opinion of justice sotomayor 10 years from now that is in a sense a moynihan achievement. there are very few senators who play the long game. i just want to do one, make one note about infrastructure. because reporters can only grapple with one thing, senator moynihan was a junior colleague, was labeled senator pothole because the thought thing you had a bottle on the street, he could get that fixed. which, of course, was a policy. that's it has nothing to do with potholes but we get the idea. just about no one in the news media knew was that there was, if it was a senator pothole, that's all good and well, but there was also senator thruway. new york state, as in so many ways, being smarter than the country in so many things, started what was to become the interstate highway system before president eisenhower got the idea and thought we should have this interconnected interstate highway system. so

when i was running for reelection to the senate it was my misfortune to have an opponent, daniel patrick moynihan, but in our first encounter he told the audience it is a very fine fellow but unfortunately my feet were stuck in the eighteenth century. the response, i admitted i was guilty as charged. i confessed in enduring fealty to the values and institutions embedded in the declaration of independence of the united states constitution. i neglected to confess my equal fealty to the insights in adam smith's wealthy nations. the question then of course and the question today is whether those values and institutions and in sites have any relevance to the extraordinarily different world in which we now live. our believe they do. a believe they do today. the effect is that our country was created by a remarkable group of men. people like james madison who had studied the history of experiments in freedom from the most ancient times, the times of shirley and athens and through the ages and in every instance, freedom eventually failed because of the one factor in a human affairs which is a constant, n

running for re-election of the senate, it was my misfortune to have an opponent, the formidable daniel patrick moynihan. he won handily but in our first encounter, he told the audience that really he is a fine fellow but unfortunately my feet were stuck in the 18th century. and the response i admitted that i was guilty as charged. i confessed and during fealty to the values and the institutions embedded in the declaration of independence and the united states constitution. i neglected to confess my equal fealty to the insights and adam smith's wealth of nations. the question then of course and the question today is whether the values and institutions and insights have any relevance to the extraordinarily different world in which we now live. i believe they do then and i believe they do today. the fact is that our country was created by a remarkable group of men, people like james madison who had studied the history of experiments and freedom for the most ancient times, the times of greece and athens and on through the ages. and in just about every instance, freedom eventually failed. why? because of th

paolucci certainly remembers daniel patrick moynihan with whom i worked in the u.s. senate. a man of many flaws but of some intellectual capacity. one of his favorite sayings was intelligence is not to be confused with intelligence. [laughter] well, we have right now an intelligence community, if you want to call it that, that costs us some $60, $70 billion a year. what do we get for that? what do we get, what kind of intelligence is injected into our foreign affairs by these, by this army of people working in tremendous secrecy? what are they trying to figure out? could they figure it out that, perhaps, saudi arabia is tul of wahhabis? you didn't need 60 or $70 billion to tell you that. did you need to know, did that tell you that 15 out of 19 hijackers on 9/11 were saudis? no, no, you didn't need it for that either. do you, perhaps, need it o o tell you that every of arab government supports the causes for which 9/11 was perpetrated? no, you don't need it for that either. so what do you need them for? well, you need them to tell you about the whereabouts of minor players i

before we began that i took a seminar with the late departed and much lamented sinnott told daniel patrick moynihan with a book he might enjoy reading, but i remember that seminar some 38 years ago and the guy got up and said he was an authentic representative of the working class and moynihan said when you are living in this it code i can assure you you are in the political class, and i think that is the case and you lose touch very substantially with mainstream values. >> host: anyone who ever attended senator moynihan would have set who ever attended one of those fancy schools, which i did, to is always out of it forever. i think that is a little harsh. [inaudible] >> guest: but it took me 12 years to get my undergraduate degree. i think when you're saying is right. if you are part of the lead institution and you've gone to leave school you have the advantage is you don't even recognize. it is possible for someone with that background to recognize the american people should be given more respect and should be given, the government should derive its authority from the government and those recover

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and a focus on daniel patrick moynihan, who -- who's career before a senator several many administrations. c-span 3. see the complete schedule online at c-span.org/history or press the c-span alert button and have the schedule in mailed to you. >> this weekend on book tv on c- span2, almost 10 years after the attack on the world trade center and the pentagon, cnn's national security analyst peter bergen is interviewed by an author and columnist. also this weekend, william herzog and david eisenhower on the military industrial complex. and obama's first campaign for the illinois state senate. a complete schedule on booktv.org and sign up for our booktv alert. host: there is a policy debate raging across the country and in this town as lawmakers and white house turned to the u.s. budget and the deficit, about the right approach, whether or not but the precarious economy weather got -- more investment is necessary or is it better to work on the deficit. matthew mitchell is at george mason university's mercatus center. guest: we are a research institute that focuses on the intersection of pub

daniel patrick moynihan was a new york liberal. alan simpson was a wyoming conservative. they could sit down and talk and debate and disagree about the deficit and debt and entitlements and somehow, someway they could shape the way forward and they did it in a way that in listed liberals like bill bradley and moderates like jack himes and conservatives because they knew certain issues were too important to be lost in the partisan squabbling. and you couldn't find three more proudly partisan and ideologically distinct politicians ronald reagan, tip o'neill and bob dole but they found a way to put politics aside and save social security for the generation rather than saving it for misuse as the next campaign. they didn't capitulate. the compromised. and speaking of the backroom deals, they agreed not to let either party demagogue the issue against the incumbents who passed the tough votes in order to pass the bill. now let me tell you, if you've got to make a backroom deal, that's the kind of backroom deal we ought to make in washington. folks, you're not going to find a re

daniel patrick moynihan was a new york liberal. alan simpson was a wyoming conservative. they could sit down and talk and debate and disagree about the deficit and debt and entitlements and somehow, someway they could shape the way forward and they did it in a way that in listed liberals like bill bradley and moderates like jack himes and conservatives because they knew certain issues were too important to be lost in the partisan squabbling. and you couldn't find three more proudly partisan and ideologically distinct politicians ronald reagan, tip o'neill and bob dole but they found a way to put politics aside and save social security for the generation rather than saving it for misuse as the next campaign. they didn't capitulate. the compromised. and speaking of the backroom deals, they agreed not to let either party demagogue the issue against the incumbents who passed the tough votes in order to pass the bill. now let me tell you, if you've got to make a backroom deal, that's the kind of backroom deal we ought to make in washington. folks, you're not going to find a re

daniel patrick moynihan was a new york liberal. alan simpson was a wyoming conservative. but they could sit down and talk and debate and disagree about deficits and debt, entitlements, and somehow someway they could shape the way forward. and they did it in a way that enlisted liberals like bill bradley and moderates like jack times, conservatives like john danforth. because of a new that certain issues were just too important to be lost in partisan squabbling. and you couldn't find three more proudly partisan and ideologically distinct politicians than ronald reagan, tip o'neill, and bob dole. but they found a way to put politics aside and save social security or a generation rather than saving it for misuses in the next campaign. they didn't capitulate. they compromised. and speaking of backroom deals, they agreed not to let either party demagogue the issue against the incumbent who cast the tough votes in order to pass the bill. now let me tell you, if you've got to make a backroom deal, that's the kind of back room deal we ought to make in washington. folks, you're no

and a focus on daniel patrick moynihan whose career as a center spend four presidents. see the complete schedule online at c-span.org/history. you can have our schedules in mailed to you. >> the congressional budget office says the deficit this year will be $1.50 trillion with the national debt rising to $18 trillion in 10 years. president obama is expected to release his budget proposal next month. this briefing is one hour. >> the congressional budget office released the budget and economic outlook for fiscal years 2011 through 2021. you can find copies of the document on our website at cbo.gov. our briefer is our director. he will give a brief comment and take your questions. if you would be kind enough to remember to identify yourselves buyer name and your news organization, we would appreciate that. thank you. >> the morning. -- good morning. as we say in our report, the u.s. faces daunting challenges. the economy has struggled to recover from the recent recession. the pace of growth and output has been anemic compared with that in past recoveries. the unemployment

from the nixon foundation, of focus on in -- daniel patrick moynihan, whose career spanned four presidential administrations. experience american history tv on c-span3 all weekend, every weekend. see the schedule online or you can press the c-span alert button and have the schedule e- mailed to you. >> the house has gaveled out for the week. all legislative business for the week has been completed. the house has adjourned until tuesday, february 8, at 2:00 p.m. eastern. before leaving, if members passed a bill that and a taxpayer financing of protection election campaigns and party conventions. there is a portion of that debate. r. van hollen. the chair: the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my colleague. i rise in strong opposition to this measure which along with the supreme court's radical decision in citizens united takes our nation's campaign finance system in precisely the wrong direction. less transparency and less information for the voters. americans from across the political spectrum, democrats, republicans, independents, want less special int

for the nixon foundation and the nixon library, a focus on daniel patrick moynihan. experience american history television on c-span3. see the complete schedule online at c-span.org/history. >> at&t assertion was met with skepticism at the supreme court last week. the case asked the court if at&t can invoke a personal privacy exemption under the freedom of information act to keep information from the government gathered in the investigation. the court ruled in favor of at&t. the court will render its decision some time before the end of the term in june. this is 50 minutes. >> we'll hear argument first this morning in case 09-1279, federal communications commission v. at&t, inc. mr. yang. >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court: the court of appeals has held that foia's statutory protection for personal privacy in exemption 7(c) extends beyond the privacy of individuals and protects the so- called personal privacy of corporations. that holding is inconsistent with the text of exemption 7(c), foia's broader context, and the statute's drafting history, and wo

then, daniel patrick moynihan. experience american history tv on c-span3, all weekend, every weekend. see the complete schedule online at c-span.org/history. >> 9/11 defined the presidency because it made it abundantly clear that my most important job was to protect the country. i made a lot of controversial decisions to do that. if i had to do them over again, i would have done them again. >> former president george bush talks about his memoir with students from southern methodist university sunday at 8:00 on c-span. >> next, a discussion on federal spending and job creation. this is 45 minutes. ington journal" continues. host: i want to welcome back matt kibbe, freedomworks president and ceo. let's begin with "the washington times." guest: it's a shocking number, $1.5 trillion. longer-term, it is $14 trillion in national debt. it's a combination of a bad economy and way too much spending. we are spending too much money we do not have. the federal government is getting involved in too many things. those are the dr

daniel patrick moynihan was a new york liberal, alan simpson was a wyoming conservative but they could sit down and talk and disagree about deficits, debts, entitlements and somehow, some way they shaped a way forward and did it in a way that enlisted liberals and moderates and conservatives because they knew that certain issues were too important to be lost in partisan squabbling. and you couldn't find three more proudly partisan and ideologically distinct politicians than ronald reagan, tip o'neill and bob dole. but they found a way to put politics aside and save social security for a generation, rather than saving it for misuse as a cudge el in the next campaign. they didn't capitulate they compromised. speaking of back room deal they agreed not to let either party demagogue the issues against those who cast the tough votes. if you've got to make a back room deal, that's the kind of back room deal we ought to make in washington. folks, you're not going to find a republican today who would dare criticize ronald reagan. last week when the candidates for chairman of the republican nati

daniel patrick moynihan was a new york liberal. alan simpson was a wyoming conservative.they could sit down and talk and debate and disagree about the deficit and debt and entitlements and somehow, someway they could shape the way forward and they did it in a way that in listed liberals like bill bradley and moderates like jack himes and conservatives because they knew certain issues were too important to be lost in the partisan squabbling. and you couldn't find three more proudly partisan and ideologically distinct politicians ronald reagan, tip o'neill and bob dole but they found a way to put politics aside and save social security for the generation rather than saving it for misuse as the next campaign. they didn't capitulate. the compromised. and speaking of the backroom deals, they agreed not to let either party demagogue the issue against the incumbents who passed the tough votes in order to pass the bill. now let me tell you, if you've got to make a backroom deal, that's the kind of backroom deal we ought to make in washington. folks, you're not going to find a rep

from the nixon library, a focus on daniel patrick moynihan. experience american history television on c-span 3, all weekend, every weekend. see the complete schedule of lime. or you can press the c-span alert button to have our schedules e-mail to you. this sunday we will spend one hour talking with former president bush about his new life and his new book. here is a portion of the interview. >> the latest history book that you read? >> i just finished "the colonel." >> you mentioned theodore roosevelt several times. why? >> the aggressively use u.s. power -- which i did as well. in my case i did it to defend the country. my presidency was defined by september the 11th. on that day i vowed to use every legal means at my disposal to protect america. one of the interesting things about protecting america in a long run is to encourage democracy. ultimately, that marginalizes ideologues that use motives of murder to spread their view. >> the entire interview will be broadcast sunday night on "q&a." >> we just heard from the egyptian president. we