. >> david johnson, the governor general, who just took over the governor general spot in october. it is his first speech from the throne. seniorbring in our political correspondent. terry, you've heard the run down from both rosie and even in terms of what to expect. politically, how are you looking at this today? >> i think some people will be surprised by the wide gap between promise and deliver it, because i think a lot of people may not know that this is going to be an extremely minimalist session of parliament. although the speech may include a long laundry list, of items the government wants to achieve, we will not see it in the session because it is so short. they rsisise on the 23rd. that leaves 13 days to do parliamentary business. there is little they can accomplish until the fall. they will deal with the budget. will include the item about ending political subsidies to parties. it will be a motion to extend the mission in libya. all the rest of what voters were led to expect during the long campaign, the crime package, and the rest of the items on the government's agend

interest by general david johnson. >> this week, it james grant with a biography of the man who established majority rule in the house and senate. his name was thomas agreed. he served from 1893 to 1891. -- thomas agreed. he served from 1893 to 1891. >> why do think the public would be interesting and reading a book about the life and times of thomas reid? >> i have no idea about the public. i would be delighted to spend three or four years in the company of this man. this person never leaves and has the job and stays for the weekend. you have to live with him or her. instantly i knew that we would be friends. i know is delighted to welcome him into my house. -- did you knowintensel instantly? >> in this book we read a chapter. it was a fabulous sketch of this most interesting and sadly of scare figure. it turned out to is instrumental from turning something into a talking shop that was engaged in active legislation. here is a full participant in all of the drama of monetary debates. he was all of that. he was also funny. who can resist? >> he was the 13th longest serving speaker in the his

. >> well, there he is, the governor general, david johnson is arriving on parliament hill for what will be the first reading by him of the speech from the throne. and he is accompanied by his wife, sharon johnson, and the two johnson to have been very active now in their role, traveling the country, traveling the world. the governor general has been to afghanistan. he was in britain during the royal wedding a short time ago. 21 gun salute. with the guard of honor. parliament hill, throne speech. ["o canada" playing] >> present arms! [guns fire once] >> and the commander of the guard of honor will invite the governor general for a quick inspection of the guard of honor. see the flag, you see it every once and awhile and you are wondering, what is that with all stripes? a fellow who had long campaigned for a different falg have.an the ionone we he has his flag, and it looks as part of the official declaration of parliament hill. it is not. it is one individual who has put his ideas forward as what he thinks should be the nation's flag. evan mentioned the governor aneral's love of hockey a

that for now will be a modest goal is that they get. >> thanks, as then. >> welcome at various david johnson a speech from the throne. and he is accompanied by his wife, sharon johnson in the two johnsons who have been very active now in the role and traveling the country, traveling the world. the general has been to afghanistan. he was in britain during the royal wedding a short time ago. now received his first 21 gun salute that the guard of honor. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the commander of the guard of honor -- [inaudible] right on your screen you see that every once in a while and you're probably wondering, what is that? to fellow crew has long campaigned for a different site than one we have. it turns out often on days like this and has his flag, which she laid too many like it's part of the official kind of decoration of parliament hill. it is wanted feature will do is put his forward as to what he think should be reflect good in the nation's flag. i then mentioned the governor general's love of hockey at a time of year when many canadians are fascinated by what is happening in the playoffs and c

it is delivered by canada's governor general, david johnson.iament this year focused on canada's economic action plan in balancing the budget. prime minister harbor conservative party won a majority in the may elections. this is the canadian broadcasting corporation coverage of the speech. to better enable them to discharge duty to their queen and country hundley and claim all their rights and privileges, especially they may have freedom of speech in their debates, access to your excellency's person and the proceedings may receive from your excellency the most favorable construction. >> the house of commons have elected me their speaker, so i am but little able to put fill the important duties as defined by me. in performance of those duties i should fall into error, i pray the default maybe into did to me and not to the commons. to better enable them to discharge their duty to their queen and country humbly claim all of their rights and privileges, especially that they may have freedom of speech in their debates, access to your excellency's pe

and, you're right, david carney and rob johnson, were closely identified-- who were in the gingrich campaign quit yesterday, were closely identified with rick perry. dan carney had been his principal consultant. >> brown: do you read anything into this? >> i do. i still hear he's not running but i don't think he's made a determination. he's from texas. and there's a sense another governor from texas wouldn't fly right now. he is not the greatest campaigner. i guess among the candidates i keep hearing more about rudy giuliani this week that he's likely to get in. >> brown: do you take that seriously? >> i take it a little more seriously. he will have to step up his game if he is going to compete. he was not a good candidate last time. to run for president you have to be willing to eat dirt and crawl on the ground. >> it is a tough job! >> gingrich wasn't willing to do that. >> brown: eat dirt and crawl on the ground. >> it's physically demanding. it's psychologically demanding. it's emotionally demanding. it really is. the an dote about the rural new hampshire voter who asked about john mccai

for obama the problem is, as i think david was trying to say, like all presidents, the longer they live with the war, whether it was lyndon johnson or george w. bush in iraq, they've become involved in the details and they see the light at the tunnel. they see they can get to the ends of their policy. it's not clear that he will. chris: you have so much on your plate now, norah. you're going to cover the white house for a big network. you have the big opportunities coming your way. you've covered the pentagon. i want to ask you how it fits together in terms of dollars and cents. we have a "new york times" report from helene here the other day -- $15 billion the first year we were over there. $120 billion. we keep hearing about there's no shovel-ready projects in detroit. how come they're spending all this money over there? >> that's the sales job that the president has to make is that, why are you rebuilding afghanistan and not rebuilding america? but military officials that i speak to say, look, we're drawing down the costs. they're going to drop already this year from $160 billion to $120 billion. we're drawing down. the white

questions," david cameron on the government's sentencing policy and reforming the national health service. later, gop presidential candidate gary johnson. >> this week, our guest is pierre thomas of abc news. he is the senior justice correspondent. >> pierre thomas of abc news, can you remember the first time you ever thought about the news business? >> actually, i do. i was, you know, probably about 12 years old and i was watching the evening news. back where i grew, lynchburg, va., it was the abc affiliate that we watched in particular. and i watched "world news tonight," with peter jennings and max robinson. it was part of my daily ritual, to watch the news. i said, you know, that is interesting. i might want to do that some day. >> how old were you then? seventh grade? >> something like that. we typically watched the evening news. it came on a 6:30 p.m. it would be right after we would be finishing their. -- dinner. >> what were the circumstances at home? what did your parents do and how many kids were at home? >> i was one of five. my dad worked in a place called lynchburg foundry, a very hard- working man. he worked pouring steel

david carney who i mentioned i've known him for years he operates out of new hampshire but he's the top adviser to the texas governor rick perry. mr. johnson perry's campaign for governor last time. and the conspiracy theory is these guys got mad at newt and they figured, you know, what he's not going to win, we're going to leave and formed a campaign in waiting. and what the governor says, and i talked to david carney today and others today, they said the governor has said the texas legislature finishes its session in two weeks or so, he will look again at the question, but he's inclined not to run. do you believe it? >> i don't know what to believe. honestly, i really don't know what to believe. again, you put one and one together sometimes, and you get two. and the question that awful us asked is okay, it's not as if you're going to be able to draw a direct line between these people leaving and okay, they're going to jump en masse to another campaign. so it wouldn't be the cause of their leaving, but it could be the effect of their leaving could be that they end up working for perry if he runs. >> if you're governor perry, rich galen, a

johnson's great society program. it was my republican grandmother who gave an admonition to my father. she said to him, davidl not be you who pays for all of these programs for the great society. it will be davy and michele, my older brother and myself, and now my grandmother's prediction has come true. i firmly believe that neither my democrat father, nor my republican grandmother, would have ever condoned the spending and the debt that america is in during today. i had not planned on getting into politics. i loved law. i went to law school. then i went on and became a tax lawyer. together with my husband, we created a successful small business and jobs for people in our area. and when i saw the problems in our local school district and how academic excellence was being eroded by federal government interference with the local schools, i decided i needed to do more than just complain. i decided that it was one of those i know of values that has been instilled in me, which was to always leave whenever i found as better than when i found it. so i decided to seek public office to make our local school district

johnson is also survived by four sisters, barbara jones, trumela jones, ernestine write, and betty coally. three brothers, rudolph sharp, eugene sharp, and very good friend of mine, david sharp of phoenix, arizona. mr. speaker, i ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing this great life. we extend condolences to her husband, bishop joseph johnson, their sons, and all of their family and friends. mr. speaker, i thank you for the time this morning. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan, mr. walberg, for five minutes. mr. walberg: thank you, mr. speaker. on tuesday the house overwhelmingly defeated by a vote of 318-97 a blank check on spending. we stopped the unconditional raising of the debt ceiling. the fact remains we are in a debt crisis because washington spends too much, not because it taxes too little. america's drowning in debt and we need to significantly reduce spending and make long-term reforms that encourage private sector job creation and move towards a balanced budget. raising the debt limit without restoring financial accountability was unacceptable and th

johnson's great society program. it was my republican grandmother who gave an admonition to my father. she said to him, david will not be you who pays for all of these programs for the great society. it will be davy and michele, my older brother and myself, and now my grandmother's prediction has come true. i firmly believe that neither my democrat father, nor my republican grandmother, would have ever condoned the spending and the debt that america is in during today. i had not planned on getting into politics. i loved law. i went to law school. then i went on and became a tax lawyer. together with my husband, we created a successful small business and jobs for people in our area. and when i saw the problems in our local school district and how academic excellence was being eroded by federal government interference with the local schools, i decided i needed to do more than just complain. i decided that it was one of those i know of values that has been instilled in me, which was to always leave whenever i found as better than when i found it. so i decided to seek public office to make our local school distr

johnson will give an update on medicare spending and the federal debt ceiling negotiation. and we will talk to gretchen enson. se later, a look at the rulings in favor of wal-mart. david savage of the los angeles times joins us. you'rehington journal" on c-span. >> the supreme court ruled that a lawsuit against wal-mart cannot proceed as one large class-action. the plaintiffs wanted to sue on behalf of more than 1 million women. the justices agreed it could not be a class action in its current form. in a separate vote, the court said the plaintiffs did not have enough because -- in common to pull their claims into a single case. here is the oral argument from mars. -- march. >> they felt to satisfy the rule for certification of a mandatory and not opt out class. regarding rule 23 a, because the claim on individual managers struck the country, they cannot meet the requirements that were reflect -- reflected in the role of delegation from claims that are common to everyone in the class. the common policies are either neutral and not discriminatory or they are not discriminatory. the company has a strong policy against discrimination. >> i suppose that a corporate headqu