. >> reporter: like many moms, ruth donaldson's day starts at the bus stop.aiting, she reads to her 6-year-old son, dante. >> he rubbed his wings together. rub. >> reporter: after seeing him off, the 29-year-old heads inside and searches for jobs in fayetteville, north carolina. >> is that full-time or part-time? >> reporter: joining her is 23-year-old deja handy. they're single mothers and homeless, now living in a shelter. >> i fought for my country. i come back, nothing. >> reporter: both women were honorably discharged from the army after they split from the children's father and failed to have adequate family care plans. divorced, pregnant and broke, donaldson had to sleep in her pontiac grand am. >> you kind of lose confidence, your sense of identity. it's like you're not human anymore. people just look past you. they don't really care. >> reporter: the number of women veterans has doubled in the last decade, a by-product of that, they're also the fastest growing segment of the homeless. >> who thinks of a female veteran homeless? nobody. >> reporter: t

. >> reporter: like many moms, ruth donaldson's day starts at the bus stop.she reads to her 6-year-old son, dante. >> he rubbed his wings together. rub, rub your wings together. >> reporter: after seeing them off, the 29-year-old heads inside in search of jobs in fayetteville, north carolina. >> is that full time or part time? >> reporter: joining her is another single mother. they are veterans and homeless, now living in a shelter. >> i fought for my country and i've come back to nothing. >> reporter: both women were honorably discharged from the army after they split from the children's father and failed to have adequate family care plans. >> about as bad as you can get. >> reporter: divorced, pregnant and broke, donaldson had to sleep in her pontiac grand am. >> you kind of lose confidence, your sense of identity. it's like you're not human anymore. people just look past you. they don't really care. >> reporter: the number of women veterans has doubled in the last decade. a by-product of that, they're also the fastest growing segment among the homeless. >>

i said this is donaldson and this is no drill, no drill. on the air immediately. by about ten second. i read the first radio broadcast or any broadcast. it wasn't a model for people in journalism school. i said shots were fired at president reagan outside of the washington hilton. he was pushed in the car and driven away. i didn't think he was hit but i didn't know. other people had dropped to the ground. that was it. >> it became the picture -- it became iconic of president reagan and nancy reagan at the hospital as a release to show the president alive. what went through your mind after you give up the president to the doctors? are you thinking? >> i'm thinking he may die. i really did think that. one of the last things i did when i was -- when they took him for his major operation. they had him pretty well stabilized but he was still losing blood. i went up to him and looked him in the eye and i said hope -- god, i hope you preserve this presidency or you live. because i was around when president kennedy was killed. i wasn't there, but i

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. >> by sitting day, sam donaldson and andrea mitchell and christopher dodd talk about the legacy of ronald reagan. michael bloomberg and arianna huffington discuss the american dream and apollo astronauts will be awarded the congressional medal of honor. the newly designed c-span.org web site has 11 video choices making it easier for you to watch today's events live and recorded and it is easier for you to get our schedule with new features. you can quickly scroll for all the programs scheduled on the cspan networks and receive an e- mail alerts when your program is scheduled to air. there's a section to access our most popular series and programs. there is a handy channel finder see you can find where to watch our 3 cspan networks and cable or satellite systems across the country at the all men c- span.org. -- all new c-span.org. >> name moment, "washington journal." here's a look at tonight's prime-time lineup. presidential candidate mitt romney is an idol and will address employs an insurance company today. you can watch that at 8:00 p.m. eastern. then gop candidate ron paul

then allen donaldson gets into mit in 2001. introduces the "kid from the street" story.s got to be on his way to 30, trying to pass for 18 at this point. star student, star runner, and gone the next year along with something called the mass spectrometer, worth upwards of $40,000. all right, so, what? he builds the identities of a dead guy from another state? so he gets the birth certificate, which gets him a driver's license, social security card, all that. it fits our spy theory. megan: actually, it doesn't. because the stuff he's stealing has value, but it's not sensitive enough for an agent to break cover. okay, so he's just a thief. that doesn't really work either, because although he's stealing bigger every time, there's just not enough money there to justify the time he spends as a student. don: wait a minute. what if the thefts weren't an end, but a means? a means to what? you know, like ground hog day, right? he gets to live the same life over and over again, but each time better. like a junkie stealing just enough to get to his next fix. only his high is from th

joining me today a pair of "this week" classics, abc's sam donaldson and cokie roberts. and with them michael gerson and jon karl. you heard what the senator just said. any hope that this is going to move forward, for instance on the payroll tax cuts? >> if they don't extend payroll tax cuts and unemployment insurance it's going to be real hit in terms of economic growth. and so, i think that they probably are likely to figure out something there. although, it contributes to the deficit. but every economist is saying that, if you don't let people have extra money in their paychecks which is what extending the payroll tax does, they'll tighten up and stop spending. that's a terrible problem. >> the senator talked about how there would be some sort of bipartisan movement -- >> no. to think that congress in year in a election year, we didn't make a deal, boys and girls, we'll now make a deal and put this country on a fiscal path that makes sense. they need to extend unemployment insurance. >> the reason why there's no chance, sam s because they have to do this now with the

in california, he met jessica donaldson and she says he was a perfect gentleman. >> like any young guyate 20s, he wants to have fun. i think he forgets he's perhaps one of the most photographed bachelors in the world. >> reporter: since then, down to work at the arizona air force base, the prince undergoing eight weeks of advanced training as an apache pilot. this is the image that buckingham palace would prefer us see, from serving in afghanistan to campaigning for charity in africa. but with harry, it seems the motto is work hard, my hard. nbc news, london. >> by the way, captain harry wales here with other members of the british army. is he at the top of his training class. now here is lester. >>> now to the stunning new developments surrounding the death of natalie wood, 30 years after the actress drowned. authorities have reopened the case and many people are talking, including the sister. >> reporter: from child star to silver screen icon. >> let me entertain you. >> reporter: natalie wood did just that, entertain movie goers, but the three-time oscar nominated actress died at th

. >> this is mary and raymond donaldson and they got hitched while they were running in yesterday's newcity marathon. look at this. she is wearing white. it's mile 22. they managed to exchange vows and rings without dropping anything. they also didn't miss a beat or step as they ran 26 miles. >> kudos to the officiator. he had to have track shoes on, he had to read and hold the thing had to pull the ring out of his pocket there to take care of the two. he is apparently a runner too. >> hopefully he didn't have to run the whole thing. >> pay extra for that. >> i'll do a mile and we're done. >>> coming up, the "occupy" anger spreads to cal state campuses. why professors are walking out of class today. >> plus, police in the south bay investigate a sexual assault on a 14-year-old girl. what the suspect did to get the girl to stop. >>> a second bay area gas leak is found. what may be the cause and pg&e's response. the full story just ahead. >>> and armed men on a robbery spree in the east bay. the costumes worn in the brazen crimes. they are the same. >>> it is a quiet start to the day weat

the chief correspondent, sam donaldson, would be back on the street until he was back in a limousine. >> why was that so important? >> because he has survived a series of assassination attempts. we did not even know how many there have been. it was not just one producer and cameraman. it was all 23 networks. >> i was standing 5 feet away from john hinckley jr. when he shot ronald reagan and three other people. it was a serious experience -- forget me, for them. before that, even with jimmy carter, you wanted to be around. >> but also, president reagan understood the press and we were family. and yes, we ran adversaries, but the king that took place -- we were adversaries, but the keatinkidding that took place, l understood. there were some days that we made sure the helicopter engine did not stop so that the president would not be lying "i cannot hear you, sam" because he did not want to answer questions that day, and so the helicopter engine kept going. the other thing that sam left out of the fort wayne story is that we were criticized for either being in palm springs or santa barba

. >> thanksgiving day, abc sam donaldson, andrea mitchell, -- they talk about the legacy of ronald reagan. michael bloomberg and ariana huffington talked about the american dream. john glenn, neil armstrong, buzz aldrin, awarded the congressional medal of honor. go to c-span.org. >> the newly designed c- span.org website has 11 video choices, make it easier for you to watch today's events and also easier to get our schedule, with new features so you can quickly scroll through all of the programs and even receive an e- mail alert when your program is scheduled to air. there is a section to access our most popular series of programs like "washington journal," "book tv," and "the contenders." find out where to what -- you could find out where to watch the networks and cable and satellite providers of all across the country. >> "washington journal" continues. host: humberto sanchez from "roll call." what happened? guest: the age-old problems of republicans supporting tax increases and democrat supporting cuts and entitlement programs could not be overcome and it decided against doing any kind

07 and the spring of 08 and ecumenical team led by paul volcker, democrats and republicans, bill donaldson, that fec cheese and the bush, robert rice, one of your favorites here. they're all together. the ubs wall street tighten. there together because they are afraid. people are feeling the shutters on the landscape, feeling it shake. and obama, right from the start, is saying that -- sang the things that almost no one else is saying. many to reform financial capital, reform the system of credit. the american economy rather than in some it was against it. to kill off the volatility that we feel even now as we run up and down these problems of fear. really his guide. almost two years. he is the kind of avatar, the kind of champion of tough love, you know, after greenspan's demise of the most part, having pushed for the bubble across 20 years, one bubble to the next .. he returns to stand behind obama, credibility. this is sized up by the summer of 2008 as trouble, trouble for another team, called a team b and that's the team lead for the most part i rub her group and/or a tanned and tied t

sandbags, it was ronald reagan filling sandbags with the shirt off them up thanksgiving day, sam donaldson and andrea mitchell, and former senator chris dodd talk about the legacy of ronald reagan. michael bloomberg and "harry's law huffington discuss the american dream and the opportunities in the u.s.. astronauts john glenn, neil armstrong, buzz aldrin, and michael collins are awarded the congressional gold medal. for the entire thanksgiving day schedule, a c-span.org go to. republican presidential candidate newt gingrich said he needs to finish in the top three in the iowa caucuses in the new hampshire primary next month to continue his candidacy for the president for it he also talked about the super committee, calling it an act of desperation. he taught to read his role in advising freddie mac and made these comments at a new hampshire editorial meeting in manchester. the hour-long meeting started with a newspaper publisher. a new poll shows the former house speaker in a statistical tie with mitt romney. mr. romney was at 29% and newt gingrich was a 27%. with a 3.6% margin of error. i

. >> sam donaldson, andrea mitchell, and former senator chris dodd talk about the legacy of ronald reagan. astronaut john glenn, neil armstrong, and michael collins are awarded the congressional gold medal. for the entire schedule, go to c-span.org. >> in the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, i draw the line in the dust and tossed the got lows -- possibly a gauntlet before the tree -- before the season at terni. i say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever. >> george wallace was an ardent supporter of of -- supporter of segregation. he ran for president four times and lost. one of those efforts was cut short by an assassination attempt. this week, george wallace from the governor's mansion in montgomery alabama on c-span. >> from the miami book fair international last weekend. >> miami was center stage in the bay of pigs. it is where the cia came to recruit cuban exiles who participated in the invasion of cuba. after castro came to power, many people who did not like him very much fled cuba. where they fled to was mainly right here in miam

. >> thanks giving day on c-span abc's sam donaldson, andrea mitchell and former senator chris dodd talk about the legacy of ronald reagan. bloomberg and arianna huffington discuss the american dream and the opportunities in the u.s. and asked us john glenn, neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael called and are awarded the congressional gold medal. >> you are watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights watch key public policy events. into the weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on book tv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our website, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> a recent report by the center for a new american security found that members of the military committed suicide an average of once every 36 hours between 2005-2010. but he was under for a record number of suicides in july of this year. at this presentation of the reports findings, the vice chief of the army and an official within the department of veterans affairs discuss recommendations for pr

. >> thanksgiving day, sam donaldson, andrea mitchell and former senator chris dodd talk about a legacy of ronald reagan. new york city mayor michael bloomberg and arianna huffington discuss the american dream and opportunities for the u.s.. astronauts john glenn, the alarm strong, buzz aldrin and michael collins are awarded the congressional gold medal. the entire schedule go to c-span.org. >> newly designed c-span.org web site has 11 video choices making it easier for you to watch today's events live and recorded. it is easier for you to get the schedule with features like the three network way out so you can quickly scroll through the program scheduled on the c-span networks and even receive an e-mail alert when your program is scheduled to air. there's a section to access the most popular series and programs like washington journal, booktv, american history tv and the contenders. handy channel finder so you can find where to watch our three c-span network on cable and satellite systems across the country and the all new c-span.org. >> the president and ceo of the blue cross blue shi

. >> thanksgiving day, sam donaldson, andrea mitchell, and former senator chris dodd, talk about the legacy of ronald reagan. new york city mayor michael bloomberg and our rihanna huffington discuss the american dream and opportunities in the u.s.. and john glenn, neil armstrong, buzz aldrin, and michael collins are awarded the congressional medal of honor. for the schedule, go to c- span.org. >> we heard earlier today from white house press secretary jay carney, who urged congress to act amid reports that the so- called supercommittee when not be able to agree on how to cut $1.2 trillion from the deficit. the spokesman criticized republicans for being opposed to higher taxes on the wealthy and said the current defense cuts are not wise. if the committee cannot reach agreement by wednesday about one trillion dollars -- $1 trillion, automatic cuts will go into effect. >> thank you for coming. good to be back after a long, but very successful, trip to the asia-pacific region with the president. those of you who were on that trip no the substantial accomplishments they came out of it, i

. >> sam donaldson, andrea mitchell, and chris dodd talk about the legacy of ronald reagan. michael bloomberg and marianas huffington discuss opportunities in the u.s.. -- and arianna huffington discuss the opportunities in the u.s. >> the story of the civil rights movement cannot be told without birmingham, alabama. we look behind the scenes and literary life of the city. september 15th, 1963, a bomb rocks a baptist church killing four young girls. that story through the eyes of a survivor and friend. people fought to work at the cotton mill in jacksonville. the day after the mill closed. then, jonathan pass on how martin luther king jr.'s letter from a birmingham jail set the tone for the civil-rights movement. then, and blast furnace that has been open since 1851. there will be a discussion on birmingham during the great depression. this weekend on c-span 2 and 3. >> next, a look at the life and legacy of ronald reagan. the mpaa recently honored the life of the former president. we will hear remarks and out of a former white house chief of staff, who highlighted how reaga

. >> thanksgiving with sam donaldson, and former senator chris dodd, talking among the legacy of ronaldrg and ariana huffington discuss the american dream and opportunities in the u.s., and astronauts are awarded the congressional gold medal. for the entire thanksgiving day schedules, go to c-span.org. >> the joint deficit reduction committee failed to reach an agreement before its deadline. we will hear from citizens united and others. this news conference is 45 minutes. half on the stage, i am joined by the general from the heritage foundation, a representative from the taxpayers alliance, the head of the tea party patriots. there is the head of americans for prosperity. tony perkins, the head of the family research council. dave, the head of citizens united, and david mcintosh with the leadership project. let me read my statement first. after reading my statement, there will be remarks by tony perkins, jenny beth martin, and david percy and mr. mcintosh. then we will open it up for questions, and i am asked to tell you that we have a microphone coming around. wait for the microphone

. >> sam donaldson, andrea mitchell, and chris dodd talk about the legacy of ronald reagan. new york city mayor michael bloomberg and mariana huffington discuss their dreams and opportunities in the u.s.. astronauts john glenn, neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins are awarded the congressional gold medal. go to c-span.org for the schedule. >> presidential candidate mitt romney makes his second campaign stop in iowa this month. you can see his speech tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span. on c-span2 at 8:00, a discussion about a camp in iraq housing thousands of supporters of the iranian opposition group. it's scheduled to be closed at the end of the year. we will hear from a number of speakers, including tom ridge and howard dean. on c-span3 at 8:00 by house hearing on u.s. development assistance to china. >> the pentagon is facing hundreds of billions of dollars in automatic spending cuts in 2013. those cuts were triggered by the joint deficit reduction committee's failure to come up with a plan this week. the center for strategic and budgetary assessments today

. >> sam donaldson, andrea mitchell, and chris dodd talk about the legacy of ronald reagan.hael bloomberg and arianna huffington discuss the american dream. astronauts are awarded the congressional gold medal. for the entire thanksgiving day schedule, code 2 c-span.org. nobel peace prize recipient, and henry kissinger looks back at president nixon in china. friday at 5:15, caroline kennedy on her mother, and david mccullough on american expatriate's. also, the grandson of harry and bess truman looks at his grandparents' letters to each other and the role the former first lady played in shaping her husband's career. he is interviewed by the great granddaughter of herbert hoover. >> our newly designed web said makes it easy for you to watch our events. it is easier to get our schedule, like a lay out this quickly scroll through all the programs. even received an e-mail alert when your program is scheduled to air. there is a segment for popular series. and the channel finder said that you can quickly find where to watch our three c-span that works on cable or satellite systems

sam sam donaldson nbc's andrea mitchell and former senator chris dodd talk about the legacy of ronald reagan. new york city mayor michael discuss the american dream and in the u.s. and astronauts jon glenn, neal armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins are awarded the congressional gold medal. for the entire thanksgiving day special go to c-span.org. now i discussion about the arab spring protest. the carnegie endowment for international peace hosted this forum with a former jordanian ambassador to the u.s. and middle east scholars john alterman and marina ottaway. they talk about how the arab monarchies of jordan morocco and bahrain are dealing with pro-democracy movements in their countries. this is an hour and 25 minutes. >> i'm very pleased to be moderating the session today. the session is on arab monarchies and how they confronted her dealt with events in the arab spring or the arab awakening. we have a very distinguished panel with us. this is part of a research project in emerging as a carnegie paper in a few weeks, exactly on the topic of arab monarchies and arab spring. th

. >> sam donaldson, andrea mitchell, and chris dodd talk about the legacy of ronald reagan. new york mayor michael bloomberg will discuss the american dream and the opportunities in the u.s. and john glenn, neil armstrong, and was armstrong are awarded the congressional medal of honor. for the entire thing is getting day schedule, go to c-span.org. the u.s. -- >> the u.s. postal service is expected to use billions of dollars in revenue this year. a group of bipartisan senators proposed legislation to create savings for the nation's mail carrier. today, the postmaster general said that the bill unveiled in congress will not help the organization. but if congress were to approve the postal service recommendations, they would be out of the red by the end of 2013. from the national press club, this is one hour. >> we are the world's leading professional organization for journalists, committed to our professions future through our programming comments such as this, working to foster a free press worldwide. for more information, you can visit our web site. to donate to programs of

. >> sam donaldson, andrew mitchell, and chris dodd talk about the legacy of ronald reagan.ew york city mighmayor michael bloomberg and arianna huffington. john glenn, neil armstrong, buzz aldrin are awarded the congressional gold medal. for the entire schedule, go to c-span.org. the story of the civil-rights movement cannot be told without birmingham, alabama. this weekend, but tv and american history look behind the southern history. a bomb rocked the 16th street baptist church, killing four young girls. that story to the eyes of a survivor and friend. even under the hazardous working conditions, people fought to work at the cotton mill in jacksonville. rick bragg on the day after the mill closed. on american history tv, stanford university history professor jonathan bass on how martin luther king jr.'s letter from a birmingham jail set the tone for the civil-rights movement. a tour of the furnace is open in 1881 which produced fire for nearly 100 years. sunday at 6:00 eastern, the curator continues with a discussion on birmingham during the great depression. this weekend

. >> sam donaldson, nbc, andrea mitchell, and chris dodd talk about the legacy of ronald reagan. new york city mayor, discuss the american dream and the opportunities in the u.s., and astronauts neil glenn, and coal lips are awarded the congressional medal. for the entire thanksgiving schedule, go to c-span.org. >> general allyn spoke to reporters today about the military in addition in afghanistan by a video conference. general allyn talked about counterinsurgency operation and planned reduction in troop levels. this is 40 minutes. >> good morning, and good evening in afghanistan. i'd like to welcome army major general daniel allyn back to the pentagon briefing room. he's the commanding general for regional command east. general allyn and the men and women of the first calvary division assumed authority for rc east may of this year in full partnership with the afghan national security forces, he commands a combined team of 8 u.s., french, and polish task forces. rc east area of responsibility includes 14 # # provinces with a comebined population of more than 7.5 million afghan c

. >> thanksgiving day on c-span, sam donaldson and chris dodd talk about the legacy of ronald reagan. new york city mayor bloomberg discusses the american dream and the opportunities in the u.s. and astronauts john glenn, neil armstrong, and michael collins a awarded the congressional medal. for the entire schedule, go to c-span.org. >> next, remarks from academy award winning actress on gina davis. she is joined by bet network, ceo deborah lee and others at the event hosted by the "wall street journal". it's 50 minutes. >> this is about competitiveness and the economy. the journal convened the first ever task force on women in the economy, and to be honest, we used your ceo counsel as a model. it was a high level group including sandra day o'connor, deborah lee, and gina davis, who are joining us here today. to keep it fact-based, we partnered with mckensie. just as you do, the participants voted on the recommendations. their top priority was to engage the ceos. we agreed to give them the forum today. there is a growing sense of a disperty between the success of women in education an

. >> sam donaldson, andrea mitchell, and christopher dodd talk about the legacy of ronald reagan. new york city mayor, michael bloomberg, and marriott huffington discuss the american dream and opportunities in the u.s.. neil armstrong, buzz aldrin are awarded the gold medal. for the entire schedule, go to c-span.org. >> the newly designed c-span website makes it easier for you to watch today's events live and recorded. it's also easier for you to get our schedule so you can quickly scroll through all of the programs on the c-span networks and receive an e-mail alert when your program is scheduled to air. you can access our most popular series and programs like "book tv" and "the contenders." you can find out where to watch the three c-span networks on the all new c-span.org. >> in the name of the greatest people who have never [inaudible] i'd toss they got one before the feet of it tierney and i say it segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever. >> for most of his life, george white polis was an ardent supporter of segregation, outspoken against the civil right

i think he was asked one time by sam donaldson, what do you think of the cold war?he said well, we win, they lose. and in the situation room at the national security council meetings, you would have people say well, we've got to do this, we've got to go easy on this, we've got to be careful about this, and we have to get in here and given there. and he would say if the soviets want to wage a cold war, it is a war they will not win. that simple. and we had to follow those simple principles, guiding principles. they were easily understood. back to manley's point, it was easy to understand where he's coming from. it was easy to prepare a budget from president reagan because you knew what he would come out. it was easy to go into fees various budget appeals, because i felt quite confident when an agency appeals that budget, and there were very few appeals, that he would come out on my side not, it was not my site, it was his side. you knew it i had a time when he wanted to comment. now, the application of those principles sometimes was difficult. there was a lot of disc

. >> sam donaldson, andrea missile -- andrea mitchell, and chris dodd talk about the legacy of ronald reagan. astronaut john glenn, neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins are awarded the congressional gold medal. for the entire thing skidding day schedule, go to c-span.org. >> -- the entire thanksgivings day schedule. >> mitt romney is making his second campaign stop in iowa this month. we will show you his speech. after that, ron paul is answering questions from the paper's editorial board. see both debates, beginning tonight at 8:00, on c-span. >> now, a discussion on america pause changing demographics 2012 elections. we will hear about voting trends about minorities, working-class whites and college educated whites. this is one hour and a half. >> >> the demographic shifts for this country, as i documented over the years, and as we document again in this newspaper are very much in favor of the democrats and will help obama in the 2012 elections. you could argue we have a sort of showdown of demographics verses economics. this paper discusses that in a number of different

. >> sam donaldson, andrea mitchell, and chris dodd talk about the legacy of ronald reagan. new york city mayor bloomberg end of auriana huffington discuss the american dream and opportunities. astronauts are awarded the congressional gold medal. for the entire thanksgiving phase schedules, go to c- span.org. >> us symposium look at jesse jackson. reverend jackson, who gave a brief remarks of the end of the conference, turned 70 this year. from georgetown university in washington, this is three hours. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> please welcome him to the stage. [applause] >> thank you for coming to this celebration of one of the most extraordinary man in history, reverend jesse jackson. this event is to celebrate the 70th year of one of the most extraordinary freedom fighters in the history of our nation, a man born poor and black in south carolina, a man who made his way as a student activist, as an athlete, and as a social activist who joined arms with martin luther king jr. and emerged

i want to get back to what -- he was passed by sam donaldson, what to think of the cold war? we have to do this. we have to go easy. we have to give in. he would say, if the soviets want to wage a cold war, it is a war they will not win. we had to follow those simple principles. they were easily understood. it was easy to understand where he was coming from. it was easy to prepare a budget because you knew where he would come out. it was easy to go into these various budget appeals because i felt confident when agency appealed their budget that he would come out on my side. it was his side. you knew it ahead of time. the application of those principles was sometimes difficult. there was a lot of discussion. where to go, what to do. i saw this at the beginning of the administration. i was sitting in one of the first cabinet meetings. i was one of those people up against a wall. the issue was wiser -- whether the president would sign an executive order allowing economic development in wilderness areas. there was discussion around the table. nearly everyone said it was a good id

. >> abc's sam donaldson, nbc's andrea mitchell and former senator chris dodd talk about the legacy of ronald reagan. new york city mayor michaelf? bloomberg and arianna huffington discuss the american dream and the opportunities in the u.s., and astronaut john glenn, neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins are awarded the congressional gold medal. for the entire thanksgiving day schedule go to c-span.org. >> and the name of the greatest people that i've ever trod this earth, i draw the line in the dust and toss the college before defeat at kearney and i say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever. >> for most of his life, george wallace was a hardened supporter of segregation, outspoken against the civil rights movement, the four term governor of alabama ran for president four times, and loss. one of those efforts cut short by an assassination attempt. this week on the contenders, george wallace from the governor's mansion in montgomery, alabama, live friday at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the joint deficit reduction committee announced yesterday that it

. >> thanksgiving day on c-span, abc's sam donaldson, nbc's andrea mitchell and former senator chris dodd talk about the legacy of ronald reagan. new york city mayor michael bloomberg and arianna huffington talk about the opportunities in the u.s. and astronauts john glenn, buzz aldren and michael collins are awarded the gold medal. for more information on the schedule go to c-span.org. >> next, more than 300 members of the u.k. youth parliament gathered in the house of commons for a debate. the students aged 11 to 18 discuss several topics including public transportation and university tuition fees. this is three hours 20 minutes. >> speaker. >> please be seated. welcome to the house of commons for this, the third annual sitting of the united kingdom youth parliament. i hope you will agree that this is the foremost public occasion on which you have the opportunity to express your views, display your passion and show your skills. we are delighted to have you here. i hope you thoroughly enjoy yourselves. you've got five important topics that you have chosen to debate. and we need to g