eastern each day with coverage on c-span3 and c-span radio and debt c-span.org. our coverage starts monday morning with "washington journal." then, the oral3 argument on oral. >> joe biden was back on the campaign trail to talk about the benefits of the health care law and the administration's medicare policy. he spoke at a retirement community in coconut creek, florida. debbie wasserman schultz also spoke. this is 50 minutes.

eastern on american history tv, this weekend on c-span 3. >>> live sunday on founding fathers. your questions for author and national review editor richard brookhiezer. his book he'll take your phone calls, e-mails, and tweets sunday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv. >>> the atlantic magazine recently held a summit here in washington. among the guest speakers was robert reuben who served as treasury secretary. he spoke about the pressing need for an agreement on reducing the debt. the progress wouldn't come until after the november elections. >>> welcome to the economy summ summit. thank you for being here. i'm going to resist asking you my first question what that choke was that you just shared. >> i suggested that you ask the first question which is a better fly fisherman. paul or me? >> and his answer? >> we each had a different answer. i said me, and he said he. >> i think this is an interesting time to be having a conversation about the economy because how much has changed in terms of the perception of the landscape. if we were having this conversation at the end of de

eastern on c-span. >> this week on "the communicators," west virginia senator jay rockefeller, chair of the commerce science transportation and subcommittee. he talks about cybersecurity legislation and the nature of cyberthreats. >> senator jay rockefeller, chairman of the commerce committee, you said that cybersecurity is necessary now and that citizens are at risk. why do you say that? >> do you view cybersecurity or cyber attacks as terrorism? >> i do. i view it as war. i like to discipline myself in that thinking because it really is. if you are hacking into the pentagon three, four or five million times a day, and every senator's office, virtually all corporate america, something has to wake us up. we are not awakened to it. we started this cybersecurity bill. i am impatient about it. we started this thing really the day before obama was inaugurated. when he was elected, i knew he was going to be interested in this. we got to work and put out a bill. then joe leash and -- lieberman and susan collins have come in, and it has progressed. it is virtually pottable. we have to get s

live coverage starts at 7:30 eastern on c-span. >>> ronald reagan was leaving this hotel after delivering a speech to the afl-cio. hinckley can't believe he's this close. he's 15 feet from the president. he shoots. the first one hits jim brady in the head. he falls down. the second hits a d.c. police officer who had turned around to check on the president's progress. he gets hit in the back, falls down and screams i'm hit. now the path to the president is clear. it's wide open. hinckley has an effective range 20 to 30 feet. he's done practice. >> march 30th, 1981, would be assassin john hinckley fires six shots. this weekend on american artifacts, the race to save a president, sunday at 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. >>> live sunday on in depth, our founding fathers, civility and conservative politics. your questions for richard brookheiser. his 11 books include right time, right place, george washington on leadership and his latest on james madison. he'll take your phone calls, e-mails and tweets sunday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv. >>> starting sunday, see

eastern on c-span. >>> live sunday on "in depth" our fathers, civility and conservative politics. your questions for author and national review senior editor richard brookheiser. right time, right place. america's first dine city. george washington on leadership and his latest on james madison. he'll take your phone calls, e-mails and tweets sunday at noon eastern. general jan allen last week said the mission there is on track and he expressed confidence in the 2014 deadline set for withdrawing combat troops for the country. general allen testified for just the second time since taking command of the war. >>> committee will come to order. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. the house armed services committee meets today to receive testimony from the acting undersecretary of defense for policy, dr. james miller, and the commander of the international security and assistance force in afghanistan, general john allen. gentlemen, thank you for your distinguished service to our nation, especially during this critical moment in afghanistan. and thank you for joining us here today. the

eastern on c-span "q&a." >> interior secretary ken salazar testified on capitol hill this week aboutis department's 2013 budget request. he also responded to questions about the nation's rising gas prices and whether the administration is considering tapping into the strategic petroleum reserve. the $3.80 trillion proposed budget includes $11.4 billion for the interior department. this hearing is just under two hours. >> ok, why don't we get started? this morning, the committee is reviewing the president's proposed budget for the department a stereo for fiscal year 2013. -- department of interior for 2013. we're pleased to have secretary sellers are back with us in his own committee room. the department's proposed budget of $11.7 billion appropriated funds represents a slight increase over current funding levels. in my view, it is a reasonable proposal that reflects the difficult choices the president is required to make given the current fiscal environment. there are a number of programs such as the land and water conservation fund that i wish were funded at higher levels, but i und

eastern on c-span radio. >>> welcome back to "washington today." it's 5:32 at our nation's capitol. the polls in some parts of alabama and mississippi closing at 7:00 eastern. polls across much of the state at 8:00 eastern. we'll have the results tonight beginning at 7:00 here on c-span radio, a simulcast of politico's coverage and a chance for you to hear from newt gingrich and rick santorum. mitt romney campaigning in missouri. he does not at the moment have plans for public appearances, but polls in alabama showing the race is close. we'll have more later in the program. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton vowing to push ahead with democracy groups saying they play a critical role, the secretary of state addressing u.s. ambassadors around the world back in washington for a conference saying civil society groups are vital to encouraging u.s. goals such as advancing democracy and women's participation. >> finally, i couldn't speak to this group without stressing the global focus we have on advancing the status of women and girls. you know the arguments. i've set them forth in a

. >> more sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q and a." >>> each week, "american history tv's" "american artifacts" take viewers into archives, museums, and historic sites from around the country. next, travel with "american history tv" to james madison's montpelier in orange county, virginia. we'll learn about the madison family cemetery, a nearby slave cemetery, and james madison's temple. the restored montpelier mansion and estate is owned by the national trust for historic preservation and operated by the montpelier foundation, dedicated to preserving the legacy of the fourth president, often referred to as the father of the constitution. >> we're now standing at the madison family cemetery. this is where members of the madison family have been buried since james madison's grandfather first settled this man in the 1720s. in fact, it was madison's grandfather who was the first individual to be buried here. in the 1720s he patented this land. he sent a crew of slaves out to comply with the legal requirements which were that he seat and plant the property, seat means build a r

live coverage at 7:30 eastern on c-span. >> follow c-span's local content vehicles throughout the weekend as book tv and american history t velupillai prabhakaran explore the history and literary culture of little rock, arkansas. saturday starting at noon eastern on book tv on c-span2 it, author glif stockli on the little known riots of at least 209 african sharecroppers. >> you had calls going all up and down the miss mitts delta and saying that blacks were now in revolt. and the next morning between 600 and 1,000 men, white men, pour into phillips county to begin shooting down blacks. >> and on american history tv on c-span3, sunday at 5:00 p.m., former student bruce lindsay on integration and north little rock high school. >> it's as if they know what's going to happen but we don't know the what's going to happen. we don't realize what's going to happen when we go up those steps but they seem to because the crowd is with us now. momentum is behind us. and they are pushing us up the steps. >> the stories and others from c-span's local content vehicles in little rock, this weekend on c-s

eastern on c-span. >>> coming up at 10:00 a.m. eastern, a forum on religion from georgetown university's berkeley centers on religion, peace and world affairs. scholars will discuss the arab spring, religious extremism and the obama policy for dealing with religious issues. you can see it live starting at 10:15 a.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >>> they would wear garments made of home spun cloth. and this home spun cloth would be much more rough textured. it would be much less fine than the kinds of goods they could import from great britain. but by wearing this home spun cloth, women were visibly and vividly and physically displaying their political sentiments. >> sunday night at 9:00, george mason university professor on the role of women during the revolutionary war, part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> former national security advisers zbigniew brzezinski and stephen hadley discussed how policy has changed since they served in the white house. they also discuss the political democratic transition in egypt and

c-span and the networks. replays of the sunday tv network talk shows sundays starting at noon eastern on c-span radio. >> welcome back to c-span radio's "washington today" heard on coast to coast channel 119. presidential politics with an eye on the november election taens electoral college map. at the end. day the electoral college will determine who is our next president, whether barack obama is re-elected or whether the republicans or potentially an independent candidate. if the race were held today the republicans would get 197 electoral votes. the democrats, barack obama and joe biden 227 electoral votes and so the rest are up for grabs. jim is the president's campaign manager and in december at barack obama.com he outlined the strategy for the president to get re-elected with the map to 270 electoral votes. >> how we start this is the kerry map. the votes that john kerry carried those are states we can carry. we deed that different path weighs. first is the west. something i care deeply about sings i'm from out there. one. places we believe in the future to decide presidential election. colorado and nevada

eastern on c-span. >> on monday, the supreme court starts three days of hearings on the constitution malady of the new health care law. here the oral argument for yourself in its entirety as the court releases audio at around 1:00 p.m. eastern each day with coverage on c-span3 and c-span radio and debt c-span.org. our coverage starts monday morning with "washington journal." then, the oral3 argument on oral. >> joe biden was back on the campaign trail to talk about the benefits of the health care law and the administration's medicare policy. he spoke at a retirement community in coconut creek, florida. debbie wasserman schultz also spoke. this is 50 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. i am your congressman. it is great to be back. [applause] how is everyone feeling today? are you fired up? is everyone excited that the vice president is here with us today? i want to thank you for joining kirk day. how many of you remember, two years ago today, the president signed into law affordable, accessible, health care for all? how many of you remember? [applause] today is about the history that

billion, that is a 1.4% increase from last year, that hearing will be live on c-span3, beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern. and an c-span officials from the nuclear regulatory commission will testify on safety issues, one year after the nuclear emergency at in a january peace fukushima daiichi power plant. the nrc ordered major safety changes for the u.s. nuclear power plants last week. the industry has until 2016 to put those changes into effect. that hearing will get under way at 10:00 a.m. eastern, again on c-span. and then coming up at 1:00 defense and foreign policy scholar also discuss the u.s. national security agenda in the middle east, north africa and the asia-pacific regions and the role of national security issues in the 2012 presidential election. that's hosted by the american enterprise institute, it will also be live at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> yesterday the atlantic hosted a day-long economic forum in washington. up next, gene sperling, president obama peace national economic council director, who defended the president's policies in responding to the financial crisis and recession. this is about

live coverage starts at 7:30 eastern on c-span. coming up this weekend, c-span will re-air the supreme court oral arguments dealing with the constitutionality of the nation's health care law. tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 eastern, justices examine whether the penalty for failing to purchase insurance constitutes a tax and there be removing the case from the court's jurisdiction. at 5:00 eastern, the question of whether the law's expansion of medicaid is an intrusion on the states. sunday, arguments on the constitutionality of the individual mandate that's at 10:30 a.m. eastern. and later at 4:25 if the mandate is found unconstitutional, can the rest of the law stay in tact? listen to all the arguments from this week on c-span or any time at cspan.org. >> follow c-span's local content vehicles throughout the weekend as book tv and american history tv explore the history and literary culture of little rock, arkansas. saturday, starting at noon eastern on book tv on c-span dlst 2. author griff stokley on the little known riots and killin

thanks for allowing c-span to simulcast your coverage later tonight. >> thank you. >> politico's coverage getting under way at 7:00 eastern here on c-span radio and on c-span television. the results available online at c-span.org. it is 24 minutes past the hour. the president today issuing his strongest condemnation so far of the killings of the 16 afghan civilians over the weekend. he is promising that anyone who is involved will be held fully accountable. meanwhile defense secretary leon panetta says that could mean the death penalty for the u.s. soldier expected in the killings. a tell gags did visit the area where the killings took place early on sunday. many had to flee after the taliban insurgents opened fire on them. the associated press reporting that one afghan soldier was killed in that incident. today as the president talked about trade issues with china, he began with his comments about afghanistan. >> over the weekend as many of you know, there was a tragic incident in which a number of afghan civilians were killed. what i've made to president karzai when i spoke to him is that the united states takes this as serious

c-span and the networks. replays of the sunday tv network talk shows. sundays starting at noon eastern on c-span radio. >>> c-span radio channel 119. >>> the actions that you take in the short run whether they be infrastructure or education or tax reform or whatever they may be, i hope that they're considered and wisely chosen. but it's also important that we keep in mind the long-term necessity of making fiscal policy sustainable. so you need to think about those two things together, i think. >> the comments of the fed chair ben bernanke as he testified on capitol hill throwing cold water on the economic outlook today saying further significant declines in employment. welcome to hour two. i'm steve scully. thanks for being with us. also tonight at the white house, the president hosting more than a hundred veterans of the iraq war, commemorative of the more than million that served over the last nine years. a way to pay tribute to the troops. we'll speak of one of those in attendance later in the program. and north korea has agreed to s enrichment nuclear program. the north koreans and nu

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there is a lot of overlap between the parties. >> more with robert kagan sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c- span's q&a. >> george shultz, william perry, and sam nunn took part in a forum on nuclear threats. much of their concern was ark -- on iran. this was hosted by the commonwealth club of california and ran a just over one hour. >> welcome to tonight's meeting of the commonwealth club of california. i am president and ceo of the club and a chair for tonight's program. we also welcome our listeners on radio and television, our online viewers, and invite everyone to visit us on the internet. we are very pleased to hold this program together with stanford university's center for security and cooperation, and the freemans institute for international studies. as we debate about a recovery of the u.s. economy and follow the presidential primary race, it is easy to forget that the greatest danger facing humankind is still the present of tens of thousands of nuclear weapons. and the continuing quest by countries like north korea and iran and terrorist groups to obtain atomic weapons. with the end of th

the communicators, tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. >>> c-span's 2012 local content vehicle cities tour takes our book tv and american history tv programming on the road. the first weekend of each month. march featured shreveport, louisiana, with book tv at the memorial library. >> mr. knoll was a local man born and lived here most of his life. he started accumulating books when he was a teenager. he continued into his 80s. over his lifetime he accumulated over 200,000 volumes. if we have a gem in the collection it is probably this one. it is one of the books we're most proud of. it's in the original binding from 1699 and it was once owned by a very famous scientist. you can see he has written his name ir, newton and we're not pulling it out so much more because it is starting to flake away on the title page. >> at the pioneer heritage museum -- >> pioneer medicine is a long stretch from what it is today. you consider that, the things that we take for granted today when we go to the doctor, things like the instruments being as germ free as possible. or the doctor has washed his han

. >>> now politics and policy news on c-span radio's "washington today." >> sundays starting at noon eastern on c-span radio. ♪ >> all in all, what we're proposing here is to cut $5.3 trillion in spending from the president's budget. this results in at least $3.3 trillion in deficit reduction compared to the president's budget. >> we will be moving forward with appropriations bills at the levels that everyone agreed to just last year. house republicans, i hope, would do the same. if they fail to do so, they will once again threaten to shut down the government and needlessly imperil the economic recovery. >> reaction to a new republican budget plan outlined today by paul ryan, republican in wisconsin, the chair of the house budget committee. you heard just a moment ago senator kent conrad, democrat of north dakota. this republican plan which was unveiled today would bring back a controversial idea that would change medicare, given senior citizens more options, but democrats say the elderly would be left with higher out-of-pocket expenses. welcome to hour one of "washington today" here on c-sp

on c-span 3. also on c-span.org and c-span radio. that's at about 1:00 p.m. eastern tuesday and wednesday. >> treasury secretary tim geithner says the u.s. economy is improving. but in remarks earlier this month at the economic club of new york, he said the housing market and oil prices still pose a danger to the economy. secretary geithner was introduced by the chairman of the economic club andrew tisch. >> good evening. i want to welcome you to the 419th meeting of the economic club of new york now in the 105th year. the economic club of new york is the nation's leading non-partisan forum for economic policy. more than 1,000 speakers have appeared before this club in more than a century. establishing a strong tradition of excellence and importance. this tradition has been supported by the contributions from 158 members of the club's centennial society. their names are listed in the program and i thank you. tonight, we are pleased to welcome back to the club treasury secretary timothy geithner. secretary geithner last spoke to the club in june of 2008 when he was th

we'll air the top 27 videos, mornings at 6:50 eastern on c-span, and meet the students who created them during "washington journal" each day. for a preview of the winning videos check studentcam.org. and congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's competition. >>> abdel rahim el-keib was named the interim prime minister of libya in november after the fall of moammar gadhafi. in a recent individual to washington, he spoke with the carnegie endowment for international peace about the effort to establish democracy in libya. this is an hour. >> good morning. let me just before we start mention that for security reasons, the doors of the room will be closed for the duration of the event. i hope we can call on your understanding. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. i'm marwan muasher. i with like to thank you for joining us for what promises to be a very fascinating discussion. by now i think it should be apparent to all the data that the awakening will not be measured in months or maybe even years, but in decades and maybe generations. in the last 14 months, long-time autocra

see the winners in this year's c-span student-cam video documentary on the theme the constitution and you. sthoeg whi we'll air the top 27 videos. mornings at 6:50 eastern on c-span and meet the students who created them during "washington journal" each day. for a preview check studentcam.org. congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's competition. >> two live congressional hearings wednesday morning on c-span 3 to tell you about. at 9:30 a.m. eastern the house oversight committee looks at the european debt crisis. both federal reserve chairman, benjamin bernanke and treasury secretary tim geithner testify. when that wraps up, the house budget committee, beginning consideration of the republican budget proposal for next year. expect to bring you the house budget markup at 12:30 p.m. eastern. >> the news service reported earlier this year that it found millions of dollars of fraud in the food stamp program. the report said hundred of retaller banned from the program continued accepting food stamps. some in exchange for beer, cigarettes and cash. earlier this month, the house oversight committee held a hearing on the issue. this is about

eastern on c-span. the sea spend hours will show several live events a day here on c-span at 11:00 eastern, the u.s. chamber of commerce will host a forum looking at business parties this year for the world trade organization. among the panelists, representatives from cisco, boeing, and microsoft. over on c-span the space three, -- c-span3 there was talk about ways to increase the high school graduation rates. live coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern -- a o'clock a.m. eastern -- 8:00 a.m. eastern. mitt romney upheld a meeting in rockford, ill. at the machine shed a restaurant. 69 total delegates are up for grabs. >> we are so delighted to be here. it should be stalling and cold. that might happen again. mitt and i have had the opportunity to go across the country. it has been a blessing to see all of the wonderful people. we love meeting you folks and having the chance to see what america is really about. i wish everyone could have the opportunity to see the goodness of the american people. the heartlan

eastern on c-span.esident obama at a fund- raiser at the university of vermont in burlington, vermont. talks about his accomplishments during his first term and his plans for the second. he made four campaign stops. two in vermont, two in maine. this is 35 minutes. [applause] >> hello, vermont. [applause] hello. thank you. thank you. thank you. oh, this is a good crowd here in vermont. [applause] it is good to be at uvm. [applause] it is good to be in vermont. [applause] tes, out of all 50 sta vermont has on the longest without a presidential visit. [applause] the last time a president stopped by was president clinton in 1995. we decided that today, we will reset the clock. [applause] give a big round of applause for the introduction. [applause] youa f-bat one of the best governors in the country -- you have one of the best governors in the country. when flooding came and disaster struck, he was here. every single day, working on your behalf. we could not be more proud of him. [applause] uva two outstan

we'll show you that entire hearing tonight at 8:00 eastern on our companion network c-span. the general said specifically about the killings in afghanistan and other incidents they have, quote, struck a blow at the core of the relationship but he believes afghan president hamad karzai is committed to partnering with the u.s. and nato. here is part of the opening comments at the hearing. >> chairman levin, senator mccain, distinguished members of the committee, i take this opportunity to appear before you today to discuss our operations in afghanistan. it is a pleasure to be here with my friend, dr. jim miller, the acting under secretary of defense for policy, and it has been a pleasure for me to get to know him over the last several weeks as he has been a very important ally of mine in helping to explain some of the policy issues with which we deal on a daily basis. let me begin by expressing my sincere gratitude to all of you for the support you provide to our men and women in uniform every day. , that they are well equipped, well trained, and well led is a great testament

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sunday night 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> history book shelf features popular american history writers of the past decade and airs on american history tv every saturday at noon eastern. this week on history book shelf martha ackmann discusses her book "the mercury 13" women and the dream of spaceflight. the book is an bt of women pilots who attempted to become the first female astronauts in the 1960s. the women passed the same tests as the mercury 7 astronauts yet they were not selected for any missions. this program is 40 minutes. >> you're looking at the cover of the atlantic's special commemorative issue on the civil war. this issue contained 50 pieces of reporting essays poetry, fiction from the 345g sewn's archives, also contemporary works including an introduction by president obama. the magazine cover is the run up to the civil war, the war itself, and the after war period. as you can see some of the writer's features include some of the greats, mark twain, nathaniel hawthorne, ralph waldo emerson and others. joining us to talk about the issue is atlantic's editor james bennett

on the health care law. live house coverage is at 10:00 eastern here on c-span. on c-span 2, the senate will continue debate on a bill that aims to make it easier for small businesses to access capital. live coverage is at 9:30 eastern. on c-span 3, general john allen testifies for a second day this week about u.s. operations in afghanistan. he will be at the senate armed services committee live at 9:30 eastern. "washington journal

eastern. we'll have it here for you on c-spa c-span3. and on c-span, discussing the u.s. national security agenda in the middle east, north africa and the asia-pacific regions in the role of national security issues in the 2012 presidential election. that's hosted by the american enterprise institute. live coverage starts at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> at the national people's congress in beijing, china's commerce minister addressed reporters in a news conference and discussed china's trade relations with the u.s., arab countries and the european union. recently in the u.s. health, lawmakers approved a measure allowing the commerce department to impose higher duties on goods from china. this one-hour portion from yesterday begins with a question on new u.s. trade measures. it's courtesy of china central television. >> -- on with reuters, i have two questions for the minister. the first one is recently the u.s. government announced that it's going to employ some new measures in case that the chinese government continues to provide subsidy for its exports and the speci

eastern on c-span. >>> up next on c-span 3, a veterans affairs budget hearing with va secretary eric shinseki. then from the national health foundation we'll hear from eric schmidt of google and chris wallace of fox news. >> the genetic scientist who finally nailed down a rough date for when the hiv epidemic starts describes tinderboxs and wet moss. he says most of the world is wet moss. in most parts of the world there is not that much hiv. yet in some place there's is a ton, and it's incredibly destructive. so understanding that these two sort of categories exist and allows you to think okay, what are those factors to keep this virus moving, and what can we do as a world to end it.

on c-span 3. that is at about 1:00 p.m. eastern tuesday and wednesday. >>> starting april 1st see the winners in this year's student cam video documentary competition on the theme the constitution and you. as middle and high school students showed which part of the tunings was important to them and why. mornings at 6:50 eastern on c-span and meet the students who created them during "washington journal" each day. for a preview check studentca studentcam.org and congratulations to all no participate m.d. this year's competition. >>> in march of 1979 c-span began televising the u.s. house of representatives to households nationwide. and today our content of nonfiction books and american history is available on tv, radio and online. >> we're talking now about the supreme court. but they are the ones that changed this country inevitably with what we call the march to progress. the march towards knocking down the walls of discrimination that permitted us to pass a 1964 civil rights act and public accommodation so people whose skin was n

eastern on c-span. >>> up next on c-span 3, a veterans affairs budget hearing with va secretary eric shinseki. then from the national health foundation we'll hear from eric schmidt of google and chris wallace of fox news. >> the genetic scientist who finally nailed down a rough date for when the hiv epidemic starts describes tinderboxs and wet moss. he says most of the world is wet moss. in most parts of the world there is not that much hiv. yet in some place there's is a ton, and it's incredibly destructive. so understanding that these two sort of categories exist and allows you to think okay, what are those factors to keep this virus moving, and what can we do as a world to end it. >> on afterwords, tracking the history of aids, sunday night at 9:00, part of a book tv weekend on c-span 2. >>> veterans affairs secretary eric shinseki testified about president obama's budget request for the department, which is a 10 1/2% increase over current levels. general shinseki is joined by other members of the department of veterans affairs at this two and a half hour hearing chaired by senato

we'll air the top 27 videos mornings at 6:50 eastern on c-span. check studentcam.org.ulations to everyone who participated in this year's competition. >> live pictures this morning from capitol hill in the dirksen senate office building. for the second time this week we'll hear testimony from the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, general john al general, joined by acting defense undersecretary james miller. earlier this week before the house armed services committee hereby said he plans to analyze security conditions in afghanistan after the last of the surge forces leave this fall before making any recommendations on further troop reductions. he is before the senate armed services committee this morning. we'll have live coverage of his testimony when it begins in about 15 minutes from now. until then, here's some of what the commander had to say this week during that house hearing. >> thank you, chairman. it is an honor to be with you here today. chairman, ranking members, distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before yo

at noon eastern, c-span will break away for live coverage of the house. our supreme court coverage continues on c-span3. here on c-span2, the u.s. senate returns at 10 a.m. eastern. members begin debate on a bill to repeal tax subsidies for large oil companies followed by a procedural vote on the measure. and on c-span3, you can hear the audio from today's supreme court oral argument when it's released at approximately 1 p.m. eastern. >> this week "the communicators" continues looking at cybersecurity and congressional efforts to write legislation addressing it. today two key members of the house of representatives working on cyber issues. >> congressman lee terry, what's the status of cybersecurity legislation in the house? >> guest: well, there's one bill that everyone's pretty much agreed to, the rogers bill, that allows the nsa to communicate to industries about known threats. that hasn't moved, it's still this committee as we're building on that. >> host: well, as you know, the senate is actively pursuing cybersecurity legislation, two bills going forward, the lieberman-collins and the rep

eastern on c- span. e will also have live coverage of aipac, with opening remarks from president obama as well as israeli president shimon peres. that is at 10:30 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> who will be vetted? >> you can we win with? >> none of them. >> obama changed the entire dynamic. >> look inside the new hbo movie and a best-selling book to get the inside story on just what happened in the 2008 presidential campaign. >> you know, they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull -- lipstick. >> sunday, the co-authors. >> their irritation coming out of that speech was that she was an unalloyed asset to the campaign. for the week or 10 days immediately after that, she was. on the democratic side, there was a lot of concern as the mccain-palin ticket came out of that conviction ahead of barack obama in the national polls. people in the democratic side were sort of freaking out. >> we will talk about "game change" on sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span or anytime on c-span.org. >> if you

eastern on c-span radio >>> it's 6:30 here in washington d.c. polls closing in parts of alabama and mississippi within the next half-hour. across both states at 8:00 p.m. eastern time and polling taking place in hawaii. key primaries in the deep south and expectations that it could potentially according to cnn deep six. that's the headline. it may result in at least one candidate getting out of the race, at least that's the theory at this hour. the republican candidates campaigning across the south and downplaying expectations as voters in alabama and mississippi vote today. an indication of how tight these two primaries are in the importance of momentum in the long road to the convention in tampa. wolf blitzer on cnn questioning mitt romney on the campaign trail and a question about a new super pac ad by rick santorum's supporters. here's mitt romney's response. >> well, you know, it's been interesting that facts check has looked at rick santorum's claims over the last several ads and the things that he said and in almost every case it said that

we'll air the top 27 videos, mornings at 6:50 eastern on c-span and meet the students who created them during "washington journal" each day. for a preview check studentcam.org and congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's competition. >>> two live congressional hearings wednesday morning on c-span 3 to tell you about. at 9:30 a.m. eastern a house oversight committee looks at the european debt crisis. both federal reserve chairman ben bernanke and treasury secretary tim geithner testify. and when that hearing wraps up, live coverage of the house budget committee begins consideration of the republican budget proposal for next year. we expect to bring you the house budget markup at about 12:30 p.m. eastern. captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2008 captioning performed by vitac

look at the iraq war as we've heard people -- >> see washington journal every morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. we're going live now to hear president obama. he's in nashia, new hampshire, talking about initiatives to boost american energy production. the president appearing at nashua community college. >> thank you. hello, nashua. it is good to be back in new hampshire! thank you, mike, for that wonderful introduction and for your service to our country. i want to thank the president of nashua community college lucille gordon for hosting today. give lucille a big round of applause. we have professor paul wonderlick who gave me a tour today. where is he? he's got a beard. can you see him. there he is. and i want to

. >> more with jerry and rachel sunday night at 8 eastern on c-span's q and a. >>> last month virginiacongressman bobby scott redu reintroduced a new statagy about gang violence and crime. >>> thank you and good afternoon. thank you for joining us this afternoon for an important briefing on critical youth violence prevention legislation, the youth promise act. several of our panelists travelled across the country to be with us today. when it comes to crime policy we have a choice. we can reduce crime or we can play politics. for far too long congress has chosen to play politics by enacting tough on crime slogans such as three strikes and you're out. you do the adult crime and you do the adult time and mandatory minimums. although these policies sound appealing their impact ranges from negligible reaction to crime. these have led to the creation for what the experts have called the cradle to prison pipeline and reporting the subject the defense fund has identified various contributing factors including prauvty, a struggling education system. results of this pipeline are staggering. in i

on tuesday. the former massachusetts governor will make remarks and speak with voters tat machine shed rockford at about 5:00 eastern this afternoon. you can watch live coverage right here on c-span. coming up on c-span in a moment, "washington journal" with a look at the top stories, guests, and your calls. at 10:00 eastern it's "newsmakers." this week's guest, attorney general ken cuccinelli. then at 10:30 actor and activist george clooney's testimony about the humanitarian crisis in southern sudan. here's a look at guests coming up on "washington journal." at 7:45, susan if a rich yo and npr's ken ruden join us to talk about the republican presidential race and president obama's campaign documentary released this last week. then overseas for the latest developments on the war on afghanistan. at 9:15

eastern on c-span. >> congratulations to all this year's winners of c-span's video cam student documentary competition. a record number of students entered a video on the theme "the constitution and you." watch all the videos on our web sites, studentcam.org. >> coming up here on c-span3, senator tom coburn of oklahoma speaks on a forum about the future of medicare. that's o followed by national security advisers discussing how u.s. policy in the middle east has changed. coming up at 10:00 a.m. eastern, a forum on religious from georgetown university's berkeley center for religion, peace and world affairs. scholars will discuss the arab spring, religious extremism and the baum administration's policy for dealing with religious issues. you can see it live starting at 10:15 a.m. eastern here on c-span3. oklahoma republican senator tom coburn says medicare is fiscally unsustainable and tough changes must be made to preserve it future generations. he talks about the senior choice act that he co-sponsored. this is about an hour. >>> good morning and welcome po the betsy and walter stern confere

eastern on c-span radio. >> you're listening to "washington today" here on c-span radio. thanks for being with us. well by the time the suspect in an alleged bomb plot against the u.s. capitol was arrested in a parking lot wearing what he thought was an explosive suicide vest he had been living illegally in the u.s. for a dozen years. this is the criminal case against amid el caliph if i from alexandria, virginia. it also refewed the debate after the u.s. government a decade after the terrorist attacks from september 11th, 2001, routinely failed to track millions of foreign visitors who remain in this country longer than they're allowed. the obama administration in the past has not considered deporting people whose only offense is overstaying a visa a priority. instead the administration has focused on immigration enforcement efforts on those people who have committed serious crimes, or are considered a threat to public or national security. while a house homeland security subcommittee today conducted a hearing on this issue the panel's chairwoman is representative candic

eastern on c-span radio. >> welcome back. this is "washington today" on c-span radio. i'm steve scully. secretary of state hillary clinton joined today by michelle obama honoring then women from around the world honored for their courage and leadership in advocating for women's rights and empowerment, often at great personal risk. the secretary of state as we said joined by the first lady, michelle obama saying they saw corruption and worked to expose it. this is international women's day in the sixth annual award by the secretary of state for women of courage. the first lady recounted stories of honorees from miramar, pakistan, columbia and brazil who were imprisoned, silenced tortured and kidnapped for speaking out for women's rights, social justice, peace for democracy. among those on hand, zin mar ong, a pro democracy activist inch prison for writing a letter demanding that the elected civilian government be permitted to take over power in her country. now, after her release, she started advocating for women and little prisoners. here are her remarks today at the s

we'll air the top 27 videos mornings at 6:50 eastern on c-span and meet the students who created them during "washington journal" each day. studentcam.org and congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's competition. >>> two live congressional hearings wednesday morning on c-span3 to tell you about. at 9:30 a.m. eastern, the house oversight committee looks at the european debt crisis. both federal reserve chairman ben bernanke and treasury secretary tim geithner testify. and when that hearing wraps up, live coverage of the house budget committee. consideration of the republicans' budget proposal for next year. we expect to bring you the house budget markup at about 12:30 p.m. eastern. >>> the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., susan rice, testified on capitol hill today about the obama administration's foreign operations budget. some members questioned the $79 million used for unesco, the u.n. educational scientific and cultural organization. even though palestine is not internationally recognized as a country. ambassador rice's testimony is an hour and a half. >> i want to w

eastern on c-span raid dwroe. >>> it's half past the hour. news from the louisville courier-journal reporting on a hearing that took place in washington earlier today. the top emergency management official from fema saying that more kentucky counties damaged by the storms last week could be added to the federal disaster declaration making them eligible for federal aid. congress rogers from the fifth congressional district in kentucky and the chair of the house appropriations committee. he told craig fugate there are a number of

mornings at 6:50 eastern on c-span and meet the students who .te for a preview of the winning videos check studentcam. to everyone who participated in this year's competition. >>> in a city who is dominated by states man and generals on horseback, this bronze man of albert einstein stands out. perhapsca the monumental about washington monument. even if it does stand 12 feet dall and weigh approximately 4 tons. here robert burks, whose distinctive style went some critics to label him the bubble gum sculpture, gives us a playful einstein. they hold a document listing significant theories. the same bench contains quotes justifying einstein's unwavering belief in human tolerance, equality before the law and the duty of any truth seeker to reveal his findings no matter where they lead. the circular floor features an astronomical map showing much of the universe as it appeared on the date of dedication in april 1979. it also coincided with tein 100. 30 years later, visitors of all ages are drawn to the iconic figure of the grounds of the national academy of science. children especially enj

eastern on c-span. >>> now richard, the head of the consumer financial protection bureau testifies about his agency's report that says it's received more than 13,000 complaints over the last six months related to mortgages and credit cards. he spoke earlier today in front of the house financial services committee for 2 1/2 hours. >> the committee will come to order. >> mr. cordray, we, as you know, we're going to have some vote interruptions, and i would like everyone, the members to know as well as anyone listening that mr. cordray has agreed to stay until 2:00, which is a very nice accommodation. we very much appreciate that. and we thank you for your attendance today to deliver the semiannual report for the consumer financial protection bureau. the cfpb is an independent federal agency whose authority as many of us have said is far reaching. some have said unprecedented. title x or title 10 of the dodd/frank act confers unfettered discretion, and the director to identify financial products and services deemed to be unfair, deceptive or abusive and to ban them under what's been describ