eastern on c-span. >> the house and senate return from recess on monday. we join by billy house of national journal. the house getting to work almost right away on a couple of fiscal year 2515 appropriation -- 2015 appropriations bill. in that is an extension of pay freeze. do you expect to hear any opposition. >> there has been some lonely voices who say it's time. lord help them. maybe it's time to alter that. this is an midterm election year. one of the odd positions that a lot of members might take on campaign trail is they need more money. >> one of the pieces in the past week was headlined in the national journal. house republicans see opportunity in appropriations bill about some of the possibilities of adding policy writers to the spending bills. >> the top line spending levels will be set. color battles to be fought within the appropriations bills themselves. they are done every year. they are called policy writers. they technically temporary one year pieces of language that limit the administration from spending money on specific things. for inst

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eastern on c-span. >> both chambers of congress capital back into session monday. the houses in at noon eastern with legislative business at 2:00 here they will debate three suspension bills and legislation that would change how the budget is calculated. they're also scheduled to work on paul ryan's 2015 budget resolution. the first votes are scheduled after 630. he says it starts at 2:00 eastern. at 5:00, senators will begin debate on extending unemployment insurance benefits for five months. p.m., the spirit you can watch gavel-to-gavel coverage on c-span. >> we are really active. we are involved. news is where you really make your money in the local market. almosteration cost us $800,000. visit. for the faint of heart. this is what they needed to get them back to our session. but a month ago and software -- about a month ago and south carolina there was an ice storm. we were off the air for almost 16 hours. was 400,000erator dollars. these are the kind of expenses you cannot calculate. i do not care what kind of wealth i have been blessed with, there is no way c

eastern on c-span to. >> book tv covers hundreds of of the programs throughout the country all year long. here's a look at what there will be attending this week. look for these programs in the near future. this one stay with her and know which a university with the annual culling military writers' symposium. interview on one of the military riders author of blood of tyrants, george washington and the forging of the presence in to be the same day and green lights bookstore and brooklyn, new york. and the of the new york times op-ed section will discuss his new history and the civil rights act of 1964. on thursday book tv is in denver as investigative journalists discuss him and how it may affect the u.s. economy. we will also be in los angeles thursday evening at the alex theatre the cover best-selling author michael lewis discussing his latest book about high-frequency traders in the stock market. he will discuss his bow with tipping point often not complied well. that's a look of some of the of the programs this upcoming week. for more to go to our website and visit the upcoming progra

eastern on c-span. >> tuesday an examination of tax strategies. homeland security subcommittee is looking at how u.s. companies use offshore shelters. you can hear this at 9:30 eastern on c-span three. >> the car spun around in a circle. one girl got ejected. the driver instantly wanted to know where her film was. she was looking for her film. she was stuck in the back seat. she was alive for about 35 minutes before they cut her out. ♪ >> hello, i am madeline. i am a 16-year-old and ready to start driving. alsovery eager, yet scared. many drivers are focusing more on cell phones than on the road. the districts show that distracted driver is incredibly dangerous -- statistics show that distracted driving is incredibly dangerous. >> we have announced the winner of the student cam video competition. watch the top 21 winning videos starting tuesday at 6:50 a.m. eastern and see all the winning documentaries online at studentcam.org. afghanistanrom assessed the candidates. speakers include the former u.s. commander general john allen and the former ambas

eastern on c-span. coming up, the "the communicators" with minnesota senator al franken on the propos proposed comcast-time warner merg merger. and then "the up side of down" and michael lewis on his most recent book called "flash boys" and later" fragile by the design" >>> c-span created 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable provider or satellite provider. >> a few week ago on the comm e communicatcommun -- "the communicators" -- we had david cohen to talk about the proposed merger between comcast-time warner. he is on the privacy and technology and the law committee. yesterday at the hearing held by the committee you said that a merger between comcast-time warner would result in fewer choices, higher prices and even worse service. how do you come to that conclusion? >> well, because that has been the case when there is cons consolidation of media and telecommunication media. that is what is happening here. comcast is the biggest cable tv company in the country. and it

eastern on c-span 2. >> during this month, c-span is pleased to present our winning entries in this year's student cam video documentary competition. student cam is c-span's competition that encourages students to think critically about issues. students were asked to base their videos on the question, what is the most important issue the u.s. congress should consider in 2014? second prize-winning sophomores fromanna and paul are montgomery blair high school in silver spring, maryland. they believe congress should make filibuster reform their most important issue. >> many of us recognize the iconic image of a talking filibuster. one senator standing up and talking what he or she believes in for as long as they can stand. >> i will speak until i can no longer speak. >> i am not going to leave this body until i do get them, sir. >> many people don't know there have been hundreds and hundreds of filibusters in the past few years alone. there is an invisible filibuster that has bought the senate to complete halt requiring every bill to have 60 votes to pass. this is the silent filibuster. >> 60

eastern on c-span. host: joining us now, lee rainie of the pew research center, he is the director for the internet and american life project. thank you for joining us. 18% of people finding that their information has been compromised? guest: even more strikingly, we did a survey last summer asking the same question and found that 11% of internet users had had their really important information compromised, social security number, record number, a banking information, stuff like that. just in january when we did this new survey, it jumps to 18%. it was particularly striking among younger folks, people between the ages of 18 and 29. so the line of breaches that we have seen in recent months starting with the target store'' breach around christmas time, now with new information coming out pretty regularly, a lot more people are aware of what's going on and they have probably had direct experience. host: with the server you took, how to these breaches take place? what kind of information was compromised? g

eastern on c-span. >> coming up tonight on c-span2, it's booktv in prime time with a focus on navy seals. >> booktv all this week in prime time here on c-span2. >> tonight on c-span we'll bring you speeches and discussions from the u.s. annual women in the world summit including a pop singer's leading protests in ukraine. a conversation with other clinton and the first in stores of bombings and chemical attacks in syria. here's a preview. >> that day we were placed, me and my cousin were preparing some kind of activities for the kids. we were working with them. we heard on the internet that chemical attacks hit the center, and then after an hour we heard that a similar attack hit my town. we were hearing the missiles, you know, the bombing all the night. the bombing this night is different from any other night before. it's carrying gases, sarin gases. so after half an hour we start feeling dizzy. we start, our noses, our eyes were running, so we recognized that there's something different in the air. and we rushed to the other room and we wake of all of the family members and the kids. w

eastern on c-span three. robert strauss was the last u.s. ambassador to the soviet union and the first to russia. he died on march 19 at the age of 95. he held several positions in politics, including dnc chairman. at his memorial service at the national cathedral, we heard vernonmes baker and jordan. this is about 30 minutes. >> we meet here this morning in god's house to remember robert strauss. you know, ladies and gentlemen, some inter-politics to accumulate power. others because politics provides them with the opportunity to implement policy. others are drawn to that bloodsport just for the pleasure of living in a world of adrenaline fed intrigue. and then there was bob strauss. raised in west texas, the son of depression era general store owners got into politics for all of that. the power, the policy, and the pleasure. and for many other reasons as well. he learned his craft in the brass knuckles world of texas politics. he became the very shrewdest of political operators. a powerbroker with few peers. an adroit diplomat who could be t

eastern on c-span. british prime minster david cameron answered questions wednesday about the resignation of the culture secretary, maria miller. prime minster cameron said he believes ms. miller should have been and to apologize and carry on with her job. this is just over 30 minutes. >> questions to the prime inster. >> thankm you mr. speaker. >> yes or no. >> very good step forward onh migration. where it is done by a third sense 1998. we've seen net migration come down. what we haven't seen is what w saw under labor which ishi 2.2 million people come in net over 10 years. that was unacceptable forpta getting the situation underme control. >> i can add in terms oft challenge, which i s aboutha doubling the research and treating it like a disease oran cancer or heart disease, thatdie will continue. the work we're doing to make sure that local communities are more friendly, that must continue. also improving thef care that elderly people get in nurse home and hospitals. that fight must continue as well

eastern on c-span. on the next "washington previews michael green president obama's trip to asia this week. then kaiser health news correspondent jay hancock with the top -- with heavy health care industry is responding to the affordable care act. and possible senate action on expired tax credits for energy producers, particularly those involved in renewable fuels. as always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i love duke. i am a loyal duke alum. . did not do this to hurt duke i did this to try to figure out what happened in a dispassionate way. ofre is a tremendous amount passion about this story, even to this day. all one has to do is go on to amazon and see already that i have amassed 25 one star reviews. ae book is not even been out week, and it is a 600 page book. i am guessing not many of those one star review writers have read this book. was about goldman sachs, and people have passion about

eastern on c-span radio. online at c-span.org, and nationwide on next him satellite radio channel 120. on x m satellite radio channel 120. >> during his hour-long remarks, he also discusses his appearances on comedy central's "the daily show" where he provides periodic commentary in back is black.d this show may contain language that some find offensive. >> is one thing for a comedian to make you laugh. it is quite another for a comedian to make you think, make you mad, that you question authority. our guest today does all of that. lewis black's original humor with angry rants and so nervous breakdowns portray an everyday man at odds with the mass society around him. mr. black is probably best known for his appearances on comedy central's "daily show." his "back in black" commentaries are among the shows most popular segments. mr. black lampoons popular culture, family values, politicians and religion. few subjects are off-limits. less known is that mr. black is a writer and the first -- and diverse performer.

eastern on c-span. >> the muslims have accepted the neveron of islam have bombed any churches, i've never murdered little girls as was done in birmingham -- they have never murdered little girls as was done in birmingham, had never at any time been guilty of initiating any aggressive acts entire 33e during the years or more that mohammed has been teaching us. thatharge of violence comes from the guilt complex that exists in the conscious and subconscious minds of most white people in this country. they know that they have been violent in their brutality against negroes. they feel that someday they will wake up and try to do unto them as they have done onto the whites as the whites have done under us. taught by mohammed to be -- obey the law, respect everyone who respects us, show courtesy, people like. we are also taught anyone in any 62 inflicts or tsolence on us -- or inflic violence upon us, we are within our religious right to retaliate. >> from october, 1963, an interview with malcolm x. sunday on american history tv's ica" on c-span3. was the lastauss u.s. ambassador to the soviet u

eastern on c-span 2. >> next, a discussion about this weekend's alexeis in afghanistan. after that, a conversation on the financial brokering practice known as high frequency trading. at 11:00 p.m., "q & a" with arthur matt taibbi, talking about his book, "the divide." >> next a discussion about the future of afghanistan and this weekend's presidential alexei. from "washington journal," this is 45 minutes. at c-span.org. michael e. o'hanlon is a seniors -- senior fellow at the brookings institute. us talk about the voting in afghanistan. it is gone smoothly. guest: it looks good. there is a long way to go. as you are aware, you have to get 50% of the vote in afghanistan to win. there will be a runoff almost for sure. ran.ate candidates who chances are nobody got more than 35 or 40%. there will have to be a runoff. whoever does not make the runoff will have to decide how they want to react to that. do they blame fraud? do they protest? there is a long way to go in the process. it appears to have been a very good day. security forces protected the polling sites very well. t

florida, including a stop at thomas edison's botanical research laboratory, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2, and sunday 2:00 on c-span 3. >> during this month c-span is pleased to present our winning entries in this year's student video documentary competition. student cam is c-span's annual encourages that middle and high school students to think critically about issues. we asked students to base their documentary on was what's the most important issue u.s. congress should consider in 2014. second prize winner madeline bowne is a sophomore at cherry hill high school from cherry jersey, she believes congress should make cell phone use while driving their most issue.nt >> the car spun around in a circle, one girl got ejected, the driver instantly wanted to phone was because it got hit out of her hand. so the first person that came up, said she was looking for her phone. i think he was in the back seat, was alive for about 45 minutes before they cut her out. >> hello, i'm madeline bowne, i'm a 16-year-old and i'm ready to start driving. i'm eager yet also scared. many drivers today are focus

eastern on c-span. grumman's president and ceo will discuss defense spending at the economic club of washington dc. see the event live at 8:30 a.m. eastern on c-span2. cryptology goes back to the beginning of human history. we do not quite go back that far. we have some interesting artifacts that help people to understand how long people have been making and breaking codes and have had a need for cryptology. when we talk about the united states, it is important to note that the making and breaking of codes has been part of america even before we gained our independence. one of our most precious artifacts is referred to as the jefferson cipher device. truth in advertising, it is very notrtant to note that we do have any definitive, conclusive evidence that this particular device belonged to thomas jefferson. there are some interesting facts about it. one, this device was found in an antique store very close to marcello. abilityrs to have the to cipher french and english, jefferson was the ambassador to fr

supreme court justice on human rights during a discussion also hosted by georgetown university as well as the center for the rule of law. that will be live at 4:00 eastern here on c-span >> cryptology is an ancient art that goes back to the beginning of human history. we do not quite go back that far but we do have interesting artifacts that help people understand just how long people have been making and breaking and have a need for cryptology. when we talk about the united states, it is important to note the making and breaking of codes has been a part of america even before we gained our independence. most precious artifacts is referred to as the jefferson device. truth in advertising, it is very we do not havete any definitive, conclusive evidence that this particular device along to thomas jefferson. but there are interesting facts about it. one, the device was found in an antique store very close to monticello. it appears to have the ability french and english. jefferson was an ambassador of france. the most telling point was there is a drawing of a device there is similar to this in jefferson's private papers. even so, we cannot say for so -- for sure jefferson

tonight at 7:00 eastern on c-span. a day of tributes and a moment of silence marking the one-year anniversary of the boston marathon bombings. three people were killed and more than 260 were wounded when two bombs went after the finish line of the race. coming up in 45 minutes, live coverage of a memorial for those killed in the bombings. among those appearing our boston mayor martin walsh, massachusetts governor deval patrick, ed joe biden. live coverage starts at 12:45 eastern on c-span. at 8:00 eastern, journalists who won the pulitzer prize for their coverage of the boston bombings. a book called "boston strong." here is a portion of what you will see. >> they could either go to the marathon or they could go hiking, which is what they did often. they chose the marathon. when they were in this position at forum when the first bomb went off, bill richard knew it was a bomb. a lot of spectators and first responders found it could have been a few things. transformer fire, a cannon that was used as part of the a manhole

on c-span. and tonight at 8 eastern on c-span. casey sherman and dave wedge mark the one-year anniversary of the boston bombing from personal stories from those in boston that day. they are the authors of the up coming book "boston strong" here is a preview: >> the family had a decision: to go hiking or chose the marathon. they chose the marathon. when they were in this position at form when the first bomb went off, bill richards, he knew it was a bomb. a lot of first responders thought it could have been transformer fire, a cannon used as part of the man hole fire. bill richards new it was a bomb and he had to get his family away from there. he jumped the barricade and got on to boil street. >> they were at the second bombing. they heard the first one and bill reached over the fence and grabbed henry the oldest boy. >> as he is pulling henry to safety, he is reaching to his next child who was martin and that is when the bomb went off. we learned the family was targeted. there is fbi surveillance film that shows him casing that fa

and with that >> you can watch newsmakers at 10:00 and 6:00 eastern on c-span. a week ago, afghan voters went to the polls in the presidential elections in the first-ever democratic transfer of power and afghanistan's history. it could take up to six weeks to tally results. former afghan ambassador to canada and france discussed the election. this is an hour. >> thank you all for coming. as you know, the elections took place on saturday, and our panel will discuss what we know so far and what the consequences and likelihood of those elections are likely to be. i am the executive director of the partnership for secure america, and we are proud and happy to cosponsor this panel with the alliance in support of the afghan people, asap. the alliance itself is a group of individuals who are in a coalition dedicated to support the progress made by the afghan people over the last decade. the psa partnership for secure america was an organization founded in 2005 dedicated to the idea that we ought to promote fact-based, bipartisan approach to foreign-policy and national

eastern on c-span. month, c-span is pleased to present our winning this year's student cam documentary competition. it's the annual competition that and highs middle school students to think critically about issues. gave studentse was, what's the most important issue congress should consider in 2014? in a second prize winning video, at pfeiffer, a sophomore ballard high school in seattle, washington, believes congress' be gun issue should control. >> so, i turned towards the reception desk and our reception woman was sliding down the hallway with her back against the wall and her hands looked aats and i her and her eyes were just as big as saucers and she whispered me, cheryl, there's a man here with a gun. he started shooting. carol, who was the person closest to a phone who acrossting in a cubicle the hallway, then he turned and he was right by me, he shot me, i didn't realize it at the time, i thought he punched me with the gun, that's what it felt like. layla, so i thought he's occupied, i can get ou

eastern on c-span. i love duke. i am a loyal duke alum. i did not do this to hurt duke. outd this to try to figure what had happened in a dispassionate way. again, there is a tremendous amount of passion about the story, even to this day. all one has to do is go onto amazon and see, already, that i .ave amassed 20 51 star reviews the book has not even been out a week and it is a 600 page book. i'm guessing that not many of those one star review writers had read this book. my last book was about goldman sachs and people have a lot of passion about goldman sachs, too. >> author and duke alumni william d cohan looks at the lacrosse scandal of 2006. sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >> supreme court justices anthony scalia and ruth bader ginsburg were guests on "the kalb report." they talked about how freedom was defined. the composition is part of the kelp series -- kalb series. this is an hour and 15 minutes. the kalb report is funded by a grant from the ethics and excellence in journalism foundation. ♪ >> from the national press club, this is "the kalb report," with m

eastern on c-span. >> more than a year there have been allegations that i knew about the planning of the watergate break-in and i was involved in an extensive plot to cover it up. the house judiciary committee is now investigating these charges. on march 6, i ordered all materials that i had previously furnished to the special prosecutor turned over to the committee. these included tape recordings of 19 presidential conversations and more than 700 documents from private white house files. on april 11, the judiciary committee issued a subpoena for 42 additional tapes of conversations, which it contended were necessary for its investigation. i agreed to respond to that subpoena by tomorrow. >>

eastern on c-span 2. >> i love duke. duke alum. i didn't do this to hurt duke. there's a tremendous amount of evenon about this story, to this day. all one has to do is go on to already that i've amassed, you know, 25 one-star reviews. the book hasn't even been out a week, it's a 600-page book, so i'm pretty much guessing not many of those one-star review writers have read this book. last book was about goldman sachs and people have a lot of passion about goldman sachs, but this is another realm altogether. and duke alum william d. cohan looks at the duke atrosse scandal tonight 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> next, supreme court justice sonia sotomayor talking about from prosecutor to district and appellate judge to being on the supreme court. latina justice and the third woman to serve on the high court. georgetown university hosted event. it's about an hour and a half. >> thank you. good afternoon, everyone. thank you, president, for your extremely kind remarks. ats always great to be back georgetown and to have a chance to see you and my many colleagues. many here

you can see this event live starting at 9:00 eastern on c-span two. >> there is an old saying that victory has 100 fathers and defeat is not often. inould not be surprised regard to the recent activity. senator goldwater asked questions about the use of the and the carrier essex with the markings painted out. we figured someone over there has told

eastern on c-span-2. merican history tv, bonnie morris on title ix, discrimination against women in sports. saturday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight on c-span-3. a conversation on women judicial leaders. we will hear from supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg, along with canadian supreme court justice rosalie -- abella. plus a former member of the israeli supreme court. judy woodruff moderates this event that was held at the national museum of women in the arts in march. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> good afternoon, everyone and welcome to the national museum in the arts where leadershiparts, and come together every day. and we are so glad to have you for this evening with our three justices. to be very pleased partnering once again with the embassy of france and especially want to give a thanks to madame sofie for being a a us.erful partner with [applause] my remarks tonight are logistics. willuldville this -- we have this wonderful conversation this evening and that will end w

and is 2011 release that called you back curdle tv on c-span2. >> the thomas before him institute on security live everyday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. and right now on c-span2 from this morning's "washington journal" from a discussion on the justice department's plansn. for changing prison sentencing guidelines. >> we are back with the authorht who is the senior: policy analyt joining us from austin, texas,, to talk about reform. let's begin with what is rightor on prime. can you explain that for our viewers? reddy, >> sure. it is a project which is a think tank in austin, texas. it's a think tank like any othe think tank that the viewers may know of.s a think ta like any the cato institute, the brookings institution. we focus on state-level policy and we focus on things like and health care and educat uniquely and criminal justice. so for many years we have been working on finding ways to improve criminal justice in the state of texas to get better results and to spend less andsud improve public safety overall. we've been very successful, i'm happy to day. fed that has caused us to launch a national campaign based on the texas mod

washington journal, live at 70 and eastern on c-span -- 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> ira member the first conversation i had with a group of people at that table. it wasn't about where you are from, what your school is like, it is about ukraine. it was about politics, our belief in education and religion. after that moment, i was like, wow, this week is going to be intense. it has been cool to see the evolution of our friends and bonds just talking about politics. we haven't talking about our experiences and what we learned in who we met. >> i have always kind of been really cynical about it. i was thought i could never really go that far in politics. week,ly throughout the different speakers in different people i have met, that has chipped away at my opinion. i thought maybe i do want to make a difference in run for something local and state local in my community because like president obama said yesterday, he told us do not get cynical because we don't need more cynical people. that is not going to help us believe the problems. >> one of the thi

eastern on c-span radio in washington, d.c. at 90.1 fm and nationwide on xm satellite radio channel 120. >> the head of the federal energy regulatory commission testified last week on the security of the nation's electric grid. the senate energy and natural resources committee examined the reliability and security of the friday from sign -- of the grid from cyber and physical attacks. members also touched on how new epa greenhouse gas regulations will impact the availability and price of electricity to consumers. this is two and a half hours. >> good morning. thank everyone for joining us for this important hearing this morning entitled "keeping the lights on: are we doing enough to insure the reliability and security of the electric grid." i'm pleased to chair the first oversight hearing of this, that this committee has had in quite some time on this important subject. this subject is important to many members of the senate as recently indicated by letters sent on a variety of different issues as well as members of this committ

our live coverage begins at 1:00 eastern on c-span. >> we should have finished al-qaeda in 2001. our general who was there -- but more than just the general, i think all of us. think back. we were attacked on 9/11. 3,000 americans died. more americans than died at pearl harbor. and we had al-qaeda, and we had osama bin laden trapped in some mountains called tora bora. we didn't finish 'em off. and then we let 'em escape over the other side of the mountain because we said that's pakistani territory. oh, wait. think for a moment. can you imagine during world war ii when we had admirals win the battle of midway which changed the entire war against japan. he sailed across the international dateline in the pacific and attacked the japanese. destroyed their fleet. 1942. he went across the international dateline. supposing he had turned back and said, well, that's the international dateline, and japan has said if we don't cross the international dateline, we'll take this part of the pacific, you take that, and we'll live happily ever after. we get to these mountains in the middle of now

eastern on c-span. tuesday, the world bank president discusses global economic inequality. live starting at 8:30 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> the car spun around in the circle and the driver instantly didn't know where her phone was. she was looking for her phone. she was alive for about 45 minutes until they cut her out. >> hello. i am 16 years old and ready to start driving. and very eager. many drivers are focusing their attention on their cell phones rather than roads. distracted driving is incredibly dangerous and cell phones have no place behind the wheel. some things need to be done about this. >> we have announced the winners of this year's c-span studentcam video competition on what is the most important issue, should address this year. watch the winning video starting tuesday in every weekend -- weekday throughout the month. see all the winning documentaries online at stude ntcam.org. of the potential 2016 presidential candidates and their responses to recent foreign-policy events. this is 40 minutes. >> "washington journal close quote continues. host: our guest is

eastern on c-span. >> in the south some people escaped from slavery and made the remote areas of the wilderness their home. sylviane diouf wrote a book on this topic, "slavery's exiles". this event was held last month in new york city. [applause] >> thank you for the introduction. i'm delighted to be here to play the role of questionnaire of sylviane diouf about her marvelous new book, "slavery's exiles". and at the end we will have a little time for questions from the audience. there's a microphone over there for that purpose. keep that in mind after we finished our conversation. just to remind you what was said, you can purchase your book outside. is well worth doing. i think to begin sylviane diouf wanted to read a little passage from the book. would you like to start that way >> actually at the end. >> okay. we will plunge right in. let me just ask you, since the term mayor round is maybe not totally widely known, what exactly is a maroon? >> actually, the term comes from the spanish. in the beginning someone who wandered off the farm. by extension it was used for runaway slaves.

health aide for veterans posted by the national council for behavioral health, it's live at 11 eastern on c-span. the american enterprise institute hosts a discussion today on its report examine why current national security policy isn't stopping defenseman of al-qaeda. watch that live at noon eastern on c-span. >> i remember on saturdays the first conversation i had with people at the table come it wasn't about where you're from, what is your school like but it was about ukraine. it was about politics, about our belief in education and religion and how at the moment i was like this is going to be intense. it's been cool to see the evolution of all of her friendships, all of our bonds from just talking about politics to talking about our experiences, what we've learned, who we have met. this is an experience i'll never forget. >> i've been cynical about it, i always thought i can never go that far in politics and politics is such a caustic environment. slowly throughout the week different speakers i've met have kind of chipped away at that opinion. it's been so ingrained in my head. i thought ma

eastern on c-span. >> defense secretary chuck hagel and the polish defense minister hold a news conference to discuss russian intervention, u.s. poland relations, and other topics. life coverage at 1045 eastern here on c-span. >> our colleagues have spent this evening reiterate -- reiterating information and i want to make sure we cleared up. the independent guardian ad litem has said in his report that in spite of the fact that mike colleagues on the other side of the aisle have said that terri schiavo felt pain and laughed and cried that that is factually inaccurate. that her cerebral cortex has been the good fight and that is the area of the brain that responds to emotion and reason. that is impossible what they have detailed here tonight. additionally they talk about six numeral just and eight positions who have said that she is not in a persistent vegetative state. also factually inaccurate. those physicians have only viewed terri schiavo through videotape. physiciansce -- the who have examined her, the board-certified neurologist who researchedcally testimony, their testimony was dee

eastern on c-span. >> during "quesion time" this week, british prime minister david cameron answered questions about the privatization of the u.k.'s postal service and a variety of her domestic issues. this is about 35 minutes. >> questions to the prime minister. >> jeremy, question number one, mr. speaker. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this morning i had meetings with colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i will have further such meetings later today. >> jeremy corbin, is the prime minister aware that at the 3,956t time in england, 00,000 people are in the privated cented sector. 2/3 of them feel secure and half of them feel they pay far too much in rent. does he think it is time to end the social cleansing of inner-city britain by bringing in total regulation of the private renting sector to give people people. >> where he and i would agree is building more house us. there is cross party agreement for that. where i think he is wrong is full-on rent control. it has been tried in the past. drive everyone back to the state sector and reduce the quality of hou

eastern on c-span. on tuesday, president obama begins a trip to asia with stops in japan, south korea, malaysia, and the philippines. at the white house briefing, susan rice briefed reporters on the trip and took questions on ukraine. this is about 25 minutes. >> thank you. good afternoon. the president's trip to asia is an important opportunity to -- presidente obama is rebalancing. nearlye next five years, half of all growth outside of the united states is expected to come from asia. a region that includes several important u.s. allies, developing democracies, and emerging powers. we increasingly see our top priorities tied to asia with access to new markets or promoting exports or protecting our security interests and our core values. the countries we are visiting -- japan, korea, malaysia, and the philippines intersects with our leading priorities. these are modernizing our alliances, promoting democratic increasing, commercial ties, investing in institutions, and deepening people to people exchanges

eastern also on c-span three. [inaudible conversations] >> the republican-controlled house budget committee agreed to a budget plan along party lines last week. house democrats and their response to the gop budget that relies on one and half trillion dollars in higher taxes of the next two years. part of last week's budget markup. >> this meeting will now come to order. welcome back, everybody. we will proceed with the consideration of the fiscal year 2015 concurrent resolution on the budget. before we begin, would like to welcome two new members to our committee, representative don from texas who is no stranger to the budget committee and representative killdee of michigan who i believe is new for the first time in the committee. we're happy to have you as new members. you were appointed last night. i would like to yield for any comments. >> thank you, mr. chairman. want to join you and welcome into terrific members. we have a veteran member of the budget committee and a new member. they're here in the nick of ti

eastern on c-span. >> whether it's an award for good journalism as a politician, i declare an interestin not wanting to make a judgment on that. [laughter] but an award for public service for possibly the greatest betrayal of our national secrets of all time strikes me as quite bizarre. and i do think that there's a real danger of a very cozy media without fully understanding the consequences for the dangers that we face in a very dangerous world. so i think there's a dangerous disconnect there. as for "the guardian" newspaper itself, my view was that if i as an individual gave the names of operatives outside a u.k. jurisdiction, that would be in breach of the 2000 terrorism act in the united kingdom. that would apply to me as an individual, why would that not apply to a newspaper? >> this weekend onç c-span, former british defense secretary liam fox on'd ward snowden -- edward snowden, government surveillance programs and privacy issues, saturday morning at 10 eastern. and on booktv, from texas the san antonio book festival including authors and panels on the stories that shaped san

"washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. looking ahead to monday, here is some of our live coverage on the c-span networks. outgoing chair of the national transportation safety board, deborah hirschman, will talk at the national press club. she will finish her term on april 25 to become president and ceo of the national safety council. we will bring you her remarks .ive on c-span2 we will look at russian politics and their influence around the world. that conversation at the heritage foundation will happen live at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> i love duke and i didn't do that to hurt duke. i did this to figure out what had happened in a dispassionate way. even to this day, all one has to do is go on to amazon and see i have amassed 25 one star reviews and the book hasn't been out a week. it's a 600 page book, so i'm guessing not many of those one star review writers have read the book. my last book was about goldman sachs, but this is in another realm altogether. silence" theice of author looks at the duke lacrosse sc

we will have that for you at 6:55 eastern on c-span. 2014ht at 8:00, a look at and 2016 political predictions. :00, a focus on conservatism and that conservative movement. the gilded age of new york city. here is a preview. >> but people who tell you they think they know what is going to happen in 2016 really are smoking something that is now legal it here in colorado. [laughter] there are some clues. there are some clues, and we have what i now am going to officially dub the sheldon ailes and primary, and it was held a few weeks ago in las vegas. and you can tell by who chose to participate in that primary who is looking, not necessarily who is favored, looking at 2016. these are people who went to a form sponsored by the world's eight richest men, sheldon adelson, whose principal israel ande two -- the prevention of internet gambling, which will of course cut into the fact that he is the man,'s eight richest based on casino gambling in las vegas and macau. the people who went to see him in las vegas included a man you may have heard of, chris christie, the governor of new jersey. news abeen

on c-span2. >>> today is the one-year anniversary of the boston marathon bombings. at 12:45 eastern today on our companion network c-span we'll have live coverage of the memorial service being held in boston. and later at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, journalist casey sherman and dave wedge mark the anniversary with personal stories from in boston that day. they're the authors of the upcoming book, "boston strong." mere is preview of the program. >> on the day of the bombing the richard family had a decision to make. they could go to the marathon or go hiking which is what they did quite often. they chose the marathon. when they were in this position when the first bomb went off, bill richard knew it was a bomb. they now it could be a few things, transformer fire. manhole fire as well. bill richard knew it was a bomb and he knew he had to get his family away from there as quickly as possible. so bill richard jumped the barricade and got on to boylston street, because he thought his family would be much safer on the street than they would on the sidewalk. >> we should clarify. they were at the second bombing. so what happ

liveington journal" airs on c-span every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. tomorrow on "newsmakers," we will be joined by bob goodlatte of virginia. he joins us to talk about legislative proposals to change the nsa surveillance program, as well as oversight of the justice department and attorney general eric holder. :00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. there's no question that congress routinely and administrations routinely do not speak the truth to the american public. it's not just about inaccuracies what the affordable health care act would do, it is the absence of speaking the truth about where we are. >> where are we? >> we are now at a standard of living the same as what we had in 1988. we now have per family unfunded >> that needs to be spoken. the biggest problem i see with -- is the did now denial of reality. you can be a good person and deny reality. we all deny reality in some sense. we don't want to face them. the fact is, we haven't had the leadership in this country in a long time. i am talking presidential and congressional.

on the c-span networks. secretary of state john kerry will testify before the senate foreign relations committee on national security. you can watch it on c-span 3 at 10:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span 2 at 1:30 p.m. eastern, we'll be covering a defense department briefing on u.s. strategy on operations in africa including peacekeeping and anti-terrorism efforts. now an update on the affordable care act. president obama announced last week that more than 7 million people had signed up for insurance under the new law. from "washington journal," this is 40 minutes. viebeck. ed by elise there is another enrollment effort that is going on here for medicaid and the children's ealth insurance program. for the a new front affordable care act? guest: that is right. the white house is very excited to encourage this, which became optional because of the supreme court's decision to uphold the act in 2012. before that states were going to be required to expand programs up to 133% of the federal poverty level. about $32,000 for a family of four. they were going to have to offer health care coverage from the states, paid for by the governments, several gop sites were very upset about t

eastern on c-span 3. a little later this afternoon the center for american progress will host a discussion on combating gender pay discrimination. >> in our joint services agreement, we are really active. we are involved. in our myrtle beach station because not have use news is where you make your money. this is not cheap. but this is what we needed to get them back to our station, we put that back in place. without their financial support, i could not afford these figures. during an ice storm in south carolina, ice just destroyed our generator. we were off the air for almost 16 hours. to get a generator was $400,000. these are the kind of expenses you cannot calculate. i don't care what kind of wealth i may have been blessed with. there is no way owning two or three television stations that i could survive this. >> owners cannot control more than one station in the same market using joint sales agreements. find out more tonight on the communicators at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> and once again the h

eastern on c-span. also today, former british david millietary band, and robert ford discuss syria.arians efforts in we'll join their conversation at the washington institute, live on c-span.tern >> our colleagues have spent reiterating fact actually inaccurate information and i want to make sure we clear it up. independent guardianed alitem appointed to represent terry shy -- despite that terry felt was and laughed and cried inaccurate, that her cerebral core tens had been liquified and is the area of the brain that ponds to emotion and reason, so that is impossible what they have detailed here tonight much aadditionally they talked about neurologists and physicians that see she is not in a vegetative state. also inaccurate. they have only viewed terry by videotape. the five court appointed positions that have examined terry, who have all examined board certified neurologist who had academically theirched testimony, testimony was deemed to be clear and convincing by the court that persistent is in a ve

eastern here on c-span. in the case decided today, the supreme court dealing another blow to affirmative action programs upholding the right of states to ban racial preferences in university admissions. ,n announcing the decision "this case is not about how the debate over racial preferences should be resolved but to stop michigan voters from making their own decision would be an unprecedented decision on a fundamental right held by all. states, california, florida, arizona, nebraska, oklahoma, new hampshire, have similar bans. others now may seek to follow suit. here's the oral argument from october. >> we will hear argument next today in case 12-682, schuette v. the coalition to defend affirmative action. mr. bursch. >> thank you, mr. chief justice, and may it please the court, the issue in this case is whether a michigan constitutional provision requiring equal treatment violates equal protection. and for two reasons, the answer is no. first, unlike the laws at issue in hunter and seattle, section 26 does

eastern on c-span radio in washington dc at 90.1 fm on c-span.org and xm radio channel 120. >> and a final invention, james barrett examines the threat of runaway artificial intelligence. mr. barrett spoke about his book in annapolis maryland. this is 50 minutes. [applause] >> hello, i am james barrett and i would like to thank everyone for inviting me here and i think this is such a great story. we remember when books were only sold in bookstores. so to me a kind of captures the wild mysterious bookstores that i knew when i was a kid. [laughter] that such a rich experience and that is what this one is. and obviously it is such a great meeting place for people. so i want to thank people for inviting me today. i have written a book about artificial intelligence and my job and i've made a lot of friends that you might have seen on the national geographic channel

washington journal, live each morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> i remember on saturday the first conversation i had with a group of people at that table with the 2 on it, wasn't about where you're from, what is your school like but about ukraine. it was about politics, about our belief in education and religion and how -- after that moment i was like, wow, this is going be intense. but it's been really dollar see the evolution of our friendships and our bonds, from just talking about politics and talking about our experiences, what we learned, would we have met and this is an experience i'll never, ever forget. >> always been kind of cynical about it. i can never really go that far in politics and politics is such a caustic environment but throughout the week, different speakers and different people i've met have chippedway at that position and maybe i want to make a difference and run for something local, because like president obama said yesterday lexer told us, don't get cynical because this nation didn't need anymore cynical people. that's not going to help us relieve the pro

that's live at 2:30 eastern here on c-span2. and over on c-span today, comedian lewis black speaking at the national press club about politics and social issues. that's live at one eastern. also on c-span, the chairman of the united national commission of inquiry on human rights in north korea will discuss the findings of a recent report detailing atrocities committed by government including murder, enslavement and torture. that's live at three eastern on c-span. >> the first thing i would do is not let the largest cable tv company buy the second largest cable tv company. that's where i'd start. i, my job here on the judiciary committee is to, you know, at these hearings is to raise my concerns, and what mr. cohen -- you know, mr. cohen seems like, i really think he seems like a really smart guy, and he's a great guy, i'm sure. he earns, i can say about him, he earns sort of what he gets. but my job was to ask him tough questions on behalf -- see, they have 107 lobbyists on capitol hill. they're swarming capitol hill, their lobbyists. you know, bu