this is the edge of the hanford nuclear reservation in eastern washington state. 1500 square kilometers site with a dubious distinction of being the most contaminated place in america. recently, the government disclosed six large underground tanks are leaking up to 2000 liters of liquid per year. the news alarmed environmentalists, who fear that radioactive material could pass through groundwater into the nearby columbia river. >> the tank leaks are shocking, the size and number of the thes, and the fact that department of energy did not know about this or they were looking at the monitoring close enough, or they didn't disclose it to the public soon enough. >> officials say the leaks pose no immediate danger to the environment or people in the area. environmentalists want to see better oversight of the hanford cleanup effort, which has been underway for two decades at a cost of $2 billion a year. throughout the cold war, hanford's nine nuclear reactors churned out plutonium for the u.s. nuclear weapons program, producing more than 60,000 warheads. the volume of waste left over is stagg

i grew up in eastern washington, where we had an orchard and fruit stand.e raised cherries and peaches and apricots and sold everything at the fruit stand, but my parents wanted a better life for me. i was the first in my family to graduate from college. i worked in our family business, served in the state legislature, and then ran for congress. in november, my colleagues elected me as house republican chair. all of this has happened by working hard for the things that i believe in and speaking from my heart the things that were on my mind. working hard, getting ahead -- that is the american dream. [applause] is my family's story, this, too, is america's story. it is a story of freedom, opportunity, and new beginnings. we come together today at a very challenging time, but it is also a time of opportunity and of renewal for the republican party. it is a time of new beginnings. election night -- well, election night was a very difficult one for us. we clearly had the better plan to grow the economy, but we failed to convince the voters, and our defeat has be

shepard: all three crew members are dead tonight after a navy jet crashed on a training flight in eastern washingtonbout 50 miles west of spokane. according to the reporting of the navy the ea 6 b prowler was flying low monday morning and then slammed into a farm field. the pilot of a nearby navy plane reports he saw no parachutes. rescue crews from reportedly found the remains of all of those on board. the plane that went down specializes in jamming enemy radar and intercepting transmissions. outside a pilot dead and serious i had hurt after small plane crashed into a house. witnesses say they heard the engine sputter and sought propeller stopped spinning. then that plane flipped over in mid flight, skipped off a van and slammed into a home. the man who sold the plane to the victims said the 45-year-old pilot was an experienced flyer federal investigators say it could take nine months to determine what caused that crash. violence in the streets as cops battle hundreds of protesters in the capital city and it's our top story as we go around the world in 80 seconds. demonstrators rallied over the rec

eastern. "washington journal" begins in a moment. this afternoon, house minority leader nancy pelosi will hold a news conference at the supreme court on same-sex marriage. this evening, a massachusetts senate -- senate debate to fill the seat of john kerry. republicans will set the stage first in the second half will feature democrats. live at 7:00 p.m. eastern. we will also bring you a speech from last night from the former head of the cia general david petreaus. minutes we will talk to the legal affairs editor for reuters about today's game marriage case the court is considering. then steve heidemann will discuss reports that the cia is increasing aid to syria's opposition fighters. later on our spotlight on magazines, a reporter

host: we'll go to carol >> in eastern washington dc. caller: i wanted to ask about two people involved in 1913. the first was frederick douglass and the next one was carry chap. guest: thank you. i am not familiar but the role that frederick douglas played in march at this point. gary chapman was at this time one of the main leaders of the women's suffrage association. that was the organization that was working on a state-by-state level. him and other leaders endorsed alice paul and lucy burns's idea. after the march in 1913 the suffrage movement did kind of split a bit. gary continued to organize efforts at the local level while what became the congressional union in washington d.c. focused on the constitutional amendment. host: a reminder that at 11:00 eastern and again at 6:00 eastern, 3:00 for those of you on the west coast, we are featuring programming on the march that took place on the state 100 years ago. grace from miami, florida, good morning. caller: i have been listening to your program as i recall an african american abolit

eastern. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with kyle cheney, here to talk about the affordable care act and health- care exchanges. what are they? guest: they are the vehicle that millions of americans are expecting to get coverage. there are two ways, medicaid expansion and exchanges. exchanges will be run in every state. what they are essentially is a web portal where consumers can go and get private insurance that subsidizes through the affordable care act. it is basically for people who cannot afford insurance or could not get it through their employers. host: what types of insurance companies will participate? guest: it is going to vary state by state. insurance companies will bid against each other for access to the market. some states will be passive and see any interest company can come on in and we will give consumers the maximum for its possible and hope that their competition drive down costs. host: states are going to be controlling whatever this setup? guest: affectively, yes. what affordable car

"washington journal," live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span.n wednesday, a journey -- attorney general eric holder testifies before dissident judiciary committee at 930 and eastern on c-span 3. >> c-span was created in 1979 box to you as a public service by your television provider. >> vice president joe biden spoke to attendees at the annual u.s. israel policy conference. he reaffirmed the u.s. commitment to israel. his remarks, head of president obama's first visit to israel. this is 40 minutes. i am a zionist. these are the words of a man who began his pro israel journey in 1973. over the next four decades, joe biden treat turn to jerusalem dozens of times. he has called every prime minister a friend. four years ago, month after you were sworn into office, we welcome you to the aipac conference. it is fitting that we have the honor of welcoming you again. [applause] the past four years have seen tremendous -- tremendous change in the total east. likes to president obama and you, we know that we have an administration committed to the securit

eastern. >> "washington journal" continues. host: clifford rossi is here. we're here to talk about the role of fannie mae and freddie mac in the washington area, also known in the housing industry. could you explain those organizations? guest: they have been around since the depression era. they are not lenders. they will take in loans from lenders. they put their guarantee of credit loss. the package them into mortgage- backed securities. those securities are sold off into the secondary market for investors. pension funds, life insurance companies, a variety of different investors. they are sold off and provide liquidity and stability to the housing finance system. host: i write a mortgage check every month. why should i care? guest: they provide a lower cost of financing then you would have in the absence of them. host: what happened as a result of the house in bubble? guest: everybody had a role to play in this one. with the advent of other lenders coming in and securitizing their own mortgages during the housing boom, but the market share of fannie mae

>> it's been made inlegislationly less secure, especially over montana, eastern washington area wherer functions along the border. what we've see now that is happening is policy and politics is trumping national security and public safety. >> brian: what about this show in particular. some things about the show that makes you shake your head? >> yeah, it shows what kind of infrastructure is in place, pretty much what it can see. it gives the smuggler an upclose look how it operates. so they know then where the border patrol is. all they have to do then is figure out where the border patrol is not. >> brian: you talk about where the crossings are. in the south, i couldn't believe it. say on average, 356,000 plus are illegal aliens are apprehended in the south. in the north 4,210 and those numbers seem like the north is no problem. you believe that we are very vulnerable there intentionally? >> it's virtually unpatrolled. in essence we have no idea what is coming across the northern border. right now the southern border, the agents are telling us, they are catching less than 3% of what

ended up losing 20-19 to eastern washington. we talked to each other last night a minute to go.the bag yet. with ten seconds to go, he turned to me and said, jack, this is not fresno, texas. where we lost a couple of years ago. >> look at the blue hens into the sweet 16. joe flacco, the ravens. this is a delaware moment for sure. >> absolutely. >> governor, always good to see you. we will be right back. we're on a budget we're not ready for spring. well lets get you ready. very nice. you see the various colors. we got workshops every saturday. yes, maybe a little bit over here this spring, take on more lawn for less. not bad for our first spring. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. keep your yard your own with your choice, a special buy at just $8. otherworldly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data samples per second. which is good for business. because planes use less fuel, spend less time on the ground and more time in the air. suddenly, faraway places don't seem so...far away. ♪ . ♪ your

eastern. "washington journal" continues. host: every monday on the "washington journal" reticulum. your money is being spent. -- we take a look at how your money is being spent. there is a small charge you probably have not noticed on your phone bill called the universal service fund. on your phone bill a comes up as the universal connectivity charge, a small charge there that finds a program that now has billions of dollars for it. to help explain why this fund exists and where the billions of dollars goes to, we're joined by edward white from the "the new york times." thisined the idea behind universal service fund. guest: when congress wrote the initial communications act, but wanted to make sure that people in rural areas were able to get phone service. they established a way to -- for phone companies to subsidize the service in high-cost areas, mainly rural areas, so those people could get linked to the rest of the country as well. since then, it has evolved not only to serve high-cost areas, but also to provide service to low-income people to provide connections, telecommunic

than it was before if we think about if we think about missile defense in terms of eastern europe at the same time washington officials have announced their plans to scrap the final phase of a defense shield in eastern europe that one would have seen interceptors capable of destroying most of russia's nuclear missiles which has been a huge point of contention between moscow and washington in fact let's go back to march of last year almost exactly a year ago there was an infamous exchange between obama and the then president dmitry medvedev with the american president famously saying during the open mike fay that he'll have more flexibility on the issue after the elections there they are right there and we could speculate that this could very well be that the u.s. president is sticking to his promises but this doesn't mean that russia has nothing to worry about like we said alaska japan aren't exactly far from russia's borders and anyway there is still plans to build some facilities in eastern europe though on a smaller scale than originally planned so we are looking at the situation which is changing but not

placing an additional rater in japan at the same time washington officials announced plans to scrap the final phase of a defense shield in eastern europe which would have seen interceptors capable of destroying most of russia's nuclear missiles and that has been a huge point of contention between moscow and washington for quite some time now in fact going back to march of last year the infamous exchange between obama and the president dmitry medvedev in seoul at the nuclear security summit with the american president saying he will have more flexibility on the issue after the elections so we could speculate this could very well be the u.s. president sticking to his promises but this doesn't mean russia now has nothing to worry about after all japan and alaska aren't exactly far from his borders and anyway there are still plans to build some facilities in eastern europe though on a smaller scale than originally planned. was discussed this issue further let's now cross live to belgium where a somber author and professor at the catholic university of new vein joins us to discuss this thank you for joining us washington has abandone

"washington journal" is live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. first lad night on " ies" she was called a big ms during her husband's campaign. rachel jackson died of a heart attack before her husband, andrew jackson, went to the white house. the white served as house hostess before a fall out during a scandal. we will include your questions and comments by phone, facebook, and twitter. live monday night on c-span and c-span 3. also on c-span radio and c- span.org. >> in his weekly address, president obama observes the three-month anniversary of the sandy hook elementary school shooting in newtown, connecticut. he speaks of legislation currently being worked on at the senate at attempts to reduce gun violence. then senator mike lee of utah delivers the republican address. he talks about the federal budget and wasteful spending. >> it has been three months since the tragic events in newtown, connecticut. three months since we lost 20 innocent children and six dedicated adult who had so much to give. three months since we as americans began asking

washington, d.c. we'll see you at 10:00 p.m. eastern right here, good night from washington. tue's in italy.it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> great joy. we have a pope. [ applause ] >> the conclave was to give rome a bishop. it looks like my brother, the cardinal, went to find him at the end of the world almost. but here we are. [ applause ] >> kimberly: hello, everyone. welcome to this special edition of "the five." i'm kimberly guilfoyle. it's 5:00 in new york city. 10:00 p.m. in vatican city, where you saw a new pope has been selected to lead the cath rick church. his name is cardinal jorge bergoglio. archbishop of argentina. he is 76 years 08 and a jesuit. chosen to be be called pope francis. it took a little over 24 hours for the cardinals to pick the pontiff in the:clave. now live to vatican city where fox's shepard smith is standing by. what can you tell us about pope francis? >> we learned about him together. we had group of 16 cardinals we were watching for. eighth on the list. not many people around here who were very much in the know in papal activity thought there was a possibility with nota

my interactions with officials at the department of veterans affairs from the eastern leaders in washingtonto the frontline officers in arkansas is that they are motivated and dedicated civil servants. many are veterans themselves. we had many new programs to benefit the gi bill and still working out the best practices and tried to clear the backlogs. they are troubling, but it's a matter of identifying the best practices and not a matter of the resources or the desire of anyone in congress or the differently veterans affairs or civil society. the companies like wal-mart and my home state. they started a program to any veteran who clears a background check and the leadership skills that they bring to every walk of life. >> i will get you out of here with this one. mark pryor is a vulnerable democrat. freedom works and club for growth are going after them. you are a young guy at 35 and double degree. a rising star in the republican party. politico said you are the guy most likely to succeed. are you taking a run at senate in 2014? >> i'm not as young as you are, but i'm trying to address the

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eastern. >> good morning washington enjoyed a long 50 year relationship with alexandria. by the time it was founded when he was 17, when he died at the age of 67, he participated in the political life of the city. he was a trustee of alexandria and he was a justice of the peace of fairfax county. he represented alexandria in the virginia legislator. even when he was president, he made sure when they chose this area to be the new site of the nation's capitol that alexandria was included in the original district of columbia. george washington loved to dance. and all the ladies really wanted to dance with him, to dance with the president of the united states was a big thrill. in 1798-1799, they came here for birthday balls. he died in 1799, they had one every year, except for 1,800 because it was too close to his death and during the world war. alexandria has the largest george washington's birthday parade in the nation. alexandria likes to say this is george washington's hometown. >> next weekend, more from alexandria, virginia has book tv, american history tv and c-span's

"washington journal" live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> a more private first lady come elizabeth munro refused to makinge the tradition of political visits to washington. we will explore her listenership with her husband james monroe and with her successor catherine adams. we will see the role she played in the 1824 presidential campaign of her husband don quincy adams in the complex listenership with her mother-in- law, former first lady abigail adams. we will include your comments and questions by phone and by twitter. >> during the weekly question time on wednesday, british prime minister david cameron answered questions mostly on the british economy. specifically on budget reform, childcare benefit, and performs to the national health service this is just over 30 minutes. >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> number one, mr. speaker. businessorning, i had with ministerial colleagues and others and i shall have further such meetings later today. time minister the believes there is an alternative to his double debt

when the soviet state system collapsed and the soviet armed forces withdrew from eastern europe there were people in washington who set out to find new enemies a new new justification or rationale for our global below tree presence and actually succeeded somewhat in expanding it as you pointed out with the global war on terrorism that period is no indeed what about this idea of policing the world something that. that washington has been engaged and for for so long it has that worked out it hasn't worked out has it it's cost us trillions of dollars tens of thousands of laws it's cultivated do it i mean he's alienated hundreds of millions of people in key regions of the world so why would we continue to do that so these numbers are going to come down very very rapidly over the next thirty six to forty eight months and there are no forces in washington that would want to keep it the way it is of course but those are being drowned out by voices that say no we can't afford it we have to economize we have problems in the united states we must address and oh by the way as i just pointed out this hasn't worked out wel

washington, d.c. we'll see you at 10:00 p.m. eastern right here, good night from washington. tuesday.n, have a great night. >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: [cheers] there is a brand new pope he is he from are argentina. we will tell you all about him and take you orome. [speaking italian] >> we don't have an immediate crisis in terms it of debt. in fact, for the next 10 years it's going to be in a sustainable place. >> bill: is that true? is a debt that may approach $20 trillion before mr. obama leaves office sustainable? we have a factor investigation and debate the issue with bob beckel. >> you are not protecting the kids from sexual predators and and passing jed can a's law. >> bill: colorado speaker of the house openly gay politician. "the denver post" called me a homophobe bigot. the man who wrote that will be here tonight. >> you are lucky o'reilly wasn't here today, sir. >> bill: also tonight, dennis miller on government waste and that could be brutal. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. tha

are featuring history in the literary life of a community just outside of washington d.c., in alexandria, virginia. pi p.m. eastern on c-span at 3. the history program will feature a look at alexandria through the eyes of our press president george washington. -- our first president george washington. >> this is george washington's favorite tavern. he dined here frequently. there is a tavern on the side. the current building where the museum is today was built circa 1785. the new addition on the corner was added in 1792. the new edition is over 200 years old too. people who died here included john adams, tom -- thomas jepsen, james madison, and james monroe. thomas dorson had his own -- his inaugural dinner here. -- jefferson had his inaugural dinner here. was well known all over the area. that is why presidents would come here. it was probably the best place to eat in this entire area. he left here to establish residence in baltimore and then in washington city. >> you think about george washington, you think about him winning the revolutionary war being busted character on your dollar bill. at this tavern, he wa

eastern time. i always love that view of washington, d.c. and of course, bill, i just came off vacation.es and i came home to this? >> eek. >> spring is now, right? >> 1:15. old man winter, bye-bye. >> and more storms coming? >> i put my request in that he shuts the door to canada. that's cold. i'm blaming canada for all the cold air. the snowstorm very impressive. 6 to 12 inches in much of new england, especially northern new england. that is leaving us. it's cold enough we're dealing with lake-effect snow. these windchills bitterly cold in the midwest. now they have made it to the east coast. windchills from new york city to boston in the 20s. d.c. not bad, 32. buffalo to albany in the teens. that's nothing compared to the northern plains. windchills brutal. green bay, negative 2. chicago, 9. if you're in the northern half of the country it's a struggle. even with sunshine it will be very chilly. we stay in this winter pattern at least the next week. only the southern half of the country will be a little more mild. it's going to be rainy on and off especially in the southeast. we have

alexander has the largest -- this is george washington's home town. >> next we can come out more from alexandria, virginia. saturday at noon easternc- 2's book tv. >> "washington journal" continues. host: brian brown is the president of the national organization for marriage. the supreme court will hear some cases. here is a headline. lay out what the court is going to hear. guest: there are two cases. this article is about the perry case. essentially it is whether there is a right to redefine marriage. the court has to rule. people in california voted to protect marriage as a union between a man and a woman. a prior vote was overturned. they voted again. those against the proposition filed suit. it went through the courts. supporters lost in the lower courts and in the ninth. now it is going to the supreme court. this is the decision on the future of marriage in the country. the second case is the doma case. this is also -- the court will hear both cases is essentially at the same time. host: what is your basis for your opposition? guest: marriage connects mothers and fathers to children. this is what marriage is. mothers and fat

washington have sometimes been turned out to what was happening in the technology industry. follow our tour of the consumer electronics show, tonight on a "the communicators" at 8:00 eastern onpan2. >> "washington journal" continues. >> joining me is frances rhodes with federal news radio. i want to talk about the logistics of sequestration. what is happening in washington? guest: right now does a lot of confusion. agencies are trying to figure out how they will present their plan to employees. we have only heard from a couple of federal agencies. the defense department talked about how they would work the logistics' a couple of weeks back. last week, the internal revenue service and the environmental protection agency -- agency talked about it a little bit. i was struck by how many people still do not know what is going to happen. they do not know how these cuts will affect them as employees and how it will affect the programs of their work on. host: -- they work on. host: have they been told how they will be notified of any furloughs? guest: it most likely will be by e-mail. it is possible some employees will be notified face-to-face. so far, pretty much all the contact we

"washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i was fascinated by her feminist views. i am paraphrasing. she warned her husband. you cannot rule without including what women want and what women have to contribute. this is the 1700's. >> abigail adams. this monday night on the new history series, first ladies influence and image. during the conversation on abigail adams live at monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> now eric holder talking about efforts by the justice department and the obama administration to pass the gun violence measures. he also talks about the impact across would have on the justice department. this is about 20 minutes. \[applause] >> well, good morning. and i want to thank you, doug, for those kind words. he and i go a long way back. i'm always worried when doug's introducing me because he knows -- he knows an awful lot of stuff that he could say. but he's always kind. he always kind of cuts it. and he's on his way to the supreme court to one of -- i guess a wom

"washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> i was fascinated by her feminist view. remember the ladies or you're going be in trouble. i'm paraphrasing, obviously, but she warned her husband. you can't rule without including what women want and what women have to contribute. and, i mean this is 1700's she's saying that. >> abigail adam, this monday night on c-span's new history series. she was called mrs. president from her detractors. one of the most prolific writers of any first lady she provides a window into her life with john adams. join the conversation live on monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> member in the british house of commons are back from a short recease. prime minister david cameron answered questions about the downgrading of the credit line by moody's. this is about 35 minutes. >> questions for the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this morning i had meetings with other others i i will have further such meetings later today. >> will the prime minister agree that it is unacceptable for members or respectiv

eastern. [video clip] >> do you find that washington and silicon valley are [indiscernible]/ >> that's probably fair to say. ties probably getting closer. there's more interaction these days than there was before. folks in silicon valley for a long time did not care what was going on in washington. likewise the folks in washington have spent been tone deaf to what's going on in silicon valley and the technology industry. >> the san jose mercury news technology columnist is touring the consumer electronics show, tonight at 8:00 eastern on c- span2. >> year standing by for president obama's announcement of sylvia burwell to be his next budget director. he is also expected to announce his georchoice of ernest duenezr the energy department. and gina mccarthy to take the top spot of the environmental protection agency. that is scheduled to take place in about 10 minutes from the east room of the white house if. until then, a discussion of the automatic budget cuts that took place on friday. host: we want to talk this morning about the logistics of sequestration. what is happening in washington? gues

. >> this weekend, george washington and drafting a blueprint for america, they at 7:30 p.m. easternn c-span3. >> "washington journal" continues. congressman richard hudson, a freshman. thanks for being here. guest: greg to be with you. host: you are serving on homeland security and are determined upon transportation subcommittee -- and you are serving on the transportation subcommittee. guest: >> i was honored that the chairman recognized by the leadership ability and gave me the opportunity. host: who did you work for when you were serving on the hill? guest: i was a district director six years and i was the chief of staff in north carolina in the fifth district and server two texas congressman. host: how different is it serving in congress? guest: it's not as different as you might think. i get to go-around on a motorcycle now, and it's a huge benefit. just try to preserve the people from back home. -- i get to go through metal detectors now. host: we are talking about security issues and what can be taken on to airplanes. react to the decision to allow small knives on airplanes.

we will have the phone opening in tomorrow morning on washington journal, starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern. you can watch all of c-span's coverage and the conference online good go to www.c- span.org -- online. go to www.c-span.org. next on c-span, "the communicators." [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> a look at some of the booth to see the technology being created this year. mr. massey, what is it that than a makes -- that venom makes? >> it is a security product for your mobile device. the idea of data guard is that it is an encrypted network, link between your mobile device and the internet. from grabbinge your wi-fi connection and your data. there's a really big danger with mobile devices could people can read your password and user names -- devices. people can read your password and username and see what you're doing on the web. more and more people are having their data stolen by the data being grabbed on open wi-fi networks. this product stops that. >> so we're looking at a little package here. whe