eleanor listen to frances perkins, frances was always very, was always very concerned about eleanor roosevelt's opinion. u.s seeger being attentive to eleanor roosevelt. there is no question they were close an important allies to each other. a feminist historian and i'm not sure who she was, someone mentioned it to me and stuck in my mind. where to beget the idea they could only be one important women at a time? [laughter] >> the past year has driven the press crazy because hillary clinton, sarah palin, michelle obama. do you think of tear should have done more to defend her during the harry bridges raucus? i was always disappointed he let her get beaten up. >> that is true. there is no question that he did let her be used as a punching bag. he deflected the things we consider the new deal, that fdr did it. he let her be the one that got criticized for it and then he would sort of hold back during the satel strikes that were so controversial. you would see him and his press conferences when reporters when asked, wasn't he going to drag those workers out of there? he would say what and you asked

. >> i believe eleanor roosevelt was very sympathetic to the jews and even tried to influence franklin roosevelt. did she have any role in this era of with truman? >> she was a u.n. delegate and one of two or three delegates who were against what was going on in the u.n. is was described with the state department. i would say she did play a very important role and also was close to truman. he really did listen to her and was influenced by her. her position is if you want a new u.n. to succeed how can you turn against partition when that was what the world voted for? that was our position. >> on the other hand publicly she was supposed to be chairman, during this period that the state department is engineering a big conspiracy to destroy partition, freda put together a huge dinner, rally with prominent speakers to protest the efforts of the state department to turn back partition and eleanor roosevelt was to be chairman of the meeting. and she put out the ad stop the state department conspiracy against jewish palestine. eleanor roosevelt said this is a grave embarrassment to the when th

and eleanor roosevelt was supposed to be chairman of the meeting.and they put out the ads stop the state department conspiracy against jewish palestine. and eleanor roosevelt said this is a grave embarrassment to me. i'm a delegate to the u.n. the president has appointed me. i cannot be at this dinner where you're slandering the president and making this public protest. privately she was tough with truman but she didn't want to go on record at the same time do something like appear at this mass-pressure dinner. >> what you're saying reminds me of my mother many decades ago went to a meeting where an american communist spoke and said the state department will always remain the same. presidents come and go. >> there you go. >> as i'm reading your book and as i'm watching also pbs behind closed doors, i'm impressed with roosevelt's thought that he could charm the people like stalin. and we now has a president who feels likewise. i don't know if there's a question in there. your book is terrific. >> everybody can buy it. we're going to sign copies. don'

delegate eleanor holmes norton in a moment."after words" with tierney cahill and delegate eleanor holmes norton continues. >> host: we are back with ms. cahill, who ran a remarkable campaign for congress. i can't tell you she's one of my colleagues in the house but watch out,

delicate eleanor. -- delegate, eleanor. what is next for the economy? steven more, and foreman reagan economic policy adviser on taxes and the end of prosperity. and "foreclosure nation." every weekend is filled with books and authors on "book tv.' look for our entire schedule online. >> here is kathleen sebelius about to testify at a senate appropriations committee on the annual budget. the white house has requested a net $79 billion for 2010. -- 807 $9 billion for 2010. region $879 billion dollars for 2010. job in the cabinet but also think the best job in the cabinet. your response please include comprehensive health reform, preparing for a possible pandemic influenza, addressing entitlements but also by medical research, substance abuse, drug safety and quite a few others. i certainly look forward to working with you cooperative lee in any way that i can. this hearing will focus on your discretionary budget but i would just like to mention some, what we are doing on comprehensive health reform. i know that you feel very strongly that prevention and

more with tierney cahill and eleanor holmes norton nm moment. "after words" with tierney cahill and delegate eleanor holmes norton continues. >> host: we are back with ms. cahill who ran a remarkable campaign for congress. i cannot tell you if she is one of my colleagues in the house, she might be, but it's how she did it and what she accomplished that has made this such a remarkable book. "ms. cahill for congress" came out in paperback. one fearless teacher in her sixth grade class and the election that changed their lives forever. ms. cahill, i have indicated you have been critical of the profession and of schools, but you've also offered the defense of schools and teachers and where they find themselves. this book is not a diatribe on schools and if you want to know everything about schools that is right or wrong with it education you need to get another book. if you want to have some fun reading about education and reading about how one teacher went about teaching children about the need to know in the sixth grade, all that they needed to kn

she discusses her book with district of columbia delegate eleanor holmes norton. >> host: welcome ton. >> guest: think you so much. >> host: this is the book, "ms. cahill for congress," and the subtitle, one phyllis teacher, her sixth grade class and the election that changed their lives forever. let me ask the obvious question. ms. cahill, how does a divorced mother with three children, no house, two bedrooms, one bath, how did you figure that out, apartment, two or three jobs, one cocktail waitress and where you sometimes get helm or galt home mabey 2:00, 4:00, who's counting, in the morning, extra curricular activities for students -- how does such a woman beside to run for of all things congress? not the school board or the city council but the congress? >> guest: right. well, actually, the students asked me to run for president first but i wasn't old enough. so, then we had to look for something else. >> host: you could have went down to senator. >> guest: we did. we marched through. we talk to the supreme court because i couldn't run for that and then they wanted segment protec

cahill ran for congress, she is interviewed by eleanor holmes nolton. then, "inside the revolution" with joel rosenberg, then "waht is next for the economy," a panel on texas and the end of prosperity. thyen, forecen, "foreclosure nation." look for the schedule at boo ktv.org. >> how is c-span funded? >> donations? >> i do not know. >> contributions? >> 30 years ago, c-span was created as a public service, with no government mandate and no government money. >> now to the white house, where obama met with congressional democrats, for the pay as you go budget rules. on the podium, spratt and pelosi. we will hear from them in a moment, but first, president obama. we will hear from them in a moment. [applause] >> have a seat. thank you. thank you for joining us in the white house. i want to talk about the comment of the treasury department on the financial stability plan. through this plan and the predecessor, taxpayer dollars were used to stabilize the financial system. this funding was also meant to be an investment, and this was meant to be temporary. th

delegate eleanor holmes gran home. then, how the followers of jefferson, and jesus are battling to transform the world. then, what is next for the economy? the former reagan economic policy adviser on taxes and the end of prosperity. later, "for closure nation." the housing crunch and where it is headed. the weekend is filled with books and authors on "tv." look for our entire schedule online at booktv.org. >> here is our present policy. we are really anxious, willing, and eager to stop the bombing, just as we are eager to stop the war. >> telephone conversations from the final months of president lyndon johnson's presidency. vietnam, and his troubles for the supreme court chief justice. listen on c-span area -- radio in washington-baltimore area, or nationwide on ex-im satellite channel 132. -- xm satellite channel 132. >> there's still time to get your copy of the c-span's 2009 u.s. congressional directory. district maps, and how to contact committees and caucuses. it is $16.95 online at cspan.org/products. >> next,

to the gentlelady from the district of columbia, and whose district this terrible attack occurred, eleanor holmes norton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from the district of columbia is recognized for one minute. ms. norton: mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman for yielding. on tuesday, the majority leader announced that he had not been able to muster enough votes to pass a civil rights bill, the district of columbia voting rights bill, which had a gun amendment which would wipe away the capital's gun laws. stephen tyrone johns, a guard at the holocaust museum, one of the most popular museums, because it is so moving, lost his life. there are political considerations that are moving against gun laws. i ask us to show that we are not defenseless, to protect official washington, not paralyzed when it comes to gun safety -- by not allowing gun amendments to stop unrelated laws like the district of columbia voting rights act. opening the city to gun carnage of the kind we saw yesterday. let this be the last gun carnage of its kind. let the district of columbia voting rights act pass th

she discusses her book with district of columbia delegate eleanor holmes norton. >> well, welcome to c-span. ms. cahill, welcome to washington. >> they do so much. >> this is the book. "ms. cahill

eleanor roosevelt also got involved in conservation. leopold as well. and doing another volume. i'm planning on going from this book beginning in 1958, the birth in new york of roosevelt. then to end with global warming that we have now and march through the multiple volume history. >> thank you, professor brinkley. >> brian, thank you. host[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2008] >> , history standpoint, where did you find a different artifacts and materials, did you bring them some morals? >> good question. most of the materials we have came from fish hatcheries from the field, everything in our archive is donated by former employees or steal the officers. these historic things that doug brinkley has written about, they were in garages, basements, attics, suffering from all sorts of environmental deterioration. once the open and archived, we filled up the archive in 10 years of historic artifacts so the public could see them and we could teach from them. >> the thing that motivated us is rachel carson is o

he's interviewed by eleanor holmes norton.ook for our schedules online at www.booktv.org. >> people like books. it is a sticky medium. you have seen it be sticky since about the 15th, 16th centuries. >> on the communicators, owner of random house on how the industry is changing. >> when you read something great. you want it to be an heirloom product for you personally. with digital media, it is harder for that to be true. you can't be proud of a bookshelf that is a memory stick. >> the future of publishing, monday night on the communicators on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we have the chief analyst for international piece and also the international crisis group here. guest: i want to proface by comments by saying i used to be with the international crisis group, but now i'm in washington. ahmadinejad gave a victory speech yesterday. today, i've not seen the press conference, but apparently along the same lines he thanked the people of iran for voting for him. he didn't give the impression that this was a co

she is interviewed by eleanor holmes norton.oel rosenberg takes you inside the resolution. -- revolution. what is next for the economy? taxes and the end of prosperity. finally, foreclosure nation. on the housing crunch and where it is headed. every week and is filled with books and authors on book tv. look for our schedule online. >> the government funding of college is a late 1950's and 1960's thing that has grown rapidly since then. >> hillsdale college has never accepted government funding. >> title for is 400 pages long. we have a lawyer here in town who tries to keep the government from giving us money. i want -- went to ask me title for and he said it was no use, i would not be able to read it. >> sunday night at 8 on "q&a" or listen on c-span radio, on xm satellite radio, or download the podcast. >> joining us, nancy ognanovich. how did they work out a key differences on the war spending bill? >> the chairman of the appropriations committee said that this conference report was not going to pass in the house if it went fo

delegate eleanor holmes norton. every weekend is filled with books and authors on book tv. look for our schedule online on booktv.org. >> how is c-span funded? >> i have no clue. >> advertising for products. >> public money, i'm sure. >> taxes? >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. no government mandate, no government money. >> mental health leaders gathered for a conference in the developments and challenges in the industry. the session featured a look at america's opinions on health care. speakers include tipper gore, who is the honorary chair of the group mental health america. this is about 90 minutes. >> welcome everyone. it is so enlightening to be in a room filled with people who want to make the difference we need to make in this country to get us back on the path of becoming the healthyest nation. we know unless mental health and substance abuse conditions are a core part are what happens to make us the healthyest nation, we're not going to get to where we need to get. so every time i'm with you, i get a

delegate eleanor holmes norton. . joel rosenberg takes you "inside the revolution." and what is next for the economy? stephen more, and former reagan policy adviser on taxes and the end of prosperity -- stephen moore. and florida real-estate attorney on the housing crunch and where it is headed. every week and is filled with books and authors on booktv. look for our entire schedule on line. >> here is our present policy. we are ready, anxious, willing, eager to stop the bombing, just as we are eager to stop the war. >> telephone conversations from the final months of lyndon johnson's presidency, for on vietnam, un appointees and troubles over his pick for supreme court chief justice. saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span radio, in the washington-baltimore area and 90.1 fm, online ad c- spanradio.org, and on xm satellite channel 132. >> how is c-span funded? >> private donations? >> taxpayers? >> i don't really know. >> public television. >> donations. >> i don't know where the money comes from. >> contributions from donors? >> how is c-span funded? 30 year

delegate eleanor holmes norton in a moment. >> this summer book tv is asking what are you reading? >> so i am looking forward to my summer reading list. a lot of people think that summer is the time for light reading. as far as i am concerned summer is the time to beat the big, heavy bucks. last year right tackle the fountainhead. this year i am looking forward. i tried to read it about 15 years ago and couldn't do it. came up with the new translation which i started on vacation and the fury. chipping away at it. about halfway through. probably on vacation and i'll be able to finish most of it. the new poets a prize-winning novel. by book club picked that one. i am going to finally read manhunt. the link in history. it has been out for a few years now. and a couple other things. he did the story of that your son tell which everyone else in my family has read and read about or america by ethan came in. finally, you know, some light reading is

. ♪ >> "after words" with tyranny cahill and delegate eleanor holmes norton continues. >> host: we'reack with ms. cahill, who ran a remarkable campaign for congress. i can't tell you she's not one of my colleagues but she may be and how this was a remarkable book. "ms. cahill for congress" came out in paperback. i've indicated that you have been critical of the profession and of schools, but you've also offered a defense of schools and teachers and where they find themselves. can book is not a diatribe about schools. what's right and wrong with education you need to get yourself another book. if you want to have some fun reading about education, about how one teacher went about teaching children what they needed to know in the sixth grade, all that they needed to do plus, plus what they learned by managing her campaign, then you'll find to read "ms. cahill for congress." now, at the same time that miss cahill does not spare schools when she thinks they should not be spared. she's been a teacher and she knows what it's like to work in those vineyards. i should offer an admission so you

she's interviewed by delegate eleanor holmes norton. sunday, joel rosenberg takes you inside the revolution. how the followers of jihad, jefferson and jesus are battling to dominate the middle east and transform the world. and what's next for the economy? former economic policy advisor on texas and the end of prosperity. and later a florida real estate attorney on the housing crunch and where it's headed. every weekend is filled with books and authors on "booktv." look for our schedule online at booktv.org. >> you're watching c-span. "washington journal" is next. that's followed by live coverage of the u.s. house. today they're scheduled to work on a tobacco regulation bill. .

and eleanor roosevelt got very involved. so i'm doing another volume. i'm planning on going from -- this book begins in 1858, t.r.'s birth in new york, and i'm going to wednesday the era of global warming, the time we have right now. march us through in a multiple volume history. >> thank you, professor brinkley. >> brian, thank you. >> from a hustry standpoint, where did you find the different art facts that you have and the materials you had? did you bring them somewhere else? >> that's a really good question. most of the materials we have have come off refuges or fish hatcheries. actually, from the field. almost everything in our archive is donated by former employees or by field office. so these historic things that douglas brinkley has written about, they were at garages, basements, attics. they were suffering from all sorts of environmental deterioration. once we filled up an archive, we did it in about 10 years. researchers could use them so we could teach with them. >> rachel carson is our most famous employee. when rachel carson retired from th

. >> after words with tierney cahill and a delegate eleanor holmes norton continues. .. schools and teachers and the way they find themselves. this book if you want to know everything there is to know about schools and what is right or wrong with the education you need another book. if you need fun about education about how one teacher went about teaching children with the need to know in the sixth grade,, plus what they learned by matching her campaign then you will "m.s cahill for congress." at the same time that ms. cahill does not spare schools when she does not think they should be scared but she is a teacher and she knows what it's like to work in those venues, and i shall offer what am i supposed to say, at mission so you know where i'm coming from. my mother was a schoolteacher and she taught in the d.c. public schools and the d.c. charter schools in particular. public education has been part and parcel of my own life beginning with my own parents. that wouldn't be enough to make me defend schools and i don't think being a teacher was enough to make to offer the

delegate eleanor holmes >> every weekend is filled with books and authors on book tv. look for our entire schedule online at booktv.org. >> now house republicans unveil their plan for regulating the financial markets. it differs in many respects from the legislation favored by congressional democrats and the white house. speakers at this event include financial services ranking member spencer baucus and republican whip eric cantor. this is about a half hour. >> i thank you for coming. i'm joined by republican whip cantor. we expect conference chair mike pence very soon and the republican leaders of the financial services committee who have involved in the past five months in crafting a comprehensive regulatory reform proposal which we're announcing today. let me start by recognizing our distinguished whip eric cantor for a statement. >> spencer, thanks very much. i'm honored to be here with the ranking member, spencer baucus and the senior members of the financial services committee. as we unveil as a conference a roadmap forward to address the number one issue that is

she's interviewed by delegate eleanor holmes norton. sunday, joe rosenberg takes you inside the revolution. how the followers of jihad, jefferson and jesus are battling to dominate the middle east and transform the world. and what's next for the economy? steven moore and former reagan economic policy advisor arthur lafer on "the end of prosperity." and later, a real estate attorney on the housing crunch and where it's headed. every weekend's filled with books and authors on "book tv." look for our entire schedule online at booktv.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: senator coburn, senator baucus says that when it comes to this fall that a health care bill will be on the president's desk. do you think that will happen? i hope so. we have problems in health care that we have to address. we have to address costs, access. but we also have to address our global exet yitness -- competitiveness. we now have over 17% of our g.d.p. spent on health care. it's almost twice what the rest of the world spends. there's no question we have te

caller: thank you appeared here in eleanor, unemployment is up to 10.1%, and i disagree with one of the callers that the people who are unemployed are not qualified or not looking for a job. i hold a master's degree in computer science and i have a very hard time finding -- so i simply don't agree with people who are saying that. people who are out of work are not not qualified. and i think barack obama should have concentrated more on job creation rather than just giving money to banks. host: some political stories, from page of "the los angeles times, " the mayor saying he will not run for governor. the decision may help possible democratic candidate jerry brown, more than gavin newsome, mayor of san francisco. jerry brown served as governor in the 1970's and 1980's. and a story in a lot of attention, the headline from the state newspaper in south carolina. it says sanford a wall -- who is in charge? john o'connor said south carolina gov. staff said the governor is taking on appellation trout, ending four days in which the staff and state officials say they have not heard from him. ni

freeport, eleanor. the independent line. caller: i have a 1985 dodge pickup with a legendary slant 6 in june, 22 miles a gallon, weighs 5,000 pounds, it can gross 8,000 pounds. it is only 90 horsepower but yet it will pull anything down the road. way more dependable than anything out on the road now. and it was made in america. it puts food on the table for americans. i refuse to buy anything from japan or anything from korea, absolutely not. host: thank you for your call. guest: but i think one thing people should be aware of is that foreign-owned auto makers are huge employers in the u.s., especially in the south in states like alabama and missouri. toyota and honda and floyd thousands of americans. we are not just talking about cars made in japan or elsewhere being imported. these are people building large factories and some of them are rapidly expanding manufacturing employers and the u.s.. host: greg on the democrats' line. caller: of the only thing i'm worried about -- is there any danger of people taking advantage of

i remember when she was in the white house, you know, eleanor roosevelt had press conferences so whenrry became president they said is police say truman going to have press conferences and i think his answer was, i need to get back to you, which is smart. he wasn't going to answer for bess. they had to run this by bess first. she didn't want to have press conferences. she finally submitted to written questions and all the answers were yes or no. [laughter] >> she just didn't -- she just didn't take -- just didn't take to the -- you know, being in public the way harry did. so, yeah, but she loved her hats. >> when president truman left office, he was not the most popular of presidents. my question is, on this trip did he run into any animosity or any people shaking fists or anything of that nature? >> honestly i did not find -- i can't believe it didn't happen but i didn't find a recorded incident of that. and you're absolutely right. his approval rating was about 22% when he left office in early 1953. which is just about where george w. bush's was when he left office in january of 200

host: let us hear from michael on the independent line from chicago, eleanor. caller: good morning. i agree with mr. hackett -- about 90 percent of what he described. i will mention what i disagree with. but to the point of global warming, the language has actually changed because it has been a lot colder. i think we are having historic lows in temperatures around the globe so now it is changed to global climate change. the sunspot activity that you talked about earlier, many scientists completely agree with that and we are at a historic low with respect to sunspots and obviously it is a lot colder. there is some concern, and i would like to ask you moving forward, there are programs out there to curtail global warming in the form of particulates brain. a lot of conversation around universities and actually some studies under way where they are spreading certain reflected chemicals into the atmosphere. that is one. the other is around a carbon tax credits. there may be some conflict of interest and that they will receive -- they set up some organization that i believe pam obama -- w

she discusses her book with district of columbia delegates eleanor holmes norton. >> host: welcome to c-span and welcome to washington. >> guest: thank you so much. >> host: this is the book, "ms. cahill for congress", and the subtitle: one fear was teacher, her sixth grade class, and the election that changed their lives forever. let me just ask the obvious question, how does a divorced mother of three children and no house, a two-bedroom one bath, apartment coming to three jobs, one cocktail waitress and it shall we call it where you sometimes get home or got home and two or maybe 4:00 o'clock in the morning, extracurricular activity for her students -- have such a woman decides to run for of all things congress, not the school boards or city council or the congress? >> guest: well, actually the students asked me to run for president first, but i wasn't for that so that we had to look as something else. >> host: un down to senator. >> guest: they want to know if we could run for the supreme court and i could really run for that and then they wanted senate to protect and speaker of t