it includes an interview with the newest supreme court justice, a elena kagan.an watch multimedia clips from all of the justices. this is available now where evver ebooks are sold. " washington journal" continues. host: how did you vote? guest: yes. when you look at the options we had, and they were not all good ones, it was the best of the options. the greater risk of the country, the greater risk of the middle class if we did not do anything. i felt it was the right to vote at this time. host: were you yes all along? did you have to get there in some respects? guest: part of it was the details of part of it. whether or not we could actually have bipartisan committee that will tackle this in a way that looks at both at revenues and expenses at the same time. given everything that we had to look at, this was the best decision. a lot of the die was cast some time ago. it is not a good precedent to tie average debt limit to this kind of rancor that we went through. we also needed to move forward. host: a u skeptical about the so-called super committee? guest: spea

the new edition includes an interview with the newest supreme court justice, elena kagan. you can watch multimedia clips from all the justices. "the supreme court" available now. host: we are back on tuesday morning, august 2nd, getting your thoughts on last night's vote in the house to approve this debt deal. action moves over to the senate today. around 12 easter on c-span2. we want to see how this may play out. conservatives are warning and lasting political consequences as the republican presidential field offers conflicting positions on the debt ceiling compromise. republican from georgia. what are your thoughts on this debate, last night's vote, and the action today? caller: i am worried about cuts in education. i am a 22-year-old college student and i received telegrams. there was an extensive application i had to go through to avoid the loopholes. i do not understand why you cannot cut back on medicaid. i see people that just have to write down their income on a piece of paper and that is it. they can still get medicaid. there needs to be an application like the fi

then apparently he looked at the pictures and changed his mind and directed the solicitor general elena kagan now on the supreme court to file a petition to pursue the case. it describes some of the pictures. one shows a prisoner handcuffed to the bars with a bag over his head as a soldier holds a broom as the sticking it into his rectum. and there are lots like that with one showing a soldier putting up prisoner with the butt of his rifle, prisoners and soldiers pointing rifle that the heads of handcuffed detainee's. while the petition was pending in the supreme court the administration got through congress with lightning speed, unheard of speed. a bipartisan bill republicans fully signed on to that amended the freedom of information act to exempt these specific photographs and they have never seen the light of day. it will be interesting to see what the administration does about releasing photographs of the dead osama bin laden. these folders photographs would in flame anti-american sentiment around world. i don't know how the picture of osama bin laden is going to apply but we will see. th

. >> coming up, justice elena kagan talks about life on the supreme court.n the situation in afghanistan. after that, eric schmidt talks about the launch of googled tv. and now the supreme court justice talks about life on the supreme court. from the aspen institute, just over one hour. [applause] >> good evening, ladies and gentleman. [applause] thank you all for braving rain and welcome to listeners on aspen public radio. and most of all, they welcome to you, just as kagan -- just as kagan -- justice kagan. >> thank you. it is my first, but it will not be my last. [applause] it is great to be here and it is great to be here in this terrific community can i have been taking advantage of all of the music and all of the beauty. it is a wonderful place pierre >> comparing notes on hikes. many of you will see her on the shelves over the next few days. we will take your offer seriously to come back as often as possible. in 1998, a profile of the young in a kagan -- young elena kagan after being promoted to the chief of domestic policy in the clinton white house,

the new edition e-book includes an interview with the newest supreme court justice, elena kagan and with the enhanced e-book add to the experience by watching multimedia clips from the justices. c-span's the supreme court, available now wear a fur ebook sar sold. >>> what are you reading this summer? book tv wants to know. >> well, what i have read recently is a wonderful book that i wrote. it's called "the speech." it's a good book and it deals with the filibuster that i gave in december talking about a very bad agreement reached by the president and republicans of extending the bush tax breaks for the very wealthy and also goes into some detail to argue the middle class in this country is collapsing and it also talks about the growing inequality of america and what this means for the future of the country so that is self advertising vote. as my book provided free reading and was a good book. there's another book that i have read recently which i like very much. and that is called third world america by arianna huffington. it's a very readable book. she's a good writer, and she touches

it includes an interview with the newest supreme court justice elena kagan. can watch multimedia clips from all of the justices. whereveravailable now or eve ebooks are sold. in the morning, "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern every day. weeknights, what congressional hearings and policy forms. and supreme court oral arguments. on the weekend, our signature interview program. saturday, "the communicators" and prime minister questions from the british house of commons. you can watch their problem any time at which it to them what our programs at any time at c- span.org. c-span, washington your way. "washington journal" continues. larry kudlow, cnbc's "the kudlow report." he joins us from new york this morning. what is your big take away from this whole debate and everything that has been going on the last few weeks? guest: you are witnessing a real change in the policies regarding spending and borrowing. we are moving into the era of smaller government. the magnitude of this bill is not as great as some would have preferred. we need lower spending. the d

. >> earlier this month, the supreme court justice elena kagan declined to say except she will recuse herself if the health plan comes before the supreme court. she spoke about life as a supreme court justice and cameras and the court and interpreting block. she is interviewed by former law clerk to justice potter stewart elliott gerson from this is just about one hour. [applause] >> you told me this is your first time in aspen. >> but it will not be my last [applause] it might be pouring down but when i left washington, d.c., they just set a record for heat. that is pretty high. it is great to be here and great to be here in this terrific community. i have been taking advantage of the music and the beauty. it is a wonderful place them comparing notes on the heights. many of you will see her on trails for the next few days. we will take seriously our offer to come back as often as possible. klein 1988 profile of the young koo elena kagan, still very young, after having been promoted from the white house counsel's office to the chief of domestic policy and the clinton white house, she

i don't think we know enough about elena kagan's philosophy to know where she will be on the ideological continuum. we know less about her ideology that any nominee to the supreme court since sandra day o'connor in 11. every appointee had been a federal court of appeals judge for some time ana judge for a long time. kagan had never been a judge on any court before going to the supreme court. that is not disqualifying. many judges brothroughout history had ever been a judge on any court -- brandeis, warren, rehnquist -- but the fact that she had never been a judge means that we don't have access to her prior opinions in judicial philosophy great shot dead five major law review articles, and none of them -- she authored five major law review articles, and none of them said anything but to delet -- none of them said anything particularly controversial. as a result, i don't think we can know where she will be on the ideological continuum. to answer you >> you can watch all this program on line at c-span.org. aware, anprobably earthquake has hit the east coast. with 5.8 magnitude according to

president obama didn't the point sonia sotomayor patricia's catholic and elena kagan because she's jewish. he appointed them because ideologically they were in line with them. but i think it's actually one of the good things about american society that religious differences have faded to the point where the fact there are no protestants on the supreme court is, so what? and that's really sort of my reaction is so what. >> state courts are grappling with cameras in the courtroom, and we note from kathie that there's not likely to be cameras in the supreme court anytime -- >> the famous phrase was over his dead body. >> so what do you think about that? do you think would help the public's perception and understanding of the supreme court? or do you think it's a good thing they don't have been? >> i think it's absurd and ridiculous that there are no cameras in the supreme court. you can tell how much my opinion matters in that debate. look, you know, i think there are reasonable arguments to be made. i'm not persuaded by them, but reasonable arguments that in trial courts we have civilian wi

there are eight former federal judges, only elena kagan is not. she was dean at harvard law school. it's similar. the court that decided brown v. board of education. there was nine justices. i think it's terrible there are no state court, there are no former elected officials on the court. there used to be a long tradition of appointing people with political experience. you see that. justice breyer often, you know, he writed -- you know, a formative experience of justice breyer's life was when he was chief counsel to the judiciary committee. he saw how it was made. he thought the process was a good process and something that the court needed to take seriously. the rest of the court, i think it's particularly true with justice scalia have a lot of contempt on how the sausage was made. i think the lack of diversity in terms of professional background is a -- is a real loss to the court. i think state court, political sense, i think justice sotomayor is very valuable because of this reason, trial court. she's the only former district -- i think knows how trials work in the real world w

this new edition includes an interview with the newest supreme court justice, elena kagan. add to your experience by watching multimedia clips from all the justices. available now wherever the books are sold. >> congressional leaders agreed today on a deal to fund the federal aviation administration, ending a stalemate that had furloughed several thousand workers and it stopped airport construction projects throughout the country. before that announcement, representative steve latourette spoke with reporters in the capital. this half hour contains language some may find offensive. >> thank you for coming. i wish there was a more famous republican to stand in front of you today. i called my friend the speaker yesterday after a witnessed what i considered to be a disgusting display in the press conference in the capital and that occurred in the white house press briefing room yesterday with the secretary of transportation. i asked the speaker if he would be kind enough to invite all of you so i can share a perspective. i do not think any member of the united states house of r

it includes an interview elena kagan. available now wherever ebooks are sold. you are watching c-span, bringing you politics and public affairs. every morning, it is "washington journal." weekdays, watch live coverage of the u.s. house, and weeknights, congressional hearings and policy forum's. on the weekends, you can see our signature interview programs. you can also watch our programming any time at c- span.org, and it is all searchable. c-span, washington your way. >> "washington journal" continues. host: peter coy from of bloomberg "business week," the economics editor, joins us. all of the economics news in this morning's paper is not positive. is the u.s. poised to go back into a recession in your view? guest: i would say there is a good chance -- i do not want to put a percentage on it. president reagan's chief economic adviser told bloomberg television yesterday that he sees about a 50/50 chance of a recession. most of the economists put the number slightly lower, but if you look at the numbers lately, most of them are pretty bearish. look at the gdp g

there are eight former federal appeals court judges, and only elena kagan is not, and she was the dean of harvard law school. similar. the accord decided brown v. board of education, eight of the nine justices had never been just as before. think about how different that is. i think it is terrible that there are no state court judges on the court. i think it is terrible there are no former elected officials on the court. there used to be a long tradition of appointing people with political experience, and you see that. justice breyer -- he writes a formative experience of his life, when he was chief counsel to the judiciary committee, and he saw hal calls -- how laws were made, and he thought that was a good process, something that the court needed to take seriously. the rest of the court, and this is hsu of justice scalia, have a lot of contempt for how the sausage is made. on one level it is hard to blame them, but the lack of diversity in terms of professional background is a loss for the court, and state court experience, political experience, and another, i would add, and just as

this new edition ebook includes the newest interview elena kagan and watch multimedia clips from all the justices. c-span the supreme court. available now wherever ebooks are sold. >> senator marco rubio now on the debt limit compromise. the florida republican spoke at the young america foundation student conference. he says the obama administration needs to simplify the tax code and regulatory reform. senator rubio, a new member of the senate was the keynote speaker for the reagan 100 banquet, the conferences dinner event. this is about a half hour. >> lady gaga. [laughter] >> but i travel in different circles. our speaker tonight's parents emigrated from cuba with the rise of fidel castro and the young family arrived in america in the late 1960s where both parents worked very, very hard to contribute to the household. our speaker tonight worked his way through and graduated from the university of florida and then the university of miami law school. he spent eight years in the florida state legislature rising to the position of speaker of the house. and wrote a book entitled "100 wa

this includes an interview with the newest supreme court justice elena kagan and watch multimedia clips justices. available wherever e-books are sold. >> now, a chicago fund-raiser for president obama's fiftieth birthday. a joint fund-raising committee authorized to buy obama for america and the democratic national committee. >> are you ready to sing happy birthday? [singing happy birthday] >> ♪ happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday dear president happy birthday to you ♪ [applause] ♪ >> hello, chicago! [cheers and applause] it is good to be with some good friends. this is a warm welcome right here. first, let me say thanks to the extraordinary talent on stage. herbie hancock. [applause] ok go band! give it up. dj greg carter. give it up. [applause] the lovely and talented jennifer hudson from chicago. [applause] the not as lovely or talented, but -- [laughter] but very determined. very brilliant. very loyal. very tough. mayor of the city of chicago, rahm emmanuel. [applause] i am watching from washington, but it looks to me like he is doing a pretty good job. as far

in 1998, a profile of the young in a kagan -- young elena kagan after being promoted to the chief of domestic policy in the clinton white house, she was discussed as the white house's all purpose brain. an adviser to the president on all things legal and constitutional, she developed a reputation that just grew over the years of being able to bring together people of diverse ideological positions with enormous skill. in the white house, for example, she was the one who convinced john mccain and the republicans to allow the fda to have regulatory authority over tobacco, which was not a mean feat. after her experience in the white house, she returned to her roots in the law. she had been an editor of "the harvard law review," a assistant to thurgood marshall. she became the first woman dean of harvard law school. [applause] interestingly, there again, she became highly regarded for her ability to bring conservatives and liberals together in a very fractured faculty. she was appointed the solicitor general of the united states by president obama in january 2009. i think i am correct say

it includes an interview with the latest supreme court justice, elena kagan. available now or ever e-books are sold. "washington journal" it continues. host: let me introduce you to sarah binder, a political science professor in washington, d.c., at george washington university. she is also at the brookings institution, a fellow in governance studies. our topic is to learn more about the experience this country has had with special committees and commissions, such as the want it has now created for handling the data and deficit -- handling the debt and deficit. i was struck by a headline in this morning's "washington times." "politics in every choice facing deficit panel." my reaction was, as in every committee -- hasn't ever committee at truces to make? committee haty choices to make? guest: absolutely. just because the committee is treated as not make the work any easier. host: they have been around for a very long time. even in the 1800's, congress was creating a special committees. do you have a sense of in the modern age how often at they have been succes

there are eight former federal appeals court judges on the court and only a latent -- elena kagan is not. the court that decided brown v. board of education, eight of the nine justices have never sat on any court before, had never been a judge before. think about how different that is. i think it is terrible that there are no state court judges on the court. i think it is terrible there are no former elected officials on the court. there used to be a long tradition of appointing people with political experience. and you see that. justice breyer, he writes, a formative experience of his life was when he was chief counsel to the judiciary committee. he saw how laws were made. and he basically thought that process was a good process, and something the court needed to take seriously. the rest of the court, and particularly true of justice scalia, have a lot of contempt for how the sausages made on capitol hill. on one level it is hard to blame them, but i think the lack of diversity in terms of professional background is a real loss to the court. and state court experience, i think, poli