committee holding a hearing this morning with elizabeth warren.ey are apparently having some problems with the sound system. we will resume live coverage when they get experience in about 10 minutes, the u.s. house will capeline for morning our general speeches. we will break away for that coverage. this will continue to stream online at c-span.org and we will also would back after the morning session with the house. the house comes in with legislative business today at noon peake -- a 12:00 p.m. eastern. there are about 15 bills scheduled today for the house, including one that offer cash rebates to those who trade in their older cars for new work, more fuel-efficient vehicles. -- for newer, more fuel- efficient vehicles. you can follow senate coverage on c-span2. >> the joint economic committee here waiting to resume, looking at the troubled assets relief program. they are hearing from elizabeth warren, who heads the congressional oversight panel. our other live coverage includes at about 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3 will have live coverage of

elizabeth brackett author of pay to play. and elizabeth will be signing copies of this book right after this event in one of the rooms right outside here and i urge all of you to read it. i was just telling elizabeth before we came up here this is one of the first books -- i do this every year here at the litfest. this is the first time i'd actually read the book before they assigned me to interview the author. i was an eager -- an eager reader of this book when it first came out as a lot of people in illinois have been because the story of our governor is a fascinating and ever-changing story with so many different dimensions. i will ask elizabeth some questions. we'll have a conversation here for a short time and then i'd like some of you to come up and take the microphone about halfway through and i'd like to hear your questions as well. the first thing i want to talk about -- i want to start this conversation with something that's been in the news in the past week and that is patti blagojevich, the ex-governor's wife is n

elizabeth brackett. [applause] >> thank you for attending today's discussion and supporting the chicago tribune commitment to literacy. a book signing will take place in the arts from, as you exit the room to you're left is the first room on you're left. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] de [inaudible conversations] dave: [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] author elizabeth brackett, correspondent for pbs newshour with jim lehrer, her new book is "pay to play: how rod blagojevich turned political corruption into a national slideshow". and we will continue shirley with our coverage of the "chicago tribune" printer's row book fest with discussion on the sojourner truth and it t.r. m. howard. we'll be right back. >> us for university press in 2009 has several new titles coming out, susan ferber, a senior editor with oxford. what are some of those new titles? >> how be thrilled to, we have a range

thanks for coming out, elizabeth.applause] >> elizabeth bracken is a correspondent for pbs news hour with jim where. stack the solution is probably going to be choice. right now we have no choice. you drove presumably. if you want to go somewhere 95% of the time you are driving. 98% of the energy in that car is oil. we have no choice in vehicle but we have no choice in fuel. and that's the biggest problem so we have to start thinking about different types of cars that are more efficient using different types of fuels like electricity. and then so is not always a car that you have to pick. if you are old and/or you are young or you're disabled or you are injured or poor, you don't have a car. cars are not an object and that is a big part of this population here and everywhere in the world. so we need to have much more creative incentive, you know, differentiated ways of moving ourselves around. >> in your book you talk about some alternative fuels, former administration of president bush put a big investment into hydro

elizabeth with the interchange. can i ask you given the good work you all have done on shepherds parkway to facilitate the federal project whether or not, i shall let you know, the district of course, will not take care of this federal project with that in a highway funds that it has. rather than has been discussion within the federal highway administration of this matter can be resolved, the major transportation matter to make sure these 8,000 people again to this new development? >> the staff and the federal land office have been actively involved in the st. elizabeth project i do not know the specifics where they are right now and the issue you refer to have to get back to to you withn days to for the record. >> please to back within 10 days we're trying to get ahead of a major problem if we do not begin to work on a number of thank you very much and particularly for what you have done with the apprenticeship programs. >> thank you ms. stores in you have spent a lot of time with us this morning and you are dismis

i did bring my daughter, elizabeth, with me. we believe in the cheney family cannot start politics or fly-fishing too early and i am proud to say elizabeth accomplished both pursuits and is also here today because she got to leave school early so we should make note of that but it's special for me to be honored by the clare boothe luce policy institute and i have many years followed the work the institute does and i think there's nothing more important any group can do and mentor young people particularly focusing on young women. as meshaal mentioned i've worked the past many years issues relating to the middle east and had a chance to spend time with young women in the middle east and i am always coming away so inspired by their dedication and commitment to change their society, to change the future and bring their nation into the 21st century and i think that you all in the room today have the same potential to be the leaders of the future so i can't tell what an honor it is to be here with you. i think it's become fashionable

i did bring my daughter, elizabeth, with me. we believe in the cheyne family that you can never start politics or fly-fishing too early. i am proud to say that elizabeth is accomplished at both pursuits. she also is here today because she got to leave school early. it really is very special for me to be honored by the clare boothe luce policy in this to to -- policy institute. there is nothing more important that any group can do than to mentor young people, and particularly focusing on young women. as michaud mentioned, i have worked for the past many years on issues relating to the middle east and have had a chance to spend time with young women in the middle east. i am not -- i always come away so inspired by their dedication and commitment to change their societies, to change the future, and to bring their nations into the 21st century. i think you all in this room today have the same potential to be the leaders of the future. i cannot tell you what an honor it is for me to be your review. i think it has become fashionable i

thousand and reno a thousand will be using this malcolm x area to make their entrances to saint elizabeth with an interchange. could i ask you given the good work you all have done on shepherd's parkway to facilitate this a federal project whether or not and i should let you know that the district, of course, is not going to take care of this federal project with in any highway fund it has -- whether there has been discussion within the federal highway administration of how this matter can be resolved. this major transportation matter for making sure this a thousand people dead in to this new development? >> i know that several our federal lands on his have been actively involved in the santa elizabeth project. i done of the specifics of where they are right now in the issue you referred to so i will have two. >> two for the record. >> i wish you will, i will have them get back to us within 10 days about try to get ahead of what could be a major problem if we don't be in to work on and now. thank you very much and particularly thank you for which you have done with these three apprentice

i will ask elizabeth some questions. we'll have a conversation here for a short time and i would like some of you to come up and i can at that the microphone about halfway through and i'd like to hear your questions as well. the first thing i want to talk about, i want to start this conversation with something that's been in the news the past week and that is patti blagojevich, the ex-governor's wife is now on a reality tv show "i'm a celebrity; get me out of here." has anybody been watching that besides me? this is a very highbrow crowd. [laughter] >> it's a very wise crowd, i think we could see. >> i have not missed a minute of it. [laughter] >> and i wanted to know, elizabeth have you been watching and what do you make of it? >> i watched the first night and that was about tough for me. but it's interesting neither our former first lady or her husband seem to be able to shy away from the cameras these days. that is critical to both of them. and you have to say something they are doing a good job on their media tour. >

. >> now elizabeth edwards talking about patients' rights. she spokane washington at the patient's advocate foundation. this is about 40 minutes. >> good evening. good evening. i would like to invite all of you to continue to enjoy your dinner, but we certainly want to have adequate time and attention to enjoy the remark that elizabeth edwards is here to share with us this evening. i would like to introduce her the way all of us as advocates i think know her. i think elizabeth that if there was one thing this audience could say to you is that we see you to be a woman of substance. bctv someone that is an advocate for children. [applause] you are passionate about sharing your experience with cancer. we see you also as someone who is reached into your community and established scholarships and in honor of your son, wade and also an honor of your father and we also have scholarships for survivors. wees seawall so as someone who decided that he would record your thoughts and your emotions or all of us to learn from. your first book was saving gra

this panel that elizabeth warren chaired has looked at the operations of the program.rp is not popular. but the point that tim geithner and others have made is that it does seem to have some role in having save the financial system last fall. you never know what would have happened if tarp had not been put into place. many of economists say the downturn would have been worse. but this is not a popular program and banks' people are not popular in washington or across the country. but i would not expect public statements of them saying that. host: do you think that if things get into trouble again they can go back for tarp funds? guest: i believe they are. i do not think anyone wants to, though. one of the things about the stress tests is to encourage banks to build up reserves so that they are more solid and can weather another economic downturn. as banks leave the tarp program executives have a strong desire not to re-enter it. host: john shaw joined us this hour. . caller? caller: thank you for c-span. i would give obama and a, he jumped right in as soon as he took of

anthony and elizabeth cady stanton. if you go deeper than that you don't know anyone but it's like the founding fathers. we don't know the names of two of them, we know the names of many of them and the names of generals in the civil war. it's women's history hasn't gotten a fair shake it should have gotten and it's beginning to get -- it hasn't gotten the same kind of coverage. history has been written with the idea of laws in mind and borneman have a different story to tell so there are not very many women and that the original antebellum movement who are well-known besides the two mentioned. >> in your opinion of what clarita nichols think of women's rights today? >> good question. i would say she would think we have come a long way in certain areas. certainly educational and vocational the women have come a long way. they are involved in the professions and slightly involved in politics, although only 16% of the congress these female and she wouldn't like that. she would have think that would have gone a lot farther

please join us for lunch with elizabeth warren in the grand ballroom. it's a quarter to 11:00, sorry. join us for a luncheon with elizabeth warren in the grand ballroom whose role in the country has even exceeded what it was when she was invited. volunteers will be onsite to address you to your appropriate locations. please remember to return cle evaluations to the table. thank you to the sponsor of this plenary session, and the american federation of civil employees. thank you all very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> president obama heads to russia next week for talks on nuclear disarmament and other issues. today in washington, a group called global zero commission looked at the future of u.s. and russian weapons reductions. this is just over an hour. >> thanks very much. i think we're still rounding up certain members of our commission but i assume these seats will be filled in the course of our press conference today. my name is richard burt and i'm a member of the global zero commission. the commission held its first meeting here in w

this is happening in new york city, and one of the publishers that is here is chicago review press, elizabeth is the publicity director. tell us about some other books that you have coming up. we have a couple of fantastic books on the fall 2000 minus. first we have a wonderful book by ned. he is the author of cuba and its music as well as of the world that made new orleans. and as he was working on the world that made new orleans he also began writing his memoir of writing it. and that is the year before the flood and it tells literally about as he was living in new orleans in the french quarter, the things that he discovered there, the people that he encountered, especially the musical history which is really his forte's neck is a beautiful book and it will be coming out on august the ninth which is the four year anniversary of hurricane katrina. and they may also have a book which is a young adult narrative, he is the cousin of emmett till's. he was there during the emmett till's line and this is his story as written for young adults so they understand the historical importance for the civ

with the new pulitzer prize-winning novel by elizabeth strauss the, i will take a look at that, and i will finally read the manhunt, the lincoln history by jim swanson which has been up for a few years now, and a couple other things a the story of address i tell which everyone else in my family has read and raved about or america by, and some light reading is called for and i hope to finally tackle twilight. i love the movie more than nine expected and everybody said the books are even better. >> to seymour summer reading lists and other program information, visit our web site at booktv.org. >> one we're at the 2009 book expo convention in new york city here with china temple, publisher from new york, want to tell us about what's coming out this fall? >> this fall one of the books we are most excited about is a graphic novel by the great black film maker melvin van peebles adel a book that inspired his new film of his that is going to begin premiering in august and september of this year simultaneous with the publication of the book. and he is the godfather who of the black exploitati

elizabeth edwards will appear on cnn later on "larry king live." here is what john edwards said last summer. >> two years ago i made a very serious mistake. a mistake that i am responsible for and no one else. in 2006 i told elizabeth about the mistake, asked her for for forgiveness, asked god for his forgiveness and we have kept this when it -- within our family since that time. all of our family knows about this. just to be absolutely clear, none of them are responsible for. >> is this a fair completely over? >> yes, it has been over for a long time. host: the questions we are asking, private lives and public officials. the home state newspaper in columbia, south carolina "the state." wayne washington in his piece saying the presidential dream is dead. whatever hopes mark sanford had to become president withered during his mysterious absence and died altogether during wednesday's explosive news conference, according to political observers. also the, stanford has much to do to make amends for deceit. the editorial said legislatures do share part o

ladies and gentlemen, harvey, paul, he elizabeth, me, studs. thanks for coming, by this book.pplause] >> thank you for attending today's discussion and supporting the chicago tribune's commitment to literacy. a book signing will take place in the arts room as you exit this room to the left, it is the first room on your left. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

. >> elizabeth the second by the grace of god by the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and of other religious terry -- relative territories queen, head of the commonwealth, a defender of the faith, to all to whom the shall come, greetings. there are pressing can brief -- pressing concerns. we ordained this our present parliament to begin and behold and that are city of westminster the 11th day of may in the 54th year of our rain, on which day the parliament was begun and is now hold on. as far as we have been informed that the lower house of our parliament have lately made a choice of our beloved and faithful john bercow esquire in the room of our beloved and faithful michael john martin, as far, to be speaker of the lower house of our parliament. we are graciously pleased to approve this choice and to allow and concern the same and for as much as the causes and considerations we cannot conveniently at this time be prevalent in our royal person in our said parliament. we come a trusting in the fidelity and care of the most reverent father and my god and our faithful cou

elizabeth ii, by the grace of god of the united kingdom of great brynn and northern ireland and other realms and territories queen, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith, to all to whom these presents shall come, greetings. whereas we did lately -- difficult and pressing affairs concerning us, the state, and defense of our united kingdom and the church or detain this, our present parliament, to begin and beholden at our city of westminster, the 11th day of may in the 54th year of our reign on which day our said parliament was begun and holden and is there now holden and whereas we have been informed the lower house of our said parliament have lately made choice of our beloved and faithful john simon bercow, esquire, in the room of our beloved and faithful michael john martin, esquire, to be speaker of the said lower house of our said parliament of which choice we are graciously pleased to approve and to allow and confirm the same and for as much as the caused and considerations we cannot conveniently at this time be present in our royal person in our said parliament, know ye

and the third thing i asked myself, and this is echoing elizabeth, is can i just not wait to get to work in the morning? all of these standards, a current job passes. i was so happy when i got and a plane to come back to harvard law school and participate in this event. not a day goes by that i do not miss the school. i miss the dynamism and energy, the passion for ideas that one finds here, and the commitment to equal truly making a difference in the world. these things do not emanate from the buildings. that emanate from this outstanding group, and it is state of faculty and staff. warren and cosgrove are such superlative representatives. but most of all, i missed the students. i used to say, some time something goes wrong and you get into a funk, but i realized that there was a short foolproof way that the job had of getting me out of a funk. and the way was to leave my office behind, shut the door, and go someplace where there a lot of students. it is the students that make this place great. it is the students to provide it with its dynamism and energy, and they demonstrate every day

funding for the queen elizabeth and the royal family cost british taxpayers 68 plea $6 million last year, almost $2.5 million more than the previous year. caller: i was trying to talk about the medicare debacle and the insurance industry. you probably have insurance where you work. you also have the chance for supplemental insurance. that is basically the way that the older folks on medicare are. i do not understand why americans are not able to buy into the medicare system at $20 per week. older folks insurance probably cost $80 per month. that is $20 per week for each american. just like when you get your car inspected, you have to prove insurance. it would be basically the same way that we could run the system. the government already takes out medicare taxes and stuff on the check. i do not see why it would be such a big deal to take out an extra $20 for someone who wanted that type of insurance. the other idea -- they want more basic insurance. that is just what medicare is. if they wanted something like aarp, people in their 50s could get the supplemental. host: thank you for the ca

designate the federal building in united states court house located at 306 east main street and elizabeth city north carolina at as the j. herbert w. small federal building in united states court house. >> i yield myself one minute. mr. speaker, my friend, the ranking member correctly cited a whole series of very important issues that we -- the united states has with the government of iran. she is correct. the reason i worked to bring this up on this quick notice is about what she pointed out at the end of her comments. this resolution is not about a recitation of all those issues. it is about an affirmation of something that this house of representatives has done in places all over the world, whether it is and tibet, cuba, or in eastern europe, the middle east, or any other region. to reaffirm our commitment to stand for certain fundamental, universal principles involving human rights, participatory democracy, and the affirmation of the rights of the people of any country. today, it is about the people of iran. with that, i reserve the balance of my time. >> we have an impressive lineup

[applause] >> paula also holds the elizabeth woodson chair and is the editor of the academic journal. she's a journalist who has been published in the "washington post" and among other publications. at the far end of the panel robert roper, we're here today, obviously, to take about biography and related topics. but, in fact, most of robert's published books are novels or story collections. he's written for magazines such as national geographic, outside and men's journal, for newspapers including the "new york times," "chicago tribune," "san francisco chronicle" and happily the "los angeles times." he's alsok# been publishing ess in the american scholar and he teaches writing and -- teaches in the writing and the film departments at johns hopkins. he's, i'm told, at work -- just written a new novel and a work on a second and in search of another biographical book. finally, richard reeves who probably needs no introduction to any of you. richard is the senior lecturer at the annenberg school of communication at usc. he's probably best known for his presidential biographies of john ken

the witness is elizabeth warren who was appointed by congress to oversee the program. and we'll show a portion of the joint economic committee hearing which begins live at 10:00 a.m. eastern until the house of representatives gavels in at 10:30. follow house debate on c-span. .

elizabeth warren will be there. we will show a portion of the joint economic committee hearing which begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern until the house gavels in at 10:30. >> how is c-span funded? >> private donations? >> i do not really know. >> from public television? >> donations. >> i do not really know where the money comes from. >> federally? >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private initiative, no government mandates, no government money. >> president obama and vice- president biden laid out plans for stimulus of funds over the summer with a goal of creating or saving about 600,000 jobs in the u.s. economy. they made remarks just before a cabinet meeting in the white house. this is about 15 minutes. >> it seems strange to thank you for joining us in your house, but thank you for joining us. now, paying people a good, decent wage. because of the tax credits, the company in missouri is building 100 new windmills. this is happening all over. we went

and thank you, elizabeth. this is really all for you, after all. i would like to thank those who, like me, had the benefit of serving as chair of the dlc. they're all here, and have all been introduced. it is a club by want to be a part of. we were really breasts -- blessed in those early years. there is a really magnificent person who is going to speak after me that proves the dlc program. rachel, i am so proud of you. i'm glad you're representing the state and local officials. that was a really good movie. it had the virtue of being at least except for the stuff about me, true. i think secretary sebelius may be here. we were together at a previous event, and i'll have more to say about that in a minute. i loved getting involved with the dlc. for one thing, i was tired of getting beat. i am old enough now to remember what it was like to get beat over and over and over again. essentially, here is what happens to us. national elections and the standing of national political parties are determined by three things. the political culture, the condition

and jerusalem the only woman to rule in her own name in the 14th century, every bit as dynamic as elizabeth one of england rolled over the court in naples and incredibly trivial and a look at the 14th century through the lens of her life. >> also coming out this fall? >> of book called meltdown iceland which i think will be a fascinating way into the economic crisis that hit us last year. this is the story of the economic collapse of the country and we will publish it on the one-year anniversary october 7. it is a fascinating inside story of greed, overreach of all the things that happened, happened in iceland but understandable in a microcosm and i think that is what makes this story is a fascinating. >>host: you have been with walker since 1993 how has the publishing industry changed since then? >> it has changed in almost every way and yet it hasn't. it sounds contradictory but the marketplace has changed enormously obviously. and 1993 the chains were not as dominant, amazon was not invented. the price clubs and warehouse clubs and airport shops sold practically nine. the number of outle

in 2006 i told elizabeth about the mistake, asked her for her forgiveness, asked god for his forgiveness, and we have kept this within our family since that time. all of my family knows about this. and just to be absolutely clear, none of them are responsible for it. >> is this a fair completely over? >> yes, it has been over for a long time. host: that interview conducted by bob woodruff of abc news. in "the washington post," more on the metro accident that took place, but next to that, "governor sanford admits to a fair." next call. good morning. caller: good morning. i am calling because it seems to be a tit-for-tat. democrats do not one the republicans to get an edge in. republicans want to come back at the democrats. i said they are technically one of us. the problem is everybody is trying to get information on someone else, and men and women are about to stray when they have these kinds of situations. you are in the public, you are exposed to so many people. you have best friends, acquaintances. you do not want to talk to your wife about it, you talk to your wife's neighbor or your

. >> elizabeth has mentioned the fact that the stress tests may have missed a big area of stress, which is commercial real-estate lending. is that true? are you reckoning with that? is that something that you. o under the carpet? >> they were careful to put concerned estimates of potential losses across of all types of credit assets. there is a picture that they put out is very important. they had peak losses over the last century. the estimate that they use, this is not a prediction of losses. they have to make sure there is a thick enough cushion. the estimate that they used was the -- worse than the peak two years of losses during the great depression. our economy had shrunk dramatically. it was a very conservative test. when the results were disclosed, and you saw that level of transparency brought to bank balance sheets. you see a lot of capital going into the finance system. >> you were in china recently. i wonder, how worried are they about their debt in america? you mentioned that you were hoping to see that the 3% of gdp. they did not think that would be possible. >> i think th

. >> now the chairman of the congressional oversight panel, elizabeth warren. congress created the oversight panel to supervise the t.a.r.p. program and the treasury department. mrs. hartman was the full witness. this is an hour. >> i should start by saying, i am not scripted, so you should take my comments as my comments alone and not necessarily reflecting those as -- of the panel. i will do my best to reflect the views of the panel, but otherwise you should understand you are hearing from me. we are the smallest of the oversight units here, especially as compared to the inspector general. what we try to do here is a fact-based analysis of the operations under the toxic relief program and the impact of that program. we're really trying lard to see what the effective necessary -- we're really trying hard to see what the effectiveness is and ways to make it more effective. we return to the same theme that we started with our first report about transparency, accountability, and clarity throughout the system. and they appear again in a report that we issued today

as i have searched news about iran, elizabeth palmer is the only reporter i have seen able to stay there. on the matter of the health-care issue in american al i have done some research here in wisconsin where we have talked to bury farmers about their health care, many paying $1,500 per month, $500 deductible. milk prices are down. these people are so important. healthcare is a very serious issue, yet when you ask them what they think are some solutions, well, they do not want national health care because they do not want the government involved. i think that is the success of certain conservative talk-show hosts scaring people away from that solution. what we do not know all about is how national health care works overseas in some countries like australia. is it a good program, or not? i think we need to follow up more on that in the media, on television and get the word out. your comments on that? guest: i think you make some very good. and i think you will see stories -- there have been a lot frankly, over the years, but now we are avenue time here where barack obama has said "i want

treatment over the troubling guide of the 15th amendment does not place sojourner on the side of elizabeth cady stanton and susan b. anthony as other writers do. while sojourner's greatest personal triumph was probably winning the hearts of her own people, her activism was broader than that. and her sacred ethos had large, secular aims of human progress. religion without humanity, she said, is a poor human stuff. thank you. [applause] >> we are next going to hear from the two authors of "black maverick" the biography of trm howard and his fight for civil rights. and the first of those two authors professor linda beito. [applause] >> one benefit of the book is that it allows for those hard-working lovers of freedom to be known. dr. howard is an example of success in a time where few african-americans can make such a claim. he was by the 1950s a millionaire banker, on the board of tristate bank in memphis, a successful surgeon, a plantation owner, owning over 1,000 acres and a freedom fighter. he controlled and started successful boycotts. when he walked into a room everybody knew it. the

please welcome the moderators, elizabeth taylor and rick kogan of "the chicago tribune."plause] ..

my wife is named judith, not elizabeth. good thing he is in congress because i would hate to see what he would do to patients. caller: how come none of the democrats or any republicans are calling -- i believe in talking to people in the health-care industry. illegal aliens cost us $300 on $1,000. who is going to address the situation? guest: the numbers are not right, but the problem is right. we do not pay 30% of our health care costs for undocumented people. here's the dilemma. if you are a doctor and somebody comes to you, you have taken an oath to do the best you can to get them well and get them treatment. somebody ends up paying for that. their cause gets spread around -- the cost gets spread around. it does make a real difference. the obama plan would not cover adult undocumented people. that is a tough choice as a doctor to say that, but we cannot be abandoned for people who are sick all over the world. -- we cannot be a magnet for people who are sick all over the world. that is a decision that has to be made. i do

elizabeth reveal was the d.c. budget director at the time shetch confirmed the district's government has a policy of funding aabortion on demand and did not attempt to determine the circumstances of the pregnancy. d.c. allows minors, that's children, to receive abortion services without the consent of their parents. so imagine that. here in d.c., children can receive an abortion without their parents' consent, which means that the american taxpayer will be funding abortions, paying for them, for children. in minors could easily be brought in from other states. d.c. is only about 10 miles square system of minors could be transported across state lines, brought to d.c. from other state, to have abortions. paid for by the american taxpayer, right here in washington, d.c., avoid the parental notification laws in their home states. that's according to the gutmayer institute, according to planned parenthood. they don't have accurate numbers on abortions in d.c., due to women from other states coming to d.c. for abortion

. >> harvard law professor elizabeth warren heads to the congressional oversight panel which monitors the spending of the $700 billion troubled asset relief program. she will testify this morning before the joint economic committee on the recent bank stress tests. we will have live coverage right after "washington journal" at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. and treasury secretary timothy geithner and the irs commissioner today before a senate appropriations subcommittee talking about their 2010 budget. at 2:30, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. you can also find them online at c-span.org. >> how is c-span funded? >> private donations? >> taxpayers? >> i do not really know. >> from public television? >> donations. >> i do not know where the money comes from? >> contributions from donors? >> 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiatives. no government mandate, no government money.

and thank you, elizabeth. this is really all for you, after all. i would like to thank those who, like me, had the benefit of serving as chair of the d.l.c. they are all here and they have all been introduced. but it was a club i wanted to be part of. and world championship really blessed in those early years by chuck robb and sam nunn and dick gephardt, later joe lieberman, ev evan bayh. by senator carper, and there is a really, i think, magnificent person that will speak after me that proves the d.l.c. fellows program, rachel storch i'm glad you are hear representing the state and local representatives affiliated with the d.l.c. that was a really good movie. it had the virtue of being at least except for the stuff about me, true. i think secretary sebelius may be here. we were together at a previous event and i have a little more to say about that in a minute. but i loved getting involved in the d.l.c. for one thing, i was just tired of getting beat. and i'm old enough now to know what it was like to get beat over and over and over again. essenti

congressional panel overseeing the treasury department 700 billion-dollar troubled asset relief program, elizabeth warren, will talk about her panel cost in report. live coverage starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. also tomorrow, treasury secretary tim geithner and irs commissioner douglas shulman testified before a senate appropriations subcommittee about the budgets for next year. live coverage it 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> now a house hearing on the use of the state secrets privilege. it allows the government to withhold national security related information during a trial. jerrold nadler of new york chairs the subcommittee on the constitution. he is the coates author of legislation that would make it harder to use the state secrets privilege. this is an hour, 30 minutes. >> this hearing of the subcommittee of the constitution civil-rights and civil liberties will come to order. today's hearing will examine the state secrets privilege for the chair recognizes himself for five minutes for an opening statement. today is the committee examines legislation that i have introduced along

please welcome the moderators, elizabeth taylor and rick kogan of "the chicago tribune." [applause] .. i know you agree liz, paul and harvey, how did you do this, who was the genius who came up with this? it is unbelievably good. >> paul. i mean, paul deserves i think you know, paul desserts you know, like i think airlines share of the material, i mean the praise for doing the book. for one thing he has taught oral history for a long time at brown university, and he has for long time been a studs terkel admire and fan. i think that you know, i think the art work was a real nice too. >> it is not all yours either. it is not all yours. >> i didn't mess around with his words. i did not change anything. so, you know. i just broke the text down into panels. some of the artists apparently didn't want to, i don't know what. but anyway, that's-- paul, i have been working with paul on a few projects now and he suggests-- >> when he suggested this did you all of a sudden go, were you excited immediately about it? >> i am always excited when i get a chance to make more money. [laugh

. >> elizabeth warren has mentioned the fact that the stress tests may have missed a big area of stress, which is a commercial real-estate lending. is that true? are you reckoning with that? is it something you have buried under the carpet? >> the stress test was designed by the fed and the work careful to put in conservative estimates of potential losses across all types of credit assets. there is a picture in the report that is very important -- it shows what they used against peak losses over the last century. the estimate they use, this is not a prediction, but it is an abundance of caution to make sure there is a thick enough capital cushion, the estimates they used was worse than the peak two years of losses in the great depression. when emperor -- when unemployment was 30%. it was a very conservative test. when the results were disclosed any south level transparency brought to a bank balance sheets, you have seen a lot of capital coming to the financial system. >> you were in china recently. i wonder how worried are they about their debt and america. you mentioned that you're hop

i am elizabeth, i am married to john, i have had for delicious, incredible children. i have blue eyes. i like to make the sandwiches and i'm the patients with breast cancer. thank you so much for the opportunity to speak before such an inspiring group. [applause] [applause] thank you. if you will sit down the can do a few questions of somebody has the microphone up here at the front. i know you are not shy in your real lives. there was somebody pretty far back with their hand up. the mic come here it is. it is coming to you. >> my question is that, in going across today in speaking with senators or staff members are congressmen, that we approached their staff members, and were amazed that we were told we don't know how they stand on healthcare because there is no bill. >> what a dot. >> we have krementz-- met by responses of stuttering and no one had any clear positive words to tell us. >> the legislative assistant's dealing with healthcare are busy at work. and not that there's so uninformed or dodging your questions. i urge everybody who hears this to speak out abou