but eric holder can't touch that. whether it's thed orer of the president who used to work for acorn, i don't know. but we should remember the president of the united states worked for acorn he represented them in court he represented them pro bono in court. could you imagine being an attorney general and representing somebody pro bono and not agreeing with their agenda. he worked for them in the former project vote which is where the president, barack obama, made his reputation for organizing communities and politics in chicago. project vote is part and parcel of acorn. the novet united states is acorn. he's identified with acorn he made his reputation with acorn. he's worked for and with acorn. he's trained acorn workers. now when he said during the campaign to his supporters, get in their face, pretty consistent with the message they train acorn activists, get in their face. intimidate bankers, see if you can get them to make more bad loans in bad neighborhoods. let acorn be the judge of if they're making enough ba

>> well, i'm torn between levi and eric menendez.otionally unavailable. >> larry: and physically. >> i know. i guess i'm going for the wrong man. >> larry: do you like levi? >> not really. >> you know what, larry -- >> larry: well -- >> not really. >> larry: what advice -- it is june -- do you have for graduates? are you asked to be a commencement speech? >> no. which would be very a-list. a nice junior college somewhere, where i didn't complete my studies. my advice would be to take just as much adoral as you can get your hands on. and sleep around, with a condom. the volume is not an issue. go for it. i would try to reach 100 by your junior year, in you're just going to play a numbers game. and just pay attention to what you feel like paying attention to. and you would be fine. isn't that what you taught me? >> oh, yeah. >> larry: do you like to be a mother? >> i have dogs and i am a mother to my dogs. and also, i have a grown child, in a way. if you think about it. >> larry: do you think she would be a good mother? >> i think she

>> i am torn between levi and eric menendez.> and physically. >> but what about levi? you like levi? >> not really. >> we don't care. this is taking an eggly turn. >> what advise -- it is june. >> a nice jr. college somewhere. maybe one i didn't complete my studies. my advice would be to take as much aderol as much as you can and sleep around with a condom. the volume is not an issue. go for it. go for 100 by your junior year. and pay attention to what you feel like paying attention to and you will be fine. >> are you a mother? >> i have dogs and i am a mother to my dogs. and i have a grown child. in a way. >> do you think she would be a good mother? >> i think she would. >> larry, if i have one egg leftly be missed. don't tell levi. i told him i am 26. >> how often do you see levi? >> as often as i can. >> it breaks him up. he talks and talks and talks. >> goes out dancing until 6:00, 6:30 at night. >> more in a moment. stick around. with shockguard technology give you immediate relief that lasts all day long. dr. scholl's. pai

as you can see, attorney general eric holder getting under way a bit early. live coverage on c-span. >> but above all, i want to congratulate all of you on your 30th anniversary, which i think deserves our round of applause -- deserves a round of applause. [applause] get for a 30th anniversary.ou i just passed by 20th. i don't remember what that was, but i did the right thing. but you deserve for your 30th whatever a wonderful prizes -- whatever the wonderful price is. for three decades you up against -- you have advanced citizen -- you have advanced so rights for all citizens. you have promoted the basic principles of dignity that defines the best of this country and brings out the best in all of our communities. it is a special honor to be part of this anniversary and to continue one of our nation's most important conversations, the crucial ongoing dialogue between law enforcement and members of the arab-american community. advancing and strengthening this dialogue is a top priority for my department of justice, and it is a top priority for the obama admini

here's a portion of monday's show hosted by eric asher. >> welcome back. for those of you watching around the nation on c-span, i don't have to introduce you to our next guest. he is a true louisiana hero. a hero cents katrina, and has proved to be a hero and trying to you say his parish. he joins us on the station across the nation on c-span. how are you? >> we are on our way over to the barrier island/burn meeting that the administration is putting on to decide whether they will let he appealed the barrier island. >> tell the folks around the island your proposal for trying to be able to stop this will with about and 80-mile land berm along the louisiana coast line and your frustration on the inability of the corps of engineers and the united states coast guard to make a quick decision and now we're finding out that we will only deal to a small portion to begin with? >> my frustration is growing as we have across the river. there appears to me that this is a stacked deck against those from the beginning, with no one that has been on our team putting it t

. >> right now, eric is in the lottery for two other schools besides harlem success academy. if he gets in the other two, i would be happy, but i really want him to get in harlem success academy. >> what can i do. i just put in to draw. >> it's difficult because it's one of the best schools in the area and you want your child in but there's not a child for every child. but i'm hoping we are picked. >> the numbers again in this situation how many applied and how many slots? >> that year there was about 3400 applicants, and about 475 spots. so about a 14, 15% chance. >> again, here is cory booker, a democrat from newark. what changes somebodyywho is a democrat from being totally for public schools and then also for charter schools? >> mayor booker has been a champion of education reform for a long time. he and eva and chancellor kline who are all democrats and featured in the film -- >> joe kline from new york? >> the chancellor in new york, have been working tirelessly for this for many, many years, much longer than most people have even known that this is a problem. and i thi

eric holder had nt read the bill. i don't know if john morton read the bill, but he didn't want to enforce the bill. posner had no business sticking his nose in it whatsoever and carried it all the way to the chinese. i can't stand here on the floor of the house of represtatives without raising anssue of president calderon back behind where i'stanng now spoke to a joi session of congress and had to lecture us on how he strongly disagrees with arizona's immigration law. if he does, he also disagrees with the federal united states federal government's immigration law. it mirrors the feral immigratn law. and so we are in an era where the administration, the highest raing officials within the administration aren't compelled to check the facts before they misform the amerin people. they might cck a left-wing website, butar ecking the facts. and the amen people, who are they going to trust, shouldn't they tru the voicef the president of the united states? who's briefing him. who is telling him was in the bill? codn't anyone

attorney general eric holder was on the gulf coast today meeting with his state counterparts. >> we have already instructed all relevant parties to preserve any documents that may shed light on the facts surrounding this disaster. as our review expands in the days ahead, we will be meticulous. we will be comprehensive. and we will be aggressive. >> reporter: in towns all along the gulf coast even where the oil hasn't come ashore yet, people have been following raptly the news of the oil spill. this is the town named after the pirate jean lafeet who helped andrew jackson in the war of 1812. in this town some people are angry. some people are just resigned. but they're all deeply worried about their futures. while the federal government has closed off more water to fishing, some areas like bayou remain open. on this humid morning, members of the smith family were after brim, a perch-like fish, well aware that even these waters could close soon. >> tof the politicians and spokemens are pointing fingers at each other and so forth. >> that won't get the problem solved. >> stop pointing the fi

"inside new orleans with eric asher" -- here is our man, aaron asher. -- eric asher. ♪ >> good afternoonnew orleans. welcome to those who are watching along the cable systems around the united states on c- span, you are listening to the mighty 690. here we go. day 43 now of the oil leak in the gulf. over the weekend, the attempt to stop this leak -- almost 40,000 gallons at this point is what we are being told 18-40 million gallons spilled into the gulf. of course, the top kill jump shot scenario procedure failed ovvr the weekend. now bp launching its ninth plan to try to stop the leak. they have been at this for 24 hours, cutting off the pipes are round the riser and hoping to fit a custom built cap over the leak. this is not going to be a pressure sealed cap. it is the latest attempt to stop this leak. this is threatening our very way of life in louisiana. where was louisiana's problem for the most part, because of the currents and tides and the wind coming out of the south over the last few weeks, it looks as though oil could be reaching the coast of alabama, dauphin island, alabama.

my colleague, eric schock from illinois, offered a great amendment which was shot down which would put a sunsetting provision in programs not performing. the previous administration there was one site called expectmore.gov. it did an assessment of programs. it was pushed by the office of management and budget. it had a dashboard indicator how these programs that were instituted by the congress, how they were performing based on their own set of criteria set in advance. in allowed the american people to actually have exposure. unfortunately expectmore.gov under the current administration is no longer maintained. the information is not up to date and consequently the american people do not have access to the information. i encourage the administration and support from both sides of the aisle to reinstitute this website. i want to conclude by quoting office of management and budget director, on may 24 this year, mr. orszag said, quote, we should never tolerate taxpayer dollars going to programs that duplicative or inineffective because in this face cal environment we cannot afford this. e

[applause] ♪ >> after that, eric holder talks about civil rights protections for arab americans.hen remarks by the u.s. libya.ador to th tomorrow, steven cook discusses turkey's relationship with israel. john hofmeister talks about his book, "why we hate the oil companies." we discuss of the economy is affecting 401ks and other employee benefits. >> everyone has an agenda. long as you know, that is something you can write about. brody has written about lawmakers' overseas trips paid by lawmakers. >> now ray odierno breeze the media on security operations in iraq and the evolving relationship between the u.s. and iraqi forces. this is about 40 minutes. the media on security operations in iraq. >> always my pleasure to welcome back to the briefing room to general ray odierno, the commander of u.s. forces in iraq. he has been ere since september of 2009. excuse me, september of 2008. i am cutting off a year. i am sure you ask him about that too. how much longer he will be there. that. would like him to answer%- he is back in town and is gracious enough with his time to give you a br

then we will hear from eric holder air who is in the gulf region.al fatmarks from abnorm allen. -- admiral that allen. >> on "washington journal, "daniel weiss joins us to discuss the government's response to the p oil spill. after that, paul light on ways to streamline the federal government. later, an update with martin obama of the dow jones news wire on tax practices that they have been working on. later, warren buffett testifies before the financial crisis inquiry commission. he'll talk about the reliability of credit rating agencies. live coverage begins at 8:30 p.m. eastern. >> new british prime minister david cameron those questions from members of parliament in his first prime minister's questions. it is live from the british house of commons wednesday on 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend, noted feminist author martha: nussbaum written or and treated to more than 20 books on liberal education. to join our 3 our discussion. >> we have new c-span books for you. each has a unique, a contemporary perspective and something new to use

eric holder is headed for the gulf coast today to see areas affected by the spill. he will be meeting with attorneys general from louisiana, alabama, and mississippi. we will have his remarks to reporters a little later in the day. more about the oil spill and a live simulcast of the radio show. that is at 1:00. the four candidates running for the republican nomination for governor of south carolina debate tonight at 7:00 on c- span. is government broken? that is the focus of a panel discussion today hosted by the brookings institution. live coverage gets underway at 1:00 on a companion network c- span-2. >> david cameron field questions from members of parliament in his first prime minister's questions as the head of a coalition government. >> public television's ray suarez recently talked about race in america. the correspondent talked about his experiences. from durham, n.c., this is about 55 minutes. [applause] >> for the record, i am not a lawyer. i am not a political scientist. i am not a social lot -- sociologist. as a reporter, i am a member of the craft tha

after that, attorney general eric colder talks about civil rights protections for arab- americans.omorrow on "washington journal ," stevvn cook from the council on foreign relations speaks about the attack on the flotilla by gossip. -- by gaza. marcia wagner discusses how the economy is affecting for a one case -- 401k's and other benefits.. >> everyone has an agenda, and as long as you know their agenda, you can write about it. investigative reporter has written a series on the lawmakers of's overseas trips funded by tax makers. -- funded by taxpayers. >> now ray odierno priest the media on its security operations in iraq -- priest -- briefs the media on security operations in iraq. >> welcome. it is always my pleasure to welcome back to the briefing room to general ray odierno, the commander of u.s. forces in iraq. he has been there since september of 2009. excuse me, september of 2008. i am cutting off a year. i am sure you ask him about that too. how much longer he will be there. that. would like him to answer%- he is back in town and is gracious enough with his time to give yo

. >> right now eric is and the lottery for two schools besides harvard success academy.gets into the others, i would be happy but i want him in harlem. >> it's like waiting for the lotto. >> it is difficult because some of the best schools in the area, you want them to embrace. >> how many applied and how many slots? >> 3400 applicants and about 4 neared 75 spots. -- will hundred 75 spot. >> here is a democrat from new work -- what changes somebody who was a democrat from being totally for public schools and then also for charter schools? >> mayor booker has been a champion of education reform for a long time. he and eva were all democrats. and the chancellor in new york have been working tirelessly for many years, much longer than most people have even known that this was a problem. and i think what is at the heart of it is probably what attracted me to this issue, wis -- this sense of injustice and then it does not have to be that way. they can be traditional public schools or charter schools or private schools. it does not really matter. but when they are working, you

attorney general eric holder speaks of the 30th annual convention of the american arab anti-discriminationmmittee. we will have more about oil drilling technology with the editor of the oil and gas journal. we'll talk about long-term unemployment at 8:30 eastern.

bernanke, but he and eric inevitable president of the wilson council, a distinguished newsman sam donaldson, will provide the program. sam will interview the chairman. i would ask the two of them to come forward now and after the interview we will have questions from the audience. sam and chairman bernanke? [applause] >> hello? chairman bernanke, i am delighted that you would do this. by the way, what do you think of the great wall of china? >> can see it from the plane when you come down from beijing. very impressive. >> that matches mr. nixon's statement. let's get to substantive matters. we seem to be in a recovery from the great recession we have gone through, fragile but it may be. hull convinced are you that that recovery will continue at a reasonable pace? do you see troubling signs we may indeed slip back into a double dip recession? >> we have gone through a number of stages. we have a tremendous contraction, a deep contraction, after the financial crisis intensified in 2008 and early 2009. the stabilized in the middle of last. last the natural business cycle process began to read

you know, eric was. but i would think if i had been the manar in that group,yeah, it wouldave been haroake a decision yeah, we're just going to stop rating this stuff. however many of tens of million dollars of revenue the other agency is going to pick up, we're going to leave it on the table. i think that would have been difficult. >> okay. because i'm asking. i mean, could you haveade th decision? mr. ill, could you have gone to your superiors and say, look, if you think united labs for a minute they're not going to keep rating defective electronic equient if currently reports has a different model. no payments by products being rated. you just couldn't do that. could you go to your bosses and could you say 20 to 30% of the stuff we ain't going to rate? cod you do it? mr. chrman, i would give you -- i would offer you a surveillance perspective t is. when we were surveying 2007 transactions and we were seeing an increase in the delinquencies or potential for default on the mortgages, we were constantly

here on c-span, attorney general eric holder is speaks at the 30th annual convention of the american arab anti- discrimination committee. >> the new british prime minister and party leader david cameron to field questions from members of parliament in this first prime minister's questions at the head of the coalition of government. that sunday night at 9:00 on c- span. >> c-span, are content is available on television, radio, and online. you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook, and you too. -- youtube. >> a preeti now on the gulf of mexico oil spill with incident commander that allen. he spoke with reporters for about 30 minutes. >> he may begin your conference. good morning. we just cut the riser pipe off of the package. they had to use the sheer cutters, which are the ones they did to use the other pipes yesterday. the other saw we are attempting to use was not successful, so we replaced it with the shares which do not have as clean a cut, but we do have a cut now. the next couple be to put the containment cap over what is left of the more riser pipe and start seeing if w

. -- good morning, eric. caller: ok, we're talking about afghanistan, and my question is -- who was running karzai's party? it seems like especially bush was funding the skies campaign. it's seems like his cousins and brothers are always in charge of illegal activities -- it seems like especially bush was funding this guy's camping. they are making money off the route. his family has been accused of trafficking all kinds of things. why are we supporting this guy? when will we support someone else? that is my question to people. host: ok. looking back at "the washington post" article, it says the report found no direct evidence of payoffs to the taliban. one trucking manager found that about $2 million per week goes to the insurgents. let's go to virginia, john, on the democrats' line. caller: good morning. it goes back to president eisenhower's warning -- now is the military /pharmacological/energy slashed congressional complex. they had just bought enough congressmen to keep wars going and waste resources, a

attorney general eric holder promised a thorough investigation today, in a border shooting that's raised tensions with mexico. a 15-year-old mexican boy was killed monday night by a u.s. border patrol agent. it happened at a bridge that connects juarez to el paso, texas. there've been reports that mexican and u.s. authorities drew guns on each other after the shooting, but holder emphasized cooperation today. >> the incident that we talked about is certainly a regrettable one. one that we are looking into, but i think the relationship that exists between law enforcement in mexico and in the united states is a good one and is based on a series of solid accomplishments, the sharing of intelligence and information and our general working together. >> sreenivasan: u.s. and mexican authorities have traded accusations about the circumstances surrounding the shooting. it came less than two weeks after a mexican man died in california, after a u.s. border agent used a stun gun on him. the u.s. senate has turned back a bid to stop the environmental protection agency from regulating greenhouse gas

attorney general are colder confirmed -- attorney-general eric holder confirmed there has been criminal activity in the oil spill. this is about 10 minutes. >> the president reiterated that the primary task is to stop the leak and help the people in the region get back on their feet and continue to their normal lives. as we have said all along, we must also ensure that anyone found responsible for the oil spill is held accountable. that means enforcing the appropriate settled and, if warranted, criminal authorities to the full extent of law. we saw oil for more -- miles and miles. this is all we know has already affected plant and animal life along the coast and has impacted the lives and livelihood of all too many in this region. this disaster is nothing less than a tragedy. there is one thing that i will not let be forgotten in this incident. this must not be forgotten. in addition to the extensive cost to our environment and communities along the gulf coast, the initial explosion and fire took the lives of 11 oil rig workers. 11 lives lost. this we must never forget. as we examine th

. >> reporter: eric blumberg runs an app called smarter agent that allows a user to find homes for sale nearby or in other cities. >> if you download an application and you're saying i'm here, find me, you're asking to be found. so what's the danger? >> reporter: the danger, argues attorney blankstone is that company can keep and then divulge location information to the government or to others. >> even if you're just aiming at your friends in the next bar, these companies are obtaining this data. so then the question becomes what does the government or civil litigant have to do if it wants that information? >> reporter: bankstone and others claim that law enforcement and the government are too easy a time getting cell phone information or data stored on servers an increasing practice. to remedy that, a coalition has been formed by the electronic frontier foundation, google, microsoft, the aclu and others to ask for a revision of the 1986 electronic communications privacy act. the technology has changed so much since then, they argue, that the law is out of date. >> what's especially nee

but prosecutors eric straus and kenneth chadwell kept digging, and they stumbled on something that allackground investigations had missed or dismissed. it turned out that, 18 years earlier when she first came to the united states, prouty had taken a fateful shortcut to citizenship. you arranged a sham marriage? >> prouty: that is correct. >> pelley: you understood at the time... >> prouty: i understood it was wrong. >> pelley: ... that it was against the law. >> prouty: yes, correct. i understood that that was wrong. >> pelley: in 1989, at age 19, nada prouty, her sister and a girlfriend arranged bogus marriages to get their green cards and avoid going back to lebanon, which was still at war. 18 years later, in 2007, prosecutors rounded them all up and charged them with conspiracy to defraud the united states. under pressure, prouty agreed to waive the ten-year statute of limitations on immigration fraud and plead guilty to two felonies related to the sham marriage. she also agreed to plead guilty to one misdemeanor count of unauthorized use of an fbi computer, a charge she now denies.

attorney general eric holder announced today the roundup began in march, as part of "operation stolen dreams." he said investigators documented more than $2 billion in losses from fraud schemes nationwide, including this one in chico, california. >> a prominent home builder caught with a significant amount of unsold new homes as the housing market cooled allegedly used straw buyers to sell his houses at an inflated price with undisclosed sales rebates. this scheme inflated prices on other homes in the area, creating artificially high comparable sales and affecting the overall new home market. >> sreenivasan: other major cases have unfolded in detroit, atlanta, new jersey and duluth, minnesota. wall street managed slight gains despite some disappointing news. the government reported first- time claims for jobless benefits rose unexpectedly last week. even so, the dow jones industrial average gained 24 points to close at 10,434. the nasdaq rose more than a point to close at 2,307. a panel of health experts concluded today a new morning after contraceptive is safe and effective. the food

then we hear from eric holder who is in the gulf region.ater come remarks from admiral thad allen, who heads up the federal goveenment's response to the oil spill. >> suspend, our public affairs content is available on television, radio, and on line. you can also connect with us on took care, facebook, and youtube. sign up for a scheduler e-mails @ c-span.org. >> president obama introduced the co-chairman of an independent commission that will investigate the bp gulf of mexico oil spill. bob gramm is a former democratic senator from florida. william reilly and led the epa from 1989 to 1982 -- 1992. this is almost 10 minutes. >> good morning. >> good morning. i just met

eric, you can see at the top what it says. the mother has her wings outstretched, and, by the way, one drop of oil can kill a pelican, a sea turtle, and an alligator egg. one drop. i wanted to mention that without putting too many words on it. notice the oil spill is in the shape of what? >> the state of louisiana. >> yes. we are in the process right now of creating another t-shirt that includes the rest of the gulf coast. with a heavy heart, it kills me to realize that dolphin area, the dolphin island, it is going to be affected. . -- there. >> you are part of the new orleans audubon society. tell us about the fate of four birds and how this will spill is affecting them. >> i already mentioned the brown pelican which is the state bird. they had just been taken off the endangered species list. in the 1960's, they were totally wiped out in the state of louisiana. when a species that lives in one area becomes exxinct, we call that extirpated because they are not really extinct. some live in frida. cannot1960's, and you find and

host: thanks, eric, let's leave it there. that is the end of that discussion right now on that topic. coming up, i want to show you this from "the politico.com." this is john bresnahan and jonathan alan riding about disclosure act, which was -- and jonathan alan writing about the disclosure act, which was working its way through the house. jonathan hall is in louisiana covering this oil spill. he is sending back different video and interviews that he is doing down there with regard to what is going on in the gulf. and he talked with the national oceanic and atmospheric administration contract biologist and discussed how they assess oil leeels. this to place outside of new orleans. -- this took place outside of new orleans. >> the epa is here as well to supervise protocols and how they are handling this person. the we also have the wildlife and fisheries service here to tell you about what they are doing and how they are clean birds. and kurt hansen, he is here to collect your ideas. if you have an idea, we absolutely want to

eric zimmermann. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> you can follow the coverage of the confirmation hearing tomorrow morning at monocot ern on c-span3. in 35 minutes, elena kagan's opening statement. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. welcome. , we have discussed this. and we are going to recognize senators in order of seniority going the usual back and forth. senator sessions and i will each give an opening statement and take turns back and forth. i urge senators to stay in fact we are going to have to stay for the ten minutes to simply keep on schedule. of course ms. kagan, welcome to our committee room. there are somewhat more people here than usual. one of the things that had changed slightly this week is the death of senator byrd. all of us i believe it is safe to say both republicans and democratic senators are saddened by his death. no senator came to care more about the constitution and defender of our constitutional government than the senator fro% west virginia. in m

attorney general eric holder speaks on the earth -- at the 30th anniversary of the american-arab antidiscrimination committee. >> we have three new c-span books for you "abraham lincoln," "the supreme court," and "who's buried in grants tomb?" to order, go to c- span.org/books. each one a great gift idea for father's day. >> c-span, our public affairs content is available on you can connect with us onine. twitter, facebook and youtube. signup for our scheduled alerts e-mails @ c-span.org. >> our report by the national governors' association and the national association of state budget officers a says state budget deficits will continue for two years. the briefing on the fiscal condition of the states is just over half an hour. >> we will conductta question and answer quotsession. i will turn it over to raymond scheppach. >> i will call on scott pattison n to lead off. i will cover the various numbers and try to provide a little perspective on it. >> i am with the national association of state budget officers. dr. raymond scheppach is here, and we are releasing our joint survey of the

caller: this is eric from richmond, virginia. i want to say that i sent my condolences to the family of mr. byrd. host: you have got to turn down the volume, you know the rules. now go ahead did you know what? we will put you on hold. we will come back if you are still there. arlington, virginia, republican. caller: good morning to i send my condolences a small to the family of robert byrd and all his call -- i sent my condolences as well to the family of robert byrd and all his colleagues. even though i am a republican, i appreciate the bipartisan manner in which he approached the congress, and he is representative of traditional values and people of this all just that america is slowly losing in homes that -- and the beloved it is all just that america is slowly -- beloved nostalgia that america is slowly losing in a homosexual marriage and abortion. i appreciate his traditional nature. host: "it has been my greatest privilege to serve next to robert byrd in the senate. he leaves a void that simply can never be filled, but i am

host: republican line, eric.ler: franklln, i listened to that caller from new york who trashed soccer, asking what is the need and then she continued to say we need to focus and worry about the economy. i do not think that were really gets anything done. during any depression, most people are looking for entertainment. i think soccer really provides that diversion. also, i think that soccer is great for diplomacy. in and of itself, it really does help joined countries. i know there can be flights that could develop -- fights that could divide countries, like north and south korea, if those two play each other, you hope that stays calm. other countries that are looking to reach out to each other, it could create a diplomatic moment. i am a big fan of the english league soccer. i saw on the bbc website a few months ago that you had problems with english fans being attacked when they go to scotland to watch matches. i was wondering if that was still a problem. thank you, a very much. guest: fans get drunk. fans figh

eric holder admitted he did not read the arizona immigration law. mr. rosenbaum admitted he did not read the documents detailing the facts and applicable law in the new black panther case. the former voting section chief was outraged that he threw the memos at mr. rosenbaum in a meeting. the department removed mr. coate s' responsibility. and there was testimony that federal rule 11 required dismissal of the lawsuit. lawyers know that rule 11 is an ethical obligation to bring meritorious claim and such a charge challenges the ethics and provealism of the five attorneys who commenced the case. yet the attorneys who brought the case were voting rights' experts and would never pursue a frivolous manner. their experience far surpasses the experts who ordered the dismissal. not worthy of federal attention some have called it. the black panthers in october of 2008 announced a nationwide deployment for the election. we had indications that polling place thugs were deployed elsewhere not only in november, 2008 but during the democratic primaries where they targ

we'll simulcast inside new orleans on wistm with eric asher.verage gets underway today at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. is government broken? the brookings institution asks that question. the forum will look at challenges to good governance and look at ways to strengthen democracy. this gets underway live at 1:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> new british prime minister and conservative party leader david cameron fields questions from members of parliament in his first prime minister's questions live from the british house of commons wednesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> now drew brees, the quarterback of the super bowl addresses the graduates of loyola university. he talks about the rebilling of new orleans and his decision to move there after hurricane katrina. this is about 15 minutes. [applause] >> i'll be honest. i was a little nervous about using distinguished and esteemed in the same sentence because i thought it would come out as extinguished and that was not the description i wanted to use. certainly you are all distinguished

he leaves behind his wife, randi, his loving children, eric and cameron, eric's wife, amy. his extended family included several brothers and sisters who preceded him in death and four brothers and sisters who survived. probably most special to him was his five grandchildren. and a grandchildren, milton and i talked about our grandchildren and what a blessing they were to us. i knew him both personally and professionally. he was born in tennessee and attended tennessee state university. milton enjoyed a career in the electrical industry, which i come from a construction background, and milton and i had many discussions about the condition of our construction industry today. he came to atlanta when he was accepted into an apprenticeship program with the international brotherhood of electrical workers local 613. milton worked hard and had a successful career. he started grove park electric and went on to dixie electric company. but the highlight of milton's career was uptown electric. he made it into a very successful electrical contracting firm, did a lot of work for delta ai

both eric cantor and another have backed him. he is the tea party favorite. sarah palin has backed him. seat for henry brown who is retiring. whoever emerges from this will be the favorite. host: also, the gubernatorial runoff in south carolina.%- haley is expected to do well because she had such a high advantage with 49% in the initial rimary battle. who is she guest: facing she s a member of congress, whom theee have been a number of allegations concerning haley of adulteress affairs. it has not hurt haley, though. mitt romney back to her. unless there is aamajor upset, she will winn she would be favored to win in -- in south carolina, the favorite, unless something emerges that is very controversial. but she has withstood the punches. host: what are the other office reading the races right now? are there certain outcomes today? certain shake ups? there are many other prairie steep into august. guest:: they are nervous. votes that caa come back those for the 2008 bailout, he tarp votes, the healthcare vote -- if you did not vote and you are democrats, have

but we need a program for returning eric trajeccory of fisccl pulsate to a sustainable -- >> -- for returning our trajectory of fiscal sustainability to -- >> ittis important to economic growth today to send a signal that we have a plan in place. did i understand you correctly? >> you did. a plan in place will help keep interest rates down and help growth e strrnger in the near term. >> thank you, chairman. >> thank you for your testimony, mr. chairman. there's a report out todaa that the federal reserve, six months into a combinationnstudy of the 20 largest banks, has found thht many of the bonuses and incentive programs have contributed to the worst place. if the remainder of the study confirms that to be true, will the fed do anything about it? will it act this year, rather than letting annther year slipped by? what are ome of the policy alternatives you have to deal with these compensation practices by our largest banks? >> absolutely, we're going to respond. we did a series of surveys and as the eport says, we found that maay banks have not modified their practices from what they were be

if eric holder is visiting the gulf of mexico to talk about criminal investigations, you can be sureey are a lawyering up. i think that stifles the communications when you are prosecuting a camper -- criminal case. people will not say anything. there is this matter of responsibility that bp has. i am not in any way letting them off the hook. i think the lawyering up is inevitable in our society. host: our guest wrote this book. bethesda, maryland, you are on our democrats line, good morning. caller: good morning to both. i am just really angry and frustrated. this is really over the daggone top. it is all over the internet and in the newspapers and magazines. the bush administration, yes, the bush administration, dick cheney was handling everything and he was president and bush did not even get it wrong. i am here to say that i feel deeply -- i have people down there and i feel deeply. this is more than a travesty. there were meetings going on back in 2004-2005 and maybe beyond and since then that the bush administration asked for a cut up about. it would cost $500,000. other countri

eric teachings are supported by some of the greatscholars of the islamic world. we need to be able to compete with that, if thats doable. host: president obama is a professed christian. do you believe that? guest: i sure do. i think is relevant that president obama has roots in the muslim world. obviously, he thinks it is relevant, too. if we're going to defend western civilization -- in o civilization, if you declare your a christian, you are a christian. it's in the civilization that we need to worry about that if you have ever been a muslim, if you leave, that is a capital offense. host: let's hear from washington, d.c. on the line for democrats. caller: i would like to challenge his scholarship. for centuries, i believe christians killed christians in great numbers. and muslims and everyone else. there w kristin jihad -- there was christian jihad. the republicans have been the ones who have been trying to get in your bed, control your every lifestyle or choice. host: we will get a response from andrew mccarthy. est: i do not think we have tried to control you

republican whip, eric cantor, recently launched the youcut initiative which gives people an opportunity to vote for federal spending they would like to see congress cut. hundreds of thousands of americans have cast their votes and this week they directed their representatives in congress to consider h.r. 6535. according to the republican whip's youcut website, quote, the office of management and budget estimated in 2007 that the federal government is holding $18 billion in real property that it does not need. rather than selling this property, however, federal law usually requires it first be offered often at no cost to other government agencies, to state and local governments, to nonprofits, and others. the federal government has conveyed at no cost a building in laughs -- las vegas that is intended to have the mob museum. land in massachusetts for a private high school where tuition is over $29,000 a year. and a building in florida the federal government now leases back at a cost of over $100,000 a year. this proposal would amend federal law to require a expedited process for selling

eric is joining us from santa rosa, california. the governor's race looks like a match between jerry brown and made wickman -- and meg whitman. mayor villaraigosa of los angeles is at the podium. >> we have craig davis with us today. [cheers and applause] somewhere in the house. where is he? he is here. there he is. also, we have assembly member at any fiorentino -- assembly member anthony fiorentino. [applause] comptroller dawn chong is here. [applause] former speaker of the california heath.assembly, robert keit where is mr. rose bird? is he here? i was watching the game, as you all saw. in the interim, i was doing a couple of interviews. i talked about jerry brown. folks want to get you to say something different from him. what advice would i give him, they asked. advice? jerry brown has been in public life longer than i have been .round but but i can tell you that, in those years, when you think about an independent leader and you think about a maverick and a visionary and someone who is willing to think out of the box when con

meetings with commerce and meetings at the justice department, including with the attorney general here, eric holder, to talk about the drug- related issues and how we could deal with these issues and you may have noticed the level of collaboration is very high, based on the catch is that have been made in sierra leone with the help of both of those governments. but they also met with the head of the u.s. trade representative's office transportation, as well as the senior officials. and we believe strongly that regional integration is going to help to facilitate not only political stability but also a substantial economic growth. and we believe that we have to work with the african union and organizations in the east african communities, and in west africa as well. this is an important part of the policy initiative to do this. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> this weekend on "book tv," byrd on growing up between the israelis -- and a piece on juarez, mexico. and landis on "matterhorn," following a group of soldiers through vietnam. join us on twitter. 30,000 viewers have. >> a look at th

host: this is from sioux falls, -- good morning, eric. caller: ok, we're talking about afghanistan, and my question is karzai'ss running party? it seems like escially bush was funding the skies campaign. 's seems likeehis cousins and brothers are always in charge of illegall activities -- it seems like especially bush was funding this guy's camping. they are making money off the rou. his family has been accused of trafficking all kinds of things. why are we supporting this guy? will we support someone else? that is my question to people. host: ok. looking back at "the washington post" article, it says the report found no direct evidence of payoffs to the taliban. one trucking manager ffund that about $2 million per week goes to the insurgents. pp let's go to virginia, john, on the democrats' line. caller: good morning. it goes back to president -- now is's warning the military /pharmacological/energy slashed congressional complex. they had just bought enough conggessmen to keep wars going and waste resources, and line of a few at the expe

different note, but also pertaining to bureaucratic spending, i think -- i saw on c-span the other day, ericolder making the comment, to paraphrase, that every red cent that was used by the government involving this cleanup of the oil spill, would be paid back in interest? guest: well, i haven't heard anything about interest. and there's still quite a bit of controversy about whether b.p. and its actions fall under the $75 million cap in terms of the statute about total cleanup and liability. there's talk about the burden of this spill but b.p. has been saying a lot recently about its conference and prespill just flatout untrue. at worse. so this one is yet to be involved. in fact, we won't know what the true cost of the cleanup is going to be if the spill continues through august. we won't know for years, maybe decades, in terms of what the actual cost is. so i would think pretty much everything, you know, if we don't get proper level of staffing and support like in the mineral mining agency, you're just not going to get any nasms will prevent future things like we've seen over the past few