i had to figure out what facebook was. few think in the winter of 2006 when a 45-year-old goes on facebook, it is kind of creepy because it was 69-22 year old in large part great it was the young people's site. i did not want to be called an old troll. i went on and saw it grow. this graduate student out of the university of missouri started barack obama-1 million strong. i said i might -- i would sit on my couch and refresh this facebook group every couple of minutes and watch the increase in size and it was dramatic. that was our first first look at facebook and what it potentially was going to matter for the presidential campaign for barack obama. from there, i reached out to meredith and tobin and others involved in the obama facebook groups to develop direct connection with them. i want to get an understanding of what they were doing and why they're doing it and what was motivating them and why barack obama and white 2008. all of those questions, but from there, one of the first people hired in the campaign was chris

please join our facebook there and reeve us -- leave us your comments as well. i enjoyed the conversation and dialogue we had. let's work together to put america back on track. ppamerica has played second pla to no one. we can invest in our greaaestt asset, our work force, and we can do it together. ms. wasserman schultz -- ms. wasserman schultz: we invite our colleague on the other sidd of the aisle to join us to create jobs and restoring the prosperity americans have enjoyed for our entire history. with that, mr. speaker, we yield back the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. . of january 6, 2009,, the chair recognizes the gentleman from iowa mr. king. mr. king: i look at the data and looked at the poster, here is the economy as we know it and a very short snapshoo and billions of chain dollars. i never discussed an economy within chain dollars. i have not discussed it ithin trends that are compressed down within the few quarters that is presented in this graph within the floor of the house. here's what i would prese

our other guest represents companies such as google, facebook, microsoft. you mentioned congress. do you see a vacuum right now in telecommunications law or regulation, and do you think it is time to update the 1996 telecommunications act, the 1930's telecommunications act for the current environment? >> yes, we support an updating of the law. the internet was not really the subject of the 1996 act. that was largely about competition in voice communications. as i said before, to use the internet, you need to have an operating system, a processor, a browser, a search engine. the concerned consumers today have a really relate to their freedoms on the internet, their safety in using the internet, and the protection of their privacy rights with regard to the internet. the fcc does not have authority in those areas. they have not been approaching the internet as an ecosystem. their authority relates commletely to communication by radio or wire. it does not relate to these larger issues that are now involved. >>>communications by wire or radial includes regulation on such things, histor

can a viral video be and ngo, 10 a facebook group be -- can a facebook group be an ngo? you have a whole new order of civil society stakeholders that would not exist without the technology. the first fascinating thing that i was told was how he did it. the second most fascinating thing was that the day after he did it -- i went down a couple of months afterwards, and the day after he did it, they started getting messages from venezuela and iran and china wanting to know how they did it. there was this net positiie. when people talk about, for instance, iran, all of these people used technology to go to the streets and did not do anything, the election results remained the same. p would argue that it was a to benefit, a huge victory in terms of -- a huge benefit and victory in terms of what happened. people can put a whole bunch of best practices and challenges on the public domain that are being troubleshooted and utilize around the world. that to me is a net positive. we should also look at a new point of 21st century civil society as something where the innovation of o

it's on our facebook page.n wanted to perform with you on his "this is it" comeback tour? >> you know, it's always very difficult, because i don't necessarily like to talk about those very personal things that happened. i guess i can speak about it now. i was actually asked to open for michael on his tour. and we were going to open for him at the o2, and we were working on making it happen. >> larry: wow. >> and i suppose i believe there was some talk about lots of the openers doing duets with michael on stage. but michael's death was devastating for me regardless of whether or not i was supposed to go on tour with him. he's such an inspiration and remarkable human being. i guess i suppose, larry, some of my fascination with death and the demise of the celebrity goes along with me watching these hugely iconic and amazing people that i have heralded and admired my whole life become destroyed. whether self-destroyed or destroyed by the media. >> larry: how did you come up the -- with the idea of the incredible id

you can click on the little facebook symbol it would go directly to your facebook and you can send it to all of your friends on facebook. if you are on twitter, hit the twittee sign. if someone goeses on there and puts something you find is disrespectful, the software tries tt take out any vulgar language. but there is a symbol at the beginning you can go in and say hey, there is a problem here. the idda is that we are protecting everybody as we go. if you go to the next slide, because we are in america, i always believe comp tigs is good. you get points for the more you participate. as you go through you will continue to get more badges. you can see who is participating more. now lots of times if you go to the next slide to truly make it in the 21st century you can have phone applications. not while you are driving, but maybe while you are walking. you can submit it directly from your phone. duever think of that? i always wanted to tell my member of congress that they should have done this. or you are watching tv and say that would have been a better idea. right there on your phone.

more often they are going to be reacting to people with facebook accounts.ays glaze over when people went at an ipad about how force for is changing the world. getting this rump of americans who did not represent the coalition that elected this congress, that changes everything. we are going to have a congress that listens much harder to the minority that is passionate, and i am done. i want to hear what stafford says. >> first, i want to youcommend u for keeping your time exactly right so far. there's an enormous amount of pressure on ross. >> i want to start by taking the second time of it. i want to start by taking us back in time to sometime in 2001, when i was a very lowly researcher looking for a freelance pieces to write. i happen to live in southwest d.c. at that point. i was just south of the washington mall where one of the first anti-war product -- protests was going on, and i decided the thing to do was to wander around the left-wing protest and right of peace making fun of them. i think it was a pretty good piece, because there was a lot to make

facebook to try to get money.e are going after these scam artists. we are very aware of all of the things going on. we are very are of the capability and the attempt to take money. on my facebook page it's as if anybody asks you for money in my name, do not believe it. it is a problem. since you brought that subject up, i will just say, one of the things that we have to really continue to work on hard is the change that has occurred in terms of global communications and access to global communications. it impacts symmetric warfare and counterinsurgency. we just put up a cyber-command which i fully support. i think it is extremely imrtant. it is absolutely esntial that we start taking a hard look at how we are going to deal with these very difficult issues. we have to figure out how to deal with this issue and still sustain the rights that we want of a freedom of expression and information. these are very tough issues, but we have to continue to work for them. what i've found, and was frustrated me sometimes inside

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you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube. sign up for schedule alert e- mails at c-span.org. . >> providing unique insight about the court, available in hardcover and also as an e-book. >> they did not send out one penny about where that money was coming from. when they look forward to the budget next week and ask about what we are going to do, perhaps they can have the decency to tell us what they would have done. >> now, from london, prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. david cameron defended his government's proposed budget set to be released this week. harriet harman pressed the prime minister on the budget. the prime minister was also asked about troops in afghanistan and the future of britain's manufacturing industry. the two soldiers died yesterday. we send our condolences to their family and their friends. perhaps, today, in particular, to the doctors and nurses that worked alongside them. mr. speaker, -- they would enjoy him that luxury themselves. >> can i thank my hon. friend for that sugge

you can also connect with us on tour, facebook -- twitter, facebook, and youtube. >> next, law officials talk about -- an event hosted by the immigration and customs enforcement bureau. this portion runs about two and half hours. >> good morning. we will be getting started here. once again, good morning and welcome to the ipr center. my name is rick halverson. in the unit chief at the center. i will be your mc today. a few housekeeping notes before i introduce our first speaker. here at the ipr center, for the restroom, there are keys. there are two restaurants directly behind the auditorium. the doors should be open. if we have a fire emergency, and i'm not aware that we will have a test today, we will exit out the doors in the back. we tend to muster by the volleyball courts. with the microphones that you see above you, they do pick up conversations from the back and will transmit them throughout the entire auditorium. i have heard conversations in the back that people probably did not want me to hear. i just want to make you aware thattthose microphones are on. we try to minimize them

, -- on facebook that have not participated, or if somebody put something you find this respectful, the software tries to take out any vulgar language, but there is a symbol of the beginning you can click to police ourselves. we are protecting everybody as we go. if you go to the next slide, you said we would believe in competition. you get points the more you participate, and as you go through, you will continue to get more badges. if you go to the next slide, we are building the platform so you can have phone applications. and not well you are driving, but may be why you are walking, and you can submit that. i have always wanted to tell my member of congress they should have done this. that would have been a better idea to save money. that is a new approach common and that this part of america speaking out, to take the 21st century, and let the people have a greater voice. that is part of what tonight is as well. i go back and forth each week. when i am back and forth you do not have to wait. i want to talk about one topic, and we are going to go to the town hall. i believe this is th

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guest: facebook makes it impossible to keep your birthday secret. that everybody knows this. thank you. for recognizing my birthday. host: thank you for joining the conversation on our tour page. caller: happy anniversary of your birth pare. how would like both of your insight. i know i am slow mentally. i am not the only person in america that is. i am not good with the arithmetic and we are discussing the economy. we cannot subtract the policies that the bush administration has inflicted into the economy. give me your suggestions. with the legislation vetch's past -- with the legislation back just passed, obama went to the g-20 cas you have to spend t was taken out of the economy or put it back into it. you have to inject a transfusion if the country is hemorrhaging. with the work that is going on in congress, although we have people listing disclosures, campaign disclosures, would you say that president obama and the tarp you brought up earlier, is it a reaction from the administration? guest: yes, we cannot figure out where to go if we do not re

the people who did theoogle and facebook and so forth, it is the new generation. it is a big problem. i am counting on you. what is your name? >> meredith. >> go to it. [applause] you have your assignment. >> let me follow up on that. what advice would you have for somebody starting out in inveigative reporting? >> how old are you? >> we have talked about this. we do not thinknvestigative reporting a special category. it is in-depth reporting. it is reporting. go find in newspaper or organization and did in and enjoy it. when you get on to something, whatever it is, do not let up. >> i have a question. how many people here voted for barack obama? how many voted for john mccain? how many of you are pleased with the job that obama is doing? how many of you would like to see a different precedent? -- president. i am just curious. when know who we are talking with. [laughter] now we can pander a little more. [laughter] should have asked that in the beginning. >> it is a great job being a journalist. you make money -- momentary entries into peoe's lives. guess what? yo

at 1:21 she posts a photo of the little boy standing in front of his science fair project on her facebookage. there are questions swirling, is it photo shopped. you can see in the background it looks like a little girl and a man with a plaid shirt. people are wondering who is that person. i think there's a lot of detective work to be done here. i'm sure a key to this entire puzzle is her computer. and i'm sure authorities are honing in on that as well. >> larry: and our producer in charge here has an interesting question. marc, who's abducted more, boys or girls? >> i think the most vulnerable population in a predatory kidnapping are girls in the 10 to 12-year-old range, by far the most vulnerable kids are those kids. >> larry: have you ever heard -- >> very quickly, candace made a huge point about yelling. and i think the best thing to yell is you're not my mom, you're not my dad. under no circumstances, if a child has any kind an option, you never ever go with the bad man. >> larry: we only have about 35 seconds. candace, have predators been known to take kids at school? inside school?

. >> talk with these stars on twitter and facebook. >> larry: ryan seacrest. >> ron artest. >> jennythy. >> larry: sting and robert redford are on the way. >> jack johnson. >> larry: jack cousteau. >> and india aleah. >> i want to dedicate this next song to all the people in the gulf who have lost their livelihoods because of this terrible oil spill. >> fishing, farming. that's all we've done. >> a lot of strong men have broken down and cried. >> consensus is that everyone is really pissed off. >> hannah, who says my father lost his job. >> people have been crying on the phone. >> donated five grande few minutes ago, donated 25 grand. >> seeing what's going on there makes me sad, mad and sick at heart. >> how is your family doing? >> terrible. >> what about everybody's children? this is not just ours. this is just ours for a little while. >> we're looking for somebody to really help us get this back together. >> we need help. we need help now. >> every single day, animals are dying and people are suffering. >> these animals are part of the chain. when one of the lakes goes away, the

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you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube.at c-span.org. >> now bob woodward and carl bernstein talk about watergate and the state of american journalism at ohio state university. as reporters for the "washington post," woodward and bernstein began investigating the watergate break-in. from columbus ohio -- from columbus, ohio, this is about one hour and 10 minutes. >> i'm bob, he's carl. good to get that out of the way. >> i think the best thing we can do, given what people seem to be asking us lately, particularly about could this happen again? is to tell you a little bit about what we did and what happened. because it is very anomalous, concerns of the way that we in terms of the way journalism work then and the way it works now. we were reporters at the "washington post." i happen to be in the office on that day, june 17 or 18th, 1972. bob was called in by the city editor. >> if it was a nice day. and it was a saturday. and the editors in the morning said, who would be dumb enough to come in and work today? [laughter] and

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. >> larry: don't forget we are on facebook, go to facebook.com/cnnlarryking. and like us.der about tomorrow, dr. jack kevorkian for the hour. let's check in with anderson and ac "360" what's the latest? >>> congress grills bp's tony hayward and doesn't get much in the way of answers. an internal document, seems to show that bp may have known that 60,000 barrels may have been gushing out of the well. tonight we will show it to you and tell you why it could be damning to bp. yet another example of bureaucracy getting in the way off taking the oil. all that and more at the top of the hour. >> larry: anderson will be part of our big telethon monday night. michael burnell, a man she calls her soul mate was killed by ronnie gardner. it is the crime for which he is scheduled to be executed tonight. she joins us from phoenix. you do not favor this execution, donna, he killed your soul mate, why? >> michael was a gentle soul. and he loved people and he loved life. and he would not have wanted ronnie lee to be killed, especially in his name. his father also knew that about michael.

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on facebook to try to get money.e are going after these scam artists. we are very aware of all of the things going on. we are very aware of the capability and the attempt to take money. on my facebook page it's as if anybody asks you for money in my name, do not believe it. it is a problem. since you brought that subject up, i will just say, one of the things that we have to really continue to work on hard is the change that has occurred in terms of global communications and access to global communications. it impacts symmetric warfare and counterinsurgency. we just put up a cyber-command which i fully support. i think it is extremely important. it is absolutely essential that we start taking a hard look at how we are going to deal with these very difficult issues. we have to figure out how to deal with this issue and still sustain the rights that we want of a freedom of expression and information. these are very tough issues, but we have to continue to work for them. what i've found, and was frustrated me sometimes

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c-span, and our public affairs content is available on you can also connect with us on- twitter, facebook, and youtube. signup for our scheduled alert e-mails at c-span.org. >> c-span was invited to tour this facility where we spoke with top-ranking coast guard and bp officials. >> in the unified command incident command room, what we know as the war room, this is the central room that is providing the direction and developing the strategic plans for operations that are driving 11,000 men and women who are working from the offshore resource area. once floods arrive on the service, although it back to %+uisiana shorelines. our job is to protect the shorelines from any impact. this is one of the commands that are designed to work collaborative lacrosse thh gulf of mexico -- collaborative leap across the gulf of mexico. the second command post is in mobile, alabama. there is a third incident command located in myanmar which focuses on florida. over -- in miami which focuses on florida. >> you'll notice that this is a bp building. what is this building usually used for. >> this building was d

guest: it might seem a quaint to those of us who are on twitter and facebook and on the internet all day, but he carried a pocket constitution and to he would " from it. he said, you know what, this is all i will need iff-- this is all i need. but he was much more intellectual. he could go to the senate floor and in a speech, and he would " caribbean is from the bible, and sorrow for philosophy, and madison from the federalist papers -- he would quote corinthians from the bible and thoreau from philosophy. host: here is another quote -- guest: doesn't that seem quite? -- quaint. host: he served in the u.s. senate since 1954. we want to get your reaction to the passing of senator robert byrd. marjorie from pratte, west virginia. guest: good morning. i can't begin to tell you what a loss i feel this morning. i just absolutely adore him. our state has lost -- pbs did a series about him called the soul of the senate. we have lost a soul of the senate and a soul of west virginia. he did so much for us. when people call him the pork barrel king, that term, i know, is it used as derision bu

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i have had several scam artists on facebook use my facebook page. we are constantly going after the scam artists. we are very aware of all of these. we have a very robust capability. it is more about notifying people who get these e-mails. i have this facebook thing that says do not believe that -- believed it if they ask for money. it is a problem. since you brought that subject up, one of the things that we have to continue to work hard is the change that has occurred in terms of global communications. access to global convocations, the impact on asymmetric warfare, the impact on future warfare -- it is significant. we have stood up sever command. i think it is this cyber come and. i think it is extremely important -- cyber command. i think it is extremely important. we look at how we deal with these issues. it is difficult to deal with these issues and sustain the rise that we want of freedom of expression and information? it is a tough issue that we have to work through. what has frustrated me inside of iraq is we are doing exactly what we need

them, our hub of terrorist content is available online, and you can connect with us on twitter, facebook and you ttupebe, our cameras when to look at plymouth after her the this is about 35 minutes. -- >> i am under the weather. how are you doing? >> i got a bug or something. >> you should get some rest. >> take care of him. >> let's go upstairs. i will show you what we are doing. >> i knew i was going to shut down soon. i have not had a day off. >> you are not too young. >> i have gained 90 pounds. >> we are still young. >> do you know jackie cole? >> yes. >> and danielle. >> and danielle. they're beautiful pr people. [laughter] >> were you expecting that many people? it was unbelievle. >> i wanted it to be nice. they need to know what they need. they knew. -- they note i knew. >> we went to high school together. he went off to be a movie star and left us here on the west bank. [laughter] >> are you feeling better today? >> better. i am dragging. i'm not going to stay long. i wanted to tell you so you could stay with us. early on, we saw right after the accident, we knew that we were go

you cannot connect to the sun twitter, facebook, and u2. signup for our schedule alert e- mails. >> secretary of state hillary clinton said thursday that a new ratified start treaty could lead to talks on russia on missile but -- missile defense and iran. the chairman of the joint chiefs. this hearing is about two hours and 20 minutes. it is a real pleasure to have all of you with us this morning. this is his first appearance before the committee and i believe it is. he did a special welcome for that. the new strategic arms reduction treaty that is before us today is in a important treaty. it will make our country more secure and advance our core national security interest. this treaty is in keeping with the long tradition of bilateral, verifiable, arms control agreements with russia. the united states senate has previously approved attend bilateral arms control agreements with russia would overwhelmingly bipartisan majorities. only one was supposed by more than six votes. that was in 1993. three of these treaties were considered during som

we see this from our facebook posts, our friends.every time we announce a proxy on our child -- on our channel, it overflows it right away. it is blocked in 24 to 48 hours by the government. the demand is there. the community over here is trying its best to provide everything for that demand. a lot of times, we have to rely on our own personal ressurces. for example, i give access to people that i trust when they need it. in the post-election crisis, i get access to people inside iran. my computer can only handle one people maxiium. the lack of funding is they are definitely thursday for international support. at this time, i think that means support for the iranian population. poplation. >> i hnk we talk about the free floof ifrmation and iran, dhowpeopleare tryng to get t information. i think it woul be interesting to actull talk ut how much the iranian government at the same time ispending to spread biased news lies orri to get aait peop wh are to spread the rih word, the activists. ess , we hav lots ofoh bsites which has been esi

you can connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube, and sign up for our alert e- mails at c-span.org. not to louisiana, where admiral thad allen brief reporters on the gulf oil spill response after returning from a tour of the region. this is 10 minutes. >> hello, i have a guest today. this is billy. billy is a fist down. he is offering an opportunity. he is from louisiana. we just spent a couple hours looking around, the rich, the barges. we were looking at some areas that had been foiled -- oiled. he has some expertise, and i wan to thank yo -- i want to thank him very much. he had to have his 15 minutes of fame. a great day today. kind of an interesting day for me. i just a bicameral meeting of legislators in congress. i talked about some of our current issues, which are vessels of opportunity, how to best take advantage of their expertise, and a control structure to get the massive affects from the efforts on the water. if you are out in these boats and you see what is happening on the barges and the stream flows, you would know the people in louisiana -- and the boats, you would

guest: it might seem a quaint to those of us who are on twitter and facebook and on the internet allday, but he carried a pocket constitution and to he would " from it. he said, you know what, this is all i will need iff-- this is all i need. but he was much more intellectual. he could go to the senate floor and in a speech, and he would " caribbean is from the bibleand sorrow for philosophy, and madison from the federalist pape -- he would quote corinthianfrom the bible and thoreau from philosophy. host: here is another quote -- guest: doesn't that seem quite? -- quaint. host: he served in the u.s. senate since 1954. we want to get your reaction to the passing of senator robert byrd. marjorie from pratte, west virginia. guest: good morning. i can't begin to tell you what a loss i feel this morning. i just absolutely ado him. our state has lost -- pbs did a series about him called the soul of the senate. we have lost a soul of the senate and a soul of west virginia. he did so much for us. when people call him the pork barrel king, that term, i know, is it used as derision but for us

last week a man in texas posted on my facebook page, where's the budget, congressman? this is unacceptable. i agree, it is unacceptable that this year of all years congress will not work on a budget. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? without objection. >> madam speaker, at round tables i hold with small business owners in san diego, therr is some consistent themes. mrs. davis: they all say they need banks to lend and people to spend. a few also pointed out that when theiris businesses fail or fall behind on their cashes, the i.r.s. is more than willing to work out a payment plan they can afford, but then slaps them with pements that they can't afford. -- penalties that they can't afford. the small business lending package we passed earlier this month provides small business relief. it gives community banks the lending leverage they need to help small businesses keep their doors opened and create jobs. this legislation is essential for businesses in my district and across our country. i

you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube. e- mails at c-span.org. >> other memorial day services and the nation's capital included a service at the vietnam veterans memorial. among those who speak at the event are admiral mike mullen. this ceremony is just under an hour. ♪ [applause] >> excellent. well, one day when she becomes even more thymus, you can say, i saw her alive at the vietnam veterans memorial. such extraordinary talent really makes us all proud and on a great day like this, this is memorial day, it actually began many years ago has warred decoration day, when people would decorate this cultures -- the graves of the soldiers that fought in war, and it gradually became memorial day for all of the nation for war casualties to receive honor and respect and recognition. on a great day, we're here to welcome you here on behalf of the vietnam veterans memorial fund and the national park service, and we are here especially to day to remember the many thousands and thousands of troops who were in harm's way today in afgh