we want to get -- thank our guest host, robert wolf and can feinberg. -- and can feinberg.s on the radio and "in the loop" is next. ♪ >> good morning. we're live from bloomberg headquarters. we are nine minutes away from the opening bell. a ceo will be joining as guest uberas companies such as face mounting concerns about privacy. in on increasing regulations. we will discuss the changing world of digital media and commerce. plus, amazon taking control from fedex and ups. we will -- we focus on that story yesterday. big work and they data needed for efficient distribution right ahead of the holiday season. he will join me in a few moments. here is a look at our top stories. congress to vote on a spending bill. the measure would avert a government shutdown and it rolls back the provision of the dodd-frank legislation that limits trading.

tonight, kenneth feinberg, who oversaw the compensation program for survivors of victims of 9/11. in our hour-long interview, he talks about the experience and his book "what is life worth?" and in the promising results of cancer research. dr. francis collins from nih is part of a discussion of the aspen institute that focused on innovation and challenges. collects it is amazing to see the insight, and they are coming out of all sorts of technologies we did not have before. the things we can do with imaging are phenomenal and getting better. and the efforts to understand clinical types and the advent of how -- electronic health records. all of these things are coming together in it with i would have not imagined in my lifetime, but we are not nurturing that discovery in the way we could be , and it is particularly troubling and oftentimes really .iscouraging what is your chance? if you have a great idea about cancer research and its preclinical and it is not something where you are working institute, what is the chance that your grant is going to get funded? it is about one in six

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ken feinberg. you know him as the czar of this and these are of that.erg on any number of topics including the ponzi scheme of the madoff scandal and the sentences we saw yesterday. and also joining us, robert wolf. we will talk to robert wolf about sitomer mccain of arizona, most interesting -- senator mccain of arizona, most interesting story today. to it.ing forward thank you, tom keene. the repercussions of the global financial crisis continue. get a is being unveiled by the federal reserve -- new regulation is being unveiled by the federal reserve. here with born the latest banking, caroline hyde. >> let's start with jpmorgan. the u.s. once again showing us they want to be tougher than the rest of the world. the same was switzerland as well. really, they are very worried tout banks being too big sale. the rest of the world is put in place financial stability report's recommendations, you need 7% of a cushion as a bank -- >> a basic bank. >> and if you're fairly important, 9.5%. the u.s., big bank 11.5%. most of them meet this particular target exce

ken he can't feinberg's interview on the september 11th victim compensation furch. lonnie bunch on the importance of the african-american experience to u.s. history. from 2007, robert novak on his 50 years of reporting in washington. from 2008, renu kiter and 2009, conservative commentator s.e. cupp, a decade of compelling conversations. december 22nd, through the 26th. on c-span. "washington journal" continues. host: for our remaining 20s minutes or so, we want to ask you whether or not you are better off, worse off or about the same in 2014. phone lines are open. get to your calls. a quick look at some of the head lines on this sunday morning. first, from the front page of "the new york times", the shooting deaths being called an asisination of two new york city police officers. am burned and killed in brooklyn. the suspect then went on to commit suicide. from ny the "new york times," castro thanks the u.s. in a speech but reaffirms communist rule in cuba. cuba, one of the dominating programs or issues on the sunday morning programs. below the front page below the

this month is the 10th anniversary of our sunday "q&a".me from 2005, kenneth feinberg on the september 11 compensation fund. from 2006, lonnie bunch. from 2007, robert novak. --m 2008, renew could tour renou couture. a decade of compelling conversations. next, a discussion on countering violent extremism and ideology in the u.s. and around the world. the washington institute for -- this is 90cy minutes. can ask you to join with me by turning off your cell phone. we are pleased today for this policy forum on the battle of isis at home and abroad. an exciting to have program and we are starting with from his royal highness will join us a video. let us start with remarks by his royal highness and i will introduce our other two speakers with prepared remarks and take questions and answers. that you highness is and commissioner for human rights and previously served as jordan's permanent ambassador to the united nations and united states. much, goodu so afternoon to all of you. i apologize for not being able to make it down for the discussion and of course our thoughts are with rob and jenn

run so there would be some kind of record of accomplishment and that meant his favorite things to feinbergand me, if i had to pick the phrase, three words, that i heard the most from his lips, work it out. that was our job -- work it out. the first day i got there he took me to the members of the committee and particularly i remember going -- and the republicans like the democrats, he said to allen simpson, great senator from wyoming, if you have any problems at the committee, steve is going to be the chief counsel. phone him. i felt that i was of course working for senator kennedy. but i was also working for the 17 members of the committee and that's how we ran it. the other thing he said, which i've kept in my mind, is if you want to compromise, you work things out by compromise but a compromise is not i'm here, you're there, we'll see what we can give up to meet in the middle. that's not compromise. the compromise is we don't agree about something but we're trying to get together. i listen to what you say. listen. and somewhere in this conversation you will say something i think is okay

from 2005, kenneth feinberg's interview. the importance of the african-american experience to u.s. history. from 2007, robert novak and his 50 years of reporting in washington. from 2008, higher education in america. from 2009, conservative commentator. q&a on 10:00, compelling conversation. at 7:00 p.m. on c-span. >> on the presidency, will here of five years in which thomas jefferson served in paris as the minister of the united dates. author james thompson describes it as a transformative experience with his friendships with french revolutionaries and progressives turns him from a political loner to an activist. mr. thompson is the author. he spoke at the virginia historical society. this is about an hour. >> the summer of 1784, thomas jefferson traveled to paris as minister of the united dates to friends and lived there for 5 -- states to france for five years. he made a series of excursions , an influential member of french society. he appointed johnson not only to the city and its people but when the enlightened ideas of french thought. today speaker will talk to us about thi

attorney kenneth feinberg who was hired by the automaker to compensate victims revealed the new totalsved 229 deathç claim and nearly 2,000 injury claims since august.m0n6 gm knew about the faulty ignition switches in some of itt vehicles for more than a decade but didn'tb7jgujt(s& them until february. >>> the world health organization is getting teams of workers ready to fight the ebola outbreak in west africa. the w.h.o. is training doctors, nurses and burial teams in how to control infects in using personal protective equipment. after that, they'll serve at community care centers set up to treat people infected with the deadly virus. the centers can treat up to 12 patients. the fight against ebola requires large numbers of trained staff á6c able to work safely in challenging conditions. >> before the community care center is open, there's a period of about three days training, so they get trained in something about the background of the virus and how it makes people ç >> the ebola virus has killed nearly 7,000 people in west africa so far. most cases are in guinea, sierra leone an

kenneth feinberg's interview on the september 11 compensation fund. from 2006, lonnie bunch on the importance of the african-american experience to u.s. history. robert novak on his 50 years of reporting in washington. 2008, higher education in america. from 2009, conservative commentator -- the 26 on2 through c-span. >> here is a look at the programs you will find christmas day. holiday festivities start at 10 a.m. eastern with the lighting of the national christmas tree. followed by the white house christmas decorations with first lady michelle obama, and the lighting of the capitol christmas tree. celebrity activists talk about their caucus. at eight, former florida governor jed bush on the bill of rights and the founding fathers. on c-span two at 10 a.m. eastern, venture into the arm of good writing. 12:30 jill lepore explores the history of wonder woman. on american history tv on c-span3 at 8 a.m. eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with president george bush and bob dole, with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fa

kenneth feinberg from 2005, on the september 11th victims compensation fund. from 2006, the importance of the african-american experience to u.s. history. from 2007 robert novak and his 50 years of reporting in washington. from 2008 the value of higher education in america. from 2009 conservative commentator, q&a at 10:00, decade of compelling conversation, december 22nd through the 26 that 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> here is a look at the programs you will find christmas day on the c-span networks. holiday festivities started 10 eastern on c-span with a lighting of the national christmas tree followed by the white house christmas decorations with first lady michele obama and the lighting of the capitol christmas tree. just after 12:30 p.m. celebrity activists talk about their causes. at 8:00 supreme court justice samuel bo dietl and former florida governor jeb bush on the bill of rights and the founding fathers. on c-span2 at 10:00 a.m. eastern venture into the art of good writing and at 12:30 that senate side of the super euro as we search the secret his

"q&a," and weram are featuring an encore program ,f one "q&a" from each year from 2005, kenneth feinberg'serview on the symptom or 11th victim compensation -- compensation fund. from 2006, lonnie bunch. from 2007, robert novak on his 50 years of reporting in washington. from 2008, the value of higher education in america. and from 2009, conservative 10, atator -- "q&a" at decade of compelling number stations. >> live today on c-span, "washington journal" is next. that's an apply km, it is the what to expect from the 114 congress on economic and tax policies. at 2:00 p.m., energy secretary ernest joins the conversation on energy policy. and then a look at u.s. china relations. in 45 minutes on "washington journal," former acting cia director for the george w. bush administration john mclaughlin on the cia's enhanced interrogation techniques. at 8:30 a.m. eastern, david rothkopf with "foreign policy" magazine talks about his book "national insecurity." at 9:30 a.m., a look at the impact of the medical device tax included in the affordable care act. our guest is mark leahey, president and ceo

from 2005, kenneth feinberg's interview on the victim compensation fund. and the importance of the african american experience to u.s. history. from 2007, robert novak on his .0 years of reporting and from 2009, conservative commentator at the cup. a decade of compelling conversation. >> damien shields talks about andlife of patrick cleburne his role during the battle of franklin. he enlisted in the confederate army where he rose through the rank of major general, voting to emancipate slaves to enlist them in the army. this is part of a series organized by the tennessee sesquicentennial commission. >> i will use my big boys to get everyone rounded back up for the next part of the program here today. about then, talking battle of franklin, the battle of nashville, and what this final campaign that we have talked about has meant to tennessee, southern history and american history. thanks everyone for coming out. like introducing a rock star. you have had the well-known acts, and the front acts. now you get to have the special event with our next speaker. isi

from 2005, kenneth feinberg's interview. bunch.06, lonnie from 2007, robert novak. 2008, the value of higher education. from 2009, as the cup. a decade of compelling conversations. >> tomorrow. national institutes of health director francis collins talks about the challenges facing cancer research. he spoke and described shrinking federal resources. >> it is amazing to see the insights. and they're coming out of all storts of technologies we didn't have. imaging. the whole genomics. the efforts to understand sort of the details of clinical types and the advent of electronic health records. all these things coming together in a way that i would not imagine would happen many my lifetime and yet we are not nurturing that engine of discovery the way we could be. a standard that ihi

our 2005 interview with kenneth feinberg, who oversaw the compensation funds for the victims of 9/11 and wrote a book about it. ♪ >> this week on "q&a" our guest is kenneth fine berg, from the victim compensation fund and author of the book "what is the life worth? the unprecedented effort to compensate the victims of 9/11". >> kenneth fineberg, why did you call the book that you just wrote "what is life worth"? >> because congress in setting up this program after 9/11 delegated to me and really to me alone the requirement -- the obligation to try and calculate what each death caused by 9/11 or each physical injury should be paid out of public funds. >> what were you called? >> i was called -- a rather judicial term -- a special master. that connotes in the law somebody who is sort of delegated authority. usually by a court. to act as some administrative arm of the court to administer or design a settlement and then to allocate the proceeds of the settlement. >> how many people did you award money to and how much? >> i awarded 7 billion dollars of taxpayer funds, all public funds, to

attorney kenneth feinberg who was hired by the automaker to compensate victims revealed the new totals yesterday. he said he received 229 death claims and nearly 2,000 injury claims since august. gm knew about the faulty ignition switches in some of its vehicles for more than a decade, but didn't recall them until february. >>> well, the honors just keep coming for little league phenom mo'ne davis. sports kid of the year and you're looking at the cover. she became the star of taney dragons after showing her dominance on the pitcher's mound this summer. the first girl to ever win a little league world series game and the first girl to pitch a shutout. "sports illustrated" says that mo'ne proves everyone has the ability to make an impact no matter your age, gender or race. >>> the u.s. postal service is paying tribute to one of santa's reindeer, sort of marks the 50th anniversary of the rudolph tv special. traveling to a town called rudolph, ohio. they offer a post mark that makes it on to christmas cards around the country. >>> your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> we are looking at a col

kenneth feinberg interview from the victims compensation fund.unch on the of the african-american experience u.s. history. from 2007, robert novak. the new couture on the value of higher education and america. q&a at 10. a decade of compelling conversations. december 22 through december 26 on c-span. >> next, the european parliament discussing the u.s. senate report on cia interrogation techniques. then farewell speeches entry before retiring senator mary landrieu. on wednesday, members of the european parliament debated a release on cia interrogations. some members argued that you should take further action and press charges against those involved. this is a one-hour portion of the debate from strasburg. you, president. are anted states important partner in fighting terrorism for the european union. but certain serious concerns and differences having sick -- existed and respect to certain aspects of the u.s. counterterrorism policy. has started anion dialogue on these issues quite some time ago. today, we are debating a senate report on a preced

live on washington journal. 7:00 panel we mark the 10th anniversary of "q&a" with our with kenneth feinberg. he was the special master of the created to compensate developments for the september 11 attacks. national studios of health director frances collins about the challenges facing cancer research. here is a look at some programs you will find christmas day on networks. holid holiday festivities start with christmas g of the tree followed by the white house christmas decoration was michelle obama. of the capitol christmas tree. 12:30 activists talk about causes. 8:00 samuel alito and bush.l on c-span 2 venture in the art writing. 12:30 see the feminist side of hero as we search the secret history of wonder woman. others talk about read habits. c-spanican history tv on 3 the fall of the berlin wall george bush and been dole with speeches from john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon fashion experts on first showses and how they represented the time they lived. news anchor er nbc tom brokaw on more than 50 years world events. that is christmas day. for complete schedule go to c-span.org. t

from 2005, kenneth feinberg on the victims compensation fund. from 2006, lonnie bunch on the importance of the african-american experience to u.s. history. from 2007, robert novak on reporting in washington. from 2008, renew couture on the value of education in america. and from 2009, as he called. a decade of compelling conversations. 26th -- 22nd through the 26th. >> care is a look at programs on christmas day on the c-span networks. holiday festivities start at 10 p.m. eastern with the lighting of the national christmas tree, followed by the white house christmas decorations with his lady michelle obama. p.m., celebrity activists talk about their causes. former, samuel alito and florida governor jeb bush on the bill of rights and the founding fathers. eastern,2 at 10 a.m. venture into the art of good writing with steve pinker. then see the feminine side of a leporero as jill explores the history of wonder woman. on american history tv on c-span3 at 8:00 a.m.

from 2005, kenneth feinberg's interview. the importance of the african-american experience to u.s.istory. from 2007, robert novak and his 50 years of reporting in washington. from 2008, higher education in america. from 2009, conservative commentator. q&a on 10:00, compelling conversation. at 7:00 p.m. on c-span.

and since then, we're taken up the mantle, myself and other colleagues, richard feinberg, to really look more deeply at what , inhappening on the island particular, on the economy. richard new farmer and others formed a working group with a group of cuban economists richard gere and a half to two years to really meet regularly .nd look at a series of issues i think that is important part of the story. let me step back a little bit. i really want to take a moment to appreciate what just happened. it was stunning. as michael said. even among the optimists, much more than we had hoped for. i think it shows something about presidential leadership on both sides of a particularly president obama, for taking the steps you took in a very bold way. we were at this conference together, the ministry of foreign relations diplomatic academy. you had a group of 80, 90, 100 people committee 20 americans, the rest cuban specialists, people, maybe 100 20 americans, the rest been specialists, focusing. it had a certain drama to it that was particularly important. as simultaneous presidential announcements

authors, historians, journalists, filmmakers and leading public policy thinkers, from 2005 kenneth feinberg's interview on the victim compensation fund. lonny bunch on the importance of the african-american experience to u.s. history. from 2007, robert novak on his 50 years of reporting in washington. from 2008, the value of higher education in america. and from 2009, conservative commentator s.e. cupp. a decade of compelling conversations, december 22nd through the 26th. at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> now, an update from the pentagon from press secretary john kirby. in the briefing, he says that iraq will receive mine-resistant vehicles to deal with the roadside bombs set by isis. >> good afternoon, everybody. only seven minutes late today. i know you've seen the secretary's statement but i would like to go over it again, with respect to the terrorist attack on the pakistani school. on behalf of all the men and women of the united states defense department, the secretary extends his deepest condolences to the people of pakistan's following today's ruthless attack on the school in peshaw

i have followed ken feinberg's process closely. r(t&háhp &hc% family.s much possible to get the best cars on the road to address these kris sis and get better at identi identifying the recalls before they cause this kind of tragedy. >> thank you very much. with that, i'm going to close the hearing. i don't have the gavel in front of me, but we're over and thank you again and thank you to your families for their service in supporting you and the vital work that i anticipate you'll do. >>> tomorrow on "washington journal," gordon chang discusses what's next for north korean leader kim jong-un and that country's suspected involvement in the sony hack, then michael tuscano looks at the rules and regulations for drone after that, linda layoff lynn of the u.s. census bureau and f child trends onureau and how familygp structures affect ct4wjood poverty. plus, your phone calls, facebook comments and tweets. "washington journal" is live friday and every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on cspan. you'll find this weekend on the cspan networks. saturday night at 9:30 on c

highlighting authors, historians, journalists, filmmakers from 2,005 kenneth feinberg, from 2006 the importance the importance of the african-american experience, from 2007 robert novak, from 2008 the value of higher education in america, america, and from 2009 conservative commentator. a decade of compelling conversations. at seven pm eastern. >> coming up, the senate finance committee hears testimony. tax and retirement policy analysts speak about the gap between how much americans are saving and savings needed. this runs two hours. >> the finance committee will come to order. when you take a look at the state of retirement savings in america, america, it is clear that something is out of whack. the american taxpayer delivers $140 $140 billion each year to subsidize retirement accounts, but still millions of americans nearing retirement have little or nothing saved. the fact is, the, the incentives for saving and the american tax code just are not getting to those in need them most. a pair of new studies spells out the issue. the federal reserve found last month that an employee wi

from 2005, kenneth feinberg's interview on the 9/11 victims compensation fund. 2007, robert novak honest his 50 years of reporting in washington. our.2008, renew could to from 2009, conservative commentator s.e. cupp. >> history bookshelf features popular history riders and heirs on american history tv. next, frederick kempe discusses his book, "divorcing the dictator: america's bungled affair with noriega." anniversary ofnd o the invasion of panama. frederick kempe delves into the history of panama. mr. kemp was a journalist for the wall street journal or he is not president and chief executive officer of the atlantic council. this is about an hour.

from 2005, kenneth feinberg interview on the september 11 and compensation fund.from 2006, the importance of the african-american experience to u.s. history. from 2007 robert novak on the 50 years of reporting in washington. 2008, the valley of higher education in america. from 2009, conservative commentator. q&a at 10, a decade of compelling conversations. december 22-26 at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> sixty-five euro american alan gross has been released from a cuban prison where he had been jailed for five years. e. was obtained -- detained while working to set up an internet access point as a subcontractor for use governments u.s. agency for international developer. .. on the c-span networks and we will keep you updated on our coverage plans. apply to the united nations for the year-end news conference with secretary ban ki-moon. >> background. the secretary-general will make some opening remarks, and then we will be united decided to take your questions. >> the floor is yours. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. it is a pleasure to see you at the end of

kenneth feinberg's interview of the september 11 victim compensation fund. in two thousand six, the importance of the african-american assistant. 2011, robert novak. from 2008, the value of higher education in america. from 2009, conservative commentator. 10, a decade of compelling conversations. 7 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> brothers brad and dallas woodhouse on opposite sides of the political spectrum. they talked about their documentary on "washington jou rnal." this is 45 minutes. urnal continues. a moment, we will introduce you to brad and dallas woodhouse. their new film, " woodhouse divided." ♪ [applause] >> i always hope we are divided about it. i don't hope we ever agree on that. hope we are divided about it. i don't hope we ever agree on that. >> we will send him a message today. hands off my health care. hands off my health care. thank you. >> these lies, we're going to pass it. if the american will do not like it -- the momentum has moved toward the president in the past week. there and iss out going to lose. money offe a lot of of their misguided

kenneth feinberg's issue -- from 2005 onisode september 11. from 2007, robert novak on his 50 years of reporting in washington. from 2008, the value of higher education in america. and from 2009, conservative commentator -- a decade of compelling conversations. december 22 through the 26 at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span. bob kerry and john danforth spoke at an event hosted by the bipartisan policy center. served on a bipartisan commission that examined entitlements and tax policy. that effort and why the budget should be a top priority in the 2016 presidential race. this is just over an hour. >> good afternoon, everyone. glad to see so many of you coming out in this weather to get here. i appreciate it very much. i am bill hoagland here with the bipartisan policy center. it is my pleasure and honor to kick off this discussion this afternoon. the bipartisan policy center was established by four former senate majority leaders in 2007. senator bob dole, george mitchell, tom daschle and the late pat baker. during their times in congress, they worked ti

compelling conversations we are featuring one interview from each year of the season today author kenneth feinberg looking at his role of special master of the fund created to compensate victims of the september 11 terrorist attacks at seven eastern on c-span. right after that the problems and challenges facing cancer research, describing an environment of unprecedented innovation with shrinking resources. here is more now. >> it is amazing to see the insights coming out of all sorts of technologies that we did not have before, imaging. the things we can do with images are phenomenal and getting better, the genomics revolution, the efforts to understand the details of clinical phenotypes and the advent of electronic health records. all of these things coming together in a way a way i would not have imagined would happen in my lifetime, and yet we are not nurturing that engine of discovery the way that we could be. a statistic that i think is particularly troubling and often times discouraging to young scientists thinking about getting into the field is the following. what is your chance if you hav

from 2005, kenneth feinberg's interview on the september 11 victims compensation fund. from 2007, robert novak on 50 years of reporting in washington. higher08, the value of education in america. and from 2009, conservative commentator essie tub. sign 10, a decade of compelling conversations come at december 22 through 26th on c-span. >> next, a discussion of foreign policy. speakers include two officials from the reagan and george w. bush administrations. they look at american relations in the world, the conflict at afghanistan, and of americanre policy in the world. >> we believe this will be a lively discussion on future directions for u.s. foreign policy. it is an interesting time right .ow the world is in a state that many are describing as chaotic. it is hard to see how to balance threats from terrorists and ungoverned spaces and large refugee flows to the trajectory being chosen by big powers like russia and rising powers like china that might be looking to change or offend the international order. many of us in washington think -- up and -- upend the internation

from 2005, kenneth feinberg's interview on the september 11 victim compensation fund. from 2006, the importance of the african-american experience to u.s. history. from 2007, robert novak on 50 years of reporting in washington. from 2008, the value of higher education in america and from essie kaup. p.m. eastern. >> next the announcement would normalize relations with kim a -- cuba. houseke from the white following the release of alan gross and an unnamed intelligence agent. this >> good afternoon. today, the united states of america is changing its relationship with the people of cuba. in the most significant changes in our policy in more than fifty years, we will end an outdated approach that, for decades, has failed to advance our interests, and instead we will begin to normalize relations between our two countries. through these changes, we intend to create more opportunities for the american and cuban people, and begin a new chapter among the nations of the americas. there's a complicated history between the united states and cuba. i was born in 1961 -- just over

can as feinberg's interview on the september 11 victim compensation fund, the importance of the african-american experience to u.s. history, robert novak on his 50 years of reporting and watch it. from 2008, the value of higher education in america. from 2009, conservative commentators. a decade of compelling conversations. 22-26 at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, a defense department briefing on efforts to combat the terrorist group isis. army lieutenant general james spoke to reporters for about 30 minutes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> good morning, everybody. i won't make this long, but i wanted to welcome lieutenant general james terry, the commander of the combined joint task force, operation inherent resolve, our anti-isil efforts. i want to welcome him to the briefing room. this is his first briefing in this new command with you all, and we're delighted to have him here. we're going to keep this to 30 minutes. the genera

we're featuring authors, historians, journalists, filmmakers, and from 2005, kenneth feinberg. 2006, the importance of the african-american experience to u.s. history. 2007, robert novak and 50 years of reporting in washington. from 2008, the value of higher education in america. from 2009, conservative commentator as teacup -- s.e. cupp. >> a look at some retiring members of congress. then, tributes to senator rockefeller. later, republican senator tom coburn. west virginia senator jay rockefeller is retiring after 30 years in congress. most recently, he served on the senate commerce committee. he talked about his time in office to his recent farewell dress. this is 39 minutes. >> the senator from west virginia. >> madam president, i ask to give my remarks. >> without objection. >> and i ask unanimous consent .o speak on morning business >> without objection. >> for hours and hours. [laughter] objection. >> i come today with a spirit of reflection and optimism about our future. torrent --ompelled premise of what we don't achieve and what we can't achieve when we refuse to compromise

today author kenneth feinberg on his book what is life worth? worth? which looks at his will as special master o of the fund agreed to compensate victims of september 11 terrorist attacks. you can see that today at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span. right after that, francis collins discusses the promise and challenges facing cancer research. he described an apartment of unprecedented innovation paired with shrinking federal resources. here's more. >> is amazing to see the insides commander coming out of all sorts of technology that we didn't have before, imaging you mention. the things we do now are phenomenal and getting better. the whole genomics revolution giving us insight into how cells work and how things go wrong sometimes. the efforts to understand sort of the details of clinical phenotypes and avid of electronic health records but all of these things sort of coming together into what i would not have imagined would happen in my lifetime. and yet we are not nurturing that engine of discovery the way that we could be. and a statistic i think is deeply t

from 2005, kenneth feinberg. 2006, lonnie bunch on the important of african-american history in 2007.on. 2008, the value of higher education in america, from 2009, conservative commentator, s.e. cupp. q&a at 10:00. a decade of compelling conversations december 22 m.d. through the 26th, at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> special presidential envoy in charge of international efforts to combat isis spoke this week about the threat posed by the islamic state and strategy for defeating it. retired general john allen was former commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan. he was interviewed by former congresswoman and will send center president jane harman. this is just over an hour. >> i'm jane harman, the president and ceo of the wilson center and recovering pop tish shun. general allen says that i haven't recovered. probably true. it is not a 12 step program. but we're delighted to host him here today. i first met general john allen while i was leading a congressional delegation to guantanamo prison. we stopped first, the stopped first at certaintycom to see my good friend, david petraeus,

today kenneth feinberg, special master of the 9-11 fund and what his life is like. that will be at 7:00 eastern here on c-span. the nih onrector of the promise and challenges of cancer research. looking at unprecedented innovation in an environment of shrinking rhetoric -- federal resources. home in >> amazing to see the insight. they're coming from technology we did not have before. the whole genomics revolution insight into how things work and how things go wrong sometimes. the effort to understand the of the advance of clinical health records. all of these things coming together in a way i would not have imagined would happen in my lifetime, and yet we are not nurturing that engine of discovery the way we could the. a statistic i think is troubling and discouraging to young scientists is the following, what is your chance yeah, you cancergreat idea about research and is preclinical and you have the next idea, where are you going to go to get funded? what is the chance your grant will get funded cap 01 and six. -- will get funded? 1 in 6. cancer research it is 1 i

from 2005 kenneth feinberg's conversation, from 2006, the importance of the african american experience to u.s. history. from 2007, robert novak on his 50 years of reporting in washington. from 2008, the value of higher education in america. and from 2009 conservative commentator s.e. cupp. q&a@10, a decade of compelling conversations, december 22nd through 26th at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> coming up real estate developer and television personality donald trump talks about running for president and building his brand in washington. this event is hosted by the economic club of washington, d.c., and runs an hour. >> okay. can everybody please, can everybody please quiet, quiet. thank you very much. so we're very pleased this evening to have as our special guest donald trump. as you all know, i usually go through elaborate introductions because i'm memorized them and i should show everybody that i've done the research. in this case, i don't really know that he needs a great introduction as some of the guests i've given introduction to. he's one of the best known developer, businessm

from 2005, kenneth feinberg's interview on the september 11 victim compensation fund. from 2006, lonnie bunch on the importance of the african-american experience to u.s. history. from 2007, robert novak on his 50 years of reporting in washington. from 2008, the value of higher education in america. from 2009, conservative commentator essie cup. a decade of compelling conversations december 22 through december 26 at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the chair of the ways and means committee congressman dave camp is retiring. he's represented michigan's fourth district for 12 terms, 24 years. he recently talked with c-span to reflect on his time in congress, his efforts to change the tax code, and how a former president helped him get on the ways and means committee. he also talks about his cancer diagnosis two years ago. his is about 30 minutes. >> the house ways and means committee chairman dave camp talking on closing hours of congress. in your time here you've had something of a singular focus for tax reform, tax overhaul. you're leaving congress without achieving tha

year highlighting authors, journalist , filmmakers, and policymakers fingers from 2005, kenneth feinberg. on the06, lonnie bunch importance of the african-american experience. from 2007, robert novak on its 50 years of reporting in washington. from 2008, the value of higher education. 2009, conservative commentator. a decade of compelling conversations. the 26th22 through 07:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> they look awesome the programs you will find christmas day on the c-span networks are all of the festivities start at 10:00 a.m. with the lighting of the national christmas tree followed by the christmas decorations with first lady michelle obama and the lighting of the capitol christmas tree. after 12:30 p.m., celebrity activist talk about their causes. supreme court justice sam alito and former governor jeb bush on the bill of rights and founding fathers. c-span two, the art of good writing. p.m., the feminine side of his superhero called the secret history of wonder woman. author pamela talks about the reading habits. c-spanican history tv on 3, they'll fall of the berlin wall with fo

from 2005, kenneth feinberg's interview, lonnie bunch on the importance of the african-american experience to american history. from 2007, robert novak. from 2008, the value of higher education in america. and from 2009, conservative commentator s.e. cupp. "q&a," at 7 p.m. aaron on c-span. >> google executive chair eric schmidt was interviewed at a recent conference on surveillance. he talked about privacy concernsover data collection and how google has worked to regain user trust. this conference was hosted by the cato institute, and we'll show you as much as we can until the senate gavels back in at 2:15 eastern. prison -- [applause] >> thank you all for coming, and thank you to to our tv audience on c-span. this is an incredibly impressive group of people that the cato institute has put together today. some of the most, you know, most august minds in the legal, policy making, journalistic circles. so i'm very honored to be here and very pleased dr. schmidt has found time in his schedule to talk about surveillance. >> and thank you guys for having me, this is an incredibly important conv

from 2005, kenneth feinberg's interview. from 2006, lonnie bunch oon the importance of the african-american experience. from 2007, robert novak on his fifty years of reporting. from 2008, renew couture on the value of higher education. 22 9 -- december through the twenty-six at 7:00 pm eastern on c-span. "washington journal" continues. host: welcome back. to our table lcome and leahey, the president ceo of the medical device manufacturers association. let's begin first with your organization. for our epresent viewers to understand? guest: thank you so much for letting me be here. i have been involved with somebody people to help reduce the costs. pacemakers and heart valves. recent advancements help those who cannot see, see. and those who cannot here, here. we are seeing tremendous technology -- improving patient care and reducing the overall cost. seeing the jobs themselves. what people do not often realize is that, according to the department of commerce, 80% the medical device -- this really is an industry of small busin