first amendment. they're expressing their religious beliefs. now is the time to make justice a reality for all of god's children. captioning provided by the freedom forum first amendment center welcome to speaking freely, a weekly conversation about the first amendment, the arts, and american culture. i'm ken paulson, executive director of the first amendment center. david crosby has written and performed some of the most powerful music of the past 35 years. throughout his solo career and his years with the byrds; crosby, stills, nash, and young; and now cpr, he's demonstrated that music can make a difference. now he's teamed with david bender, a founding contributing editor for george magazine, to write stand and be counted: making music, making history. welcome, gentlemen. it's a book about courageous musicians and courageous music, and at a time when i read on the front page of the new york times that record companies are routinely self-censoring themselves to enhance marketability of music, why this project, why the book, and why the television show now? well, to pick one of your words, courage. we are both very taken with human courage. our heroes have been people who h

first amendment. they're expressing their religious beliefs. now is the time to make justice a reality for all of god's children. captioning provided by the freedom forum first amendment center welcome to speaking freely, a weekly conversation about the first amendment, the arts, and american culture. i'm ken paulson, executive director of the first amendment center. our guest today is a talented actress, whose work has been honored time and again. jane alexander received a tony award for her role in the great white hope. she received an emmy award for her performance in playing for time. and along the way, she's picked up four academy award nominations and a television critics' circle award. and then in 1993, in what can only be described as a courageous career move, jane alexander signed on for the toughest role of all: chairman of the national endowment for the arts. she's here today to talk about her new book detailing her experiences with the n.e.a. it's called command performance: an actress in the theater of politics. thanks very much for being here. i've enjoyed your book very much. it's a-- it's a terrific read both for people who care about the theater and those wh

first amendment. they're expressing their religious beliefs. now is the time to make justice a reality for all of god's children. captioning provided by the freedom forum first amendment center welcome to speaking freely, a weekly conversation about free expression, the arts, and america. i'm ken paulson, joining you today from nashville. we're honored today to welcome an academy award-winning director, a highly successful actor and producer, a fervent supporter of independent films, and a champion of the environment, robert redford. [applause] we're delighted to have you here, both for the remarkable body of work you've done and-- and for the fact that very, very few of our guests have ever been hung in effigy. [laughter] that had to be a wake-up call for an emerging activist. i hope there's not a sequel to that. you've dedicated your life both to your art and to what you believe in. have you paid a price, trying to balance being-- between being an activist and an actor? yeah, i have. i think there's always a price to be paid when you step out and speak up on anything, because there's always another side to the issue. so, yes, i've paid a price, and i've been rewarded at th

first amendment. they're expressing their religious beliefs. now is the time to make justice a reality for all of god's children. captioning provided by the first amendment center, funded by the freedom forum. welcome to speaking freely, a conversation about free speech and america. i'm ken paulson. our guest today is a highly respected actress, activist, and citizen; susan sarandon, welcome. thank you. i know you've spent your entire career, your entire life balancing art and activism. when was the first hint that you would some day be the kind of woman who was arrested for her beliefs? well, i was--i was just lucky to come of age at a time when your, i think, natural sense of need for justice and need for equality and all those things had issues that were very clear. i mean, there was the war. there was, you know, the rise of women wanting equal pay. there was voter registration in the south, desegregation. and there wasn't quite as much ability-- at that time, the media wasn't owned by just a handful of people, and so you were getting a lot of views, and they hadn't yet figured out not to allow the press in. so you had pictures. you had-- part of being young

this form was part of a conference hosted by the first amendment center on how the media and criminal justice systems both deal with questions of national security. analysts include nbc news investigative reporter michael isikoff. this is about an hour and a half. >> i wanted to introduce, actually little partner in crime, baruch weiss for the past five years. and i have been any number of matters together, and a number of sense of national security mattersss together.ed and i told you i would be a busy that i will be short. e am baruch weiss came into the private sector as a white-collar trial lawyer and defenseense attorney after 20 years in thern uthernment, 18 years in the southern years in the southern district of new york holding position possible, after the eastern district ofirginia, virginia, the united states, it stane heck of an office and baruch was there for 18 years, i think he outlived about six or seven different u.s. attorneys during his tenure and handled sf i t of the highest profile cases in that office. worked he worked at the department of have ry here in washing

one thing i wanted to thank this morning and i'll do now is jean paul from the vanderbilt first amendment center and also this whole forum started off with a short phone call with joe, the director of the museum who put me and others in touch with the 1st amendment cementer. those three organizations, hats off to them for bringing us here and thank them for this location, and thank you everyone for participating today. appreciate it. [applause] >>> tomorrow is election day with races in the u.s. house, senate, and governor seats. join us live for election coverage tomorrow starting at 7 p.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span. we'll have results from around the country, speeches, your calls, e-mail, and tweets. >> now a look at the future of online news. kara swisher, author of all things digital talks to tim armstrong and vivian schiller. it's part of the online news association annual conference here in washington, d.c.. this segment is an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> hello, good afternoon. hi, everyone. i'm amy with josh hats, one of the co-chairs of the conference. [cheers and ap

thank this morning and now i'm going to do now, jean and ashley hampton from the vanderbilt first amendment center that hase association here through thet freedom forum in the newseum. and also this whole forum started off with a short phone call with joe who's one of thel directors of the museum who put me and others in touch with the first amendment center.th so those threeen organizations, really hats off to them fore bringing us here, and thank theo for this locale.than and then everyone else for participating today. appreciate it. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> prime minister's questions is a weekly look at british politics. see prime minister david cameron as he answers questions from members of the house of commons. this week's session is live on wednesday morning at 7 a.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> this weekend on booktv's "in depth," jonah goldberg, best-selling author discusses the election results, the conservative movement and the next wave of leaders on the right. join our three-hour conversation with your calls, e-mails and tweets sunday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv

we encourage you, ignore else, the first amendment center and the newseum to dive into the topics that we have. now, let me bring up the callee, john nassikas will walk us into the program and really introduced the rest of the day. [applause] >> thank you, gene. i had at the arnold and porter international white-collar practice, and also work closely with the national security group ou our law firm. our firm and mcdermott will at emory, abbe lowell sperm are newseum and theg along with the museum.er it's terrific everybody is here. today. i think in this building in particular looking out over theh city, the first amendment inscribed in the marvel onst thd front of this pennsylvania avenue entrance come is a very appropriate place to be to discuss our topic. to thaneverye i want to think of one who's to. have oday. whether a lot of thoughtful ande itd cost to any artist in many d whom we should be sitting up and getting discussion and their point of view. we deio encourage you to come uc with questions and interact with what everyone is saying on then panel. abbe lowell is going to be

center. what they tried to do from the beginning was give set a good name and incorporate it into a men's entertainment system. >> i think one has to understand what the first amendment about its primary. the do not have free speech, you do not have democracy. >> people come by for the articles today? >> yes. it the only purchase it for the pictures, the most popular magazines would be penthouse and hustler. >> many deplore him. it is a champion of free speech. >> he publicist it. he published an extraordinary range of lawyers. you are not otherwise getting them when you entered the grocery store. who is paying them substantial wages. >> this is dr. martin luther king. >> his widow did the final. >> he has battled religious groups and politicians agree the years. >> nixon went after you. reagan went after you. >> they are very poor people. >> the entire soviet. you see it very much in politics today. the countries that in half. they have more questions. >> what about the tea party? >> we do not quite know. that is interesting. the tea party is an interesting experience. i think that they have some good things to say. some of them are a little crazy. it is very americ

lord churchill who said the inhabitants of the world trade center deserved to die because they were nazis. i defended him because the first amendment of our constitution gives everybody the right to embarrass themselves in public and come out with views such as churchill undoubtedly has and not be fired for expressing those views. it's another thing what he does in the classroom. but that was an internet article. despite this. and the rocky mountain views immediately retracted the story because i happened to know one of the editors who was a libertarian, and printed an accurate story on the academic bill of rights. two days later, the denver post ran an editorial says that david horowitz and republicans want to fire leftist and liberal professors in the state of colorado. and just ignoring the truth. and that's because of the pressure of these teacher unions. a former lieutenant -- democratic lieutenant governor in the state -- compared me to joseph stalin and joseph mccarthy in a column in the "denver post." but we got this bill. the academic bill of rights. just a resolution through the education committee. when that happened, it

first amendment, one was religious freedom. as a person who sees this research, what happened when 29 out of 30 community members voted to put that prayer room, prayer centerer by ground zero and then within a few months what we were able to do, the media has been able to do, find a guy to burn a book with 30 members of his congregation and create an international crisis. he was the face of america and hate. that was done by the medmedia. i'm afraid of what can happen in a short am of time. we have to watch it closely. individuals can make choices. to promote tolerance. that's my job and should be every americans job. >> you have a lot of jobs. philanthropist, media mogul, tv star, "running russell simmons," big ratings, tuesday nights on oxygen. russell, thanks so much. good to see you. >>> coming up next, as representative boehner becomes speakers, things in d.c. going from bad to much worse? democratic congressman chris van holland will get tonight's last word on how he plans to try to work with the gop. ♪ [ male announcer ] they've been tested, built and driven like no other. and now they're being offered like no other. come to the winter event and get

first amendment. that's what i think this is. >> we'll see what the supreme court decides. jim stire, thank you for joining us this morning. >>> let's head over to jim in the weather center. >red here, just possible umbrellas by tomorrow. as we take a look around the bay at this hour, we see clearing skies, still clouds out there, low clouds hanging in right at the coast. upper level cloud cover as well, weak disturbance to our south. we'll clear the area through the day, leaving with us more sunshine in and around the bay, and as we see here, taking a look across the city, skies beginning to clear out. mix of clouds out there, but we'll hold the rain off until tomorrow. we're looking back at the fog layer, topping out at about 1000 feet locally. clear above that at the moment. it is that time of year. set your clocks back tonight. i'm sure you'll all get up at 2:00 a.m. do it whenever. keep in mind, we're losing an hour for tomorrow. i'll try to keep that in mind as well. as for the afternoon hours, look for mostly sunny skies across the interior, warmer temperatures into the upper 60s to low 70s for today, partly cloudy in and around the bay, mid to upper 60s prevailing t