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fred barnes is on twitter. why? >> my son has convinced me that i have to be on twitter. don't tweet much. but i tweet occasionally. i tweet maybe once a week, ebbs sent for my son nicely will tweet my articles. he sends those out. >> what does he do? >> my son worked for kevin mccarthy, the republican whip in the house of representatives and was, until recently, a floor assistant, the job he loved. >> all right. twitter. i will read some of the twitter messages that you sent out. you a you a you november the 5th, 2012.and >> okay. >> "why romney will win." >> you can say i have been wrong in a a few times. you know, there were a lot of polls. i have always placed great stock in gallop. and the gallop got this election wrong as did some other pollsters.a >> why in this business, sticka their neck out on predictions? i mean so many are wrong.and is >> i don't know. why did i do that? i didn't have to do that. in other words, i was, i was wrong, i was proven wrong the next day, i think. >> october 8th, you said this in your twitter message. "the media pull out all the stops

fred barnes.irst year of assessment is to two republican senators blocking will look like a piece of legislation that was wl on his way to making it through. >> it will make it through. they have until march 27 to is the money is not approved and signed by the president. the government would have test cs for while. it will happen. asking for 72 hours. at think this was not really that much of a flap given that harry reid got all whipped up about it. this is a guy who is not presented a budget in the last four years until today when they finally did. you were saying something earlier. remember, about the president coming in with his budget later. it used to be cliche. the president proposes and congress disposes. i guess that's not the case anymore. now it congress that proposes and the president of los. lou: the president is certainly dawdling, and not setting a very good tone for wall street and for investors who are interested in what is happeni to fiscal policy in this country. why is he being

. >> this week on "q&a," executive editor fred barnes of the "weekly standard" discusses his life in journalism and political commentary. >> fred barnes, can you remember when you first got interested in being a writer? >> i got interested in being a reporter before i got interested in being a writer. my dad was a great consumer of newspapers and magazines, particularly conservative magazines, like "national review," "the charter subscriber." he'd bring them home. he'd bring home "the wall street journal" every day when i was still in high school. if you like politics and you like journalism, then that is what you do when you get out of college. that is what i did. >> where did you grow up? >> i grew up in arlington, virginia, right across the potomac river. arlington is in those days is not what it is now. now it has a lot of young people in high-rises and so on. it was all single-family homes back in the day when i was growing up in the 1950's. my dad was in the military. >> what more than anything informed your views over the

[applause] >> next "q&a" with fred barnes.meron takes questions from the house of commons. after that a debate between ucker karlson and paul begala.

fred barnes of "the weekly standard." charles lane for the "washington post."ted columnist charles krauthammer. well, in the prop 8 hearing yesterday, several justices seemed concerned and uncertain whether they should hear the case. today on doma a number of justices were pretty well convinced it was intrusion by the government on what has been a state responsibility, marriage. how much trouble is it? >> a lot of trouble. from the comments of justice kennedy that said yesterday what you mentioned; that is, if the states decide definition of marriage, it's up to them. that part up today, where the federal government denied benefit for the couples in states they were legally married so it may be thrown out. that is not the most important part of doma. that part of it was barely talked about in 1996 when it passed. the important part is whether the states have to recognize same-sex marriage in another state. that is not the issue. it's not overturned by a lower court. headlines are saying doma in trouble. only one part of it. the most important part is not. >> th

. >> more with political mondayator fred barnes night on "q and a."he chairman of the american conservative union talks about the future and challenges of the conservative movement. then, bob edgar, president and ceo talks about how advocacy groups are moving to

. >> more with political commentator fred barnes tonight at 8 p.m. on c-span's "q&a." >> the winners have been selected in this use c-span's student documentary competition on the theme "your message to the president." the grand prize winner was josh stokes. a group from farragut middle school in knoxville won first prize for their documentary on public transportation. watch the winning videos each day next week on c-span. and see all the documentary videos at c-span.org. >> next come intelligence officials, including national and on stricter james clapper, cia director john brennan, and fbi director robert mueller testified about global threats to the united states. they also talked about got a medic spending cuts known as sequestration and cybersecurity could run the senate intelligence committee, this is just under two hours. >> the committee will come to order. we meet today in open session as we have done since 1994, actually, to hear an unclassified briefing from our intelligence leaders on the threats that face our nation. hence the title "the

. >> more with political commentator and weekly standard executive editor fred barnes sunday night at eight on c-span's q&a. >> the u.s. senate continues work today on extending government funding for the remainder of this budget year, september 30. federal spending authority runs out this month on march 27. more than 50 amendments have been offered and vote on one of those is scheduled for 11:15 asian. other votes may take place during the day. harry reid says he hopes they can be finished tomorrow. and now to live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the our father in heaven, thank you for this opportunity to commune with you. inspire our lawmakers to daily create time when they can meet with you. lord, keep them from becoming discouraged by the difficulty of achieving their goals, knowing that you monitor their efforts and will reward their faithfulness. help us all to pause and be grateful for all the blessings we receive from you each day. may we never take for granted the blessings of life, salvation, sunshine, flowers, and countless other gifts fr

. >> more with fred barnes sunday night at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's "q&a." the speakers at the annual cpac conference, senator kelly ayotte. she discusses the iranian nuclear program and other topics. this is about 20 minutes. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] ♪ [applause] good morning. how are you doing today? excellent. i want to thank representative and for that introduction, i am so happy to be here today. i also want to thank mitch mcconnell for his service in advancing republican values. [applause] we gather here today at a watershed moment for america. our country is facing great challenges, and many americans wonder will america continued to be, as ronald reagan so eloquently described it, a shining city on a hill. much thatthere is so keeps me up at night. let me tell you about some of the things that keep me up at night. too many americans are out of work. federal regulations are strangling businesses. obamacare is increasing health- care costs and stopping so many of those businesses from hiring, and i come from a small-busin

then fred barnes. >> you are looking at the next --ustrial i to lucian in industrial revolution. it works by building up layers of plastic until your model is done and then you take it out and you have something. >> the real issue is not your home or using a network you trust. it's when you go out to you want to use an open wi-fi network, you don't know what the guy sitting next to you is doing. ?s he looking at your data no one else has done that. >> i checked in with a fever today. >> since you have a fever, we can use the digital camera to look at the patient's ear, nose and throat. the highest quality, lowest cost healthcare in america. our vision is to create access to healthcare and consumer pharmacies across the country and makeer the doctors it convenient for you as a consumer and have a brilliant experience with healthcare, which is unlikely do have today. >> the latest on on consumer tech and communications at the ecs. >> the winners have been selected in this year's student cam documentary competition on the theme "your message to the president." the grand prize winner

. >> more with the political commentator fred barnes sunday night at 8:00 on c-span. >> washington journalontinues. host: joining us right now, representative bill cassidy, a republican from louisiana, member of the energy and commerce committee. welcome. guest: thanks for having me. host: a couple of the editorials talk about the release of the budget yesterday, spoke about a variety of things, but the washington post had the headline -- what do you think when you hear the term unrealistic? guest: when they say unrealistic, they mean the repeal of obamacare. host: correct. guest: president obama's erskine bowles bipartisan dead commission identified health care spending as a major driver of unsustainable debt. if what paul ryan is attempting to do is to highlight that and say we cannot sustain this, this is the president's bipartisan commission that's a bad, that would be a service. maybe the president will say we are still going to spend the money, in which case it is unrealistic. if people say it this is unsustainable, according to the president's people, and maybe that will force a re-

. >> more with a political commentator fred barnes sunday night at 8:00 on c-span "q&a." first lady,private elizabeth monroe refuse to continue the tradition of making social calls to the political society in washington. she gained a reputation of being queenly by her --. -- her critics. we will see the important role she played in the 18 04 presidential campaign of her husband john quincy adams and her complex relationship with abigail adams. we will include your questions and comments by phone, facebook, and twitter on monday at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> sarah palin told an audience of conservatives that we are not here to reprint a party. we're here to rebuild a country. speaking before the political action conference, sarah accused president obama about lying about his efforts to increase transparency and criticized him for holding campaign style events for promoting his policy agenda. this is 30 minutes. [applause] >> as all of you know, i am not remotely cool enough to be sarah palin. i cannot resist coming out here for a brief moment to say a word about my friend,

. >> more with a political commentator fred barnes, sunday night at 8:00 on c-span. >> washington journalontinues. host: our guest served as the pakistani ambassador to the united states from 2008 to 2011. he's the director of the center for international relations and professor at boston university, among serving in other positions. thanks for being here. guest: thank you. host: you recently wrote "breaking up is not hard to do: why the u.s. pakistan the alliance is not worth the trouble." guest: first, pakistan and the u.s. have traditionally it had very divergent expectations of their alliance. i'm not advocating an end of relationship. they are important countries. pakistan remains important to the u.s. and the u.s. being the world's sole superpower is important to pakistan. the idea of an alliance, they both have different expectations, divergent ideas of who is the enemy is what has caused so much trouble between the two allies. no other american ally has been the source of so much misgiving as pakistan has. opinion polling shows 92% of pakistani think of the united states negativel

. >> more with a political commentator fred barnes sunday night at 8:00 on "q &a." the house budget committee marked up the house republican's 2014 but the plant. chairman paul ryan -- reducing spending by $5.70 chilean. up next, opening statements from german ryan and ranking member van hollen. it is an hour and 45 minutes. >> i want to start by thanking the members of this committee. writing a budget is a tough job. you have to make choices. but everybody pitched in this year and i am grateful for the help from members of our committee. we sat around assembling a balanced budget. i am also grateful to ranking member van hollen. this committee has a long tradition of bipartisan cooperation which he and his staff have continued. we have various spirited debate on the issues we do not agree on. i know we will have a spirited debates in the hours ahead but we will hold these debates in this spirit of goodwill and we should. we owe it to the country. after years of trillion dollar deficit, we owe the american people irresponsible, balanced budget. for the third year in

. >> more with fred barnes sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> jeb bush was the keynote speaker pak ronald reagan dinner. ronald reagan dinner. his remarks were about 20 minutes. >> thank you guys. thank you very much. thank you all. thank you for that kind introduction. if everyone in the back of stop chattering. that is the best introduction i've gotten in a long while. i want to particularly thank my old friend, by longevity, al for his selfless dedication to the conservative cause. it is a pleasure to be here tonight honoring one of america's best presidents, ronald reagan. i would like to begin by expressing my deep thanks for the thoughts about my dad. away so aptly said, put the hearts. he is back at home. he is doing on. -- well. that is the good news. [applause] that is the good news. the bad news is, he is no longer pampered by the nurses at memorial hospital in houston. he has a new caregiver. her name is barbara bush. she is really tough. [applause] you see, this is true that no matter what your age, even if you were the leader of the free world, life has a way of ke

. >> more with political comment date or the and executive editor fred barns monday at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >> the house republican's budget plan would balance the budget in ten years by reforming the tax code and medicare and repealing the president's healthcare law. paul ryan spoke for a half hour. >> what we have here is the house budget committee republican majority putting out yet again a budget that addresses america's needs, a budget that is balances the budget. it's a path to prosperity, a responsibility balanced budget. we believe that we oh the american people a balanced budget and for the third straight year we've delivered. we balanced the budget in less than ten years. the house budget committee has spent the last several weeks working together just like families and businesses do around the country. we've assembled a budget so our country can live within its means. it's a reasonable goal. we can't keep spending money we don't have. that's the basic acknoment when you are budgeting you cannot continue to kick the can down the road. you can't spend money you don't have. we

more with political commentator fred barnes sunday night at 8 p.m. on c-span's "q& a." >> earlier today president obama traveled to the midwest to talk about energy strategy. he urged congress to set aside $2 billion over the next decade to support advanced vehicle technology research. he talked about the initiative wearing his state of the union speech. argonne national laboratory. ♪ [applause] >> hello, everybody. hello, illinois. hello. it is good to be home. let me begin by saying thank you for that great introduction and the leadership she is showing with her team on so many different and amazing breakthroughs. thank you to dr. isaac for getting me a great tour of your facilities. it is not every day i get to walk into a thermal test chamber. [laughter] i told my girls that i would go into a thermal test chamber and they are pretty excited. i told him i would come out looking like the hulk. [laughter] they did not believe that. i want to say thank you to my ,riends and your friends senator dick durbin. [applause] an outstanding member of congres

barnes sundayth fred night at 8. >> "washington journal" continues. here to help as to the discussion is peter delany. good morning. and colonel elspeth cameron ritchie. he is a veteran of the u.s. army. thank you for being with us. let us talk about how big of a problem is it? guest: the problem of mental illness is a huge one. especially in young adults or late teenager is you see presentations of manic depressive disorder, also known as bipolar. you see schizophrenia and depression. busey a lot of substance abuse. the interplay is especially problematic. host: we are dividing our phone lines to attract those of you who are interested in this issue. if you are a parent or teacher, the number to call is202-585- 3880. if you're in the mental health field, the number to call is 202-585-3881. for all others the number is 202-585-3882. you conducted a survey that had 30,000 respondents. what did you learn? youth 12-17 continue to have substantial rates of major depressive episodes. 25 havedults 18 to reported rates of mental illness, suicidal thoughts, a