you guys are broadcasting gavel-to-gavel.pportunity to embrace what is happening on the stage. a way to connect with americans. we are proud of it. >> a four day convention moving to three day, and time to change the format and the structure of these conventions? >> we don't plan our schedule around what the democrats do. we plan the best convention for our party and delegates and nominee. we think we have done that here, with the postponement of monday, we will try to move forward for the rest of the convention, and pack those elements in there. it's important, we have a lot of speakers and notables around the country. that can help and tell the mitt romney story and help support his vision for a better future. that's important. even though campaigns are longer and longer, many americans tune in and this is an opportunity to educate the voters and interact with them. >> what your job over the next days and what is this experience? >> it's great, my wife and two kids and dog, hannah montana, we have moved here for nine months

gavel-to-gavel coverage starts at 7:00. we are taking your calls about the president's speech at uva. mitt romney was nominated last night and the vice-presidential nomination tonight, with paul ryan speaking later in the evening. we will tell you about our schedule in just a bit. wallace is on the democrat line. caller: thank you for taking my call. instead of listening to the republicans, it is just a bunch of reid ribble of hate coming out of that party. -- it is just a bunch of dribble coming out of that party. if obama was that beatable, why is the a team going up against him? i think they know that willard is a sacrificial lamb for 2012. host: the think would be the a team to go up against barack obama? caller: chris christie, marco rubio, even jeb bush, because of his last name. i think he wanted to wait another round. that is what i would consider the a team. i did not like willard to start. that shows meet the level of intelligence, or lack thereof, in the republican party. host: the convention heard from rick sant

it will be part of our live gavel-to-gavel coverage on c- span.n's gavel-to-gavel coverage of the republican convention starts this week, with the democrats starting september 4. every minute, every speech, live on c-span, c-span radio, and online at c-span.org. with monday's program cancelled due to weather in tampa, monday will see only a quick call to order. speakers on tuesday night include an romney and chris christie. wednesday, 2008 gop presidential candidate john mccain. leader, congressman paul ryan, delivering his vice-president except in -- acceptance speech. thursday, florida center marco rubio will introduce mitt romney. use our online convention how to access web exclusive video feeds, creed and share clips, and connect with other viewers, all that at c- span.org/campaign2012. c-span will give you live guests from politico's playbook breakfast. on monday, karl rove, a deputy chief of staff of the george w. bush administration. "washington journal" begins at 7:00 eastern. the first guest is william march. he will preview the republica

you can check it out at our convention hubs, and you can get gavel-to-gavel coverage, and next week in charlotte, n.c., and from the convention site, our archive video, the schedule of events. you can read tweets and have google+ handouts with delegates as well as members of the media. we encourage you to post your own 15-second video. you can read the latest blog articles, all part of the c-span convention hall. check it out at c-span.org. and paul ryan is accepting the nomination tonight. what can you expect this evening? >> he obviously has to introduce himself. a lot of people do not know him. he has to make the case for mitt romney in ways that mitt romney cannot make himself, and he has to make the case against president obama and try to strike a tone that is disapproving, but not too sneering or disdainful. >> we prepare for the gavel to come down in less than half an hour. susan? >> let me introduce you to a doctor in the delegation. this is your second convention? last time as an alternate, this time as a full delegate. >> yes. >> how long have you been involved? >> governor p

[applause] >>> all this week watch c-span for live gavel to gavel coverage of the year republican national convention from tampa, florida. among the speakers this evening the wife of the nominee, ann romney, and new jersey governor chris christie will deliver the keynote. watch every minute, every speech on c-span. here on c-span2 it's booktv all day every day with highlights of non-fiction authorities and books with the past year. on c-span 3 also throughout the conventions 4 hours of american history tv with lectures, oral history and ak loo the a historical american sides and art facts. -- arty facts. spend the weekend in ohio state capitol columbus as booktv, american history tv, and c-span local content vehicles look behind the scene as the history and literary life of ohio's largest city. on booktv on c-span2 brows the rare books collection at ohio state university. >> in december 192020 in an american periodical called "little review." we are copies. the reason i brought them out not show you the first edition but show you a later edition that is extremely rare. 19 21, the american

. >> in two gays, gavel to -- days, gavel to gavel coverage begins on the conventions. live on c-span. next, the communicator with facebook staffers and strategists who advise political campaigns, followed by past republican convention speeches, first, ronald reagan in 1980 in detroit, michigan, dwight eisenhower in 1956 in san francisco, california. >> well, this week on the communicator, we want to look at the issue of political communications, especially social media. joining us this week are two employees of facebook, katie har barth and adam conner. adam, what do you do at facebook? >> i help run the government and politics, division, along with katie here and our object is to evangelize facebook among the key constituencies, government officials on the agency side but also elected officials, members of congress, governors, state legislators, but also, political candidates and third party groups, so the obama campaign, the romney campaign, the political committees, and also, some of the prominent groups you're hearing about in this election, whether they're the sup

today they gavelled in and gaveled out. look. >> it is my privilege to proclaim the 2012 republican national convention in session and called to order. >>shepard: that was the day. in tampa today. just those 12 seconds. they have taken the day off and they will get back at it tomorrow fighting for attention with the storm that is on the way. i mentioned it is -- this is so loud i can understand hear. i am not sure how we are going to do this, but i will talk to a reporter, a political reporter for www.realclearpolitics.com down in tampa. a good day at the beach? >>guest: sunny. a few showers. other than that, nice. i was wearing sunglasses this morning. >>shepard: how concerned are they? no news happens at this think it is almost comical that there are 15,000 reporters there. it is part of the process, both sides do it and it is good to reintroduce the candidates but they fighting for attention. how concerned are they about what that will do for their candidate and their cause? >>guest: well, we are hearing that the convent

[gavel] director goldstein: good evening, and welcome to the august 22, 2012, meeting of the board of appeals, and with us today is president hwang: , -- president hwang, vice president fung, and joining us should be commissioner hurtado. there is one vacancy. when there is, they may overruled by three members. four votes are not required to overrule a department zone action. robert will provide any needed legal advice this evening. at the controls is the board legal assistants, victor pacheco, and i am cynthia olstein -- goldstien, the director. scott sanchez is representing the planning department. mr. duffy, representing the department of building inspection, and we also have patrick o'riordan, and john. -- john kwong. if you could, please, mr. pacheco, go over the royals. secretary pacheco please turn off yourself funds -- secretary pacheco: please turn off your cell phones and have conversations in the hall. the comments must be within the seven to three-minute periods, and some not affiliated have up to three minutes each to address the board but no rebuttals. to assist the boar

we are doing gavel-to-gavel coverage of the convention. the republicans this week and next week the democrats as they gather in charlotte on november -- september 4 through september 6. we will be right back. >> coverage starts this week. every minute, every speech, live on c-span, c-span radio, and online at c-span.org. monday and will see only a quick call to order and recess for the day. petrie speakers tuesday night include ann romney and new jersey governor chris christie with his keynote address. wednesday, arizona senator john mccain. later, congressman paul ryan delivering his vice-presidential acceptance speech. thursday, florida senator marco rubio will introduce the republican presidential nominee mitt romney. use our online convention hub to watch web-exclusive video feeds, add your comments, and connect with other viewers, and watch video clips and share them. [video clip] >> john kennedy once met with the british prime minister. they discussed arms control or whatever, issues between the two powers. they did, but only long af

all this week, c-span is brought you live gavel to gavel coverage of republican national convention in tampa, florida. this is a final session among the speaker jeb bush, florida senator marco rubio and presidential nominee mitt romney. watch every minute on c-span. in the meantime, it's booktv here all day every day throughout the convention. it's highlights highlights with non-fiction authors and books from the past year. on c-span 3 also throughout the convention, 4 hours of american history tv with lectures, oral history, and look at historical american sites and art -- arty facts. >>> coming up today on booktv journalist lindsey hilsum on the libyan revolution. and then several authors illustrate the advancement of the civil right movement through education and more. later a bookstore owner, a publisher and a literary agent give their perspective on the future of books and bookstores. coming up next from the 2012 print error lit fest, lindsey hilsum talks about the coverage of the february 2011 uprising in libya and the overthrow of mohammed gaffe d.a. if i.sureo this is about 30

also, gavel-to-gavel coverage of the democratic convention next week in charlotte.ittsburgh is next. caller: i think there is an important question that should be asked. my neighbor last year or last election -- there are 12 of us who live on the block. this time, only two of them are going to vote for obama so far. i think people are tired of hearing white men and this voter id -- that is discrimination which does not mean in any sense to me. these neighbors here are going back to obama, no prosecution against the black panthers for putting violent on people's heads. they are voting for the guy and are being called racist. i definitely think it is happening in my neighborhood and from some other people. keep playing this race card because a lot of white people voting for him are disgusted at being called racist. guest: i appreciate your question. look, i will tell you one thing that is happening. what i do know is when you look at the effect of this crisis, the people hit hardest are young people and minorities but also the white working class, white voters. their

gavel-to-gavel, just like we always do.e have done this with third- parties for several cycles as well. guest: c-span is the real free speech zone when it comes to politics. host: the next call comes from west palm beach, fla., jeff. caller: i am glad i got in. i want him to discuss the 1964 republican convention. i stayed up all hours of the night since it was in san francisco. i think the republicans did the convention late so people in the east would not be watching it. i thought scranton and rockefellers were shamed. i think the network correspondents had to be carried off the convention floor. it was quite a disaster, that convention. host: mr. whalen? guest: in 1964, barry goldwater day one of the most memorable speeches. he created a conservative movement. it did not serve him well in the general election. but it helped to sweep reagan and other conservative presidents to power. his line was extremism in defense of liberty is not a vice. his words resonated with the conservative backers the party and gave a rallying

watch gavel-to-gavel coverage of the republican and democratic conventions live on c-span, your front row seat to the conventions. next, neil armstrong testifying before a senate committee on the future of space flight. after that, the weekly addresses by president obama and kentucky senator rand paul. >> what i like to watch on c- span is the live coverage of the debates on the floor. news shows tend to be a lot of talking heads, not what is actually going on in the process, and that is what i like about it. the fact that it is stripped of that later, telling us what is happening on the floor of the house in that moment and giving us that insight into how the process actually works. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. this weekend on the book tv, beginning sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern, "afterwords" interview with juan williams. >> if they thought the president was not going to be a strong defender of human rights, free trade. i think those statements have emboldened those who find us all weekend enemy

- to-gavel. it is an opportunity to really embrace what is happening on the stage. it is a way to connect, and we are very proud of it. >> 83-day convention, moving ahead, with the democrats also hosting the convention. time to change this? >> we do not plain our schedules around. we try to put on the best convention for our delegates and our nominee, and we think we have done that here. we're going to try to move forward and pass all of this programming in there. we have a lot of notables and leaders around the country to really help in telling the mitt romney story and helping to support his vision for a better future, and that is all very important. even the campaigns have gone longer and longer, many americans tune in and around the time of the convention, and this is a time to educate all of those voters out there. >> and finally, a personal question. what is your job in the next three or four days. >> it has been a great experience. we and our dog, hannah montana, we move down here since oc

gavel-to-gavel, just like we always do. we have done this with third- party is for several cycles -- we have done this with third- parties for several cycles as well. guest: c-span is the real free speech zone when it comes to politics. guest: the next call comes from west palm beach, fla., jeff. caller: i am glad i got in. i want him to discuss the 1964 republican convention. i stayed up all hours of the night since it was in san francisco. i think the republicans did the convention late so people in the east would not be watching it. i thought scranton and rockefellers were ashamed -- shamed. i think the network correspondents had to be carried off the convention floor. it was quite a disaster, that convention. host: mr. whalen? guest: in 1964, barry goldwater day one of the most memorable speeches. he created a conservative movement. it did not serve him well in the general election. but it helped to sweep reagan and other conservative presidents to power. his line was extremism in defense of liberty is not a vice. his w

gavel-to-gavel coverage starts this week with the democrats following september 4. every minute, every speech, live on c-span, c-span radio, and online. monday, we will see a quick call of order and recess for the day. ann romney.ht, wednesday, senator john mccain. thursday, florida senator will introduce mitt romney. use our held a rally. it is called we are the future rally. his remarks are about one hour. >> thank you. thank you. [applause] it does zoelllick we only brought half the family. if we had brought the whole family would he be here for another hour. i want to thank you for supporting my dad and supporting us in not letting our founding principles died. anybody here in favor of abolishing the tsa? you nkow, when i say that in washington, they say what are you complaining about? you can go to the airport. if you do not have health insurance, you can get a free breast exam. you can get a free mammogram, and if you mentioned the ron paul revolution, you can get a free colonoscopies. -- colonoscopy. the only problem is, some of us would prefer that our physi

our countdown continues with a week ago to our live gavel-to- gavel -- gavel-to-gavel coverage.onday with the gop convention with new jersey governor chris christie. also, he senator john mccain, and former government -- former governor of florida jeb bush. plus, first lady michelle obama and former president bill clinton. >> we are on the countdown to the conventions. in six days, gavel-to-gavel coverage, live here on c-span. coming up here on c-span, barry anderson talks about the nation's financial problems. then a meeting from tampa focusing on foreign policy and health care. then, president obama's remarks from that campaign rally in reno. on washington journal, -- "washington journal," the managing editor for the "huffington post." washington -- "washington journal" 7:00 a.m. on c-span. barry anderson spoke to the american institute of certified public accountants about the so- called fiscal cliff. his remarks are just under an hour. >> we all set? good morning. my name is ron longo. i have the pleasure of introducing our next speaker, who barry anderson. barry is just a t

. >> watching gavel-to-gavel coverage life here on c-span. coming up next, newsmakers with republican national committee platform marsha blackburn. later, walter pincus. >> our guest this week is congresswoman marsha blackburn who represents tennessee's 10th district. thank you. to get started, give us an outline of the rnc platform. >> from what we are hearing, jobs in the economy and government reform. we have a web site set up. we have had thousands of individuals on that website from individuals giving us their input it. item #1 is jobs and the economy. i think we all would have expected that. >> could you provide this detail on what the plan would be? i know the republican party has accused president obama very hard for unemployment. he is also receiving criticism for not coming up with a concrete alternative. can you tell us what the economic platform will look like? >> i think what you're going to see is a basic awareness that we do not create the jobs. the private sector creates those jobs. it is government's response ability to creat

c-span will have gavel-to-gavel coverage of the republicans' august 27 through august 30. and democrats in september. caller: we are glad to most of the rnc. it's a lot of money for tampa and st. petersburg. as far as believing in conventions, obviously, obama puts a lot of money into it. by the way, i am an independent. as obama, he has had several years to show us what he had. as the previous gentleman said, he has been trying to get out there the last four years to get this issue across. i think he's had a hard time. the only change i see is something i don't want. the democratic convention in virginia, he has a chance to do that. host: it's actually going to be in charlotte, north carolina. caller: excuse me. the bottom line is he does get one more shot at i i already know where my vote is going, for romney. they are the first ones to get a budget in four years. nobody wants obama's budget. even the democrats turned it down. i am very excited about the rnc. host: let's look at a tweet -- that is something we heard from the last two caller's from florida. here's a story

yesterday he gavelled in the convention today they get started full steam ahead.oung republicans in illinois works out with paul ryan will be joining us. laura ingram michelle bachmann mike huckabee the oak ridge boys. we get started right now on "the fox news channel. he>> 7 minutes to the top of the hour. a new study shows belly fat is more deadly than being obese. people with belly fat even if they are not technically over weight have a higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. it is associated with insulin resistance. >>> in the next # months or so they will be deciding which electronic devices could be used during flights. don't get your hopes occupy that will not include phone calls. >> oo libertarians could play a much bigger part come november leaving many to wonder if they might siphon off the crucial swing state votes mitt romney needs to win the white house. james rosen has more. >> i give to you the guy that is my hero, my father, ron paul. >> the 7,000 libertarians who packed the university of south florida sun dome for a tribute to ron paul m

>> for seconds. >> stephanie: yeah that's how long his gavel passed. facebook page. tropical storm isaac shaped like a giant uterus. first you have the fact that god is punishing someone with a hurricane are now getting hammered by a hurricane, then the same that came up in sequence isaac which means laughter which refers to sarah having a baby at a very old age. what? maybe i'm pregnant. >> yeah, he kind of over slept at a friend's house last night -- >> stephanie: cheating on me already. >> i just texted him and he is on his way in. >> stephanie: i don't care. i love him. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: now you have a storm party looking like a uterus, seems like karma just a little bit. [ applause ] >> stephanie: it's very uterineee and another republican has made more stupid rapy comments so i immediate my bff. ♪ ♪ hello, the new jacki's bringing ♪ ♪ come on get jacki ♪ >> stephanie: help sister i need back upon this. >> good morning. i'm going to use the overslept at a friend's house excuse next time. >> i haven't seen my friend since sunday -- >> step

with the chairman and president of the norton company. >> all this week c-span has brought you live gavel-to-gaveloverage of this year's republican national convention in tampa, florida. this is the final session among the speakers theater went -- in the meantime, you're on c-span2 to ms. book tv all day every day throughout the conventions withf nonfiction authors and books from this past year. and on c-span three throughout the convention 24 hours of american history tv with lectures tomorrow histories, and a look at historical american sites and artifacts. browse the rare books collection at ohio state university. >> ulysses was originally published between the 1918 and 1920. an american periodical. we have copies of all those as well. the reason i brought these out is not so much to show you this first edition, but to show you a later edition that is extremely rare. 1921, the american government declared ulysses obscene and pornographic. the book was banned. people still wanted to read it, and we actually have a copy of one of the additions. if you notice the spines, alice in wonderland and th

we will have gavel-to-gavel coverage. in a few minutes, paul ryan in an event that was a cent up by his community. speaker gainer will be airing in the event that happened at noon today. we will take you into the tampa bay forum. we posted a question on facebook. republicans are going to be emphasizing the national debt. we ask people on facebook how concerned you are about the national debt. more than five under people have been involved in the last hour. let's share a couple of the comment that have been posted. and poverty are bigger concerns to him. considering how it got to be that large, i do not think they should highlight it. they need to make knowledge this. the government does nothing to earn its own way. the united states needs to figure out innovative ways to add this to the live. dangerous to post that without an asterisk indicating how much was approved by george ?f the bush tax caller this is a look at some of the more than 380 comments. you can be part of the conversation on c-span's facebook page as well.

watch c-span for live gavel-to-gavel coverage by massachusetts candidate elizabeth warren, bill clinton, michele obama and king and addressed by san antonio mayor william casserole. watch every speech on c-span. here on c-span2 booktv will continue all day every day next week with highlights with nonfiction authors and books from the past year. on c-span324 hours of american history tv with lectures, oral histories and historical american sites and artifacts. >> spend the weekend in ohio's state capital, mess as booktv, american history tv and c-span local content vehicle look behind the scenes at the history of literary life of ohio and largest city on booktv on c-span2. browse the rare book collection at ohio state university. >> ulysses was published between march of 1918 and december of 1920 in an american periodical called the little review and we have copies of those as well. i brought this up today not so much to show you this first edition but to show you a later edition of ulysses that is extremely rare. 1921 the american government declared ulysses obscene and pornographic and

watch gavel to gavel coverage of the democratic and republican conventions on c-span, your front row seat to the convention. we'll show you past speech, next george george w. bush in 2000 john mccain's 2008 remarks. tomorrow on "washington journal", politico reporter dave leventhal looks at the funding of the 2012 conventions, david bossie discusses the impact of the supreme court's decision in the citizens case and the influence of superpacs on 2012, and the discussion of unregulated money in this year's campaign with bob biersak and kim barker, "washington journal", sunday at 7:00 on c-span. >> the 2000 republican convention was held in philadelphia and the nominee was texas governor george w. bush, son of president george herbert walker bush. governor bush selected richard cheney as his running mate and that election would ultimately be decided by a supreme court ruling. here is his speech from early august 2000. mr. chairman. mr. chairman. thank you all. >> [applause] >> thank you! >> mr. chairman, mr. chairman, delegates and my fellow citizens, i proudly accept your nomination.

this year, watch gavel-to-gavel coverage of the republican and democratic conventions on cspan. coverage of the republican national convention begins august 27. the democratic national convention is september 4-6. follow the conventions your way, live on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> retired supreme court justice sandra day o'connor testified on the importance of civics education. she has been an advocate for civics ever since retiring in 2006. justice o'connor is the chairman of the board for i-civics. this is about an hour and a half. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [no audio] >> before we get started, i want to -- it is a delight that justice o'connor is here. senator grassley is on his way. he was doing a conference call with students who are talking about education. i am just wondering, all of you who are students in this room, would you please stand up just so that justice could see? not bad, huh? [applause] in the past, we have had an justice o'connor, i was telling her earlier that

watch live gavel-to- gavel coverage every minute. live on c-span, c-span radio, and street and online at c- span.org all beginning august 27. this week on "communicators," and discussion on the role of states when it comes to privacy and the internet. our guest is doug gansler. >> doug gansler is attorney general of the state of maryland and also the new president of the national association of attorneys general, and he is our guest this week. general gtansler, in your presidency, you chose online privacy as what you wanted to stress. why? >> every president of the attorneys general has a main focus. the last one i chose human trafficking. it is important to have a theme and expose the of the 49 attorneys general to that issue i thought that privacy on the internet was a critical issue as a bipartisan issue and it affects everybody. everybody, for the most part, will be on the internet, whether at home or the library or at work. and it will be buying and purchasing things and be susceptible to having their privacy rights infringed. w

we are giving you gavel-to-gavel coverage of the convention. at 10:00 tonight marco rubio introduces mitt romney giving his nomination acceptance speech. we've mentioned paul ryan spoke last night. others took to the stage including john mccain. condoleezza rice as well. we will hear a little bit about what she had to say. she said the world is chaotic and dangerous with a weak usa. paul hear some more of ryan a making his case to be vice president last night. >> obamacare comes to more than 2000 pages of rules, bandits, taxes, fees, and finds that have no place in a free country. -- mandates, taxes, and fines that have no place in a free country. that is right. that's right. you know what? the president has declared that the debate over government controlled health care is over. that will come as news to the millions of americans that will elect mitt romney so we can repeal obamacare. host: that was congressman ryan in tampa, florida. but go to seattle, washington from the independent line. caller: i am very interested in the comments already

the gop national convention started with a gavel. then they went away. >> you know, this weekend, we thought we were going to get a tropical storm here in tampa. instead we get the breezy morning followed by what has lovely been a sunny afternoon. the republicans pushed everything back one day. it will start to largely up tomorrow. rihanna like to reach a more. that was of republicans officially gaveling and, starting their national debt clock, keeping track of how much the u.s. is that. then they gaveled out. so we're looking forward to tomorrow when the real show begins. delegates on the floor from different states and territories will place themselves to largely governor mitt romney. we will hear from his wife tomorrow, a keynote address by chris christie, the governor of new jersey. we will hear from paul ryan, and this all ends on thursday with governor mitt romney accepting the nomination. republicans do have their eyes on the gulf, watching the storm, not exactly a time to celebrate. a potential for destruction. it means the r

. >> in seven days, what to gavel- to-gavel coverage of the republican and democratic and then -- conventions, live here on c-span, your front row seat to the conventions. next, live with their calls and comments on "washington journal." then at 10:35 a.m. eastern, a new hampshire town hall meeting with republican presidential candidate mitt romney and vice presidential candidate representative paul ryan. then, live coverage of the republican national committee platform meetings in tampa begin at 2:15 p.m. eastern. >> now, i know that there are those who criticize made for seeing complexities -- and i do. because some issues just aren't all that simple. saying there are weapons of mass destruction in iraq doesn't make it so. saying we can fight a war on the cheap doesn't make it so. ad proclaiming mission accomplished certainly doesn't make it so. >> three days after september 11, i stood where americans died, and the ruins of the twin towers. workers in hard hats were shouting to me, what ever it takes. a fellow grant made by the arm and said, do not let me down -- grabbed me by the arm and

it will be covering that gavel- to-gavel as well, of course.helle obama will be speaking on the first day of the convention, which is tuesday, september 4. by the way, c-span has a new series beginning. it is about the first lady. here is a preview. >> if we turn away from the needs of others, we align ourselves with those forces that are bringing about the suffering. >> we ought to take advantage of it. >> obesity in this country is nothing short of a public health crisis. >> when somebody had their own agenda. >> i think they serve at -- as a window on the past to what is going on with american women. >> she becomes the chief confidante. she is really, the only one in the world he can trust. >> many of the women who work first ladies, a lot of the war writers, journalists. they wrote books. >> there are quite frankly, more interesting as human beings and their husbands. if only because they are not defined and politically limited by ambition. >> dolly was politically savvy. >> dolly madison loved every minute of it. mrs. monroe absolutely hat

we will have live gavel-to-gavel coverage here on c-span.nventions, beginning with the libertarian party nominee gary johnson and virgil goode of the constitution party and green party candidate joe stein. all that -- jill stein. all that gets underway at 12:15 eastern here on c-span. mitt romney and paul ryan were said to make a campaign stop in virginia this weekend. that has changed. mitt romney will be heading to louisiana to survey flood damage from hurricane isaac. and pictures of president obama this morning. he is prepared to leave for texas. that is set to start at 3:00 p.m. eastern. during the republican and democratic conventions, we are asking middle and high school students to send a message to the president as part of this year's studentcam video documentary competition. the question -- what should the president considered in 2013 for a grand prize of $5,000. the video competition is open to students in grades 6 through 12. for details, go online to studentcam.org. >> actor and director clint eastwood was the special guest last

we will have gavel-to-gavel coverage on c-span. a discussion on challenges facing transgendered service members. the annual lavender law conference in washington d.c. this week. live at starting at 9:00 eastern on the companion network c-span 2. >> what do we see when we look at the dead at antietam? they responded to this and two boys by describing the bodies in great detail and often stopping in the middle of the description and saying, it is too horrible. i cannot actually put this into words. words cannot convey this. >> this weekend, harvard professor discusses the impact of images of antietam's dead. >> america will stand up for the ideals that we believe and when we are operating at our best and who want to see this country above all else return to the path of peace. >> more from "the contenders." this week, 1972 democratic nominee george mcgovern. sunday at 7:30. >> we are introducing our new web site. today it is being unveiled. what do you have to show us? guest: since 1984 c-span has covered every convention and this yea

talk politics with, you can do that by our convention hub, our online site that is a companion to our gavel-to-gavel coverage. on it you can see and share clips. you can connect with other viewers, add your comments, followed twitter streams of delegates and yours. and see exclusive web videos. all of that on our convention hub. we will have the dnc hub in over the weekend. let me tell you what candidates are doing great mitt romney and paul ryan are holding campaign against tomorrow in florida outside of tampa. then they will be traveling to the importance when state of virginia. the capital city of richmond carried c-span will be live at 2:00 eastern with the campaign rally from the richmond international airport. as i mentioned, next week, our live coverage of the democratic national convention begins tuesday, september 4. at the opening session -- in a time warner cable arena in charlotte. we cover it through the acceptance speech of the president on september 6. thank you so much for being with us here in florida. coming up next is our coverage of the convention continuing. we show you the prog

we will have that live as part of our gavel-to-gavel coverage. a brief session today, the opening minutes of the convention at the tampa bay times forum. >> please give a warm welcome to the chairman of the republican national committee, reince priebus of wisconsin. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. ladies and gentlemen, by the authority contained in the rules adopted by the 2008 republican national convention, the republican national committee has directed that the 2012 republican national convention be held in tampa, florida, starting at 2:00 p.m. on a 27th day of august, 2012. so it is my privilege to proclaim the 2012 republican national convention in session and called to order. [applause] becerra announces, pursuant to clause 12, rule one of the rules of the house of representatives, the 2012 republican national convention stands in recess, subject to the call of the chair. [applause] all right. now, we are in recess, but for this convention, we also want to draw your attention to the unprecedented fiscal recklessness of the obama adminis

after cancelling monday's event, essentially, they'll gavel in and gavel out. so they can get the clock running on monday. and we are told that primarily, what they are trying to do is preserve all of those speeches, four nights worth of speeches, into three nights. and, they are still trying to figure this all out. >> we made the move yesterday to postpone monday's events, we're going to convene on monday, and then we're going to go to an immediate recess. the program elements for monday, we'll roll into the rest of the week. and you know, we are cautiously optimistic that we'll be able to do so, starting on tuesday, and we look forward to an exciting event. >> reporter: one of the things that you can look for, likely to happen, is that tuesday, that opening now -- now the opening day, really the opening day where activity will be going on, they'll have a longer tuesday. to try and accommodate all of those speakers and all of those elements, jenna? >> it will be a busy week as it is, steve. >> reporter: yes. >> a bit of an understatement, isn't it? and you bru

we will have gavel-to-gavel coverage on c-span. look at issues related to women this election season. guest on "il was a washington journal." >> thank you for being with us. host: would have been your election efforts? >> our goal is to get the word out about what is at stake for women in the 2012 elections. it is a huge leap consequential election. i am sure your viewers are very much aware of the enormous scandal i think going on around todd akin's comments suggesting that women who were subjected to so-called legitimate rate cannot get pregnant. this is used as a justification for making it impossible for women to terminate a pregnancy that resulted from a rape. these are issues that are very serious for women. my job and my organization's job is to get that message out. it is not just about the reproductive health care that is at stake. women's economic security is very much on the line. we know the middle class is struggling in this country. it will get worse if the budget were to be enacted. women who support over half of the

to gavel.and i know in this day and age are not going to do that on the network. cannot going to take the time to do that, but i've heard about this streaming video thing, and streaming video is still a fairly new thing for most of us. and so we started something called abc news now with the democratic convention in the summer of 2004 where peter jennings and can gavel to gavel coverage of the conventions on a streaming video that the internet made possible that otherwise wouldn't be possibly george stephanopoulos is a terrific reporter, a great journalist, and he really is embrace social media and internet aggressively. on the evidence is a fair about that all of us probably might cringe at a bit on the internet. i do think that any income and this is really, i've discovered through the process why i wrote the book. when i set out a bunch by the book because i thought i've got to see things i wish other people could get to see because it is richer, it is harder, and in many ways more valiant t

any moment the gavel will come down in tampa opening the republican national convention. moments later, the rnc will adjourn forhe day as all eyes remain on the monster storm that is tropical storm isaac. it is gaining strength and barreling toward the gulf of mexico. hello everyone, i'm tamron hall reporting from new orleans. the crosshairs, at least according to the latest information, of where isaac perhaps will land. here is the very latest information we have for you. united airlines has decided it will halt all flights from the big airport here in new orleans starting at midnight, no flights tuesday or wednesday. states of emergency now in effect for louisiana, florida, alabama, with the storm possibly making as mentioned a direct hit on new orleans as early as tomorrow. wednesday of course will be the seven-year anniversary to the day that hurricane katrina devastated this region. tens of thousands of people along the gulf coast have now been placed under mandatory evacuation orders. we are looking at more than 50,000 right now new orleans parish, alabama as well a

watch gavel to gavel coverage of the republican and democratic convention live here on c-span. coming up today on c-span, washington journal with your calls, tweets and e-mails. then vice presidential nominee and wisconsin representative paul ryan in wisconsin. later the gavel end at the republican national convention. all week c-span will bring you live guest from politico's play book breakfast. today karl rover from the george w. bush administration live from 8:30 a.m. eastern. also bring you the national journal daily briefing to discuss the use of social media in the 2012 campaign. washington journal will begin at 7:00 eastern and first guest is tampa cnn political reporter william march. then following karl rove and discussion, ken jones ceo tampa bay host committee. he talks about the preparation for the convention. followed by discussion for challenges helping the homeless in tampa. washington journal is next.

we are bringing you live, gavel- to-gavel coverage of the convention.e will watch the convention in charlotte, north carolina next week. illinois, karen, republican caller. caller: i have waited quite a while to be on air. my original call was to comment on the washington post article that you were reading earlier. i have expanded my list since that time, as well as taking the phone away from my year a time or two, because i give very apoplectic about some of the commentary at times. the lady before me and what she just said, the expansive speakers, i also tuned in throughout the day for the full gamut of speakers. it was a great, wonderful variety. we may have missed a whole other range of people, or they were there and they did not want to cover them. i think that many other people would have enjoyed and been inspired by that. with regards to the article from "the washington post" first of all someone needs to a understand the majority of the media, going back to the 1970's, when they broke through on radio and television in the 1980's, the response w

you can watch gavel-to-gavel coverage of the democratic national convention live from charlotte, northina here on c-span. >> during the republican and democratic conventions, we are asking middle and high school students to send a message to the president as part of the documentary competition. students will answer the question "what is the most important issue the president should consider in 2013. there is $50,000 and total price is available. the student can video competition is open to students grades 6 through 12. >> more from the gop convention in tampa. newt gingrich along with his wife together spoke to the assembly. in their remarks, they criticized president obama's economic policies and discuss the legacy of ronald reagan in the party. then we will hear from jeb bush/. >> thank you. thank you for that warm welcome. what a wonderful tribute to president reagan and the spirit of the american people. >> it is fantastic to see so many friends here, friends from decades of service to the party, service in public life, and those who have helped us over the past few years. we are d

our countdown to the conventions continues until our gavel-to- gavel coverage of the republican convention, starting monday at 2:00 p.m., and the democratic convention starting september 4. every speech live on c-span, c- span radio, an online at c- span.org. new jersey governor chris christie on tuesday. thursday night, presidential nominee mitt romney. use our online convention hub to watch web exclusive video feeds, create and share video clips, commons, and connect with other viewers. >> republican congressman and misery u.s. senate and it taught a again reaffirmed his intention to stay in the race -- kin.ressman aitke this news conference was held in the st. louis suburb of chesterfield. >> good afternoon, and welcome here. mr. akin will give some brief comments, and then we will follow that up with five questions. >> good afternoon, and thank you all for coming out. apparently, there are some people who are having trouble understanding our message. i would like to be clear on that today. we are going to be here. the november elections and we will be here to win. there may be some neg

- to-gavel coverage of the political conventions. next, a forum on the economic lessons learned from the calvin coolidge and administration. next, former senator rick santorum at a news conference. then a discussion of airport security with a tsa and minister. >> every four years, the republican administration adopts a new platform, the official statement of the positions on issues. these are drafted for approval for television -- for convention delegates. >> i know that there are those who criticized me for saying complexities, and i do, because some issues just are not all that simple. saying there are weapons of mass destruction in iraq does not make it so. saying we can't fight a war on the cheap does not make it so. the cheap does not make it so.

and you mentioned reince priebus' gavel call and that will happen in my show, but they will con dins it from four days to three. and mitt romney has been in new hampshire practicing the speech which is by the way, thursday, and he was cornered and asked and certainly on his mind the folks in that you mentioned bobby jindal in louisiana and mi mississippi as well, and certainly everyone's mind is on isaac and it is clear that the delegates are not out and about at least right around the forum where they would have normally been had this thing not been condensed. >> brooke, anybody who is quietly complaining thinking, come on, it is a little rain here and we could have started it off right and we had to delay it is day? >> sure, of course. people are frustrated, you know. it is a big hurry up and wait and most everyone got into town and we know how the airlines can be with an impending tropical storm and those folks are in town and when we say most folks, it is a huge number, suzanne with 50,000 people here in tampa and add folks like myself and chris seigel the cameraman here, yes, so

he came to me in 2004, and said i really want to cover the 2004 conventions gavel to gavel and i know it at this day in age you're not going do that on the networking. you're not going to take the time to do that. i've heard about the streaming video thing. we have fairly new thing for most of us at that time. and so we started something called abc news now with the democratic convention in the summer of 2004 peter jennings anchored gavel to gavel coverage of the conventions on a extreming video that the net made possible that otherwise wouldn't be possible. there are other terrific examples. george is a great journalist and embraced social media and the internet aggressively. on the other hand,here's a fair amount that all of us might cringe at a bit on the internet. i did think that in the end, i think this is really i discovered through the process why while i wrote the book. when i set out i wanted to write the book because i gotten to see something i wish others could see. it is richer, it is harder, it is -- in many ways more valiant that what i appreciated great journalism real