resolution and director of the center on religion before missing and conflict resolution at george mason university also share some of our exclusive drug war interview with u.s. attorney general eric holder before we get a full reaction from law enforcement against prohibition so if the government treats raw milk like sex how can we can get away with making videos of someone milking a cow so you tune for all the racy footage featuring our op ed for morgan the pennsylvania jersey dairy cow only on out on the versus the man. some things just piss me off whether i have good reason to be pissed off about them or not but the fact that selling raw milk is about as illegal a selling marijuana treated by our government more like sex than food is just one of those things under current federal law known as the past milk ordinance all milk must meet certain standards of pasteurization to get the f.d.a. . grade a stamp of approval pastor's ation is simply a process of heating something for a period of time before cooling it rapidly for extended storage the point of this with milk allegedly this a kill disease

the wounded warrior amputees softball team played against fbi agents at george mason university tonights have a busy weekend had. tomorrow, they will be playing against a team of doctors and specialists who were involved in their imputations. >> incredible story. >> i have a feeling they will beat those doctors. >> good softball weather, too. we had a bit of everything today. here is how it looked from our storm watch camera. you can see some of those fair weather clouds, and late this afternoon, they built up enough, and there are some rain showers. our temperatures right now are 58 degrees. this weekend, it is a nice weekend. our average high temperature will be 72. we will get the temperature is dropping into the 50's. frederick, after a half of an inch of rain. a lot of spots did it a bit of rain. there is high temperatures around the country, these temperatures are pretty close to average. you can see the little bubble of cooler air coming on a parade that is the good news. with the weather pattern that we have, the jet stream is moving along, it means no severe weather and the goo

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. >> reporter: the hits kept blasting across the softball field at george mason university in fairfaxit's a long way from the battlefields where these u.s. servicemen and women lost their limbs to imp virovised explosiv devices. the wounded warrior amputees softball team was created to help with rehabilitation. it's doing more than winning, as tlooez these players crush teams with, well, more arms than legs. earlier this week, team members watched as world events unfolded in pakistan. >> some of the guys as early as '01, '02, '03, i was shot in '06 is when i lost my leg. we range out. but once we get together, it's one big family. >> reporter: at tonight's game, players said one of the most compelling things was the interaction with the youngest fans. kids are fascinated by the prosthetics, seeing the wounded warrior amputees as a team of super heroes. the adults agree. >> we're the first amputee softball team in the world. the military bond made it really easy for me. if i tell them to be somewhere, they're there. that military background and history really comes into play here. >> r

host: we're talking with major from george mason university. talking about the reserve officers training corps. the numbers are on your screen. we will take your questions and comments. let's talk about rotc. is it like a boot camp? guest: with a lot of similar tasks. i went to basic training in 1990. we take the enlisted soldiers and in and week "boown" them. rotc, you can only show up for two.st horu our or it's not boot camp in terms of required.oruurs are host: if you only shop for one hour, and do you owe time in the end? guest: no. it is just an orientation in the beginning. for those who give an indication that they want to serve, they spend many more hours. the average freshman at least spend is 5-10 hours per week in some sort of training. host: it is in eight years' service after you graduate. you cervical time for four years. four years with the individual ready reserve and they cannot choose army reserve or army national guard while pursuing a civilian career. guest: for the students to do not want to go into active duty and have da

. >> reporter: the hits kept blasting across the softball field at george mason university in fairfax. it's a long way from the battle fields where these u.s. service men and women lost their limbs to improvised explosive devices called ieds. with the help of the veteran's administration and the louisville slugger company, the wounded warrior amputee softball team was created to help with rehabilitation. >> on three! one, two, three! >> reporter: it's doing more than that as these players crush team, well, more arms and legs. earlier this week, team members watched as world events unfolded in pakistan. >> some of the guys really, i was shot in '06 when i lost my leg, so we range out, but it's one big family. >> reporter: at tonight's game against the fbi all-stars, players said one of the most compelling things was the interaction on the youngest fans. raised on movies like "transformers," kids are fascinated by the prosthetics, seeing the wounded warrior amputees as a group of superheroes. >> we're the first amputee softball team in the world. the military bond made it really easy. i

the assess it professor george mason university talks about the foreign policy of president reagan and will visit fort myer, va. to learn more about the army's oldest infantry unit and its role in military and president of burials. get the complete weekend schedule at c-span.org/history. or you could have a e-mailed to you. >> "washington journal" begins at the top of the hour. we will talk about medicare and later, douglas brinkley discusses the world war ii memorial on the national mall. yesterday, the senate reached an agreement on a four year extension of the expiring provisions of the anti-terrorism law known as the picture that. before the extension was passed, the chamber voted to kill a couple of amendments offered by kentucky senator rand paul. one was on gun records and this is part of the debate. mr. paul: i'm pleased today to come to the floor of the senate to talk about the patriot act. i'm pleased that we have cracked open the door that we will shed some light on the patriot act. i wish the door were wider on, the debate broader and more significant, but we will talk a li

we are also joined by a senior fellow at the george mason university. let's begin with the immediate debt ceiling. the immediate implications of today. tons of headlines reaching the debt limit. what does this mean to you? guest: i do not think it is a big deal today, but it is emblematic of a big problem. treasury secretary governor has said there are quite a few things he could do to postpone any problems today. i think he has done quite a bit more than he said he could do. the problem has to be dealt with at some point pyridi. guest: the short-run issue is how treasury can economize on cash so they do not have to borrow. there are lots of assets like and move around to avoid the debt ceiling. the bigger problem is the budget. how are we going to deal with our budget deficit going forward, and that is a much more difficult problem? host: 2 are second-guess, what do you suspect other countries around the world are seeing as they viewed the situation here in the u.s.? guest: i do not know that other countries have short-term memory loss or whether they

associate professor at george mason university talks about the foreign policy of president reagan and will visit fort myer, va. to learn about the oldest active infantry unit, the old guard. get the complete we can schedule at c-span.org/history or have it e-mailed to you. >> remarks from republican presidential candidate newt gingrich at a women's bachus in new hampshire. the former house speaker talks about the 2012 presidential campaign, health care, tax reform, and immigration. this is his first visit to the state since announcing he was running for president. from the portsmouth country club in new hampshire, this is a little over one hour. >> the campaigns are beginning to take form. in less than eight months, new hampshire will hold its first in the nation presidential primary. this will help signal which candidate has the best chance to beat barack obama. and and the era of big government and expanded. the citizens of new hampshire take this leading role seriously. new hampshire people tend to be well-berth on the issues facing the nation and how these issues impact their pers

after that, george mason university professor on the mission and goals of the rotc program. plus your emails, phone calls, on "washington journal" tuesday morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. from columbia south carolina, we go to oakland, california for the commencement ceremony at mills college. the first american civilian woman to world in post the second world war in japan. she helped one person secretly write the postwar constitution for japan. we will hear more about her story before the speech. this is have an hour. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] 1] >> it is my honor to introduce to you your commencement speaker for today. she was awarded an honorary degree on the occasion of her speech in 1991. i kept hearing about this amazing mills woman. at a very young age, she had graduated from mills college and how had gone directly to japan to be a part of the writers of the japanese constitution after the second world war. she was the author of a section of the constitution that guarantees w

we are also joined by a senior fellow at the george mason university. let's begin with the immediate debt ceiling. the immediate implications of today. tons of headlines reaching the debt limit. what does this mean to you? guest: i do not think it is a big deal today, but it is emblematic of a big problem. treasury secretary governor has said there are quite a few things he could do to postpone any problems today. i think he has done quite a bit more than he said he could do. the problem has to be dealt with at some point pyridi. guest: the short-run issue is how treasury can economize on cash so they do not have to borrow. there are lots of assets like and move around to avoid the debt ceiling. the bigger problem is the budget. how are we going to deal with our budget deficit going forward, and that is a much more difficult problem? host: 2 are second-guess, what do you suspect other countries around the world are seeing as they viewed the situation here in the u.s.? guest: i do not know that other countries have short-term memory loss or whether they

. >> i'm sue tolson at george mason university. a i'm going to ask two questions because i think you won't call on me twice. one question, and i know we've used lou's books and you've all done very fine work but my question is, didn't congress by passing the war powers resolution violate the constitution in a way? because he have the right,la only congress has the right to declare war. by what i think is really ridiculous piece of legislation they're giving themselves 60 is today.th you can blow up the world in two days. giving i themself a 60-day period seems ridiculous to as member of the public like myself. secondly, i'm a child of the vietnam era and it seemed told me also if you had required, if congress was really doing its job and you know, upholding its responsibility to the declare war, you might have had more public t support for this particular war. has anyone done a study, really correlating in recent times the growth of executive power and unpopularity of wars? because i think vietnam was the first war i remember, and

i am a professor at george mason university. my question is, didn't congress by passing the war powers resolution violates the constitution in away, because they have -- only congress has the right to declare war. i think it is a ridiculous piece of regulation. they are giving themselves 60 days. you can blow up the world in two days, so giving them 60 days is ridiculous to a member of the public like myself. i am a child of the vietnam era. it seemed to me also that if you had required -- if congress would really doing its job and a pole in his responsibility to declare war, you might have had more public support for this particular war. has anyone done a study correlating in recent times the growth of executive power and the unpopularity of force? i think vietnam was the first war that i remember -- we have had a series of unpopular wars, protest, aside from kucinich. i just wonder if anybody has correlated that. >> i think the war powers resolution is a fundamentally dishonest statute. yet to make a compromise between house a

guest: at george mason university. i teach a three-hour class once a week. i also have to do with me and jim ant. we get to go at it in the class. host: have you talked to paul ryan or john boehner? how are they both doin guest: i think they are both doing great. this is not easy stuff. you have to give pau writing credit for attacking a problem. people will probably tell you that medicare is an issue that we have to address. people recognize that it is an issue. to his credit, he came out there with a budget proposal. the challenge for the administration is to come out and saying here is the way we would address it, said across the table from each other, and at the end of the day if nobody is happy with a, at least you have addressed the problem. we cannot agree on energy policy. we have not had a good energy policy in 30 years. we have not solved the issues along the border and what we are going to do because people are afraid to take a tough vote. just kick it down the road. i will tell you this. if we do not do i, the day is going to come when markets re

guest: at george mason university. i teach a three-hour class once a week. i also have to do with me and jim grant. we get to go at it in the class. host: have you talked to paul ryan or john boehner? how are they both doing? guest: i think they are both doing great. this is not easy stuff. you have to give paul writing credit for attacking a problem. people will probably tell you that medicare is an issue that we have to address. people recognize that it is an issue. to his credit, he came out there with a budget proposal. the challenge for the administration is to come out and saying here is the way we would address it, said across the table from each other, and at the end of the day if nobody is happy with a, at least you have addressed the problem. we cannot agree on energy policy. we have not had a good energy policy in 30 years. we have not solved the issues along the border and what we are going to do because people are afraid to take a tough vote. just kick it down the road. i will tell you this. if we do not do it, the day is going to come when mark

this is a professor at george mason university talking about the foreign policy of president reagan.fort myers, va., to learn about the oldest active infantry union -- unit, the old guard. get the schedule emailed to you. host: our last segment is with sheila krumholz from the center for responsive politics. she is there executive director. welcome. what is a political action committee? guest: it is a committee organized reporting to the federal election commission that supports a candidate for public office. they can receive and contribute money directly but they must disclose. host: how many times per year can day disclose? guest: monthly or quarterly. if they've disclose quarterly, they only have to do that twice. this year, we will not see anything about quarterly filings until july 31st. host: to they have to disclose how much they have given are where the money comes from host:? -- comes from? guest: both. they're very transparent. we know where the money is coming from and going to. that is the good news. host: what is the bad news? guest: many organizations use this to give a

the associate professor george mason university talks about the farm policy of president reagan and wel visit fort myer, virginia tech learn about the oldest active infantry union and its role in presidential areas -- burials. have our schedule e-mailed to you by pressing the schedule alert button. >> c-span possible local content vehicles kickoff the local city tours in st. petersburg this weekend. a look that the book industry with local booksellers. american history of bans on c- span3 from the st. petersburg museum of history. the first scheduled commercial aircraft and the hidden history of angola, indians and former slaves who fought two wars against the united states in the early 1800's. watch it on c-span2 and c-span3. >> "washington journal" continues. host: paul broun is our guest. he represents the 10th district of georgia. let me begin, congressman, telling our viewers what secretary of homeland security janet napolitano said about osama bin laden. >> we must remain vigilant regarding the threat to the united states posed by hawkeye that affiliate's or al qaeda- light a fil

an associate professor at george mason university talks about the foreign policy of president reagan. visiting fort myers to visit the old guard and its role in military and presidential burials. get the complete schedule atkinson c-span.org/history -- get the complete schedule at c- span.org/history. >> commencement addresses from across the country. leaders from politics, business, entertainment, offering their inside to the graduating class is of 2011. >> "washington journal" continues. henry cuellar host: henry represents the 28th district in texas. welcome. guest: thank you. host: you sit on the homeland security committee. in the news going around right now, do you think that al qaeda is weaker or stronger given the new swirling around? guest: whenever you kill the leader of an organization, it is a blow to the organization. it doesn't mean that the organization is dead, but certainly it is a blow and we have to be ready for everything. it is why our intelligence committee has been working hard to pick up chatter out there. host: how do you make yourself ready for everything --

zywicki is the professor of law at george mason university. dr. david evans is the director of the university of chicago law school. mr. adam levitin is professor of law at georgetown law center. mr. andrew pincus is a partner at mayer brown rowe and maw lp. with that, as is pursuant to the committee rules, all witnesses are sworn before they testify. if you will stand and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to get will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? all right. have a seat. the record will reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. in order to facilitate discussion, if you can -- your written statement will be admissible to the record, and you can simply summarize assemble five minutes and at one minute you get the yellow light which sort of helps you round up and i would love to hear your testimony. mr. speed, we will start with you, sir. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it's a pleasure to be here today. i want to say at the outset that i was in favor of -- stro

guest: at george mason university. i teach a three-hour class once a week. i also have to do with me and jim grant. we get to go at it in the class. host: have you talked to paul ryan or john boehner? how are they both doing? guest: i think they are both doing great. this is not easy stuff. you have to give paul writing credit for attacking a problem. people will probably tell you that medicare is an issue that we have to address. people recognize that it is an issue. to his credit, he came out there with a budget proposal. the challenge for the administration is to come out and saying here is the way we would address it, said across the table from each other, and at the end of the day if nobody is happy with a, at least you have addressed the problem. we cannot agree on energy policy. weave not had a good energy policy in 30 years. we have not solved the issues along the border and what we are going to do because people are afraid to take a tough vote. just kick it down the road. i will tell you this. if we do not do it, the day is going to come when market

guest: at george mason university. i teach a three-hour class once a week. i also have to do with me and jim grant. we get to go at it in the class. host: have you talked to paul ryan or john boehner? how are they both doing? guest: i think they are both doing great. this is not easy stuff. you have to give paul writing credit for attacking a problem. people will probably tell you that medicare is an issue that we have to address. people recognize that it is an issue. to his credit, he came out there with a budget proposal. the challenge for the administration is to come out and saying here is the way we would address it, said across the table from each other, and at the end of the day if nobody is happy with a, at least you have addressed the problem. we cannot agree on energy policy. we have not had a good energy policy in 30 years. we have not solved the issues along the border and what we are going to do because people are afraid to take a tough vote. just kick it down the road. i will tell you this. if we do not do it, the day is going to come when mark

after that, george mason university president on the mission and goals of the rotc program and its presencebranches of the military. plus, your e-mail, phone calls and tweets. >> on the september 25th, 1937, nine students helped to integrate little rock central high school. earlier this month, one of the little rock nine was invited to address the university of arkansas in little rock. she talked about the civil- rights struggles during her lifetime and what it means to today's graduates. this is 20 minutes. >> i have been asked if i am going to make people cry. i said this is not about me, this is about them. when i first started thinking about this talk, i could not think of anything that had to do with the law. i don't know anything. my daughter reminded me, using words that questioned by mental- health, that indeed, i might know something about the law. she reminded me i went to jail for sitting in. that i am a convicted tree hugger, i've been known to sit in the front seat of a city bus. and, the absolute worst, i took sips from the white water fountain when i was a little girl. [appla

we are also joined by a senior fellow at the george mason university. let's begin with the immediate debt ceiling. the immediate implications of today. tons of headlines reaching the debt limit. what does this mean to you? guest: i do not think it is a big deal today, but it is emblematic of a big problem. treasury secretary governor has said there are quite a few things he could do to postpone any problems today. i think he has done quite a bit more than he said he could do. the problem has to be dealt with at some point pyridi. guest: the short-run issue is how treasury can economize on cash so they do not have to borrow. there are lots of assets like and move around to avoid the debt ceiling. the bigger problem is the budget. how are we going to deal with our budget deficit going forward, and that is a much more difficult problem? host: 2 are second-guess, what do you suspect other countries around the world are seeing as they viewed the situation here in the u.s.? guest: i do not know that other countries have short-term memory loss or whether they

the late seventy's started seeding money and attaching strings to universities all over the country particularly at schools like george mason where they literally own tired of parties not just the economics department but they also have their hands in law in another's arms of public policy i would i would think that economics law and history would be the three areas where they would really want to have the greatest influence for just just as a wild guess what. i think you know i can understand the you know a billionaire saying ok we're going to invest money in a politician and get a return in other words we'll buy a bunch of republicans and they'll make sure that the regulations on our polluting refineries are cut back so we can make more profit or they'll make it illegal or impossible for somebody so us for dumping benzene as is happening in texas right now. but what's the financial return to investing in a university for something like this. well choose for one thing coke what makes the coke political machine unique is that they don't just invest in politicians that's what any corporation does what coke does is invest in.

george mason is a new basketball coach. paul hewitt has been hired to replace the coach who left for the university of miami.from georgia tech last month, but while he was there he coached them to a national championship game in '04. he searched a $7.2 million buyout from the hokies which makes him more affordable in the eyes of a team like the patriots. >>> the redskins begin the nfl draft with 8 picks. they finish the weekend with 12 new players. it's what they did with the picks that have people scratching their heads a little bit. they didn't pick a quarterback at all. donavan mcnabb on his way out, rex grossman a free agent, all signs point to john beck as their starter. beck was said to be the best qv in his draft class yet he hasn't taken a snap since '07. beck says he's been practicing with superbowl winning quarterbacks drew brees offseason in san diego. that's an interesting scenario we'll have to watch unfold. >>> here's a look at who the redskins selected this year. in the first round, linebacker ryan out of perdue. he was the big 10 player of the year. in the second round they bolstered their de

foundation professor at george mason unundation professor at ge mason university. dr. david s. evans is the chairman of the local economists group and lecturer at the chicago law school. mr. adam j. is a associate professor at law at the university of law center. mr. andrew pincus is a partner at mayer, brown, and rowe. with that, raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear the testimony will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing through the truth? all right. have a seat. the record will reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. in order to facilitate discussion, if you can -- your written statement will be admissible to the record. you can simply summarize simple five minutes. at one minute, you'll get the yellow light which helps you. i would love to hear your testimony. mr. zywicki, we'll start with you, sir. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it's a pressure to be here today. i wasn't strongly in favor of regulatory reform, dealing with consumers financial production and that sort of thing. i think that we've been much in need of regulatory form, steam lining a