go to c-span .org to find out when that will air. going to the phone line, done in texas.aller: i'm pretty outraged. i hate to tell the american public. you ought to be going crazy over that bank rip off that just took trillions from us. i'm talking $26 trillion, america. and europe. i just do not see how people in this country aren't doing more to take this government. host: more headlines on bp. host: moving on sto more phone calls on the democratic line. go ahead. caller: it's laughable that republicans are blaming the government when just before this accident, they were saying government should keep their hands out of private enter prize. it's laughable that they would have the nerve to blame the government. you figure that they would have computer models and testing to see what can be done in an instant like this. that wasn't done because they relied on lacks regulation, another republican idea. they didn't want to pay out the money to take the precautions. now we are paying the price. host: mike in ohio on the republican line. caller: a caller in the last segment. he

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go to cease and video library. we have all -- the princess but you can do -- to the c-span at a video library. we have all the videos of that senator byrd on the senate floor pre. you can go to c-span.org and go to the search engine and type in "senator byrd," and you'll get all kinds of video, including his book talks. david -- helps to push the button. sorry about that, david. jerry in north carolina. caller: i got up this morning and was very distressed to see that bob byrd has passed away. i was born and raised in west virginia and i left in 1980. it is amazing what he actually did for the state. a lot of people call it pork but it was in no way pork. a previous caller said he built a road to nowhere. if you have ever been to west virginia, all roads go nowhere. it is a very still unconnected stage with a lot of tourism, and the reds that he helped build -- roads that he helped to build and improve brought a lot of people in that state. i still get really upset, and i'm still connected to the state, with family and friends .ack theire it really amazes me what is it really amazes me what is

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to thank those of you that had been watching us on c- span all afternoon. i want to thank the folks from c-span for coming into our studios. to the phone lines we go.k is in tennessee. we thank you for holding. welcome. >> you are doing a great job. sitting here on this beautiful lake and i can't imagine what it would be like with oil coming up from the side. it is hard to believe. i have been to new orleans a few times and it is your livelihood, if it is your duty and the people you cannot depend on what you're hearing from bp or the government. if your people have the knowledge and ability to get out, i really believe they need to do it, because i don't think they are getting -- we don't need weeks of studies to know what is going on. >> the problem is all of this has been vetted. the opportunity we have always had a plan to rebuild our islands back. this had been vetted by the corps of engineers. we are frustrated by the foot dragging of the coast guard and more importantly, the fact that bp seems to be more worried about public relations nightmares than protecting the coastline from an oil spill of at proportions. >> that is true the history of

what is it going to take for somebody to quit playing around? >> for those under watching on c-span been al so many times into the louisiana wetlands with the governor and others. for those that have never been to louisiana wetlands or one of our estuaries, explain what it would normally be like this time of year and what you have seen, heard, and felt as you have gone through. >> usually, thousands of people out there fishing. it also feeds the whole gulf of mexico were life begins. all these small fish and critters start the life cycle here in the marshlands of louisiana. everywhere this oil has touched, it is dead. the plants are dying. all the fish and wildlife are dead. we have lost hundreds of birds. the pelican just got off the endangered species list. add that when this is over, it will be back on it. we have lost hundreds of pelicans. what is it going to take for someone to step up to the plate and do absolutely everything physically possible to keep this oil from destroying our way of life? it is unthinkable. >> billy, when you start talking about the problems we're dealin

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c-span2. >> we have got to read news c- span books for you. "," "the supreme court" -- " abraham lincoln." to order, goc-span.org/book, each one a great gift for father's day. >> this weekend, bp announced the failure of their effort to stanch the flow of crude oil into the gulf of mexico. the radio program "inside new orleans" talked about it. here is a part of the program, hosted by eric. >> those of you watching around the nation on c-span, i do not have to introduce you to our next guest. he is a true louisiana hero, a hero after katrina, and he has proved to be a hero in trying to save the very history of his parish. he joins us on the station. how are you? >> i am doing good. we are on the way over to the island. the administration is going to decide whether to task bp. >> tell the folks your proposal for trying to stop this oil was about an 80-mile land burma -- butberm and your frustration -- an 80-mile land berm. small poron to begin with? >> my frustration is growing as we have across the river. there appears to me that this a stacked deck against those from the beginning, with no one that ha

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go ahead. caller: hi. i'd like to thank c-span for such a provocative morning call-in. was curious, can i ask you a question? host: go ahead. caller: i was just curious, how long do you think the american people have to wait until the one million documents about the finally released? host: don't know. caller: well, do you have an opinion? host: no, want right now. why do you think it's an important question to ask? president was killed how many years ago? and supposedly it was done by a lone gunman. however, we're not able to see the documents that the government has. i mean, assassination? do you really think that that secrecy is vital to national security? host: i'll turn it around on and you ask you the same question then. caller: i can't believe that there's any intelligence that would be gained by our enemies that needs to be secret this many years after the assassination of a president. host: one more thought on -- let's turn it back to our question about really talking about prosecutions by the white house of release of information by the media. what do you think

i'm not going to cut anybody off but i ask you to short because it is already 7:15, and c-span is coveringhis. if i told you, half the guys would put on makeup. go ahead. [inaudible] >> i appreciate that one under%. -- 100%. i like to know what you think we concerned citizens can do to get our country and our state back into some kind of stability. there is enough anger and hatred to go round. i do not hate anybody but i think that arizona has a right to their lot. -- law. i am not against mexican people or other people. the word illegal means something to me. i am old. [laughter] i am old, and i was taught that words mean something. i want everyone to be able to have a kind of like that i've had all these years. i am afraid my children and my 16 grandchildren are not going to be able to have that kind of wonderful country that i grew up and read what can i do? >> what can you do? you are doing part of their right down. we're having a great, respectful conversation. and we all have differences of opinion. but that is what the founding fathers devised for our government. you should be able

c-span. this event with president obama at the white house is late getting started. we are going to move on with our programming and show it to you later on the c-span networks. this morning's "washington journal" we took your calls on the u.s. indirectly paying afghan warlords. we are going to watch that now while we wait for the house to come in. and here is this story in "the washington post." the u.s. is funding a massive racket in afghanistan, and directly paying of dollars tons warlords. the security arrangements are of a $2.16 billion transport contract and viilate of private use as a defenses well department regulations. military oficials on the ground suppliesed on getting needed, and have rtually no addition of health security actually provided for the transport goods throughout the country. a democrat from massachusetts the findings of this report fm severing too shocking. he wrote that in introduction to the report. so, that is what we will talk during this first segment. we're wondering what you think that? is it a necessary part of war? does it just happened in afghani

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to you. one of the most frequently asked questions we have c-span is "when it will cameras going to the supreme court?" since the year 2000, c-span, along with other media organizations, have occasionally petitioned the court for a same- the release of the audio tapes the make of each of days or arguments. the graph on your screen is our success rate. the top line is the number of requests we have made each year. the green line on the bottom shows that our requests have been increasingly turned down. i want to turn to our panel for comments about the openness of the robbers court in general, and if you would like to offer your own perspective, we would love to hear it. >> i would just say that this film is an indication of the openness of the robert cort, and the fact that the justices participated in this and allow this to happen is, i think, a great thing. in terms of cameras in the court, i know what they are going to say, and i know you guys think, but i am very sympathetic to the idea that it is not really in the interest of the justices to do that, for a couple of reasons. just look what

guest: they don't call me as often as they should to get my advice, so i have to go on c-span and i'mure they're watching carefully. but i think that right now with the bp crisis, if that's what your question is about, he is doing not a bad job with a bad situation. he has been there, he's communicating with his top officials on a regular basis. i don't know what else he could be doing. i'm not unhappy with his response to this crisis. but sometimes you're hand add situation where whatever you do, your administration is going to end up, and i hate to use this term, tarred with this swage. and i think that's the situation he is facing. host: how responsive should presidents be to public opinion and polls that say you're lingering too long on this crisis or you need to pay more attention? guest: i think they need to be aware of the polls but not let all their decision bs poll driven. if you follow the public opinion on aday to day basis, you're going to be like a sail boat tacking without direction. you need to use the public support efficiently and be aware of it. but touf have long-te

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to you do, tim, then go ahead with your question. caller: i'm a directional driller. first-time caller to c-span. thanks to c-span. the best program on tv. i would like to comment that this is a wake-up call for the american in people that this is a post-carbon era. we can never produce enough oil to satisfy 21 million barrels a day and we should be adjusting our expectations for going forwa forward. host: what is a directional driller, tim? caller: we steer the bit to the well where the oil is. we would be out there doing the relief wells to intersect the original well bore. host: do do you it offshore? caller: i have done it off and on shore. host: are you doing it where you are? caller: no, i live here. host: thanks. any comment? guest: he had a couple of points there. one, i think he was in agreement that we are going to continue to import oil, which i agree with. he said we are in a post-carbon era. we are certainly in a post-carbon hope era. politically, as i say, i think we will at this point to use a lot of oil and gas while we develop noncarbon energy sources. he introduced an important subject into this

to see what is going on at aig -- a whole host of problems. thaa has brought us to where we are right now. host: he is a republican from new jersey, scott garrett. the coverage on c-span will be live on c-span 3. we would join the conference in progress. it will be around 11:00 a.m. republican line, kansas. caller: with all of the bills that have come up in recent years, there are things that congress agreed with. it is such a big bill that you do not get any progress made, because everything is not agreed on. can the bill be strong -- smaller still you can agree on certain points and it can go through? guest: that is an excellent question. that is how the majority wants to do it. this bill is 1500 pages. on thursday we began our hearing. when it got to make, i asked for a show of hands of anyone who has read all of the pages. nobody raised their hands that they read the bill. host: have you read it? guest: i have read the sections we are dealing with. if you have not read it, how can you say it is a great thing? host: the conference committee will deal with corporate governance? is that the first issue on the agenda? guest: i believe cell along with executive compens

to comment on you. i have been watching c-span for 10 years off and on since i have been disabled. i miss goingwork. i really miss my work. you have been catching a loss of heat from the right and left. i have been watching c-span 10 years. there is nobody -- nobody that does the job you do. you do an excellent job. host: thank you. caller: you press issues, you dig. nobody does it better than you. you are the best, gal. here goes. he hit on if there was alcohol involved. i know it is noo an excuse. let's let everything get out. there is nothing better than our service men and women in this world. left destroying our military. i am talking about it engagement, loitering upper -- lawyering up. what about the gays in the military? guest: the gay issue -- we do a whole show on that issue. it is unpopular and some think it is time we got over this. host: one of the newspapers was talking aaout the distrust in the military and some of that related to obama trying to overturn "don't ask, don't tell ." this coming from military people -- democrats are fickle and they do not stick with it. this started

to thank those of you that had been watching us on c- span all afternoon. i want to thank the folks from c-span for coming into our studios. to the phone lines we go.k is in tennessee. we thank you for holding. welcome. >> you are doing a great job. sitting here on this beautiful lake and i can't imagine what it would be like with oil coming up from the side. it is hard to believe. i have been to new orleans a few times and it is your livelihood, if it is your duty and the people youannot depend on what you're hearing from bp or the government. if your people have the knowledge and ability to get out, i really believehey need to do it, because i don't think they are getting -- we don't need weeks of studies tonow what is going on. >> the problem is all of this has been vetted. the opportunity we have always had a plan to rebuild our islands back. this had been vetted by the corps of engeers. we are frustrated by the foot dragging of the cot guard and more importantly, the fact that bp seems to be more worried out public relations nightmares than protecting the coastline from an oil spill of at proportions. >> that is true the history of our great c

we are going to move on to david on the republican line from washington. caller: thank you for c-span. on the obama administration official, i do not think they -- organized labor just lost millions of money down the toilet on a point this exercise. i thought this was funny. after one of obama's most progressive cabinet labours, labor secretary, gave me a load -- line. od democratic barry, good morning. -- host: democratic line. caller: it does not matter who's politician is in charge. labor -- i think it is necessary, but once again, it is controlled by people who are rich. if everything is controlled by rich people, what is the point of poor people going to vote? i am not going to vote. i did not see any point. host: independent line. clyde. caller: thank you for letting me get in. when you had the gentlemen on that a couple of weeks ago, and you were talking about farm issues, i recall about a year ago you had chuck grassley -- he is a big corporate farmer and voting against black farmers getting their money. but i agree with their last caller. i think republicans and democrats. i

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going to happen tomorrow. that is why we depend on all of you guys. >> on wednesday the c-span crew traveled with ly ma land sono louisiana as he met with constituents and federal and local officials to discuss the response. coast guard admiral thad allen and administrator lisa jackson are with those he met. this is about 25 minutes. >> right now we are having problems with the oil coming off the mouth of the mississippi and coming through these passes which are all opened and it would come into the inner waters right here. they are having trouble deploying assets from the eastern side of the mississippi to the western side. it was too late a response to get all of this done at that time. now, thankfully, they have deployed people all in this area. the response is substantially better. they have some jack-up barges that are out in our area and it has done substantially better. and a number of manpower and assets deployed have gotten significantly better over the last two to three weeks. >> you say this has gotten better the last couple of weeks. what were the effects of it being slow the first couple of weeks?

c-span books for you. "abraham lincoln," "the supreme court," and "who's buried in grant's tomb." to order go c-span.org/books. each one also a great gift idea for father's day. >> the republican voters here in las vegas are among those across nevada taking a nominee to challenge senate majority leader harry reid. republicans also have to decide whether to nominate the governor for a second term or choose a former federal judge who opposed the democrat, rory reid, the son of the u.s. senator. one of 12 states holds primaries and runoffs. we had a preview this morning on a number of the races on "washington journal." >> "washington journal" continues. host: at the table is bob benenson, senr analyst at "cq weekly." primaries, run off, a ver significant day that intel as a lot of stories about november. but let us get right to it. the state that has lots and lots of people talking is arkansas. what is at stake here and what is this race between senator lincoln and the lieutenant governor and become so competive? guest: first of all, of today's primaries this has the most immediate impact. blanc

go ahead with your question. caller: first time i've ever gotten through to c-span. host: welcome. ller: i want to ask her, who is taking care of the children while all this is going on? who is taking care of the children? the women are the nurturers. ok? -- you understand? host: got it. guest: this is a huge, huge problem. and another reason that i wrote this story is another place i visited was the community college and what i learned about that class is that there are basically women are doing everything. it's not that the men are taking care of the children. it's that the women are hustling. they are going to school, getting their nursing degree. they go to school during the day. they work at night. the children are with various relatives and they are also raising the the children and trying to get child custody. i'm talking ant working class families. and so that's not good. it's not good for anybody. the imbalance is not great. that's why i said this is not a go, women! you go work! do your thing! we're not in that era. this is a time where many ways women have made stridse bu

to america's highest court -- this sunday at 6:00 p.m. on c-span. >> we have three new books. "abraham lincoln," "the supreme court," and "who's buried in grant's tomb?" to order, go to c-span.org /books. this is a great gift idea for father's day. >> c-span to -- live coverage o+ the u.s. senate. on weekends, "book tv." connect with us on facebook, twitter, and youtube. sign up for alert e-mails on c- span.org. >> the sustainable defense tax force came back with ways to cut defense spending without reducing national security. this is a group of individuals from policy and advocacy individuals formed to find options to cct the defense budget. this is just over the hour. >> the building does not have a 215. it took me a while to give up. this is an important meeting. i am going to be giving out -- in yesterday's "new york times," an article -- i came across this phrase. american officials regarded bolstering of british support in afghanistan as especially important at a time when many european countries, including britain and germany, are commiited to sharp cuts in defenss spending as part of its drive to reduce huge government deficits. two sundays ago, the times

i am not going to cut anybody off, but i am going to ask if we could shorten it. i did not tell you ahead of time that c-span is covering this. if i had told you ahead of time, have the guys would have been putting on makeup, so that is why i did not tell you. >> thank you very much. i have a brother-inlaw to is a veteran. on behalf of all the veterans, i appreciate all the help that you are giving them. [applause] secondly, i would like to know what you think we concerned citizens of california can do to help get our country, our state back into some kind of stability. there is enough anger and hatred to go around. i do not hate anybody. but i do believe arizona has a right to their law. i am not, i am not against the mexican people or other people. the word illegal means something to me. i am old. i am old. i was taught that words mean something. i want everyone to be able to have the kind of life i have had all these years. i am afraid my children and my 16 grandchildren are not going to be able to have the kind of a wonderful country that i grew up in. what can i do? >> well, you are doing part of it rig

to go. but people do think they are getting substantive work done. host: c-span cameras, we committed to have cameras into every minute of the session that is open to the public. you can see coverage on our network and website. phil mattingly has been covering this for bloomberg, and thank you for telling us what is ahead today. guest: thank you. host: deliberations so far aren't kudos to chairman bernard frank from "the wall street journal" -- earned kudos for chairman barry frank. house and senate negotiators get underway today. our cameras will be there for this for those of you interested in the details. we're talking to you this morning about the negotiations that ended up with thete house%- announcement bp will have a $20 billion claims fund. our phone lines are open. you can also send an e-mail and a message by twitter. veronica, democrats learned that caller: i think finally i guess by 59 or 60 days i am hearing all of these callers call in. we can take a moment and just say thank you, whether it is thank you to president obama. you have to look at it. th

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ago 12-6, and i know it's going to be something the court is going to have to come to perhaps on its own, but the public views are increasing. a poll which was releasedby c-span just yesterday shows that 63% of the american people favor televising the courts, and amng the 37% who opposed, when they were told that people can only be in the supreme court chamber for about three minutes which accommodates only a couple hundred people, 60% of those 37% thught the court should be televised which brings the total to about 85%. i know we don't run the court by public opinion polls, but isn't that fairly weighty as to what the american people would like to -- like to know? we talk about a living constitution and about tte constitution expressing the changing values of our society, as cardoza said so eloquently in palco. if the people of this country knew that the court was deciding all of the cutting edge questions, a woman's right to choose, who lives, death penalty cases for juvenile, who dies, affirmative action, who gets into college, freedom of speech and religion, the american people rsponded in a poll to citizens united, 85% thought it was a terrible decision.

to carrollton, texas, on our line for republicans. fred, go ahead. caller: good morning, and thanks for c-span. i just wanted to say that i haven't read the bill yet, so i don't really know what's in it, but one of the things i think is most disappointing about the financial markets is that we don't hold anybody accountable. people can be as free as they want to be, but when society, us, the federal government has to step in and fix somebody's mess, then that company, as officers, need to go to jail, possibly even the board. and the way i think of it is it would be like drunk driving laws. basically, you know, you go out, they have a good time with your friends, and you do something stupid and get too drunk or get too carried away or inebriated, and you wreck your car, you hurt yourself and everything else. when the cops show up, you're the one that's in trouble the one that's in trouble because you used your freedom to basically force society to clean up your mess. and that's the financial markets ought to be regulated. if we show up and have to fix everything, you're going to be in trouble. an

to think about those views. but that's sort of my going-in thought. >> if it appeared on television this year on c-span, many of them have appeared over the years selling books and being in a variety of situations. >> it means i'd have to get my hair done more often, senator specter. >> uh... let me commend you... (laughing) . let me commend you on that last comment. i say that seriously. you have shown a really admirable sense of humor . i think that is really important. as senator schumer said yesterday , we're looking for somebody who can moderate the court and a little humor would do them a lot of good. >> reporter: after a late afternoon break, kagan returned to the witness table. she faces another day of questioning when the hearings resume tomorrow. >> brown: judy woodruff has been anchoring or gavel to gavel coverage of the hearings today. she joins us now from capitol hill. judy. >> woodruff: i'm here again overlooking the judiciary committee hearing room with marcia coyle of the national law journal. marcia, this is day 2, the question day. the republicans tried to pin elena kagan down on a number of t

go to c-span.org. house and senate negotiators met today to work on the financial regulation bill. that is next on c-span. last week, a u.s. army captain received $25,000 and pride in exchange for contracts to a company inflated corp. -- inflated prices. the hearing on wartime contract is let appeared after that, if you missed it, but confirmation hearing for david petreaus as the next commander in afghanistan. all this week on c-span3, we have a live confirmation hearing coverage for supreme court nominee an elana kagan. you can watch this on c- span.org, and each day we read or -- reair in its entirety on c-span2. the house-senate regulation confirmation reconvene to make changes because of a number of republican objection. you need 60 votes in the senate to move this forward which the democrats did not believe that they had. [inaudible] >> i am sorry. i thought it was on. no bill has been reported and i'll have reconsideration of the acceptance of the title involving the paid for it in the house. all those in favor of reconsideration, say aye. it is being reconsidered. the center is going to make a mo

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i am encouraged there is going to be much better dialogue between the federal government and the state of arizona. i hope that is not wishful thinking. we have three new c-span books for you, each with a unique contemporary perspective and perhaps something new to you about lincoln, the nation's highest court, and the lives of america's presidents. to order, go to c-span.org/bo oks. each would be a great gift for father's day. >> a briefing about the gulf oil spill with admiral thad allen. he spoke with reporters for half an hour. >> for the first time in a couple of days, i have good news. we just cut the riser pipe off of the package. they had to use the sheer cutters, which are the ones they did to use the other pipes yesterday. the other saw we are attempting to use was not successful, so we replaced it with the shares which do not have as clean a cut, but we do have a cut now. the next couple be to put the containment cap over what is left of the more riser pipe and start seeing if we can move gas and oil up the pipe to start syphoning off gas and start production later today. we will give you updates throughout the day. is significant step forward at t

c-span 3, 9:00 a.m. eastern time, c-span radio and c- span.org. remember, you can go to our website, c-span.org, and we have a special hub for the kagan hearings and you have looked at all the different times she has been before congress and read about elena kagan c-span.org. we want to continue the conversation with all of you. we want to continue the conversation whether or not we are headed toward a double-dip recession. the next call comes from fred, democratic line. good morning, fred, from pennsylvania. caller: how are you doing? calling about a double recession and what caused it. the cause is probably overspending. i would say right now to get out of this, they need to actually stop spending or freeze, or just like the other caller said about, those politicians -- we should vote on their pay. on top of that, can make a comment about the bp thing? host: real quick. caller: i read in the papal -- paper that people are doing the boycotting thing with the gas stations. it has nothing to do -- every disaster happens for some kind of a reason. i think whether lesson to

to reconfigure their risk models. some lawmakers argue they did not need that much time. . host: on our line for democrats, go ahead. caller: think it's for c-spani have been the one side to the other. you use cash and keep your credit card for just in case. that seems to work out better. guest: that is something a lot of people are doing. retailers like wal-mart are saying they are seeing more cash payments as people try to balance their budgets host:. -- balance their budgets. caller: i have the evidence. my opinion is that several of these issues -- issuers charge you indiscriminately. they find some other loophole angeles specifically say they cannot do that either. most people with the balance in you can hold them on the phone, it just goes into the washing they do not notice the charges. these people living paycheck to paycheck, i call-up, i argue, and they take all of these charges back. they bet on the fact that most of these people will not do that. specifically i have one bank has issued me two cards. one is for direct deposit and my paycheck when i get paid. one is for the direct positive when i am not working. some of the charges the

c-span 2. >> we three new c-span books for you "abraham lincoln," "the supreme court" and who eye buried in grant's tomb?" on to order, go to c-span.org /books. >> the state department confirmed that three americans are being detained on yemen. there was confirmation that a new vote on sanctions against iran is expected tomorrow at the u.n. security council. this briefing is about 45 minutes. >> secretary clinton is delivering remarks at the metropolitan cultural center to a group of approximately 300 people, including alumni of the embassy exchange programs, youth, business leaders, members of the media, academics and diplomats. major speech on the western hemisphere. she will then depart for bogota and will meet with the president and sign the bilateral science and technology agreement and complete with the two presidential candidates to succeed the president. she will conclude her stop with a visit to a usais center before proceeding on to barbados. have we released this on slovenia? you should be seeing in your blackberries, but the united states, we have just released a statement from secretary clinton, united state

go to open phones and we have an -- articles to show you. here is the lead editorial in "the washington times." gainesville, florida. trevor, a democrat. you are on c-span. caller: good morning. this morning you read and one of the papers that someone said that this gentleman from bp had the worst day of anybody yesterday. host: an editorial and "the new york times." i think he was being a little sarcastic. caller: i think there are people who had a worse day. there is a lady who had a baby -- her husband had died and she had a baby a few days after, in the fire on the oil platform. i'm sure that baby had a worse day. she had a worse day. all the children had a worst day. the 11 families who lost their fathers had a worse day. thank you. host: jacob, cincinnati, ohio. caller: i wanted to talk a little bit about the abolition of the income tax. i have done research -- i am about 20 years old. it is interesting to note -- and i would like listeners to know the federal income tax on accounts for 30% of federal income and revenue. so, if we look at from a time scale, if we cut our spending back 30%, it would take us roughly to the year 2000. we should keep

c-span, wonderful guest. a lot of people are going bankrupt and is going to increase. we should put the fault of all personal debt and national debt -- default on all personal debt and national debt, and get back to technology, reverse engineering. a number of years ago, in south america, there was a lot of unemployment in our country because of the modern machinery. so to get these people back to work, they stopped using the modern machinery and got the people back to work in the fields. that is the only thing that is going to save our country, reversed technology, reverse engineering. i will wait for your comment. host: did you want to respond? guest: well, having a job with us the state income is very important to not only -- weitita sustained and tom is very important to not only staying out of bankruptcy. host: you can see a lot of for- rent signs, and many businesses either moved out or went bankrupt. if you do go back and you want to start up business in a year or two, how difficult is it to do in a year or so? guest: well, it is not easy, but it can be done. yo

i have been watching c-span -- everyone is tired and wants to go to home. host: de know anybody collecting benefits? caller: yes, i know quite a few. many of my friends. host: next is a long island, eileen, republican line. caller: there is one thing i think we are forgetting, that americans are pretty tough. we have been. i am 72 years old. i did not have any family to speak of. i did go off to college for 16, for nursing, support myself and when my husband died left us with practically nothing, actually. all my four children went to college. it is a dream that you have to grasp, hang on to, and work towards it. i think too many people think they can get on the line in -- free this, free that. i think americans, one of the reasons we are going under is not only because of obama, of who i did not believe is any kind of leader at all. i believe he is not a leader, never was. but anyhow, i think people have get back to, what can you do for yourself and your country and people take care of other people. we are missing that in today's society, as far as i can s

eastern here on c-span. >> before you is an evolution of the agreements that go back to the 1970's and particularly the series of agreements that was started in the reagan administration and then continued in some form in every subsequent administration. >> watch the moments that make history, right now, online, at the c-span video library. it is washington your way, every program since 1987, available free, on-line. >> jamey diamonmon, the ceo of jpmorgan chase talks about his experience of being fired at citigroup in 1998. from syracuse, new york, this is about 15 minutes. what's the chancellor, the board of trustees, the syracuse faculties -- that chancellor -- >> the chancellor, the board of trustees, the syracuse faculty is, the graduating class of 2010, -- syracuse faculty is -- faculties. graduating today means you are through final exams, through submitting term papers, all of that nervous is, the cold sweats, the sleepless nights, -- all of that nervousness. that is a feeling we banking executives know these days. we call it testify before congress. i am honored to be here tod

i'm not going to cut anybody off but i ask you to short because it is already 7:15, and c-span is covering this. if i told you, half the guys would put on makeup. go ahead. [inaudible] >> i appreciate that one under%. -- 100%. i like to know what you think we concerned citizens can do to get our country and our state back into some kind of stability. there is enough anger and hatred to go round. i do not hate anybody but i think that arizona has a right to their lot. -- law. i am not against mexican people or other people. the word illegal means something to me. i am old. [laughter] i am old, and i was taught that words mean something. i want everyone to be able to have a kind of like that i've had all these years. i am afraid my children and my 16 grandchildren are not going to be able to have that kind of wonderful country that i grew up and read what can i do? >> what can you do? you are doing part of their right down. we're having a great, respectful conversation. and all have differences of opinion. but that is what the founding fathers devised for our government. you should be able t