flow from that, that we simply don't understand because we have never paid attention to iraq as a country. c-span: if you go there -- first of all, how many people live there? >> guest: best guess right now is about 20 million. c-span: if you go to baghdad, what is available in the way of radio, television, newspapers? what can the people there read and listen to? >> guest: nothing. this -- this is one of the great problems that we've got to deal with is not only, you know, do you have to build a government if saddam hussein is gone, if we take him out, you have people who have been totally isolated from the world by saddam hussein's propaganda machine and by the sanctions. i mean, the sanctions have contributed greatly to the isolation of iraq. and you have a group of people who have no idea what is truth, what is fiction, who is to blame for their current economic situation. and they really have suffered a lot economically under the sanctions. and you have people who really have no idea how to deal with the outside world. and you know, you are giving to these people then supposedly a, quote, "democracy,"

if you want to watch the news, go to c-span and watched public affairs programming or say i want to watch conservative news or liberal moves and go to msnbc see you can select the type of news that best suits your own interest and as a result, we're moving away from having a common at news experience. the internet industries' everything and a good way. the internet is so fast it is hard. it is so incredibly enormous and politicians and new sites have various ways to use the internet for their own purposes. politicians have their own web site and their supporters set up opposing websites, there is a lot of it chicanery it going on there. bloggers to give opinions opinions, spiral videos, facebook, today i spoke at the institute of retired persons is and how many here are on facebook? and one-third of them raise their hands that is incredible because if i ask my students they raise two hands because that is how much they are on facebook. [laughter] social media and everybody has a web page said difficulty to figure out which are most useful for which will provide with fact and not just opin

i said i was going to go back to c-span. they are fair, they talk about everything that is important and you get a true picture of what is going on. host: we appreciate you watching the network. the caller mentioned joe biden as well. he campaigned in ohio. here is a short piece. >> all we need now is to keep this moment going and there is only one way to do this -- you are the same faults that made sure barack obama and i get to be on this stage today. this same thing you did for us. go out to your neighbors, send e-mail, make phone calls, not on doors, make sure you give folks a ride to the polls on tuesday because i tell you one thing, if john k. sick were to win this, i promise to the governor's mansion will be a different place -- if john kasich when is this. this momentum will come to a screeching halt. kasich and rob portman what to do what they have always done. they have a whole different view of how we'll folks live. host: the vice-president in ohio. the front-page of "the new york times" shows john boehner, the man

i'd love to see that if there was one. c-span: ok. go back again to--to how this all came together. you got together with martin anderson and his wife... >> guest: annelise. c-span: ...annelise anderson, and the three of you--how did you make the proposal to a publisher? >> guest: we had a--we wrote a small proposal and we attached some of--copies of some of the documents, and that's what--initially we just sent out proposals, but that wasn't enough. they really had to see reagan's writing, 'cause i don't know if everyone believed he was doing this work, and given the reputation that he's had, especially in the media and among scholars. so we sent some of the documents and we just kept pressing our case. c-span: how much of this--michael korda has been here, who is the--the big editor at simon & schuster, and he was the guy that put together the book that ronald reagan wrote, or he didn't write it, but he told the story right here about how they would come to meetings, and ronald reagan didn't write it and other people wrote it for him. do you think that had something to do with impa

you have to go to the mic because c-span's covering this event. people have to speak. yes, sir. >> this is just tell somebody has a better question. but i have heard that the children and grand children the least by abigail who had deplorable lives, the children are raised by john adams or the family members grew up to have replied to the co great lives. i wonder if you could comment on that. >> some of the try to talk about the childbearing issues, and as a parent and one of my children is right here. [laughter] you do your best and then who knows how it turns out. [laughter] what you said is partially true and misleading. abigail worries that all of the children up to a certain stage are released without a father around a lot. she talks about that. they develop an impression of their father as a result and wouldn't exist if he was there mainly as some extraordinarily heroic almost beyond human figure which you were really there would see as a bumbling india and of certain things. it is true he takes john quincy with him to paris and then again the second time to pari

there is a migrate there, so you have to go to the mic because c-span is covering this event. people have to speak. yes, sir. >> this is just a fellow time till somebody thinks of a better question. i further quipped that the children and grandchildren raised by abigail grow to have deplorable life. at the children that were raised by john on dems or by other family members grow to have great lives. john quincy was raised abroad. i wonder if you could comment on that what you have to say to that. >> some of the book tries to talk about the childbearing issues. as a parent, actually one of my children is right here. who knows. you do your best and then who knows how it turns out. what you said is partially true and partially misleading. abigail herself worries about the fact that all the children, up until a certain stage are being raised without their father around a lot. she talks about that. they develop an impression of their father as a result that wouldn't exist if he was there, namely as some extraordinarily heroic, almost beyond human figure. whereas if he was really the

go to david. caller: thank you to c-span and the tea party patriots. think that all of these lobbyists that we have with this legislative branch of government, what about cutting 10% or 20% from them across the board of their salaries. there are so many of them. we have 1000 households in itel and eight of them make over 50,000 per year. host: what would you sacrifice? do you think that cutting those lobbyists would make an impact on your life? caller: they are not looking out for our interests in the first place. we had a process that -- a protest about the plant they put here with the illegal workers. if it was not for the people paying attention, what would happen bamako host: what would you -- what would happen? host: what would you sacrifice in your life? caller: i did not waste credit card that, i did not purchase a $250,000 house, i purchased a $50,000 house. host: we could push up the age for social security benefits, we could raise taxes. would you do any of that? caller: there is a lot of fraud in those situations. government authority ethics

world, and that's something i'm very much looking forward to helping to be a part of, so thank you very much, everybody. >>> c-span is going to be live in just a couple minutes at noon eastern with another post election discussion, the american enterprise institute hosting with norman ornstein who we saw in the last panel and campaign finance will be there with michael barrone. that gets started in just a few minutes. next week the national oil spill commission starting two days of hearings on its preliminary findings of the causes in the oil rig explosion. we'll have live coverage here on c-span2 that begins monday at 9 a.m. eastern. >> another look now at the midterm elections, the faith and freedom coalition hosted this discussion with chairman raffle reed. it's about 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> okay, well, good morning, everybody. i'm ralph reed, the founder and chairman for the faith and freedom coalition, a profamily conservative and profree private organization. we were founded in the summer of 2009 with the express and explicit purpose of ensuring that conservative people of faith and their conservativ

you have to go to spc mic because c-span's covering this event. people have to speak. >> yes, sir. >> this is filled the time until a better question, but i have heard of the equipment that the children and grandchildren are leased by abigail grew up to have to portable lives. the children raised by john adams play of the family members growth to have a great life, john quincy was raised abroad mostly and other grand children away from abigail so i wonder if you could comment on that and what you have to say to that. >> some talk about the child-rearing issues, and as a parent, one of my children is right here, who, you do your best and then who knows how it turns out. what you said is partially true and partially misleading. abigail herself worries that all the children up to a certain stage are raised without a father around a lot. she talks about that. they developed an impression of their father as a result that wouldn't sexist if he was there mainly as some extraordinarily heroic almost beyond human figure. as a bumbling idiot about certain th

sending the crew over and a special thanks to c-span2 for the show's been so successful so far, we've heard they're going to make i a regular, regular feature of c-spanon c-span2 five days a week for three hours every morning. i think it's great, and we accept. we accept their nomination. >> just wait until brian lamb sobers up and realizes what he's done. >> what he's done, yeah. leave the cameras here, love the lights here. we love having you and having you all join us. and for you today on the bill press show from our little studio right here on capitol hill, just around the corner you can see the u.s. capitol building sick blocks away -- six blocks away. in the shadow of the capitol dome we sit ready to take your calls, and we've been talking about this morning whether or not the president should compromise with republicans, try to come propropoise with -- compromise with republicans. that's what the president says the message is of tuesday, but do you think it'll really work especially for our c-span viewers this morning we have three special phone calls, phone numbers for you. republicans, 866-55-press. the democratic number is 866-55-press, an

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c-span. and for more information, go to c-span.org and click on c-span series for prime minister's questions plus links to international news around the world. you can watch recent video including programs dealing with other international issues. >> now an interview with congressman eric cantor, the house republican whip talks about his party's legislative priorities in the next congress when they'll have a majority in the house. he's interviewed by "wall street journal" managing editor, robert thompson. this is 20 minutes. >> i guess it's not right to call you the new nancy pelosi. [laughter] >> i guess right now we're in the post-pelosi era, almost. how important is it that the congress be seen to be doing something? is it a sufficient policy just to say no? obviously there's some characterization that it will be the strategy. what signals are you going to send that this is going to be a great and productive activity? >> well, first of all, engineering really identity necessary to sort of look back and if we can take some lessons learned from the congress that assumed the majority back if

go ahead. caller: first of all, i'd like to thank c-span and "washington journal" and also jonathan for joining you this morning. i have two questions. one regarding tax cuts. i feel the biggest argument against them is that it's going to hurt business and most likely small businesses. if the democrats and republicans could agree to extend these tax cuts for everyone for two years and then take that two years to work toward creating a small business tax bracket that's separate from individual taxes and then raise the taxes for those making $250,000 or more that argument would go away. secondly, the health care bill i think was absolutely amazing what they were able to accomplish in decades and decades since they've done anything about it. and now i think that the republicans taking the majority in the house that perhaps now we can do the other half. that is finding the efficiencies and cutting the costs in health care. it doesn't make sense that something in a hospital costs $100 when you can get them $40 somewhere else. cutting down administrative costs, that's what republicans are good at, fi

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court hearing on the constitutionality of that ban on same-sex marriages going to be on tv the ninth circuit of courts granted c- spanermission to carry the proceedings like the hearing is set for december 6th. supporters of the band are appealing a august ruling that struck down the proposition saying it violated the civil-rights of gay and lesbian californians. >> qantas is replacing the engine is the giant engines caught fire earlier this month and blew apart shortly after takeoff from singapore. that flight return to singapore safely. all six of the planes have been grounded well safety checks and fixes are carried out. >> we want to get a look at the whether you can see it is cool route a little chilly air and then that wars shows up. we will be used to it we want driving to the temperatures. >> i don't know. we might take a dive. this is the difference from yesterday low clouds as a storm system approaches bringing without wet weather and cold temperatures we are not done with the cool temperatures yet. currently is set rows of 46 by getting into the 50s you're high today 62 back down to the '40's by 8. elsewhe

to raise money today. host: before you go sounds like you listen to us on c-span radio this morning. >> absolutely. love it. you guys are awesome and just a comment for brian. you guys do a great job and what i would say is, if you can figure out a model to get c-span and the free public service across the country, i think that would fundamentally change politics today. people would get a true sense of what's going on. host: let me ask you about your idea or suggestion there needs to be more moderates. can you name a house moderate or senate you'd like to see in lead ere ship? caller: well. i think nancy pelosi, try to keep him under her thumb which is why you have not heard. a guy on the other side of the spectrum. tom davis also is moderate. so, in the senate, it's - i can't think of no one will pop into my head. from the house side the problem is you give story about congressman sit in little white rooms and they're calling a cross the country trying to raise money for what it costs to fund the elections and they're flexing their support whether they're nowhere still usa calling out to californi

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to go after tactical weapons, we're not going to get that unless this is ratified. those are important costs. host: on our democratic line. bob. caller: thank you for c-span. e probably going to abide by all agreements we have made and probably the soviets are too. trust but verify what we're leaving is the trust where he's preventing us from verifying this trust. you know, and i think that he has every righ to vote against this treaty. but he's blocking any possibility of voting for this is getting close to capital treason. i'm very serious about this. he's endangering the security of this nation. host: rose gottemoeller. guest: bob, that's a really strong view, as i said earlier, we have a close and fruitful working relationship with senator kyl throughout this treat and he the negotiations as we have moved through the ratification process. we take very seriously the senate's responsibility to give us consent of ratification of treaties. so, we feel like we have been doing our due diligence. getting them all the information they need. we will continue to do that. senator harry reid said it best. he's the leader in the senate and said he will be making the

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c-span. and as far as transparency is concerned, i think the more that we can see on television, the better things would be. thank you. host: if you just call c-span, go to our website, c-span.org, and if you go to the "about" section, you'll learn about and there is also a "contact us goes good area and you can call and explain what you just explain to me. independent line. we are talking about the new congress and it being more transparent. what are you -- your thoughts? caller: i do not think they will be more transparent unless the media forces them to. they say they want the tax cuts for small business but they voted against a bill to help small business. they say they are for a state's rights but they want to use but federal government to force states to let insurance companies keep insurance companies do business across state lines. they said they are against socialism but they are -- they want to help the farmers every year and tell them what to grow. why doesn't the media tell like it is? host: last fall call on this question this morning. as we continue this conversation about what is next for the lame- duck session and show you pictures outsid

to their dreams and aspirations. >> a thank you for being on c- span "newsmakers." >> we are back with our reporters. let's begin with this new job. >> is going to have an office and a staff. it does not sound like much in most parts of america, but it means a lot on capitol hill. that is something that i did not know. it looks like there will be a communications component to it. i think that one of the most important things that we learned is that he expects the democrats that were defeated to run again. that is an important political marker. >> we talked to a number of them and it sounds like this new role as assistant minority leader will allow him to get out of washington and go back to some of these guys that lost and prepare them to run again. >> he said that he went to 42 different districts and districts he has never been to before. obviously, he has a good communications element to his game that he can bring forward in various communities across the country. he says he likes to talk to rural folks about forming. he used to be a farm commissioner. this is an opportunity, not to just be at the leadership table, but to get very far away

guest: that was the first comment i was going to say i thought c-span was funded by the cable industry. host: we are, yes. guest: so, no public funding there so i don't know what objection there is to that. host: we now go to ohio, eric, democrat. caller: hi. i would like to ask the guest about free trade. i know you pretty much represent big business, so while you lay out your plan on eliminating that from free trade deals what is your opinion on that? guest: we actually like free trade. both for economic issues but also for moral issues and consumer issues. if we eliminate free trade or just trade in means we are telling you that you can't buy certain things or you can only buy things made in the united states. one reason why the united states is one of the richest countries in the world is we have a free trade zone here in the united states. it means people in pennsylvania can buy things from people in wisconsin or california or colorado and that state can't limit the import into pennsylvania. likewise, those states can't tax other states' products. that is leading to an economic bo

to go after tactical weapons, we're not going to get that unless this is ratified. those are important costs. host: on our democratic line. bob. caller: thank you for c-span. i wish that we're probably going to abide by all agreements we have made and probably the soviets are too. trust but verify what we're leaving is the trust where he's preventing us from verifying this trust. you know, and i think that he has every right to vote against this treaty. but he's blocking any possibility of voting for this is getting close to capital treason. i'm very serious about this. he's endangering the security of this nation. host: rose gottemoeller. guest: bob, that's a really strong view, as i said earlier, we have a close and fruitful working relationship with senator kyl throughout this treat and he the negotiations as we have moved through the ratification process. we take very seriously the senate's responsibility to give us consent of ratification of treaties. so, we feel like we have been doing our due diligence. getting them all the information they need. we will continue to do that. senator harry reid said it best. he's the leader in the senate and said he w

going to lose. the bad thing is that you are stacking the deck. it is like all the conversation is right-wing. that is not what c-span is supposed to be about. whatever you believe, you know the democrats are going to lose some seats, but this is not what c-span is supposed to be about. >> you're in luck because susan is following me, joining us around 9:00 p.m. eastern. where is the right-wing agenda? >> come on, steve. >> give us an example, randy. >> come on, steve. i have been calling you guys. >> i understand. where is the right-wing agenda? >> the washington journal -- it is like a broad brush. let's say the washington journal. it has the quickest group pushing this agenda -- the right-wing agenda. then there is greta and peter. you are the ring-leader. there is susan, rob, pedro -- they seem so objectives. they do not push that. they just do what they do. >> we will let you go. thank you for calling. any comment? >> i think the frame that we're putting on this evening that the caller is reacting to in part is one that most, if not all, non- partisan prognosticators have put on tonight, that it looks like it is going to be a big night f

this thing on my show called the duck of the day, and i know my producers are rolling on c-span, and they're going to get me with the duck of the day. i don't know who the best person is right now, but here's my answer: i'm not worried about that yet. i know everyone wants the next, you know, the next reagan to walk in the room, the next, you know, figure who's going to lead us, you know, out of the darkness. i'm not worried about it. i truly believe, and i've been in how many cities? fifteen cities now in just a little over a week and a half. i am thrilled about what i'm seeing from the ground. it's going to happen the way it's supposed to happen. i have great faith. i have this cross on everybody knows i wear. [applause] i have great faith. that, you know, we're not, we're not an accident, this country. this whole thing didn't happen because of just some series of coincidences, that we had these brilliant men who came together at the constitutional convention and, you know, did this magic. t not magic. it's not magic. we have a destiny to fulfill, and i believe, again, if citizens are engaged -- an

c-span. they are going to get me with the duck of the day. i don't know who the best person is. here's my answer, i'm not worried about that. i know everyone wants the next reagan to walk in the room, the next figure who's going to lead us, you know, out of the darkness. i'm not worried about it. i truly believe, and i've been in how many city, 15 cities now and just a little over a week and a half. i am thrilled about what i'm seeing from the ground. it's going to happen the way it's supposed to happen. i have great faith. i have this cross on. everybody knows i wear. [applause] >> i have great faith. [applause] that, you know, we are not an accident, this country. this whole thing didn't happen because of some theories of consequences that we had these brilliant men that came together at the constitutional convention and, you know, did this magic. it's not magic. we have a destiny to fulfill. and i believe again if the citizens are engaged, and it means more than going to speeches, i mean i'm glad you all came believe me. it would have been embarrassing just raymond and randy

going to go to war for reasons that were necessary. that will be debated in history. obama wants out of afghanistan. >> host: next call, des moines, sinclair, democrats line. >> caller: yes, thanks for c-span. mr. woodward, thank you, you are a true patriot. thank you for everything that you did. you brought down a corrupt president. maybe we should do something about the situation. first of all, i got a good friend of mine. he was over in fallujah, he lost 34 of the fellow machines. >> guest: this was in the iraq war? >> caller: yes yes, sir. the thing of it is, what i want is an investigation on when he started pumping oil out of iraq, there's $9 billion that is unacceptable for. and the pentagon was in charge of this. and i think there should be an investigation. i talked to one the congressman here from iowa. i told him there's not one congressman or one senator that has said anything about $9 billion that disappeared. >> guest: okay. i'll tell you one thing we find in the iraq war and in the afghanistan war, there's all kinds of money floating around. and the systems for accounting for it are not very good. i'm in the specifically aware of $9 billion of messing one or unaccounted for

this thing on my show called the duck of the day, and i know my producers are rolling on c-span, and they're going to get me with the duck of the day. i don't know who the best person is right now, but here is my answer. i'm not worried about that yet. i know everyone wants the next, you know, the next reagan to walk in the room, the next, you know, figure who's going to lead us, you know, out of the darkness. i'm not worried about it. i truly believe, and i've been in how many cities? fifteen cities, now, in just a little over a week and a half. i am thrilled about what i'm seeing from the ground. it's going to happen the way it's supposed to happen. i have great faith. i have this cross on everybody knows i wear. [applause] ..

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to the c-span viewers and watchers. [applause] >> that was a fantastic job and made our morning. bob's book is on sale outside, and you can probably catch him to sign it. we're goingo -- you know, i want to take a moment to thank c-span for covering us. they are covering us the whole day, and that's afforded us the opportunity to share this wonderful con tend in terms of our speakers and quality of the questions from our leadership from around the country and world of various counsels of america, so thank you to c-span, and thank you to all of you for your participation and thanks to the panel. this is great. we're going to break, and i ask you to come back at noon, and we'll have the next session, the lunchon session. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] dmtion [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >>> the world affairs counsel of america is t

let us go to hank, independent caller from michigan. caller: thank you for c-span. st: go right ahead. you are live on the air. the caller: i want to say to the president -- i love this guy and hes a tough man, he is smart, but wikileaks, that is the job for the cia. i am tired of this by showing up doing things that he just wants to do, and puts our soldiers, our brave americans over there fighting. it is a sacrifice and it weakens our national security. host: our first caller mentioned the possibility of prosecution for julian assange, the founder of wikileaks. let us look at where this information may initially have come from. "the new york times" said the possibility of a large number of diplomatic cables may become public has been discussed since may. let's go on to kentucky. jeffrey on our democrats' line bucaller: i don't think he ought to be prosecuted because the united states of america should not do anything they should be ashamed of. host: do you think this will help -- hurt u.s. diplomacy or position overseas? caller: the united states believes it can ru

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c-span and c-span.org. to district heights, maryland. john, democratic line. go ahead. caller: it is amazing, after listening to the president yesterday, and listening to john boehner and hearing senator orrin hatch -- it's amazing how they are continuing the same lies that they told before the election. the president stood there yesterday and said what the government did was not a policy, it was an emergency when it dealt with the banks and it dealt with the automobiles. all those things he had to deal with as far as spending the american taxpayers' money was not policy but emergencies. that is the only thing that kept this nation from really going down the drain. and here they are right back with these same lines again. but what i would like to expect, which we will not get, is accountability and integrity. because no one is speaking of how the country got to the condition that it is in and who is accountable for it. nobody wants to look back and bring somebody up front. i mean, so me, personally, when i heard the leading republicans coming back with these same lines

c-span. now, a discussion about who came out to both -- to vote on tuesday. this is "washington journal," on c-span. >> we are goingf the numbers. what are some of the headlines from today's elections. >> 49% said the health care bill should be overturned. you had 33% saying it should be expanded. there were different at this -- different messages coming out of the republicans about the deficit and taxes. it is going to contribute to the gridlock that we are talking about. >> let's look at some of the numbers. voting by males and females and democrats and republicans, 42% of the men bolted -- voted for democrats. females cast ballots for the republicans 48% -- 49% to 48%. >> the denver gap as we know it began around 1980 with the first -- gender gaps began in 1980 with the election of ronald reagan. you still see that gender gap. they could only get an even split from women. >> between 18 to 29 years of age, 57% voted for democrats and 40% or republicans. the republicans had the edge, and a significant age among the elderly, those over the age of 65. >> we have seen all year in the polling that older americans, 65

to draw on better sources. that doesn't mean we should get rid of talk radio. >> host: bill in berkeley, california, go ahead with your question for jonah goldberg. >> caller: thank you to c-span and booktv. i enjoy your work, your opinions. i am a professor at berkeley and two questions if i may. what meeting would you recommend for my students to introduce them or help them grow on the right side and for myself, what liberals would you recommend that i read to keep abreast of fog on the oththought on the ote aisle? >> guest: i'm trying to remember what you can google search for. but the contemporary iteration of conservative understanding that i agree with, would be conflict of positions. thevisions. the fatal conceit is great. i think if your higher level introduction of the personal george nash's conservative intellectual movement since 1945 is a great primer on the history of conservatism. there are people with different takes on that history but everybody, gravity of that book is orbiting at some extent or another in terms of understanding contemporary history. in terms of liberals to read these days, let's see. if you are talking about -- a berkeley professor who doesn'

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let us go to hank, independent caller from michigan. caller: thank you for c-span. host: go right ahead. you are live on the air. the caller: i want to say to the president -- i love this guy and he is a tough man, he is smart, but wikileaks, that is the job for the cia. i am tired of this by showing up doing things that he just wants to do, and puts our soldiers, our brave americans over there fighting. it is a sacrifice and it weakens our national security. host: our first caller mentioned the possibility of prosecution for julian assange, the founder of wikileaks. let us look at where this information may initially have come from. "the new york times" said the possibility of a large number of diplomatic cables may become public has been discussed since may. let's go on to kentucky. jeffrey on our democrats' line but caller: i don't think he ought to be prosecuted because the united states of america should not do anything they should be ashamed of. host: do you think this will help -- hurt u.s. diplomacy or position overseas? caller: the united states believes it

we will provide live coverage on c-span 3 once the members return for an open session. go to c-span.org for more information. good morning on this tuesday morning. other headlines are about senator mitch mcconnell, republican leader in the senate, who changed his mind on earmarks. this morning we want to focus on that issue and hear from those who have been impacted by earmarks directly or indirectly. earmarked recipients only. we want to hear from just you today. the phone lines are split the same boy, but only those who have a story to tell about your marks. we want to hear from you during this first 45 minutes. there is the front page of "the washington post" on this story. that is "the washington post." we want to show you what mitch mcconnell had to say in his own words. >> i know the good that has come from the projects i help support throughout my stay. i don't apologize for them, but there is simply no doubt that the abuse of this practice has caused americans to view it as a symbol of the waste and out of control spending that every republican in washington is determ

all things we are going to need to be looking at over the next few years to evaluate the ability to bring these into the commercial system and take better use of them. >> this is c-span's "the communicators" program. our guest this because the administrator of the national telecommunications and information administration larry strickling. also an assistant commerce secretary for communications and information. lynn stanton with telecommunications reports, senior editor, is our guest reporter. mr. strickling, frequently what is your background to get you to this position? >> well, i have worked and number of positions, both in government and industry in the sector. i worked at the fcc ten years ago and was chief of the common bureau but i've also worked at large bell company, ameritech and have worked for a number of small carriers in this space as well including a broad wink communications allegiance, telecom, koren express, companies for the most part are no longer with us, but it was a bit of background in terms of seeing both small companies trying to build a business and as well as working for large companies like ameritech. >> and mr. strickling has his law degre

things we're going to need to be looking at over the next few years to evaluate the ability to bring these into the commercial system and take better use of them. >> host: this is c-span's "communicators" program. our guest this week is the add herrer of the national telecommunications and information, larry strickling. lynn stand on the with telecommunications reports, senior editor, our quest reporter. what's your background to get you to this position? >> guest: i've worked at a number of positions both in government and in industry in this sector. i worked at the fcc ten years ago and was chief of the common carrier bureau there, but i've also worked at a large bell company, ameritech, and have worked for a number of small carriers in the space as well including broad wing communications, allegiance telecom, core express, companies that for the most part are no longer with us, but it was a good background in terms of seeing both small companies trying to build a business as well as working for a large company like ameritech. >> host: and mr. strickling has his law degree from harvard. next topic area, lynn stand on the. >> host: the first initial recommendation in t

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this is live coverage from san francisco on c-span. >> good morning, everyone. we're going to take up the first case that is on the calendar, and that is the united states of america versus the state of arizona. we have allotted 30 minutes per side. the appellant, if the appellant wishes to save time for rebuttal, that is perfectly fine. just keep an eye on the clock. it is counting down. with that, a reminder, we're ready to begin. so proceed. state of arizona. >> good morning. my name is john. i represent the state of arizona and the governor who is with us in court today. i would like to try to reserve five minutes for rare bottle. >> that is fine. >> your honor, arizona is trying to deal with the problems that arise from a federal immigration system that even president obama acknowledges is broken. arizona is a border state, and it is on the very front lines. there are serious crimes that are involved in the drug trafficking, the human trafficking, human smuggling, and the other activities, the coyotes to fly because once an immigrant, an illegal alien is in the united sta