to me. c-span: where were you born? >> guest: i was born in boston. c-span: so it's... >> guest: i'm native. c-span: it's everything. now where'd you go to college? >> guest: radcliffe. c-span: right there in boston? >> guest: right. i didn't travel very far. c-span: what do you think those that grew up in boston see that s--those that, say, maybe out in the midwest or in the far west don't see? >> guest: well, i think it's an older attitude towards the landscape and cityscape. we can walk around. but there's a defining quality about living in new england, despite the malls and the s--the strips and everything else. and that was the message of "preserving new england," a message that cities and inner suburbs are cities and inner suburbs and country is country, and that one--there were two ways of life. it was the old henry adams--winter was city and summer was country. and the kind of mindless scattering in this green countryside not only messes up the environment and takes two million acres of farmland a year, but destroys the sense of abandoning on the one hand and a true link with the natural environment on the other hand. c-span: you say that

to this day and are really very unpleasant. c-span: what did your dad say when you told him you were going to marry dr... >> guest: sagdeev. c-span: .. sagdeev? like "day off" or "day of"? >> guest: "day of." c-span: "day of." >> guest: well, my father -- i was amazed at his reaction. i think he was very open-minded. he started out by saying, wow, a couple of times, and then he said, isn't it wonderful that such a thing is possible? and i said, well, daddy, you know, the problem is i'm not sure such a thing is possible. at that particular time, we had already notified the politburo that we were intending to marry. roald had no permission to be engaged in such crazy ideas, and you know, it was very clear that the regime could have taken any kind of steps it wanted to. i think we were very lucky, though. i think we took them by surprise. i think that worked to our advantage. and i honestly think that telling them before the kgb filed a report to them was a huge help. when my father understood that roald might have serious difficulties in marrying me, he immediately volunteered to come to moscow for our wedding and do all the

going to go but i want to do an impromptu geography quiz. pretty fun when we turn this into a game show. i don't know what c-span is going to think of that but we are going to do a little geography and see how it goes and then some q&a and sign some books and hopefully it will not be as long as it sounds because when i go to book signings and like it when the author errors on the side of getting me home in time. [laughter] is there any other joke i can't finish? [laughter] i will just note that you guys can knock them down. the book is called "maphead." im "maphead." it sounds like a 12 step thing. like my name is ken jennings, i am a map head but it's a troup i'm a fan of maps and all its forms. anybody here eight "maphead"? you want to share my where? my name is, your name is, with initials and i am a maphead to read the book was sort of blown out of experience i had a couple years ago going through my parents' garage which is a huge, huge pile of books. i know everybody's parents to garages are huge piles of boxes but my parents look like the lost ark. it's huge. my mom said they found one more box of mine, s

i think that -- i thought you were going to go with, "should the c-span be there?" i wanted to put in a plug for c- span. i have treated -- tweeted on this subject at the whole thing should be in front of cameras. one of the things that is disappointing is that obama said all bill writing like health care was going to be in front of c-span cameras. i think we would have much better government and would not have passed obama's health care reform if it actually had to make that sausage in front of cameras. the same should be true about the deficit reduction package. >> we have to leave it there. thank you for being on "newsmakers." >> we are back with our reporters. susan, what did you hear up there from grover norquist? >> super committee and possibility of a deal. >> he is reiterating the importance of the pledge, and it really is playing a big role of whatever deal comes out of the super committee. i think it will make the deal smaller. the eight chemical plants to -- two other groups and the gang of six each came up with plans to reduce the deficit and balding rais

in the meantime, as we switch out guests, we will go to c- span radio, for some news. >> at federal reserveort finds that households have reduced debt by $550 billion since 2007, mostly by cutting mortgages through default and paying down credit cards. during that time, the federal government has added more than $4 trillion in debt, raising the country's total bar went to $37 trillion, excluding the financial industry. as veterans day approaches, president obama meets with veterans groups to talk about investing in jobs as the president continues to work to get congressional approval for his jobs plan. in recent weeks, the president has signed executive orders for homeowners and college students. as for the global economy, the two biggest parties in greece resumed talks today. after reaching a historic power- sharing deal to accept a financial rescue package and prevent bankruptcy. european governments will want concrete progress by this evening, when the euro zone finance ministers meet. >> almost every other developed country in the world, you pay taxes in each country the to make. in the

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c-span religiously every morning. i have not seen anything about republican obstructionism. i know that you are going toick me off, but i am not sure it the c-span is just your program. host: we got your point. coming up next, we will be talking to congressman bill pascrell on the deficit reduction committee. after that, we will be talking with rich lowry and one of the minds behind the herman cain 9- 9-9 plan. new hampshire is scheduled to announce its primary date today. look for coverage on c-span.org about that. we will be back in a minute with bill pascrell, democrat of new jersey. ♪ >> please continue your statement. you will receive your answer in due course. host: i am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over. >> a former governor of illinois, he twice ran as the democratic nominee for president and lost. from the stevenson family home in illinois, live at 8:00 p.m. eastern this sunday. for more, go into the web site for the series, c-span.org /thecontenders. >> when i for started, i had a rejection letter from every one that i applied to, which was kind of cool. >> his account of

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c-span video library. if you missed any of the testimony from this point, you can see it in its entirety on our website. go to-span.org. again, go to the c-span video library. >> and our live coverage from britain continues wednesday when the house of commons returns from recess. prime minister david cameron will be answering questions in prime minister's question time. that will be on wednesday at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> our guest is brian conniff of the middle east broadcasting networks. he oversees radio and tv. >> this is week number to end "the communicators" look at u.s. government-sponsored broadcasting systems. last week we talked with david. this week we're talking with brian connor, president of the middle east rod casting networks. first of all, what is the mission of the middle east broadcasting networks and what are the networks? >> okay. that's a good place to start. .. >> we use a variety of different programs to accomplish our objectives. as i described, they reach a complementary audience in the middle east. >> host: what is your budget? how many employees? are you based? >> guest: well

c-span. for more information go to c-span.org and click on c-span series for prime minister's questions, plus links to international news media and legislators around the world. you can watch recent video including programs deal with other international issues. >> on c-span2 this morning with a report on the rising problem of suicide among members of the military. >> there was a flood in fort wayne. people were down there filling sandbags time to keep the river. air force one stopped at a motorcade down to the flooded area, took off his jacket. my name is he filled three sandbags said hello and hi to everyone, got back in the car, went back into playing. but that night what was billed as airways was not three sandbags, it was raking filling sandbags with his shirt off. >> thanks giving day on c-span abc's sam donaldson, andrea mitchell and former senator chris dodd talk about the legacy of ronald reagan. bloomberg and arianna huffington discuss the american dream and the opportunities in the u.s. and asked us john glenn, neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael called and are awarded the congr

c-span. for more information go to c-span.org and click on c-span series for prime minister's questions, plus links to international news me and legislatures around the world. you can watch recent video including programs dealing with other international issues. >> in a few moments a hearing on counterfeit electronic making their way into the pentagon supply chain. >> found 1800 cases of counterfeit electronics in the pentagon supply chain. parts mostly from china but also the united kingdom. this portion of the hearing is to ours. we were showed as much as we can enter the senate comes back into session. >> good morning, everybody. today's hearing is a product of the armed services committee ongoing investigation into counterfeit electronic parts in the department of defense, dvd supply chain. you will probably hold at least one additional hearing to discuss what the department is doing to keep counterfeit electronic parts out of defense systems. we have three panels of witnesses today so i expect that the hearing may continue into the afternoon. and i also expect that we will break for lunc

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if you want to post your comment on our facebook page, go to facebook and search c-span. re are a few of the comments. host: you can also send us a twitter message, if you go to twitter.com. twitter.com/c-spanwj is the handle. . host: we want to give you some headlines on other topics this morning. this is the front page of "the wall street journal," talking about the financial crisis in europe. host: that is the front page of "the wall street journal," this morning. from "the washington times," this story is in many papers this morning. the front page of "the washington post," talks about libya. host: that is open "the washington post," this morning. a picture next to that untitled "higher ground, but barely." host: those are some of the headlines this morning. back to our topic. john, new jersey. what do you think? caller: the people are making judgments about whether or not we should retain the death penalty in selected states. looking for the kinds of changes that people ought to go for, caught in cages. that is what the prisoners call themselves. i have been a volunte

like i'm not here to make friends we're going to call each other out on c.-span. and mostly they just call each other every now and then like sunday talk shows where it's really. needed all their restaurants stores and have fun together. they're all friends but i meant to say. how do you know how fun they are i don't think they're actually i but i just thank you anyway and thanks for joining you guys so we will not have a show for you tomorrow because it's thanksgiving here in the u.s. but make sure they come back on friday out of weinstein for mother jones to be on to talk about how the pro-business lobby in the pentagon might be costing veterans their benefits any time don't forget to become a fan of your show on facebook and follow us on twitter and if you missed any of tonight's or any other night. you tube dot com flash we want to show where we post the interview it's also a show in its entirety coming up next. on . a very warm welcome to you this is your news today i had a protest on the whole city streets they have to. leave decent chance of a good chance t

if you want to send us a tweet go to twitter.come, c-span wj is our handle. go ahead cindy. koh thank you credit for taking my call. kudos to the gentleman from a highlander last caller. mr. allen you did not live in the real world. you live in the political world. first of all social security did not create this deficit. second of all when nancy pelosi came into office there was a record number of filibusters and the senate side. i don't know what planet you people in washington are looking at. things like the republican party have taken over c-span. i am so passionate about this because i have 17 grandchildren, soon to be 19. 67 and i had to do bankruptcy when my husband was very sick. you are not listening to the people. these members are bought and paid for by lobbyists. when will you finally do something? >> host: we will get a response from john allen. >> guest: congratulations to having 19 grandchildren. second evolve i wouldn't say social security is responsible for the deficit, it's not even remotely responsible for the deficit. cells or security hasn't run a surplus

c.-span coverage we're going to see it we also put our own report. deficit reduction plan. and what we look for was tested and proven methods of solving the deficit of creating jobs again the kind of think we discovered was it's actually relatively easy to solve the deficit crisis it's relatively easy to get the job or job creation going what's lacking is the inability of the government to face up to the one percent. tax rate in the one percent now are so low that even though they have the wealth it will ninety five percent they pay a small percentage of income tax and people who work we have a tax wealth more and types work less we do that we can solve the deficit problem we face up to the wars cut north korea spending again we can we can we can solve the deficit crisis and jobs program so we there's a need for all sorts of jobs our infrastructure is crumbling teachers are losing jobs we have a lack we have clashes there are two big hospitals or is it the workers there's not a lack of jobs as well act of willingness of government to put money into those jobs you look at wh

go to the c-span video library at c-span.org. presidential candidates mitt romney today will make his second campaign stop in iowa this month. you can see that speech from the one tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. on c-span 2 at 8:00 tonight, a discussion about iraq, how of thousands of supporters of will beopposition group closed. we will hear from howard dean among others. that's on c-span 2 a data clark keefer. and the house hearing on u.s. development assistance to china on c-span 3 at 8:00. >> four days of "book tv" starts thursday morning. the winner of the nobel peace prize on her book. and henry kissinger looks back on china and president nixon. and caroline kennedy on her mother. and david mccullough on american expatriate in 19th century paris. and the grandson of harry truman and bess truman, looking at his grandparents' letters to each other and the role of former first lady played in shaping her husband's career. he is interviewed by the great granddaughter of president herbert hoover. four days of "book tv" program

announcing all fifty states are going to be at the highway checkpoints they're going to grope your children there because i read homeland security documents i watch them on c.-span this is a total of four tarion takeover by the criminal banks that hijacked the u.s. they've got to do this or they're all going to go to jail like bernie madoff and ken lay. alex thank you so much for your thoughts on all this that was radio host alex jones thank you let's take a look now at an organization with enough money and power to shape the debate and washington and beyond that how policy implemented and changes that policy implemented that changes the role of the united states around the world i'm talking about the heritage foundation and with the upcoming release of the report detailing iran's nuclear capability as there are many ways in which the conservative think tank is already sounding the alarm and laying the foundation for war are the correspondent christine for south takes a look at its past and how it may may hands and what's to come in the future thanks for more u.s. justice department official john yoo is not quite so loved by everyone yet it was you what are you

conference this afternoon at 5:00 eastern to set the record straight regarding sexual harassment allegations. we will have live here on c-span and it is also going to air on c-span radio. several states are holding elections. oregon is holding a primary. kentucky and mississippi are electing new governors. mississippi will vote on a human life and whether it begins at conception and ohio is voting on whether to block union rights. >> extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. let me remind you that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. >> he lost the presidential election to lyndon johnson but barry goldwater's ideas galvanized the conservative movement. he is featured this week on the c-span series "the contenders." >> the cbs chief news correspondent discussed last night what it is like to report form war zone, especially how they are concerned with personal safety. she was a salted last month -- last year. this is part of the series, hosted by a cbs correspondent and hosted by the national press club. >> hello and welcome. we are joined by lara logan is a foreign affairs correspondent for cbs. after working for a few newspap

go to c-span.org and click 3 or channel 249 on many of your cables. c-span may replay the program. carl cameron coming up shortly, but we're on the eve of the two-month marko the first in the nation presidential primary. first actual primary votes will be cast a week after the iowa caucus. joining me now is one of the candidates preparing for the debate tonight in michigan, newt gingrich, a regular on the program here in new hampshire. he's back in new hampshire. good afternoon, thank you very much for joining us on "new hampshire today." >> listen, glad to be talking with you, and, of course, i'm going to be at the granite state patrts debate thursday night, and then friday with veterans at country cooking circle restaurant and we're going to be opening our new newt 2012 head quarters in manchester, so looking very much to being back in new hampshire. >> got all those towns and cies correctly pronounced, as i'm not surprised. i also know you're a c-span junky, so delighted to be on c-span as well this afternoon. tonight's debate in michigan, there's a lot of, i call it, the scanda

to go up when congress is out of town. >> you know, there are a bunch of moral hams who love to give speeches to empty rooms on c-span. and they occupy the day when they are not raising money and carving out an exemption. and victoria has it right. complexity of legislation today is a huge problem. why is it complex? because the tax code is complex and bureaucracies are complex. if you simplify those you reduce the amount of work to do. >> if they were not working all of the time, they would not be making these things that are complex. maybe they would come wup a three page bill instead of 2000. >> how do you get them to simplify and stop doing things and meet every other year. when regulators pass rules. it incentizes them to grow bureaucracy. >> we found out ge paid no taxes. something like 50,000 pages of tax forms. >> i know. >> that is how complex the tax code is become. >> it is infurerating that that goes on. it is not a function of time. but a custom of how the system is ranked. you have special interest whether it will be wall street or unions that is deciding the tax code. >> given more every year. and it is

i guess we're going to go to florida, and i guess that's florida offline -- maybe watching c-span. michelle, good afternoon, you're on new hampshire today. >> i am watching c-span. i have a question i would like you to ask governor christie when he comes on, why governor romney cannot call in himself. i understand he's prepping for the debate, but so is newt gingrich, and he did call in and made his views, solutions known, and i would like to hear from governor romney himself, not his surrogate, christie, if that's at all possible you could ask that question. >> okay, whereabouts in florida are you calling from? >> tampa, florida. >> appreciate it. i assume the weather's nice down there. governor christie is a big wig, i enjoy having him on, but when governor romney is on next, i'll ask the question. >> it just seems that there's -- i haven't heard from governor romney lately on anything, really. >> of course, he's probably happy last week the spotlight was off him, but i hear you, michelle, appreciate it, thank you. take care in tampa. out to bedford, new hampshire, jim, how are yo

for more information go to c-span.org and click on c-span series. you can also watch reason video, including crimes dealing with other international issues. >> coming up in a few moments, a preview of the election with a panel of staff members, the republican presidential candidates. the senate is back in session at 930 eastern. >> would you continue? you will receive the edge in due course who attempted to with my answer until hell freezes over >> of former governor of illinois and toys and as the democratic nominee for president and lost. adlai's stevenson featured this week on c-span series chicken tenders. clive friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern.pppppp for a preview including more ofp the speeches and other video go to our special website for the series. >> now a 2012 election preview hosted by the national journal. this hourlong panel included top staff members of the republican presidential candidates. we will show you as much as we can until our live coverage of the senate at 930 eastern. >> and we're back. they differ sitting up the stage. we have

>> guest: well, to the last question, i mean, you know, can we say the n word on c-span? >> host: i'm not going to say it, but you can. [laughter] >> guest: you know, there's an interesting a array of responses to the word nigger, and people -- it's definitely a lightning rod word. and one of the things i was surprised to find the older generation, generally, people older than me are generally against the way that my generation and younger uses it. it's very public, very sort of revolutionary, we feel. but i was surprised to find that they use it in private spaces very much. when i was interviewing the reverend jesse jackson, he said it in this colloquial way. not attacking, not denigrating, but, you know, we've got to call 'em niggers and see what's going on with them. i was shocked. he said, no, i didn't say that. he didn't realize that he said that. kordell west talked ability dr. king using it colloquially in the last days of his life. creature culture for a lot of people. it is a word that the older generation, especially black men, used in private spaces. it is a word that my generation a

to help the veterans going back to work. you can hear the remarks later today. those are some of the latest headlines on c-spanio. >> see more videos of the candidates on the website for campaign 2012 from recent events to the earliest parts of their campaigns. read the latest comments from candidates and political reporters and links to media partners. i you look, new hampshire, and south carolina all available on c-span.org/campaign2012. >> broadcasting to other countries with brian conniff. >> our purpose is to describe, journalistically, the events of the day. there's nothing that says we have to present american foreign policy, but that is a huge reason why we exist. people want to know what the american position is, they wanted explained, and want to know why it came about. they want those answers they are not getting from local media. >> "the communicator's" tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. guest: --host: we look at your money. today, its focus on its mission, participants come and how much it costs. today, we look at adoption and foster grant programs. our guest is kathleen strottman, the execu

c-span. we are going live to the u.s. chamber of commerce for a look at how the future of health- care is for the insurance industry paid president and ceo of blue cross/blue shield will talk about his industry's role in the changes impacting health care. >> he led the integration of the medical center health plans and prudential. earlier in his career, scott created and let physicians health inc., a missouri-based hospital organization. this is a person who brings real-world experience to his position in the association. scott earned a bachelor's degree from purdue university and holds a master's degree in health administration and planning from the washington university school madiof medicine. in addition to providing trusted health care coverage to one in three americans, the blues are leading efforts with physicians, hospitals, and others to integrate and create more accessible health care systems for all americans. with the congress, politicians, and the court's continuing to discuss the implications of the health re

going to show this series to them. i show them the weather channel, the food channel and c-span where they have to watch all these politiciansthat's all they get. but they're still getting television. >> and one of his latest innovations when we were there was this idea of this what he called a chair. actually an exercise bike that would power the televisions. >> a lot of you guys are kind of fat. you need to lose some weight. >> i know. >> i'm on the chain gang. >> i gained 20 pounds since i came here. >> okay. 20 pounds. you guys need some exercise. ever been on an exercise bicycle? can you do an hour at a shot. an hour at a shot? >> yeah. >> so he wanted the inmates to ride this bike in order to have the privilege of watching tv. >> we're going to hook the chair up to the television. here. and as you pump, you can watch television and we're going to let you watch anything you want. you're going to work hard for the television to lose weight and protect your heart. i think it's only right for you to be able to watch anything -- nbc, msnbc, you know, all that. >> when sheriff joe described this idea to us, it seemed frankly

go ahead with your question. >> caller: thank you to c-span. i have a question for mr. gleick. i think you alluded to the eniac a few minutes ago. can you comment on how the eniac has had a role to play in the 1948 time frame you are talking about with all these other things that led to eniac in your opinion? >> guest: eniac was one of the early difficult computers. you have to imagine a giant room filled with thousands of vacuum tubes that would eat up and burn out in contrast to today's computers that run purely on silicon. in some ways it was the beginning of a story that led to smaller and more powerful computers and we know that story very well because we are living it and in other ways as you're suggesting, it was the end of another story. ancestors. you mentioned if i heard you correctly george school, the english logician in the nineteenth century to create a kind of symbolic logic. i have been talking about claude shannon who in a master's thesis when he was a very young man made a connection between the symbolic logic of george school and the electrical circuit. the c

that. >> four years ago two of them got invited to go to the oxford reunion to debate at oxford university. >> really? >> yeah, because they saw it on c-span and they wanted two, one from each party, who actually had run for president. so they invited them to come over. the guy, one of them is coming back this time. >> really? >> he called me and told me this is unbelievable. >> remember mortgagey taylor? >> yeah. >> i fought to put him on the debate because cnn was telling me, we're only have five or six. i said we're doing eight. i remember calling bill saying, i know this isn't national but how do you define a major candidate? came up with that, organized campaign office, fund-raising, are they -- you know, why isn't gary johnson, former governor two-term governor? of new mexico, i'm not saying -- >> buddy roemer. >> three or four term congressman. >> right. >> so from a credential qualification. >> the letter you received from the candidate who said he never would have an opportunity if it wasn't for new hampshire. who just sent that? someone wrote you a letter after he filed, never had the opportunity to be able to run and be on a bal

you should mention that. >> four years ago got invited to go to the oxford union to debate at oxford university because they started on c-span they wanted one from each party who actually ran for president, said they invited them to come over. one of them is coming back. he called and told me, this is unbelievable. i thought to put him on the debate because cnn was telling me that marty having five or six -- is that we are doing it. remember: phil thing i know this is a national zone, but how do you define a national candidate? the organized campaign office fundraising, why isn't kerry johnson former governor >> buddy roemer's >> so from a credential qualification. [inaudible conversations] >> bill leonard received two. he said he would never have the opportunity if it wasn't for new hampshire. what was that? somebody wrote you a letter after you filed a never had the opportunity to be able to run and be on the ballot. >> don richardson from florida. >> gene mccarthy, sometimes the candidate you'll find a groundswell. previously it is just the fossae. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible

people remember when he came in washington and instructed republicans to call democrats pathetic and corrupt. he pioneered going on c-span and tearing apart your opponent. but any -- in this presidential season, he proves there's more than two or three act in american life because he's conducted himself very well. i love some of his positions. and i think the press is just having fun with him. and he can handle it. he's handled it very well. >> not too much -- >> no. >> danielle crittendon, even pundits, george will there, hardly the only one, can't seem to stand this guy. is it certainly. >> i don't know that it's personal. i met newt gingrich types, and he's actually very charming and entertaining person one on one. but he is -- i think he does embody a certain amount of that -- that george will line of rental politician. he's coming out this fannie may stuff looking very badflation. there's a whole sort of tawdry tiffany -- thing around him. in the debate when he was making that pitch for immigration, one of your cnn contributors shrewdly noted it wasn't just about being compassionate for immigrants or reach for the s

to him is a non-family household. let's go back to calls. new york city. this is mike. hello. caller: hi. hello. how are you? thank you for c-span. let me first share my story here in new york city. then i have a question for director. my story, and this is kind of segueing on the young lady who just called. i'm a dad. i have three children. i've been married close to 20 years. in 2008 i lost my job, was downsized. i found out that what i had -- i had a 401k plan that kind of took us through the first year. but i also took some lower paying sales jobs. and to me it seems as if -- that the types of jobs that are out there, especially in new york city are some of the lower paying jobs so what i had to do was put in my mind, hey, mike, what you need to do is go for some of these lower paying sales jobs, you know, for a while, do what i have to do. and that's what i did. luckily recently i just was hired with u.p.s. so i go from a job paying, you know, $90,000 a year, base, bonuses, some years more than that. and i had to sort of recoven figure myself to say, hey, those days are over. 401k plan, things have changed. what i think that

c-span. i am going to put some information out there. i think a lot of the callers are very uninformed, especially about the economic crisis and the money and banking. if you would invite ellen brown who has written a book called "web of debt" that explains in this system the united states and the rest of the world uses, it would go a lot to help us understand why we are in this crisis economically due to a lot of activity by bankers, worldwide, central private banking, how the system is skewed. or you could even in by professor michael hudson or professor william black from the university of missouri. these people have information that a lot of c-span callers are not in tune into. host: byrd, democrat from ohio. -- bertha, democrat. caller: kasich is here in our government and they are both growing us down so far, privatizing everything. and we have a white pride here, making sure everybody stays white. the tea party people -- host: leroy, republican from texas. no budget deal better for the economy? caller: the budget deal? yes, i agre

they're going to present to the national committee which is charged with of finding money in deficit savings by november 23. congress must pass a proposal in order to avoid automatic cuts. today on c-spangrover norquist, president of americans for tax reform on the deficit reduction debate. that is at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. tomorrow, the british house of commons on the investigation into phone hacking by reporters. testifying, executive chairman james murdoch. here is a portion of that hearing. >> you are familiar with the word mafia? have you ever heard of the term omerta? >> i am not an aficionado. >> a group together by secrecy with no regard for the law. >> i am not familiar with the term. >> would you agree with me this is an accurate to a description of news international? >> absolutely not. i think that is offensive and not true. >> there are allegations 4 phone hacking, perjury, facing this company and all that happened without your knowledge? >> as i have said, it is a matter of great regret and that things went wrong at the news of the world. the company did not come to grips with those issues. i think we all recognize that. we also acknowledge that evidence was

to give everybody a fresh start. we gave him a good interview which we aired on c-span and we ended up going with gingrich. t's boil it down to its most basic. right? romney's a guy who wants to be like. he's a politician who wants to be like. gingrich is a politician who wants to be respected, who wants to actually accomplish -- he has an agenda that he wants to set in place. i'm really not sure precisely what we get out of a president romney who might very well be a good president, but we don't really know. so given the choice between the candidate who wants to be liked and the candidate who wants to be respected, we would rather have the guy who wants to be respect pd. >> you also mentioned in your editorial -- at least alluded to -- some of newt gingrich's personal past and stuff that he has admitted and the wrong he has done. as you said, trying to make right with god on it. how much did that factor in to your equation as you were trying to figure out who is the best candidate, most electable? you seem to acknowledge that he's got some personal failings that might be a challenge. >> he was a considers.

to go. host: joe mcquaid, publisher of the "new hampshire's union leader." -- "new hampshire union leader." joe mcquaid, thanks, as always, for joining us. guest: thank you to c-spanst: in a moment, we will round out this sunday edition of the "washington journal" with the author of this book "50 jobs in 50 states daniel seddiqui."-- "50 jobs in 50 states." his name is daniel seddiqui. be right back. >> this past july 4, in a ceremony held in the boston harbor, simon winchester became an american citizen. >> i decided that i would take all the necessary steps in the exam. i got one of the questions wrong. i have an australian friend who is also up for citizenship. i rang her and i said, i got one of the questions wrong. she said, not the one about what color is the white house? no, that one i got. i feel a fool confessing it to you. it was what was the -- what is the american national anthem? i blurted out "america, the beautiful." >> watch the rest of our interview with simon winchester tonight on c-span's "q&a." >> the newly designed c-span website has 11 video choices, making it easier for you to watch events. it has easily -- easy scrolling. you can receive pr

go to our web site occupy washington d.c. dot org and you look up this soup to me report you can also see the hearing that was played on c.-span so you were people were saying you know also see the full report and recognize that what we're doing is consistent with majority of americans want on the front page where our website we have an article about we stand with the majority and that's a series of polls on seven key issues and what this report is especially put those seven key issues were super majorities americans already agree it puts those seven key issues into reality this is going to look like if we did with the american people say they want in the polling around the united states and so i think in many respects this is really the people's budget compared to what we see up in the and capitol which is the least budget is the people versus the elite. you have like like by the fact that most of that's why i closed doors i hear you have it all sound like kevin thank you so much for joining us tonight azure me on. now coming up next house member who allegedly engaged in questionable insider trading practices is now in charge

to mr. p i love booktv. i love c-span and i'm glad i made it in. thank so much. >> thanks for watching. we appreciate it. in a nutshell, what is he goingto take away from this book about jessica mitford if you only had 27 seconds what would you tell people about jessica mitford? >> i would say she is someone who held onto the genes of her youth, the she was an idealist in her youth answer her and higher adventurous long life. she was always an idealist. she was a wit, she was very funny. she defended the outsiders and she was a civil rights activist long before the movement really got off the ground. she was always opposed to segregation from the time she came to the united states. she was also a champion in the dark days of peer raw and she opposed mccarthyism. i would say one of the great things about her is how courageous she was. she was a great person. >> professor brody how did she end up coming to the states? why did she come to the states? >> well, after she and her husband edmund dom ali went to spain they return to the -- i'm sorry, they return to england and it was a moment in time when it seemed to jessica particularly sinc

you should mention that. >> four years ago got invited to go to the oxford union to debate at oxford university because they started on c-span and they wanted one from each party who actually ran for president, said they invited them to come over. one of them is coming back. he called and told me, this is unbelievable. i thought to put him on the debate because cnn was telling me that marty having five or six -- is that we are doing it. remember: phil thing i know this is a national zone, but how do you define a national candidate? the organized campaign office fundraising, why isn't kerry johnson former governor >> buddy roemer's >> so from a credential qualification. [inaudible conversations] >> bill leonard received two. he said he would never have the opportunity if it wasn't for new hampshire. what was that? somebody wrote you a letter after you filed a never had the opportunity to be able to run and be on the ballot. >> don richardson from florida. >> gene mccarthy, sometimes the candidate you'll find a groundswell. previously it is just the fossae. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudi

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issue, and he writes this: >> host: goes on to say this: >> host: under title -- >> washington journal air live every morning at 7 eastern on c-span. we're going lye now to capitol hill to hear from senate democrats after their weekly party meetings. senate majority leader harry reid is speaking. >> we want to pass this week. it's time for the republicans to stand dancing -- stop dancing around this issue and support veterans. friday is veterans day. this bill could not be more straightforward. house republicans and democrats already voted for a major component of this bill. a plan to give older veteran access to job training and help young veterans transition from active duty to the civilian workplace. in addition to those provisions, the bill would provide tax credits to employers who hire veterans returning from iraq and afghanistan. america's veterans are really counting on this bill being -- becoming law. the unemployment rate among returning veterans is 12%, three points higher than the national average. but if you're under age 25 and a veteran, it's 22%. republicans like to talk about bipartisanship. it's time for them to match their wo

to let it go and keep the issues alive? >> thank you for being with us today. then the next, the c-span series "the contenders" on key figures who have run for president and lost but changed political history. today, the life of hubert humphrey. then, a hearing on bonuses for executives at fannie mae and freddie mac. after that, defense secretary leon panetta on security in iraq. "newsmakers," tom coburn discusses how congress is tackling the u.s. deficit and how republicans and democrats might reach an agreement. today at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c- span. >> there is a story i was told from inside the administration that when obama was given the first budget and there were some 6000 or 7000 earmarks in it, this first instinct, he said, was to veto the budget. he was told by his audience for capitol hill that there was no way he could do that. he could not cut these ties with democrats. i just think that had he vetoed that, he would have been the tea party. had he signaled his fundamental desire to change the system and change the way that washington works, he could have continued to rally