c-span: and where did you go to college? >> guest: at the university of north carolina for my undergraduate years and bryn mawr college for a phd. c-span: if we had followed you around since 1990 -- you were at the battlefield out in montana -- where else would we have seen you working on this book? >> guest: many places. it's the thing that i discovered about the difference between literary criticism and historical research; a lot more traveling is involved. i went to berkeley, california, where i spent eight months doing secondary sources in the bancroft library there, which is famous for its western collection. but i had to go to a number of repositories of original documents; for example, monroe, michigan, where both the custers grew up, both george armstrong and his wife; to yale for some significant letters; certainly to west point; to new york public library; and, of course, to washington, dc, to the national archives and the library of congress. c-span: where'd you find the most material that was useful primary materi

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so i tried to go to the places, and i tried to go with the right season of the year. c-span: how many times was he married? >> guest: twice. c-span: how many children did he have? >> guest: he had a total of eight survivors. there were some babies that died young. three by the first wife, who was a new haven woman whom he married before the war. she died right at the beginning of the war, and then five surviving ones by his second wife, peggy shippen, of philadelphia -- a 19-year-old, gorgeous philadelphia belle. c-span: i'm looking for a map here. this is the earliest illustration. >> guest: yes, that's lake champlain, where he fought two of his decisive battles. the first one wasn't really a battle. when he took over ticonderoga with ethan allen in 1775, but then later after he'd led the march up the kennebeck and they'd attacked quebec and not taken it and they finally eventually had to get out of canada, the british decided that they wanted to come up lake champlain, since it flows north, and attack the hudson river and take over the hudson river and sever washington's c

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host: again, regardless whether it's going to be put out on audio, it will be brought to you by c-span. we plan to bring it to you via audio. there will be a resource for you. you can go to our c-span video library, and we will air it as soon as it's released. that's in reaction to the supreme court deciding not to allow tv coverage of the -- stay close to our website for more information. from oregon, you're next. independent, michael? good morning. caller: good morning. i happen to flip channels and catch what's on the news. i wasn't exactly sure what was going on with the health care, but now i realize the argument is you want to televise that you want an audio of next week? host: the audio will come out that day. the seven news organizations had asked for a televised version of the oral arguments. caller: and that's going to start when? host: 26-28. caller: well, first of all, i, myself, i am old-school. i like to watch. i like to watch something rather than just listen to it. more people would probably want to watch it and understand what's going on. i -- you know, i think that to

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are -- have the privilege of being i wore probably the wrong colored tie, but anyway, we are going to be on c-span. >> friends and colleagues, the text today is from robert frost's poem "the mending wall." i'm going to quote from it. before i build a wall, i would ask to know what i was walling in or walling out and to whom i would like to give offense. in the poem frost was already too late, the wall had been built. it was simply being repaired. and we are too late today to ask these questions about today's wall, namely ballistic missile defense. it already exists, the united states has unilaterally withdrawn from the abm treaty, interceptors have been placed in alaska to defend against north korea, the obama administration is negotiating in a european missile defense to defend against iran, which indeed is, quote, like to give offense, end quote, to russia and it already has. something there is that doesn't love a wall, but that's not the subject today. the subject is where should we go from here? not how or why did we get here. among the pressing questions will be what is the obama ballistic mi

that's going to be on our companion network, c-span. >>> the supreme court rejected a request to televise coverage of upcoming oral argument on health care. the court will release same-day audio, though, of the arguments. we're going to have that audio here on c-span 3 as well as on c-span radio and online. >>> afghanistan's president hamid karzai is demanding u.s. troops pull back immediately from combat zones in afghanistan. he says he's at the end of his rope because of the lack of u.s. cooperation in the recent shootings there allegedly by a u.s. soldier. we're getting your reaction and comments on our facebook page. facebook.com/c-span. you can also click on a link to an article about the recent visit of the secretary of defense there. >>> in congress today, capitol hill empty. both chambers of congress out today. the house returns monday from a week-long district work period. at 4:00 on monday they'll begin legislative business. budget committee chairman paul ryan is expected to present his budget next week. watch the house live as always on c-span and in the senate also in on monda

to c-span, that so is our handle. no high offen in cspan in that case or add pound cspan, and if you'd like to vote in a poll, go to facebook. facebook.com/ cspan, again no hyphen in c-span in this case. so @cspan.org/healthcare on our website you'll find all sorts of information and issues before the supreme court plus links to each day's oral argument when they become available. so we've already got yesterday's up there at c-span.org and in about an hour or so today's transcripts should be released. you can go to the website and see a lot of related activity as well. contact us electronically but we want to show you the sights and sounds as the activity around the supreme court continues. we're going to begin taking your calls and start with a call from john in shreveport, louisiana. john, you're on c-span. >> caller: yes, sir. i would just like to comment that the obamacare supposedly that's being voted on is the biggest forcing on the american public. i'm 82 years old and never in the presidencies that i have lived through vie seen such a thing come about. home ownership is at risk. a lot of our liberties are at risk, a

and it's--it was a lighthearted story, intended to show how soldiers shoot craps. it never ran. c-span: go back to robert capa and that famous photo that we've seen--i think it was on stephen ambrose's d-day book cover. >> guest: right. c-span: where was it taken and when did he take it and how did you play a role in all this? >> guest: well, i was the london picture editor for life, and there were six life photographers assigned to cover d-day. the one we counted on the most was robert capa, who had so much experience in covering wars. he had covered the spanish war, the war in china, the war in north africa and italy. so we all looked to capa. and, indeed, he volunteered to land with the first wave on omaha beach. tuesday--it was--tuesday, june 6th, 1944, was d-day. and we waited all day tuesday for pictures. and we waited all day wednesday, but we--we--where was--where were the pictures? where was capa? finally, wednesday evening, a currier came into the--the life office with four rolls of film from capa and a handwritten note saying, 'john, that's where the action is.' so i told the da

i have no idea how close they'll go to that, so aside from leaking to c-span, it won't be out there. >> thank you very much pore being with us. >> thanks, steve. >> "washington today" on c-span radio. >>> north carolina is a key battleground state, a state where the democrats hold the convention in early september and where the president was back today talking about gas and energy issues. he did so to talk about oil as the fuel of the past as gas prices are a key issue. the president argued that using less oil is an important part of the solution. he traveled to a truck plant owned daimler and he announced new alternatives, calling on congress to increase and expand the tax credit for purchasing advanced vehicle and increasing that from 7500 to $10,000 and the president announcing a new $1 billion challenge to spur communities to invest in clean vehicle infrastructure such as charging stations. here's more from the president in north carolina, earlier in the day. >> so we're making progress. but at the end of the day, it doesn't matter how much natural gas for flex fuel or electric v

c-span 3. they don't want to carry it. it's not an option. you say go to c-span 3, come to california and you cannot get it or even ask for it. host: thank you. we are working on that issue. keep in mind, all of our programming available anytime on our website at c-span.org. we appreciate you getting up early and sharing your thoughts with us and being such a loyal viewers. let's go back to the issue of the reach of the federal government and the issues that were raised this week before the u.s. supreme court. chief justice roberts extending the session yesterday afternoon to a total of 15.5 hours of oral arguments. all of it is available on our website. from the wall street journal -- those are the issues. his day and morning with the issue of severability, which means do you separate the entire contract or just take out parts of it. that was the issue taken up yesterday morning and. expansion of medicaid came up yesterday. kurt is joining us for moscow, tennessee, independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. as a business owner, i cannot plan

we're going to show that to you in a half an hour here on c-span3. on c-span radio and c-span.org. that oral argument on the expansion of medicaid in the states. we want to open up our phone lines and get your thoughts on what you've seen today and the last couple of days. democrat, 202-737-0001. republicans 202-737-0002. independents, 202-628-0205. mute your television or radio when you call in. it you are on twitter follow c-span, looking at the hash tag c-span scotus and will try to receipt tweets going through. aiming for 3:15 when we're bring you the final argument for the supreme court. here's bill in atlanta on our democrats' line. good afternoon. >> caller: good afternoon. how are you? >> doing very well. >> caller: yes. my question, i have a two-part question. the first part was, i never heard from justice thomas at all. was he there? >> yes, he is there. he typically does not ask questions in oral arguments. >> caller: okay. and second part of my question is, i understand that they were trying to get to the liability of -- of the, the part of the law that requires people

my thing is, first, i need to you know, make a suggestion to c-span before i go on and move on to what i need to say about the republican candidate. >> okay. >> caller: why you all didn't have just women, a line for women to call in what they think about the republicans issues on women. you should have a line for women. okay. thank you. what i want to say about the gop candidate. being african-american and a woman, the republicans are not speaking to my issues or african-american issues that i heard. and santorum is the only candidate maybe with newt gingrich sometimes, that i see come on all the stations regardless of what political party he comes on msnbc, cn viewers on fox news. and another point i wanted to make. what is this with newt gingrich. all of this i want to be the american president. come on, let's get real. as an african-american i am so sick and tired of this anti-american what you all are saying, president obama is american president. i feel bad because i went out and voted, my vote counts. we came up trying to vote and we whatever trying to do this. do not talk down o

for more information about american history tv on c-span 3, including our complete schedule, go to c-span.org/history. and to keep up with us during the week, or to send us your questions and comments, follow us on twitter. we'rty. >>> so here we arehouse. it is the summer home, the summer cottage of william and alva vanderbilt. it was built beee and 1892. this was the first real mansion on bellevue avenue in newport rhode island. and it was built by richard morris hunt, the architect, the same architect who built the breakers several years later. he was the most prestigious, well-recognized, well-respected architect really in the world. he had studied at in paris, the first american to do. so he was much sought after. this house was built really by alva vanderbilt with richard morris hunt. it was a 39th birthday present from her husband, william, to her. and alva was a great francophile. she lived in paris right during the civil war. she came from mobile, alabama. and living in paris she became quite the francophile and quite well-informed and french art and architect. so she had a very stro

go ahead. >> yes. thank you very much. the arguments on c-span as compared to 15 years ago have gotten coarser like our society has gotten over time. i guess i am for the health care program, i certainly was disappointed that obama didn't go further in making it more of a medicare for all where everyone was covered and i think that's where we are eventually have to go. i guess people that disagree with the health care probably should come up with at least tell us what their substitute is for the health care system or say that it's fine. then i guess we would know that they truly aren't interested in solving the problem. thank you very much. >> thanks for your call. jim, san diego. lynn s. on twitter writes this. obama care does include low income premium support. and austin freeman who is on facebook has this post. he writes, i don't understand what part suggests nationalize and he says socialist health care is a job for the federal government. what beasts have we elected that would pass laws to force us into a contract, this is not freedom, that is slavery. ne

going to do next? bill maher had a great line for romney which i think is okay for c-span. maher said that romney changes positions more often than a pornographic movie queen. so where's he going to be next? that's why i'm not sure about the romney. i am sure about santorum. >> and newt gingrich, you're quoted in there saying wa about newt gingrich? >> well, i'm quoted in there saying that he has a great resume and credentials. >> so if it was romney versus gingrich, would you vote for gingrich? >> well, gingrich has a lot of qualifications. i've taken to a stand-up and i was five years ago in the celebrity comedy and decided to have an open mike in philadelphia and the spirit of the season i decided to go back and i was well received and i was invited to go to carolines in new york on broadway, 49th. and since i'm going to be in new york next week promoting my book, we've got to show this book more. >> and i'm going to be promoting next week, "life among the cannibals." anyhow, back to gingrich. he's part of my routine and newt and i came to the capital at the same time. ne

if you missed any of this hearing you can see it in its entirety in the c-span video library bp go to c-span.org. off the hill, news on the campaign trail. sources confirming former florida governor jeb bush endorsed mitt romney's presidential campaign today. he is the second member of the bush family to give the nod to in romney. former president george h.w. m wush endorsed him last december. he stead was a signal for republicans to line up behind the former massachusetts governor. again, florida governor jeb bush endorsing mitt romney's presidential campaign today. >>> yesterday house budget committee chair paul ryan released the republicans' budget proposal which aims to cut spend big $5 trillion over the next decade. today the house budget committee is reviewing the budget plan. they started this morning at 10:30. it's expected to last into the night tonight. we join it in progress. >> -- to increase tax breaks for millionaires. why when cutting medicare is it important to shift the burd ton middle class families? i think the bottom line is we have got-we've got a fight on our han

don't forget, if you want some information as far as what is going on politically when it comes to the primary, you can always go to our c-span 2012 campaign website. the latest information, result and video from the candidates as their desire to become the next president of the united states. yonkers, new york. fred, democrats line. go ahead. caller: how are you doing? i agree with the president. my wife and -- when my wife and i heard about trayvon martin, we looked at each other and we said you know, that could be our son. we are both white. this rachel -- racism has got to stop. you have to have enforcement of the laws because these people are not going to stop it. that's all i've got to say. trayvon martin is a national tragedy. my heart is broken and as the black community heart is broken and just hope that we can get our heads on straight. host: so before you leave, i can ask what you think as far as -- away from the actual statement, what the president added yesterday? caller: what the president added yesterday is we have to look into this and make sure that we got all the i's and crossed all the t's and make sure tha

c-span. for more information go to c-span.org, click on c-span series for prime minister's questions, plus links to international news media and legislatures around the world. you can watch recent video including programs dealing with other international issues here. >> at this sender and the commander of u.s. forces in the middle east said he believes syrian president bashar all aside will remain in power for quote some time. general james mattis said iran is the biggest threat to the united states and is working to keep the syrian leader in power. general mattis, along with the command of u.s. special operations, spoke about the future of u.s. afghan relations with and violent protests there over koran burnings. this is two and a half hours. >> good morning, everybody. this morning we continue the committee's review of the posture of our combatant commands to meet the security challenges and operational requirements in the areas of responsibility in light of the president's budget request for fiscal year 2013. our witnesses are general james mattis, commander u.s. central command, and admiral

steve scully tells us santorum will be speaking in 10 minutes. >> we're going to go there. c-span will take it in its entirety. sometimes we don't air the whole thing. so c-span viewers would join us afterward. mitt romney spent $55 million. rick santorum, five. bam! he might win. >> mitt romney earlier tonight, i'm seeing this on the twilighters. he said that rick santorum is at the "desperate end of his campaign." that is going to come back to haunt him. he can't be overconfident. this is something we've talked about a lot. the contest remains very adversarial in part because there's a lot of adversity right now between santorum and mitt romney. but mitt romney has not been able to expand his support and his language remains at logger heads. when you are criticizing the person who represents essentially the conservative element of the party, it can be offensive to voters who are not with you. at a certain point does he need to do anything to reach out to these voters or would it come off as insincere? >> we've seen him try to do that at the end of his election-night speeches. bu

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. >> this is "washington today" on c-span radio. we want to go back to another issue that is tied in directly to what congressman paul ryan will be outlining later this week as he talks about his new budget plan and the impact potentially on overhauling medicare. democrats and their allies today beginning a week-long celebration of the homeowner law and a coordinated push to defend its benefits for senior citizens as a way to take aim at the ryan budget plan. the white house and house democrats out thing the latest figures according to the hill newspaper on how many medicare beneficiaries have benefitted from the law while launching robocalls in 41 republican districts, attacking medicare cuts that could result from congressman ryan's budget proposal. here is more on how this issue is playing out with regard to the health care anniversary and the impact on the debate here in washington, specifically medicare. you're going hear from congressman javier becerra, democrat from california on a conference call earlier today. >> first question from dani

to this microphone. >> c-span is recording this, so that will be interesting. if you want to get on c-span, this is your chance. please go over to the mic. >> it seems to me that oftentimes they're certain economic advantages to things staying the way they are for maybe drug companies are certain aspects of the medical community that make money off of the way things are. do you see that, you know, slowing down progress? >> yes. so that's part of the reason why our medical community is so erotic and difficult to change, but, of course, what you are alluding to is on -- they want to does like lipitor that are used by tens of minutes of people. that, of course, is the ultimate blockbuster success. we are not going to see to me more those drugs because the opportunity now is have much more highly effective new drugs or devices or diagnostic tests for the right people. so i think there's a shift that is going on in life science industry, but the medical community is very resistant to change. that includes the life science industry, that model that worked for so long was a charm, but that is a challenge to great degree. it is

to this ongoing debate. appreciate your time on this tuesday. >> thanks for the opportunity, steve. have a good day. >>> this is "washington today" on c-span radio. jennifer ruben is goingo be joining us in our next hour. she blogs right turn, the name of her blog, at washingtonpost.com. >>> meanwhile on capitol hill, a fight over a small export credit agency is dividing congress. it's also holding up a popular bipartisan jobs bill. the issue is the export/import bank, which is a self-financing agency that helps to facilitate the sale of american goods outside the u.s. overseas. it does, however, need congressional reauthorization by the end of may. it is also close to hitting its $100 billion lending cap which is making it difficult for it to offer new loans and is now asking congress to raise its financing limit beyond $100 billion. so with those two issues now being debated, congress is arguing over the bank's future with some republicans floating a proposal that might end up abolishing the bank and senate democrats hoping to force its expansion and reauthorization by attaching it to the jobs legislation. so with that background, here's how the debate unfolded today

going to replace it. so, that's all i have to say. thank you. >> thanks so much. i want to show you a tweet from florida, gordon that we received. they write, c-span stop being objective months ago when the gop threatened to cut their funding. let me show that on screen. i want to use that as an opportunity to explain c-span receives not one penny of government funding. we are a private company and a public service provided by our affiliates, cable companies and satellite companies across the country. we get 6 cents a month from your cable or satellite bill, no government money here. so response to florida, gordon on twitter. next up is warwick, new york. this is a democrat. go ahead. >> good afternoon. i just want to make a commentto the minister that called earlier and who said there is no example in the new testament that asks any one to sacrifice for another. well, aid like to let that minister know jesus didn't have to because he was the example. he sacrificed his life. my second point, republicans like santorum are trying to end separation of church and state and they are using, i use the word very strongly, using this bill, the health care

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c-span. next up, we're going to take you to a senate judiciary committee, a hearing on the attorney general -- the attorney investigating the prosecution of former alaska senator ted stevens. he will testify before the committee today. henry schuelke's final report says justice department officials withheld information that would have "seriously damaged the testimony and credibility of the government's key witnesses." but he stopped short of recommending any criminal misconduct charges. senator stevens died in a plane crash of august 2010. he was convicted of failing to report gifts in october of 2008. but that conviction was thrown out at the request of the justice department after evidence surfaced of prosecutorial misconduct. here is mr. schuelke at the witness table. this should get under way shortly. live coverage here on c-span3 waiting for the senate judiciary committee to gavel in for a hearing from the attorney who investigated the prosecution of former alaska senator ted stevens. it should get under way shortly. the senate itself is under way. they will spend the day today dealing w

go to oldstatehouse.com. >>> all weekend long american history tv is featuring little rock, arkansas. learn more about little rock and find out where c-span's local content vehicles are going next online at c-span.org. >>> next author and history professor david hacket fisher discusses the tactics and strategies that george washington used to confront challenges. he spoke at a university of oklahoma symposium on the founding of america. this is 50 minutes. >>> good morning. how are the acoustiacoustics? loud and clear? i have two miks on me. i'm here to tell you a story you heard before. we're going to talk about george washington. and in light of the frame that everybody else has been bringing to this occasion, that is the troubles of our time, i wanted to talk about washington and some of the troubles of his time and how he dealt with it. and i want to do it by story telling. the great attraction for me to history are these wonderful stories. i think of arthur snobl who sat down to play beethoven and he stopped and turned to the audience and said, this music is better than it can ever be played. i think that's the way it is with these sto

to testify about the situation in syria. they are going before the senate armed services committee. we'll have live coverage here on c-span 3 at 9:00 in the morning. today is super tuesday, when voters in ten states go to the polls to choose a republican presidential candidate. 419 delegates are at stake today. we'll have live coverage of the election results tonight on the c-span networks. c-span.org and c-span radio. >> this crazy world of ours, we have atom bombs. the question is not how to use them. the question is how do you restrain yourself from using them. that's particularly when you're commander in chief. any fool can get this country into trouble. it takes a wise man to get it out. >> as candidates campaign for president this year we look back at 14 men who ran for the office and lost. go to our website, c-span.org/thecontenders to see those who had a lasting impact. >> shouldn't the president have the highest moral and ethical standards and be an example to our children and young people in this country. ask yourself that question, please. shouldn't his life make him a role model for your future children? shoul

going to do? >> we'll leave it there. huntington, new york jerry on our republican line. you're on c-span. good afternoon to you. >> caller: good afternoon to you. my only comment is -- well i am against the mandate. from my observations as all this has been going on, i do believe it's unconstitutional because there's no precedent for it whether than this is something they're quoting george washington did. we'll see how the court handles that. >> we'll leave your comments. and look at this tweet from christian who says one simply can't equate health insurance and car insurance mandates. car insurance protects others property around you. next call as we await the release of the oral -- the audio transcripts today from kathleen in hammond ininn a democrat. >> caller: hi good afternoon. i have a question and a quick comment. is -- is the issue with clarence thomas i'm thinking he should have really recused himself from this because of his wife's rather odd activities that i would think would prejudice him in a certain way and i'm surprised that he was actually allowed to sit on the bench and h

for more information about american history tv on c-span 3, including our complete schedule, go toyspan.org/history or to send us your questions or comments, following us on twitter. we're @twitter.com/cspanhistory. >>> the summer cottage of william vanderbilt. between 1889 and 1892. this was the first mansion on bellevue avenue in newport, rhode island. it was built by richard morris hunt, architect, the same architect that built the breakers several years later. he was the most prestigious, well recognized, well respected architect really in the world. he had studied in paris, first american to do so. and he was much sought after. this house was built really by alva vanderbilt with richard morris hunt. it was a 39th birthday present from her husband, william, to her. and alva was a great frankophile. she lived in paris right during the civil war. the civil war. she came from mobile, alabama, and living in paris she became quite well-informed about french art and architecture. so she had a very strong hand in what this building was going to look like and how it was going to be decorated. it is very much

kind of thought, what am i going to talk about, i promised my government affairs people that invited me, i would not turn this into a commercial. i have to say with the c-span lights, i am able to see which you used a gillette razor this morning and which you didn't. you know, amy and i are going to talk -- are going to end up talking about a lot of the same things but from a slightly different perspective. i hope that you will find the comments that i make today pragmatic and practical. i want to give you some case studies. the goal, which you can tell me afterward if we've achieved it, is to give you two or three tips that you can focus on. maybe you can start using on monday. i'm going to start with a quote. and i liked your data, by the way, i like this quote, too. small companies are both the greatest creators of new jobs and the greatest destroyers of jobs. because small companies fail so often. well, our job at procter & gamble, and your job even more so is how can we help these small companies grow and not fail. p&g is really, really committed to helping foster entrepreneurial growth, for a couple reasons. one is, small companies are the source grea

we will talk more about politics, but if you want to see what c-span has online, go to c- span.org/campaign2012ok at videos and messages that the candidates have made over the last month on the campaign trail. in the meantime, let's listen to newt gingrich speaking yesterday about the president's message on iran. [video clip] >> every evidence this administration is trying to get the israelis not to preempt. no israeli prime minister could responsibly allow the iranians to get nuclear weapons, because israel is a small country. it is so compact. two or three nuclear weapons would be the equivalent of a second holocaust. host: newt gingrich speaking yesterday on cnn. this is from "the l.a. times." host: john is an independent in maine. good morning. caller: good morning. it is like history repeating itself. it is like the iranian leaders are trying to relive the persian empire again. he was right about the appeasement process. history, again -- chamberlain, all over again. the israelis -- i would not hold out waiting for somebody to make promises. president obama is a little naive. i do not know

this case, which is that there will be audio tapes made available on a delayed basis, which c-span is going tohat is a pretty inadequate substitute, isn't it? >> i think it is a tremendous addition to what we have available to us. it used to be you had to wait in the end of the term plus six months and now, chief justice roberts says let these tapes go tend of the week and on special occasions, tend of the day. so, seeing that the court doesn't make a decision right away and we don't know for three months or so what that court decision is, i think it's a very positive thing that they are doing right now. we just hope they can take one more step. >> i'm still waiting for the court dom into the 21st century and see what goes on there as we see in congress thanks to c-span. when c-span airs hours and hours of congressional testimony, congressional hearings, floor debate or in the case of the presidential campaign, off kind of cinema ver day approach you get see the event without much chart or commentary from the host, why do people in this kind of fast-paced society tune in to watch this? >> the

republican party shows every time i'm going to facebook right now to put the credo petition to have rush limbaugh removed from the by the fcc, removed from the airwaves. on c-span facebook for the listeners to partake in that if they want. but i'm of the opinion that their political appointees at the fcc. rush has so much money, he can keep the thing in court for two, three election cycles, regardless of first amendment. >> john, let's have a question for stephanie? . you can address what he said. bill maher, calling governor palin, a derogatory word used for women. that similar, and should president obama as our tweeter asks return his campaign contributions because of that? >> there is -- again, there is no place for this kind of dialogue. but i would argue that in the case of rush limbaugh, he has gone so far here. an he has done really very, very little to get himself out of it. i was so insulted by the first round of statements. i was shocked that he inessence doubled down the next day, thinking this was a good idea. and then he instead of having a full-throated apology, threw something up on his blog over the weekend. this is on our american airwaves. thi

c-span. we're going live now to hear president obama. he's in nashia, new hampshire, talking about initiatives to boost american energy production. the president appearing at nashua community college. >> thank you. hello, nashua. it is good to be back in new hampshire! thank you, mike, for that wonderful introduction and for your service to our country. i want to thank the president of nashua community college lucille gordon for hosting today. give lucille a big round of applause. we have professor paul wonderlick who gave me a tour today. where is he? he's got a beard. can you see him. there he is. and i want to

c-span viewers. and what i'm going to do in the interest of time is just very quickly introduce our moderator and he will in turn go on from there. and maybe i need to say beyond what's in the bio notes that you all have available to you here and that will be posted online as with the is that tom sussman was the first recipient of the foye legend award four years ago. and that should say enough right there. tom, thank you very much. >> thank you, dan. that's a miracle, isn't it? has anyone ever heard such a short introduction by dan? i love it. this is great. this is great. i'm proud of that. we bring you this panel i guess it's been for a few years running now, to take a look at what's going on in some would say the most important forum in washington for developments in freedom of information and transparency. but certainly the driving force of what happens in the agencies and the courts. and i especially want to welcome a new panelist today. we have -- and i'll start with the introduction with tegan who's second from the right. tegan millspa. the information's in the bio. i don't need to go throug

c-span. we would be curious to get some of the c-span viewers. >> can wreck santorum wi -- rick santorum win? >> we're going to find out. i have been sitting here. they do not know everything. my guess would be no. this is important. he want to make an argument. i think mitt romney is the likely nominee whether it is three weeks or three months. tonight will be hard for anyone to overtake him. if rick santorum want to maintain the idea that he is a conservative alternative, he has to show that he can win women and moderate voters. he has to move beyond the comfort zone of very conservative and if he party voters. >> that is importatnnt, the math. there's not going to be a white knight running into the race for those that do not like the field. mitch daniels is not coming in. at the end of the day, it is a delicate fight. if people read the coverage, when you get to the point where people are battling it out, everybody started wringing their hands. that will change. people will start to rally around mitt romney coming out of today. it is the math. you can only have so many delegates. he is still well positio

go another way, we're going to have a nice rivalry game, that's why this meeting will end on time for sure. so we can make sure we watch it, i do have my jay hawk tie on, that c-span can focus on if you'd like for a good jayhawks shot. we're going to talk a lot about economic development here today, it's going to be a good topic for us, and a good hearing, it's a key one. with that, i'm going to make sure that we move forward on a good clip and get a good sense from our participants. here the governors, and the people that are going to be testifying in front this group today. i want to introduce david parkhurst, the edc committee staff, director and legislative counsel, thank you for your work in guiding the economy, appreciate that. today's session is compliments -- really compliments this morning's session governor heinaman's initiative. as we learned this morning, the design of his initiative is to provide governors and state policy makers with policies and practical strategies. which i think is the key. this afternoon we'll explore how as governors we can lead efforts to create environmentses to help entrepreneurs this riv and achieve economic suck tess. our n

going to have a nice rivalry game. that's why this meeting will end on time for sure so that we can make sure to watch it. i do have my jayhawk tie on that c-span could focus on if you would like here for a good jayhawk shot. we're going to be able to talk a lot about economic development here today, and it's going to be a good topic for us and a good hearing, and it's a key one. with that, i want to make sure that we move forward on a good clip and get a good sense from our participants here, the governors and also the people that are going to be testifying in front of this group today. want to introduce david parkhurst, the committee staff director and legal and legislative counsel. thank you for your work in guiding the committee. appreciate that. today's session is compliments -- or complements this morning's session that on growing state economies initiative. as you learned this morning, the design of governor heineman's initiative is to guide governors with better policies to improve economic environment in their states and practical strategies, which i think is the key emphasis, designed to foster business growth and growing the economie

you can tune into c-span3, c- span radio or go to c-span.org and you could interact what you're hearingm inside the court. we will turn our attention to the roberts scorecourt. we're joined by jonathan turley, a professor at the george washington university law school and james simon, a law professor from new york law school. talk about the identity of this current court. guest: this is still a deeply divided court. you have four jesses that often a vote on the left side of many issues -- you have four justices. justice kennedy has remained a swing voter in many areas. the court on this question is dynamic. you have some unpredictable aspects. one does not talk about is that justice scalia is very likely in place on this question. most people assume he is a solid vote against the legislation. he has said things that would seem to come out of the brief of the obama administration. host: james simon, let me go back and compare this current court with the rehnquist court. guest: the rehnquist court, not too many differences. the most important would be that justice alito has replaced justi

c-span 3 at 9:00 in the morning. today, super tuesday, where voters go to the polls in ten states to choose a republican presidential ate. 419 delegates are at stake today and we'll have live coverage of election results tonight on the c-span networks, cspan.org and c-span radio. >> watch super tuesday election results tonight on the c-span networks. while you watch, use our second screen web page with your tablet or laptop computer to see result maps, social media quotes from candidates and reporters and a public forum for your tweets and those of other viewers. you can also monitor our mentioned on c-span blog where we will post super tuesday news stories. use a laptop or tablet to expand your viewing on our web page made especially for super tuesday coverage. c-span.org/screen2. >> now a speech from the leadership program of the rockies annual retreat in colorado springs. you'll hear an address on the world economy, plus an evaluation of the economic plans of the four republican presidential candidates by author and campaign consultant, richard rahn, an economist. you will hear more about his career in this introd

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