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to work. c-span: now, are you going to go back after this volume and continue to do work in the library? >> guest: sure. c-span: have you been back since people have read this book? >> guest: well no, it just came out last week. c-span: and you haven't been down there since then? >> guest: no. c-span: will you talk about... you have a chapter in this book devoted to his wife, and someone who is still alive, lady bird johnson, and here is a photograph. do you happen to remember what year this photo was taken? >> guest: 1948. c-span: and what was he doing in this year? >> guest: he was running for the senate against the man on the other side of the page, the man with the pipe, coke stevenson. c-span: who at that time was... >> guest: well, he was the former governor of texas. he was running against johnson for the senate. c-span: and the outcome of this election? >> guest: johnson won by 87 votes out of about a million votes that were cast. c-span: and one of the points that you make in this book is that he stole the election. >> guest: the election was stolen, yeah. c-span: and how do you
to work. c-span: now, are you going to go back after this volume and continue to do work in the library? >> guest: sure. c-span: have you been back since people have read this book? >> guest: well no, it just came out last week. c-span: and you haven't been down there since then? >> guest: no. c-span: will you talk about... you have a chapter in this book devoted to his wife, and someone who is still alive, lady bird johnson, and here is a photograph. do you happen to remember...
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c-span: let me go back to the uss stennis. here's a woman that you quote in here by the name of deborah maxy. >> guest: mm-hmm. c-span: and you say--i guess she was the ship's librarian? >> guest: yes. c-span: twenty-six-year-old? 'during the day the smoking'--is it called sponson. >> guest: sponson, yeah. c-span:...'is just a place to get away from work. but at night, they can get away from talking to the person who here modestly seems to snarl the pretty midwestern girls' ordinarily elegant sentence structure, while the person, who if they were caught together too much other places, people would start to wonder.' what's a sponson? >> guest: it's just a little area in the front of the ship. a pleasant place to stand. and it was designated as a smoking area. and because it was a smoking area, it was a hangout area, and because it was a hangout area, it was a place where the sexes mixes--mixed and mingled. in fact, on that whole hangar bay level or deck, there was--that was the place to hang out. that was the place where boy met
c-span: let me go back to the uss stennis. here's a woman that you quote in here by the name of deborah maxy. >> guest: mm-hmm. c-span: and you say--i guess she was the ship's librarian? >> guest: yes. c-span: twenty-six-year-old? 'during the day the smoking'--is it called sponson. >> guest: sponson, yeah. c-span:...'is just a place to get away from work. but at night, they can get away from talking to the person who here modestly seems to snarl the pretty midwestern girls'...
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to forewarn them don't think like i did. c-span: where is he in prison? >> guest: she's in upstate new york. c-span: and you have to gothere with him? >> guest: we did, yes. c-span: why did they let you in? what were the rules of the prison? >> guest: we had to go through the office at albany, we just had to go through the proper pathway and then they helped us. c-span: what impact of that particular session? >> guest: was a really difficult day. it was a long interview. it was about two and a half hours. and i had never been to a maximum security prison before. we hadn't met before, but i knew his whole family. and so it was very emotional. c-span: is he married? >> guest: they are still married. c-span: how many children do they have? held as gregory and most of the children? >> guest: they were going into kindergarten or first grade. c-span: the charter school goes for how many years? >> guest: this school is news would has its first class of fifth graders this year, and it began in kindergarten and grows every year after that. it will go through eighth grade. c-span: how close is this i read in preparation 1.1 mil
to forewarn them don't think like i did. c-span: where is he in prison? >> guest: she's in upstate new york. c-span: and you have to gothere with him? >> guest: we did, yes. c-span: why did they let you in? what were the rules of the prison? >> guest: we had to go through the office at albany, we just had to go through the proper pathway and then they helped us. c-span: what impact of that particular session? >> guest: was a really difficult day. it was a long interview....
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going to look for it. and i thought, "god bless you, that's such a nice thing to say" and truly it made me feel like, as i say, it was going to work out. c-span: you also thank nancy lisagor. why? >> guest: nancy and i went to college together at the university of michigan, and she and her husband wrote a book a few years ago about the law firm sullivan and cromwell -- an interesting concept, a book about the social history of a law firm. i believe the book is called "a law unto itself." i knew she was coming to town for a book signing, and i went down to see her and was one of the first people there so we had a little bit of time to visit. by this time it was 1988. i had covered senator thurmond since 1979. i had seen this man who i had identified, like so many others, as this old segregationist, the dixiecrat candidate -- holds the record for the longest filibuster against the civil rights bill -- who had given a speech right after he was going to become the judiciary chairman, saying, we've got to get the government out of education. we're going to have a voting rights act; it's got to be a national act, which is a euphemism for saying we'
going to look for it. and i thought, "god bless you, that's such a nice thing to say" and truly it made me feel like, as i say, it was going to work out. c-span: you also thank nancy lisagor. why? >> guest: nancy and i went to college together at the university of michigan, and she and her husband wrote a book a few years ago about the law firm sullivan and cromwell -- an interesting concept, a book about the social history of a law firm. i believe the book is called "a law...
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going to put food on their table. host: thank you. we'll get a response. guest: the bias in the media. i think the media today is more diversified. go to c-span you go to straight news, straight commentary. you go to fox, in my view, you did a particular ideological slant. you get a slightly different slant from another perspective, a political perspective from msnbc, which tends to be more on the left. fox more on the right. cnn is in the mushy middle. a's c-span where you get-- little bit of pandering. c-span gives it to you straight. you can pick your poison in journalism. as far as what is going on in detroit and how capital gets deployed, that's going to vary from city to city. i don't think it's quite true that people, even in dire circumstances at home, don't give some thought to what is going on outside of their own communities. they do care about afghanistan and our involvement in afghanistan. as was true of iraq. people are concerned about issues that affect their lives, like the debt issues. no one is going to ignore s the t-- the ignore the story about syria. people are now inured to that kind of activity. whether your climbing th
going to put food on their table. host: thank you. we'll get a response. guest: the bias in the media. i think the media today is more diversified. go to c-span you go to straight news, straight commentary. you go to fox, in my view, you did a particular ideological slant. you get a slightly different slant from another perspective, a political perspective from msnbc, which tends to be more on the left. fox more on the right. cnn is in the mushy middle. a's c-span where you get-- little bit of...
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i hate to say, but my daughter would be 18. c-span: is she going college? guest: shoe gone into charleston. c-span: at all costs to little more. >> guest: i just discovered how much it will cost me, but we won't talk about that. anyway, a beautiful place and that seems to fit her very well. c-span: did you go through this at there also? >> guest: yeah, she was i think less tolerant of my hover and then son was, but it was also a colmer experience because i know how it ends. i know having been through it with my son, i realize you do survive. so knowing that that was going to happen, was much easier to go through. c-span: are now in the middle of having two kids in college with thoughts of money every year. you talk in the book that there's $143 billion of financial aid available. is that a year? >> guest: yes. c-span: firmware? >> guest: a lot of it is the federal government. although who knows what the budget now. coupon administration has tried to increase the amount of money available and pomegranates. but there's also subsidized loans. it is now happenin
i hate to say, but my daughter would be 18. c-span: is she going college? guest: shoe gone into charleston. c-span: at all costs to little more. >> guest: i just discovered how much it will cost me, but we won't talk about that. anyway, a beautiful place and that seems to fit her very well. c-span: did you go through this at there also? >> guest: yeah, she was i think less tolerant of my hover and then son was, but it was also a colmer experience because i know how it ends. i know...
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c-span: in the acknowledgement you've got a number of institutions. i just want to ask you what role they play in all this. >> guest: yeah. c-span: "particular thanks go to the center for strategic and international studies." >> guest: yes, yes. c-span: what's that? >> guest: that was at the time associated with georgetown university. it's a think tank down on 18th and k. and they gave me an office and with no -- as i say, there are no strings attached, no review over my project content or the manuscript. and they often house authors and scholars doing different things. c-span: do they have a point of view? >> guest: they have a point of view -- well, i don't know that they have any point- they have no point of view on this book. they never saw it before publication. and i certainly submitted to them not one wit of paper saying what it would say or what it wasn't saying. they gave me this office in the first two years of the project and many, many people will attest that i didn't know what this book was going to say at that time. i wasn't done digging into the research myself. c-span: who supports him and what kind of a view did -- when you say the ce
c-span: in the acknowledgement you've got a number of institutions. i just want to ask you what role they play in all this. >> guest: yeah. c-span: "particular thanks go to the center for strategic and international studies." >> guest: yes, yes. c-span: what's that? >> guest: that was at the time associated with georgetown university. it's a think tank down on 18th and k. and they gave me an office and with no -- as i say, there are no strings attached, no review...
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c-span: what is the difference difference -- to what year did you get out of your undergrad? >> guest: undergrad and 68. c-span: what is the difference for a person goingege and 68 or graduating then today? >> guest: the competition is a lot stiffer in terms of admissions and getting and graduate programs in various things like that. the cost obviously are greater than they were because state schools were really supplying the predominance of the operational funds for state colleges and universities. and i think there was a greater hunger for the college graduate. there weren't as many of them out there as there are now on a proportional basis. i think it's like everything else, it's harder to be a young person today than it was then. you have more things diverting it. of you have more drug and alcohol pressures on you than then we had growing up. to have a few beers when we were growing up was the main thing whereas now the plethora of options that are pushed in these kids is just enormous. i think it was easier growing up when i was growing up than it is now. c-span: if we sell you at a meeting with your staff talking about drug and alcohol problems,
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c-span: going back to this book, "the faculty lounges and other reasons why you won't get the collegeducation you paid for," who thought of that title? >> guest: that was me. c-span: where did you get the interest in this? where did that start? was it at the journal when you started? what triggered the idea that you said ivan will probably publish this book? >> guest: well, i tried to sell it to other publishers, too, but he bought it. [laughter] c-span: when did you start that process? >> guest: it was about three years ago. look, i've been covering higher education for a long time, and i think what was the driving force behind this book was, again, this sense that i had this advantage that other people did not. i kind of understood what was going on behind the scenes in higher education both because of my background, you know, in terms of my own family, but also just because of all the reporting i had done on higher education. and, you know, what happens when a student walks onto campus today, there's, you know, you're an 18-year-old, you walk onto a college campus, and someone hand
c-span: going back to this book, "the faculty lounges and other reasons why you won't get the collegeducation you paid for," who thought of that title? >> guest: that was me. c-span: where did you get the interest in this? where did that start? was it at the journal when you started? what triggered the idea that you said ivan will probably publish this book? >> guest: well, i tried to sell it to other publishers, too, but he bought it. [laughter] c-span: when did you start...
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you go to c-span, you get a straight news, straight news, straight commentary. u go to fox, you're going to get a particular, in my view, particular ideological slant with fox news starting first thing in the morning until the end of the evening. you get a slightly different slant from another perspective political perspective from msnbc. which tends to be more on the left. fox is more on the right. and then it strikes me as being in the mushy middle. is c-span. a little bit of pandering. but c-span sort of gives it to you straight but you can pick the poison. in journalism. as far as what's going on in detroit and how capital gets deployed, that's going to vary from -- that kind of thing varies from city to city. and i don't think it's quite true that people even in dire circumstances at home, don't give some thought to what's going on outside of their own communities. they do care about afghanistan and our involvement in afghanistan and what's true of iraq. people are concerned about issues that affect their lives, life and death issues. i think no one is going
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going to be quite high and that's where we see it going. >> thanks so much. big debite tonight between the two principals, the governor and his challenger, the milwaukee mayors. c-spanmulcasting that live. thanks. you have an interesting couple of weeks ahead in your state. >> thanks for entering me on. >>> some programming information regarding "washington journal" for you. starting this saturday, may 26th, through thursday, may 3 1st, "washington journal" will feature a different columnist each day. we'll kick things off tomorrow with mona charen. >>> welcome to old cow town museum, wichita, kansas. >> the idea ofilm in wichita, brent and trace waking up the city for 2 years. we think we've got a heck of the start. that's why the mayor comes in every wednesday. today he's going to talk about the problem we're having in the city with taxi cabs. so 9:20 hang on for that, if you will. >> june 2nd and 3rd. book tv and american history tv sploer the heritage and literary culture of wichita, kansas. >> a rather modest looking paper wrap binding. but what it contains is an alphabetical list of members of senate and the house of representatives done in 1831. i believe thi
going to be quite high and that's where we see it going. >> thanks so much. big debite tonight between the two principals, the governor and his challenger, the milwaukee mayors. c-spanmulcasting that live. thanks. you have an interesting couple of weeks ahead in your state. >> thanks for entering me on. >>> some programming information regarding "washington journal" for you. starting this saturday, may 26th, through thursday, may 3 1st, "washington...
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going to say five and a half years. i was going to say, yeah, i've been watching c-span. >> there may be some truth in that as well. >> jonu know, both sides seem to have, obviously, their pet projects. but i can't help but think,un, i've looked at sort of what the c.b.o. says caused the debt, and they say the large majority of it is the recession and the tax cuts that were enacted in 2001. so couldn't we mitigate the bomb, at least defuse it fair little while, just by letting that expire? why was-- in 2010, your colleagues and you all signed that pledge that you weren't going to push forward on any new legislation until the bush tax cuts were extended. you ultimately ended up vetoing it. but there was that pledge, and that struck me as if debt is the crucial central problem, why would you fight anything that would lessen the debt in at least the short term? >> the debt is the symptom. the problem is doing things that are not efficient and not effective. when you have $350 billion a year that nobody that's listen to go the show would see any change in their lifestyle or anything else if we eliminated and then we say we wa
going to say five and a half years. i was going to say, yeah, i've been watching c-span. >> there may be some truth in that as well. >> jonu know, both sides seem to have, obviously, their pet projects. but i can't help but think,un, i've looked at sort of what the c.b.o. says caused the debt, and they say the large majority of it is the recession and the tax cuts that were enacted in 2001. so couldn't we mitigate the bomb, at least defuse it fair little while, just by letting that...
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you can see it in its entirety online in the c-span video library. go to c-span.org. we're going live to that all-day conference on voting rights co-hosted by the congressional black caucus and the conference of national black churches. this is just getting under way. >> in collaboration with the congressional black caucus for the purpose of addressing the issues of state rights, of voting rights in our communities across america in a very critical hour. i want to thank the congressional black caucus and its chairman, reverend cleaver, for who have worked with staff, staffs of the various congressman, who have served and helped us to facilitate this gathering for the purpose of empowering our community. so this morning we begin this first day of this consultation, this day, dedicated totally to the issues of the voter rights, and how our churches help encourage registration and participation in the voting process. i'm going to ask now that bishop, bishop mckinley will come, mckinley young, who is our worship leader. he is the bishop of the african methodist episcopal
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c-span3. it's available to see in it entirety in the c-span video library. go to c-span.org.e to coverage of the u.s. senate. senators returning from their weekly party meetings this afternoon. they're expected to complete work on extending the export-import bank charter, votes on amendments and final passage expected shortly after they gavel back in. also possible work on extending student loan subsidies. live, now, to the senate floor here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senator from nevada. mr. heller: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. conrad: mr. president, i ask further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator is recognized. mr. conrad: i ask consent that following leader remarks on wednesday, may 16, the senate proceed to the consideration of motions to proceed to the following budget resolutions listed below en bloc: calendar number 357, senate con resolution 41, calendar number 354, h. con. resolution ^1 12, senat
c-span3. it's available to see in it entirety in the c-span video library. go to c-span.org.e to coverage of the u.s. senate. senators returning from their weekly party meetings this afternoon. they're expected to complete work on extending the export-import bank charter, votes on amendments and final passage expected shortly after they gavel back in. also possible work on extending student loan subsidies. live, now, to the senate floor here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senator from...
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i just want to say, we're doing c-span. we are going to try to keep this on time. we are also streaming live on the yale website, i think. i'm going to introduce everybody, and here is what we are going to do. i am going to offer a very brief definition of legacy, just one attempt at that word just briefly. it occurred to me that since i have asked everybody to talk about legacies, before they ask me to define it, i will offer a definition. then, i have asked each member of the panel to take two minutes -- that's all they get -- to declare their favorite or could be unfavorite or least favorite -- legacy of the civil war. they get two minutes to state it and defend it. then, we will go from there. our first guess is ta-nehisi coates, immediately -- two people to my right. sorry. >> i would like to be ta-nehisi. >> you have been reading his blog. ta-nehisi is a senior editor of "atlantic" magazine. he writes for the magazine and a now quite prominent blog. he has many fans on his blog as i have learned. in fact, at least a few years ago, i started hearing from frien
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c-span. here on c-span 3 we're going to show you some of the opening statements from this morning. >> key priority this is year, they are resolve sequestration, reverse defense cuts, and rebuild a military stretched thin by war. i want to single out our subcommittee chairs and ranking members for their tireless dedication and assistance in delivering on these priorities. to begin with we've taken an incremental step in this mark to reverse defense cuts. this bill authorizes $554 billion for national defense and $88 billion for overseas contingencies operations consistent with chairman ryan's budget which has already passed the house of representatives. like the president's budget request this is a slightly different number than what was authorizationed in the budget control act. its level of funding is nearly $4 billion more than the president's budget request but it is still less than last year's request and only incremental step to address the $46 billion decrease when considering where the president estimated national defense would be for fiscal year 2013 in last year's budget. even with this m
c-span. here on c-span 3 we're going to show you some of the opening statements from this morning. >> key priority this is year, they are resolve sequestration, reverse defense cuts, and rebuild a military stretched thin by war. i want to single out our subcommittee chairs and ranking members for their tireless dedication and assistance in delivering on these priorities. to begin with we've taken an incremental step in this mark to reverse defense cuts. this bill authorizes $554 billion...
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to go up against big money and big media. that's very difficult to maintain a strong edge. >> c-span to be the only network and everyone can take part and you wouldn't have to worry about ads. >> i want to go back to your the endorsement of wilson. that was a moment that you said began to attract african-americans. how do they view this? >> terribly. there was a huge disappointment for any number of reasons. probably the most sell rated was wilson's betrayal of african-americans was one of the first hollywood blockbuster called "the birth of a nation." it celebrated redemption, the world of the klan and the reremoval of african-american leadership. woodrow wilson endorsed the film, said -- it's a true story of race relations and really saw long standing regional differences of the north and south racial equality. and that was absolutely a betrayal to people that dubois supported. it most certainly was a significant one. the other thing is that federal patronage, partly as a capitulation to southern congress people, he purged african-american leadership and there were 31 federal jobs down to 8. >> under wilson? >> under wilson.
to go up against big money and big media. that's very difficult to maintain a strong edge. >> c-span to be the only network and everyone can take part and you wouldn't have to worry about ads. >> i want to go back to your the endorsement of wilson. that was a moment that you said began to attract african-americans. how do they view this? >> terribly. there was a huge disappointment for any number of reasons. probably the most sell rated was wilson's betrayal of...
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go to and they're planning to go. >> mr. chen, henry burkele just asked do you know that all of america is listening to your voice right now. there are large numbers of media here and c-span is broadcasting there thought america. what would you like to tell the american public? >> translator: i want to extend my gratitude and thankfulness to all those who care and love my family and myself and our situation, especially to american people. and who shows your care about the equality and justice. those are university. >> mr. chen, xi ling would like to say something. >> translator: the question was we're very proud of you as a hero of american and many chinese women are very encouraged by your courageous act and what mr. chen just answered, he said i'm not a hero, i'm just do what my conscious asked me to do. i cannot be silent when facing these evils against the women and the children. >> translator: and she also said many, many christians have been fasting all over the world and praying for you. and mr. chen said what i have done out of my conscience and conviction. i cannot be silent when we see and face this kind of evils. >> translator: you are the first man stand up fo
go to and they're planning to go. >> mr. chen, henry burkele just asked do you know that all of america is listening to your voice right now. there are large numbers of media here and c-span is broadcasting there thought america. what would you like to tell the american public? >> translator: i want to extend my gratitude and thankfulness to all those who care and love my family and myself and our situation, especially to american people. and who shows your care about the equality...
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to expose wrongdoing. if you missed any of our coverage of the levinson inquiry into british phone hacking, those hearings are available on our website at c-span.org. go to the c-spanvideo library. spent our live coverage on c-span2 will continue at 8:30 a.m. issue. limper goes a a look at the economy. panels through the day will focus on government spending, the housing market, federal banks, the impact of free markets, tax rates, the dollar and a number of other topics. coverage starting at 8:30 a.m. eastern. you can also see online at c-span.org. >> our companion network c-span will be live at 10 eastern a set of national drug control policy will discuss the obama administration's approach to drug control which was released on april 17. >> i have seen to earn a certain place where people listen to me, and i've always cared about the country. and the greatest generation writing that book, gave me a kind of a platform that was completely unanticipated. so i thought i'm not to squander that. so i thought to step up as, not just as a citizen and as a journalist but as a father and a husband and a grandfather, and if i see these things to write about them and tried t
to expose wrongdoing. if you missed any of our coverage of the levinson inquiry into british phone hacking, those hearings are available on our website at c-span.org. go to the c-spanvideo library. spent our live coverage on c-span2 will continue at 8:30 a.m. issue. limper goes a a look at the economy. panels through the day will focus on government spending, the housing market, federal banks, the impact of free markets, tax rates, the dollar and a number of other topics. coverage starting at...
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to learn more about the c-span tour, go to [unintelligible] -- go to c-span.org/bus. first, on sunday, author robert caro. it is the story by david jackson in the paper this morning. caro is working on his history of lyndon johnson and obama and cannot help wonder if there would've been a president obama without lyndon johnson. we are talking to robert caro as well. that will be on sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific time. here's a clip of that conversation and then we will be right back. >> i don't regard this as just a biography of lyndon johnson. i want each book to examine the kind of political power in america. i am saying this is a kind of political power. seeing what a president can do in a moment of -- in a time of great crisis. how he gathers and what does he do to get legislative action to take command in washington. that is a way of examining power at a time of crisis. i want to do this in full. i suppose that would take 300 pages. so that is why i dusted must examine this -- why i just said let's examine this. >> in your book, lyndon johnson lies to th
to learn more about the c-span tour, go to [unintelligible] -- go to c-span.org/bus. first, on sunday, author robert caro. it is the story by david jackson in the paper this morning. caro is working on his history of lyndon johnson and obama and cannot help wonder if there would've been a president obama without lyndon johnson. we are talking to robert caro as well. that will be on sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific time. here's a clip of that conversation and then we will be right back....
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to answer these tricky questions, we have a very talented panel. for the benefit, because we're on c-span, i'm going to just give a brief resume of the four speakers we have. we have julius smith, who's just become deputy national security advisor to vice president biden. she previously served for three years as principal director for europe and nato policy at the pentagon. prior to joining the administration, she was director of the european program at the center for strategic and ernl st international studies. and i have to say before that, she was with basic. so as a former basic person, there's still time for me to invite you to the ball, i hope. next to me on my left is the managing director of the center for transatlantic relations at johns hopkins university. previously, he was hungarian ambassador to the united states. and before that, the first hungarian represented on the nato council. he was a negotiator on the delegation preparing hungary's membership of nato. to my immediate right is john pfeffer, who is co-director of foreign policy and focus at the institute for policy studies. he's a
to answer these tricky questions, we have a very talented panel. for the benefit, because we're on c-span, i'm going to just give a brief resume of the four speakers we have. we have julius smith, who's just become deputy national security advisor to vice president biden. she previously served for three years as principal director for europe and nato policy at the pentagon. prior to joining the administration, she was director of the european program at the center for strategic and ernl st...
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to go up against big money and big media. that is difficult to maintain a strong edge. >> what do you believe c-span to be the only network and everyone can take part. you wouldn't have to worry about ads. >> we will go back to the comment about the endorsement of wilson. that was a moment you mentioned that began to attract african-americans to the democratic party in the end of the eight years of wilson, how did african-americans view his presence? >> terribly. there was a huge disappointment for any number of reasons. probably the most celebrated moment of wilson's betrayal was one of the first hollywood blockbusters of a movie called the birth of the nation. this was a movie that celebrated southern redemption and celebrated the role of the clan and reclaiming the virtue of southern nobility and the removal act of african-american leadership. so woodrow wilson who had been the president of princeton university endorsed the film. it's a true story of race relations and really saw it as a moment of reconciling long standing regional differences between the north and south difference of racial equality. that was a betrayal t
to go up against big money and big media. that is difficult to maintain a strong edge. >> what do you believe c-span to be the only network and everyone can take part. you wouldn't have to worry about ads. >> we will go back to the comment about the endorsement of wilson. that was a moment you mentioned that began to attract african-americans to the democratic party in the end of the eight years of wilson, how did african-americans view his presence? >> terribly. there was a...
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to ask did mark here. i don't know. i think probably online or something with the pelican island site. c-span should go to pelican island sometime because u.s. fish and wildlife has built this incredible boardwalk down where each refuge gets, like, a plank and it goes out with this incredible view, so if you're doing family vacations over the summer to florida, take the time to go to pelican island to this center there because it's really worth it for kids. and you're guaranteed to see a rare patch of wild florida. >> where is it in florida? >> it's close to vero beach -- when i would say there i would stay in vero beach which in between, you know, st. augustine if you like and palm beach on that atlantic coast. but also the ding darling national wildlife refuge, and ding darling was a young cart n cartoonist who roosevelt adopted to promote conservation. and roosevelt created the national forests in florida that links the atlantic to the gulf. and if you look on a map you'll see the big green swatch of national forest and that's a heavy manatee area which he preserved also. >> i've been interviewing f
to ask did mark here. i don't know. i think probably online or something with the pelican island site. c-span should go to pelican island sometime because u.s. fish and wildlife has built this incredible boardwalk down where each refuge gets, like, a plank and it goes out with this incredible view, so if you're doing family vacations over the summer to florida, take the time to go to pelican island to this center there because it's really worth it for kids. and you're guaranteed to see a rare...
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going to be fighting that as well. any way, thank you all very much for being here and appreciate it. >> we're going to take a few questions, and c-span has asked me to repeat the questions for their audience, but i wanted to just make a quick comment. terry talked about politicians not being straight. with the american people when they talk about the social security being broke, bankrupt, busted. there's no money there. it's not just the politicians. it's the media. the media parrots this over and over again, and a recent incident was the trustees' report just a few weeks ago. despite the fact that even the commissioner tried desperately to make the point in the press conference that the program is not broke, is not bankrupt. but i was listening to the radio that afternoon, and a commentator said to an audience here in washington, if you are 45 years old, social security won't be there. that's a lie. so, we need to deal not just with the the politicians who are misleading the american public, but with the media, and the way we plan to do it is by joining forces and working with our activists around the country, with all of the chapte
going to be fighting that as well. any way, thank you all very much for being here and appreciate it. >> we're going to take a few questions, and c-span has asked me to repeat the questions for their audience, but i wanted to just make a quick comment. terry talked about politicians not being straight. with the american people when they talk about the social security being broke, bankrupt, busted. there's no money there. it's not just the politicians. it's the media. the media parrots...
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to answer these tricky questions, we have a very talented panel. because we're on c-span, i'm going to give a brief resume of the four speakers we have. we have julia smith who has just become deputy national security adviser to vice president biden. previously served for three years as principal director for europe and nato policy at the pentagon. i'm prior to joining the administration she was director of the european program at the center for international studies. before that she was with basic as a former basic person, there's still time for me to invite you to the ball i hope. next to me on my left is an drash simone ye, managing director of the center for transatlantic relations at johns hopkins. previously hungarian ambassador to united states and before that the first hungarian permanent representative on the nato council. he was a negotiator on the preparing hungary's membership in nato. to my immediate right is john fefr, co-director at the institute of policy studies, 2012 open society fellow looking at the transformations across eastern europe. he's also been a writing
to answer these tricky questions, we have a very talented panel. because we're on c-span, i'm going to give a brief resume of the four speakers we have. we have julia smith who has just become deputy national security adviser to vice president biden. previously served for three years as principal director for europe and nato policy at the pentagon. i'm prior to joining the administration she was director of the european program at the center for international studies. before that she was with...
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c-span. for more information go to c-span.org and click on c-span series for prime minister's question, plus links to international news media and legislatures around the world. you can watch recent video including programs do with other international issues. >> when people are saying to him don't take the vice presidency, right now you are the most, you're a powerful majority leader. don't take the vice presidency. you won't have any power. johnson says, power is where power goes, meaning i can make out in any situation. his whole life, i say nothing in his life previously makes that seem like he's boasting because that's exactly what he had done, all of his life. >> sunday night the conclusion of her conversation with robert caro on "the passage of power," volume four in the years of lyndon johnson, his multivolume biography of the 36th president sunday night on c-span's q&a. >> the annual peace officers memorial service honors law enforcement officials killed in the line of duty. it is part of national police week in washington. this year service includes remarks by president obama from t
c-span. for more information go to c-span.org and click on c-span series for prime minister's question, plus links to international news media and legislatures around the world. you can watch recent video including programs do with other international issues. >> when people are saying to him don't take the vice presidency, right now you are the most, you're a powerful majority leader. don't take the vice presidency. you won't have any power. johnson says, power is where power goes,...
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for more information about american history tv on c-span 3 including the complete schedule, go to c-span.org/history. to keep up with us during the week or to send questions or comments, follow us on twitter. >>> the organization of american historians and the national council on public history recently held their annual meeting in milwaukee, wisconsin. american history tv spoke with several of this year's attendees. next, yale history professor joanne freeman and university of chicago political science professor william howell describe acts of violence in the u.s. congress leading up to the civil war. and congressional checks on war powers in the modern era. professor freeman is working on a book titled "field of blood, congressional violence in antebellum america." american history tv is at the organization of american historians annual meeting in milwaukee, and we are going to talk next about congress and american politics with joanne freeman who is a history professor at yale. and with professor william howell from the university of chicago and you're a political american politics profes
for more information about american history tv on c-span 3 including the complete schedule, go to c-span.org/history. to keep up with us during the week or to send questions or comments, follow us on twitter. >>> the organization of american historians and the national council on public history recently held their annual meeting in milwaukee, wisconsin. american history tv spoke with several of this year's attendees. next, yale history professor joanne freeman and university of chicago...
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to explain something on c-span i get cut off. that is the first thing. now, to solve this problem we have to go back into time. span talk about sugar cane and putting a tax on it mainly because of to the. will we have to recognize is manufacturers decided instead of using sugar cane they came up with the idea of using corn syrup. corn syrup is the main culprit. now, as far as what we need to do to get control of our health- care system, we need to recognize what is called integrated medicine. i challenge people to look up this dr. -- dr. russell, dr. steven. i challenge them to watch "your health" of national television. they have a following of over 75 million people by -- people. tell people to study the book called "the food giant." this is a long time ago. what we need to understand, and this was recently on "dateline ," where they talked about the supplement industry. there are only 12 people that oversee the drug laboratories in this country that works for the fda. this is disgusting. we need to understand that the german commission is so far ahead of us in comparison to the fda. if we understand all of t
to explain something on c-span i get cut off. that is the first thing. now, to solve this problem we have to go back into time. span talk about sugar cane and putting a tax on it mainly because of to the. will we have to recognize is manufacturers decided instead of using sugar cane they came up with the idea of using corn syrup. corn syrup is the main culprit. now, as far as what we need to do to get control of our health- care system, we need to recognize what is called integrated medicine. i...
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to all the money that was going into the housing bailout. just to let everyone know, hearings are going on currently in congress and they're being covered by c-span. if you want to know what's going on, i would recommend that anyone watch c-span. it's like going to college. if you want to get educated. host: speaking of education, there is "the new york times" bestseller list at number five this week is the president's club co-written by nancy gibbs and michael duffy, our conversation with the co-authors can be seen tonight, a look at the former presidents and the relationship or in some cases, lack thereof between former chief executives, interesting insight into what they call the president's club. some news from the sunday morning programs and nbc's "meet the press" where david gregory is sitting down with jamie diamond, the c.e.o. of j.p. morgan which disclosed a $2 billion loss last week. j.p. morgan said he was dead wrong when he dismissed concerns about the trading last month that he said that the concerns were a tempest in a teapot. he said we made a terrible, egregious mistake. there's almost no excuse for it. the $2 billion loss coming
to all the money that was going into the housing bailout. just to let everyone know, hearings are going on currently in congress and they're being covered by c-span. if you want to know what's going on, i would recommend that anyone watch c-span. it's like going to college. if you want to get educated. host: speaking of education, there is "the new york times" bestseller list at number five this week is the president's club co-written by nancy gibbs and michael duffy, our conversation...
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to go on at 10:45 p.m. eastern, so, set your tivo. anyone -- has anyone set their tivo for c-span before? is could be a first. and thanks to the ladies of "the view" for their nice words. words they were apparently forced at gunpoint to say. >> now, barbara, where are you going over the weekend we're supposed to tell jimmy kimmel how supportive we are -- >> we love jimmy. because he's going to be hosting the white house correspondents dinner, and you -- >> so, i'm going and, you know, this is a big dinner that happens every year and the president gets up and is quite funny and has good, funny people. and jimmy kimmel is -- he is the funny part of it and he has to make fun of the president. stephen colbert did it one year. and if you make it good, everybody says, aren't you wonderful. jimmy, you're going to be great. but you know, you are not only being funny about the president, you have all of us sour pusses sitting there. >> so, we wish him well. >> jimmy: ringing endorsement. thanks, barbara. now i feel great. [ laughter ] i'm raring to go. she would have made a great college basketball
to go on at 10:45 p.m. eastern, so, set your tivo. anyone -- has anyone set their tivo for c-span before? is could be a first. and thanks to the ladies of "the view" for their nice words. words they were apparently forced at gunpoint to say. >> now, barbara, where are you going over the weekend we're supposed to tell jimmy kimmel how supportive we are -- >> we love jimmy. because he's going to be hosting the white house correspondents dinner, and you -- >> so, i'm...
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going to come and explain how we can help solve this problem. and finally, as you can see, today's program's aired nationally on c-span3 and we want to thank c-span for their interest in sharing the ideas of this conference with the american people. here's how today's going to work. we've got two panels, the first one addresses what we have learned from the past several years of local attempts at immigration laws, they'll examine impacts on business, the economy, social, faith-group communities, but we're not going to be talking about the law's constitutionality. the second panel provides alternative solutions to the immigration problem from the perspective of people who lived on the border, served in law enforcement capacities or stayed at the border for many years. each speak already have eight to ten minutes, followed by q&a, we encourage you to ask many questions. hi. at 11:15, we'll break for 15 minutes to grab a lunch and then we'll come back and launch into the second panel. so we understand that immigration's a controversial issue, and we know some people in this room may have strong views one way or another. some of the information will
going to come and explain how we can help solve this problem. and finally, as you can see, today's program's aired nationally on c-span3 and we want to thank c-span for their interest in sharing the ideas of this conference with the american people. here's how today's going to work. we've got two panels, the first one addresses what we have learned from the past several years of local attempts at immigration laws, they'll examine impacts on business, the economy, social, faith-group...
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c-span do anything else? it is only republican call in shows only, or less secure slandering me as a liberal. when the supreme court describes at that the mandate is unconstitutional. i'm going toome after c- span's mandate so that i do not f to pay for this propaganda. host: -- so i do not have to pay for this propaganda. host: i am sorry you feel that way. we have michael steele on, and later we will have a balance on our show. joel, a democrat in the bronx. caller: good morning, my brother. brightest of the brothers that i have ever seen. i told my brothers and not try to criticize this brother. we should try to laugh and regardless of the party bittered i'm looking at the republican party. if you look at what they did, i'm not talking about way back when when the new president became president -- this is what concerns me the most. when the world was celebrating precedential new president, it was a group of republicans was putting themselves together saying they want to make sure they prevent this man from progress. host: the caller is talking about republicans who have said they did not want the president's agenda to go forward. guest: i have always thought that is silly. a
c-span do anything else? it is only republican call in shows only, or less secure slandering me as a liberal. when the supreme court describes at that the mandate is unconstitutional. i'm going toome after c- span's mandate so that i do not f to pay for this propaganda. host: -- so i do not have to pay for this propaganda. host: i am sorry you feel that way. we have michael steele on, and later we will have a balance on our show. joel, a democrat in the bronx. caller: good morning, my brother....
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going to wake up? america? that is what i love about c- span. u can always go and listen to the words verbatim coming out of these people's mouth. they say one thing one day and the next thing they are all against it because the other party is in charge. trust me, if george bush in dick cheney would have gotten all osama bin laden like barack obama, they would be beating drums to this day. jumping up and down. host: here is mitt romney on the speech and the signing of the agreement. host: just an opinion from mitt romney. here is the editorial page. "the wall street journal" -- host: again, that is "the wall street journal." next, "the new york times." the editors write to -- -- host: two opinions from the opinion pages. the editorial pages. you can get your thoughts on the phone lines. we also have a line set aside for afghanistan veterans. boston, massachusetts. we are talking about the future role in afghanistan. bill, republican. good morning. caller: this document was signed for political reasons. to give obama something to talk about for th
going to wake up? america? that is what i love about c- span. u can always go and listen to the words verbatim coming out of these people's mouth. they say one thing one day and the next thing they are all against it because the other party is in charge. trust me, if george bush in dick cheney would have gotten all osama bin laden like barack obama, they would be beating drums to this day. jumping up and down. host: here is mitt romney on the speech and the signing of the agreement. host: just...
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go to work. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, i would like to thank those, at a involved. c-span who covered our debate last night, the presidential and vice presidential selection this afternoon. the poor guys need a lunch break. they will be breaking down while we conduct [unintelligible] >> i want to not let this opportunity go by without saying my deep thanks for the professionalism, the integrity, the ferocity, the ax, and the works of [unintelligible] what a man. what a man. thank you. [applause] >> i do not know what i can possibly say you have not heard me say already except that we have to stop all these wars. let but the ticket over the top. i am not going anywhere. we need at least 1 million votes. that is what the 1 million vote march is all about. i will put in a shameless plug for that little project that we started. there has to be at least 1 million people in this country that wants to stop killing people. there has to be 1 million people who want to stop the war on drugs alone. we are going to send a message to the politicians and let them know there are at least
go to work. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, i would like to thank those, at a involved. c-span who covered our debate last night, the presidential and vice presidential selection this afternoon. the poor guys need a lunch break. they will be breaking down while we conduct [unintelligible] >> i want to not let this opportunity go by without saying my deep thanks for the professionalism, the integrity, the ferocity, the ax, and the works of [unintelligible]...
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to turn your cell phones off? c-span has made that request. or ipads or whatever else is going to make noise. my name is max richmond, ooip the president of the national committee to preserve social security. we are a member-supported advocacy educational organization that for 30 years has been committed to protecting and promoting the health and income security of older americans and their families. i want to welcome one of our board members, bill vaughn, who is here today. thank you for coming. and i also, before we start, would like to thank congressman john conyers for helping us get this room for this important briefing. and more importantly, for the leadership that he's shown for so many years and continues to show in protecting social security, medicare, and medicaid. we need congressman conyers to be here to do the things he's done so well for so many years. i want to thank everyone for being here this morning. the national committee has joined the national organization for women's foundation, the institute for women's policy research to release a report that we believe is important n
to turn your cell phones off? c-span has made that request. or ipads or whatever else is going to make noise. my name is max richmond, ooip the president of the national committee to preserve social security. we are a member-supported advocacy educational organization that for 30 years has been committed to protecting and promoting the health and income security of older americans and their families. i want to welcome one of our board members, bill vaughn, who is here today. thank you for...
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i've just heard this because the president watches c-span and we're going to be on it. >> live, okay. >> i need your advice on how i should run this campaign so i'm going to be re-elected. what would you tell me to do in. >> i would say that the way that you acted today is a perfect reflection of the president that people love and that -- and that i think one of the things that the president is -- that people love about the president is how authentic he is. he showed that today. and i think that people appreciate that and voters appreciate that. and i think you know, one of the reasons i have so much confidence in him is because of his record which i think that he'll run on. i also think he's an example campaigner and no one is better in a one-on-one fight than he is, and that he approaches campaigns that campaigns are important and they're decisions and decisions about the future. and you don't go down in a campaign for not saying what you think or not saying what you feel or not saying what you think is the right way forward with the country. and so, i think he'll go in guns blazing
i've just heard this because the president watches c-span and we're going to be on it. >> live, okay. >> i need your advice on how i should run this campaign so i'm going to be re-elected. what would you tell me to do in. >> i would say that the way that you acted today is a perfect reflection of the president that people love and that -- and that i think one of the things that the president is -- that people love about the president is how authentic he is. he showed that...