going to happen after we get done with this vote today? how's history going to change? little did i know that -- what would happen... c-span: so when bob livingston began to talk, you did not know what was going to happen? >> guest: well, we knew that bob had some problems, but we didn't know what was going to happen. c-span: let's watch the tape, and then we'll ask you about it. [video clip - december 19, 1998] rep. bob livingston, house speaker nominee: to the president, i would say, sir, you have done great damage to this nation over this past year. and while your defenders are contending that further impeachment proceedings would only protract and exacerbate the damage to this country, i say that you have the power to terminate that damage and heal the wounds that you have created. you, sir, may resign your post. [boos] unidentified male: the house will be in order. livingston: and -- and... [boos] unidentified male: the house will be in order. livingston: and i can only challenge you in such fashion if i am willing to heed my own words. to my colleagues, my friends, and most especially, my wife and family, i have hurt

here is a color photograph in the book of it looks like to be at the old senate chamber. >> guest: yes. c-span: and i'm goingow>c? the audience the front cover of this book and thank you very much for joining us. the book is available at the u.s. government printing office, washington, d.c. the author is senator robert byrd and it's called "the senate: 1789-1989." thank you very much. >> guest: thank you very much. thank you.ç ..

to do everything on free media. c'mon c-span,, and cnn, but at the nightly news. -- come on c-span, come on cnn, go to the nightly news. now they prefer -- because the filter. they prefer to go around as if they can and technology allows us to do that in ways we have to acknowledge. they can communicate with a large number people without the traditional news media in the way they couldn't two years ago, five years ago, especially 10 years ago. >> is mitt romney using technology at the same level as barack obama? >> no, but they're not far behind. howard dean, when he raised all the money on the internet it was really that you can raise money online? barack obama said that we would have virtual town halls and it could reach out and touch people and few people. and the republicans have studied this. they have not been as innovative for us to see because the democrats won the last campaign. so you say that the democrats are doing it better. the republicans have the same technology. they have not proven yet that they can use it as effectively. but the romney campaign is working on election dynamics and turnout, reaching o

c-span: did you have to go to a psychiatrist? >> guest: they ran everybody through psychiatrists in order to spy on them. they were having all the psychiatrists' notes routed to them, because they wanted to see who wasn't loyal to the family. c-span: but what did you find out... >> guest: paranoid... c-span: but what did you find out about the people that worked there? did they like them? did they like working there? did they make enough money? >> guest: everybody talked about it as 'the golden handcuffs.' you made great money. you had all the overtime you wanted, more than you wanted. but if you planned a vacation with your family and the brewery needed you, you canceled your vacation. you cut your hair the way they wanted you to cut your hair. you worked where they told you to work. they--there--there were--if--if you had--when--back when they had a union, if you had seniority for a position--and unions take that stuff very seriously--they would just ignore it. they would just put people where they wanted. they were very imperio

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to discrimination. we urgently need immigration r reform. mitt romney has these remarks. by the way, you can go on line to c-span's facebook page. go to facebook.com/c-span and by the way, thursday, the court is expected to announce the ruling on the 2010 health care law. we'll be live in front of the court for immediate reaction. we'll also get your thoughts on whatever the court decides via your phone calls. it will be shortly after 10:00 a.m. thursday after "washington journal" here on c-span. dr. eric goals by, the u.s. global aids coordinator says the president's emergency plan for aids relief is helping move the world towards an aids-free generation started under under the presidency of george w. bush in 2003. pet condition far is a government initiative aimed at saving the lives of people with h.i.v.-aids. us investments true the years he says have allowed for basic health care in areas where it wasn't available before. >> thank you everyone for joining us. i am a fellow with our development assistance and government initiative here. brookings is very pleased and honored to welcome blast tore eric goolsby for our cushion.

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to look at the business from of c-span. i think many of your callers would be quite amazed to know that there is not one federal dollar going into c-span. ok? this is a sponsor-pie business. to speak to the event of the republican, i am really excited. i think that the republicans, led by mitch mcconnell who said i want to make this president a one-term president for the simple reason of his political philosophy -- the tarp funds spread across the thee's went directly to unions that spot sir our teachers, firefighters, a policeman. we all need them. we also realize that if we leave the democrats in power, this will be a continuous battle of tax, tax, spend, spend. i go back to barry goldwater. the democrats spend, spend, spend. nothing has changed. host: final point? caller: i am excited about the ability for the republicans to put together a message that will eliminate this president's office. at least eliminate him as president. thank you. host: thank you. let me take up on his point. he made a statement -- carl rove said mitt romney shrink the money gap. put this into perspective because in 2008, barack obama opted out o

the lecture is available on c-span's website if you go to see c-span's website. e question-and-answer session section is the best part. i saw an interview with him where much of the problem with america is we have to go back to the 60s. everything was so much better than the 60s. we would have to go back to the 60s. he said, that is not true. that is one reason people are so pessimistic. he said that he would talk about vietnam in 1955. in boston from a very liberal town, 1955 -- 1965. he said four people listened to his talk or the person who organized the talks come at a creature of the where he was speaking, a gentleman off the street, and someone who wanted to kill them. [laughter] they were organized peace processors protesters. in boston. he said prior to the iraq war, tens of millions of people all over the world protest the war before it ever begins. it never happened before in history. what changed in vietnam was significant for the reason that approach did did not work, prior to the iraq war, is that the government was fully prepared. the government had

going to be major. >> 10% of the turnout this year is going to be latino. >> maria, jo season, chris, come back to c-span tomorrow morning. love to have you. >> i would be thrilled to be there. >>> warren buffett talks to the economic club of washington tonight. and we'll have live coverage. he's going to discuss economic issues of the day with carlisle group co-fender david rubenstein. it begins at 8:50 eastern. this is primary day in six states including california and new jersey for several congressional primaries under way. wisconsin voters are going to be polls to decide whether to replace republican governor scott walker with milwaukee mayor tom barrett. c-span 2 will have the wisconsin results lye starting at 9:00 eastern. >> finally on a personal note, michelle enand i are grateful to the entire bush family for their guidance and help sdurg their transition. george, i will always remember the gathering you hosted for all the forming living presidents before i took office. plus you also left me a really good tv sports package. i use it. >>> last week, portraits of former president george w. bush a

going to be major. >> 10% of the turnout this year is going to be latino. >> maria, jo season, chris, come back to c-span tomorrow morning. love to have you. >> i would be thrilled to be there. >>> warren buffett talks to the economic club of washington tonight. and we'll have live coverage. he's going to discuss economic issues of the day with carlisle group co-fender david rubenstein. it begins at 8:50 eastern. this is primary day in six states including california and new jersey for several congressional primaries under way. >>> they're often refer to as the conscious of the congress. after now having working there almost two years, i can't think of a better name. the executive director of the general black caucus, angela rye on the role of today's black caucus. >> it's designed to ensure the members can come together on issues plaguing the community at large. issues that may be plaguing the their districts, where they can find commonality to really come together to discuss legislative solutions. legislative proposals to advance the causes of people that don't have a voice. >> more with angela rooi, s

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 blockbuste 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 under the wilson administration partly has a capitulation to southern congress people. he purged african-american leadership. in the early days, there were 31 jobs held b

as a reminder, if you'd like to view any of the tran-ones, you can go online to c-span.org/communicators. >> you're watching c-span 2 with politics and public affairs, weekdays, featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights, watch key public policy than spend every weekend, the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our website, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> in a few moments, a forum on the state of the european union. in little more than an hour and a half, we will continue to focus on europe within atlantic council discussion on the future of the euro. after that, coverage of the annual convention of the national cable and television association. next, a form on forum on the future of the european union. hosted by toronto. during this debate, panelists focus on the debt crisis come in the future of the euro, and whether priests should leave the euro zone. >> ladies and gentlemen, good evening. i'm the coorganizer of this debate series. it is my privilege to once again be your moderator. i want to start by welc

going to open it up for questions. pat is going to pick you. if a person is going to ask questions, this is being filmed, as you may be aware, by c-span. and we want to get the mike over as close as we can to the person asking the question. so just keep that in mind when the film mike is on. >> can i just ask jim schroeder to stand up and say you can't ask questions. will have been married 50 years this summer. can you believe that? whew! that's one tough male. okay. who's got a question? yes. here we go. and here comes the boom mike. >> why do you think the republicans have been more successful in gett influx of new pele as opposedhe ats? certainly the tea party is in influx. >> the question is why are the republicans in the tey been better at getting new people excited? well, that's an interesting one. i don't know because i haven't talked to people in the tea party here, but i have in florida where we live now. that's where you move when you're 70. and i would ask them, what is it you're so mad bout? and they would say, don't you know? no, i really don't know. so i still don't know. and you the conversations about no one ever helped

to look at the business of c-span. i think many of your callers would be quite amazed to know there is not one federal dollar going into c-span. ok? this is sponsored by business. and to speak to the republican guy, i am really excited, because i think republicans, led by mcconnell who has said he wants to make this republican a one-term presidents for the simple reason of his political philosophy. the tarp funds that were spread to the unions that sponsor our teachers, firefighters, and police. we all like teachers, firefighters, and police. but we also realize if we leave the democrats in power, this will be a continuous battle of tax, tax, spend, spend. in one of his speeches in that campaign, he said democrats all they do is "spend, spend, spend ." nothing has changed. host: final point? caller: i would just say i am excited about the ability of the republicans to put together a message that will eliminate this president as president. thank you. host: let me pick up on his point. it was a statement by karl rove. mitt romney saying he would shrink the gap. put this in perspective. in 2008, barack obama opted out of

c-span. and more information go to c-span.org. click on c-span theories for prime minister's questions. plus links to international news media and legislatures around the world. you can watch recent videos incoming videos dealing with other international issues. friday supreme court justice ruth bather talked about the court's current term including the health care case. >> no briefs and arguments and citizens united has attracted more attention in the academy. particularly lying outside the supreme court. a line formed three days before oral argument have convinced. some described it as unprecedented and may might be right if they number the press conferences, protesting counter protest going on odds outside the court while oral argument was underway. >> she spoke about press reports on the decision expected this week or next. >> aeroour deliberations are private, that has not dissuaded the media from publishing a steady stream of rumors. my favorite among press pieces windsly observed at the supreme court. those who know don't talk and those who talk don't know. [laughter] >> watch th

to win a lot of voters. >> let's take our next telephone call from courtland, new york. this is sharon on the line. sharon, go ahead, please. >> caller: i want to thank c-span for this wonderful series. i'm wondering if your guests might comment on his early likes, his formative years and what his parents did for a living. thank you very much. >> thank you. would you like to take that? >> i'm exactly sure i can remember what debs' father did for a living. i know he was a great idealist and debs himself, his middle name is after victor hugo and the sort of idealism of the french novelist was a big part of debs' upbringing. >> family french extraction? >> i was just remembering that debs' father was a processer of pork in a manufacturing plant. he couldn't do that work, so there is reminiscences of his being depressed as a worker. they had two small children and was pregnant with eugene debs, and so they opened a small grocery in the front of their house. he went on to become a successful grocer. he had had experience with the family business, and so that enabled him to do that work. >> why did he have to drop out of school at age 14? >> i think it wasn't com

go. as a little about the hearing that takes place at 10:00. if you want to see live, this will be on c-span 3. you can go to our web site c- span.org for more reformation. your thoughts on the decision for the committee to go on with this vote, the meeting between the two men yesterday, and operations dealing with fast and furious. the phone lines are open. also, you can reach out to us on social media. josh gerstein joins us on the phone from "politico." he covers the white house, but has also been covering this hearing. give us a context as far as what went back and forth as far as the request from representative response.the guest: there were a series of letters exchanged. eric holder basically made an offer that he would provide a set of documents that congress has not gotten previously. they basically detail how the justice brown and responded to the fast and furious scandal once they became aware of it, in particular after some initial missteps, in particular a letter that was sent to congress in february of 2011 than had some pretty broad denials about any guns crossing the border wi

going to be deeply eliminated. i didn't catch that hearing and i was looking for it all over c-span. can the professor please comment upon this? this is a deep concern to me. i have every kind of insurance but without flood, they won't pay a nickel. guest: well, the comment you make is a comment that represents a wide spread concern. the private insurance sector will just not take this. the risks are too high and the premiums can't compensate the risk. so the federal government needs to step in. obviously with all the budget problems that we have now with debt ceiling crises, everywhere you look, there's an attempt to cut back on government programs. i think the insurance program has been the program that's been most badly hurt by these kinds of budget issues. again, when you look at the appropriations process, generally, this year -- in fact, last month, for fema. i think the kind of bipartisanship you saw there and the ability to step up and realize that these things need to be funded was really quite commendable. on the other hand, flood insurance has been a continuous problem. it'

read as a boy, so he leaves hi--his widowed mother on the farm to go off to fight in the t l vnaannde realities of war very different. c-span: in--in a--you say this happens more than once -- that --t hat he wrote a lot about henry fleming's reaction to seeing his first corpse. >> gue: mm-hmm. yes. "tedgeple t i aa ccioth crane in his writing, not just his war writing; the sight of a dead face or the face of a ou seratat rlsus one thinks of hamlet's soliloquy as though you can in--in reading the eyes of the dead soldier find the answer to what hamlet called the question--the discovered country from whoseourne no traverurns. crs .as d asn crane's mind because he, himself, was very sickly. i think he--he knew that he would not live a long life and he was very intrigued by--by what would happen after life. c-span: where dihe g consumption--or, tuberculosis? >> gst: well, d k r . sphe i t household. you usually get tb by repeated exposure to somebody else with an advanced state of the disease, from repeated exposure for many hours a day, for perhaps a month at a time. er sevce brr,liha. but the details are very vague. so we're

can see this on, former chief executive of international james murdoch any time in the c-span video library. go to cspan.org slrg video library. as ceremony from march included speeches by the speaker of the house and house of common ahead of the 60th anniversary of the succession to the throne. that's at 9:00 on c-span. and all this week we've been featuring american history tv's weekend programs. tonight watch programs from the american art facts series, beginning at 8:00 eastern. visit three surviving forts around the nation's capitol as we examine civil war defenses of washington. at 8:30, look at clara barton's missing soldier's office. and then at 10:00 p.m., tour the mansion of frederick pabst. american history tv in prime time here on c-span 3. each sunday evening at 7:30 now through labor day weekend, american history tv features the series, the contenders. 14 key political figures who ran for president and lost, but changed political history. this sunday, the great compromi compromiser henry clay. whether we're in politics or something else is to do the right thing. they also said in a s

to look at the business from of c-span. i think many of your callers would be quite amazed to know that there is not one federal dollar going into c-span. ok? this is a sponsor-pie business. to speak to the event of the republican, i am really excited. i think that the republicans, led by mitch mcconnell who said i want to make this president a one-term president for the simple reason of his political philosophy -- the tarp funds spread across the state's went directly to the unions that spot sir our teachers, firefighters, a policeman. we all need them. we also realize that if we leave the democrats in power, this will be a continuous battle of tax, tax, spend, spend. i go back to barry goldwater. the democrats spend, spend, spend. nothing has changed. host: final point? caller: i am excited about the ability for the republicans to put together a message that will eliminate this president's office. at least eliminate him as president. thank you. host: thank you. let me take up on his point. he made a statement -- carl rove said mitt romney shrink the money gap. put this into perspective because in 2008, barack obama opted

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pat is going to pick you, pick a person going to ask a question, this is being filmed as you may be aware by c-span, you want to get the boom mike over as close as we can to the person asking the questions. keep that in mind when the boom mike -- >> can i have jim sh roder stand up and say, you can't ask questions, okay, jim. yay jim. we will have been married 50 years this summer, can you believe that? [ applause ] >> that's one tough male. okay, who's got a question? yes, here we go and here comes the boom mike. >> why do you think the republicans have been more successful in getting influx of new people as opposed to the democrats? and certainly the tea party is an influx. >> the question is why are the republicans and tea party been better at getting new people excited? well, that's an interesting one. i don't know because i haven't talked to people in the tea party here but i have in flor a florida, where we live now. that's where you move when you're 70. and i would ask them, what is it you're so mad about? and they would say, don't you know? and i would say, i really don't know. and then i s

c-span. we're going to leave now to hear remarks from treasury secretary timothy geithner. live coverage now on cspan 3. >> i remind everybody to turn off all of your devices and be just on vibrate. we are delighted that we have secretary geithner here and at a couldn't be more timely moment, the headlines today, threat spreads, they theorize over ha d handling of the debt committee. we want to talk to you about the crisis in the eurozone, the fact that we see rates rising dramatically today in italy which certainly signals there is some fear in the markets about contagion spreading from greece to spain to italy, and italy, of course, would be the big concern. we've got an election in greece on sunday, and you're going to the g-20 meeting, obviously not to discuss this, but a lot of lead players will be there. your possibility of contagion. only today we learned that it's a lot that even the best bankers don't know about risk in their banks. for all the assurance the u.s. is now immune, are we really? >> good questions. obviously, it's still a very challenging moment for th

c-span. and for more information go to c-span.org and click on c-span series for prime minister's questions, plus links to international news media and legislatures around the world. you can also watch recent video, including programs dealing with other international issues. >>> july 7th and 8th booktv and american history tv explore the heritage and literary culture of missouri's state capital, jefferson city, with c-span's local content vehicles on the campus of lincoln university. >> this is probably our most famous book. this is the one we like to show to visitor when they come into the archives here at page library. and this is a book about harriet tubman. it's called harriet: the moses of her people. and the special thing about this, this book was written in 8-- 1866. harriet tubman made her mark on there, and that's really the most famous autograph, if you want to call it that, of what we have here in page library. and, obviously, she couldn't read or write, so she left her mark, the sign of the cross. >> watch for booktv in jefferson city, missouri, july 7th and 8th on c-span2 and 3.

caller: thank you, cable, for c-span, and thank you, c-span, for being c-span. i'm going to have a bumper sticker mentality about this. i'm more worried about us. recently i think russia brought estonia to its knees. the russians are very, very, very good with cyberwar. the book, i can't think of the name of it, it's been on c-span many times, chronicles how our security is really basically in the hands of the commercial providers, and the government is still the only thing suited to protect us, because, again, if we look at how it affects us tremendously, thank you very much for c-span. host: thanks for watching, john, appreciate it. on twitter, we should hire the hackers to work against cyberattacks. this is the debate in congress over student loan programs, july 1 deadline when the rates are set to increase. g.o.p. makes new offer on student loans. we'll learn more when we talk to john larson in just a few minutes. next up is a call from summerville, new york. richard is a republican there. good morning, richard. you're on the air. caller: yes, good morning. the stuxnet w

going to follow through. >> thank you. >>> and a few live programming notes on c-span. more to come from a faith and freedom coalition conference here in washington, d.c. that is live on c-span they're in a short break now. the senate is taking a vote and they're taking a lunch break because senators rob portman and marco rubio are among the speakers. both have been listed as possible running mates of republican presidential candidate mitt romney. on c-span we are also planning live coverage of remarks from president obama. he'll be at a community college in cleveland speaking on the economy. contrasting his vision with that of republican challenger mitt romney. that's scheduled to get underway at about 1:45 p.m. eastern. and yesterday treasury secretary tim geithner spoke about the global economic challenges and previewed next week's g-20 summit in mexico where world leaders are gathering to discuss issues surrounding europe's debt crisis. this 45-minute discussion was hosted by the council on foreign relations here in washington, d.c. >>> well, thank you all very much.

going to mix in the first viewer call. >> caller: good evening. i want to thank c-span for this series. it's a great idea. i have a nonlincoln-themed question. i want to ask the panel about 1824 and theru

to have a lovely day. c-span, it's time to wake up the world, and that's what's going to happen in 2013. have a nice day and thanks for my call. >> not sure what george is referring to is going to happen in 2013. he was taking republicans to task. >> i think george is really referring to 2012 which is the election coming up. i want to say, george, at 81 years old if we had, you know, people half your age, half informed and half as involved as you are, we'd all be better off. you mentioned something interesting. you said, what's been going on since the '40s and '50s. you know, wall street created the stock market crash of 1929 and the great depression that followed it. and over the years that followed it, we put in place a whole variety of laws and regulations that basically heavily regulated the financial industry so they could not create another great depression and another great crash. those rules were in place for seven decades and they worked very well because during that seven decades, not only didn't we have a great depression or another major stock market crash, we also had broad

to save others. [laughing] -- [laughter] >> one last question? what happens -- c-span is goingto turn off. >> hello. thank you for your excellent presentation. there was quite a bit of information packed and it was actually quantitative. the statement that got my ticker going was the ge growth, geelong picture there and thinking what would be the -- look like and obviously we we are in a monetary policy driven type of environment. obviously with inflation, the environment we are in is going to have a huge impact as we are in a resource constrained world now so any nation with a printing press export inflation to china, yes, they are able to control about what do you have to say about the chinese citizen. they don't have accounts but they have a long history of holding gold and holding silver and precious metals. d. think at some point they will basically decouple from the dollar or the next reserve currency? do you think that they are going to be able to keep the gdp deflated under control overtime because you have that relationship between gdp growth and unemployment. if that

to politics. >> sunday night, purdue university students interview dan balz on covering presidential elections, what's newsworthy. sunday at 8:00 on c-span. >> if all of us decide at the same time we're going to tighten our belts and spend less, what happens is we all end up poor because all of our spending falls at the same time. this is the kind of stuff that we're supposed to know. this is stuff that we have known since the 1930s. the attempt of everybody to slash spending at the same time because they have too much debt. this is self-defeating. >> who's going to tell them the truth? we have to tell them the truth. if we don't then our country fails. we must succeed in this. we will succeed in this. we'll reach them through the media and through politics and through pop culture. pop culture where we shouldn't be afraid to get out there and quit preaching to the choir.

c-span and open cameras and all that. and he took all those insurance people into the back room. when i go to the doctor -- i go once a month -- they are scared to death of this health care bill. what are your comments? what happened to the c-span cameras and watching all this on tv and he ticket behind closed doors? guest: in fact, the godfather of c-span, brian lamb, called for the debates being on c-span, the health care debate. obama promised he would do it. he broke that promise. he cynically insist that the debates have been on television. he broke that promise and everyone knew it been he finally did needed it and he kind of laughed about it. obamacare has been a bag of broken promises. he promised people could keep their own health care policies. something like 30% of employers are of the only ones who can keep their plan. doctors are leaving the practice premier going to retire in five years, 43% -- doctors are leaving their practice and are going to retire in five years, 43%. it's a nightmare. the cost curve has not gone downward did it cost more than double. we have already seen th

to c-span cameras. we'll check in with you throughout the program. west virginia. go ahead, james. >> caller: i would like to tell us about thomas mast. >> thomas mast. >> thomas mast was a great cartoonist responsible for, among other things, the most popular image we have of santa claus. he was a german immigrant. created manges of the democrat donkey and republican elephant. by the time bryant raised in 1896, not sure if bryant was still alive or not. besides those images, mast is best known for these really vitriolic and very effective images of boss tweed, the very corrupt tammany hall in. and his images of boss tweed looking like a seedy devil, you might say, really helped to bring tweet down, and the democratic candidate at the time are important. prosecutors, later on democratic candidate for president in 1876 who prosecuted tweed and was able to bring down the tweed as it came to be known. >> rob next from sacramento, california, go ahead, please. >> caller: my question originates from the american president series during the grover cleveland episode, an hist

to be here. i had a couple of disclaimers, but i just had a conversation with the folks at c-span and what i was going to say as i was prepared and from using language it is difficult to talk about ben bradlee without using cursor is. so i'm happy i should be able to give you been in full color. for those of you who read as bradley was saying you read the review of the book in the post this sunday, for those who have come to hear me talk about my book i think will be disappointed. this book is about and in a state where bradley was saying about it being a 500 page book is true. and so medical here tonight is to convey some of who ben is to you in the hopes that the find in this captivating as i did and enjoyed reading about him. as a quick word, i started working with men and not writing about him. i ended up writing a book with his son, quinn. before that happened, i was working with then. first thing he did was give me access to his archives. it wasn't the whole thing at first. bush is a big set of boxes with a bunch of letters. when i got to know him blistered his letters. so i thought i would read

c-span 2. on a regular basis, we go to universities to talk to professors who are also authors. right now we're at columbia university in new york city, and we're joined by prefer richard john, who is the author of this book, network nation, inventing american telecommunications." so professor john, samuel morris invented the telegraph. ey yes or no? >> guest: no. >> host: why are we taught that as school children? >> guest: well, we love tales of heroic inventors. and it turns out one reason we love those tale us because they fit the needs of the promoters who are actually developing the networks that would prove so enormously important in 19th 19th century american communications and indeed in communications today. so, yes, samuel morris was a gifted inventor who had the good fortunate to have a college classmate who became pat tent -- pant end commissioner who enabled him to try to monopolize the telegraph business help didn't succeed but that was the basis for the claims that have swirled around him, claims that surprisingly enough were then picked up by his arch rival, west

going to be that for a while. this is the nature of this business. >> look behind the presidential election process when you want online with c-span's road to the white house and the c-span video library. >> the national housing conference hosted a decision on homelessness among veterans. par tis papts talked about how difficult it can be to identify veterans in the community and the importance of supporting programs that keep them from becoming homeless in the first pla place. >> i'm pretty sure i see carol lamberg back there. >> all right. welcome back for the first of two panel discussions. this one is about veterans homelessness and supportive housing as a solution among many to that challenge. . i am very pleased to introduce our moderator, the president and ceo of the national alliance to end homelessness. she's also a long time nhc board member and a great source of wise advice and counsel to us as we bring the stake holders together to address a range of issues. but in particular, today, we're going to focus on veterans' homelessness. so i'll let her introduce the panel and let them take the discussion from there. >> okay, thank you, ethan. i

going on. >> watch "american artifacts" every sunday at 8:00 a.m., 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> if all of us decided at the same time we're going to interrogaten our welbelts and sd less, guess what we all end up poor because all of our spending falls at the same time, and this is the kind of stuff that -- that we're supposed to know. this is -- this is stuff that we've known since the 1930s, right, that everybody to slash spending at the same time because they think they have got too much debt is -- is -- is self-defeating. >> who is going to tell them the truth? we have to tell them the truth. if we don't tell them the truth, then our country fails. we must succeed in this, and we will succeed in this. we'll reach them through the media and through politics and through pop culture. pop culture. we shouldn't be afraid to get out there. quit preaching to the choir but get out there and be influencers, right, in pop culture? >> the c-span networks covered the panels with paul krugman and elizabeth warren and wright on

going to be dealing with it. i urge us to keep working together. thanks very much tour taking the time. this is adjournment. >>> c-span networks will be live for a number of events today, taking to you the american enterprise institute for remarks by the senate armed services committee ranking member john mccain with his views on the situation in syria. live at 1:00 eastern right here on c-span3. and florida representative allen west speaking at the conservative black forum about economic empowerment in the black community. also live on the fannian network c-span 2. >> we are in an incredibly important era for the future growth of the software industry and the future of american companies, base companies to be successful for which things like it matters, but they're only one element of what the u.s. does will need to take account of what's happening nationally. and we have to break down barriers where we see them exist but also find a balance. >> tonight, business software alliance president and ceo robert hollyman on the industry's next steps, fighting piracy and communication. next, officials from denver and pittsbu

all of our coverage of the leveson inquiry hearings is available in the c-span video library. go to question time the house of commons prime minister cameron was asked repeatedly about the investigation into phone hacking and what part he may have played. he spent much of a half hour defending his relationship with rupert murdoch's news corporation. you can see prime minister's question time sunday at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span. .. >> a video record of his travels. then live at 7:30 david maraniss takes your calls and questions. also this weekend conservative commentator jonah goldberg blames liberals for an ongoing war on ideas. >> american politics have been distorted for the last century or so by this idea that the further you move from the left, the closer you get to bad things. so in some ways the best working definition of a fascist is a conservative who's winning an argument. >> that's on sunday night at 9 on booktv this weekend on c-span2. >> british prime minister david cameron now in the leveson inquiry looking into the relationship between the press and politicians explaini

to keep us going for a really long time. >> a complete piece. >> you're watching american history tv on c-span 3. and joining us now live from the historic jamestown settlement, bill kelso, the director of the jamestown rediscovery project, the archaeological project, and senior curator, bly straube, who are going to spend the next hour with us. and taking your phone calls and your comments and questions as well. thank you to both of you for joining us on this beautiful saturday afternoon. we'd like to invite our viewers to be part of the conversation, obviously. here are the numbers to use. if you're in the eastern of central time zone, 202-737-0001. for viewers in mountain pacific zones, 202-737-0002. you can also participate by twitter. our handle is @c-spanhistory. we'll try to read some of those tweets. we'll hear from bill and bly straube. i understand, bly, you have something with you that was discovered on the project today. can you show it to us and tell us what it is? >> yes. wonderful things show up all the time. today the archaeologists uncovered this wonderful medallion from a german

to c-span. thanks for your questions. [applause] now you're going to get a chance to sign books. >> okay, terrific. thank you. >> and, um, all of you, please, help us with the chairs. >> all right. >> that was great. >> you're watching 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books on c-span2's booktv. >> you're watching booktv. coming up next, henry crumpton talks about the role that the cia plays in the world today and discusses what the organization accomplished in afghanistan in the weeks following the 9/11 attacks. this is about an hour. >> good evening, everyone. on behalf of the tattered cover bookstore, it's my pleasure to welcome you and to thank you for your support. ambassador henry crumpton is the founder of crumpton group, a strategic international advisory and business development firm which works with global corporations including those in the infrastructure, energy and financial services industries. he advises ceos and their teams on the political, security and commercial die too manics -- dynamics in emerging and frontier markets. ambassa

i was wondering about when obama was talking about the health care it was all going to be on c-span and all open cameras and all that and he took all those insurance people into the back room and for a ride on his plane. but my doctor and my -- they are scared to death of this health care bill. what's what happened to the c-span cameras and all the rules that we're supposed to watch this on tv and he took it all behind closed doors? guest: in fact, they was called for the debates being on c-span brome promised he would do it. he broke that promise bud he even said the debates have been on tv he was talking about congressional debate but he clearly broke that promise and everyone knew it and he finally admitted and kind of laughed about it. but obama care has been a pack of broken promises and lies, promised more people would have coverage. they have less now. he promised people could keep their own health care policies. i point out something like 30% of employers are the only ones who are going to keep their plan. it's going to interfere with the patient-drr relationship. doctors are le

going to call on you. so wait until we hand you a microphone so the audience can hear you and the c-span audience can hear you. gabrielle. the mike is coming. to gabrielle. over here, second -- third row. this side. >> thank you. good evening, thank you for your comments. my question has to do, as you were talking about, mickey, the republicans are over here and the democrats are over here. and some people would say, well, we independents, where we are, is we're in the center. and i think that they put this forward as a way, this is the way that we're going to bring america together. is that we have to be in the center to really, truly be together. and i also, speaking personally, feel that this is a kind of -- kind of an anti-extremist attitude. extremism is bad. it's bad for the country, and so we have to kind of come together in the center. and so i know, jackie, in your book, you talk about this issue of how independents are defined often asce centrists. i do not believe in centrists, none of the great advances that we've had have come from the center. i believe that in a democracy, democracy is about

going to be dealing with it. thanks very much for taking the time. hearing's adjourned. >>> for more information on members of the senate finance committee, check out c-span's congressional directory. a complete guide to the 112th congress. inside you'll find each member of the house and senate. also information on cabinet members, supreme court justices and the nation's governors. you can pick up a copy for $12.95 plus shipping and handling at cspan.org/shop. today the american constitution society is holding a forum on growing income inequality many the united states and the role of government in addressing the issue. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsberg will be speaking to the gathering at 6:00 p.m. eastern. and you can see it live on our companion network c-span. >>> kenya, indonesia, hawaii, kansas, chicago, and washington. this weekend on book tv, follow david on his journey walking in a president's footsteps. for barack obama the story. sunday starting at 6:00 p.m. eastern, a video record of his travels. then live at 7:30 he takes your calls and questions. also this weekend on afterwards, conservative commentator blames liberals for an ongoing w

historical host: let's go to fill on the democratic line from south carolina. good morning. caller: good morning, c-span, because it's going to be funny. when was the last thing you bought that was made in america? guest: last night on my way home. host: i think we lost phil. guest: that does take us in a useful direction. toyotas are some of the best made in america vehicles on the market today. they're made in tennessee for the most part. i think we will see in the years ahead that some of this chinese investment in the u.s., much of it, is because it's more attractive for these firms to operate and manufacture things here. i've been talking to a construction equipment company based in peachtree, georgia. many of the things they were originally bringing over from china are more affordable source right here in the u.s.. there would not have discovered that until they started operating construction cranes. by putting their money to work, they discovered there's a lot more upside opportunity here than we thought it. host: what is the government pose a mechanism for screening these foreign direct investme