to come and alight while doing what hopefully is serious work. c-span: do people support you because they know what you're going to write, or do they support you and say, "suzanne garment, have at it"? >> guest: tell me, which people? c-span: in other words, did you get your dewitt wallace fellowship because they knew what you were going to write? did you get your fellowship at the american enterprise institute because of your political views? how does all this work here? >> guest: my political views made me congenial to the american enterprise institute, and because i had been writing for a long time -- i had been writing a column in the wall street journal -- everybody had a clue as to what kind of thing i was going to write, what kind of views were going to be expressed, so even if someone had the inclination to corrupt the process and lean on me, it wasn't necessary in this case, and certainly no one did. c-span: how about random house? why did they pick this topic? why were they interested in publishing your book? >> guest: well, that was a little different. my editor at random house is peter osnos. he worked for the washington post before he

to see more winning videos go to student cam.org. >> today on c-span "newsmakers" with buck mckeon. then a look at republican outreach to minorties with radio and talk show host armstrong williams. followed by kentucky senator rand paul's remark at howard university in washington, d.c. >> i would like to think it is an important book in a sense, it tells you how the court works. there are so few good books out there to explain the process, what are they saying to one another? we see this court that splits the -- see the cases that splittings the court 5-4. it is a book about how the court operates. >> when you dig into the notes and the library of congress, the memorandum, the notes back and forth between justices that are available and a lot of stuff is available. you -- i'm not a lawyer. but i was fascinated by the human side of it. in many cases, justices have -- you can see that justices have

c-span: let's go back to your book and how you wrote it. when did you start it? >> guest: i started it about a fortnight before christmas -- not last christmas, the christmas before. c-span: did you have a staff that worked on it with you? >> guest: yes, i did. i needed a historian; i needed an archivist. i had to look up a great number of the papers myself. i had to dictate a great many of my impressions. also, i had quite a number of papers myself, and i wrote a lot down. c-span: and then how did you put it together? did you spend all your time on one chapter and go to another? how did it all come together? >> guest: first, you've got to get a lot down. once you've got it down and in the right order, you go on refining and refining and refining. then you've got to get a next lot down, so in the end you've got about three lots -- the one you've done the latest bit, the second one that you're revising and the third one that you're going back and doing a final revise. so it's quite exhausting and exacting. c-span: this book is 914 pages long, i believe. were there

put those numbers on the screen and send us a message on the screen using the #firstladies or go to c-span's facebook page and we have questions coming in and try to mix those in. gary robinson asked the question, was eliza concerned for her husband's safety after the lincoln assassination? >> she was absolutely terrified. his life was in danger as well. when he was a senator, he did secedee his state to from the union and oftentimes his life was in danger and when -- president was in ssassinated. one of the daughters was worried. >> there was worry. some of the investigation suggests that there was in fact part of the overall plot someone assigned to kill johnson. >> he had heavy drinks beforehand and lost his nerve. >> he was stalking him that whole day and planning to as sat -- assassinate him that night and he did not follow through. >> any historic documentation about how the president reacted to the threats on his life? >> i have never heard of any. we heard grave concerns for lincoln and people did try to tell him not to go to the peterson house that night himself because of all the d

to the one hospital chelsea for private cremation later today. if you missed any of our coverage of the services you can watch it in its entirety in the c-span video library. go. we will re-air the funeral this coming sunday at 9 p.m. eastern. this reminder that british prime minister's question time will resume next week. you can see that light starting at 7 a.m. eastern right here on c-span2. the u.s. senate yesterday passed a resolution honoring former british prime mr. margaret thatcher despite a fight over thwarting between senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and senate foreign relations committee chair robert menendez. the hill newspaper writing that much of the fight between the two of you to get around what the resolution would say about great britain's 1982 war with argentina over the falkland islands. according to senate aides, the two senators were working together on language late last week when senator menendez made suggestions that senator mcconnell's proposal, democratic menendez was looking to remove language that could have been seen as a swipe against other countries. the senate eventually approved it just in time for this morning's appro

put those numbers on the screen and send us a message on the screen using the #firstladies or go to c-span'sve questions coming in and try to mix those in. gary robinson asked the question, was eliza concerned for her husband's safety after the lincoln assassination? >> she was absolutely terrified. his life was in danger as well. when he was a senator, he did not want his state to secedee from the union and oftentimes his life was in danger and when the president was in -- assassinated. one of the daughters was worried. >> there was worry. some of the investigation suggests that there was in fact part of the overall plot someone assigned to kill johnson. >> he had heavy drinks beforehand and lost his nerve. >> he was stalking him that whole day and planning to as sat -- assassinate him that night and he did not follow through. >> any historic documentation about how the president reacted to the threats on his life? >> i have never heard of any. we heard grave concerns for lincoln and people did try to tell him not to go to the peterson house that nht himself because of all the danger out th

c-span to go to the dmz zone to let the american people know what is really going on. t of people watch c-span and that would be good for the american people. guest: the color is referring to the militarized zone separating north and south korea along the 30th parallel, which is the armistice line of the has been heldich since that armistice was declared in 1953. here we are, 60 years later. there is no peace treaty between -- officially ending the korean war. it remains just that, and armistice. line is in the demarcation and it is a line of separating forces. the north koreans are deployed towards the demilitarized zone, convening a kinship and chill -- conventional threat. host: a comment on the twitter page -- if north korea wanted to attack the u.s., they can do so by attacking u.s. troops? the primary threat is on the korean peninsula itself. the united states has a residual force from the korean war. but there is not a conventional balance of power there in the sense that the north koreans have a huge standing army. hasu.s. presence there america -- has advanced

you can go to our c-span video library to check up that segment. the cold clovers. -- guest was nicole clovers. we have more luke rosiak, an investigative reporter for "washington times." up next from baltimore, maryland, on our independent line. caller: can you hear me? i have a follow-on, like the speaker pointed out the government -- and it is like to point out that it seems as though we are faulting the contractor where really it is the fault of both not having enough oversight. also the contract itself may be doing something that is not appropriate. host: we will go to paul from dental virginia on our independent line. you're on with luke rosiak. caller: how're you doing? i have been in the military from 1972 to 1975 -- to 1995. we had our active-duty military to jobs in personnel departments like checking id cars and things like that. they have a billion contractors in there, we're getting paid three or four times more money than they were. when i was at one of the other bases my wife has glasses that she took for bookkeeping, human-resources

c-span. i want to go back to 1989 when ms. thatcher was speaking during the prime minister q and a, talking about the role of government versus business when it comes to training workers. [video clip] >> i was talking about training. i would like to get on. a little more of my own speech -- i was talking about training triedw the unions have to frustrate the training schemes but in spite of that they have not succeeded. employers are investing heavily in training british workforce to the tune of 18 billion pounds a year. that is on top of the 31 billion pounds invested last year in plants and machinery. that is why we are developing a network of training and enterprise councils throughout the country with business in the lead. that cant is business work with the universities and training and not the arrogance of socialist politicians who think they can run everything. guest: it is vintage margaret thatcher, from the extraordinary blue shoulder pads -- that sense of a woman alone surrounded by men as far as the eye can see, gra

to see more winning videos, go to studentcam.org. >> on c-span today, "washington journal" is next, liveith your phone calls, then live coverage of the house. in about a half-hour, ed o'keefe will discuss gun legislation in congress. then ken burns discusses his new pbs program about a group of harlem teenagers, one convicted of raping a jogger in 1989.

. >> to see more winning videos go to studentcam.org. >> on c-span this morning, the top military officials will testify at the senate armed services committee. topics will include the korean peninsula and defense budget cuts. we will join the hearing in progress live at 10:00 eastern. in just over an hour, rob portman. the discussion will include the political budget and the decision to support a same-6 marriage. president obama's pick to be senate energy committee will testify. that starts at 10:00 eastern. , we will in a moment be live at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis, md., looking at the history of the academy. we will be joined by a naval academy attended andrew miller. -- michael miller. then joined by andrew phillips. after that, unable academy graduate, john mccain.

. >> a lot of people go to watch it on c span and come to the after parties.ree, i think book burning was a little jarring. that's not where we are. one of the things the president does is he doesn't really go after people in the room. the only time i saw him go after people in the room when he did donald trump and donald trump was really uncomfortable. >> he was frozen. >> he was frozen. one of the best ones, you know, he's aloof and people don't like him, a little joke and then he said and they want me to go have a drink with mitch mcconnell. you go have a drink with mitch mcconnell. i thought that was the line of the night. >> you think so too? everybody has this feel for mitch, it wouldn't be much of a drink in terms of it wouldn't be much of a moment. the president also talked about republicans' minority outreach efforts. this was my favorite. but he says they still haven't got it right. let's watch. >> i know republicans are still sorting out what happened in 2012. but one thing they all agree on is they need to do a better job of reaching out to minorit

you can go to our c-span video library to check up that segment. our guest was the cold clovers.vers.was nicole an have more luke rosiak, investigative reporter for "washington times." caller: can you hear me? i have a follow-on, like the speaker pointed out the and it is like to point out that it seems as though we are faulting the contractor where really it is the fault of both not having enough oversight. also the contract itself may be doing something that is not appropriate. host: we will go to paul from dental virginia on our independent line. how're you doing? i have been in the military from 1972 to 1975 -- to 1995. we had our active-duty military to jobs in personnel departments like checking id cars and things like that. contractorsbillion in there, we're getting paid three or four times more money than they were. when i was at one of the other bases my wife has glasses that she took for bookkeeping, human- resources, and things like that. i want to get your thoughts and the last 20 seconds. guest: there is a lot on what the federal government is making. at the lower le

the future will be accurate, but you need to go to the c-span and tell the future to the world. so, of course, you take the bat, you look at the crystal balker next thing you know you're sitting in a studio with a lovely host, and this is what you say before the end of the 2011, mubarak of egypt and ben ali of tunisia would be down and prosecuted. sal lay of yemen would be out of power, assad would be seriously challenged, osama bin laden would be dead together with gadhafi. and number one on the hague criminal list will be hecht. so 2011 was really the worst year for bad guys ever. and before jumping into the year of big hangover which is 2012, we need to look at this as a year where the people power or the nonviolent struggle really stepped out from the closet and become a kind of the mainstream knowledge. before that most of the people from academia were looking at it. you can see harvard professor, columbia professor looking how these protests worked. and then, of course, a bunch of activists were living this life, and they were looking at thing, and they knew a little about

the future will be accurate but you need go to the c-span and tell the future to the world. so of course you take the bet, you look at the crystal ball, next thing you know you are sitting in a studio with a lovely host. this is what you say before the end of the 2011, mubarak of egypt and tunisia would be down and prosecuted. yemen would be out of the power, assad would be seriously challenged, bin laden would be dead together with gadhafi and number one -- criminal list will be hacked. so 2011, was really the worst year for bad guys ever. and before jumping in to the year of big has been hang over which was 2012, we need to look at this as a year where the people power or nonviolence struggle steps out and becomes a mainstream knowledge. before that most of the people were looking at it -- the harvard professor and colombia professor looking how the process works and a bunch of activists were living the life and looking tat and knew about it. for the first time, the common people were interested in this as as well as the mainstream media. what is the thing we call people p

c-span. and for more information go to c-span.org, click on c-span series for prime minister's questions complies with international news media and legislatures around the world. you can also watch recent video, clean programs did with other international issues. >> oh, my ticker to secretary janet napolitano testified yesterday about the relationship between homeland security and immigration policy. she was also asked about the boston bombers and the saudi student originally questioned. >> several media outlets have reported that two individuals responsible for the tragic bombings were immigrants from chechnya. before the brothers came, before the brothers became the focus of the investigation, authorities questioned a saudi student who reportedly was on a terrorist watch list. i sent a letter to you this morning asking for answers to questions about the bombers and how they interacted with your agency. i trust that you would probably respond, given the impact that this could have on the immigration debate. with regard to the saudi student, was he on a watchlist? and if so, how did he obtain stu

c- span radio at 90.1 fm in the washington dc area. you can listen nationwide on xm satellite radio. or download our iphone app and listen on your smart phone, or go online to-span radio.org -- cspanradio.org. >> i really learned this week how humanizing politics is. it is about people that really interact. we learned we can do this, we are all capable of being leaders of our country. it is about working together and finding common ground. >> before this program, i was not optimistic about the future. all the media shows is the negative aspects about the future. i think this program really made us all more optimistic about the future and more positive but where our country is going. negative opinion from the news media whether it is fox or msnbc. the fact of the matter is that is workingr together everyday. our senators are able to eat lunch together. it happens every day. >> i feel president obama summed it up perfectly yesterday. he said that our country has struggling throughout our history, but we as people have always gotten through it. i am not saying i'm not worried about the future, but i see 103 mines in this room who want to make a difference for

going to be able to have that expertise going out into the field? host: jim, cleveland, ohio, democratic caller. caller: how are you? good morning, thanks for c-spanrs. weise -- is that how you pronounce her name? guest: yes. caller: she suggests that because of sequestration everyone is going to get sick. i don't buy into that. we should privatize the fda, ated, andmarket-oriente get rid of it all and privatize the inspection process. give stiff fines and prison terms to people who process bad food. host: all right. elizabeth weeks -- elizabeth weise. guest: to a certain extent, the food safety modernization act does what you are suggesting. when the fda wrote it, they were clear that there was no way they could have enough inspectors go out and inspect all the food plants they wanted to. choose the, fda, high risk foods that americans eat. you have five years. every year we want you to inspect 20% of them. at the end of five years, an inspector has been in every one of those plants that make high risk foods in the country. and then we will be able to say, ok, this is our baseline and we know where we are going forward. after those five years, th

to what they are saying. host: go for it. caller: i'm on social security and i take exception to c-span on this because you hear people talking about social security and maybe we should means test it. it is means tested. up to 85% of my social security is being taxed at my marginal rate. number two, on the healthcare issue, letting the mutual insurance companies go public it was biggest mistake that anybody ever made because the whole idea is not helping the people that are insured but making profits for the insurance company. host: gene in new york. "new york times" editorial this morning zillions present and future there are senseable ways to reform it but it is not driving the deficit. guest: that is an editorial who was written by a good friend who has been working than for years. i haven't read it yet. let's bring peter into this part of the conversation because this is one of his special tiss. you hear it's not going belly up until 2026 so

where going to continue to watch this and monitor the tweets that are coming in. , i love listening to the c-span anchors say the names of pop stars and mess them up. i think we have a great track record tonight. tonight we're hitting about 100%. let's go back to the room and watch the guests filter in. ♪ [indistinct conversations] [indistinct conversations] ♪ >> live coverage of the 2013 white house correspondents dinner. eric cantor, republican of virginia, was just on screen. you saw the security man standing in front. even the security is wearing texas this evening. -- tuxes this evening. you have to be a media allowed ton to be buy tickets to the white house correspondents dinner, but you can invite guests. politicians can only be invited via a media organization. the wall street journal has invited house gop majority leader eric cantor. some of their guests. if you want to send a tweet. .nerd prom you can follow along. , looks like the ladies attending have done their own hair and makeup. nice to see. the president will be entering the room in about nine minutes or so. we will continue our

going to be out there. on behalf of everybody here and all those who are going to be listening to your lecture on c-span, aery, very big thanks to you, and as a small gesture of appreciation from the women's national democratic club, thank you for coming. [applause] >> at the action conference in washington, d.c., return to order, from an organic christian society, how we've. , how we got here, and where we need to go. tell me about your book. >> well, my book talks about the lack of restraint in mod earn economy, and how it is frean -- frenzied and out of control. we have to talk about family, community, and faith that keep it in balance. that's what it's about. look at the present economic crisis, propose real solutions on timeless principles. >> how do those social parameters affect the economy? >> it definitely does affect the economy. what we lost in the economy, and what i say in the book is that we lost that human element that creates the bonds of trust and confidence that makes free markets possible, what they call social capital, those trusts that make and create atmosphere for prosperity to happe

if you missed any of the remarks you can see them in the c-span video library. go to c-span.org to be going now to ken burns at the national press club this afternoon discussing his latest film about five teams in new york who were wrongly convicted of rape. and they would shake their head and say no, no, up near the lot. they did not know what was going on. they were petrified to the and they began to piece together confessions. at that point, the district assistant district attorney turn on a video machine and with the detectives that had done this good, bad cop interrogation standing with their arms folded behind them, they began to record their confessions, coerced confessions. within each of these confessions are glaring contradictions. between these confessions, there are glaring contradictions, none of which attracted the attention of the seasoned professionals new york's finest as they are called who are responsible for finding the criminals in our society. and who in this case failed to entertain an alternative narrative that may have saved the lives of these

if that person wants to find out what is going on, there's never been a better opportunity in our history to really understand what is going on in the c-spanrough my newspaper, the boston globe, through other media. there an enormous amount of media out there. want to get if you unfiltered information, there has never been a more availability to do that then today. 1989 and 1990 is when we started@c-span here as well. you have covered congress for a long time. you have written a book about thomas jefferson. for those interested, flight for monticello is the book. this piece off of you -- the usa today -- host: it goes through the past speakers. none of these three bills garnered a majority. guest: i am not sure what they're talking not exactly, but john m boehner is trying to find -- walk a very fine line. some are saying he would be more willing to compromise to get certain things done. you could talk to some republicans and they are critical of him. they are not joining with him. there is a more modern segment that will join on certain issues with democrats. at the end of the day, they are trying to get certain things done. there has alw

virtually every situation they're going to encounter going forward in the region, they will find themselves to be allies. >> see the rest of this conversation in the c-spaneo library. we're going now live as the society of business editors and writers as a vote -- is holding their conference in washington. up next, ceo, the chairman of a a well and the former reagan budget director, david stockman. live coverage here on c-span. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> welcome. thank you for being here today. when we name this panel month because -- months ago, we called the new austerity, thinking the nation would be in the midst of major discussions about austerity and probably a lot further along than we now see that we are. we knew we had a debt problem. the nation knows we have a debt problem. the question is, what do we do with that and who feels the pain? we seem to be caught there in who feels the pain. the public is adamantly have to do something with that debt. i don't know about you, but i write about the economy and the market that i get the mails from people constantly

first this is a conversation but as we go forward on going to ask you guys to get a little feedback. we're doing this for c-span television, so we may have to have some people get you a mic if you want to talk. so if we can get ready -- who is going to be doing that? that's you. as the presentation goes on and ask a few questions you're there, and if you want to pipe in just take your hand up and beth will come up with a mic and we'll get to comment. but we want this to be a conversation. second, one of the things i think is both a good thing and that thing about demonizing racism in america is that we tend to think now prejudiced stereotyping as these other ideas that are over there on the fringe that only certain people will indulge, right? but in a weird way that's like outsourcing racism. that's like saying only certain people really awful people are probably wear white sheets, you know, in their off hours and that they're the only people who can fall prey to stereotypes, and that's just not true. falling prey to stereotypes doesn't make you a racist. it doesn't make you a bad person. white magic is human.

see all of our coverage of the american business editors and writers conference in the c-span video library. go to c-span.org. live now to the senate floor lawmakers today will begin with the general speeches. at 11:30 a.m. they will consider a judicial nomination with a vote on that set for noon eastern. the senate will recess for their weekly party lunches from 12:30-2:15 eastern. and when they returned they could take up gun control legislation. now live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. lord of all, thank you for being america's strong defense across the seasons of its existence. thank you also for your forgiving grace that restores us in spite of our mistakes and failures. today, give our senators a renewed sense of your purpose so that they will stay within the circle of your will. may they discharge their duties with the joyful focus of living worthy of your great name. lord, help them to trust you to care for our nation, to look to y

go to you, steven crowder. what are you looking for tonight? >> firstly i'm hoping to see c-span fix the shoddy camera work. secondly, i would much rather be watching shale win the ufc championship tonight. instead i have to watch blow hards and direct lack yos and we will make the best of it and let's see how it goes. >> judge jeanine: we are eternally grateful that you made it here tonight. >> i'm so glad to be here with you. >> judge jeanine: and will durst, what are you looking forward to tonight? >> i want to hear some good jokes and see if the president can do it. i know conan can do it. this is his second time. leno has done it four times so he is trying to bet leno again. i'm just looking for some jokes. >> judge jeanine: and what do you think the biggest joke is going to be tonight? i mean years of obama car and what are they going to joke about? >> the sequester. with everything going on the planes and white house tours and everything. i think it will be sequester all the way. >> judge jeanine: and brian? >> obviously probably going to be the congress that can't seem to get anything done. universa

i thought we were going to get extreme makeover uncut gop and instead this seems like c-span reruns ofalph reid's greatest hits. >> absolutely right. to put it into historical concept, they're looking for next ronald reagan or charleton heston but they're stuck with bedtime for bonzo. the reality is this, the republic chance in two measures are out of step. first of all, the polling that indicates 53% of american people are behind gay marriage, that a man and a man or a woman and a woman should be able to marry each other and love each other in a court with their own divinely appointed principles of charity toward each other. on the other hand, even if the polls were horribly against it, it's a moral position. during the civil rights movement, i'm sure many americans weren't in support for civil rights for african-american people, but the nation eventually caught up. so it was the moral principle that was critical here. so both in terms of the po polling -- >> professor dyson, many people including mr. perkins would say that they are upholding a moral principle in their commitment to h

you can go to our species and the video library -- are c-span video library. they should be having a vote on it. let me turn to immigration. katharine justices joining us on the phone. he is the campaign staff writer with "the helm" newspaper. that is talk about the release of the gang of eight in the -- expected to release their proposal on the immigration legislation today. what is the plan after what happened in boston yesterday? now andthe bill is out the big question is what the going to have the press conference? probably not going to happen today. they have a big group of folks from the left to the right, some of the major -- major hitters on both sides of the issue. folks are supposed to be in one room today. they are looking at rescheduling it. it is not one that happened today. the plan is tow look at this and have hearings on friday and monday. think everybody is stammering a bit in congress and in washington in general as well -- as far as with the tightest and to be. -- what the tide is going to be. what be interesting to see happens going forward.

i think it is going to be a for river watersheds throughout the world. >> for more of a mission on book tv -- c-span recent visit to mesa, arizona and the many other cities, go to c-span.org / local content. >> up next, author and journalist amy goodman, host and executive producer of international radio program democracy now talks about war, politics, and grass-roots activism. the new york times best selling author has written or co-written five books, including the exception to the rulers, standing up to the madness, and that's what c-span release, the silent majority. >> host: amy goodman, in your first book, the exception to your rulers you right, and you are quoting the "washington post," that amy goodman is the journalist as an invited guest. why the like that? >> guest: we are not supposed to be a party to any party. we are journalists. we -- there is a reason why -- reaped -- reason why our profession is the only one explicitly protected by the constitution. reassembles to be its second balance on power. >> host: in that book also, that is the role of the media in a democratic society. provi

you can see the rest of in the c-span video library. go to c-span.org. the u.s. senate is gaveling in in just a moment beginning with an hour of morning business. then at 10:30 senators will recess for a meeting with federal officials investigating the boston marathon bombings. when they return there will be more work on the online sales tax bill. and no live coverage of the u.si senate here on c-span2 today's opening prayer will be offered by reverend john edgerton from the old south church this boston, massachusetts, who will lead the senate in prayer. the guest chaplain cloven along of the heartbrowning of borrowsston, let us pavement o god, remember this assembly, which you acquired long ago. have regard for your covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of the haunts of violence. your foes have roared, they have roared within your holy place; they set up their emblems there. they said to themselves, "we will utterly subdue them". but it is god who executes justice, putting down one and lifting up another. for in the hand of the lord there is a cup w

go, you can be the first to read them. you can't hurt me. ladies and gentlemen let's get going. this doesn't leave the room. i say this with absolute confidence, because we're on c-spanlove c-span. the entire channel bought with a backup camera on a ford explorer. congratulations to c-span for winning the bid to broadcast this event. they beat out qvc 2, and the hilton hotel how to checkout channel. that's right, the hilton. it's great to be here at the hilton. is it just me or is it time to start using priceline to book this event? i really love the motto -- sorry, the rad i son was booked. i was worried because of the sequester we would have to hold it as a less prestigious event than the hilton. i do want to thank the hilton r accoodating us. they were kind enough to reschedule a cash for gold semin seminar. by the way, for those of you here for the cash for gold seminar, that's been moved to salon b on the mess anine. if joe biden asking, there are no extra tickets for that, either. quick announcement before we get going, if any of you are live tweeting, please use the hashtag incapable of living in the moment. yeah. 6 yes. yes. yes. also, to any u.s. senators he

go to facebook.com/c-span. >> actually, it's really significant that this mound has been preserved through all these years. at one point there were probably about 30-40 of these mounds around the salt river valley. and only a couple of them have survived. most of the mounds were much smaller, about a third to a quarter of the size of mesa grande and its sister mound which survives also, pueblo grande. so a lot of those were destroyed. and these two grave mounds did survive. and it offers us an opportunity to study the hokam, learn about their lifestyle and hopefully learn something about how complex their social and political organization was. i've always thought with archaeology one of the great things that we have about archaeology is that when we look into the past and see what people did like the hokam building these canal systems here, i think it gives you hope for the future. because if they could do this in the desert with digging sticks, what is it we can't do? >> this weekend booktv and american history tv tour the history and literary life of mesa, arizona, including a look at th

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

go to kevin now from our democratic line. good morning. >> good morning. thank for you c-span and want to thank your callers that call in and seem to me like they're all very intelligent and highly n-. it seems to me like the system of government we have here, this republic, is not working very well. you know, what is this, the senate, the house and president that basically makes the rules for us. i think if everything was put to a vote and the american people were allowed to vote on how they wanted things done, it would be completely different. i mean, all republics basically throughout history have failed. and i think it's easy to see why. and i thank you very much for taking my call. him host: talking about basically the idea of a referendum or balance measures. host: i covered politics before coming out here and you have their own problems with voters split different ways and make different rules and the same group that spends money on campaigns spend money on ballot majors and flood the airwaves with television ads and if you were in maryland, quite a bit of advertisement

you can see the remainder of it in the c-span video library, c-span.org. going live to the u.s. senate continues work on legislation to reduce gun violence today. senators gaveling in this one for general speeches for debate on amendments to the firearms bill. and now to live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, retired admiral dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal lord god, the explosions at the boston marathon remind us that we live in a dangerous world and that human life, regardless of the level of physical excellence, is fragile. the knowledge that you, o god, can bring order from chaos, inspires us to number our days so that we may have hearts of wisdom. use our lawmakers as instruments of your providence. may they labor with such faithfulness and integrity that you will surround them and our nation with the shield of your favor. remind them that it's better to fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than to succeed in a cause that wil

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to do that. [captions copyright nationalcable satellite corp. 2013][applause] if you are a member of the press, let another person -- the press should not ask questions on c-span. you are going to get an interview, so you will get -- that is not fair to the audience. go ahead. -- thent to talk about question is this. >> you said you wanted to talk. >> we have seen knock come and and we have martin seen a larger and mohammed dialogue. why can't your organization get with the muslim movement because it is a universal thing? why can't we all sit down and come to some understanding where we can fight this battle together? >> the answer to that is that we .ave and will continue to when we did the million man march we get it together. wait a minute. >> you asked a question. we are all sitting down with each other and do what is strategically necessary together. there is no division between any of us. thenat is your question, you need to join either them or us. thank you. 1:30 is the telecommunication opportunity workshop back at the convention site and then the youth panel. tonight is the fashion show. you for hosting this historic gathering. nowhere have i seen in generations of

to go back and invest in broad band networks. >> monday night on the communicators at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. >> the confirmation hearing for the energy secretary, ernest moniz, will be next week. president obama no nominated >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> this is a serious group. everybody have a seat. have a seat. good morning, everybody. this afternoon i will hold my first cabinet meeting of my second terment. -- term. 24r will be some new faces and some family faces in new jobs. today i am announcing my plan to nominate three successful individuals. i could not be more grateful to steve for the incredible contribution that he's made. now that he's decided to leave washington for sunny california, i am proud to nominate another brilliant scientist to take his place, mr. ernie moniz. there is ernie right there. [applause] >> the good news is, ernie already knows his way around the department of energy. he is a physicist by tranges, but he also served under under secretary of energy by president clinton. since then he's directed m.i.t.'s energy initiative that brings together prominent thinkers

go to studentcam.org to see more videos. >> margaret hamburg to testify as part of the fourth line $5 billion budget. live coverage is on c-spanm. eastern. also at 10:30 on c-span 3, a joint hearing of two foreign affairs house subcommittees that will focus on chechnya and the north caucasus. witnesses may discuss the cooperation between the u.s. and russia in combating terrorism in the region. in a few moments, today's headlines, your calls and tweets live on "washington journal [captioning performed by national captioning institute] ." the u.s. house of representatives will be in at 10:00 a.m. to consider the >> in about 45 minutes we'll look at homeland security policy with representative jason chaffetz. t 8:30 eastern judiciary committee member bobby a virginia democrat will take your questions on how the f.b.i. has handled the investigation of the boston marathon bombings. "washington journal" is next. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] host: good morning. n and nbc both reporting related to house activities today, at 0:30 a joint hearing on che

c-span and c-span three, also on c-span radio and c-span.org. anna edney is the bloomberg news fda reporter and is here to talk to us about compounding pharmacies. she's going to be talking to us about the congressional investigation into compound pharmacies, including the role of the fda in policing these pharmacies. .elcome to the program trad what is a compounding pharmacy? where at is a pharmacy patient need something special. perhaps a preservative, a color -- a patient may need a different mix than is usually given. a manufacturer is not going to make special medications for people. these pharmacists make the drugs for them. typically it is both to be in response to specific prescriptions, a doctor's order. what has been found lately is sometimes they have been doing it en masse, again maybe without the preservatives. host: why is this story in the headlines? guest: there was an outbreak last fall of meningitis that stemmed from the new england compounding pharmacy in massachusetts that was making steroid shots that people get for back pain, typically. they were found to have something in it that was -- fungus in it that was causing meningitis. there

centrale ya, washington, you're on. >> caller: what a pleasure to speak with amy goodman, and c-span. >> guest: hello. >> caller: question goingback to your exception of the -- the book i bought some time ago and read self times. i notice the name paul wolfowitz pops up in j. paul bremer, his assistant. what was there capacity there in indonesia? send comment. condoleezza rice on the board of chev ron says what wonderful job chevron is doing for nyeee -- nigeria. your comments, please. >> guest: all of these people are central figures to the occupation of iraq. and it's very important that we reflect back now as this country moves on, d well there are two different issues. one of is, should those who held high office be held accountable? should they be tried? and this is, as we cover movements, this is one of the movements that hat developed over the years. if people are not held accountable for their actions that history will repeat itself. now president obama has taken a very strong stand on this and says we should look forward, we shouldn't look back. but there are many who feel the only way to move forward is to hold those

c-span video library. that's c-span.org and just go to the video library section. on our republican line, rich, good morning. caller: good morning. i think we should stay out of there also but i also feel as though we're as responsible for all that's going on in the middle east. especially with the gas. i'm not mistaken, we gave hussein and -- gave them gas when they were fighting -- i'm having a brain block right here. iran. i do believe it's a game going on between us and/or was a game going between us and russia. i think it's still going on. nd as far as not finding weapons -- the gas weapons in iraq, that's not to say they weren't there. and that wasn't the only reason we went there. people remember we had a no fly zone there that they continuously broke and had our planes trying to enforce it and if i'm also not mistaken they use do soed gas on the kurds up in the north. you never hear that. you always hear that they didn't find the gas weapons. who is to say they didn't use them or some of those weapons that are now in syria weren't from sflk because there wa

we welcome our audience on c- span radio, heard coast-to-coast on xm radio. what is on your mind this morning? tyrone? gohead. caller to a good morning. host: good morning. caller: republicans are coming back to work and did not do anything to help this president. it should not be this way. we are all god's people. host: is it racism or partisan politics? ander: is partisan politics racism. host: jack, what is on your mind? caller: i wanted to comment on the gun ban. i believe the constitution is the most important thing in this country at this point in time. i am very sorry about the people that were killed. but i still believe that we need to keep the constitution in -- constitution intact. the call.k you for the front page this morning of "the washington post," baucus looking for bipartisan tax reform. laurie montgomery points out -- host: again, the story this morning looking at tax legislation that will be coming up in the months ahead. james is joining us from carmel, indiana. republican line, good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. host: certainly. caller: we had a shooting in our neig

going to be coughing -- costing taxpayers money to go through this process and as many economists believe will raise the quality of life. host: the senate judiciary committee takes up the immigration bill this morning. c-span 1 will have that live. you'll also find that on our website. rebecca kaplan is a staff writer at in the national journal. it includes covering the campaign looking at the republican side of things. she worked on that and she also has covered the white house, as part of national journal's team and now she's looking at congress. one of the aspects of congress you're looking at is the house. here's a recent headline of her story. forget working groups, t house juciar is moving immigration ontswn what's happening in the house? >> the chairman is actually an immigration wy by training and that is something he did for a long time before coming to congress. and what we see in the house right is no somewhat similar to what's happening in the senate. last bipartisan group of eight lawmakers and for republicans and democrats and they're working on their own plan and parts of that group, the membership wasn't firmed up until this year but some of those numbers have been working for like four yea

c-span. i want to go back to 1989 when ,s.hatcher was speaking doing the prime minister q&a and talking about the role of government versus business when it comes to training workers. here is what she had to say. [video clip] >> i was talking about training. had the trade unions opportunities. i would like to get on a little bit more of my own speech, then i will give way later. i was talking about training and havehe trade unions frustrated the trading scheme. employees are -- employers are investing heavily to the tune of 18 billion pounds a year. that is on top of the 31 billion pounds they invested last year and machinery. of course we must do better steer -- still if we're going to compete with germany and japan. that's why we argue with business in the lead. it is business that knows how to run business. does business that' training and not the arrogance of politicians who think that they can run everything. host: david rennie? guest: vintage margaret thatcher. that kind of sense of a woman alone surrounded by men as far

to free representation. sunday at 9:00 on "after words." >> next on c-span, we go live to the house floor. votes on a couple of bills they debated earlier. home rule act and the district columbia treasurer or one of the deputy chief financial officer of the district of columbia may perform the duties in an acting capacity if there is a vacancy in the office. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8, rule 20, proceedings will resume on questions previously postponed. votes will be taken in the following order, h.r. 1067 by the yeas and nays and h.r. 1068, yeas and nays. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. remaining votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1067 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: a bill to make revisions in title 36 united states code as necessary to keep the title current and make technical corrections and improvements. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules