gordon brown could work? -- to e-seat -- de-seat gordon brown could work? >> recent blows have brought considerable cracks within beat gordon brown regime. tonight, the structure still holds together. early this morning, gordon brown was at the mercy of his cabinet. they could have killed him off today. with one, too, or three big names. one by one, they held back from making that fatal blow. nonetheless, gordon brown is considerably weaker tonight with his senior colleagues, alistair darling, allen johnson, and peter mendelssohn. all now pretty much of stackable. >> i think each cabinet member made their own calculation of what the mood was among labor mp's in general. gordon brown will be toppled when there is a very clear majority around labor mp's. they did not want to have an early general election. james and david made different calculations about that. >> until last autumn, paul sinclair was one of gordon brown's aides. >> i do not think the prime minister have very many options. with those options, he took the right ones. it is not a terribly inspir

i think the key thing is that gordon brown survived it. last month, with of the resignation of james purnell, there will not be a single hospital resignation from the cabinet tomorrow. most people would have been surprised. ok, caroline foot, but she was not in the -- carolyn flint, but she was not in the cabinet. >> she says, with her arm on her back. >> yes. what is clear from this is that we are not going to get a coup from within the cabinet. on the other side of the coin, will there be some kind of coup from the back benches of? it seems clearer and clearer that there is a lack of coordination among the backbench rebels. they are less confident now that aaron johnson is an alternative waiting in the wings now that he has been promoted. if gordon brown goes, that means an earlier election and that will lose their seats. i think that borden is in a stronger position than he was last night. -- i think that gordon brown is in a stronger position now that he was last night. >> there are a few other problems for gordon brown. >> yes, the da

but he doesn't appear to want to take over from gordon brown. his job really, the ambition have you now mr. jansen? >> i am way past my ambition. some of my ambition was minister or something. so this is fabulous, and it's a real honor. >> the secretary john hutton also resigned but was often loyal in his departure spivak i believe very strongly that it is the responsibility of all labor to show unity and support for our leader and our prime minister at this time. and that is certainly what i will be doing when i go back to the backbenchers. >> the man credited with protecting gordon brown from the cabinet to is lord mandelson, the business secretary. he was awarded with a new title of the first to secretary of state. >> what the party needs to do now is unite behind the prime minister. he is by far the biggest figure in british politics, to lead the country in the face of a very difficult times, economically and politically, and i believe you will see the entire cabinet falling behind the prime minister, and nobody followed james' lead. >> the

protecting gordon brown from the cabinet to is lord mandelson, the business secretary. he was awarded with a new title of the first to secretary of state. >> what the party needs to do now is unite behind the prime minister. he is by far the biggest figure in british politics, to lead the country in the face of a very difficult times, economically and politically, and i believe you will see the entire cabinet falling behind the prime minister, and nobody followed james' lead. >> the prime ministers position was looking more secure as a journalist arrived for a press conference in. about 10 minutes in this happen. >> caroline flint just resigned yet last night she came out and gave you her full support. what does that say about the support for other ministers, are they going to resign now? >> she was and has been a very good minister. >> caroline flint is a very close friend of the former communities secretary who resigned wednesday. the pair shared the view that

"a smooth assassin," as one of gordon brown's cabinet members says we need to save labor as the focus continues on whether or not court and brown will step down. according to news reports this morning, he will -- whether or not gordon brown will step down. according to news reports this morning, he says, no, he will not step down. next caller, good morning. caller: well, i guess i will have to say that cheney was proved wrong again. evidently deficits do matter, and after, you know, eight years of the bush administration basically wrecking our economy, the minute a democrat gets elected, we are now told that these deficits and this debt are very, very important, and we have to immediately start taking action to get this reduced. i do agree long term that we need to take care of deficits, but i think first thing has been that we need to get our economy going again. that is important. when they do look at the deficits, they do not need to be cutting our social security benefits and our medicare and medicaid because that seems to be the drum beat going on now. we can take the money away

coming up, british prime minister, gordon brown, speaks of the fate of iraq. later a look at highlights of newly elected speaker of the house of commons and lords. tomorrow on "washington journal" a political roundtable of faiz shakir. >> "washington journal" is live at 7 a.m. eastern, here on c-span. >> how is c-span funded? >> publicly funded. >> donations maybe, i have no idea. >> government. >> c-span gets its funding through taxes. >> sort of a federal funding. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, american cable companies created it as a public service of the a private initiative. >> the prime minister has been caught red-handed. and if he believes in transparency and honesty and truth in public life. he would get up and say, i am sorry, i got it wrong, i gave the wrong figures, here the right ones. now do it. >> now from london, prime minister's questions from the british how the of commons. this week john birduron is speaking since been elected on monday. and later gordon brown answers questions on the iraq war and government spending plans. . rebuild

it has really hurt gordon brown.ost of this is what he said regarding yesterday, -- host: this is what he had to say regarding yesterday. "i would never return to those places or worry about it." he went on to say that under his leadership, labor could win the next election. guest: he has got to say that last statement. if he does not say that, they would be justified in getting a new leader. look, it is very hard to be at the tail end of a large dynasty. major after thatcher, brown after blair, the party is exhausted. everyone has gone native. there tends to be more corruption at the petty level because they have been in power for too long. it's hard to be a leader that shows vigor to the nation at that point. brown has played his hand remarkably badly, including that line about fighting on. obviously much less heroic in churchill. blundering around, the fact that his cabinet is quitting around him, that is very shocking. i cannot remember the last time this happened. guest: it is a very different kind of system, as

gordon brown was never elected. the party put him in after tony blair left. host: when tony blair was running for a final term with labor support, the two of them would appear in infomercials. people knew that he would take over. guest: of course. guest: for many years he had been weaving to come up stage. guest: they cannot wait to stand for election. he has been pushing and pushing. he also had some problems with expenses around the house. one of the braham expenses was firm in relief and pass control, which i thought was interesting in politics. host: our guests are with us for the full hour. you can give us a phone call or send us an e-mail journal@c- span.org, or use twitter, twitter.com/c-spanwj. both of our guests made the transition from campaigning to reporting periods jon- christopher bua, now a political analysts. tony blankley, working for ronald reagan, former editorial page editor, now working for "the washington times." st. louis, missouri. good morning. caller: hello. about the iran situation, i hope that what they're wanting to do, the people

, and canadian prime minister stephen harper. -- british prime minister gordon brown. >> president obama, your royal highness, prime minister rao, prime minister harbor, presidents are cozy, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. -- president sarkozy. it is our privilege to welcome all the illustrious visitors joining us today. we extend a special welcome to the d-day and world war ii veterans and family members in attendance to honor us all with their presence. [applause] today we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the d-day landings that took place in the early morning hours of june 6, 1944. today's ceremony will honor the soldiers, sailors, and air man who made the supreme sacrifice so that europe might be liberated. included among those so honored are the 3881 who lost their lives on the day at omaha beach, and the 9387 of our dead who are buried at this cemetery. [speaking french] >> ladies and gemlease tell your heads in prayer for the invocation delivered by a u.s. army chaplain colonel thomas mcgregor. [speaking french] >> our gracious loving father in hea

later, british prime minister gordon brown answered questions on a house inquiry into the iraq war. and on the government spending plans. >> patrick hall. >> question number one, mr. speaker. and may i welcome you to your first prime minister's questions. as speaker of the house. >> mr. speaker, i'm sure the whole house will wish to join me in sending our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the guard killed in afghanistan last week. he died serving our country and the people of afghanistan. his death reminds us how difficult it is for men serving in afghanistan at the moment. he and others who have lost their lives shall never be forgotten. i'm also sure the house will wish to end

is in session, prime minister gordon brown takes questions from the members of the house of commons. prior to question time, the house is wrapping up previous business. this is live coverage on c-span2. >> is my honorable friend aware of the alarming findings in today's newspaper in the low take-up of schemes to hurt homeowners in scotland are there ways of ensuring her constituents and my constituents can get the same benefits that other parts of the u.k. as well some >> i share my right honorable friends of them report in the herald where the agencies are helping across scotland said the conditions in the scheme were much more difficult for people who are in the most desperate need and facing repossession. i do not want to see homeowners in scotland facing less protection than that already enjoyed in england and that is why i hope the scottish department will act very quickly on the recommendations made by the repossessions working group and provide advice who is facing court proceedings. >> allen whitehead. >> question number one, mr. speaker. >> mr. speaker, before listing my eng

. >> up next, prime minister gordon brown. congressman eric can'tor and homeland security. after that, a reporter's round table on the political news of the week. tomorrow on washington journal, the chief congressional correspond ant previews this week's action. corey boles talks about the pass which offers consumers cash vouchers to buy more fuel ee fish yept cars. washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> how is c-span funded? >> i think you get a little bit from the federal government. >> grants and stuff like that. >> maybe from others? >> it might get some federal funding? >> 30 years ago. america's cable company created c-span as a private business.

british prime minister - gorham brown -- gordon brown spoke. >> order.one of the things of the speaker moving on is a signature. i can inform the house that in the past few weeks, i save several hundred bottles of -- dare the chancellor will be pleased to know that some bottles are fetching as much as 150 lbs. on ebay. i wanted to help the chancellor to stimulate the economy and was surprised i could do that in such a way. i give tribute to my staff. no speaker could ask for a better and more dedicated staff. thank you for giving me first class support. the expertise is plain to see. i also think the members of the chairman's panel for working nights and days. so i want to say thank-you to the one person -- it is planned for members to observe the police security officers, messengers, going about their duties. the speaker's chaplain, has given me in valuable spiritual help. the speaker's office, there is much that is on some. they go out of their way to help. they are held in the highest regard. the cpa do so much for us. i must make mention to those men

there you see prime minister gordon brown on the left side of the screen and on the right side the french president. we want to thank john mcmannis for being our guest. we are going live to normandy as we await the speech by the president. ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> president obama, your royal high ness, prime minister brown, prime minister harper, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. it's our privilege to welcome all the visitors joining us today. we extend a special welcome to the d-day and world war ii veterans and their family members in attendance who honor us all with their presence. [applause] today, we commemorate the 65th anniversary of the d-day landings that took place in the early morning hours of 6 june, 1944. today's ceremony will honor the soldiers, sailors, and airmen who made the supreme sacrifice so that europe might be liberated. included among those so honored are the 3,881 who lost their lives on d-day at omaha beach and the 9,387 of our dead who are buried at this cemetary. [speaking in french] >> ladies and gentlemen, please bow your heads in praye

we will talk about gordon brown and the labor party as well. st. louis, good morning.aller: this is the $500 million that was allocated to destabilize the iranian government, it was given to the cia. how can you " oliver north? i do not hear him saying anything about tearing walls in gaza. why have we not seen any pictures of the white fox being dropped by the israelis. all we can all i have been hearing is this crap about iran. we have done everything that we need to to destabilize their government. we do not even have free and fair elections in this country. you americans have lost your mind. i am ashamed of this country. goodbye. host: kathryn, little rock. good morning. caller: we had elections stolen from us twice by bush. they did not protest because they were benefiting. the people of iran, more power to them. host: alice, from georgia. good morning. caller: thank you for c-span. there is one thing that people are forgetting. iranians are using their own tactics, throwing rocks and burning things. they should remember how we blacks had to fight for our freedom b

[applause] up next, "q&a" with douglas brinkley and then prime minister gordon brown and following thatthe hispanic prayer break fast.

copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> this week, on "prime minister's questions," gordon brown talks about a proposed parliamentary changes. liberal democrats to criticize the will of government in the financial crisis. this is the last action for speaker michael martin. tonight, 9:00 eastern, on c- span. >> how is it sees man funded? >> through donations? >> from the federal government? >> grants? >> sponsors? >> they might get government funding. >> viewers? >> 30 years ago, america's cable company created c-span as a public service. a private business initiatives. no government let -- no government mandates, no government money. >> eric holder, testifying before the senate judiciary committee on a number of issues. this oversight hearing is just over three hours. >> good morning. i was speaking with senator sessions just a couple of moments ago. like so many of us, he has to vote in another committee. once he arrives, we will yield to him, but as he said, he has no objection to us going ahead. i welcome the attorney general back to the committee. i enjoy welcoming him as att

applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the prime minister of grate britain, gordon -- great britain, gordon brown. >> 65 years ago, in the thin light of a gray dawn, more than a thousand small craft took to a rough sea on a day that will be forever a day of bravery. on that june morning, the young of our nations stepped out on to these beaches below and into history. and as long as freedom lives, their deeds will never die. and now, more than half a century on, it is an honor for me to speak, for the british people, alongside friends, president sarkozy, president obama, prime minister harper, and with his royal highness, the prince of weals, each of us representing our nations, we remember those who advanced great h grain of sand by grain of sand, utterly determined amid the bullets and the bloodshed that freedom would not be pushed back into the sea but would rise from these beaches below to liberate a continent and to save a generation. so this is sacred ground. this day marks the triumph of right over wrong, of truth over lies, the victory of human decency over hatred and the holocaust. for it

. >> this week on "prime minister's questions" prime minister gordon brown discusses reform in the british parliament in the wake of misuse of expense accounts of by some of its members. he also talks about housing, including mortgage loans and funding for new construction and the government's policies on job retention. that's "prime minister's questions" tonight at 9:00 eastern. >> now, the israeli prime minister, benjamin and not -- benjamin netanyahu called on palestinian leaders to restart peace negotiations without preconditions. he made this call during a major policy speech and said palestinians must recognize israel as a jewish state. this is 30 minutes. [applause] >> honored guests, citizens of the state of israel, peace has always been the desire of our nation. our prophets gave the world the vision of peace, we greet one another with wishes of peace and our prayers conclude with the word peace. we are gathered here this evening in an institution named for two pioneers of peace, menachem begin and anwar sadat. we share in their vision. 2 1/2 months ago, i took the oath of office

after that, "q&a" with governor mitch daniels from indiana, and after that, prime minister gordon brown. there is the federally mandated transition to digital television coming next week, and we will get a staff report on how the fcc has prepared people for the change with weta -- weta's manager and others. "the communicators" on c-span2. a meeting was held last week in washington, and they discussed the obama administration. now, a portion of their discussion on strategies for a political comeback. this is 45 minutes. , at the same time we see repeated momus with the nomination of judge sotomayor. think about this panel, and thinking about where will future attacks come from, what will we see from the right and how to fight it, we laid out some ideas as to what it will look like. the story about obama's responsibility for all these financial failings is a little scary. what is also clear is that the right right now has very little in the way of real solutions to everyday people problems that they can attach to their brand that they can't sell. in the absence of that, what they sell ver

. >> up next, prime minister gordon brown. after that a couple of forms and the future of conservative politics. and the minnesota, the oral argument between coleman and franken. tomorrow on "washington journal"

. >> prime minister gordon brown with the british house of commons is next. then a couple of forums looking at the future of conservative politics. after that, another chance to see "q&a" with indiana governor mitch daniels. >> tomorrow on "washington journal," michael crittenden discusses the obama administration's approach to

. >> this week, prime minister gordon brown discusses the fate of british hostages in iraq and an upcoming inquiry on the iraq war. he also answers questions on government spending and u.k. jobs. following that we will show you the ceremony to welcome the new speaker, the john burko the presided over his first question time. tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> and knelt federal reserve chairman ben bernanke discusses last year's bank of america merger with merrill lynch, a deal that included billions in taxpayer dollars and over $100 billion in government guarantees. this lets about three hours, 16 minutes. -- it lasts about three hours, 16 minutes. >> the meeting will come to order. order. today we are continuing our investigation of the bank of america acquisition with merrill lynch. this was a most unusual transaction. on september 15th, 2008 bank of america announced that it was purchasing merrill lynch, creating one of the nation's largest financial institutions. at the time, it was a merger negotiated between two private parties. design for the exclusive benefits of private shareholders

. >> this week on prime minister's questions, prime minister gordon brown discusseses the fate of british hostages in iraq. he also answers questions on government spending, the economy and u.k. jobs. following his speech, we watch their welcoming a new speaker. sunday nigh at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> how is c-span funneleded? >> publicly funneleded. >> donations maybe? i have no idea. >> government. >> c-span gets its funding through taxes. >> federal funding. >> sort of a public funding thing. >> i don't know. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a private initiative. no government mandate, no government money. >> and now washington national's ps, stan kasten at the national press club. he talked about developing the national less baseball team. his marks are just over an hour. >> for more information about the national press club, visit our website. on behalf of our 3,500 members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and guests in the audience today. >> if you hear applause from the guests. it may not necessarily be from the work

coming up, the british prime minister gordon brown and his proposal to reform british parliament. remarks from the israeli prime minister netanyahu on the palestinian state. newt gingrich at the 2009 annual congressional gop fund-raising dinner. that is later. tomorrow on "washington journal" a look at the fiscal policy with bruce stokes. and phil mattingly will also be speaking. secure flight is a new program that will be discussed after that. that is with a former tsa administrator. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> let me be clear mr. speaker about what we think of electoral reform. we want to keep the existing system. we support the link between

up next on prime minister's questions, british prime minister gordon brown on his proposal to reform british parliament. then remarks from benjamin netanyahu on establishing a palestinian state. later, former house speaker newt gingrich at the 2009 annual congressional gop fund-raising dinner. >> tomorrow on "washington journal," and look at the fiscal policy with bruce stokes. then a discussion on financial markets and institutions with bill mattingly. later, a look at the new program secured flight, which checks passengers names against the terrorist watch list. "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> let me be clear, mr. speaker, about what we think of electoral reform. we want to keep the existing system. we support the link between one mp and one constituency and we back our system because you can throw out we, tart, and is credited governments.

and then british prime minister gordon brown and after that benjamin netanyahu and his speech on a proposal for peace in the middle east. ♪ . . >> dr. larry arnn, president of hillsdale college. that we read the first three sentences of the with the pda site for your school. let's stop there. is that right? >> is an old college. it is 165 years old now. the reason is a bastion and fortress and citadel of conservatism is, is very stiff and stern about its old document. we stick by that. that is conservatism in a way, but what that document says, it repeats in different words some of the principals in the declaration of independence. that conservatism is tied to the liberalism of the american founders. >> what about this refusal of government funding? >> that is a modern phenomenon. the government funding of college, direct aid to college and the students is the late 1950's or early 1960's thing that has grown rapidly since then. it has sparked -- it was sparked in part by that sputnik soviet launch. that was the public statement about why they did it, to help us get to the moon. we did not t

and later on prime minister's questions, british prime minister gordon brown on his proposal to reform british parliament. >> tomorrow, a look at efforts to prevent polio around the world and lessons that can be applied toward developing other vaccines. the world health organization is the host of this event. you can see it live at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. former speaker of the house newt gingrich was among the featured speakers at the annual g.o.p. fundraising dinner held last monday here in washington. his remarks are just under an hour. >> thank you all very, very much. and i'm going to thank mcconnell and john baner for inviting me on behalf of the two committees. i want to thank john corner and pete s for having been such gracious hosts. i also want to thank governor pay lynn and todd for coming tonight and for being part of this -- governor palin. [cheers and applause] >> i came in with sarah and todd. we came to the bottom of the steps over here. john mccain was there very gracious,ly welcoming us. i have to tell you. despite every effort of the elite media to prop up joe

. >> this week on "prime minister's questions," gordon brown discusses northern island and proposed parliamentary changes. the government's role is criticized in the financial crisis and this is the last session for speaker michael martin who does -- to resign today in the wake of issues over mp expenses. that's at 9:00 eastern on c- span. >> on friday, hundreds of hispanic clergy and community leaders gathered for the annual hispanic breakfast. among the speakers was the house minority whip, eric cantor, gov. and. this is about 30 minutes. >> good morning. thank you for all the great work you do to strengthen our community and enriched the lives of so many in america. you don't merely represent this principle of hope in name or words, you live by it and live by example. the faith-based community in this country, throughout our land sheds light where all too often there is darkness. ever the proud virginian, i stand here and join you as heirs to the traditions set forth by the colonists who came ashore in jamestown and began its settlement in 16 07, through an unfailing commitment to face and con

every wednesday while parliament is in session prime minister gordon brown takes questions from the members of the house of commons. prior to question time, the house is wrapping u

. >> this week on the prime minister's questions, prime minister gordon brown discusses public spending and proposed parliamentary changes. nicolet criticizes the regulatory role in the financial crisis. this is the last session for speaker michael martin, who resigned today, june 21 come in the wake of issues. that is tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span. now, and reporters roundtable on the news of the week from "washington journal." this is just over 35 minutes. communicators." >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome jon- christopher bua, white house correspondent for british television. tony blankley is here for the summer. [laughter] what is next for iran? guest: this is a moment where the years of history are changing. where it will go into high gear, or out -- not to get lost in a metaphor, but i do not think that the iranian relationship to the people will be the same, even if the regime old son. -- holds on. this is potentially a transition moment for the iranian people. host: you posted on your blog, the world is watching. guest: these protests have gone from

"brown's great escape," referring to gordon brown. our next call is from alan, joining us from bakersfield, california. good morning. we will go to don. go ahead, don, in lancaster pennsylvania. caller: how are you? host: fine, thank you. good morning. caller: i am not satisfied with my health care at all. like dick durbin said at the meeting with the senate and house, they are owned by the banks. in this case they are owned by the pharma and ama, and the insurers. so we need single-payer. it is simple as that. we ought to join the rest of the civilized world, and what the last fellow said about we have the best health care system in the world, it is just fox news propaganda, republican propaganda. it is not even close to accurate. "the wall street journal," with their talking about sending people to the united states for procedures, well, those people are covered. you know, when we go somewhere else, it is all out of pocket host: let me be clear, it was an editorial by david gratzer. he pointed out that in the united kingdom where so

director of the fiscal studies said last week, judging his performance on prime minister questions, gordon brown needs some help to figure out his own chancellor budget. let me take his minister. she said this as the budget made clear the only way to clear a huge debt overhuge in the medium term will be to cut pounds for spending. why does he find it difficult to give a straight answer and be straight with the british people? >> mr. speaker, i'm giving the house the figure. he has given not one figure to back up his proposition. the only figure -- the only figure we have had is the admission by the shadow health secretary that he would cut public expenditure in vital departments by 10% and what we will not be doing is cutting expenditure by 10%. let me tell you what the real terms rise in current expenditure is. and at some point maybe the leader of the opposition will listen action 60 theto 629, to 633 to 638 to 642. these are rises in expenditure after inflation has been taken into account. once again, he's trying to hide the fact that he has got 10% cuts. he is the party of cuts. we are the p

later, prime minister gordon brown on the resignations of cabinet members.

and then another chance to see prime minister gordon brown. iran's former crown prince, an advocate for civil disobedience, discusses the political systems in iran. live coverage begins tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> the fcc should be a model for transparency, openness, and fairness. >> monday on the communicators, a discussion on president obama's choice to lead the federal communications commission. and dow jones news wires. what the fcc would look like under a new chairman monday night at 8:00 eastern. on friday, hundreds of hispanic clergy and community leaders gathered for the annual prayer breakfast. among the speakers, house minority whip eric canter, and homeland security security janet nap ol tano. this is about 30 minutes. >> good morning. thank you for all the great work you do to >> good morning. thank you for all you to to enrich the lives of so many in america. hope, you don't merely represent this principle in name or in words. you live by it and live by example. the faith-based community in this country throughout our land

questions, gordon brown discusses public spending, northern ireland, and proposed changes. nick play criticizes the government's regulatory role in the financial crisis. this is the last session for speaker michael martin, who resigned today in the wake of mp expenses. that is tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. . >> it has not been scored because the legislative language is not complete. let me give you an example. i am quite sure, there will be a subsidy for small business. that could run billions of dollars. i doubt if the bill itself will go over a billion dollars a year. $100 billion a year. >> you have a generous subsidy program for [inaudible] >> we have a range. this is a plan that defines how we are going to get affordable, quality medical care to every american. the numbers i can tell you we have had is an outline, and there is a lot of change, it provides a 95% of americans coverage, up to 97%, which is what i am hoping for. i am not being coy, is just that all these things interact. until we agree on the final legislative language, we cannot get a final pric

. >> this week on "prim minister's" questions, gordon brown discusses an upcoming house inquiry on the war. he also discusses the economy and u.k. jobs. following that, we'll show you the ceremony to welcome their new speaker. "prime minister's questions" tonight at 9:00 eastern here on c-span. >> americans for tax reform. they discussed what they see as the disadvantages to president obama's health care plan. this lasts about an hour and a half. >> i want to welcome you today to a discussion of how to improve health care in the united states without raising taxes, without reducing people's choices, and leaving people free to make their own decisions and work directly with their doctors. we have a congressman and innovative legislation to this effect. and then a panel of experts who have worked on this issue for years. as you know, a major american corporation is making a rather sizable contribution to the obama campaign for government control of health care by giving them free air time over at abc. we thought that that's an infomercial being corporately financed that we would offer to

. >> this week, prime minister gordon brown discusses his proposal for reform of the british parliament in the wake of misuse of expense accounts by some numbers. the prime minister talks about housing, including mortgage loans and funding for new construction and the government's policy on job retention. that's "prime minister's questions" tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> how is c-span funded? >> i have no clue. >> maybe government grants. >> donations. >> advertising for products. >> public money, i'm sure. >> my taxes. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiative, no government mandate, no government money. >> now, the president of chrysler and the ceo of general motors. friday on capitol hill, they took questions on plans to close thousands of dealerships as part of a government-mandated restructuring process. we begin with questions from the subcommittee chair. dealerships that have been chosen to go forward, in other words, not be closed, are being told that they should resign from positions

with tony blair there were other people because gordon brown, other people who might have been leaders at the time, but there is a special intensity and purpose. >> host: you know, i think there is also this, which is that is and learn level, that is god-given. this is another thing i think is lower level but not to the extent that they do as well as god-given and that's communicate. you might give them the words but they make the delivery. we just saw tony james and some where we saw prime minister blair, and i said at this event help people at the bush 43 white house, whenever a prime minister is going to speak we would all shut down and watch him. he was so many flaws and eloquent, and he was so found the right words, the right sentences, the write paragraphs and he could do it spontaneously not just of a teleprompter not that it's a negative thing been discussed but including the short story. we went to see him once at ten downing when our kids were little and his dad was having as we did, a late life baby and tim downing assumes to be and you talk in the book it's not as grand as

next prime minister gordon brown of the british house of commons. after that congressman eric cantor, pennsylvania governor ed run dell and homeland secretary janet knapp at the prayer breakfast. >> tomorrow on "washington journal," the chief congressional correspondent for the "washington examiner" previews this week's congressional action. dow jones news wire congressional reporter corey boles talked about the senate passed bill which gives consumers cash vouchers to buy fuel fibtcaurs. and bradley graham talks about his book. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. how is c-span funded? >> through donations. >> a little bit from the federal government. grants and stuff like that. >> maybe from sponsors? >> they might get some government funding? >> viewers. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. a private business initiative. no government mandate, no government money.

. >> this week on prime minister's question, gordon brown discusses reforms in the parliament in the wake of misuse of expense accounts, and he discusses mortgage loans and funding for new discussion. prime minister's

. >> this week on "prime minister's questions" -- gordon brown discusses the fate of british officers in iraq. he answers questions about u.k. jobs in government spending. we will also show you the ceremony to show you the welcoming of their new speaker. he provided over the first question time since being elected monday. if that's tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> a look now at efforts to develop a effort to secure the nation's computer networks. they will discuss the obama is recent recommendations and other proposals as well as balancing cyber security concerns with privacy issues. this event is hosted by the washington d.c. office of google and the center for new american security. >> it is my great pleasure to welcome you here today and what steps the united states should and perhaps should not take to protect it. we're pleased to team up with google and we appreciate them hosting us here. combining their cutting edge expertise and information technology with their own pragmatic and multi-disciplinary approach to examining the national security threat to our country today and

tony blair, there were lots of other people, and certainly gordon brown. other people who might have been leaders at that time, but there's special intensities and purpose. >> host: you know, there's also this, which that's not learnable. that's god-given. this is another thing that i think is learnable, but not to the extent they do it well is god-given. that's key mitigate. you may give them the words but they make the delivery. we just saw, james and i thought prime minister blair and i sat at this event, how people at the bush 43 white house and prime minister is going to speak, we would all shut down and watch them. he was so eloquent. and he was so found the right words, the right sentences, the right paragraphs. the way to communicate and he can do that spontaneously and not to stop at teleprompter, using that current negative thing that's been discussed out there, including that short for. we went and saw him once when our kids were little, and it came down in which everyone presumed to be and we know in talking in the book it's not as grand as we

] [applause] >> and we are going to go live now to the british parliament where prime minister gordon brown is making a statement about an inquiry into the iraq war. he has just turned to speak. live coverage here on c-span. >> their sacrifice reminds us of the dangers armed forces confront every day and why we must continue to give them our support. mr. speaker, our troops first went into iraq in march of 2003, and now that are coming home. in total, 120,000 men and women served in iraq and the last six years. it is fitting i should now come to the house to talk of their achievements during difficult times, to chart a new relationship with a building with iraq and to set up plans for an inquiry into the conflict. as always, mr. speaker, we can be supremely proud of the with the armed forces carried out their mission. their valor in the heat of combat recognized in many citations and awards -- and the most of the code imaginable conditions and ever-present risk of attack. today we continue to mourn and remember the 179 men and women who gave their lives in iraq and the service of our countr