. >> thank you, sir, representative harold rogers, that you for being our newsmaker today. >> thank you mple -- thank you. >> and we will continue the conversation with julie and humberto. julie, let's start with you. you are running up against another deadline march 18. >> well, it basically sounds like he's locked in, that the house republicans are locked in to their position and they feel like the ball is in democrats' courts to come their way. there is not anything to give up in the way of spending cuts. they want $61 billion in cuts, so, you know, vice president has only been to the hill once in this exchange, but there will have to be -- before anyone is willing to come off of their position. >> will the vice president continue to talk? >> it appears that it is at the highest levels of government now. spending issues are usually go by appropriateors, but now it has -- appropriators, but now it looks like the leadership is calling the shots. it is difficult because i don't see a clear path forward of how they are going to square the circle on this. >> you mentioned that democrats d

we will also hear from harold rogers. >> i want to say that we are here for a measure allowing for further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, h.r. 48. my good friend and classmate, the distinguishing chair on appropriations, much older and more senior than night, he is here as well. we think both of you for the tremendous efforts you have put into this and it is always an honor to have the chairman and ranking member of the appropriations committee appear before the rules committee. gentlemen, let me say that without objection, in a prepared statement you have will appear in the record in its entirety. we welcome your summary. >> thank you for your service and its committees in service. mr. chairman, ranking member slaughter, members of the rules committee, we are here to present h.j. res 48. we like the traditional rule on the cr to allow for time consideration and passage so that we will avoid a shutdown. it is my hope that with prompt passage we will provide the necessary time to complete negotiations on a bill for the rest of this fiscal year. on a short-term measure, it i

then "newsmakers" with harold rogers of kentucky. then the hillary clinton. >> i find more and more the behavior of professional sports owners to be unseemly in the sense that they want hundreds of millions of dollars from their communities, and yet they do not really participate in the problems that those communities have. >> tonight on a "q&a," sally jenkins on the intersection of sports and public policy. >> this morning, frank luntz talks about his book on business. randi weingarten discusses the su

host: harold rogers is the chairman of the house appropriations committee. he is our guest on "newsmakers," after "washington journal," at 10:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m. eastern time. which jurisdiction has the best, in terms of overall say -- should it be local districts and communities? should it be the state government? should it be the federal government? tom from cape cod, mass.. caller: i would urge everyone to home school because you will get a much better education overall. in schools across the nation, there is a great deal of problems with lack of discipline in the classroom, inclusion has created a lot of problems in our area. what has happened is, someone who has educated in the 1920's, 1930's, 1940's, 1950's, who had an eighth grade education and was in a little one-room red school house have the equivalent, in my opinion, a high-school or even a master's degree of education today. no one, really, is learning anything. if you look at what the international scores are, i believe that the united states is down 23rd or 24th in math. some children cannot rea

host: and you can see the entire interview with appropriations chairman harold rogers on "newsmakers" sunday. 10:00 tomorrow. also on line or at as an ap for your i phone. back to our phones. kelly, tell us what you think about states rethinking their drug laws. caller: this is harley. from missouri. host: all right. go ahead. caller: i think definitely think they need to rethink the drug laws . host: how so? give me a specific example of what they need to do. caller: well, they need to decrrnlize marijuana for one. -- criminal -- decrrnlize marijuana for one. it's not harm, no harm caused. and all the other, you know, warehousing the drug addicts and then the answer is not build another facility to warehouse them once they're full. that's a big waste of money as far as just sending them to prison. they learn a whole bunch of stuff and then they come out and it's just a big mess. host: we're going to leave it there. in the "new york times" this morning. that's it for our calls for this first segment of the "washington journal." coming up in 45 mints a discussion regarding the n.f.l. a

we will also hear from congressman harold rogers. >> i want to say we are here for a measure allowing for further appropriations for fiscal year 2011. we are very happy to welcome my good friend, the distinguishing share on the appropriations. the ranking member is here as well. we thank both of you for the efforts you have put into this. it is always an honor for us to have the chairman and ranking member of the committee appear before here. without objection any prepared statement you have will appear in the record. we welcome your summary. in its entirety and we welcome your summary. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much for your service and this committee's service, so, mr. chairman, ranking member slaughter, and members of the rules committee, we are here to present res 48, the continuing appropriations resolution. we would like a traditional rule on the cr to allow for timely consideration in passage so we can avoid a government shutdown. it's my hope that with passage, we will provide the necessary time to complete negotiations on a bill for the rest of this fiscal year. on a sh

on news makers, kentucky congressman harold rogers, chairman of the appropriations committee, talked the debate on federal spending and budget negotiations. newsmakers, sunday at 10:00 a.m. at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. american history professor pauline maier has written several books on the american revolution. her latest was published last year. join our conversation sunday at noon eastern on c-span2. what's previous programs at booktv.org where you can find the schedule. >> on wednesday, a painting of former senate majority leader bill frist was unveiled. we will hear remarks from senate majority leader harry reid, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, and former president george w. bush. this is 40 minutes. >> we are here for a very special occasion. on the top of the washington monument is an aluminum, beautiful shaped [unintelligible] and there are two words printed on it. they are in latin. they are actually seven letters. "praise be to god." is it not marvelous that we are here in this historic chamber this afternoon and 555 feet above us is this declaration of praising

harold rogers, chairman of the of house appropriations committee talks about the debate over the federalpending and budget negotiations over funding the government until march 18. >> in my t american history professor pualine maier on both tv this sunday. her latest book is "ratification," published last year. join our three-hour conversation with your thumbs, e-mails, and tweets on c-span2. watch previous programs at our website where you can also find the entire weekend schedule. >> the 28th annual national press foundation award dinner was held earlier this week at the washington hilton hotel here in the nation's capital. among this year's honorees, andrea mitchell of nbc news, and dana bash of cnn, and politicos and metalworker. bridging matt wueker. this is just over fourth -- 40 minutes. >> i get the easy part because i grandfather to we did meet this morning. [laughter] -- my grandfather to we did meet this morning. -- tweeted me this morning. he wanted you to pay attention over how congress was battling over the national debt. let's listen to the tape. >> now before congress, her

." >> sunday on news maker, house committee chairman harold rogers talks about the debate on spending the expected budget battles following the passage to fund the government until march 18th. at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> over 1,000 middle and high school students entered this year student documentary competition. the theme, washington, d.c. through my lens. c-span will announce the 75 winners wednesday morning during the "washington journal" and stream the videos at studentcam.org. >> now a briefing with the crew of the state shuttle discovery and space station. discovery is on it's final mission, and assisting crew members with daily task aboard the space station. this is about a half an hour. >> we hear you loud and clear. welcome aboard the international space station, rob. >> good to be with you, scott, and crew. we'll start off with robert proman. >> question for demander steve lindsay, and his discovery crew makes. outside of times like the media and myself asked about it being the last mission, how prevalent has the finality of the flight been during the mission