heather smith, go ahead. guest: thank you. it is important issue, and you are doing the right thing, thank you for your work making sure people know that they need id and the rules have changed. it does feel like an attack on students. in texas they passed a law that says you're concealed gun license will count, but your student id will not. fortunately, that was overturned. in wisconsin, they said your student i.d. towns, but only if it needs a criteria that not a single student identification card actually would meet. the law in wisconsin was also stopped. we are fighting back state-by- state every time these are passing, but when you talk to students and if they saying my vote is not powerful, it is important to say if it is not powerful, wired it tried to take it away from you? not -- why are they trying to take away from you? thank you for your work. we will continue to do the same. host: our c-span campaign bus has been in north carolina, talking to young voters, and we are showing you what they had to say with a new soc

i'm joined by heather smith, president of rock the vote. storm brewing over washington, d.c. in and around virginia right now looking at the skyline behind you. let's talk about the reason the president is trying to tract the youth back to his campaign for re-election. explain though how young voters are reacting to the president's message about student loans and the worries that so many students have around this country about the mounting debt that it takes to get educated. >> yeah, it's true. thanks, thomas. young people today as we look to the 2012 election are huge in number and can have a major impact on the outcome. the one in four eligible voters is under the age of 30. the president knows as does governor romney in order to win this november, they need the youth vote. it's i guess telling that the very first issue as the general election campaign is beginning that's being taken up by both campaigns is the student loan issue. if it's not addressed by july 1st by congress, the students loan interest rates for young people today will d

think the map this time advantages president obama para >> we will talk later in the program with heather smith, the president of rock the vote. tell us why the obama campaign decided to start off this weekend in two colleges, as opposed to other sites, maybe labor organizations or things like that. >> college campuses in 2008 were really the critical nexus points of the presidential campaign, for a couple of reasons. the first is, they really formed the army, the volunteer army and created this massive grass-roots campaign in 2008. i recall being in iowa and busloads of college kids were coming across the border from illinois and overwhelming the clinton campaign in terms of the grassroots. just as crucially, the youth vote in 2008 went roughly two- one, more than 2-14 president obama. -- more than two-one for president obama. in north carolina, there is a tremendous network of universities. there has been a sharp drop-off in registration. we have seen more restrictive voter registration laws around the country really crimping the obama campaign. in addition, the polls show that you spoke stro

heather smith will discuss the historical impact of the youth vote. the co-founder of the international civil rights system and museum will talk about race relations and civil rights in the u.s.. >> i am afraid of my other family member's lives. we have installed several video cameras. even with an electric fence. now he won it -- he won the security officers in my house. the security officer said we want to see what else can be done. >> watch the hearing online at the c-span video library. you can clip portions to e-mail and post. >> i do not regard this as just a biography of lyndon johnson. i want each book to examine political power in america. this is the kind of political power. see what a president can do in a time of crisis. what does he do to get legislation moving, to take command of washington? that is a way of examining power in the time of crisis. i wanted to do this in full. i said let's examine this. >> the passage of power, volume 4. this is a multi volume biography. look for our second hour of conversation sunday, may 20. >> gary john

beginning with richard smith, who writes -- julie washington posts -- next is a call from colorado. this is heather on our republican line. good morning. caller: thank you. you can call me an old rhino because i'm not a tea party person. like the republican party does not want me anymore. i have to think about where i will go next. it's not about union busters for this man. it is also about privatizing everything. when you privatize things, you have to scale down the work force and you have low wages and no benefits. you also have the voucher situation with education in wisconsin. they want the vouchers so the wealthy can send their kids to private schools and religious can have their religious teaching at the expense of public schools. he put stimulus money in its coffers to bring down the state debt. we want to know how they will not come up with other ways to step down the election. i would not trust the people in control. good luck, wisconsin. host: banks. next is recalling from florida, an independent. good morning. caller: good morning. the reason i'm calling is i am sitting in my living room