i became phil yet -- familiar with more than politics. >> helen taft, whose husband, william howard taft, was the only man to serve as president and supreme court justice. one of the women who served as first lady in the new original series "first ladies -- influence and image." their public and private lives, influence on the public. but despite the white house historical sketch which. season one begins president's day, february 18, 9:00 eastern and pacific on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: bob wheelock with al jazeera american, executive producer. good morning and thank you. al jazeera is expanding its coverage in the united states. give us a sense who kedzie al jazeera english right now in the u.s.? guest: we believe it is 4.5 million people who can see it on various cable networks in some of the larger cities and then some smaller independent operators in smaller cities. a good part of the traffic has been people who streamed it online. that is a pretty dedicated following. in fact, with the very large online content and was determined

it involved real statesmanship. >> helen taft, whose husband, william howard taft, was the only men to serve as president and supreme court justice. the public and private lives, interest, and their influence on the president. season one begins presidents' day, february 18 at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> if someone paid you to write 10 columns for to thousand dollars each, and you send the men and gets the money, and they publish only six, he summoned the editor and said i wrote 10 and published only six. what did the editors say in response? but we paid you, which is the standard answer. maybe the columns were not good enough. here is a check for the columns you did not print, $1,000 back. then we asked, why would you give the money back? that was his business lesson, because he wanted to do business with the other party again. he wanted to be a good citizen. i admired that. >> amity shlaes, sunday night at 8:00 on "q&a". the defense department held a farewell ceremony for outgoing defense secretary leon panetta, with remarks by general mar

it involve real statesmanship. >> helen taft, whose husband william howard taft, was the only man to serve as president and supreme court chief justice. she is one of the women who served as first lady in c-span's no original series, "first ladies: influence and image." produced with the white house historical association, season one begins presidents' day, february 18, at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> al jazeera has a new u.s.- based news channel. we will take a look at its history and mission from today's "washington journal." host: good morning and thank you for being here. al jazeera is expanding its coverage. give us a sense of who can see it right now in the u.s. guest: we believe it is 4.5 million people who can see us on various cable networks in some of the largest cities and in some smaller independent operators in smaller cities. a good part of the traffic has been people who stream it online, and that is a pretty dedicated following. in fact, with the very large online content, a good percentage of that comes from the united sta

. >> first lady helen taft. >> i always had the satisfaction of knowing almost as much as he about the politics the politics and intricacies of any situation. any woman can discuss with her husband topics of national interest. i became familiar with more than politics. it involved real statesmanship. >> helen taft, whose husband was the only man to serve as president and supreme court chief justice. one of the women who served as first lady in c-span's new original series, "first ladies, influence and image." citizens, as we gather tonight, our nation is at war, our economy is in recession, and the civilized world faces unprecedented dangers. yet, the state of our unio and tonight, more than two centuries later, it's because of our people that our future is hopeful, our journey goes forward and brandon left for chile. endures. our destiny remains our choice. and tonight, more than two centuries later, it's because of our people that our future is hopeful, our journey goes forward a seven-minute rule. a little tolerance, of course. >> a little tolerance, all right. at the time of the me

i became familiar with more than politics. >> helen taft, whose husband, william howard taft, was the only man to serve as president and supreme court justice. c-span is new original series, first ladies, image and influence. produced with the white house historical association, sees in one begins presidents' day, february 18, and 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> former president bill clinton discussed the issues of jobs, immigration, health care, and gun-control. he is introduced by maryland congressman steny hoyer. >> i understand the next speaker does not need an introduction. but then i would not have anything to say. so you know -- thank you, thank you, thank you. for over 20 years, bill clinton has been a determined evangelist for the american dream. the voters of this country put him in the white house twice. not only because he understands what the american dream is all about, but because he also has a gift for explaining why our party is so committed to defending and promoting the dream. during his eight years as president, he oversaw

future is hopeful an hour journey goes forward and the state of our union is strong first lady helen taft on discussing politics. >> i always had the satisfaction of knowing almost as he about politics and intricacies of any situation. i think any woman can discuss with her husband topics of national interest. i became familiar with more than politics. it involved real statesmanship. to now the annual bank of america economic forecast discussion from the commonwealth club of california. economic advisers to presidents george w. bush and president obama beebee did the future of the economy as well as health care, education and entitlement policies. you will hear from the former chair of the council of economic advisers, christina romer and the bush economic adviser keith hennessey. this event from san francisco is just over an hour. >> midafternoon and welcome to today's meeting of the commonwealth club of california. i am massey bambara, the president of bank of america, a member of the commonwealth club board of governors and george chair for today's program. we also welcome the listener

. >> helen taft, whose husband william howard taft, was the only person to serve as president and supreme court justice. first ladies." produced with the white house is workable association. season one begins president today, february 18 at 9:00 p.m. eastern. general electric ceo jeffrey immelt spoke yesterday about how uncertainty over congress handles the economy is impacting businesses. he discusses the need for more investment in education and a simplification of the tax code. this was part a the discussion on manufacturing hosted by "the atlantic." it is just under one hour. [applause] >> thanks so much for joining us. i want to start big picture. it has been a rough couple of years for the economy. people keep referring to the tantalizing signs of venue factory revival. manufacturing jobs are up to about 400,000. they are down roughly 6 million in the prior 11 years. is what we are seeing a dead cat bounce? is something going on here? is there a manufacturing renaissance in america? what are you seeing? >> is the us's manufacturing more competitive than it has been in the past? yes.

. >>> first lady helen after it on taft on discussing policies. >> i had the satisfaction of knowinglmost about his as the politics and any situation. i think any woman can discuss with her husband topics of national interest. i became familiar with more than politics. it involved real statesmanship. william howard taft the only has been to serve as president and supreme court chief justice. she served as first lady in the c-span original series, first ladies influence and image. produced with the white house historical association. season ones begins february 18 on 9:00 p.m. eastern. >>> at the atlantic magazine held an event on america's manufacturing sector thursday. one session looked at the impact of technological advancement. representative from the m.i.t. and the ceo of 3-d printing company were part of the panel. this is just under an hour. [inaudible conversations] check. >> yeah. >> check your mic. i think we are on. >> okay. we're going go to the next panel now. my name is kevin delaney. i'm editor in chief the atlantic started a few months ago. it's online at qz.com. and