think of the education of henry adams, classic memoir, you think it is someone else but henry adams writes the. this is how webster writes about himself. the principal event which took place -- he didn't like his first name and didn't want any children or grandchildren to call him that. resided in and hearst, and established a college in that town. here is his later life. webster is a very savvy businessman. remember establishing the infrastructure and publishing business? no one is interested in an american dictionary. he wants to go to europe and move to new haven 18 tour the free. he goes to europe for some research and has a new idea. he is always thinking of having these marketing brainstorms and his new brainstorm is to write the universal dictionary which would be valid in america and england to market it in both places and he wants to set up a conference between oxford, cambridge and him to decide what universal english is going to be. but oxford and cambridge aren't buying. if they had, today we might sell color on both sides of the pond but they are not buying. then he goes back

think of the education of henry adams, classic 19th century memoir. you think it's about somebody else but it's henry adam that writes it. and this is house webster writes about himself. the principle event which took place -- he didn't like his first name, noah, -- resided in amherst in which he was concerneds a an actor in the establishment of a college in that town. here's his later life. webster is an very canny business man. remember the book tour, and establishing the infrastructure of the publishing business, and no one is about in an american dictionary. so, he wants to go to europe. he moves back to new haven in 1823. wants to go to europe for research, and has new idea. he is always having these marketing brainstorms, and his new brain storm is to write a universal dictionary, which would be valid in both america and england. to market it in both places. and he wants to set up a conference between oxford, cambridge, and him to decide what universal english is going to be. but oxford and cambridge aren't buying. so, if they had, today we migh

. >> harriet beecher stowe, john singer sargent, thomas jefferson, henry adams. tonight on "q&a", part one of two weeks with david mccullough. at 8:00 on c-span. >> we are pleased to welcome the administrator of the centers for medicare and medicaid. he is responsible for obese sitting and $800 billion federal budget. -- for overseeing and $800 billion federal budget picture >> thanks for being here. he has proposed to transform the program quite dramatically and in the process to save quite a bit of money. when you listen to budget debates in washington, one thing that becomes clear is the only way to really cut money is to cut money. that is something his plan does effectively on that score. what is wrong with that? >> we share the problems and are trying to tackle, which is that health care needs to become sustainable in this country. there are two ways to do that. anybody can do that. you cut a budget. this plan does so quite effectively. we will be in deeper and deeper trouble of that were true both free. there is an alternative to that, to make health care

it is part of the same thing. >> sam comorans, harriet beecher henry adams. part one of two weeks with theidavid mccullough. >> next tuesday, voters in the 26 congressional district will select a representative to replace chris lee who resigned in november. the candidates met for debate earlier tonight at the studios of wxxi tv in rochester, new york. this is one hour. >> from the wxxi studios in rochester, voice of the voters. being held next tuesday in new york state. 26 congressional districts. -- 26th congressional district. i will be moderating tonight's debate. panel. me is jiour we have our candidates. they appear in order on the ballot. welcome. jane corwin. thank you. we invited a third candidate. he did not respond to our invitation. we did not invite the green party candidate because he did not qualify under the debate inclusion guidelines. let's get started. we begin with our opening statement, the order of which was determined by a coin toss. >> thank you. thanks to wxxi and wham for hosting this event. i look at the policies and i believe our ga

. >> samuel morse, thomas edison, henry adams -- sunday night, part one of two weeks with david mccullough on the americans who made the "greater journey" to 19th century paris at 8:00 on c- span. >> this morning, josh rogin talks about the middle east, obama is meeting with

. >> samuel morse, chance and a more cooper, henry adams, sunday night on q &a, two weeks with david mccullough. >> president obama laid out his vision for the u.s. role in the middle east and said he supports the emerging democracies across the region. he urged israel and the palestinians to negotiate a final peace agreement. we will hear brief comments from secretary of state hillary clinton. the president's remarks are about 50 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, secretary of state, hillary rodham clinton. [applause] >> i thank the many young foreign service and civil servants who are here today. mr. president, from your first days in office, you have charged us with implementing a bold new approach for america's foreign policy, a new blueprint for how we advance our values, project our leadership, and strengthen our partnerships. we have seen that in a changing world, america's leadership is more essential than ever but that we often must lead in new and innovative ways. so, mr. president, these foreign service officers and these civil servants is, the men and women of the state de

his famous adams memorial, which is in rock creek cemetery, which was for the wife of henry adams, which is a very mistears sculptural work which remains constantly of interest because of its mystery, then there's the sherman statue which is in new york city. it's the eequestrian statue of general sherman with the goddess of victory leading him. it's at 59th street and fifth avenue, magnificent piece. i think the greatest eequestrian statue in the country. and then there's the farregot memorial for admiral farregot which is in madison square in new york city. again, a superb piece and done in paris as was the sherman statue. and then there's his home which is a national park site at cornish new hampshire where you could see about everything he had done. he did coins. he did all kinds of things. so he is conspicuous. john singer sergeant's paintings are in most every museum. i would say that james fenmor cooper's novels are everywhere in america. they're still read in school, still important. >> is cooperstown new york named after him? >> no his father. his father founded the town and he

. >> his famous adams memorial, in rock creek cemetery, which is for the wife of henry adams, which is a very mysterious sculptural work, which remains constantly of interest because of its mystery. and then there's the sherman statue, which is in new york city. the equestrian statue of general sherman with the goddess of victory leading him from 59th street to 50th avenue, yielded a magnificent piece. i think the greatest equestrian statue in the country. and then there's the farragot memorial, which is in madison square in new york city. again, these were done in paris, as was the sherman statue. and then there's some home, a national site in cornish, new hampshire. which you can see. he's done coin and all kinds of things. he's conspicuous. his paintings are, of course, in most every museum, as are mary's paintings. i would say james fin moore cooper's novels are still read in school, still popular, still important. >> is cooperstown, new york, named after him? >> no, it was named after his father. his father founded the town and he grew up there. >> john singer-sergeant for a momen

beatrice doh, henry adams -- sunday night, part one of two weeks with david mccullough on the americans who made the " greater journey" to 19th century paris. >> on monday, former white house chief of staff for rahm emanuel was sworn in as mayor of chicago. in his inaugural address, he talked about his plan on importing the chicago school system. -- zero in improving -- on improving the school system. this is just under 30 minutes. >> the hon. timothy c. evans will now administer the oath of office to rahm emanuel as yor of the city of chicago. >> raise your hand and repeat after me. i, rahm emanuel, solely swear to support the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of illinois and that i will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of mayor of the city of chicago according to the best of my ability. congratulations. [cheers and applause] [unintelligible] >> honored guests, mr. vice- president, dr. biden, mayor daley, members of the city council, other elected officials, citizens of chicago -- today in more than any other time in our history, the city

lump things into categories. >> jim spent more cooper, avi beecher stowe, thomas edison, henry adams. sunday on "q&a," part one of two weeks with david mccullough. 8:00 on c-span. >> this weekend on american history tv, from lectures on history, a cleveland state professor on the music of duke ellington, on american artifacts come and look at the smithsonian's efforts to preserve the jefferson bible. live on sunday from jackson, mississippi, the 50th anniversary celebration of the freedom rides, when men and women, black and white, boarded buses with the gold to in a great southern bus stops -- goal to integrate southern bus stops. >> this weekend on a booktv on at c-span2, the gaithersburg a book festival, live with o authors on the gulf oil spill, the middle east, and a panel discussion on the book industry. also, the former ambassador to yemen on the u.s. counter- terrorism efforts in that country. and fredericktown on one of the most significant standoffs in -- frederick kempe on one of the most significant as staffs of the cold war era. a sign up for our booktv alert. >> "washing

. >> thomas edison, henry adams -- sunday night on "q&a," park one of two weeks with david mcculloughamericans who made the greater journey to 19th century paris. span3, from lectures and history, regina williams on the music of duke ellington. on american artifacts, look at the smithsonian effort to preserve and exhibit, the jefferson bible. and live from jackson, mississippi, but that did anniversary of the freedom riders, when 13 men and women, black and white, boarded two buses bound for new orleans. get the complete we can schedule at c-span.org/history, or press the c-span alert button to get our schedules directly e-mailed to you. >> this weekend on book tv, authors on the gulf oil spill, wall street, the universe, america's largest slave revolt, india, and the malaise. plus a panel discussion on the book industry. the former ambassador to yemen on the u.s. counter-terrorism efforts in that country. and on after words, one of the most significant standoffs of the cold war era, the berlin wall. look for the complete schedule led our web site and get our schedules e-mailed direct

brilliant book, i think you remember the five of hearts which was a simon & schuster book all about henry adams, her husband. john hay and his wife claire and clarence king who we later discovered of course was an african-american. this was a first book in a many year about her life at great hopes for and it will be published in february, and it is natalie dijkstra, clover adams, a gilded and heartbreaking life. >> now i've got one of the book that i think is wonderful and interesting book. i don't know about you. and beatty, lover short story. here's we have a book, i don't know what came from, interesting, fascinating, mrs. nixon, a novelist, imagine the life. we have one of the premier american short story writers attempting to reimagine and present to us the life of pat nixon. amazing stuff. i can't wait to read it. it sounds awesome. how many more? one more. okay. 22nd. unquenchable thirst. if you like effective story mountain by thomas burton, try this. mary johnson, following mother teresa in search of love and service and authentic life. i'm kind of sick of more books about self importa

. >> and morris, james and more cooper, harriet beecher stowe, off thomas edison, henry adams tonightn q&a, part one of two weeks with david mccullough on the americans who made the greater journey to 19th century paris at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, from lectures in history, regina williams on the music of duke ellington. on american artifacts, a look at the smithsonian efforts to preserve the jefferson bible. and live sunday from jackson, mississippi, a 50th anniversary celebration of the freedom rides, when 15 men and women, black and white work to integrate seven bus stops. >> retired general james jones, president obama's former national security adviser, says pakistan needs to redefine its strategic relations with the u.s. within the next few weeks. he made his comments tuesday senate foreign relations committee hearing, chaired by john kerry, who just returned from a trip to afghanistan and pakistan. this is a few hours. >> this hearing will come to order. thank you very much for coming this morning. i apologize for being a little bit

. >> samuel more retires, harriet beecher stowe, thomas edison, henry adams, sunday night on "q&a" onricans who made the greater journey to 19th century to paris at 8:00 on c-span. >> next today's white house briefing with press secretary jay carney. the middle east was a major topic of discussion after a meeting at the white house between president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. yesterday the president called for a palestinian state based on the borders before the 1967 arab-israeli war. this is about 45 minutes. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. thanks for waiting. we pushed the briefing back obviously to allow for the president's meeting with the prime minister of israel to wrap up. i don't have any announcements, but i will begin with questions. >> thank you. i guess coming out of this meeting, what a lot of us are wondering is what was accomplished between obama and netanyahu. there was a lot of talk and rhetoric, but in terms of actual substance it doesn't seem like they made progress. can you paint t point to any coe areas where they made progress to

. >> samuel morris, john singer sargent, thomas edison, henry adams, sunday night on "q&a," part one of two weeks with david mccullough on the americans who made the journey to america from paris, on 8:00 on c-span. >> follow c-span's "washington journal" on twitter and join viewers who get advance notice of tomorrow's guests, the question of the day, high-profile bookings, and links to video clips of key program highlights. you can also tweet your questions to our guests and add your comments to the conversation. don't miss any updates from "washington journal." start your twitter account today at twitter.com/cspanwj. >> energy secretary steven chu testified on capitol hill yesterday about his department's 2012 budget request. the white house is seeking $29.5 billion in annual energy department spending, 12 person person more than in 2010. secretary chu also talks about efforts to promote the production of renewable energy, including solar and wind power. this is just under two hours. >> d.o.e. has requested an increase of 19% from fiscal year 2011. about $1.1 billion of the $4.8 bi

. >> thomas edison, henry adams -- tonight on q&a, part one of two weeks with david mccullough on americans to make the greater journey to 19th century paris. >> no one succeeds in life by themselves. they must be willing to lean on others, listen to others, and love others. >> watch 2011 commencement speeches on c-span on memorial day weekend. search past speeches online at the peabody-award winning c-span library. you can watch and share every event we have covered from 1987 through today. it is washington, your way. >> secretary to the geithner said on tuesday that if republicans insist on passage of their budget plan as a condition for improving -- approving an increase in the nation's borrowing limit, they will be responsible for the consequences. he called on lawmakers to work with the administration on a credible deficit-cutting plan acceptable to republicans and democrats. these remarks came during a speech at the harvard club of new york city. this is just over one hour. policy. >> good afternoon. i am the director of the johns center on the press, politics, and public paucity. --

beecher stowe, thomas edison, henry adams, sunday night on q&a, part one of two weeks with david mccullough on the americans to make a greater germany, to 19th century paris. at 8:00 on c-span. >> next, treasury secretary geithner talks about the need to reduce the federal debt in order to spur long-term economic growth. his remarks at the harvard club in new york were sponsored by the center on the press and public policy part of harvard university. [applause] policy. >> good afternoon. i'm alex jones, johns center on the press, politics, and public paucity. -- a public policy. i welcome you to this special event. it is special not only because we have the secretary with us, but it is a memorial. he endowed the center as a memorial to his daughter. a superb journalist who died of cancer before her time. walter wanted her life to be honored by something as a meaningful and dynamic as the life she had lived. i am proud to say that the center will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year. walter was also a great citizen. he cared deeply about his country, and it was his lifelong custom to loo

. >> thomas edison, henry adams, sunday night on "q &a," part 1 with david mccullough. >> earlier today, russian president held a news conference outside of moscow. he wore a new cold war could occur if the u.s. and russia fail to agree on missile defense and europe. this portion runs 35 minutes. >> best in college, let me welcome you. i have been informed there are over 800 media people here. i cannot complain that i am not spending enough time with the press, though. i beat them all the time during both my daily work and during my travels and over the last three years when i worked with the government. i have been to virtually all the different regions of this country except for two. i will soon visit those remaining two as well. i have met many of the members of the regional press. i can see some of them here which is especially nice. there has not been such a major press conference before. there is a reason for that. it makes sense to have a press conference like that to share impress sense of both of this country has been developing. once again, i would like to thank you for your i

harriet beecher stowe, thomas edison, henry adams, said tonight on q&a, on americans that may the journey to 19th century paris. tonight on c-span. >> general james jones said the u.s. strategic relationship with pakistan is changing, following the death of osama bin laden. general jones testified at the senate foreign relations committee. this hearing is two hours. >> this hearing will come to order. i apologize for being a little late. today we continue the series of hearings which we are engaged in, the fourth, actually, with respect to afghanistan and pakistan. and having just returned from the region, i would simply convey to everybody that at every stop and at every conversation, everybody has a sense that how -- has a sense of how critical this is for our strategies in the region and in each country and in afghanistan and in pakistan. as much as some people have reached a level of patience or serious evaluation about where we are and where we are going, it is very clear to me that we need to be really careful and thoughtful so as to get the policy right, so as to not lose the progr

beecher stowe, henry adams, part one of two weeks on americans who made the great journey to paris. >w discussion on the 2012 campaign. this is 50 minutes. " continues. host: former republican congressman and chairman of the national republican congressional committee tom davis. if you were running the nrcc today, would you think of the medicare plan that paul ryan has put out would be a liability for republicans? guest: i think it will be fine but a lot of people think it over -- if it goes and answered, you are in trouble. it does not apply to people over 55, their benefits are guaranteed. long term the do nothing approach jeopardize is it for everybody. the difficulty is when you get attacked -- either side, democrats have the same problem last -- is you tend to grow up in a ball and not defend it. it is further complicated in this new your special election by the fact you have a third- party candidate taking votes away from them. but at the end of the day, th deficit is the issue of our time. it may not be front and center for most people -- but this is the next bubble that is goi

. >> samuel morris, harriet beecher stowe, thomas edison, henry adams -- sunday night, part one of twoeeks with david mccullough on americans to maybe "greater journey" to 19th century paris. >> "washington journal" continues. host: at the table, ralph benko , a senior economic adviser to a group called america principles in action. the topic is something we have not talked much about, the gold standard. specifically, a conservative push to return this country to a gold standard. before we get to your actual opinion, educate us on what the gold standard is and where has the country been on an issue. guest: when america had its original regulation, the founding ponders -- fathers issued continental money which issued continental money which dropped to value le less. they strip that right out of the constitution. with the exception of a short period during the civil war, because war always destroy is the gold standard, we had that creating jobs and economic growth until 40 years ago when richard nixon finally took a softer gold standard, promising us some more jobs. host: why ever turn n

. >> thomas edison, henry adams. part one of two weeks with david mccullough of americans that made the journey to nineteenth century paris. now, president richard discusses the u.s. labor movement agenda. increase in union activity in states like wisconsin, ohio, and indiana. he also talks about the 2012 elections and the state of the u.s. economy. this is about an hour. >> good afternoon, welcome to the national press club. i'm a broadcast journalists for the associated press and one hundred and fourth president of the national press club. we are the leading organization of professional journalists. will also work to foster a free press worldwide. for more information, visit our web site. and to donate to programs offered to the public for the national journalism library, you can find information there as well. on behalf of our members worldwide, i like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending today's avenged. it includes our speaker and other journalists. if you hear applause, members of the general publi

. >> sammy morris, jameson worker, harriet beecher stowe, thomas edison, henry adams, sunday night on qa day. part one of two weeks with david mccullough on the american to make the greater journey to 19th century paris, at 8 p.m. on c-span. >> with the nasa space shuttle program ending in july, former international space station commander frank culbertson testified before the senate summers subcommittee this week on the future of the human spaceflight program. captain culbertson's last space mission was in 2001 aboard shuttle endeavour which is at the space station right now on its last mission. this is about two hours. >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. just a couple weeks ago we celebrated the 50th anniversary of human spaceflig spaceflight, and the first flight into suborbital by alan shepard. and then the precedents bold statement to go to the moon within the decade, and that was within nine years. that was announced just three weeks later.

. >> the snow morris, james federer cooper, harry picchu stowe, george thomas edison, henry adams sunday night with david mccullough on the americans who made the greater journey to 19th century paris. that is at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. >> nowlin succeeds in live by themselves. you must be willing to lean on others, listen to others, and yes, love others. >> watched the 2011 commencement speeches on c-span memorial day weekend and search past commencement addresses from politicians, activists, authors, president and other world leaders on line of the c-span video library. you can search, watch, click, and share every event we've covered from 1987 through today. it is washington your way. >> now a hearing on the financial future of the postal service. also, remarks from the postmaster general on legislation that would reimburse the postal service for over payments made on its pension fund, which would result in billions of dollars in added revenue. this is almost two hours. >> i especially want to welcome back senator akaka who has been on the dl for a week or two and is back and rested. and

. >> samuel morse, james been more cooper, harriet beecher stowe, thomas edison, henry adams, sunday night on a "q&a," part one of two weeks with david mccullough on the americans amid the greater journeyed to 19th century -- who made the greatest journey to 19th century paris. >> this weekend, cleveland state prof. regina williams on the music of duke ellington. on "american artifacts, clothes for a look at the smithsonian efforts to preserve an exhibit of the jefferson bible. the 50th anniversary celebration of the freedom rides and 13 men and women, black and white, boarded two buses bound for new orleans -- their goal -- to integrate southern bus stops. get the complete we can schedule at c-span.org/history, or press the c-span alert button to get our schedules e-mailed directly to you >> -- directly to you. >> this weekend, authors on the gulf oil spill, wall street, the universe, america's largest slave revolt, india, and the middle east, plus a panel discussion on the book industry. also, the former ambassador to yemen on the u.s. but the counter-terrorism efforts in that coun

. >> samuel morris, john singer sergeant, thomas eddison, henry adams. "q&a," the americans who made the greater journey to 19th century paris. at 8:00 on c-span. >> and now to a discussion on immigration policy and u.s. security issues along the southern border. this forum hosted by the kato institute here in -- the cato institute here in washington runs a little more than an hour. >> hi, everybody. thanks for coming. we're going to get started in a minute. well, thank you all so much for coming. i'm with the cato institute. and today we'll be talking about newspapers answering the critics of comprehensive immigration reform. there are copies up front. we can get people extra copies if you need them. our first speaker -- i'll give you a little back ground and then hand the pome podium over. stuart is a scholar at the cato institute and executive director at the national foundation for american politics. he previously served as executive associate commissioner and counselor to the commissioner at the immigration and naturalization service. he also served

adam sandell. >> thank you fo having us. >> henry: what is going to have >> jan: 10. >> can contr kim catrell isthe city. she was selected because a lot of her work on television/film has been an advocate for lesbian and bisexual woman. using her celebrity platform to get a great messages out of who we are. speaking earlier about human stories. and we focused on the human side of it instead of the stereotypes. >> also believe taht glee --and the host on the show just came out as a lesbian. >> jan: some people say that what is the big deal if there is homophobic remarks on movies. what is the harbor. what you think? >> i think there is a lot of----harm if there is a child watching a movie and they do not have the resources to go to eight to a center for counseling to help them. it carries a big message. >> jan: it makes it ok if it is not addressed. and that one guy in that the movie 'milk' isolation. >> and if they first saw a positive image on the movies were the change the perception of themselves by setting a positive image of homosexuals. >> jan: this the and may glad awards, www.glad.org it