prime minister condemned by the house of commons for contempt of parliament. he lost the confidence of the house of commons. we have just seen a news conference where i wasn't really a news conference because he didn't take any questions, nor did he refer to the fact that this is the first prime minister in the history of canada judged guilty of contempt of canadian democracy, contempt of parliament. he continues to show contempt for democracy by not even mentioning that fact in front of you a few moments ago, so we are here to present a liberal team as you see around me, a team that is proud, a team that is unified, a team that will present a clear alternative to the harper government. that means a government that respects democracy, that wants canada to be a green country, a country that is proud on the international scene, a government that looks after families and their priorities as opposed to fighter jets and goodies for large corporations, and for the next 36 days, we will be appealing to all canadians, and more than 60% of canadians ought to not only re

eastern in the canadian house of commons. conservative budget plan was unveiled tuesday, immediately rejected by the three opposition parties. they write with four parties holding seats in the house of commons, in addition to liberals and conservatives, it is difficult for a single party to gain a majority. the no-confidence vote should be coming up in about a half-hour, and we will bring you live coverage, simulcast with the cbc. >> which government do you trust with the democratic institution? >> what canadians want is stability. they want a steady hand on the wheel, a strong government, jobs, the economy, economic growth. >> a very rowdy question period earlier today. they were debating as we leave up to this historic motion of non-confidence in the government. it is around the issue -- a special edition of "showdown in parliament." the strategy meeting up to this, we are with rose mary barton right now. rosemary? >> we have a regular contributor to our program these past few weeks because he has been on so often. let's tal

to be frank, this is -- this point has been raised right across the house of commons and is a point that we have responded to. it is a review that the right hon. gentleman can take part in, perhaps it consists of the constructive. >> it is not a review. it is a proposal, it was, in the bill to take away the mobility component of the l.a. -- of dla. 22 disabled persons organizations up and down the country are saying that the government should abandon the policy. i have a suggestion for the prime minister. what does he not complete the review now and say that he is the been the policy? >> the first thing the right hon. gentleman said about the disability living allowance was that he wanted to support market reforms. but we do not hear much about that anymore. as i have said, the review of dla is rolled into the personal independence payment. that is how we will reform the mobility component. instead of getting so excited about it, he should congratulate the government on listening to opinion from across the house. >> much right hon. friend, the prime minister, might be aware that the fina

this government mocking the people and the house of commons . it spent millions of taxpayers none a pre-election campaign. it made sure it tabled a budge heat the would be unacceptable for the opposition parties and the prime minister has the gall to repeat once again that he doesn't want elections. does he not realize that by acting like this he's lost the confidence of quebecers. >> the honorable minister of foreign affairs. >> mr. speaker, for the past 20 years, we've heard the same nashing of teeth and the same peach -- same speech phiing from this party. what has he done for the quebec in the last 20 years? nothing. zero. >> order, please. order. >> the honorable member for -- >> mr. speaker, we don't live on our knees. we live standing up. this conservative government couldn't care less about quebec. nothing stopped it from the tax harm nighization, but they are just fooling around here in ottawa. if the government wanted to avoid elections, all it had to do was compensate quebec to the tune of $2.2 billion. doesn't the prime minister reali

in order to replace them in the house of commons. i will present myself as a candidate for the position of prime minister. mr. harper demonstrated that he was not willing to work with other parties in the house of commons to put families first and their needs in the first place. we made some practical and reasonable suggestions. we said you could take the tax on home heating to make life more affordable. you could improve the pension plan that canadians rely on and that people need for retirement security in the future. we could start creating family doctors and nurses in family practice so that canadians do not have family medicine could have access to health care for their families. mr. harper has demonstrated that he and his conservatives have no interest in working with other parties. he made a choice and that choice was to take us into an election. now we move to that crucial point of entry into an election campaign. the democrats will be across the country taking on the conservative and showing that we are the party that is actu

i would have thought that would be something welcome from across the house of commons because people do face a difficult situation with cost-of-living. we have taken action and are lifting people out of income-tax and operating the pension with earnings and 9 of the chancellor has a few things to say in a minute or two. >> the prime minister's note of passion to the campaign -- and i know he will be watching day and night on that subject but i have another passion which is -- i wonder what the government will do to protect all those who the part and to potentially get rid of everything in the legal system. >> this is a devolved issue for scotland but we have done elsewhere in the united kingdom is maintain the grants we give to the citizens to make sure the work goes ahead. if he looks at the comparative figures this country spends more per head on legal aid and comparative countries ended is right that it should be reformed. >> to lawrence robert some. >> as the prime minister aware of what is going on between crosser and london? because of a problem the hon. member's have paid long

s and house of commons it was only thirteen of them voting against the military intervention this thought was taken on monday two days after you. all believe it was a rare moment in the house of commons where labor are literally occupied seats and next to the tories and believe dems locating the opposition sides of their. people of britain losing german from the stop the war coalition in london told me she believes british people's concern over the country's involvement in libya is growing as the bombings continue. i can't remember a british military intervention which is so quickly become contested. and what we're seeing here is a number of opinion polls are showing that there is a growing opposition to this because people are asking if it is simply no fly zone to protect civilians. in four nights in one parliament how can the quins missiles are being used and obviously civilians are in threat and what exactly is the purpose all of this the i think people are more and more skeptical about. when president obama said colonel gadhafi was continuing his repression despite ample warning many

london, "prime minister's questions" from the house of commons. david cameron response to questions about the safety of nuclear power in the u.k. in light of recent events in japan. the labor leader asks the prime minister for an update in libya and whether arab leaders are still in support of coalition operations there. . . >> will [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> we will look at this in terms of foreign policy and military equipment as well. i would say that the strategic security review, the whole pred indication of -- predication of it was that we should be able to go anywhere in the world with special focus on things like transport. if there are further lessons to learn, we should learn them. >> as we look at japan and watch their horror unfold it is not just earthquakes and tsunami that can threaten a nuclear reactor. does the prime minister agree that what happened here will have consequences for the nuclear power in the u.k.? >> we want to join the gentle lady in sending our condolences to japan. we must learn ev

this government is mocking the people and the house of commons. spends millions of taxpayers money in a pre-election campaign. it made sure table the budget that would be unacceptable for the opposition party and then the prime minister has the gall to repeat once again that he doesn't want elections. does he not realize that by acting like this he has lost the confidence of quebecers? the honorable minister of foreign affairs. >> mr. speaker for the past 20 years, we have heard the same gnashing of teeth in the same speech by this party. what did they deliver for quÉbec in the last 20 years? nothing, zero. [applause] >> order please. order. the honorable member. >> mr. speaker, we don't live on our needs. we live standing up. this conservative government couldn't care less about quÉbec. nothing prevented it from compensating quÉbec for taxatiot fooling around here in ottawa. if the government wanted to avoid elections all it had to do was compensate quÉbec to the tune of $2.2 billion. doesn't the prime minister realize that quÉbec will provoke el

prime minister david cameron takes questions from the members of the house of commons. prior to question time, the house is wrapping up other business. this is live coverage on c-span2. >> i'll take overpayments from the departments accounts payable system, a similar exercise undertaken by the home office detected and recovered no less than 4 million pounds in overpayments as a result of fraud or error. ann marie morris. >> there were just over 1700 to these applications. they are currently being assessed by our delivery partner the big fund first transition fund awards totaling 1.7 million pounds were made on 15th february to 18 organizations. there will be hundreds of more awards in the coming months. >> thank you, mr. speaker. given the appetite of the even more civic societies to consider valuable work such as home senator cambridge to consider to cooperate and will he consider including smaller organizations in such a new fund? >> well, i understand the question, unfortunately, we have no money to consider. we had to take some tough decisions on eligibility for the

ahead of that, we will be in ottawa, canada for another session of the house of commons. the prime minister will be taking questions from the members of the house of commons today. it is likely that the budget introduced by the government earlier this week will dominate this session. tomorrow, expected th-- it is expected that the government will issue a vote of no-confidence. it will likely lead to the dissolution of parliament and triggered parliamentary elections in canada. that will be live here in about 15 minutes or so on c-span. we will take you to ottawa for mr. de and part of yesterday's session -- ottawa for part of yesterday's session. yesterday's session. >> mr. speaker, spending thousands of dollars means that you have to short change the canadian family. there's nothing in this budget on affordable housing. there's nothing here on child care. there's nothing to support our health system. and these are the priorities of canadian families. why is this prime minister out of touch and out of control? of touch and out of control? >> senior citizens are living in p

of the house john birk. >> the eyes to the right, 557, the no's to the left, 13. the ayes have it. >> if you look at some of the speeches that were made in the house of commons tonight, the situation is more complex. several n.p.'s expressing rather serious reservations about exactly how britain will get itself out of this conflict. what this so called end game must be. what the aims of the conflict are. how much it will cost. now, not all of those answer were given in full. they be understandably in the circumstances, but i think n.p.'s have done two things tonight. one, they have given their support to a conflict with which they agree with the prime minister that it is necessary. and it does have the appropriate legal backing and that there is a cause to do it now. but secondly, they've raised a great many concerns, which i'm sure they'll build on in the coming weeks and months. >> 547 n.p.'s voted on the action in libya. you're watching "bbc world news." let's bring you a reminder of the headlines. there have been explosions in the libyan capital of tripoli. >> to washington where i'm joined by richard murphy, former u.s. assistant secretary of state for the midd

no one in the house of commons knows more about the any chessman andrew lands be. except stephen durrell. with six years, and the nhl. he won the to say these plans are consistent, and i expect no less from andrew lance day. >> talk about prescriptive dances again. why doesn't the answer the question. the sea even though whether the health service will be subject to eu competition or it will be? look at this bill. chapter ii of the bill, competition. clause 66 by the competition commission. clause 68, with the office of fair trading. can the prime minister explain what at has to do with health care? of the party opposite is the party that wrecked a system. the point i make is deeper and what is still that the manifesto of the last election, i am answering the question. this is what they say. patients requiring care, the lot to choose from any provider who meets n.h. standards. and commander festival. all that changed is they are jumping on every bandwagon, blocking every reform and opposing extra money. >> he doesn't get it. he is threatening the fabric of the nhl

if you look at some of the speeches made in the house of commons, the situation is more complex. veral m.p.'s expressing rather serious reservations about how britain will get itself back out of this conflict, and what the so-called end game might be, what the aim of the conflict may be and the cost. not all of the answers were given in full, but think they have done two things tonight. one, they have given their support to a conflict that they agree with the prime minister that it is necessary and it has the appropriate legal backing and there is a cause to do it now. but secondly they have raised a great deal concerns which i am sure they will build on in the coming weeks and months. >> our political correspondent speaking to us a little earlier. >> you are watching "bbc news." good to have you with us. the headlines this hour. there have been explosions and heavy anti-aircraft fire in the libyan capital of tripoli for a third night. coalition attacks have checked the advance of libyan forces in the east, prompting celebrations by the opposition. in yemen, protests against presi

no one in the house of commons knows more about the any chessman andrew lands be. except stephen durrell. with six years, and the nhl. he won the to say these plans are consistent, and i expect no less from andrew lance day. >> talk about prescriptive dances again. why doesn't the answer the question. the sea even though whether the health service will be subject to eu competition or it will be? look at this bill. chapter ii of the bill, competition. clause 66 by the competition commission. clause 68, with the office of fair trading. can the prime minister explain what at has to do with health care? of the party opposite is the party that wrecked a system. the point i make is deeper and what is still that the manifesto of the last election, i am answering the question. this is what they say. patients requiring care, the lot to choose from any provider who meets n.h. standards. and commander festival. all that changed is they are jumping on every bandwagon, blocking every reform and opposing extra money. >> he doesn't get it. he is threatening the fabric of the nhl

. >> next, british prime minister david cameron takes questions in the house of commons. then a congressional oversight hearing examines of the trouble asset relief program known as tarp. and another chance see "q&a" with columnist sports columnist sally jenkins. tomorrow on "washington journal" hotline executive editor josh crarbar talks about how they're funding health care, money on high-speed rail and unions. maggie gallagher for the national organization for marriage and brian moulten of the union rights campaign discuss efforts by house republicans to defend the law that defends federal recognition of same-sex marriage, known as the defense of marriage act. and pat daltearnings chief operating officer of the government accountability office discusses a goo report on overlapping federal programs. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> in four weeks' time -- in four weeks' time, in four weeks' time his own cuts program, the darling program, comes into place, 14 billion pounds of cuts and only 2 billion less than we proposed starting in four weeks'

[unintelligible] ♪ ♪ >> prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. k british prime minister david cameron discusses the u.k.'s response to the old -- unfolding political unrest in libya. there is a possible creation of a no-fly zone over the country. a no-fly zone over the country.

and the prime minister yesterday lost the confidence of the house of commons. he holds a flurry ralt of seats but doesn't have a majority. he lost a vote. his opponents voted him down. and that means we're off to the races. it's kind of an odd situation in the sense that the prime minister will be arguing that canada is doing well coming out of this recession. we've created about 400,000 net new jobs. put that in perspective for americans, that's as if the united states being up 4 million jobs. the government is going to be eliminate its deficit within three years. last week it tabled a budget to eliminate its deficit. the dollar is high. the economy is relatively strong. but the opposition parties don't like the way the man has been governing. you have a couple of ethics issues. host: you're getting to my next question. there's a headline in this morning's "new york times," canadian government hairied by scandal collapses. what is the scandal that they're talking about that you alluded to earlier? guest: there's all a bunch of little minor scandals. the one tha

now from london, prime minister's questions from the british houts of commons. -- house of commons. this week david rop and opposition leaders faced off on the situation in lickia. . -- libya. . >> mr. speaker i am sure that the whole house will join me in passing on their condolences to the family and friends of our fallen service personnel. the prime minister will be concerned will he join me in congratulating the organizers of the making smoasting history that takes place this evening which is particularly blited by the addiction? will he also comment on the search of the foundation that offers children that have been exposed to smoking and 86% of children -- prime minister. prime minister. >> mr. speaker, the honorable gentleman makes a good point with great passion. i certainly support no smoking day. and unlike some previous years i hope to meet its requirements in full. i think the point is about smoking in front of children and smoking in front of babies and in cars the point he makes is a good one. whatever people have done in the past the fact shows that people really shou

if you're in england and you win the election of the house of commons on tuesday, on wednesday you're in total control of the government. you have everything. the american constitution writers said wait a minute, at any given time it will be the people elected with six-year terms in the senate, a four-year term in the white house and a two-year term in the house who will govern. so governance power now in america-- unlike england where the house of commons elected a couple months ago is in total disorder this was in america it's people elected in 2006, 2008, and 2010. the tea party types won the election decisively in 2010 but under the american constitution it makes more than one election to get the power to make the decision and that's the deliberate part of the constitution so it's ironic that these people who talk about the constitution seriously misunderstand its fundamental structure which is governance... it takes you two elections if not three to really get power in america. so by all logical means we'll be able to work out a compromise but i just don't know whether boehner wi

on saturdays "the communicators" and on sunday questions from the prish house of commons. you can watch our programming at any time on c-span.org. c-span, washington your way. a public service created by america's cable companies. >> our series of interviews with likely g.o.p. candidates continues with former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. we'll talk to him about his political career. when he began thinking of running for president and why. what issues he thinks are important in the 2010 campaign. states rights and health care. his views on abortion. church views on state. and his views on catholocism. this is about 50 minutes. >> when did you decide you had to get involved? >> the same motor vague as a lot of the tea party people. i thought this was a tipping point. if obama care took over the health care system, america as i was given it, as my grandfather and father came to this country that place would no longer exist. i went out started talking and working on campaigns and helping people around the country and trying to stir people up and provide a message, and i

. >> yesterday in the canadian house of commons, finance minister jim flaherty delivered the annual budget statement. all three opposition parties have already said they plan to vote against the budget. this could lead to a vote of no confidence and force the government to dissolve parliament and call an early election. courtesy of the canadian public service channel, this is a half hour. [applause] >> speech, speech, speech. >> mr. speaker, today our government presents to canadians the next phase of canada's economic action plan, a low tax plan for jobs and growth. [applause] >> since 2006, our government has worked hard to deliver real benefits to canadians, real support for the challenges of the real world. we cut the gst twice from 7 to 6 to 5%. [applause] >> we introduced the $1200 per year universal child care benefit. we established the tax-free savings account. we removed more than 1 million low-incomed canadians from the tax rolls. the list goes on. we delivered these benefits to support the financial security of canadian families while protecting health care and pensions. in goo

[inaudible conversations] >> the canadian house of commons is in session, the prime minister and his cabinets take questions in a 45-min session called question period. today they focus on the budget introduced earlier along with talk of an election. tomorrow it's expected they will pass a motion of no confidence, that will lead to the disillusion of parliament and trigger parliament elections in canada which will likely be set for early may. this is just over 35 minutes. >> the twisted priority. why are they spending 1,000 times more on stealth fighter war planes than on students trying to get to school. 1,000 times more, mr. speaker, why is that? >> honorable government leaders. >> we want to make sure the young men and women that serve in the air force have the best equipment to keep us safe. these men and women are putting their lives on the line to serve canada. the best they can hope for is the government will be of canada will be as supportive of them as they are the country, mr. speaker. >> order. >> mr. speaker, both the pentagon and parliament has demolished the services. th

prime minister, make sure there are regular reports to the house of commons so we avoid the situation of the third war. >> i think he puts the point well. first of all, i agree with him that there should be regular statements. we should start with the debate on monday on a motion so that they can come and debate that. we will be putting down that motion later today so you can have a look at it. in terms of taking the country with us, i think it is vital. we have a legal basis, the u.n., the world's governing body coming together to make sure that what we are doing is legal and right. i also said we have to make both the arguments that it is wrong to stand in silence and it is in our interest to act. we do not want this pariah state on our borders. the point he makes about no ground troops and occupying forces vital. it is there in the resolution. it is an assurance that is not part of our aim, it is not what the u.n. wants, it is not what britain wants. that is a limitation on our ability to act. people should be reassured by it. >> british prime minister david cameron fielded questio

the canadian budget speech in the house of commons is at 4:00 p.m. eastern. osted by diane sawyer about journalism and the state of network news. in about 45 minutes, a talk about spending with a democratic representative, ranking member of the budget committee. of the budget committee.

speak and vote like sheep we don't have independent enough independent thinkers sitting in the house of commons prepared to make up their arguments right now when we look at the bombing campaigns and the missile strikes in libya at the moment hundreds of tomahawk missiles and dozens of bombing campaigns have been striking so-called rebel areas meantime western powers claim though these acts are to protect civilians they seem to you that collateral damage is an acceptable and expendable side effect. well i don't think it matters you know how good your missiles are or how up to date your kitty is there is no doubt that if you are involved in military intervention unfortunately however much you try and pick the targets and select the targets there will there is bound to be a number of civilians killed in these things i think that is just a fact of modern war of this nature but again we seem to be i saw mr cameron this afternoon talking about fantastic picture is secured over the course of the last week i'm not sure what to believe but i hear all all of that certainly civilian casualties will be an

civilian casualties you know i asked the foreign secretary in today's debate statement in the house of commons would there be any circumstances in which we would consider extending a no fly zone to other countries. great british m.p. john baron live from london thanks for your analysis. as the crisis in libya unfolds the revolutionary euphoria in egypt and subsiding but many fear the return of the old guard and question whether the new leaders will bring about the changes they fight for r.c.c. has more from cairo. several weeks have passed since the revolt but it seems the wheels of the political machine are still clearly restarted now our of usual mission didn't finish here we need. we need you be able. to govern ourselves. now and do that and. you see if they used to be an anchor on egypt's national state run media she claims even though president mubarak has already stepped down the media is still being manipulated the main demand is to. me around all those who are including the heart and i would pick this up but they feed me and make it in late january several hundred thousand people took

eastern on c-span2. >> today in the canadian house of commons, finance minister jim fleerty delivereded to vote against the budget. this could force the government to dissolve government and force an early election. curtesy of the national public affairs channel, this is a half hour. [applause] >> mr. speaker, today our government presents to canadians the next phase of canada's economic plan, a low tax for jobs and growth. [cheers and applause] since 2006, our government has worked hard to deliver real benefits to canadians, real support for the challenges of the real world. we gut the gst twice from 7 to 6 to 5%. [applause] we introduced the $1200 per year universal child care benefits, established the tax free savings account, removed more than 1 million low income canadians from the tax roles. the list goes on. we delivered these benefits to support the financial security of canadian families while protecting health care and pension. in good times, in challenging circumstances, our government has made responsible choices. when times were good, we paid down debt. we strengthened ou

satellite corp. 2011] ♪ >> canadian prime minister stephen harper faces a no- confidence vote in the house of commonshis afternoon. his party lacks the votes to pass legislation on its own. he needs to court from at least one other party, which he failed to get this week when he presented his budget plan. we will have live coverage of that no-confidence vote in canada this afternoon and one piece -- at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> tonight, a female loggers, ranchers, and activists from the middle east discuss civil unrest from the country. you'll hear about women taking a role in changing political systems and egypt, iraq, iran, and saudi arabia. >> iran is really bad. the situation is bad for women and for everybody. but this is one side of the coin. the other side is saudi arabia, but it is the darkest side. we live in a very dark area. nobody knows about us. our story has never been heard. because we are very strong in terms of goyal. we support the west with the royal. also, it is an islamic country. the homeland of islam. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> live saturday, a possible

. >> each week the house of commons we error prime minister 's questions life. due to the questions, -- time change, we will do it at 8:00 instead of the usual 7:00. you confined video archives on our web site. >> our international coverage continues with the defense secretary. both officials testified on defense. the purpose is to give evidence on the development and outcome of the strategic defense and security review. this hearing is about 2 1/2 hours. >> national-security review. it seems that the first thing i need to do is to reduce expectations because this is intended to be a high level examination of the defense review end of the national security strategies. we want to work out how the process these -- processes were established. how this process fell through into the various capabilities we have now. what we do when that stuff happens as it seems to be happening now, how does the process the back into that? if the review was a deep strategic, how do you keep that strategic oversight plugged into any reforms to defense review that might come through as

tomorrow, we will be back to the canadian house of commons, as prime minister stephen harper answers uestions. he is the leader of the conservative party and is under pressure to present a budget that opposition parties will accept. they need at least one of the three opposition parties to support a budget or a vote of no-confidence will force his government to dissolve parliament and call for elections but you can see the canadian house of commons question time tomorrow at 2:15 eastern on c-span2. ahead of that, more international programming with british prime minister david cameron. he will be answering questions tomorrow morning from parliament in london. that gets underway at 8:00. under he is done, the chancellor will present the british budget report could about the those beginning at 8:00 tomorrow from london, and that is also on c- span2. this evening on c-span at 8:00 p.m. eastern, abc world news anchor diane sawyer on the future of journalism. she will be talking with marrison about the future of journalism, speaking at the national press club. we will have the beginning to

watch live coverage from the canadian house of commons at 4:00 eastern. d at 8:00, diane sawyer on the future of journalism parian she will be interviewed in front of an audience of students and professional journalist at the national press club in washington live at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> the c-span video library is even more valuable for following congress. this c-span video library. find out more. read our blog and watch what you want, when you want. >> the department of homeland security is watching -- marking its eighth anniversary this month. and there were talks about securing the country. tom ridge admitted that the color coded threat level system was ineffective. the current secretary said homegrown terrorism was an area of concern. michael chertoff also joined the event, moderated by andrea mitchell. this is one hour and a half. we continue that tradition today with the first three secretaries of the department of homeland security. secretary-general of peloton know, michael chertoff, and tom ridge. -- secretary general janet the llateno, mic

from london, we take you now to ottawa and the canadian house of commons. earlier today, cabinet members who make up the government of the conservative prime minister took questions. the finance minister presented at the budget but soon after that, leaders of the opposition parties announced they would oppose it. with the prime minister leading a minority government, you will need support least one of the opposition parties to get the budget passed. right now, at looks like the debate will lead to a parliamentary election in canada. this is 45 minutes. >> the hon. leader of the opposition. [applause] >> mr. speaker, spending billions of dollars on stealth fighters for tax cuts and mega prisons means you have to shortchange the canadian family. there is nothing in this budget on affordable housing. there is nothing here on child care. there's nothing to support the health system. these are the priorities of canadian families. why is this prime minister out of touch and out of control? >> the hon. government house leader? >> the budget presented yesterday focu

>> each week that the house of commons is in session, we air live the prime minister's questions on c-span 2. at cs cannot afford -- at c- span.org, you can find previous videos of the prime minister's questions. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> coming up on "road to the white house," an interview with former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. also, a look at the late geraldine ferraro's vice president shall nomination speech. then a look at libya. >> monday, president obama will deliver a speech on libya from the national defense university in washington d.c.. vote -- he will give us an update on the action there. that is the president's speech on libya monday night at 7:30 p.m. eastern live here on c- span and on c-span radio. >> our series of interviews with likely gop presidential candidates continue with rick santorum. we will talk with him about his political career, when he began thinking of running for president, and why, what issues he thinks will be important in the 2012 campaign, state rights and

. >> each week, the house of commons is in session, we air prime minister's questions live on c-span 2, wednesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern and again on sunday night on c-span. at c-span.org you can find past prime ministers questions. >> next, a congressional oversight hearing examines the impact of the troubled asset relief program known as tarp. then alabama gov. robert bentley delivers his state of the state message appeared at 11:00 p.m., "washington post"on' writer. >> thtarp has been a success. remarks came at the congressional tarp oversight panel public hearing which looked at the overall impact of the tarp program. this portion of that hearing is about 45 minutes. >> there is no question that our economy faces real challenges. let's take a moment at the start of today's hearing to imagine that those challenges could be far worse. they were far worse. let's imagine that the s&p 500, which has risen by nearly 20% last year, had instead fallen by 30% in the last month. let's imagine that our economy, which has added over a million jobs in the last year, had instead lost that many j

again sunday nights starting at 9:00 eastern and pacific and c-span.org you can see links to the house of commons and prime minister's web sites. >> coming up on road to the white house, representative michelle balk man speaks at a fund raising brunch hosted by the state's republican party in new hampshire. then, a discussion on the latest budget negotiations on the bill to fund the federal government. following that, on q&a john hullsman of the hague center for strategic studies talks about international plithcal and financial issues. monday on c-span 2, the american public transportation association is holding its annual legislative conference. you will hear from the administrators of the federal railroad and transit administration as well as the chief of staff of the transportation security administration. they are scheduled to discuss the future of the public transit system. that is live at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. u.s. representative michelle backman traveled to new hampshire this weekend to speak at a fund raising brunch hosted by the state's republican party. this was her first polit

house will gavel in. tomorrow congress hears from the australian prime minister in a joint meeting. we'll have live corge of that at 11:00 a.m. eastern. meanwhile, british prime minister fields questions from the house of commonstomorrow morning. you can see live coverage of prime minister's questions at 7:00 a.m. eastern and that's on c-span 2. white house chief economist says the economy is transitioning to a growth phase. he was the key note speaker at today's national association of business economics policy conference. the event focuses on economic policies and trends currently impacting the global economy and economic challenges ahead. this is 45 minutes. >> thank you for taking a little time this morning and thanks to nate for everything you do, for six years i was on the census advisory commission and they are basically the only two bodies in the united states strongly and totally voting issue is quality of our economic data. and i remember that -- [applause] the september 11, 2001, the meeting was in new york and alan greenspan at that meeting filmed a series of videotapes calling for improvement of the economic data and that it needed to be -- they were destroyed in the september 11 attack. but thank

cheers and applause] >> this week ahead of the british treasury george osborne testified in the house of commons about that country's budget. he outlined the conservative government's priorities which include reducing the deficit. he has served in this position since david cameron became prime minister last may. this is two hours. >> thank you very much for coming before us this afternoon. i know you've got to go to a meeting, and you have a plane to catch. so we'll try to make sure we can finish this by five. >> the french president was giving me a list so i could meet this afternoon so we have plenty of time. >> i would like to start by looking at the growth plan, and in particular one of the proposals, the introduction of a moratorium accepting micro-and started businesses from the domestic regulation for three years, what regulations do they object to? >> the first thing i would say is, we can't foresee. i see the principle as being stopping but not yet been conceived. but government has a habit of conceding. and, therefore, it acts as a brake on that and then i have some specific measures l

. >> we will be the british house of commons now as they move onto other legislative business. you've been watching prime minister's question time and life wednesdays at 7 a.m. eastern while parliament is in session. the top duo civil rights official, thomas perez, says he continues to see violence and discrimination against muslim arabs, and south asian people. also testifying, scholars and the former civil rights official in the george w. bush administration. senator dick durbin chairs this two-hour hearing. >> this hearing of the subcommittee on the constitutions of rights and human rights will come to order. today is the first thing of this new subcommittee, formed by the merging of the constitution subcommittee with the human rights and the law subcommittee which i chaired for the last four years. i want to personally thank chairman pat leahy for giving me the chance to chair this new subcommittee. i look forward to working with senator lindsey graham, my friend and colleague, and the ranking member of the subcommittee, and other members of the subcommittee who will join u

. >> here on c-span2, we'll leave the british house of commons now as they move on to other legislative business. you've been watching prime minister question time aired live wednesdays at 7:00 am eastern while parliament is in session. you can see this week's question time again 7:00 and 9:00 pacific on c-span. and for more information, go to c-span.org and click on c-span series for prime minister's questions plus, links to international news media and legislatures around the world. you can also watch recent videos including videos dealing with other international issues. >> state department official robert hor mat yesterday that the united states needs to invest in education, infrastructure and innovation to become globally competitive. he argued in favor of a national energy policy. he was at the national association of business economics conference. this is an hour. >> well, thank you, rich. and, you know, it truly is indeed an honor and a pleasure for me to introduce our keynote speaker this afternoon who is currently the undersecretary of state for economic energy in agricultural

communicators," and on sundays, "newsmakers," "q&a," and prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. you can also watch our programming any time at c-span.org, and it is all searchable at our c-span video library. c-span -- washington your way, a public service created by america's cable companies. >> with the current short-term spending resolution set to expire on march 18, the house will vote tomorrow on a short- term spending measure that will cut spending. earlier the house rules committee met to discuss the procedures for that debate. it is chaired by congressman david dreier. 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

have had and the foreign secretary has had from members across the coalition and are across the house of commons. there has been lobbying and involvement in other countries and i think the minister has the that a good job. i do not want to go into too much detail of what will happen if gaddafi does not respond to the u.n. resolution, but action would have been rather rapidly and we want to do what is necessary to bring the security council to make sure that the terms of it are met. >> steven phillips. >> mayor also echoed the congratulations -- may i also echoed the congratulations? in iraq, with regard to the country, the war was not legal. in order that there can be confidence across the country in the legality of the action taken by the government, that advice needs to be followed as closely as possible. can my right hon. friend assure me that will be the case and we will see that of vice as soon as possible? >> what i can promise is that you will see a summary of position of this device before the debate on monday. if he wants to see the legal basis, it is all there in the u.n. security coun

strong support we have had from members from right across the coalition and right across the house of commons. i think the ministers have done an extremely good job. in terms of -- i do not want to go into too much detail, what could happen if gaddafi does not do what the resolution says -- action would follow relatively rapidly. we will do what is necessary to make sure the terms of the resolution are met. what's may i also congratulate my right hon. friend for the courage is demonstrated in the last week? one of the difficulties we had in relation to the war in iraq is the thought that the war was not legal. in order that there can be confidence across the country in the legalities being taken by the government, it needs to deal with the point raised by the hon. gentleman -- can my friend asure me this will be the case? >> what i cannot promise my friend is you will see a summary position on this device before the debate on monday. it is all there in the un security resolution. i would recommend reading it to see how strong the legal basis is. >> can i thank the prime minister and the forei

house of representatives. and weeknights, supreme court oral arguments. on weekends, the communicators and on sundays, newsmakers, q&a, and prime ministers questions from the house of commonsall searchable at our c- span video library. c-span, washington your way. in public service created by americans -- america's cable cos. host: that daulton is the chief -- pat dalton is the chief operating officer at the government accountability office. this is a recent story. government overlap cost taxpayers billions, gao says. federal auditors jurors have identified hundred -- hundreds of overlapping programs that if merged back or eliminated could save taxpayers billions of dollars. walk us through what the gao found the big picture. guest: basically, the and will report, this is the first time we have done it. it is part of a mandate congress requires of us to produce this report every year. over the past year we have been looking at areas for duplication, overlap, fragmentation across government. this report just brings it all together. we identified 34 areas of potential duplication, overlap, and fragmentation among government programs. and as part of gao's other work we identi

of the house. and each night, congressional hearings and policy reform. supreme court for all arguments. on saturday, the communicators, and newsmakers, q&a, and prime minister's questions from the british house of commonsyuca whatever programs anytime on c-span.org. c-span, washington your way. created as a service from the cable companies. "washington journal" continues. host:? spencer is from the heritage foundation. thanks for being here. jack spencer. guest: fangs. everyone has been focused largely on what has been going on in japan -- thanks, everyone has been focused largely on what has been going on in japan. we are looking at whether or not we should build more nuclear power plants in this country. nothing has happened in japan that is indicative of the underlying safety of the technology. regardless of what is going on in japan, it does not erase the 50 years of safe operation we have had in this country and around the world. there have been a number of highly publicized actions -- the one that the japanese is dealing with right now, chernobyl, the and one, three mile island. no one was hurt or injured as a result of radioactive release. the story in japan is still unfolding. chernobyl was ver

saturdays, the communicators, and sundays, news makers, q&a, and prime minister's questions from the house of commons you can also watch it any time at c-span.org and is all searchable at our c-span video library. c-span, washington your way. a public service created by america's cable companies. >> "washington journal" continue. host: our guest now, eric lichtblau, the "new york times" daschle security reporter. with everything -- national security reporter. with everything happening in the middle east, we got this piece you wrote. what is the story as it relates to these lobbyists? guest: this is a situation where no one knows how it is going to play out. it events have changed -- even to have changed so much. first position during this are the lobbyists who represent countries like egypt and libya and bahrain and tunisia, and they are often trying healthy salaries for representing those interests. at times they are not even sure who is going to be signing their paychecks because power has changed hands so quickly. these are lobbyists who, by definition, have access to the policymakers in washingto

saturdays "the communicators" and sundays footage from the british house of commons. it is all searchable at our c-span video library. c-span, washington your way, a public service created by america's cable companies. >> "washington journal" continues. host: now on your screen is tim delaney. he is president and c.e.o. of a group called nonprofits. our goal is to talk about the role and mission of nonprofit and how they interact with state and federal government. tim delaney, welcome to the "washington journal." can we start by getting a deaf anything on the table by what non-profits are? guest: sure. first of all, we are the nation's largest network of nonprofits. we span the range of nonprofit hospitals and communities to community theaters. it is a broad range at the national council of nonprofits. there are a little over a million charitable nonprofits in america today. host: what kind of services do you provide when it comes to related services that government provides? how do you interact? guest: actually the nonprofit sector is a solid partner with government.