now coming up next the huffington post isn't so happy with the blog. so they censored it. a war and a school district in north carolina has gone back on their. students all because the tea party protests so are we really headed back. after the break. he took. from our studios this is our. pilot error and the psychological pressure of the primary cause of the plane crash that killed the polish president and most of the country's political elite as air crash investigators deliver a final verdict minister has cut short his holiday to examine the report. as the world's most notorious prison. protests are held in the u.s. calling on president obama to finally deliver on his promise to shut it down rights campaigners claim the detention center is there to hold people indefinitely without trial. and despite spending millions to fight a broad number of cases in the u.k. worrying levels but fears there's no cash to treat. and my colleague bill dog will be in in about thirty minutes with a full look at your news but first it's time to go back for the second part of the i want to sho

am joined by a terrific panel including david brody, maria teresa kumar, dana milbank, arianna huffington, maria bartiromo, cornel west, david frum, and john s. chen. we are glad you have joined us. coming up now. [applause] >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] [applause] tavis: hu jintao is on his way to the usa. what's to we expect our government to get for us out of those conversations? what ought to be bringing back to is when the summit is over? >> open the market, with as played evenly, fairly, and transparently. by the way, it goes both ways

huffington. [applause] the anchor of "at the closing bell" maria bartiromo. [applause] he is the best-selling author, please welcome dr. cornel west. [applause] he is a best selling author and former speech writer for george w. bush, please welcome david frum. [applause] the ceo of sybase and a committee of 100, our friend, john chen. [applause] i think want to start our conversation with dr. west. i do that because i was reading clips of some of your immediate appearances, one in particular, you were asked about this conversation. i thought we were friends. until i read this conversation -- we talked about how america can return to its greatness. i want to talk about -- we have three hours to drill down on this, but you took exception in the piece i read on a particular media outlet on the notion of america returning to its greatness. i want to let you unpack we have to say about that, but talk to me philosophically, politically, socially, culturally, how you see this notion of america's grade i

i get on huffington post media. and the wall street journal. that is how start my moving but it morning. actual tangible magazines and time magazine and newsweek. and new york magazine. i read everything. i read conservative bloggers hot air, some liberal bloggers like the huffington opposed, i read everything. i like to get it all in. >> you are terrific because it doesn't always agree with you and that is part of the problem with politicians. they stick to their own genre. they don't go on any other shows. >> i take a lot of heat for going on. people just go crazy. i think if we only go on fox as republicans, i worry more so, if we live in a society where republicans will only go on fox this could very well happen. think of sarah palin running for president and doing interviews, this could happen. it is over saturating the media. hy worry about this time and what is happening. for me i love going on some shows on fox. i tell you anything. give me a fair chance to speak. start harassing me and never going your show again. thank you. >> great j

huffington. [applause] the anchor of "at the closing bell" maria bartiromo. [applause] he is the best-selling author, please welcome dr. cornel west. [applause] he is a best selling author and former speech writer for george w. bush, please welcome david frum. [applause] the ceo of sybase and a committee of 100, our friend, john chen. [applause] i think want to start our conversation with dr. west. i do that because i was reading clips of some of your immediate appearances, one in particular, you were asked about this conversation. i thought we were friends. until i read this conversation -- we talked about how america can return to its greatness. i want to talk about -- we have three hours to drill down on this, but you took exception in the piece i read on a particular media outlet on the notion of america returning to its greatness. i want to let you unpack we have to say about that, but talk to me philosophically, politically, socially, culturally, how you see this notion of america's grade i

huffington. [applause] the anchor of "at the closing bell" maria bartiromo. [applause] he is the best-selling author, please welcome dr. cornel west. [applause] he is a best selling author and former speech writer for george w. bush, please welcome david frum. [applause] the ceo of sybase and a committee of 100, our friend, john chen. [applause] i think want to start our conversation with dr. west. i do that because i was reading clips of some of your immediate appearances, one in particular, you were asked about this conversation. i thought we were friends. until i read this conversation -- we talked about how america can return to its greatness. i want to talk about -- we have three hours to drill down on this, but you took exception in the piece i read on a particular media outlet on the notion of america returning to its greatness. i want to let you unpack we have to say about that, but talk to me philosophically, politically, socially, culturally, how you see this notion of america's grade i

and certainly at "huffington post," you have ariana who post divorce created an empire.e of her life. willow bay lives in a blended family. there therefore, you see the possibility of divorce that life can go on and often wife can go on. >> is there more willingness for people to confront the fact that the marriage isn't working? was there a time you stayed together because divorce didn't seem like the option? >> there has been a tipping point. for a long time, you know, people stayed together often unnecessarily. but i think what unfortunately is happening is it's trending that people may be getting divorced too quickly because we're such an immediate gratification culture and the pursuit of personal happiness has trumped the commitment to family and clan. i think you have two clashing value systems. >> are we devaluing marriage and the notion of commitment? >> if you look at the numbers of people still marrying, people still value marriage. those of us in second marriages, the first marriage you feel entitled and the second one you feel grateful because you manage your

the huffington spoast one of the most diverse platforms. [applause] i think it demonstrates that we are basically -- it does -- the rest of us where we could have someone with different opinions and voices in their garage writing and talking about it. but what we do need to do is break up the mainstream media and need to have conversations. i think dana, you were talking about it. also dr. west. if i'm feeling uncomfortable about where i am today and i don't have any rational conversation or any really understanding of why i'm in the plight that i am, but i hear someone constantly telling me to hate or that it is their fault, it is easy for me to all of a sudden conclude that i'm not at fault , but it is the changing faces of america that are. so what we need to do with media is there is a responsibility to it. we need to talk about responsibility and hold people accountable. giffords said it best. words do have consequences. tavis: i want to discuss what is going to happen to our politics over the next couple of years. trying to write this

of our panel includes david brody, maria teresa kumar, dana milbank, arianna huffington, maria bartiromo, cornel west, david frum, and john chen. we are glad you've joined us for night one of our conversation, coming up right now. [laughter] [applause] >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. >> nationwide is on your side >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- [applause] tavis: i think i want to start our conversation first with dr. west. i only do this because i was reading some clips of some of his media appearances of late, one in particular, where

with us huffington post howard fineman, bbc's katty kay. "atlanta journal-constitution" cynthia tucker and nbc's norah o'donnell. first up, the president enters his third year on a high with poll numbers that reflect approval of the compromises he forged with republicans in december in his speech in tucson. so with all of washington gathered before him tuesday night at the state of the union, how can the president, like jfk, get this country moving again? howard fineman? >> well, chris, the white house aides i talked to said kind of the scaffolding of the speech is going to be a generational call to the future in the manner of john f. kennedy's call for a new frontier a half a century ago. the president is going to say we need investments in education, in infrastructure n. research and defense, in research to take on the new global challenger, the chinese. and how we do that and cut the budget and save money and cut down our debt at the same time, how we do those two things simultaneously, is a great challenge and to make it soring and to d

. >> you were quoted in " huffington post." sir ratio many hispanics and african-americans do not see how it benefits them or that it is too expensive. >> i wrote that because sometimes i think the policy a round broadband, we are relentless about -- roughly 97% of america has some level of broadband available to it. the issue in this country is adoption. why is it that certain populations either are not exposed to it, don't see the relevance of it, or do not have the training to use broadband. the biggest issue is adoption. the broadband plan addresses the issue of adoption. >> what do you think the future of the plan is with republicans in control of the house? >> i think it still has legs. so much of the plan requires the private sector and the ngo sector. it was a call to arms to a lot of different entities. it will not be just about government action, but republicans and democrats care about spectrum. that is an issue that has to be resolved. most folks care about doing something about universal soberservice. i have no exp

what you don't know is almost as important as what you do know i mean time a web journalist laura huffington is also known as the resident she asks people in the big apple how do we challenge terrorism and whether we have an answer on how to stop it. the suicide bomber in moscow the car bomb in iraq the shootings in tucson considering the recent spate of violent acts around the globe are we doing enough to prevent terrorism this week let's talk about that i think we could be keeping lines of communication open and i think we can be trying to consider other people's perspectives i think we can be thinking more about policy and less about rhetoric are you willing to do more for if it meant the world was going to be protected more like strip searched at airports if necessary and i wanted to be searchers. i think the new machine they have is fine sees through clothes yeah ok with that ok do you think the scanners are ok if it means we're safe yes your calls are coming off a nobody stacia do you think it's ever justifiable old you think anyone ever has a good enough reason to get that angry to do

. >> host: you were quoted in the huffington post regarding broadband adoption today. only 46% of african-americans and 40% of hispanics have broadband, and surveys show many don't see how it benefits them or that it's too expensive. again, this road map must help deliver creative solutions to alleviate barriers to adoption such as digital literacy. >> guest: yeah. and you know why i wrote that is because sometimes i think in policy around broadband we're pretless about the deployment -- breathless about the deployment issue. and we have roughly 97% of america has some level of broadband available to it. the issue in this country is adoption. why is it that certain populations either aren't exposed to broadband, don't see the relevance for broadband or don't have the training? so the the biggest issue is adoption, and this is why i was excited by the broadband plan which addresses the issue of adoption. >> host: what do you think the future of the broadband plan is with the republicans in control in the house? >> guest: i think it still has legs because, again, so much

my name is sam stein, i'm with the huffington post, and george w. bush be is doing a round of media tours for his book right now. i'm wondering if you could reflect a little bit on the man who was your predecessor at the governor's office, but also the head of the republican party for eight years. you talk about the need for republicans to reclaim the lost opportunities of the past. does that extend to missteps in the bush administration? >> look, i don't -- i want you to read the book. [laughter] first off. so i'm going to refer you to that. >> i will. >> republicans are not unscathed democrats, republicans, the supreme court, they all get on my radar screen, and, you know, the torpedoes have been launched. they hit those targets. look, there's nobody perfect many this, and nobody walks away out of "fed up" unscathed. and appropriately so. there hasn't been anybody done it perfect yet. >> what about issues like the medicare prescription drug program? you talk about -- >> read the book. [laughter] >> okay. we'll just go back over here. over here. >>

. >> i was reading the "wall street journal" and the "huffington post" online and ads pop up for herll. i'm going to make her the gadget friday. i'm going to ask the camera to get closer if we could. it is a thermostat with christina loren on it. it's from a california company called vend star. it's the color touch. it's programmable and you can upload any picture to it you wish. when you want to get as cool as christina, you hit this button. >> or hot for that matter. >> i wasn't going to go there. >> i can say that. >> laura said. >> i have no comment. >> you better not. >> mike is strangely quiet. install your own thermostat easily. it's not a lot different than putting in a light switch. if that sounds like something above your skill set, talk to an electrici electrician. it will save you money in the long run. >> you could put a picture of a puppy in there? >> you could put a puppy if you want to or go to her facebook and steal her picture. >> like i said a puppy. >> on a serious note, we need to talk about money and that is inflation. that has become a bit of an issue as we wat

i read conservative blogs, some liberal blogs, if you consider the huffington post a liberal blog, but i like to get it all in. >> just one more comment. i think you're terrific. you go on shows that don't agree with you. >> thank you. you know, i take a lot of heat for going on especially rachel madow. and people go crazy that i'm going on her show and people can't seem to handle it, and i think if we only go on fox as republicans, if this is -- i worry more so, and i have a column coming out about this is we live in society where republicans only go on fox. think about palin running for president only just doing interviews on fox. this can in fact happen. all she has to do is twitter and facebook her message and do an interview. i worry about this. i worry about this time. i worry about what's happening. for me, i love going on shows on fox and msnbc, i like some shows on cnn. you good to me, i'm good to you. you give me a chance to speak, you're cool. you harass me, i'll never go on your show again. >> thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> great job. two-part question. can you brie

i wrote a piece that's up on the huffington post also on wikileaks. a few weeks ago we had a seminar/debate/discussion about wikileaks at ipf that emerged -- ips that emerged when we realized we had quite significant differing opinions of the process. my own view is that democracy requires sunshine. democracy requires openness. war requires secrecy. and i don't like war, so i don't like secrecy. i think the more we know, the better empowered we are to fight against wars and wad -- bad policies. having said that, i think we have to be clear that any of these wikileaks documents, and we're only seeing -- we've seen about 2,000 so far out of, apparently, the 250,000 in this cache, but i think that any individual one that we're seeing may or may not be true. it may or may not reflect actual government policy. it may reflect the goal of some young and ambitious junior diplomat who's trying to impress somebody back home. all those things come into account. but at the end of the day what we know is on that day this is what the embassy in x country told the s

>> this is where i tip my hat to arianna huffington. she has one of the most diverse online di platforms. [applause] what her work demonstrates is that we are --the online platform tis the rest of us. we can have someone with a differing opinion or different boys in their rise writing and talking. in theiro- -- voice garage writing. it deals with the uncomfortable about where bill so i today and about where i am today, and i do not have anyone to talk to, it is easy for me to conclude that i am not at fault. there is a responsibility in the media. we need to hold people accountable. words do have consequences. >> i have some sympathy for what is being said here. >> as a white male, we appreciated. >> i was on a television show and we were talking about rick sanchez being fired. i look around the room and i realize there were four jews talking about it. i understand where you are coming [laughter] from. -- i understand where you are coming from. i do not understand what the mainstream media we are talking about is. is's its -the washingt

smiley leads a discussion on the war, the economy, education, jobs and america's future with arianna huffingtonnk beginning at 6 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> middle and high school students, it's time to upload your videos for c-span's video documentary competition. this year's topic, washington, d.c. through my lens, get your video to c-span by january 20th for your chance to win the grand rise of $5,000. there's $50,000 in total prizes. c-span's student cram video -- cam video documentary competition is open to students in grades 6-12. go online to student cam.org. >> now, scott walker's;w9s inauguration as wisconsin's 45th governor. from the state capitol reton da in -- rotunda in madison, this is a little less than a half) hour. [cheers and applause] >> please, raise your right hand and repeat after me: i and state your name. >> i, scott walker -- >> do solemnly wear -- >> do solemnly swear -- >> that i will support -- >> that i will support -- >> the constitution of the united states -- >> the constitution of the united states -- >> and the constitution of the state of wisconsin -- >> and

he's a regular contributor to the "huffington post." under him, they have recovered millions of dollars for gun violence victims as well as precedent setting decisions on the reliability of gun sellers. in 2004, he was named one of top 10 lawyers of the year. his work as a public interest lawyer has profiled in "the new yorker." he received his b.a. from oberland college, and prior to joining, he was a partner in the foley, and lardner. [applause] >> thank you. thank you for being here. i noticed a generational difference between alan and myself. when he came up, he brought a laptop computer. i bring a notebook. what can i say? certainly the tragic shotting in tucson has made this program even more timely. but i think it also demands that we put our constitutional discussion in a broader context. because our topic today really can't be confined to constitutional theory. the scope of the second amendment has profound, real world consequences. it has life and death consequences. and as i see it, much of the debate about the second amendme

the article is from the "huffington post" on january 12 and one citizen in particular came to my mind. norquist also suggested that many prominent conservatives privately hold the view that the war in afghanistan should end quickly. it is time for them to speak out publicly, mr. speaker. we need to become more engaged in the issue and make our feelings known. mr. speaker, i have mentioned before that a retired military general has been my advisor on afghanistan for the past year. i'd like to share two points that he made in a recent email. the first point he made is, and i quote, what is the end state we are looking to achieve? what are the measures of effectiveness? what is our exit strategy? same old questions, no answers. the second point that the general made in his email to me , what do we say to the mother and father, to the wife or the last soldier or marine killed to support a corrupt government and corrupt leader in a war that cannot be won? mr. speaker, i'm going to repeat that very quickly. from the retired general, what do we say to the mother and father, to the wife of th

a huffington post article by february 24, 2010, reports on martin who is described as a 57-year-old former executive chef and ohio who has been getting unemployment checks since june, 2008 and is quoted as saying instead of receiving the unemployment checks even if it is if dillinger of the would be doing good. i would be very happy to do that. a 45-yr-

today, given what arianna huffington is doing, it is very difficult to get away with it. immediately, on the internet, there is a correction. there is conversation. there are the people. the people are speaking. i like this is news for that reason because it can be measured engaged. there is not as much room for opinion. frankly, i do not want to turn on the news and hear someone's opinion. i do not care. i have my own opinion. [applause] >> i think the problem is not opinion. is it opinion based on fact or is it opinion based on fantasy? that is the distinction for me. i do not have a problem with opinion or faction. i have a problem with people making stuff up. our fact checking process is completely non-partisan. we will get republicans, democrats and everything in between. this is not a partisan issue. whatever the opinion, we recognize our reverence for fact. it does not always to be found in the middle. sometimes the truth is on one side or the other side. the earth is not flat. [applause] [unintelligible] the object is to stay in the middle and state your views. >>

he's a regular contributor to the "huffington post." under his direction, the brady center lawyers have recovered millions of dollars in damages for gun violence victims, as well as winning precedence-setting decisions on the liability of gun sellers. in 2004, he was named one of the top ten lawyers of the year, by lawyers weekly magazine. his work as a public interest lawyer has been in the new yorker. his law degree was from '77 from the virginia school of law. prior to joining the brady center in 1989, he was a partner in the law firm of foley and lardner. please welcome dennis henigan. [ applause ] >> thank you, roger. and thank you all for being here. i noticed a generational difference between alan and myself. when he came up he brought a little laptop computerith him. i bring a notebook. what can i say. certainly the tragic shooting in tucson has made this program even more timely. but i think it also demands that we put our constitutional discussion in a broader context. cause our conflict today really can't be confined to const

a huffington post article by february 24, 2010, reports on martin who is described as a 57-year-old former executive chef and ohio who has been getting unemployment checks since june, 2008 and is quoted as saying instead of receiving the unemployment checks even if it is if dillinger of the would be doing good. i would be very happy to do that. a 45-year-old casino worker commented put me to work digging ditches or helping build roads anything preferable to sitting on my butt. this would give those of those on unemployment back pride and accomplish something with the money being spent. there's a work force of a million people sitting idle waiting for something to do. that is a massive amount of lost labor that could be fixing america's infrastructure. instead of unemployment how your me to do that. there are closer than 15 million people sitting on a little waiting for something to do. there's plenty of important work for them to do and innumerable benefits garnered for having them do the work with in this implement a national program that provides a job guarantee for all citizens. >> now

"and huffington post" and b.e .t. are launching a new platform. the announcement is expected today. those are the latest headlines. >> this new law is a fiscal house of cards and a healthcare house of cards. >> has anybody, any family in america, any single mother, any spouse, any child, and a grandparent not a more bureaucratic system and the american health insurance system? >> watch this week's debate, any time. see what your representatives said. read transcripts. congressional chronicle at c- span.org. host: meet congressman jason chaffetz of utah. he represents the third district in utah. we just announced he has a new job. he will be chairing the subcommittee on national security and homeland defense. what you want to do with that panel? guest: there is a lot to do. we have hundreds of millions of dollars going out the door in the war effort. we have people from every corner of this country fighting to defend the country. quite frankly, we do not have enough discussion about the fact that we are in a war. we have a duty and a responsibility to not only work with the president

. >> stand with the "huffington post." you spoke about pervasive use of the filibuster, but you stopped short of endorsing the one proposal out there by senator tom udall to revamp the rules of this. i wonder if you're planning on signing him with a proposal and what do you think of the landscape for achieving rules reform on january 20? >> both is going to be very strong. i do support that proposal, i think, or the basics of the proposal. i think we want to protect the rights of minority, the founding fathers envisioned that in the constitution. i think it's critical to do it. and what goes around comes around. and clearly having been in the minority i understand that. but we have to find a way to guarantee that come as i said, it is being used not as a day-to-day tactic that has no accountability, but that is being used in a way that engages the nation in a legitimate debate about something substantive. as long as that takes place i think that's a fair place to that kind of a struggle to try to find a way to get to go 60

leads the discussion on the war, the economy, education, jobs and america's future with arianna huffingtont 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. middle and high school students, it is time to upload your videos for c-span's student cam competition. get your video to c-span by january 20 for your chance to win the grand prize of $5,000. c-span's video documentary composition i guess the is open to students in grade 6-12. >> president obama spoke at a memorial service last night for victims of saturday's shooting in tucson, arizona. these speakers collude janet napolitano, attorney generic holder and arizona governor joon jan brewer. this is an hour and 40 mince. >> ladies and [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] ♪ ["fanfare for the common man" playing] ♪ ♪ [applause] >> welcome. let me start in the traditional way by introducing myself. i am carlist and solace. on my mother's side, i am -- carlos gonzales. on my mother's side, i am mexican. on my waterside, i am yacci refugee from mexico. we have been here -- i am degenerat

tomorrow night and return on c-span called "americas next chapter, to one of our guest is are in the huffington. they get a chance to dry the conversation. the internet is stepping up in that regard. it is not feel like media as it used to be. host: other participants will include a member of cbnc, a member of princeton university, a former speech writer george w. bush, a member of "washington post," and david brody of cnn. 6:00 tomorrow night on c-span. it all on the republican line. caller: good morning. i am from hancock county, and i am a farmer. i was listening to what your guest just had to say about how the media drives our stuff. and freedom is not the ability to do whatever you want to do. freedom is the ability to do what you ought to do. and when we used to have standards back in the 1950's and 1940's, family was first. we do not have an abortion. we do not have rappers. we respected women. today, we do not respect women. men do not respect women. that is what is wrong with our culture. and i see the democrats that have supported these liberals being able to do whatever they want to

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. >> sam stein, huffington post, you spoke about the pervasive use of the filibuster but stopped short of endorsing one proposal out there by senator udall to revamp the rules of the senate. i'm woonedering if you're planning to sign on to that proposal and what you think the landscape for achieving rules reform on january 24? i do support that proposal. or the basics of the proposal. i think we want to protect the rights of the minority, the founding fathers envisioned that in the constitution, i think it's critical to that. what goes around, comes around. clearly having been in the minority, i understand that power. but, we have to find a way to guarantee that, as i said, it's being used not as a day-to-day tactic that has no accountability but that it is being used in a way that engages the nation in the legitimate debate about something substantive. as long as that takes place, i think it's a fair place to have that kind of struggle, if you will to try to find a way to get your votes. today, you don't have to do that. you don't even have to talk. you can announce you'll be opposed

future with ariane a huffington, cornell west, maria barbaro, and a day milbank beginning at 6:00 eastern on c-span. tomorrow, the republican national committee he likes their new chair. five candidates are looking for the position including current share michael steele. watch the process and the votes starting at 10:30 a.m. eastern. middle and high school students, it is time to off load your videos from the competition. petrify-eight minute -- and get your five-eight minute video in. there is $50,000 in total prize is released -- the cspan studentscam video competition is open forum students. yesterday was the one-year anniversary of the earthquake in haiti. we will hear from the red cross. she talked about the market's response efforts and donor accountability of the organization from the national press club. this is about one hour. greta afternoon and welcome to the national press club. we are the world's local leading organization for journalists and are committed by committing to a free press worldwide. for more information, visit our website. i would like to welcome our speaker and

he's a regular contributor to the "huffington post." under his direction, the brady center lawyers have recovered millions of dollars in damages for gun violence victims, as well as winning precedence-setting decisions on the liability of gun sellers. in 2004, he was named one of the top ten lawyers of the year, by lawyers weekly magazine. his work as a public interest lawyer has been in the new yorker. his law degree was from '77 from the virginia school of law. prior to joining the brady center in 1989, he was a partner in the law firm of foley and lardner. please welcome dennis henigan. [ applause ] >> thank you, roger. and thank you all for being here. i noticed a generational difference between alan and myself. when he came up he brought a little laptop computer with him. i bring a notebook. what can i say. certainly the tragic shooting in tucson has made this program even more timely. but i think it also demands that we put our constitutional discussion in a broader context. because our conflict today really can't be confined to c

notable speakers include cornell west, are not huffington, maria bartiromo. >> the first example of the interest being found in the problems was this issue of the shooting in tucson. and this whole conversation that the country is engaged in about civility. help me understand how is that that is the way forward, if it requires a heinous act like that to get us even into a conversation about civility. i have heard members of congress for the last week patting themselves on the back and sticking out their chests. this tragedy has reminded us there are no republicans, there are no democrats, we are all americans. we are all americans two weeks ago before it happened, and we all will be americans two weeks from now when we are not talking about it anymore. my point is it cannot take an act like this are like 9/11 for us to realize we are all in this together, we are all americans. >> that is tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and 5:00 p.m. pacific here on c-span. tamara "washington journal," a discussion on the 112 congress in the obama administration with republican and democratic strategists. a

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