tonight on c-span's "q&a" hugh hewitt. that is all by the british parliament review at 9 p.m. >> this week on q&a, network host hugh hewitt discusses his latest book titled the happiest ife. >> hugh hewitt and your latest book the happeniest life, you said it's the first time you've ever discussed your kids. >> yes. >> why. >> early on we had an untournt guy who heard me talking about my daughter and he threatened her. i've had that debate with a lot of public figures and have said to young people in our business to be careful how much you push your forward children because there are a lot of crazy people in this world who will try to get to you through them. >> how old are they in >> the young zest 22. the others are 25 and 28. >> do they listen to you on the radio ? >> one does and the other two do not. my daughter doesn't care about politics. my sons do but only one of them license. one son loves talk radio , the whole business. >> why do you spend this much time on the radio with all the background, your harvard backgr

yes, his name is hugh hewitt. >> they had on liberals all the time. if you watch the news hour it was unbalanced and remains to a certain extent unbalanced. david brooks is their conservative. he's a conservative but he's not a conservatives conservative. he's like me, a center right guy. they gave me a show and i did a show about religion and it changed my life and got me interested in writing about and broadcasting about religion. pbs was very unbalanced and n.p.r. is very unbalanced. it was the one thing i would have gone to bat for to cut out of the budget as a symbolic thing because it does not represent well the broad spectrum of american opinion that funds it. this show is very fair and c-span is very fair but not n.p.r. n.p.r. is i had logically criven. all their listeners are listening to n.p.r. >> it's popular though. >> it's great product. it's subherb quality. >> they say very little of the money that comes from the feds a percent and a half they say? >> that's true and that's why they shouldn't be unwilling to part with it. i used to be a

that is all by the british parliament review at 9 p.m. >> this week on q&a, network host hugh hewitt discusses his latest book titled the happiest ife. >> hugh hewitt and your latest book the happeniest life, you said it's the first time you've ever discussed your kids. >> yes. >> why. >> early on we had an untournt experience of a

ng, it's >> what do they say about hugh hewitt? >> they can and be will. the happy life i try to put on display. learned my life. i had this conversation yesterday with three young eporters from washington free beacon. he town is now lousy with 20-year-olds with opinions. i didn't have an opinion. until i was ished 28. i wasn't really published until i was 35. jobs in government confirmed by the senate and go to law school. to have opinions. now the town is full of 25-year-olds who know what's it.ng with i'm amazed and i'm amused. i think people should really be they start to opine on that which could impact they 's lives in the -- should have children. they should be married. if they don't have children, and aunts be uncles and be responsible and have life insurance policies. congressman n be a when you're 25. >> not many of them -- that's because the time of the your life span was so much expected. hejoe biden was elected when was 29 to the senate. >> i rest my case. actually, i bring up joe biden a the adage that some people do not change period in wash

. ♪ >> this week on q&a, network host hugh hewitt discusses his latest book titled "the happiest life>> hugh hewitt and your latest book the happeniest life, you said it's the first time you've ever discussed your kids. >> yes. >> why. >> early on we had an untournt experience of a guy who heard me talking about my daughter and he threatened her. i've had that debate with a lot of public figures and have said to young people in our business to be careful how much you push your forward children because there are a lot of crazy people in this world who will try to get to you through them. >> how old are they in >> the young zest 22. the others are 25 and 28.

more with radio talk host hugh hewitt on q&a. morning, washington journal as live. -- how twitter is changing election coverage. a look at the obama administration's legislative priorities in 2014. seniorobinson, international policy on the role of special operations forces in iraq and afghanistan. americanation of the consumer's spending habits and how they have affected the gdp and economy. host: president obama signed budget and defense know for while in hawaii. in washington, they will go over the details of next year's spending. good morning. here are some of the headlines. from politico, barack obama signed a budget bill. it will provide a broad outline for the federal budget from 2015. it eases sequestration cuts. the bipartisan budget act secures a total of $63 billion in discretionary funding.

. >> more with radio talk host hugh hewitt sunday night at 8 p.m. on c-span's q&a. >> a professor of finance and economics at stanford university. and author of the banker's new clothes, what's wrong with banking and what to do about it. she argues week regulation and ineffective enforcement has allowed the financial industry to put the entire economy at risk. booktv spoke with her earlier this year. >> "the bankers' new clothes" is a new book by stanford professor anat admati. professor, what's this cartoon on the front of the book? >> well, it shows a few naked bankers just wearing ties and this mother and son staring at them. it represents some of the content of the book, unfortunately. >> you open the book with the emperors new clothes store, why? >> it has a certain -- when people say something with a straight face and address nicely and they appear like they know what they're talking about, people think they might be missing something or they might not understand or its just not good business to say something. it's just more convenient not to

with radio talk show host, hugh hewitt. another chance to see bbc parliament's westminster review. a look at president obama's second term and some of he issues some second term presidents faced while in office from this morning's washington journal. >> and author and presidential istorian richard norton smith joins us at the table on second as president ies obama is turning the page on the year.d can we say if president obama is falling into a certain mold of a term president? >> no, i think it's amazing how rush to em to be in a get beyond the next three years. the media the part of that can't wait for the next campaign, for the next horse race. a they forget we have president for the next three years. that hes certainly true is experiencing some of the one might call the second term king, offers a curse. but it's something that goes with o the very beginning rare exceptions. george washington had a very term.y second rightly over foreign policy. americans were sharply divided revolution and the impact upon this country.

. >> more with radio talk-show host hugh hewitt on c-span's q&a. you are watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate, weeknights watch the public policy events and every weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get schedules that our web site and join in the conversation on social media sites. up next on booktv, afterwards with guest host, political activist and radio host joe madison talking with craig steven wilder on his book "ebony and ivy: race, slavery, and the troubled history of america's universities". in the book, the mit history shared discusses how the campuses of many of the universities were not only built by slave labor but funded by profits earned from the practice of slavery. this program is about an hour. >> professor wilder, the first question is how did you start down the road, we were laughing before you said when you started you had hair, but -- >> not a lot but i had hair. >> what started you down the road to actually put

. >> more with hugh hewitt. >> now a discussion with u.s./saudi relations and how it has been impacted by the nuclear deal with the ran an series of nuclear war. this runs 1.5 hours. >> good morning. thank you for being here. we are going to go for an hour and a half year. we're going to speak for 45 minutes to an hour, then open for questions and answers. thank you for coming to hudson. thank you to our c-span audience. thank you for this wonderful panel. elliott abrams was debbie national security advisor for global democracy strategy. he is a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. brian is a senior fellow at the center for american progress focusing on the middle east and north africa. he is author of "the prosperity agenda." in the meantime, i want mr. abrams to make a few comments and first. then we will have a discussion. thank you. >> thank you for being here today. i wanted to start by saying some of the discussion of u.s. saudi relations is over done in the sense of a hopeless crisis that will result in incurable differe

i more with radio talk show host hugh hewitt sunday night at 8:00 on c-span "q&a." coming up over the next upper lowers, we will take you to london where last month about 300 minutes -- members of britain's youth parliament gathered in the house of parliament for it the debate. understanding of parliamentary democracy and the u.k.. they debated a range of topics including bullying, combating youth unemployment, and voting rights for teenagers. speaker of the house of john house.l resided over the >> the parliament will now consider the second nation of the day, relating to zero tolerance toward bullying in schools as printed on the order paper to move the motion, i call and invite you warmly to welcome from the east of england -- [applause] speaker.you, mr. everyone is unique, special, different, and i think it is fair to say that if we were all exactly the same, this world would be an extremely dull place. peoplenately, a lot of get bullied because they are unique or different. aggression is not natural. suffering is not either. --human is born that way bullying is

. >> more with radio talk host hugh hewitt, sunday night on c- span. directors of the white house faith-based offices. since president bush began it in 2001, they discuss faith and the white house. from southern methodist university in dallas, this is about two hours. >> ladies and gentlemen, we at smu and the center for presidential history is honored to have you here with us this evening. i hope i can speak for all of us when i say it is an honor to have our five guests and panelists with us today. these five people have served our country well. they have led the charge in finding fair, constitutional, efficient, and effective ways for our national government to assist and partner with faith- based and neighborhood organizations in our midst which are doing great social good. in short, they have invested personally in making our country a better place to live in. we have the opportunity to hear from all of them are on the same stage. this would oversee various departments of the government, including the attorney general's office, the department of e

. >> more with hugh hewitt, sunday night at 8 on c-span's "q q&a." >> now a conversation on food wasteand ways to reduce the wasten including education outreach programs, finding buyers of unsold crops and few technologies to convert waste into energy. from the local food lab in san francisco, this is just over an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen, let me welcome you here tonight at the consul general -- well, that's me. [laughter] and the organization we have here at the 31st floor of this magnificent building. sorry it's dark outside. i invite you to come back here during the daytime. it's magnificent view of the bay. but that's not the topic of in this night. we will speak about food waste, sorry to be in front of the panel, but i'm afraid the microphone would collapse. let me start with a quote from a dutch ceo from unilever which is one of the biggest retail, food retail offices in the world, i think. it's a dutch-anglo company. he had been invited by ban ki-moon to be part of the sustainability goals for the whole world.

. >> more with radio talk host hugh hewitt on c-span q&a. >> we bring public affairs events from washingtontly to you about putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings, and conferences of a at offering complete apple to gavel coverage of the u.s. house. all is a public service of private industry. we are c-span, created by the cable tv industry 34 years ago and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. now you can watch is in hd. norm, andhave secular thatf theological norms govern our except as a reduction in the ways in which a god or gods or goddesses can speak to people. we have some saying they have a special insight into the bible of and that these insights help other members of the committee that community understand the book of revelation better and help them understand they are in the and sign -- the end times that others do not accept. that in and of itself is not a bad thing, but when it leads to other elements that trigger things of law-enforcement concerns as well as the popular press concert, then federally, this idea of somebody li

. >> >> more with radio talk host hugh hewitt. >> he says what he thinks, no matter what it is.think you have to be political in a certain way. you have to be honest, and you have to say the same things, but still you have to cater to people sometimes come i think, now what they think and need to influence them to vote for you. it is not being dishonest it is just finding out what they want and letting them know how you're going to help them with that problem and the things they want. >> first ladies, season two. this week, lady bird johnson to rosalynn carter. washington journal continues. author and presidential historian richard norton smith joins us now discussion on second term residencies as president obama is about to turn the page on the first year of his second term. mr. smith, at this point what can we say yet whether or not present obama's going to fall into a certain mold of a second term president? peopleit is amazing how are in a rush to get beyond the next three years, there's a large part of the media that cannot wait for the next campaign horserace. aey forget t

. >> more with radio talk show host hugh hewitt sunday night on c-span's q&a. >> next, a group of womenveterans of the iraq and afghanistan wars share their experiences. they talk about their personal decisions for entering the military, some of the dangers they encountered in war zones, how they used their skills during their deployments and their transition from military to civilian life. the event was hosted by the new york public library as part of its new york veteran history series. it is about an hour and 40 minutes. >> so i'd like to thank thank t. everyone for coming out today, pearl harbor today, for a very important discussion with some truly incredible veterans. my name is alex and doctor kelly and i work with outrage services at nypl on veterans programing and this is the third and final panel discussion we hosted here as part of our new york public library new york veteran history series. we're truly honored to have incredible individuals to share their stories on this stage. so this discussion, like our other discussions, really seeks to celebrate the complete story. as v

. >> more with radio talk host hugh hewitt, sunday night at eight on c-span's q&a. >> mexico is set toallow foreign companies to drill for oil for the first time since mexico nationalized its oil industry in 1938. the mexican undersecretary of hydrocarbons spoke last week atlantic council in washington. this is almost two hours. >> [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. i would like to welcome all of you to the atlantic council with this incredibly timely event on mexico's energy reform. which was passed by the mexican congress last thursday and declared constitutional just yesterday after being approved by a majority of state legislatures. i would like to recognize how pleased and honored we are the mexican ambassador eduardo is with us today the u.s. is lucky to have the ambassador in washington. the atlantic council is lucky the ambassador is a friend of the atlantic council to thank you very much for coming. as well-regulated mexico's undersecretary of hydrocarbons, enrique ochoa reza, traveled to washington for this event and also did so on very minimal sleep after working tir