from the home of james blaine. we are inside the blaine house. this house is filled with blain e memorabilia. >> welcome to maine and welcome to the people's house. mr. blaine is here every day and we see this. every evening. we say good night to him. >> many people have lived in this house over the years. when have you come to learn about the man by living in this house? >> he was not only a strong supporter and founder of the republican party in man, but a national leader. he started maine on its course to where we are now. he was influential in state government, federal government. the man was a powerhouse, a big- time power house on a national scale. i am proud to be honored to be able to stay here in the house for the next four years. >> you have the best view of america. it is right across the street from the capitol building. we are pleased to be here tonight to learn more about james blaine. for many people, he has faded into the pages of history. we will learn more about the man who brought the republican p

james g. blainere live from the blaine house. we are here with the sitting governor. this house is filled with blaine memorabilia. do you have a sense of the man while you are here? >> absolutely. welcome to the house. mr. blaine is here every day and we hear his spirit every evening. >> the house was built many years ago. and what have you come to learn about the man by living in his house? >> he not only was a very strong supporter and founder of the republican party in maine, but also a national leader and he started maine on its course to where we are now. he was very influential in the state government and federal government. he was a powerhouse. a big tank powerhouse on a massive scale. -- a big-time power house. i am very honored to be a stored of the house. >> you probably have the best commute in america because this is right across the street from the capitol building. >> that's correct. >> there's maybe better air- conditioning. we are pleased to be here tonight to learn more about james g

. -- or hundred for the presidency more than james g. blaineoughout his years, the charges of corruption from his days of promoting the railroad, lobby for congress stuck with him. we have another one of these political cartoons. the tattooed james g. blaine. this refers to the charges against him. will you tell us about this episode? >> this is from the election in 1884. this is a tremendously powerful image in that election in that it is recognized as one of the factors that helped to defeat blaine. blaine is shown as a roman senator in the senate and his toga is being lifted from his body. underneath are tattooed his various political themes. -- sins. the senators are looking aghast at his political misdeeds being revealed. in the midst of that crowd is his running mate and also a young teddy roosevelt. >> and the letters that were his defense. was it a successful defense? does history record whether or not he was corrupt? >> the mulligan letters were the accusation as opposed to being his defense and he tried very hard to make them seem as

it is still standing on massachusetts avenue. >> interested in james blaine and like to see that period of history. about 12 minutes left. hawaii stanley. >> high. -- hi. are there any books that they might recommend for reading in regards to mr. blaine? but i would suggest the but you are holding right there. if you want to know about the time. or the state in addition to this, some other books to can recommend it? >> i would agree. neils book is the most recent and up-to-date and comprehensive lkof blaine. yet to go back to the 1930's to have two biographies for him. neil is also an author to turn to their. he has done and over view of the state of maine. >> he is getting a lot of that valentines in this room. what we are talking about houses. in this book, you described the scene when blaine learns he is successful in obtaining the republican nomination in 1884 and he goes to the front door of this house to greet his supporters. will you tell us about that time? >> when it the news first came, the people were gathered down on water street which is right down by the river. around the

give us the james blaine relationship with our field. >> well, not good. the thing about the land though, he had a lot -- he was the guy that burn bridges with a lot of people. i think of blaine as per lane. >> from maine? he is from maine though. >> yes. >> the continental liar from the state of maine. why continental? does that mean he reaches across the nation? >> ran in 1884 against cleveland. before that he got the republican nomination. before that, it was plain that prevented ulysses grant from coming back -- rather 1880. it was blaine who prevented ulysses grant from winning a third term. >> despite being secretary of state for garfield and arthur, -- >> he was secretary of state under three presidents. what else did he do? >> he was in congress, he was speaker of the house. >> he changed some of the rules and the house. i am not sure exactly what rules they are. it seems to be speakers of the house. they are always changing role somewhat to their advantage. you know, smart capable guy but corrupt. >> remember, this was the. after the civil war when

blaine was defeated by grover cleveland for the presidency. this will be live from the governor's mansion in agusta, maine, which is at james g. blaine's house. this is the second week of "the contenders" looks at james blaine. could have been president. ross perot, hubert humphrey, some of the other folks we will be covering in this series on friday night. phil, you are on the air. caller: good morning, c-span. only two central points. one is tax corporations and to get rid of some regulations, neither of which is going to help the real economy or unemployment. but that's understandable because those people are no longer involved in the real economy. they are involved in the financial economy. the real economy is the middle class and the poor. so real liftcally, what can we expect in president obama's plan will be gridlocked in congress. they will be gridlocked in november with the super committee. so what can be done? i think at that point it would be time for the president to take independent action legally and sign an executive order, expand the department of transportation and the department of labor and empower them to hi

a look at the life of james blaine.nd cutting taxes and increasing spending. >> i want to begin asking you about the president postponed jobs plan. are you confident that this will create jobs? if so, which parts will do so? >> i think his proposal will create jobs and do so right away. it is not the answer to our problems. it is the beginning of the answer. we have got to get people working. and get people working, it will help our economy starts growing again. when we talk about deficit cutting, that should not be our first priority by now. we need to get people into the jobs and do lall of the things that need to be done, like working on our infrastructure, working on construction, helping local governments to what they need to do. this is not as mass of a bill as i would hope for. it is an important step and we need to take it. the president took a lot of the ideas republicans had been for in the past. he said these are bipartisan proposals. they are not that controversial. they get money into people's hands who nee

james blaine stands out in terms of personality. the fact that he was -- that he demonstrated a capacity to govern in congress. he might -- the presidency is a diminished institution. all i am saying is that the possibility for a counter interpretation is that there would not be this blank wall. >> he is memorable in congress. you cannot take public moneys and use them for religious institutions. >> i want to get on the record, thanks to our producer. he did resign in 19 -- a -- >> i am not ready to give up. there was another issue that might be presentable -- resignable. >> stick to your point. >> on september the ninth, our first program, are 14-week series on friday nights. we will have cameras on scene at their homes and libraries around the country. the first thing " -- the first one will be henry clay. he ran three times. >> he was nominated three times, he ran five times. >> five times? >> 1824, he was nominated again in 1832, and 1844. he was -- he probably would have run from the grave. >> has there ever been anybody that r

politically he kind of gave up his career and felt that his career was over because he had opposed james blaine and then later on he backed him. some politicians were really angry with him for backing blaine but roosevelt felt he had to -- you have to party loyalty. there is no point in having convention if you are not going to support the guy you want. said he decided to support lane after all. he thought that ready much killed his career, at least that is what he said. at the same time there were people trying to get them to run for congress so i'm not sure how much of that was his own drama. my career is dead but in fact you look at his life and you don't see evidence of that. even at this time that this photo was taken when he was about 24 or 25 that he was still trying to come back to a political career and when he was in the dakotas and newspaper reporter said to him, you know you could be president some day. roosevelt said yeah, i could. he didn't treated as a surprise of the editor have this impression that roosevelt probably was already thinking about this at that time. he continued to

. >> in an election marred by moral scandal, james blaine lost but changed political history. he's one of the 14 featured in "the contenders." live from the blaine house in agusta, maine. learn more about the programs in our c-span.org/thecontenders. >> "washington journal" is next. we'll look at today's news and take your calls, e-mails, and tweets. we'll hear from president obama's national security advisor, tom donilon. live coverage begins at 12:30 eastern. and coming up this hour, a discussion on the role that independent voters will play in the 2012 election. john avlon of "the daily beast" joins us, and

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in an election marred by a moral scandal and political corruption, james g. blaine lost in 1884, but he changed political history. he is one of the 14 men featured in c-span's new weekly series, "the contenders." live from the plane house tonight -- blaine house tonight in maine. c-span.org/thecontenders. more of thea bulloch political pundits and track campaign contributions with c- span's website for campaign 2012. easy to use, it helps you navigate with twitter feed, candidates bios, links to c-span media partners. all at c-span.org/campaign2012. "washington journal" continues. host: this segment we are calling america by the numbers. there is a new census report on the health and injured in america -- health uninsured in america, and we talked to charles nelson from the census bureau's social, economic and housing division, about this new report. mr. nelson, what did you find about an injured in america today? -- about uninsured in america today? guest: it is about the same percentage as 2009. the number of uninsured rose from 49 million to 49.9 million between

in our series continues next week with james g. blaine. it will -- it airs live every friday night at 8:00 eastern. 02 c-span got bored -- got to cspan.org to find portions of the speeches. we now return to kentucky and our discussion on the life of henry clay. >> welcome back to ashland, the home of henry clay in lexington, ky. a place that has been preserved and is open for tours. people spend their professional lives who curate this place of that you will be inspired to visit them after our discussion tonight about henry clay. let me reintroduce you to our guests. alicestyne turely is a professor at the university of louisville. tell us about that. >> we were colleagues at georgetown college, where i teach history right now. they are very close. >> when your colleagues, did to debate a lot? >> we did. it is hard to the day someone like james cotter. he is definitely a scholar on kentucky history. i try to keep up. >> 25 years as state historian. what does that job entail? >> it is a self-defined job. it involves writing the history of t

. >> an election marred by moral stand -- scandal of local corruption, james g. blaine lost but he changed political history. he is one of the 14 men featured insisting that a new weekly series "the contenders." live from the james g. blaine house in augusta, maine. learn more about the series and the upcoming programs at c- span.org/the contenders. >> see what political reporters are saying and track the latest campaign contributions with cs then pausing website for campaign 2012. it easy to use, it helps you navigate the political landscape with twitter feeds and facebook updates from the campaigns, candidate bios, and the latest polling data, plus links to c- span media partners in the early primary and caucus states all at c-span.org/campaign2012. >> the c-span networks. we provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books from and american history. this month look for congress to continue federal spending into november, including funding for recent natural disasters. keep tabs on the deficit committee as they formulate a plan to lower the debt and foll

conversations] [inaudible conversations] in an election marred by moral scandal and political corruption, james g. blaine lost in 1884 but he change political history. he is one of the 14 men featured in c-span's new weekly series, the contenders, live from the blaine house in augusta, maine tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. learn more about the series in their upcoming programs at c-span.org/the contenders. .. good morning. we are about -- the administrator of nasa, charlie bolden, is announcing the most powerful rocket in history. the administration is coming forth with a plan to flush out what was passed in the nasa authorization bill a year ago. it's a plan forward, keeping the international space station alive until what least 2020, with a series of commercial rockets taking crew and cargo to and from the space station, then allows nasa to get out beyond low earth orbit and start to explore the heavens, which is the job that nasa has always been tasked to do. this rocket is coming in at the cost of what not only what we estimated in the nasa authorization act, but less. the cost of the rocket over a fiv

in will talk with historians about james g. blaine. the series airs live friday night's on c-span. for more information on the series, go to our web site. you will find a schedule of this series, biographies of all of the candidates, historians appraisals, and for -- and portions of their speeches, when available. >> and next, president obama in richmond va.. after that, congressional reaction to the president's jobs proposal. then, another chance to see "the contenders." tonight, the life of henry clay. >> following his speech to congress on thursday evening, president obama talk more about job creation during a visit to richmond, virginia. speaking to students at the university of richmond, he discusses $443 billion job package. >> hello everyone. [applause] thank you. [applause] thank you. [applause] thank you, richmond. it is good to be in richmond, virginia. [applause] thank you for the outstanding introduction. given nigel and outstanding round of applause and. [applause] everybody is a special guest, but there are a few people i want to acknowledge. first of all, the outstan

. >> in an election marred by moral scandal and political corruption, james blaine lost in 1884 but he changed political history. is one of the 14 men featured in c-span's new weekly series, the contenders, live from the blaine house in augusta, maine, friday at 8 p.m. eastern. learn more about the series and upcoming programs at c-span.org/the contenders. curr, >> the american-arab anti-discrimination committee hosted a policy conference on the impact of 9/11 on coalition building and grassroots organizing of arab and muslim groups in the u.s. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> good afternoon. why don't we go ahead and get started. my name is suhail khan and i will be serving as a moderator today for the panel discussion that is entitled coalition building, organizing and mobilizing post-9/11 era. we have an action packed, fun filled discussion, especially since it is after lunch. a lot of folks are starting to get a little drowsy. tried to keep the discussion very lively. it is a very important subject, and not to make light of some of the challenges that we face in the country

. >> in an election marred by a moral scandal and political corruption, james blaine lost in 1884, but changed political history. he is one of the 14 men featured in the new weekly series "the contenders" live from the agusta blair house in maine. learn more about upcoming programs at c-span.org. watch more video of the candidates. track the latest campaign contributions with c-span's website for campaign 2012. easy to use, it helps you navigate the political landscape. all at c-span.org/campaign2012. >> yes, i do. >> what is it? >> it is open for debate but it has pretty much been proven recently that it allows the right to bear arms to individuals, citizens of the united states. >> right to bear arms? >> do you feel safer with a handgun? >> yes, i do. as a woman, i am automatically the weaker parts it. -- target. with a handgun, i would be able to defend myself a lot easier. >> if you are talking about a robbery, obviously, when they see a gun, they would not bother trying to rob you. >> that is one of the winners from last year's studentcam competition. you can see all of the winner

. >> in m election marred by political corruption, james blaine loss, but he changed political history. he is featured on the contenders friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. learn more about the series and our upcoming programs on c- span.org/thecontenders. >> the u.s. postal service's released a list of facilities slated for closure to make the agency solvent. the postmaster general said the closures could result in 35,000 employees losing their jobs. this talk was given at the's headquarters in washington, d.c. this is 45 minutes -- at the postal headquarters in washington, d.c. >> bill soybean vice-president of corporate communications. -- i am the vice-president of corporate communications. >> we are going to be making some important announcements about our network. we are radically realigning the way we process mail, the way we deliver mail, and the way we operate our retail networks. we are doing this in response to the changing marketplace. we are also trying to lay the foundation for a's service that will have a sustainable business model car into -- and patience for postal service tha

quex in an election marred by a moral scandal and corruption, james blaine lost in 1884. he is featured in "the contenders," friday, 8:00 p.m. eastern. learn more at our website. >> nests, john boehner spoke at the economic club of washington, d.c.. he is introduced by the organization's president, at this 50-minute event. [applause] >> could i have your attention, please? we are very honored today that the 61st speaker of the house as our special guest, john boehner. [applause] as speaker of the house, he is second in line to succeed the president, but he got to this position from very humble roots. he grew up in the cincinnati area and has 11 siblings, 12 children in the family, a 1- bedroom home, and one bathroom. he was a football player and played for the legendary coach. then boehner went to the xavier university and worked his way to the school, and after doing so he went into the business world, joined a small packaging company, and rose to be president of the company. he got involved in civic affairs. he was elected to the board of trustees of his local township

in an election marred by a moral scandal and political corruption, and james blaine lost in 1884, butd political history. he is one of the 14 men featured in the new weekly series "the contenders." friday at 8:00 eastern. learn more about the series and upcoming programs at c-span.org /contenders. >> the white house budget director spoke today at a briefing about how the administration could pay for the president's job plan and still achieve deficit-reduction. white house press secretary jay carney later takes questions on the plan as well as opposition to u.s. palestinian statehood opposition. >> it is your lucky day. before i get started and tell you why i have jack here, i want to give you a sense of where this week is headed for the president. the president planned by the kinds of workers that would benefit from the americans jobs act, announced it would be announcing specific language on the bill today. he is still asking congress to pass the bill properly. tomorrow, the president travels to columbus, ohio, where he visits a school that was recently modernized. he will get a sens

. >> in an election marred by corruption and scandal, james g. blaine lost the election.e contenders," live from the blaine house on friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. watch more video of the candidates. see what political reporters are saying and track the latest campaign contributions with c- span's website for campaign 2012. easy to use, it helps you navigate the political landscape with twitter feeds, campaign biographies, and the latest polling data. all at c-span.org/campaign2012. the c-span networks provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history. this month, look for congress to continue federal spending into november, including funding for recent natural disasters. keep tabs on the deficit committee as they look to lowering the debt. follow presidential candidates as they campaigned across the country. it is all available on television, radio, online. c-span video library. and we are on the road with our c-span video bus and local content vehicles. it is washington your way. the c-span networks. greeted by cable, provided as a sub -

. >> in an election marred by a moral scandal and political corruption james g. blaine lost in 1884 but he changed political history. he is one of the 14 men featured in c-span's new weekly series the contenders, live from the blaine house and augusto, main at 5:00 eastern. learn more about the series and our upcoming programs at c-span.org/butcontenders. >> now head of the secret service talk about security concerns in the upcoming year including the 2012 presidential campaign, the un general assembly and a number of international events. brian sullivan testifies before the house homeland security subcommittee on counter-terrorism and intelligence. >> the subcommittee and counterintelligence will come to order. this is meeting to hear the testimony of director mark sullivan of the secret service regarding the missions and challenges he will face in 2012 and i want to note for the record we anticipate briefly being called and very much appreciate your presence today. we will look for a way to try to accommodate both of these in a way that will flow. hopefully what we ma

. >> in an election marred by a moral scandal and political corruption, james g. blaine lost in 1884, but he changed political history. he is one of the 14 men featured in c-span's weekly series, "be contenders." friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. learn more about the series and upcoming programs at c-span.org /thecontenders. ♪ >> do you know what the second amendment of the u.s. constitution is? >> yes, i do. >> what is that? >> it is somewhat open for debate, but it has been pretty much proven just recently that it allows the right to bear arms to individuals, citizens of the united states. >> the right to bear arms. >> the right to keep and bear arms. >> do you feel safer with handguns? >> yes, being a woman, i am automatically a weaker target. with a hand gun here, i would be able to defend myself a lot easier. >> if you are talking about a robbery, obviously, a defender, they will see that you are armed, they will not bother. >> that was one of the winners of last year's studentcam competition. now this year's is under way. the topic, the constitution and you. get more at

>> this week, there's a guy named james g.blanigan runs against cleveland. something happens in this race. blainehaving a child out of wedlock. >> the first negative campaigning, personalized. >> it was a horrible, nasty campaign. >> mama, ws my pa? >> politicians want to know what he ask. >> he fessed up, i'm not sure if it's mine. i've had sex with her. i'm giving her child support. got it right out in the open. he wins the election by a very narrow margin. >> another one i'm intrigued with is based on somebody, one of the more political dinners, the al smith dinner. tell us about al smith? >> al smith, first catholic to receive the nomination of his party paves the way for jfk. his nomination in 1928. he's the happy warrior. he's a new dealer. by 1932, he did not get along with him. al smith comes out in opposition of fdr, doesn't support him in the 36 and 40 campaigns. the al smith dinner happens every year. the presidential nominees goes to it during campaigning. >> barry goldwater going to make the list. george mcgovern make the list? >> yes. everybody says he got whitewashed. he was repres

james planes lost in 1884, but he changed political history. he is one of the 14 men featured in c-span's new weekly series, the contenders, live from the blaine house friday at 8 p.m. eastern. learn more about this series and our upcoming programs at c-span.org/thecontenders. >> former federal reserve chairman alan greenspan warned u.s. lawmakers tuesday that underestimate the federal budget crisis could be devastating to the financial markets. he urged congress to eliminate unnecessary tax breaks and gain new revenue while reforming the tax code. here's part of his testimony me to set finance subcommittee. >> good afternoon. and thank you. we are looking forward to this star-spangled panel that we have. you know, this week three years ago was the collapse of lehman brothers. and we have yet to recover. if this congress does not get serious, then the structural budget imbalances facing this economy could permanently reduce the labor productivity and economic growth for years to come. a launching point for getting our fiscal house in order should be the overhaul of the federal income tax code. and if that means lowering tax rates, eliminating

james. >> and to my father, who sacrificed his life for others. i will never forget you. >> sean patrick lynch michael j. lyons monica anne lyons patrick lyons robert francis mace jan maciejewski catherine fairfax macrae richard blainen maddison noell maerz jennieann maffeo joseph maffeo jay robert magazine >> and why loving husband, richard. we love you, we will never forget you. please keep watching over us. >> and my husband, william. your daughter, your sister's, the rest of our family love you and miss you so much. >> brian magee charles wilson magee joseph v. maggitti ronald magnuson daniel l. maher thomas anthony mahon william j. mahoney joseph daniel maio takashi makimoto abdu ali malahi debora i. maldonado myrna t. maldonado-agosto alfred russell maler gregory james malone edward francis maloney iii joseph maloney gene edward maloy >> and my brother, brian magee. we miss you every day. >> and the love of my life, joe, my husband. christopher and lorens and dad, johnson father-in-law, john- john's and grandpa. we miss you every day, but press on knowing that you are safe in the arms of our savior, jesus christ. rest until that day when we all meet again. [applause] >> christian maltby francisco miguel mancin

james plane lost in 1884. but he change political history. he is one of the 14 men featured in c-span's new weekly series. the contenders, live from the blainese in augusta, maine. learn more about this and other upcoming programs at c-span.org/thecontenders. spent on this constitution day a reminder that our new student can competition is underway. the topic, the the constitution and you. open to middle and high school students. $50,000 in prizes. the deadline is in january but you can get all the details now at student cam.org. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, celebrate constitution day with richard dreyfus. >> last week posted a policy conference on the impact of 9/11 on coalition building. and grassroots organizing here in the u.s. analysts address such issues as workplace and discrimination, school bullying and racial and religious profiling. this is about an hour and 45 minutes. >> all right. thank you for sticking with us through the day as we approach our last panel, probably the most significant panel i think of the day, with a lot of information of what's been affecting us over the past 10 years and that is her ci

. >> in an election marred by a moral scandal and political corruption james blaine lost in 1884 buthe changed political history. he is one of the 14 men featured in c-span's weekly series the contenders live from the blaine house and agusta, main at 8:00 eastern. learn more about the series and upcoming programs at c-span.org/the contenders. >> a conversation now about counterterrorism efforts and fbi informants from this morning's washington journal. this is 45 minutes. >> host: every wednesday in the last hour of washington journal we look at recent magazine spotlight on magazines and recent cover stories. today is the mother jones magazine on the use of fbi informants to present a low wolf attack. several road to peace joins us with what is on your screen from florida this morning and let me begin with this part of your story. counterterrorism is the fbi's top priority consuming the lion's share of his budget and much of the attention of case agents and a network of some 50,000 informants. why so many informants? hardy being used and why? >> guest: today the fbi doesn't believe c