as the hearing got under way, james clapper signaled that the u.s. is seeking to avoid a violent confrontation with iran. it's monitoring the possibility of a preemptive strike by israel. this is available online at washingtonpost.com. >>> allen furman is described as one of the least popular person on hill. he's retiring after nearly 20 years as the senate apartmepar tarren inspect 1989 we sat down with him about the jobs and the responsibilities. part of our video library. check it out at c-span dot organize. here's part of that conversation. >> mr. president, for a few weeks -- >> the presiding officer of the senate varies sometimes from hour to hour. does that mean you're the primary source of parliamentarian. >> the responsibilities of senators generally are, it's so -- so varied, they really are not expect to be experts in parliamentarian services. we're there to provide expertise as presiding officers change hour by hour. >> back to your job, i forgot to ask, who apoints you to the job? >> i'm appointed by the secretary of the senate. >> and y

find particularly interesting too is that if you look at this report today if you look at what james clapper said if they were focusing on the nuclear threat coming from iran in fact inside this report they basically said to us from everything we've seen the evidence shows they haven't decided yet what. they want to pursue but ironically weapon or not and so they're focusing more on iran perhaps launching small scale attacks they use this alleged plot before to get the saudi ambassador here in washington d.c. or maybe something more dealing with cyber security so is that going to change some of the dialogue because you know you and i always talk about this plan to talk or see like you said which is that if iran gets a nuclear weapon the entire world is going to change for example former presidential candidate just said it last week well we're always hearing from presidential candidates how if you don't do what they say or believe what they believe how the entire world is going to change i was astonished that some forums said something to the effect of if president obama wins reelection in am

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director of national intelligence, james clapper. today he appeared before congress to deliver an annual overview of the nation's most serious national security concerns. and clapper made that mention of an alleged iranian plot to assassinate the ambassador, a plot uncovered last year. >> defense command is going to be conducting its latest series of drills in the skies over washington tonight. that means between here and richmond, you may hear low flying jets. don't be startled if you do. let's take it out to the weather terrace. >> you know we have been talking about how nice it's been. >> it really is. i've been talking about how it's 20 degrees above average. let's not forget. if we're in april, 20 degrees below average. >> that will be the payback? >> it can happen. let's talk about perspective. we did not hit a record high downtown. the record high was 71. we hit 66. we hit 66 at dulles. that replaces the old record of 65 set back in 1993 and 65, that's average on april 10. that's how far ahead we are. temperatures right now, 6

senate intelligence committee holds the annual hearing on global threats to the united states with james clapper and died pat-- david petraeus. >>> c-span's road to the white house political coverage takes you live on the campaign trail with the candidates. >> you will find more and more people who recognize the massive opportunity for change in trade. if i'm president of the united states, one of the things i will do in my first 100 days is begin an economic initiative is drawing latin american businesses together. this is not a massive opportunity of charity, but opportunity. it will help lift both parts of the world. >> this is about building a new grand coalition of americans who come together because they want to create a country where we unleash the spirit of the american people and rebuild the country that we love. that is what 2012 is all about. [ applause ] >> how are you? mayor white. >> you don't remember me. >> good to see you, sir.

national intelligence director james clapper says officials are working to tag information to track itts source. a former marine has pleaded guilty to firing shots at the pentagon and other military related targets in the washington area. jonathan malaku agreed to a 25-year sentence in a plea hearing today in alexandria, virginia. next up in the grapevine, does president obama urging that more americans pay their fair share in taxes include the people who work for him? and arizona's governor definitely got her point across to some people. ds, but last year my daughter was checking up on me. i wasn't eating well. she's a dietitian, and she suggested i try boost complete nutritional drink to help get the nutrition i was missing. now i drink it every day and i love the great taste. [ female announcer ] boost has essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to help keep bones strong and 10 grams of protein thelp maintain muscle. and our great taste is guaranteed your money . learn more at boost.com. [ dad ] i choose great taste. i choose boost.

also, the senate select committee holds its intelligence hearing with james clapper, director of national intelligence, david petraeus, cia, ronald burgess, jr., dia, robert mueller and karen wagner, home land security, and matthew olsen, national counterterrorism. >>> the home land security department is doing the best it can to secure the borders under current law. she spoke and took questions at the national press club for an hour. >>> good afternoon. and welcome to the national press club. my name is teresa warner and i'm the 105th president of the naal

. >> reporter: james clapper, director of national intelligence, told the senate intelligence committee, quote "some iranian officials -- probably including supreme leader ali khamenei, are now more willing to conduct an attack in the united states in response to real or perceived u.s. actions that threaten the regime." he pointed specifically to last year's plot to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the united states and to reports that iran has been supporting hezbollah cells in latin america. iran's president ahmadinejad recently traveled there meeting cesar chavez of venezuela and fidel castro who have little love from the u.s. this comes as the u.s. is increasing pressure on iran to drop its nuclear program. >> iran is well capable of producing enough highly enhitched our rain number for a weapon. if its political leaders, specifically the supreme leader himself chooses to do so." >> reporter: but clapper's news was not all bad. he said al qaeda is significantly weaker since the killing of osama bin laden and the american-born anwar awlaki in yemen. clapper says al qaeda, while st

national intelligence director james clapper says officials are working to tag information to track itto its source. a former marine has pleaded guilty to firing shots at the pentagon and other military related targets in the washington area. jonathan malaku agreed to a 25-year sentence in a plea hearing today in alexandria, virginia. next up in the grapevine, does president obama urging that more americans pay their fair share in taxes include the people who work for him? and arizona's governor definitely got her point across to some people character and judgment and sobriety and thoughtfulness that speaker has been all over the place a whole host of issues and says inflammatory, exciting things but the record as speaker shows he hasn't been able to deliver in a consistent effective way. >> i find infure rating, one of the most dishonest things i've seen in politics. abusism. there should be a sense of shame a person is that fundamentally dishonest. >> bret: sounds from campaign trail today. a lot had to deal with ronald reagan believe it or not. there is a super pac that supports mit

intelligence director james clapper says an alleged irani plot uncovered last year to assassinate thesador. remember that? it is now a new threat to the united states. i want to bring in correspondent barbara starr. what is the report saying on aggressive tactics of iran? >> reporter: what they're talking about here is the irani regime may be more willing to conduct attacks inside the united states. that's a pretty shocking development. the thinking behind all of this is that the iranian regime right now trying to decide whether it will go for a nuclear weapon, looking for its own regime survival, basically looking to lash out, if you will. we saw that plot last year to try to assassinate the soviet ambassador at the behest of the iranians. so the question right now is what would make it rathe irania regime to paranoid that they might lash out. the concern is about nuclear weapons. oil sanctions, economic sanctions aimed at stopping them for thinking they can go for a nuclear weapon, that the price would be so high that they wouldn't do that. and at this hearing today, tough intellige

hamre did about our keynote speaker today, director of national intelligence james clapper. he was sworn in as the fourth d.n.i. in august of 2010. he leads the united states intelligence community and served as principal intelligence advisor for the president. he has a long and distinguished career in the u.s. armed forces, beginning as a rifleman in the army reserve and culminating as general in the air force and director of the defense intelligence agency. over 3 years in uniformed service, he also held positions as assistant chief of staff for intelligence at the u.s. air force headquarters during operations desert shield and desert storm and has u.s. forces in korea. of note, he served two combat tours in the asia conflict and flew support somethings over laos and cam bode wrasm he retired in 1995 and worked in industry for three years with three successful companies he served as consultant and advisor to congress, the departments of defense and energy and is a member of a wide variety of government panels and advisory groups. he was a member of the downing task force t

then the state of the indian nation and james clapper will discuss national intelligence. >> april 15, 2010, i arrived in the hotel lobby in that general my crystal for the first time and he looked at me and said," so you are the rolling stone got rid of don't care about the article, i want to be on the cover. >> michael hastings wrote about the commander of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan in rolling stone. >> i said i think it is between you and lady gaga. i was trying to make a joke. generally crystal said just put me and lady gaga in a heart- shaped tub. i said this is a different kind of general. >> general chris -- general mills crystal got fired as a result of the article. he will be on sunday night at 8:00 p.m.. 8:00 p.m..

witnesses are scheduled to include director of national intelligence, james clapper; david petraeus, the head of the cia; the director of the defense intelligence agency, lieutenant general ronald burgess jr.; fbi director robert mueller; homeland security undersecretary caryn wagner; and matthew olsen, the head of the national counterterrorism center. also at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span3, the senate banking committee hears from richard cordray, the head of the consumer financial protection bureau. >>> by 2016 according to the imf, the world's leading economy will be a communist dictatorship. that's in five years' time. now, think about that. if imf is right, the guy you elect next november will be the last president of the united states to preside over the world's leading economy. >> columnist and author mark stein has published nine books. his latest, "after america," is a new york times bestseller. he also writes the happy warrior column for national review. and live sunday "in depth," your chance to call, e-mail and tweet with your questions live at noon eastern with booktv on c-sp

and here on c-span2 remarks from national intelligence director james clapper on information sharing in the intelligence community. he says that secure and credible information sharing is a beneficial tool for those working to protect national security. mr. clapper gave those comments at the center for strategic and international studies. you could see it at 8 eastern here on c-span2. and this afternoon author jeffrey clemens talks about his recent book, "corporations are not people." he wrote about the supreme court's decision on corporate campaign contributions and is currently working to overturn that ruling. you can see his remarks live at 6 p.m. eastern on booktv.org. >> i do believe that the west for all of its historical shortcomings -- and i'm scathing in my book in discussing these shortcomings because they have to be admitted -- for all of these shortcomings, the west still today represents the most acceptable and workable, universeally workable political culture. >> in 1991 the united states was the only global superpower. today how to restore its status in the world from

director of national intelligence jame clapper. he was sworn in as the 4th dni in august of 2010. he leads the united states intelligence community and serves as the principal intelligence advisor to the president. he has a long distinguished career in the armed forces culminating as a lieutenant general in the u.s. air force and director of the intelligence age sifment over 32 years in uniformed service he also helped held positions during operations zerd desert shield and desert storm and three warfighting commands. of note, he also served two combat tours during southeast asia conflict and flew missions over lewis and cambodia. he worked in industry as an executive with business focus on the intelligence community. he served as a consultant and advisor to congress, the department of defense and energy and as a member of a wide variety of government panels boards commissions and groups. he was a member of the task force that investigated the covar towers bombings and was vice chairman of commission on the subject of homeland. he returned to government in 2001 as the first civili

>> director of intelligence, james clapper, saying it's just a matter of time, but he went on to saymented, doesn't really have a co hees i have plan, and basharo continues to have support in the country. it's just a matter of time, a lot of violence, people could die in the meantime, so that's why secretary of state clinton, other foreign ministers of britain and france going to the u.n. security council saying, listen, he's on his way out. he's a goner, but how many more people are going to die until that happens? they want to hear from the arab league's monitoring mission we've been discussing that's been on the ground. we want to hear what they have to say and hope that makes this move a little bit along. >> we hear the secretary speaking next hour. we do want to ask you about russia. why is russia getting in the way there at the u.n. to help people of syria? why? >> for several reasons. first of all, the russians feel a little bit duped about what happened in libya. they have this resolution to protect civilians, but the goal was to get rid of muammar gadhafi, and they don't wan

director of national intelligence james clapper talk about information sharing among intelligence agenciesn c-span3 at 9:30 eastern. a un c-span at 10:00 the senate budget committee looks at the outlook for the u.s. and world economy. defense secretary leon panetta and general martin dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs will release details of the obama administration's defense budget for the next fiscal year. that is also on c-span at 2:00 eastern. now former white house environmental adviser van jones on a role of government in providing health care and other services. he spoke for a little more than an hour at the annual dove conference of families usa. [applause] >> i will take the applause as a positive meeting. i have the enormous pleasure of introducing van jones, the co-founder of the rebuild the dream movement. you will hear him emphasizing good jobs and economic opportunities. but his work is much broader than that. being a very busy man he is involved in many good things. among others co-founded the center for human rights, color of change, green for all, time magazine in 2009

ranking member of the committee, saxby chambliss, pushed the top intelligence official in the u.s., james clapper to explain whether he saw these men as high risk. >> are you comfortable with transferring these individuals out of guantanamo? >> for me the key would be where they would go, the intermediate country where they might be detained and the degree to which they would be surveilled. and that would be the key determinant for me. >> reporter: what we heard again and again from the witnesses is that the iranian leadership based on their intelligence has not made any decision to proceed to a nuclear weapon, but the signs are there that they are moving down that track in terms of the enrichment of uranium, and a short time ago we heard from the defense intelligence agency chief. >> clearly, the iranians have the capability, we assess, to temporarily close the straits of hormuz. the concern becomes then define temporarily. >> reporter: and also this morning if there's one exchange that's really stood out it's between senator rockefeller and the director of national intelligence. senator rockefe

the director of national intelligence, james clapper, today address information sharing in the intelligence committee -- community. the intelligence sharing and armand was established in 2004 by the terrorism prevention act, which encouraged sharing of intelligence data across u.s. agencies. the remarks are 50 minutes. >> this is probably the most dangerous audience because everybody here knows something. this is quite a knowledgeable group that is here. this is going to be a very interesting session. i will turn to dan to formally introduce people in a second. i want to say a word of thanks to my friend, general clapper. i had nothing to do with inviting him, so i feel completely liberated to say what i really think about him. the witches, he is one of my real heroes. -- which is, he is one of my real heroes. this is a man who has dedicated his life to something much bigger than himself, which is serving his country. he has done a spectacular drop in almost every position that the government has -- spectacular job in almost every position that the government has. the only thing he failed t

director of national intelligence james clapper. he was sworn in as a fourth dni in august 2010. he leaves the united states intelligence community and serves as the principal intelligence adviser for the president. he has a long and distinguished career in the u.s. armed forces beginning as a rifleman in the u.s. army reserve culminating as the lieutenant general in the u.s. air force and the director of the defense intelligence agency. over 42 years in uniform service see also helped position the chief of staff for intelligence coming u.s. air force headquarters during operation desert shield and desert storm and as the director of intelligence for the war fighting command in korea specific command and strategic air command. he also served to combat tours strings of east asia conflict in the 73 missions in cambodia. he first retired in 1995 and worked in industry for six years as an executive on the 36 as companies with business focus on the intelligence community. he served as a concerted and adviser to congress, the department of defense and energy and was a member of a wide

james clapper, the director of national intelligence, will be testifying, and fbi director robert mueller today at 10:00 on c-span3 live, cftb director -- the cfpb director. also on c-span3, the federal budget and economic outlook by the cbo director doug elmendorf. c-span will be live at 8:00 eastern time. we will be taking comments by phone, facebook, and twitter. you can find out more about that at c-span.org/campaign2012. next, we'll talk more about the road to the white house and the race for the gop presidential slot in florida. we will speak to sally bradshaw in just a moment. ♪ ♪ >> with talk of possible legislation to improve the nation's cyber defenses, former cia director discusses threats. >> and some ways, the discussion about cyber mirrors the discussion we used to have about terrorism in the 1980's and 1990's. there was a great deal of difficulty coming to a national consensus about what to do about it until we had 9/11, which then crystallized everything. we knew what we needed to do. we have not had that kind of event in cyber yet. we imagine it and talk about it. the att

the director of national intelligence, james clapper, who will deliver an opening statement on behalf of the entire intelligence community. director of the central intelligence agency, david petreaus, director of the defense intelligence agency, general ronald burgess, director of the federal bureau of investigation, robert mueller, director of the national counterterrorism center, mattie olsen, assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research, a look goldberg, and undersecretary for intelligence and analysis at the department, and security, caryn wagner. thank you all very much for being here. we will now take your statement, director chambliss, and then go into a period of questions. what i say? do what did i say? director clapper. and then we will go into time and around based on the early bird rule. director clapper, welcome. >> i take it as a compliment. thank you. >> thank you, chairman of feinstein, vice chairman chambliss, and distinguished members of the committee for inviting me to present the 2012 world wide assessment. these remarks reflect the collective in side

witnesses include james clapper, the director of national intelligence, david petraeus, head of the cia, fbi director robert moeller, and officials with the homeland security department and the national counter-terrorism center. live coverage on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org on tuesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> gabrielle giffords resigned from the house of representatives today, just over a year after being shot in the head in tucson, arizona. she entered the chamber with congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz at the house was wrapping up the boat. members gave their real speeches. [applause] -- members gave a farewell speeches. [applause] the speaker: any member wish to change her vote? >> does any member wish to change their vote? the speaker: on this vote the yeas are 338. the noes are 70. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the house will be in order. members could take their seats. the speaker: for what purpose does the gentlelady from calif

among those testifying, a former head of the joint chiefs, general petraeus, and james clapper, the directorgence. that is next tuesday here on c- span, beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern. today the senate budget committee did meet. they were not reviewing the budget specifically, but hearing from economists on their outlook for the world and for the u.s. during the hearing, senator kent conrad said that in the upcoming budget discussions, there were be a longer markup than before for the upcoming 2013 federal budget. the hearing today is about two hours. >> i want to welcome everyone to the senate budget committee. i want to start with a bit of the business of the committee, because i know people are asking what is our intention with respect to going to a marked up. i want to make clear to everyone that i intend to go to a marked up in the committee, and i want to do it sooner rather than later. it talked about march 9 as a time that might have a real estimate. since that time that have talked about that and not let that slip, so we just have to wait and see. i will be talking to all the membe

appearing before the committee, national intelligence director james clapper, cia director, david petraeus, fbi director robert mueller and the heads of the defense intelligence agency, the national counter terrorism center and homeland security. live coverage next tuesday morning, 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> republican presidential candidates are back on the campaign trail after last night's debate. at this hour newt gingrich is making a couple stops in sarasota. mitt romney was in tampa this morning and heading to lehigh acres. it is halfway between tampa and the bottom of the state. rick santorum is finishing a event in stuart, north of west palm beach. ron paul returns to texas after the debate and doesn't have any public events today. we'll show you that hour long debate right now, courtesy of "nbc news.". >> tonight's gathering of the candidates, this special edition of rock center comes after what already has been a long campaign. it started in iowa. it continued in new hampshire. >> we made history. >> but after a bruising battle in south carolina the fight comes now here to f