senator, lindsey graham and jim demeant. that's live tomorrow starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span radio and online at c-span.org. >>> bonnie frank is the top democrat on the financial services committee. he was first elected in 1980 and retiring at the end of his current term. congressman frank it was first congressman to acknowledge being gay. 2010 he and former senator christopher dodd wrote the financial regulation law that bears their names. barney franks joins us on "news makers" on c-span sunday. >>> when people are saying to him don't take the vice presidency right now you are the most -- you are a powerful majority leader. don't take the vice presidency. you won't have any power. johnson says, power is where power goes. that is i can make power in any situation. his whole life i said, nothing in mislife previously makes that seem like he is most because that's exactly what he had done all his life. >> sunday night, conclusion of our conversation with robert karo on the passage of power. volume four in the years of lyndon johnson, multi-volume b

one hour the ultra conservative group is holding a news conference with south carolina's senator jim demeantountry. the point is be sticking up for the defense of marriage act that defines marriage as one man and one woman. president obama, not a fan of doma as he told the ladies on the view recently. >> my justice department has said to the courts we don't think that the defense of marriage act is constitutional. this is something that historically had been determined at the state level, and part of my believing ultimately that civil unions weren't sufficient. >> will you personally fight to repeal that act? >> well, look, congress is clearly on notice that i think it is a bad idea. >> tony perkins is the president of the family research council. tony, nice to have you on. you heard the president right there. you're speaking at the top of the hour. give me a little preview of what you will be saying at 3:00 eastern. >> well, i am actually joining a large group of pastors from various ethnic and denominational backgrounds who have come to washington who are saying that, look, the president h