i will be the host of the jim fischer showed today. jim is under the weather. we will talk a little iowa politics. john is from the eye with dispatch. a little about woc, the first radio home of ronald reagan. he dedicated the building that we are in right here in davenport, iowa. >> i believe you were there that day. >> no, i was not there that day. the history of this facility is that it was part of who out of cedar rapids. everybody -- everything was owned by the palm family. everybody thinks woc stands for world of chiropractic. >> i tend to believe it has something to do with their relationship with the doctor who formed the chiropractic operation. >> the family says they do not have anything to do with it. >> i thought that was what it was. >> good afternoon. i know you may be expecting jim fisher. i will be filling in with him -- for him today. >> we have already talked this morning. >> i also want to say hi to all of the people from c-span. this is one of those special days where the folks have come in. we have the crew in. if you turn to media com numb

and later, a preview of the 2012 presidential campaign and the iowa caucuses will go live to the jim fischer radio show at woc in davenport, iowa at 3:00 eastern here on c-span. coming up this hour, more about yesterday's news conference with german ben bernanke

thursday, you will hear the "jim fischer show" from davenport at 3:00 p.m. eastern. you can watch all three of these radio programs live on c-span. may 1, your questions for this professor and editor of reason magazine. the promise of liberty, the man without a hobby. he will take your calls, e- mails, and tweets. lives sunday, may 1, on c-span2. no discussion on the future of unmanned aerial vehicles in combat and intelligence operations. you will hear remarks from a former intelligence officials and former cia and national security agency general michael hayden. this is one hour and 30 minutes. >> one of the targets that we could not really get to during the war for these sensitive --, sensitive point targets. we looked at the technology you needed to effectively target and take out such assets. at the time, the technologies were not there. there was a dream of being able touse you may be -- uav's use these targets. now we're 20 years later, and in fact we have that capability. i'm very interested to hear what our speakers today have to say about what the future of

that's going to do it for this edition of the jim fischer show. thank you to everyone who called in with c-span. thank you to the guys who came in. it has been a fun afternoon and i'm sure jim is sorry he had to miss it. but he will be back right and early tomorrow afternoon. this has been dead jim fisher show. go out and enjoy the rest of your day. there rego. it has been a lot of fun. we appreciate you -- there we go. it has been a lot of fun. at least an impression of what things are like in iowa and of the quad cities. we are on the border near the mississippi river. i have you can get home and get yourself back in your own beds for a while. it has been a lot of fun. thank you for being here and making as part of your trip. if you are back this way when the caucuses, about, feel free to stop by. you always going to be welcome here. thank you to all of your viewers on c-span. call seven fabulous and we appreciate it. thank you very much. on that note, we will see you soon. >> if you missed the other two i a lot radio shows we covered this week,

tuesday in davenport, iowa it is the jim fischer show. both of those will be live on c- span.ben bernanke will hold the fed's first ever news conference to present the economic outlook and report on any interest rate changes. we will have the news conference live for you tomorrow at 2:15 eastern. >> all this month we have featured the top winners of the student can documentary competition. now meet the grand prize winner in see his video tomorrow morning. watch the documentary tomorrow and meet him life at 9:15. -- live at 9:15. >> if they send me the bill and its present form, i will sign it. ok. any questions? [laughter] >> are you still here? >> almost every year the president and journalists meet of the white house correspondents meeting to make fun of themselves. watch live or " back and watch the past dinner. search, watch, a clip, and share online at the c-span video library. every program since 1987. >> the federal reserve bank of chicago and visa convened its fifth literacy summit in early april. this panel explores how to equip students and consumers with the tools t

c-span will have live coverage of the jim fischer show in iowa. it begins at 3:00 p.m. eastern. >> this weekend on booktv and c-span2 panels on science, american history, climate change and the constitution and call ins with larry flint and more walter mosley. just a few highlights from live coverage of the los angeles times festival of books. get a schedule at booktv.org and get the schedule on your in box. >> you are watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights watch keep public policy events in 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. >> now to the university of southern california for a look at the state of same-sex marriage in america. you will hear from the political strategists to spearhead the lawsuit to overturn proposition 8 as well as republican consultant matt klink and college students. this is just under an hour. >> welcome everybody. thank you for coming to our f

our look at presidential politics in presidential witha simulcast 0--- with a simulcast of the "jim fischer show" at 3:00 p.m. president obama will be making some personnel announcements. he will have cia director leon panetta replacing robert gates, retires as defense secretary at the end of june, and general david petraeus taking panetta's position as head of the cia. those appointments are subject to senate confirmation. the announcement is expected at 3:10 p.m. eastern. >> live on saturday, the 2011 white house correspondents' dinner. covered includes highlights a pass dinners and your comments from facebook and twitter -- coverage includes highlights of past dinners and your comments from facebook and twitter. >> this weekend on "booktv," panels on science, american history, climate change, the american constitution, and collins -- call-ins. just a few of our highlights from the "l.a. times" festival of books. sign up for "booktv" alerts. >> the bertelsmann foundation and "the financial times" held a forum on the economy. the next panel is on the debt and trade. larry summers is part o