don't go john henry traffic man, don't go across that street. the flood song poems were poems written in reaction to katrina. how can i enter that space of writing poems about that. i'm not from there and don't have family there. who benefits from that tragedy? who benefits from that disregard for humanity and the thought animals would benefit from that. this first poem is flood songs number 4 mosquitoes drinking didy. >> drink every hour next up this hour and every hour after. was born in the river there is enough to go around. drink every hour on the hour and every hour after. in the river there is enough to go around. drink every hour. there is enough to go around. drink every hour and every hour after. go to the river there is enough to go around. drink up the hours and every after burned down by the river -- drink air land is here for after survivors go around they are enough. [applause] >> flood song 8 stray dogs duet. >> the every i learned. food. for the good. love. your hand smiled with me. you wanted me to understand you with -- my tee

. >> we can't decide if it is paul bunion or john henry working behind you. >> reporter: i am workinging. >> i hope it is not the end times tunnel outside the white house. >> reporter: they voenl tonly h days. >>> three hours from now is when the president is going to deliver that speech, 11:30 eastern. >> about the middle east policy, not the end times. >> we will carry it for you live. >>> in case you don't believe the world is coming to an end, you may be interested in finding a job. a lot of unemployed people around. we have some ways to actually try and change unemployment in the country, bring it down and get more americans back to work after the break. >> five ways to bring down unemployment. 36 minutes after the hour. and with its virtualinstrument, sensuous leather interior and modern design, jaguar has once again raised the bar. learn more at jaguarperforms.com. 8% every 10 years.age 40, we can start losing muscle -- wow. wow. but you can help fight muscle loss with exercise and ensure muscle health. i've got revigor. what's revigor? it's the amino acid metabolite, hmb to he

. >> harriet beecher stowe, john singer sargent, thomas jefferson, henry adams. tonight on "q&a", part one of two weeks with david mccullough. at 8:00 on c-span. >> we are pleased to welcome the administrator of the centers for medicare and medicaid. he is responsible for obese sitting and $800 billion federal budget. -- for overseeing and $800 billion federal budget picture >> thanks for being here. he has proposed to transform the program quite dramatically and in the process to save quite a bit of money. when you listen to budget debates in washington, one thing that becomes clear is the only way to really cut money is to cut money. that is something his plan does effectively on that score. what is wrong with that? >> we share the problems and are trying to tackle, which is that health care needs to become sustainable in this country. there are two ways to do that. anybody can do that. you cut a budget. this plan does so quite effectively. we will be in deeper and deeper trouble of that were true both free. there is an alternative to that, to make health care

>>henry: men to your 1215 and there was on have this in the land of england. king john the nobles were up said, he mismanaged and is ruled the country. they got him to agree with a document which we now call them make the card off. although back then it was dealing with a lot of trivial issues, it dealt with very absorbent issues that today are essential for our own liberties and. a copy of this, 1217 version is on display in san francisco. it is at the palace of regional honor. we have a curator joining us, why should we be excited? >> it isn't every day he could see the made in a carjack. there only 17 copies from the 13th century. only one of them is in this country on display in washington d.c.. this one comes from the library and oxford. there is on the screen. it's a sheet of parchment, 21 by 16 in., written and i involved in using a quill pen. if it thinks that was used it during the middle ages from hauterive not to. there is an overall shot of it, you could see the entire document is 56 lines of latin text. at the bottom are to tags that hang off and those are

are some officials close to them who say they still don't trust each other, john. >> the trust issue. the trust issue. ed henry, fascinating report from ed tonight. for more now let's dig deeper on this relationship. i'm joined in washington by mark regev, a veteran of u.s.-israeli relations, currently a spokesman for the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. mark, let me begin with this question. how much of the disagreement wen these two men, and we know there are disagreements between the two of them, how much of it is on the substance, the prime minister we know to be angry over the president of the united states bringing up the '67 borders, and how much of it is style, they are very different men, the president of the united states more professorial, the prime minister of israel more, to be frank, a bit of a pit bull? >> i think this isn't about people. this is about principles. and i think both the united states and israel want to see the peace process move forward. but the most important thing is to anchor the peace process in reality, in good policy. and we would argue if you take the issue of bo

. >> samuel morse, james fenmore cooper, john singer sergeant, henry adams. sunday night on "q&a" part one of two weeks with david mccullough on the guys who -- on the americans who made the greater journey to 19th century paris. at 8:00 on c-span. >> now available, c-span's congressional directory, a complete guide to the first session of the 112th congress. contact nsks including twilter information, district maps and committee assignments. order online at c-span.org/shop. with nasa's space shuttle program ending in july after the final shuttle mission, former international space station commander frank culberson testified before a senate commerce subcommittee today on the future of nasa and human space flight. captain culberson's last mission was in 2001 when he went to the international space station aboard shuttle endoe -- endeavour. the hearing was chaired by florida democratic senator bill nelson, also a former astronaut. this is just under two hours. >> good morning. just a few weeks ago we celebrated the 50th anniversary of human space flight an the

, i think you remember the five of hearts which was a simon & schuster book all about henry adams, her husband. john hay and his wife claire and clarence king who we later discovered of course was an african-american. this was a first book in a many year about her life at great hopes for and it will be published in february, and it is natalie dijkstra, clover adams, a gilded and heartbreaking life. >> now i've got one of the book that i think is wonderful and interesting book. i don't know about you. and beatty, lover short story. here's we have a book, i don't know what came from, interesting, fascinating, mrs. nixon, a novelist, imagine the life. we have one of the premier american short story writers attempting to reimagine and present to us the life of pat nixon. amazing stuff. i can't wait to read it. it sounds awesome. how many more? one more. okay. 22nd. unquenchable thirst. if you like effective story mountain by thomas burton, try this. mary johnson, following mother teresa in search of love and service and authentic life. i'm kind of sick of more books about self important people. i'm tire

. >> samuel morris, john singer sargent, thomas edison, henry adams, sunday night on "q&a," part one of two weeks with david mccullough on the americans who made the journey to america from paris, on 8:00 on c-span. >> follow c-span's "washington journal" on twitter and join viewers who get advance notice of tomorrow's guests, the question of the day, high-profile bookings, and links to video clips of key program highlights. you can also tweet your questions to our guests and add your comments to the conversation. don't miss any updates from "washington journal." start your twitter account today at twitter.com/cspanwj. >> energy secretary steven chu testified on capitol hill yesterday about his department's 2012 budget request. the white house is seeking $29.5 billion in annual energy department spending, 12 person person more than in 2010. secretary chu also talks about efforts to promote the production of renewable energy, including solar and wind power. this is just under two hours. >> d.o.e. has requested an increase of 19% from fiscal year 2011. about $1.1 billion of the $4.8 bi

moderated by jim newton, editor of large and the "los angeles times" and among the panelists are john dean and henry weinstein. thanks for being with us. >> a deterrent large and for the paper i'm pleased to be able to welcome you to this exciting and important panel which we have in title the living the constitution. we are fortunate to have with us today three of the smartest thinkers about the law, the politics and society, two of whom happen to be among my closest friends. [laughter] we will sort out by the end who they are. [laughter] in the center is erwin chemerinky professor of law at the university irvine law school before becoming the first of the school, he was on the faculty at duke law school for four years and before that he worked on this very campus where he was a member for 21 years. he manages to be professor and practitioner and frequently argues cases in the appellate court including the united states supreme court. he's the author of seven books the most recent of which is just frankly triumph, a personal story and analytical power house and the conservative assault on the const

i can also see henry david thoreau in chapman living deliberately in nature. indeed at the very moment john chapman lay dying in william morse cabin in fort worth digging the foundation for his famous celebrated -- but for all his intellectual independence thoreau never hit cut the lifeline. he was within easy walking distance within the worldview that is now. even as he was rhapsodizing life in the woods thoreau was caring laundry home to his mother. not chapman. from his early 20s on and make it before he had no tether last. in an article from the december 1979 american heritage magazine edward hoagland suggested chapman had left a diary behind. he might be compared to john james audubon or george catton and the great indian portraitist. i like that. certainly diary would not have been relentless can treat of the industrial revolution. chapman lived his critique the nature levin gave himself over to vibrated through his entire being like walt wittman. years ago i spent a long night with the washington d.c. emergency psychiatric response team, heroic men and women attending to the certifia

samuels morris, harriet beecher stowe, john singer sergeant, thomas edison, henry adams, sunday night," part one of two weeks with david mccullough on americans who made the greater journey to 19th century paris. . seven times during the course of my presidency. i want to indicate that the frequency of these meetings is an indication of the extraordinary bond between our two countries. it is an opportunity for the prime minister to address congress. it is an honor that is reserved for those who have always shown themselves to be a great friend of the united states, and it is indicative of the friendship between our countries. we just finished a prolonged and extremely useful conversation, a wide range of issues. we discussed the changes that are sweeping the region and what has been happening in places like, syria, and how it affects the united states and israel. as well as the opportunity for prosperity, growth, and development in the arab world. the opportunity that can be seized as a consequence of the arab spring and also acknowledge the there are significant hurdles as well. it w

henry kissinger. mo rocca hears fashion tips from sisters nora and delia. john blackstone shows us one graduate's remarkable walk for his college diploma. first the headlines for the 15th day of may, 2011. in louisiana they're sacrificing some communities in order to save others. the army corps of engineers has begun to open the spill way, diverting water from the swollen mississippi but doing so could leave hundreds even thousands of homes underwater. dean reynolds has the story. >> reporter: the manipulation of the mississippi. water diverted from a louisiana spill way on to croplands in a desperate attempt to lessen the pressure on levees and flood walls at baton rouge and new orleans. one gate opened saturday. one or two more today and more later. general michael walsh of the army corps of engineers. >> this is certainly going to be a marathon and not a sprint as we go through this tremendous amount, huge amount of water as it comes down. >> reporter: it's coming all the way down the mississippi. now cresting in arkansas and cresting next week at baton rouge

henry, by tradition, introduces the new members. he does a little introduction of me and lindsay. john conyers said mr. chairman, will you yield. all of the congressmans behind me are whispering, here it goes. he's going to go nuts. he's going to scream it's a farce. they are putting them on to impeach the president. i'm thinking conyers is going to kill us. conyers said i joined with my colleague the chairman in welcoming congressman jim rogan to this committee. congressman rogan, a former judge, a fine man, a great statesman. he's going on and on about what a wonderful edition of the committee. all of the republicans are starting to do this. looking at me. you know, what's this all about? they are looking at me suspiciously. he goes on. i want to welcome him. then he looked at lindsey graham, and he said, mr. chairman, i yield back the balance of my time. collecting campaign helped me out. i wasn't on the committee long when newt gingrich called and said he had a home work assignment. he said, you know, we don't know what's going to happen with this special prosecutor ken star was working in secret. we didn't know what he was

. >> samuel morris, john singer sergeant, thomas eddison, henry adams. "q&a," the americans who made the greater journey to 19th century paris. at 8:00 on c-span. >> and now to a discussion on immigration policy and u.s. security issues along the southern border. this forum hosted by the kato institute here in -- the cato institute here in washington runs a little more than an hour. >> hi, everybody. thanks for coming. we're going to get started in a minute. well, thank you all so much for coming. i'm with the cato institute. and today we'll be talking about newspapers answering the critics of comprehensive immigration reform. there are copies up front. we can get people extra copies if you need them. our first speaker -- i'll give you a little back ground and then hand the pome podium over. stuart is a scholar at the cato institute and executive director at the national foundation for american politics. he previously served as executive associate commissioner and counselor to the commissioner at the immigration and naturalization service. he also served

john king is here in washington along with gloria borger. also want to welcome ed henryte house. we're live at the state department. all part of the best political team on television. hugely important speech today. people will be watching not only closely here in the united states, but throughout north africa, the middle east and around the world. >> it's one of those stories that all of uts have been covering for months now, even years as you go from one administration to the next. all of them trying to establish middle east peace. the drama has been unfolding here in the middle east, as well, and all of us can give perspective on how this has gone about. you've been in the region for so long covering this. the last time we were at the white house together, the president wanted to bring forward middle east peace and you had all the major players there, includes mubarak. and we were talking about this and he said people just didn't believe it was possible. >> right. final status, gesh yapnegotiati september of 201 1rks even though the expectations were so low, didn't see

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henry is at the white house with the very latest. hey, ed. >> reporter: suzanne, white house officials confirming it's going to be john bryson.business executive. he'll be a key member of the president's economic team. you'll remember he was chairman and ceo of edison international. that's the parent company of southern cal edison. he's on the board of directors of disney and boeing, some major u.s. corporations. obviously, this is somebody who will be key in promoting the president's agenda in terms of trying to double a u.s. exports over the next five years to help pull out of the recession. he's also a co-founder of the national resources defense council, someone who would then, of course, be popular with environmentalists. you'll remember gary locke, the current commerce secretary, is already nominated to be the u.s. ambassador to china. president going to make this announcement at 1:15 eastern time in the rose garden, suzanne. >> ed henry breaking that story for us. thank you, ed. >>> responding to computer sabotage with military force. a "wall street journal" report says the pentagon has concluded a cyber attack by anot

henry. the president was out today and spoke about how happy he was but all of the details of what exactly happened, he left to john he really did, wolf. this is kind of a smooth behind-the-scenes player and does not get emotional but he really opened up, described these dramatic, tense moments yesterday afternoon here in the white house situation room as the president and a handful of his top aides were in realtime keeping up with what is happening on the ground in pakistan with the forces. they were not sure whether the fire fight would end well. number one, whether they would be able to kill or capture bin laden and whether or not u.s. special forces, military officials would be able to get out alive. thankfully they were all able to survive this and kill osama bin laden. but in the words of john brennan, minutes felt like days as the president and his top aides sat in the situation room and tried to get a handle on it. also interesting, when you take a step back but how this is going to affect our relations with afghanistan, it's been sometimes a rocky relationship. this is where osama bin laden was hiding out

henry, thank you. >>> we want to get global perspective. the president is expected to pledge some money to places like egypt and tunisia, but let's listen to an kree giegyptian ac on john>> at this point whatever president obama will address will really be irrelevant to what the situation is right now because we're advibuilding demoy from the bottom up and it's for the first time in the arab world that the united states or any foreign power doesn't have on do anything with bringing change to this -- and democracy to this part of the word. >> so you listen to her and she doesn't seem to really care what president obama says today. so will his speech even have an impact in that part of the world? >> it's a good question. in 2009 compared to today, many things have happened. just in the last six months, many things have happened. there have been revolutions, there is been uprisings, there have been war, defiant demonstrations. and i think what arabs now are saying, when change came to our country, we provoked that change. we didn't wait for to come from the outside. we did it internally. and i think that's a huge difference when it come it is to how the arab world is now

henry joins me at this time every day. ed, glad you're with us again today. so what do you know about this? who is in, who is out? >> well, johnson, a former utility executive out in california, also on the board of disney, as well as boeing. and somebody, early in his career, started one of the premier environmental groups, the natural resources defense counsel sill. and so he is somebody that some of the left are going to appreciate. but as a recently retired business executive, somebody -- >> ed, let me interrupt you. because the president is just at the podium making the announcement. >> today i am pleased to announce that i will nominate john bryceson to be our nation's next commerce secretary. john is somebody who will bring to this job a wealth of experience in the public and in the private sectors. but in my mind, nothing has prepared him more for this demanding role. a role that requires delicate diplomacy, complex negotiations and careful management of folks with strong views. than being the father of four daughters. they are all here today, as is john's wife louise, and i'm sure john agrees that louise gets the cred

henry, thank you. we needed a bit of brightness. we like it. thank you, ed. >>> coming up, we're going to take you back to joplin, missouri. our brian todd is outside of st. john'shose church was hit by a tornado. car connection calls the xf, yet an instant classic." with sports car styling and power, plus the refinement and space of a luxury sedan, the jaguar xf is a timeless blend of performance and craftsmanship. see how jaguar outperforms the competition at jaguarperforms.com or visit your local jaguar dealer. you can do this... get the ball, girl. hmmm, you can't do that. but you can do this. bengay pain relief + massage with penetrating nubs plus the powerful pain relief of bengay. love the nubs! >>> there are no tornado watches or warnings in joplin, missouri, and thank goodness for that after what happened last night. the rain is coming down. there is thunder and lightning, it's terrible. there was even heavy hail. the weather's so bad right now that search and rescue teams have called it quits for a time. they're looking for survivors. they'll resume the activity as soon as the storm passes by. brian todd was outside the hospital heavily damaged in the

henry kissinger, governor of michigan, members of the united states senate and speaker of the united states house of representatives. >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives. the honorable john guests and fellow citizens, today we formally accept the statue of gerald r. ford for placement in the national statutory hall collection in the rotunda here in the united states capitol. this presentation ceremony is held in accordance with house concurring resolution 27, which was approved by the gong on may 16 of this year. the resolution also expresses congress's gratitude to the people of michigan for providing this commemoration of one of its most eminent citizens. we're joined by the governor of michigan and members of the congressal delegation. we're also joined by member of president ford's cabinet and senior staff as well. we're also pleased to have with us members of president ford's family, including three of the four children, susan, mike and steve. finally, those who could not wb us here today, i know we're all thinking of the former first lady, betty ford, without whom none of this would have been possible. >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the presentation of t