journal," we will talk with representatives jason altmire about health care, david savage discusses john roberts, robert johnson will talk about financial relationships, and we will talk about the future of nato. "washington journal" is live 7:00 a.m. eastern time here on c-span. >> obama and his socialistic ideas to deciding salaries, that is what is in progress right now. >> sunday, michelle easton on her work to promote conservative women in leadership roles, sunday night on c-span "q&a prat." >> chief justice john roberts spoke at university of alabama law school on thursday -- on wednesday. he made comments about president obama as stated the union speech. today in 2010, when our nation has faced a stream of critical moments, lawyers maintain our faith in the resilience of our constitutional system. our society, our very way of life are protected by constitutional architecture that has survived and six every threat. our courts are often the branch of last resort, guardians of our constitutionalism with all attorneys bowling to serve the branch which alexander hamilton said will always be th

guest: john roberts said, "we had to sit there expressionless." samuel leto clearly did not do that. -- samuel rubin alitalito cleart do that. the supreme court overturned a century of law. most people think it is either 100 years or 68 years. congress had said corporations and unions could not spend money on electioneering. alito describe this as a recent thing. in the early '90s, the supreme court had a decision that said there was no first amendment right for corporation. he took the view this was a recent thing. as soon as somebody starts to say "this is a century old," he starts to say it is not. it is a strange dispute. he does not agree with the criticisms. host: from minnesota on the democrats' line. caller: thanks for taking my call. i think the supreme court is dismantling the mccain-feingold bill. i also think they are taking the boys away from the people -- taking be athe voice away from the people and putting it in the hands of corporations, foreign or domestic. most of them only have the interest of their corporation in mind. they do

"washington journal," we will talk to jason altmire about health care, of reporter talks about john roberts robert johnson will talk about the financial industry regulations, and we will look at the future nato. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> now what pentagon briefing on parliamentary elections in iraq. he also talks about the relationship between u.s. troops and the iraqi security forces. he speaks with reporters form a rack for 25 minutes -- from a rack for 25 minutes. >> it is my privilege to introduce the general. he assumed his duties in january of this year, and this is his first opportunity to be with us in this format, and we appreciate you taking the time this evening to give us some perspective on what you have been doing. most recently, the most important of elections taking place there. i know you have a few words that you would like to set the context before we start taking questions, so let me turn it over to you. >> brian, thanks a lot. i would like to make a brief opening statement. first of all, thanks to members of the press for being here

guest: i thought both the john robert n. barack obama, two harvard law graduates, two of very smart guys, came to their job thinking that there would be bipartisanship. john roberts talked about wanting the court to seem less political. he did not like the fund-4 decisions, a more unified way to -- 5-4 decisions, a more unified way to come to a decision. now all the liberal justices today that robert has a conservative agenda. host: the liberal justices are saying that? guest: that has been their view from the first year in. there was a bad reaction to a number of -- for example, there was a case where parents were unhappy that their kids were not able to choose their first choice school because of racial guidelines. they sued. as soon as samuel alito arrived to provide the fifth vote, they took the case. robert wrote an opinion saying voluntary racial integration plans cannot go forward if they use racial guidelines to transfer kids through school. and none of the liberal justices said we have been telling school to integra

i don't think john roberts would say that he was actually attacking the president.e's saying, essentiallying we got invited to this thing, we have to be really polite and it's turned into a political pep rally and we've been put on the opposing team. so say what you want, criticize us if you will, but maybe we won't sit there for it. >> woodruff: well, what is the thinking in the legal community about the decision of the president to take on this particular decision by the court with the justices sitting right there in front of him. >> well, the decision is very controversial, as your piece mentioned, it does reverse a significant amount of prior precedent and so the president is perfectly within his rights to criticize it. there is some dispute about whether the criticism was actually entirely accurate during the state of the union. and i think that may have something to do with the justices' reaction, particularly justice alito's reaction. if you're really going to go after them, make sure you get every detail right. >> woodruff: so jeff shesol, some people have s

i am worried about the speeches that john roberts had been getting lately. the biggest fear is that he will begin to lead his life from the bench. that seems to be exactly what is happening. i have no love for the current administration, but i am also politically aware enough -- it is loaded when someone on the supreme court begins to work against an administration. it is not that they are supposed to be silent. i am pretty positive that there is no group that can look at the supreme court, including yours. guest: that is right. that is one of the things about being a supreme court justice. you are appointed to life and groups do not enter the court, groups that talk about what they are doing, but you are correct, there is nothing to be done. the courts have the ultimate independence. host: held at the committee, the members have a specific term? -- house ethics committee, do members have a specific term? guest: i believe there are. however, nobody really wants to be on that committee. often, you are rewarded later for having sat there, but it is pretty toug

john roberts of the supreme court gave a speech in alabama last night where he described the state ofhe union as a pep rally and the question of why judges go into it. you want to ask this question in the first 45 minutes. are we the problem? that is what they wrote in "newsweek." we will read a lot from the peace, talking a lot about sacrifice. -- piece, talking a lot about sacrifice. for democrats, 202-737-0002. for republicans, 202-737-0001. for independents, 202-628-0205. we start things out this morning with david jackson from "usa today." he is a white house correspondent. give us a preview of the president's speech. what is the mission? >> campaigning for more democratic votes for his health- care plan. basically he is going out in campaign style rally is to explain to folks why he thinks the health care bill is necessary. this is a different kind of a lecture and, the electorate he hopes will put out a health care plan. host: in the meantime, kathleen sebelius is speaking at the health care rally today. what kind of reception will she be getting from the industry? caller: it w

gentleman who responded to martin luther king when he first met him as a young man in alabama, john robert lewis, i yield time. the speaker pro tempore: mr. lewis is recognized for five minutes. mr. lewis: mr. speaker, i want to thank my friend and colleague, the gentleman from memphis, tennessee, mr. cohen, for yielding. mr. speaker, 45 years ago on march 7, 1965, hosea williams and i led 600 peaceful, nonviolent protesters attempting to march from selma, alabama, to the state capital in montgomery to say to the world that the people of color wanted to vote. we left brown chapel that afternoon on a sacred mission, prepared to defy the dictates of man to demonstrate the truth of a higher law. ordinary citizens with extraordinary vision walked shoulder to shoulder two by two in a silent, peaceful protest against injustice in american south. we were met on the edmund pettus bridge crossing the alabama river by a sea of blue, alabama state troopers. some were mounted on horseback but all of them were armed with guns, tear gas, billy clubs and beyond them were dep ue tiesed citizens who were -

up next, chief justice john roberts. he spoke on the confirmation process and what he wants in a law clerk and whether supreme court justices should attend a state of the union address. >> the chief justice has agreed to take questions. he has asked me to call on those of you who have a question. he would especially like questions from students. particularly, for the upperclassmen, he is ready to hear your questions. >> what ever it is, make sure it is not a question on architecture. everything that i know, you know. >> what led you to study law? >> i did not know i was going to study law before i was in law school. in college, i was a history major. school. in college, i was a history major. i wanted to teach history. there was no job for people to teach history when i came out of college, so i thought maybe i would go to law school and perhaps teach legal history. when i found myself in first- year law school, i found i enjoyed it so much i dropped history as a career choice and focused on wall. -- on law. >> justice r

our law school come manatee is especially honored and inspired by the presence of the honorable john roberts, jr.. we appreciate, we admire and respect the chief justice stewart ship of the judicial power of the united states and our beloved constitution. chief justice roberts on behalf of the faculty, staff, student body, alumni and other friends think you for visiting today tuscaloosa alabama. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. [applause] >> phill law school is grateful to the family. it's now my privilege to call upon judge to introduce the speaker. >> it is a pleasure for my family and welcome to tuscaloosa and to introduce to you the honorable john roberts jr.. if anybody was ever destined to be chief justice of the united states is he. he started out shopping his future when he was in high school in indiana and he graduated at the top of his class but also was a rustler and kept them of the football team. he then went to harvard university graduate school where he earned his tuition working in the summer and the steel mill. he graduated summa cum laude from the credulous school and on

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opponents filed papers yesterday with chief justice john roberts claiming d.c. residents should be able to vote on the hart. the d.c. superior court is preparing for a rush of same sex couples looking to get married tomorrow. court officials say the couples should expect to wait a little while if they show up tomorrow expecting to tie the knot right away. some of those couples say it is worth the wait. >> we are expecting a significant increase in the number of licenses. >> i've been out as a lesbian for 20 years and it's really a dream come true to be able to commit the person i love and do it here in my community. >> those who apply for licenses will have to wait three business days before picking them up. >> it's usually exciting when the president of the united states decides to vacation in your home town. >> unless you lose a lot of money because of that. several aviation firms in hawaii are asking the federal government to pay them for money they lost during president obama's two week vacation there back in december. a no fly zone was in effect for parts o

judy redmond spoke with john roberts this morning. >> basically, i think because i'm over educated whichs a very thing. my parents worked hard to get me the best education possible. i got it, and now they don't want to pay me for what i deserve to be paid even though i'm willing to work for much less. >> wow! >> just to have a job. >> and then there is roosevelt pargo who used to help people find jobs and now he's looking for work. are all platform journalist chris welch has his story. >> this is a copy of my resume currently. >> what did you do as part of your job? >> well, we assisted folks in finding employment, developing resumes, producing cover letters, learning job search techniques. >> so now you're in the same position that the people you were trying to help were. >> yeah. i'm in the process of trying to find a job and it's a real challenge now, and at this stage in point you're not above doing anything to generate some income coming in, you know? so -- >> how old are you again? >> i'm 51. so my age has something to do with the current market also, you know? i'm not one of the y

after that, chief justice john roberts on the confirmation process and whether or not supreme court justicestate of the union address. in congress this week, the house returns monday at 12:30 eastern for morning our speeches followed by legislative work at 2:00. on the agenda, bills relating with congressional pay and expanding fha programs. it is possible the chamber could also debate a senate-passed tax bill that continues unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies for jobless workers. in the focus on health care continues with the possibility of votes on the senate-passed bill and reconciliation measure occurring sometime this week. like house coverage on c-span. and in the senate, members returned monday at 2:00 eastern. they'll get back to work on a $17 billion jobs bill. there are numerous banks including a tax credit that -- for those that hire new workers. and they will extend legislation for faa programs. a final passage vote could follow. live said that coverage on c- span 2. -- senate coverage on c-span2. >> we provide people a free tool by which they can share informati

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i'm john roberts. >> a warning that this is only the begin, volunteers stacking up a million sandbags will face an historic flood threat this spring. rob marciano is going to show us who's at most risk and the destruction that the wild weather has already caused. >> attorney general eric holder says osama bin laden with never face trial in the united states because he will, quote, be killed by the u.s. or he will be killed hi business own people so that he's not captured by us. we're live in washington to break it all down for you. >>> and tiger woods hitting the links again. the biggest golf star in the world is heading back to the greens next month for the masters after his tabloid-style sex scandal. what this will mean for tiger's business empire and his future in the sport of golf. we're breaking it down with christine romans and david dusek. >>> but an effort to hold off the water and get out from underneath it in the northeast and the upper midwest. the race is on to save entire communities. we begin in south dakota where the red river is set to surge for the second year in a ro

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after that, our prime time meeting gets under way. >> tomorrow, chief justice john roberts talk about the confirmation process and whether the supreme court justices should attend the state of the union address. he spoke earlier at the university of alabama. you can see this, and saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> obama and his socialistic ideas. this is a life lesson improv fish right now for conservatives. >> michelle easting, founder and president of the boothe luce policy institute. sunday night on c-span. >> an update on the situation in somalia. we will hear from the assistant secretary of state for african affairs. they discuss u.s. policy for the country including the assistance being offered to those being displaced by the fighting between government back troops and rebel forces. this is about 35 minutes. >> good morning. we are here for a special breeding by johnny carson and ambassador to the world through program -- food program in a row. they will speak to as of u.s. policy in somalia. >> thank you. thank you all for coming today. i want to take this opportunity

gentleman who responded to martin luther king when he first met him as a young man in alabama, john robertewis. i yield time. >> the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> mr. speaker, i want to thank my friend colleague, the gentleman from memphis, tennessee, mr. corn, for yielding. mr. speaker, 45 years ago on march 7, 1965, josea williams and i led 600 peaceful, nonviolent protestors attempting to march from sell marks alabama to the state capitol in montgomery to dramatize to the world that people of color wanted to register to vote. we left brown chapel a.m.e. churr that much afternoon on a sacred mission, prepared to defy the dictates of man to demonstrate the truth of a higher law. ordinary citizen with extraordinary vision walked shoulder to shoulder, two by two, in a silent, peaceful protest against injustice in american south. we were met on the edmund pettis bridge crossing the alabama river by a sea of blue, alabama state troopers. some were mounted on horseback, but all of them were armed with guns, tear gas, billy clubs, and beyond them were deputized citizens who were

. >> john nickols and robert chesney in urban a champagne says commercial journalism is ending and anew era of journalism that is partisan and subsidized by the government must emerge. the national press club in theor and 50-minute event. >> before john comes up i did want to thank all of our cosponsors for their help in promoting tonight's event so thanks to the "nation" magazine to unity journalists of color and the national associations of black journalists and the national associations of journalists and fire dog lake and i want to give a special thanks to folks at c-span for being here to film tonight for booktv so thanks so much for that. when i first got to know bob and john i was an editor at a small magazine in chicago. i went to journalism school and suddenly i discovered these books that had something to say about independent journalism and about the structure of the media. and i liked it so much that i started getting myself booked on panels around chicago, you know, basically giving the bob mcchesney and john nichols rap which i guess was sort of a harbinger of my future

i not only am pleased to introduce robert and john jeter here but i am now jealous because i have not written a book, and i am pleased that he has done so. the only thing i ask is i get to ask the first question after they make their presentations. by the way with the exception of a few exceptions i will represent all the white people here tonight. i know you always ask what do black people think about this so you can ask me what the white people think about this. thank you. robert. [applause] .. >> not to one at ideology or another but to cut through bad to say here is what the democrats say and republicans say to introduce you to all of those folks at the same time. i did some political reporting but then i gravitated away from it because not a lot of it felt real. i didn't know if i was, it almost didn't matter if i was talking to democrats or republicans because they were not talking about their real people on the campaign trail when they go out into america what past as reeled journalism during the iowa caucus is it was knocking on doors. that is the reporting john and i have don

john f. ross who is the author of "war on the run: the epic story of robert rogers and the conquest of america's first frontier". two will be going in alphabetical order. jim will start. he's going to be showing images on the stage and so john and i will vacate in a moment but first let me tell you that james is vice president of research and historical interpretation and o'neill director of the john d. rockefeller jr. library at the colonial williamsburg and nation. and a lecture at the college of william and mary. he's the author most recently before this book of the land as god made corned account of the jamestown colony. he lives in our sister city in intellectual attainment, williamsburg, virginia. [laughter] now briefly, "a kingdom strange" is about one of the enduring mysteries of american history. in 1587 john white and hundred 17 men, women and children landed off the coast of north carolina on roanoke island hoping to establish a small settlement. .. >> thank you, henry. henry pretty much summed up what i was going to say. [laughter] >> i'll keep my remarks fairly brief. it is nice to

ryan smith appears on our sister station trutv and talked to chuck roberts about the case and the controversy surrounding it. >> john gardner served five, could have served 30. what happened? why was he out? >> a crime against of a 13-year-old girl he was accused of molesting and pummelling her. the problem here is you had a witness who didn't want to testify. excuse me, actually the victim didn't want to testify and then you have the case of he didn't have a long criminal record. what they had to do a plea deal. he ended up getting six years, served five and three years probation. >> the fact he lives yards from an elementary school, is that -- a failure of the system? >> it probably is a failure of the system. they have an obligation to have sex offenders registered online, but the problem is, it's got to be implemented and watched. he was checking in with his probation officer, but obviously there was a lapse here that should have been corrected. it wasn't possible in this case. >> what do you think the end result will be? a backlash against lenient judges, longer prison times? more electronic monitoring? what do

it was stewart udall who suggested that john kennedy invite robert frost to recite a poem at the kennedy inauguration, which is one of the most celebrated in history when john frost stood in the crowd for john kennedy. i think about his work when it came to the environment. rachel carson was the inspiration for many, her book, "the silent spring," it had stewart udall to look at the world we live in. under the kennedy administration he began efforts to establish the nation's first national sea shores and it wasn't really welcomed by a lot of people affected. people living in cape cod and massachusetts and cape hatteras in north carolina objected to taking coast coastal lands out of private hands saying it would ruin the local economy. exactly the opposite occurred when these became protected areas, it drew more tourism and economic development than anyone before realized. he was born on january 31, 1920 in st. john's, arizona. his family had strong ties to the mormon church. they used to say you could find the udalls all over the political history of the west. his brother, morris, of cou

. >> i ran into my colleague and i said i'm going to see robert mcchesney and john, a nasa what you thinkof them? he said the going to talk about government subsidy. they went out and organized. in addition, you can see pr specialist going up. you are seeing organizers and communities and more pr specialist. the one challenge here today is we can create a new government subsidy or you can fund your little newspaper or online magazine in louisville, kentucky, or marietta, georgia or something like that. should we be pushing for subsidies or both or what? >> i will start because you mentioned the populace. as a state would have it, this is something we were interested in, too, so the leading historian has written a history of the post office and done a lot of the great archival work of the subject that i said to them, it looks like these subsidy petered out after the civil war. he said i want to the polls archives and spent a lot of time and there was room after room their of stuff from the populist demand lower postal rates in the late 19th century. this seemed to be like their major organ

kingdom strange: the brief and tragic history of the lost colony of roanoke" and john ross "war on the run: the epic story of robertogers and the conquest of america's first frontier". that starts now. >> midafternoon. my name is henry, an affiliate fellow at the virginia foundation for the humanities. welcome to the festival of the book and welcome to the small special collections at you virginia harrison institute. i will give a very brief introduction and then some of introductions. we are -- i should also say the virginia foundation is the producer of the virginia possible of the book and if you wish to help us to keep this a wonderful festival going there are two ways to do it. you can make a tax-deductible gift to the festival and, please, let our virginia legislators know that you have attended and that you're interested in seeing this continue because i'm sure that many of you know the difficulties that we just want prepared and at the and, please, fill out your reader evaluation forms, those are very important to us. also at the end of the event we will be selling books a

the participants secretary clinton, defense secretary robert gates, homeland security secretary janet napolitano, admiral mullen, dennis blair and john brennan white house counter terrorism adviser. the u.s. says sending such a delegation shows the level of commitment to work with the mexican government to help them combat the threat which can spill over the border. some of the priorities for u.s. side creating 21st century security, socio-economic development in border towns. americans are hoping to support the effort against drug cartels. today's meeting took on added sense of urgency after traffickers kill three linked to the american consulate 10 days ago across the border from el paso, texas. juarez known as the murder capital of mexico the violence has been more widespread. cartels are blamed for the murders of almost 18,000 people since calderon took office in late 2006. secretary clinton spoke about the problem a short time ago. >> we are working in our two governments together, to solve the problem posed by the criminal cartels. that stalk the streets of your cities and ours. that kill and injure innocent people. and spread

robert gibbs talking now again about health care reform and moving on to other issues. a short time ago senator john mccain in the u.s. senate talked about the anger that he was hearing from conservatives in his home state over the health care reform bill that passed and was headed toward passage this weekend. mccain talked about the deep anger and frustration that a lot of people have. let's go back, though, and listen very briefly to robert gibbs before we move on and talk about the incendiary remarks today by rush limbaugh. here's robert gibbs some more. >> -- out of this debate and about the different parties and what is, i think it's very legitimate to ask what is the next big mountain? >> it's legitimate to ask. i didn't want to climb a separate mountain on this. look, i think what he learned about, you know, i think what all of washington learned about him is that he is willing to make very tough decisions. >> why didn't he go for the government plan then? >> well, let me -- i didn't even get five words out. i think somebody who's willing to make very tough decisions and see that through, i -

host: besides the secretary of state, robert gates, and john brennan, among others.what does such a high list of individuals mean to you? guest: that means this is a serious situation that we have to address. when you have all of these leaders, it means that it is serious. president obama also spoke with president calderon. calderon is doing his best. one of the bravest we have seen. this means we have to look at the strategy and start adjusting the strategy. right now, we have a $1.3 billion program that was started under president bush, so now we need to look at what comes after this. i think we are starting to see a shift. less of the military. how can we improve the prosecutorial process? how can we improve prisons so that they can keep people in prison? of course, what can we do to make sure civilian institutions also work in mexico? mexican drug cartels have permeated so many parts of mexican society, so we need to make sure that we help prop up those civilian institutions. a prosperous mexico means a prosperous relationship with us. host: you mentioned $1.3 bi

after that, an update on the senses with robert groves. >> john mccain, who is running for his fifthterm, held a -- holds a campaign rally in mesa, arizona. with him is sarah palin who was also his running mate for the 2008 presidential campaign. you concede that tomorrow at 8:05 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the renovation of the pentagon has made it much harder for reporters to walk around because more and more spaces are now behind doors where i cannot go unless i am escorted. >> sunday, the national security correspondent for cbs news on covering the military and the u.s. and in iraq and afghanistan at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's q and .a. >> the house and senate both approved the reconciliation measure yesterday and the speaker was obligated to sign the bill before sending it on to president obama to be signed into law. this is about 25 minutes. >> good morning. it is with great pride and even more stability that we come together today to sign this legislation. in doing so, congress will act as others before us did to do something very important for the american people. very significant

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host: john shadegg, republican congressman from arizona, is coming up to talk to us about some of these issues. "a pep rally." talking about the state of the union speech. "supreme court justice roberts said that he found the atmosphere very troubling at january's state of the union address when president obama criticized the high court. he questioned why justices attend the annual event to the extent that it had degenerated into a political pep rally. his remarks constituents -- constituted the latest salvo in criticism between the branches tracing to the court's january decision which struck down a federal limits on corporate spending elections. -- elections." we have taped the speech from the chief justice, we will be broadcasting pieces of it later. manchester, connecticut. david, democratic line. are we the problem? caller: good morning. you had a caller this said that his group insurance was going from $700 per month to $1,400 per month. he was distraught. that fellow is not at fault. it is not my fault that gasoline prices, oil, and heating costs went up over $5,000 per year for the average family. we have a congress working minority rule for legislation, what is the other met

john feehery. tad, it may be obvious but why back to iowa and apparently according to robert gibbs' tweets the ticket already 15,000 tickets sold for a field house that seats 3,000. so they're expecting a big crowd in iowa city. >> well, because i think the president wants to build on the momentum that he has right now. politics are a lot like sports. if you get momentum you got to keep it. if you keep the momentum you win the game. i think that's what he's going to try to do in iowa tomorrow. get the grass roots excited. he made the commitment in his campaign. he's kept that promise to the american people and now he wants to expand information about the benefits they'll get out of health care reform. >> john feehery, one of the things very apparent yesterday was that it sounded in both of the speeches, the signing speech, it sounded like campaign speeches that you could use on the campaign trail. that is what the white house is planning from now on? >> yeah, i think with the campaign season officially started, we're going to see that. and i do know i have a lot of friends in iowa and the iowa gop an

john murtha who died last month. among those scheduled to speak is vice president joe biden, defense secretary robert gates, and houseer nancy pelosi. our live coverage begins at 11:00 a.m. eastern time here on c-span. as "washington post" to national correspondent, tr reid will talk about his global views on international issues including the united states of europe and confucius lived next door. join our three-hour conversation and your phone calls live sunday at noon eastern on books tv. texas-el primary elections in the governor's race yesterday, the incumbent won. here is the concession speech followed by governor harry's victory speech. >> we have fought together, a wonderful team, we have brought together a great team. we have fought valiantly for our principles but we did not win. i have called governor perry and congratulated him on his victory. i want you to know from the bottom of my heart that all of you who came from some many parts of our great state to support me and vote for me and to volunteer for me, i could not have done it without the incredible grass-roots effort that we have been able to do in t

roberts, chairman and d.o. contest corporation. mr. john wells, president of the writers guild of america appeared dr.ctor of research at consumer federation of america. ms. colleen abdoulah, president, ceo of a while internet cable and phone spirit and mr. christopher, you professor at the university of costa mesa. can we have order please and everybody take their seats rapidly? senator dorgan -- senator dorgan is going to chair. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> why don't begin. first of all, apologies to you. we have the essay builds that this committee has written on the floor of the senate and so a number of a further in other hearings as well. but i appreciate very much the witnesses on this panel coming to the committee to testify. but mr. brian roberts ceo of comcast. i believe senator rockefeller has identified although some channel so i will not do that again. why don't we begin, mr. roberts, which you and has been the case with all witnesses, the full statement will be made a part of the permanent record and would ask the witnesses to summarize

. >> john, on top of all that, this great story in the times about robert bennet, the senator from utah, and they ask him, if this anti-incumbent tie is as strong as some people think it is, i will be swept out despite all my efforts if the anti-incumbent tide has a lot of strf of graphtation, i'll be just fine. that's a huge wild card. >> we have to figure out that question that robert bennet mentioned to you and whether or not we are at an election point in the economy. the obama officials are talking about a turn around that will stick. we haven't seen it so much in the jobs rate. voters take a while to get oriented in the fact that things are improving rather than getting worse. that's important for bob bennet who is on the defensive as well as it's important for those democrats. more important to the democrats, they're in the majority. they've got terms of defense. right when things are improving, john, we need to add in these bond auctions this week and the global possibility of rates moving up fairly quickly, i guess. i mean, if you want to be, you know, dire and look at things h

robert peck, joel speed assistant secretary of army for civil works, john fernandez assistant secretaryor economic development, martin rajk. mr. porcari we will begin with you. thank you for being here. >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member micha and members of the committee. it's great to be here to talk about the department of transportation's accomplishments that this one year anniversary of the recovery and reinvestment act. as you know, february 17th was that anniversary. we have accomplished much. i will tell you we have met if reasonable deadline and intend to continue doing so. over all the recovery act provided $48.1 billion for transportation projects for the nation's highways and bridges, transport systems, railways, and shipyards. to date we've obligated $36 billion. that's for more than 13,600 projects around the country. this is a substantial progress in a relatively short amount of time and it was made possible in our transportation program because the recovery act reliance on the d.o.t. existing formula based structures and authorities and procedures. the single lar

robert harding to hit the transportation security at mission. the previous nominee withdrew in the face of republican opposition. center john rockefeller chaired this hourlong hearing. the hearing will come to order as soon as i pour my water. even generals have to have water sometimes. we're here to consider the nomination of major general robert harding to be the administrator the long awaited extremely long awaited desperately needed transportation security administrator tsa. first of what a welcome and congratulate mr. harding and also your wife who is with you. you do recognize your wife, right? [laughter] i would like to have her stand so we can -- tbb hutcheson and i can see her. that's right. that's good. committee practice. i want to congratulate you for your service to the nation. i said that to you. you've got an incredibly long record of service in the intelligence field and national security in general. we simply cannot ignore the fact that transportation administration has had no administrator, note leader of the team. all kind of things have happened. but for various reasons we just have not having the leader

robert crantz was shot dead in the middle of the night. investigators believe that his killer was an illegal immigrant. now senator johnccain is among those who want answers. alex afterrage filed -- alex asvage filed this report. >> reporter: john mccain focused on boarder violence. he thinks the national guard should be called in right away. >> as many as are available. this level of violence on the border is the highest level in history, and the danger of it spilling over into our country is obviously there report report police believe he was killed by an illegal i am front, possibly a smuggler of some kind. mccain asked janet napolitano to send the guard to the border. the governor is also pushing for federal help at the arizona border. >> the concern is that the federal government's responsibility is the bored it's a federal responsibility. so the federal government should be the ones to pick up the tab for sending the guard to the border. >> reporter: the department of homeland security won't say if they are considering deploying guard troops anytime soon. a spokesman gave us a statement that says dhs will respond

robert bobb hopefully will be closing a lot of failing schools. but i think the encouraging news is, we have often talked about comparing this to putting a man on the moon. when johnennedy announced that challenge, we really didn't know how to put a man on the moon. but we actually today do know how to graduate more than 90% of urban kids from high school and send more than 90% on to college. we know how to do it. but i could take you on a tour of 200 urban schools that know how to do it. so we know how to do it. we now have to get rid of these big obsolete schools that don't work, and put in place schools that do. and i think we actually know how to do it. >> and you have done that. you launched your charter school in detroit at the middle school level in 2000, and then at the high school level i think in 2003, if i have that right. >> you do. >> you've seen some pretty incredible results. why? what is it? what is the secret here, given what you have experienced? >> well, the thing that kind of surprise med is first and foremost, it's culture. it's a culture of enormously high expectation that says kind of with the middle class message, of course you're going gra

john maynard keynes might've influenced in specific areas. i know that today consumerism is a result of dr. keynes. and i was wondering if they have any comment on that. >> host: professor robertst: keynesian and can't himself was worried about saving too much and not spending. i do think that the mistake although many people would disagree with me. a lot of people think of zimmer is the described it as the foundation of economy. that certainly is not a smithian idea. the part that is smithian is perhaps keynes interest in animal spirits. emma keynes meant by animal spirits is if you team. he meant the emotional aspect are the worries and fears. smith had a lot to say about that. smith was very interested in how people were often overconfident about their prospects for success are cautious or fearful about the future. and perhaps keynes was influencing. but other than that not so much. >> host: from book four, chapter eight, consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production in the interest of the producer ought to be attended to only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer. >> guest: go ahead. >> guest: that's one of the tidbits in one of my pet

john mccain, telling an arizona radio station in the health care vote and saying -- "there will be no cooperation for the rest of the year -- the democrats have. poisoned the well." here's white house press secretary robertn. let's listen to him. >> i find it curious that the -- that the -- hm, that not getting your way on one thing means you've decided to take your toys and go home. i don't think -- didn't work well for my 6-year-old. i doubt it works well in the united states senate because we have -- we have issues that -- that are important for his constituents and for all of america. >> mark, you're an expert at games and game change. your book is unbelievable. let me ask you this, what game is being played here? twice now in a row, white house staffers starting with axelrod and now gibbs are referring to john mccain, the man who ran against their candidate, the president of the united states, as a child. the other day axelrod referred to him as being in the sandbox. now they're referring to him as a 6-year-old. are they systematically trying to drive john mccain into being mr. wilson next door, trying to get him so mad that he starts cranking around? what are they up to with these patronizing comme

robert gates and homeland security janet napolitano. plans to expand programs to help the social and economic development. johnre looking for work in this economy, plenty of experienced professionals are pounding the pavement with you. if you happen to be black, your odds of securing a job are a lot slimmer. according to an urban league report, it is almost twice as high as it is for whites in this country. joining us from los angeles is judy redmond, hasn't had a full-time job in three years, having two degrees. mark more yell, great to see both of you. to show the statistic for unemployment, 14.8% for african-americans. and 8.5% for whites. 24.7 african-americans living below the poverty line in total versus 8.6% for whites. 47.4% of african-americans own homes. 75% of whites do. 73% of whites complete coverage. look at this. 44.8% of african-american households have a computer at home and 64.6% of white households do. the numbers track similarly for hispanics. what's responsibility for that wide disparty? >> you've got long-term historic discrimination and a legacy of slavery and segregation. you would prob

john mccain this weekend. it will be their first time on stage together since conceding the presidential race in 2008. betty in. >> we'll be watching. thank you. >>> and funeral services are being planned for actor robert culp. his long a rear included hit movies like "bob and carol and ted and alice" and the series i spy oig. "i spy" co-star bill cosby, the first african-american to star in a tv drama. culp died after collapsing outside his hollywood home yesterday. he was 79. >>> let's get and you cheyou a e weather. >> we got big changes coming to the forecast map, so let's get right to it. lower midwest, ohio valley, as you head to the deep south, we are going to see some sloppy, rainy weather. and places like nashville and montgomery into atlanta, we could see some potentially violent weather, too. so we'll keep an eye on it. then all of this stuff moves where? towards the northeast. boss top, you'll wind up with over ten inches of rain in march. then cold air will sweep across portions of the upper midwest into the northeast, as well. by friday morning in shall locations you could be actually looking at a rainy, snowy mix. it will be not perfect weather. and long range forecast actually shows mor

robert gross. that will be followed by house speaker nancy pelosi signing the health care reconciliation bill. >> arizona senator johnane is running for his fifth time holds a rally in mesa, arizona. with him is former alaska governor sarah palin. you can see that event tomorrow at 8:05 p.m. here here on c-span. >> minnesota governor tim pawlenty was in new hampshire thursday to give a speech to members of the manchester public party. he talked about the national debt and his record in minnesota. this is about 45 minutes. >> i will make this as brief as i can but i think everybody has heard enough from me this evening. i was asked to introduce our guest speaker, government tim pawlenty, and i was honored. two months ago i was present with his wife, mary. we probably spent 45 minutes ago. you can tell that the political season has officially started because we have a governor from another state coming to new hampshire at least twice now. so i think he has heard the rumor that unless people in new hampshire meet you three times, they haven't decided about you. so he has made two wick trips -- quick trims. the governor

john mccain this weekend. it will be their first time on stage together since conceding the presidential race in 2008. betty in. >> we'll be watching. thank you. >>> and funeral services are being planned for actor robert culp. his long a rear included hit movies like "bob and carol and ted and alice" and the series i spy oig. "i spy" co-star bill cosby, the first african-american to star in a tv drama. culp died after collapsing outside his hollywood home yesterday. he was 79. >>> let's get and you cheyou a e weather. >> we got big changes coming to the forecast map, so let's get >>> 17 past the hour. that's your first look at the weather. >>> still ahead, the battle over the video showing the final gruesome moments of that seaworld trainer killed by a whale. we'll talk to the attorney who is trying to keep it private. >>> also, be careful how much you reveal on facebook. we'll ask a couple why they believe that a facebook friend is the within seone seen on thi video burglarizing their home. >>> plus new skin cancer research could mean new government rules. we'll have that story, too, when we come back. at sharp, our goal is to reproduce every color in the world on tv. introducing quattron quad pixel