bruce johnston, the chamber's executive vice president of governmental affairs. the chamber is the world not for profit business. we welcome him back. mr. donahue led the chamber since 1997. he served for 13 years as president and chief executive officer of the american trucking association prior to his tour at the a.t.a., he was group vice president for the chamber for eight years. in an earlier chapter of his life, he was postmaster general and vice president for connecticut spearfield university. he's a new york native and has a bachelor's degree from st. john's university and an mba from adele fie. he's the government and senior political affairs executive. started as a telemarketer in 1974. came to the organization quick for a rapid rise with a degree from harvard. he oversees six major divisions within the chamber. so much for biography. now for the thrilling process portion of the program. we're on the record. no live blogging and tweeting in short no filing of any kind while the breakfast is under way. there's no embargo when the session ends except for o

nicole johnston, al jazerra. >>> french, u.n.ces have launched a joint operation against rebels. they have deployed to an area alongside the river. on wednesday two u.n. peacekeepers were killed there. the government says al qaeda-linked fighters are to blame. >>> voters in madagascar are choosing a new president. it's the first national vote since a military-backed coup in 2009. the election has already been postponed three times in year. tana paige reports now from the capital. >> reporter: these sisterses used to earn $30 a week sellingg baskets but that was before the political crisis now they struggle to earn half that. yet with 11 children between them their need has never been grater. they supplement their diet with vine leafs because food prices are so side. the family has one wish from friday's election. >> we are hoping for a president who can managed country, someone who will help poor people and craft people like us. >> reporter: madagascar has been gripped by eye political crisis since 2009. in a military backed coup

. >> ann dowsett johnston on the closing gender gap in the world of risky drinking, tonight on "after words" part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. plus right now online at our booktv book club, join other viewers reading "walking in the wind." see what others are saying and post your own comments. find out more at booktv.org/bookclub. .. >> hello, everyone. my name is chuck beard, i'm the sole proprietor and sole staff member at nashville's all local bookstore in east nashville. i'm truly honored and excited to introduce our next featured writer. she is a

situation of course and the problem is that people cannot afore living on their own especially the johnston i mean right now. over forty five percent of people under twenty five they don't have a job i mean how can you afford living on your own so basically everyone is going back to their parents' home they kind of leave maybe you are forty you're thirty you're still at home there's no way there's no way out i mean with salaries ranging between. maybe eight hundred to one thousand euros per month that's the virtue right now in the spring i mean if you take into account that an apartment it's about eight hundred euros a month i mean how can you do it there's no possible way last if there is no possible way specializing reserve has some crazy examples of say cemetaries people taking their balances out of greys and putting them in a lower standard of of a cemetery which just sounds absolutely crazy i mean it's crazy or is happening it's crazy but those stories are happening people cannot afore you know whatever they're paying cemeteries for instance i mean i was so. there's this trend of peopl

alan johnston, bbc news, rome. >> let's get the very latest on this terrible story. we join francesco, who works for the nonprofit organization borderline sicily. he is on the island of lampedusa. i know you have worked nonstop as this has unfolded. what is the latest you can tell us? what have you seen in the last few hours? >> good afternoon, everybody. the situation now is a bit calm mer.-- is now is a bit cal yesterday, thed tragedy -- i was in the port early in the morning when the coast guard boats came with the victims, actually. i moved to where i thought i could be more helpful. they had doctors and nurses. theuld see them and i had possibility of speaking with some of them. >> francesco, how many are in the hospital right now? all the most serious cases have been in hospitals in italy. the others are not alive, of course. other regions of italy, the authorities, the coast guard is working, trying to find the bodies that are still missing. >> i want to ask you one more quick question. you work all the time on this issue, trying to help able using these boats

this week ann dowseet johnston putative she examines what she calls the closing gender gap in the world of risky drinking. she argues heavy drinking is contributing to several conditions and cancer in more women and leads to early death to more than 20,000 a year in the u.s. alone. the program is about one hour. >> host: hello, ann. how are you? i'm excited to have this opportunity to visit with you about this new book called "drink." it's dirty intriguing and provocative and like i say, it reminded me of when i was working in treatments about the relationships of alcohol and women and i guess one of the questions that i wanted to ask you is why now? ..

johnston says under the law anyone who has to pay more than 9.5% of their income for health insuranceexempt have fr having to purchase it. >> this is a good system making sure those that need help get it and no one pays such a high amount that they can be bankrupt. >> there is no estimate how many will have to pay more but the state says it's a much smaller percentage than those who see enhanced benefits. >> people are guaranteed they're going to be able to get insurance. and on top of it, being guaranteed meaning preexisting conditions are now out of the window. >> cynthia sees benefits of the affordable care act but thinks it needs to be tweaked. >> i don't want affordable care act repealed. there is too much good in it. it's a fabulous first step. >> we should stress if policy holders don't have employer sponsored plans. so they have to pay the cost of their benefits. 90% of those who are v.health insurance now are cover bid employers and shouldn't see increases whatsoever. >> won't affect them? >> no. >> thank you. >> look at tonight's money matters wall straight loses confidence

johnston says under the law anyone who has to pay more than 9.5% of their income for health insurance is exempt have fr having to purchase it. >> this is a good system making sure those that need help get it and no one pays such a high amount that they can be bankrupt. >> there is no estimate how many will have to pay more but the state says it's a much smaller percentage than those who see enhanced benefits. >> people are guaranteed they're going to be able to get insurance. and on top of it, being guaranteed meaning preexisting conditions are now out of the window. >> cynthia sees benefits of the affordable care act but thinks it needs to be tweaked. >> i don't want affordable care act repealed. there is too much good in it. it's a fabulous first step. >> we should stress if policy holders don't have employer sponsored plans. so they have to pay the cost of their benefits. 90% of those who are v.health insurance now are cover bid employers and shouldn't see increases whatsoever. >> won't affect them? >> no. >> thank you. >> look at tonight's money matters wall straight loses confide

nicole johnston reports. >> this is a residential area of damascus - a typical suburb.n friday a car bomb exploded outside a mosque. it's difficult to find out how many people died. there were reports that it was more than 40. this video can't be independently verified. still the united nations humanitarian chief has told the security council there are 2.5 million people in syria who need help, but can't get it. the agencies appeal for aid has failed. >> i need the political support of the security council members, but also other members of the united nations to really make a difference. >> months of fighting has destroyed syria's basic infrastructure. roads, power and sanitation. that creates another huge problem - the threat of disease. the world health organization is warning there could be an outbreak of polio and more than 20 people may have it already. the united nations is increasing its vak sination programs. >> routine immunisation systems are critical - they've been disrupted or broken down. children are at higher risks of diseases such as polio and meselfles.

and bruce johnston and his team are probably the best people in this city on building coalitions, bringing large groups of people who differ on other issues together on specific issues to achieve some consensus. i think we're still doing very well. and i welcome more people to come in and row in the vote. if you're rowing, then you have to be playing. >> my own background gives me a clear look at the infrastructure and the nation's ability to move its people and its information. we have, for the longest time, avoided taking steps that we need to take to strengthen our infrastructure. steps that would not be driven by incremental expenditures by the broad population, but would be paid for by user fees. and until we get smart, to understand that if our infrastructure is not working well, no matter what part of it is, it drives down productivity, increases accident, and has a very negative effect on our society. by the way, this is one issue none of us loses sight of. we're on the streets in this town. this is the world's capital. any day now, we're going to fall into a sink hole. that should

and bruce johnston and his team are probably the best people in this city on building coalitions, bringing large groups of people who differ on other issues together on specific issues to achieve some consensus. i think we're still doing very well. and i welcome more people to come in and row in the vote. if you're rowing, then you have to be playing.

alan johnston has the latest. ,> with so many still missing the search goes on.ers have returned to the sunken wreck of the migrant boat. they describe horrific scenes -- bodies crammed into the hall. -- into the hull. screening, voices, we did not think anything of it. we thought it was -- we heard screaming, voices, we did not think anything of it. people crying for help. we immediately called the port and started picking up people on the boat. we picked up 47 of them. say their boats ran into engine trouble. a small fire was lit to try to attract help, but it got out of control. soon the vessel was ablaze, and the hundreds of passengers panicked, the burning boat capsized and sank. coast guard teams arrived to find chaos. >> ac full of people. full of people. they saw a lot of people in the sea started looking for people alive, then started extracting people. >> more coffins being unloaded. the island had dozens

. >> richard wolffe and david johnston, thank you so much. that's "the ed show."

. >> richard wolffe and david johnston, thank you so much. that's "the ed show." al sharpton starts right now. good evening, rev. >> good evening, ed. >>> and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, like father like son. we've come to expect extreme talk from texas senator ted cruz. and now we see the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. mother jones has uncovered new video of the senator's father rafael cruz. >> we have our work cut out for us. we need to send barack obama back to chicago. send him back to kenya. [ applause ] >> send him back to kenya? this wasn't a one-time joke. senator cruz's father has said similar things plenty of times. often at tea party events. >> when obama campaigned in 2008, it was very clear he was a socialist. one of the

in 1909 he had this idea and wrote to these great scholars around the world he wrote to sir harry johnston at oxford and some of his harvard professors he wrote to the great william james for whom he studied philosophy at emmerson hall in harvard. james of course is the father of american psychology the psychology like sociology didn't exist as a discipline at that time. he read the critique with george as he says in his autobiography in an upper room at harvard. the great historian of reconstruction directed the dissertation of the suppression of the slave trade and he wrote to all of these people and to president eliot himself with all these people wrote back ladies and gentlemen and said they would be pleased, the would-be honor to be on the board of editors and that one person, you might have guessed was president elliott at harvard who said he was much too busy turning basically this finishing school into a grand cosmopolitan center of international graduate learning. much too busy learning that to participate in a board of editors for an encyclopedia project but he wanted to give him

nicole johnston, aljazeera. >> charlie manuel. >> a severe storm system is hitting the middle of the country from cincinnati to houston. >> it's nothing like the perfect storm that slammed the northeast 22 years ago today. we have a look at the past and present. good morning. >> good morning, thomas. we are talking about the 1991 storm that actually did not get a name, known as the halloween perfect storm. here's a look at what it looked like on the radar satellite imagery back in 1991 as it made its way clues the atlantic. today, it's quiet, but this storm killed 12 people back in 1991, produced plentiful amounts of snow across the northeast and across the atlantic portions of canada and down across the east coast, we had heavy rainfall. we're going to continue to monitor the atlantic basin, but today, thankfully, it's quiet. so is the gulf of mexico. the largest storm is making its way across the plains into the midwest. this is a photo of the coastline after that storm, really did make a major impact in 1991. today, it's quiet for the most part across the east coast. we had rain p

. >> anne johnston on the closing gender gap in the world of risky drinking sunday night at nine eastern and pacific on "after words," part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. plus, online in the booktv book club, read "walking with the wind" by john louis, and see what others say and post your comments. find out more at booktv.org/bookclub. >> held a forum in the district today on women in the economy. she was joined by her minority leader, nancy pelosi and barbara my culls ky. some of the issues discussed were minimum wage and child care. the first baptist church in maryland, this is just over an hour. >> wow, wow, good morning! good morning, so i'm congresswoman donna ed words, and i represent maryland's 4th congressional district. welcome to the fourth district. [applause] >> i'm delighted, one to see this packed house, and it was not difficult to do with all of the work that we do around the community and in the region, and around the most wonderful women found anywhere. thank you very much for joining us today. i have the privilege of representing this congressional district in repr

. >> ann dowsell johnston on the closing gender gap in the world of risky drinking, sunday night at 9:00 eastern and pacific on "after words," part of book tv this weekend on c-span2. plus right now online at our book tv book club, join other viewers reading "walking with the wind" by john lewis. find ought more at booktv.org/bookclub. c-span's student cam video competition asks, what's the most important issue congress should consider in 2014? make a five to seven-minute documentary, and be sure to include c-span video. the competition is open to all middle and high school students with the grand prize of $5,000. and this year, we doubled the number of winners and total prizes. entries are due by january 20, 2014. need more information? visit studentcam.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: welcome back. we're joined now by congressman joe barton, a republican member of the house energy and commerce committee. congressman, thank you for joining us. > glad to be here. host: tell us what are your biggest questions? guest: my biggest question is why they put that much money into

but his homes in the eastern highlands johnston city is in fact one of the remotest places in the statein relation to the capital in nashville. in johnson city when used in on the washington county courthouse steps coming or 60 miles closer to canada then you should memphis. i thought it would just read also reap reef passage here, but this is, gail, partly in respect to my female partner appear at all the women in the room. thank you for being here. this story, like most of the people as images he just saw, most of the main characters were men that we associate the story of this tale the blanton, the alexander, mcwhorter wilder, attorney general will leitch and chief justice of our state supreme court, joe henry, who's the one he saw administered the oath. louis dolphin, distinguished attorney from memphis who gave us a prayer on that short clip. there are men. of course again a story, this is the other thing i found compelling about this story. of course like anything in our lives, it's not just about men. the true story involves families, spouses, children who particularly in a situa

. >> ann dowsett johnston sunday night at 9 eastern and pacific on "after words," part of book booktvon c-span2. plus right now online join viewers reading "walking with the wind" by congressman and civil rights leader john lewis with. see what others are saying and post your own comments. find out more at booktv.org/book club. >> next, a panel discussion assessing the long-term global energy outlook. hosted by the american association for the advancement of science and moderated by npr science correspondent richard harris, this is an hour and 15 minutes. [applause] >> thank you all for being here. this is a, this will be a conversation, and i will ask you to participate as the time, as the time evolves here. we're, i don't know what's going to happen, you don't know, let's make it wonderful. it's going to be sort of a spontaneous thing, and i will very briefly introduce our participants tonight, and we'll get the ball rolling here, and in a little while we'll open mics for questions. so let me get started here. first of all, let me introduce vivien foster who is a manager at the sust

. >> ann dow set johnston on the closing gender gap and the world of risky drinking on "after words," part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. plus right now online at our booktv book club, join other viewers reading "walking with the wind" by congressman john lewis. see what others are saying and post your own comments. find out more at booktv.org/bookclub. >> and on your screen is a live picture of the texas book festival in downtown austin. it extends over several blocks. it starts at the state capitol and comes right down congress street in the stentor of downtown austin -- center of downtown austin. live coverage on booktv all day long, and we will be back in just a few minutes with the next panel. >> this fall marks booktv's 15th anniversary, and this weekend we look back at 2006. john grisham's first nonfiction title which reported on a murder case in oklahoma was on the bestseller's list that year as well as then-senator barack obama's book on national politics, "the audacity of hope." he appeared on booktv in the fall of 2006. >> i would like to start a conversation, and this