. -- julius mead. >> yes, i used to babysit his kids. how do you know him? >> we met him.ere in washington, d.c., and he said i saw her just two weeks ago. i think we need to rein in the federal government. >> do you feel empowered after all this? >> there is a platform at a national level. >> you want to get in here? >> i have got to make it work. >> i have got it. >> thank you for that. >> 1, 2, 3, smile. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> monday on c-span, lindsey graham is the keynote speaker at a formal on terrorism hosted by the american enterprise institute. live coverage starts at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. now president obama's speech saturday night at the congressional black caucus foundation's annual dinner. he says the republican gains would undercut their progress in congress. this is 25 minutes. >> hello, cbc! [applause] well, it is wonderful to be back with all of you. i want to acknowledge, first of all, chair of the cbc, barbara lee, for the outstanding work t

. -- julius mead. >> yes, i used to babysit his kids. how do you know him? >> we met him.ere in washington, d.c., and he said i saw her just two weeks ago. i think we need to rein in the federal government. >> do you feel empowered after all this? >> there is a platform at a national level. >> you want to get in here? >> i have got to make it work. >> i have got it. >> thank you for that. >> 1, 2, 3, smile. >> thank you. ♪ >> the c-span local content vehicles are traveling the country visiting congressional districts as we look at some of the most closely contested house races leading up to the november midterm elections. ♪ >> how are you folks tonight? are you from here? you are all the way from dalton? thank you for coming up. >> here we go. my name is mike kelly. i am running for congress. it is did seeing you. >> let me tell you a little bit about the third congressional district. it also involves erie, mercer, butler counties. the incumbent is kathy dahlkemper. she is the incumbent. she defeated a longtime republican incumbent in the big money race, probably the most

. -- julius mead. >> yes, i used to babysit his kids. how do you know him? >> we met him.ere in washington, d.c., and he said i saw her just two weeks ago. i think we need to rein in the federal government. >> do you feel empowered after all this? >> there is a platform at a national level. >> you want to get in here? >> i have got to make it work. >> i have got it. >> thank you for that. >> 1, 2, 3, smile. >> thank you. ♪ >> tomorrow on "washington journal," we talk about the book he co-authored, how washington made the rich richer and turned its back on the middle class. lawrence hunter discusses his group, which he describes as a conservative alternative to the aarp, and the executive director from the senate for responsive politics looks at the latest fund raising numbers and the disclosure rules she says make it difficult to determine where it comes from. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] cable satellite corp. 2010]