wale hear remarks from former maryland governor kathleen townsend.t is hosted by the catholic students for women's health and just under 50 minutes. good morning, everyone. thank you for coming to catholic students for women's health. i'm megan smith. i'm here representing catholics for choice. so we're going to have a great list of speaks for you from local catholic universities as well as other local noncatholic universities. we were delighted in august of 2011 when the institute of medicine recommends a full package of women's health care services to be covered without co-pays under the affordable care act. this represented a step forward for millions of women and their families, both catholics and noncatholics. similarly, we were very excited when the department of health and human services [ no audio ] backlash and opposition, conservative catholics and conservative politicians the usual suspects who oppose any ruling that included contraception. we did not expect, however, the backlash from so-called liberal pundits to do the same. all of this

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host: kathleen kennedy townsend, thank you for talking to our viewers.oming up, the weekly look at the cost of government. >> break lawmakers have approved a new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors dissemination from bankruptcy after riots left stores looted and burned and more than 120 people hurt. this paves the way for european partners and the international monetary fund to release new rescue loans. u.s. stock futures are up on the news. the israeli prime ministers accusing iran of being behind a pair of car bombings in indiana and georgia. benjamin netanyahu tells a group of leaders from his party that he believes the iranians were responsible. two people wounded in india and the bomb in georgia was discovered before it went off. iran is accusing israel in the killing of several scientists involved in their controversial nuclear program. nasa is looking at parking a man out post next to the moon on the way for deep space missions. according to one memo, they're putting together a team to assess the possibilities of a potential location

me note a few other special guests who are here with us tonight, including vicki kennedy, kathleen kennedy townsend steven smith himself, and two former kennedy administration officials, who both happen to be my predecessors as director of this library, charles daly and dan finn. also joining us this evening is jim gardner, who among other duties, oversees the presidential library system for the national archives. a nation reveals itself by the men and women its produces, jfk once stated, and in jacqueline kennedy, this nation produced a most remarkable woman. among the many compliments one can bestow on this new book is that it is truly revelatory of her extraordinary life, keen wit, and historical accomplishments. as maureen dowd noted in a recent column, who else could read "war and peace" during the wisconsin primary? persuade the french to lend the mona lisa to the u.s., the only time it has ever left france. and encourage white house chefs to serve french cuisine at state dinners rather than irish stew. in its editorial, "the boston globe" praised caroline for publishing this history and demo

i'm kathleen kennedy townsend from almost 11 children. know coming from a time when contraceptive is not easily available. i have four daughters, too attended catholic universities and i want to say clearly that catholic women of this generation no but any contraceptive coverage. they need it because they are women of conscience. they make decisions wisely and they can make decisions about what is in the best interest of themselves, their families and their health. the bishops don't seem to realize 90% of catholic women use this. 98%. that means the bishops have not been able to convince the women they are brave. the bishops should not use the power of the government to do what they can't do themselves. the fact is this is a moral question and a question that women can have the opportunity and right to decide for themselves. this is that this whole argument is about. it is also about politics. they always require catholic institutions cover this. 28 states. so i had this time, and this phone it in the season we have heard this problem. i

our guest is kathleen kennedy townsend. caller: now i know why i became a republican in 1980.them away. if you -- you come from a large family -- guest: i am the oldest of 11. caller: if the mother said that you did not -- that she did not want a child, she wanted an abortion, you would not be around. guest: we have 11 kids in our family. it is very interesting, you do not want me to be part of the catholic church, and yet the national -- as i have said before -- jesuits agree with it, catholic charities agree with it, and the catholic health association agrees with it. we believe that the catholic church is a large church, which is why it has been able to endure. it has different voices. i am as catholic as the pope. my cat phallicism is really important to me. deeply important to me. i have gotten enormous solace from teaching at the catholic church. i have learned the importance of caring for the sick, the pork, and the helpless, from my catholic upbringing. i went to catholic school for 10 years. so, i do not want -- i really think it is sad that you want to kick me out. i

my name is kathleen townsend, the oldest of 11 children, so clearly i know of coming from a time when contraceptive wasn't easily available. i have four daughters, two of whom attended catholic universities. and i want to say clearly that catholic women of this generation know that they need contraceptive coverage to get the needed because they are women of conscience, they make decisions wisely and they can make decisions about what is in the best interest of themselves, their families and their health. so bishops don't seem to realize that 98% of catholic women use contraceptives. 98%. that means that the bishops have not been able to convince the when they are right. the bishops therefore shouldn't use the power of the government to do what they can't do themselves. the fact is this is a moral question, and a question that women can have the opportunity and the right to decide for themselves. this is what this whole argument is about. it is also about politics. 28 states already require that large institutions, catholic institutions cover contraceptives. 28 states. so why is it at

and kathleen kennedy townsend talks about the obama administration's or control policy.nd michael jacobson discusses a new state corrections department and the cost of incarceration. "newsmakers -- ""washington journal," live on c-span. john cornyn's remarks are about 15 minutes. >> thank you very much. i am glad to see so many texans and other great americans here today. it is great to be with you. i want to start by thanking my friend and our friends at the american conservative union for hosting us. i want to thank all of you who are involved with cpac for what you do all year round. i will be brief. i am one of the last speakers standing between you and sarah palin. i want to talk about someone who enjoys his complete confidence. i am talking about attorney general eric holder. three years ago when i was on the senate judiciary committee, i was one of the two republicans who voted against his nomination. [applause] i have to confess. looking back on that vote today, it has to be one of the best votes i have cast in the united states senate. under eric holder, the jus

we'll hear from kathleen kennedy townsend and reproductive rights advocates.atholic students for women's health is the host of this event. it's about 45 minutes and we will show you as much as we can until the president speaks. >> good morning everyone. thank you very much for coming to catholic students for women's health. i am here representing catholics for choice. we are going to have a great list of speakers for you from local catholic universities as well as other local non-catholic universities wallowed by a brief question and answer period. we are delighted in august of 2011 when the institute of medicine recommended a full package of women's health care services to be covered without co-pay under the affordable care act. this represented a step forward for millions of women and for their families both catholics and non-catholics. similarly we are very excited when the department of health and human services -- backlash on opposition from the bishop, conservative catholics and the conservative politicians, the usual suspects who oppose any rulings that

among our guests and topics, we'll have a conversation kathleen kennedy townsend on the issue of birthontrol and the directive by the obama administration and news on the budget. we'll hear from the president tomorrow, doug hotel -- holtz-ekin and the cost of incarceration in america's prisons, michael jacobson, former new york city corrections commissioner, that's all tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. "news makers" is coming up next. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i hope you enjoyed the rest of weekend. have a great week ahead. [captions performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> next, "newsmakers" with jeff bingaman, and then a hearing with ben bernanke. after that, a house hearing on cyber security. >> this week >> jeff bingaman, a democrat of new mexico. two reporters to help us. elana schor

my name is kathleen kennedy townsend. i am the oldest of 11 children. i know about coming from a time when contraception was not easily available. i have four daughters, two of them attended catholic universities, and want to say clearly that catholic women of this generation know that they need contraceptive coverage. they need it because they're women of conscience. they make decisions wisely and they can make decisions about what is in the best interest of themselves, their families and their health. the bishops do not seem to realize that 98% of catholic women use contraceptives. 98%. that means that the bishops have not been able to convince the women they are right. the bishops therefore should not use the power of the government to do what they cannot do themselves. the fact is, this is a moral question and a question that women can have the opportunity in the right to decide for themselves. this is what this whole argument is about. it is also about politics. 28 states already require that large institutions, catholic institutions, cover contrac

. >> tomorrow, on "washington journal" -- douglas poll taken and kathleen kennedy townsend. she will talk about the birth control directives for religious-affiliated institutions. former correctional officer, michael jacobson discusses the cost of incarceration. >> here is that wonderful moment when the senator lott revealed his nostalgia for the state to write segregationist south. >> when strom thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. we are proud of it. >> josh marshall on the internet and his website its emergence into the breaking news business. >> the media ecosystem is such a different world than it was -- it's hard to believe that is 10 years ago. things like that happen all the time now. there are many big stories we have had over the last decade more and more. we have an editorial staff of 20 people so we are breaking stories right and left. the thing is it has almost become commonplace and it's not nearly as surprising today as it was back then. >> more tonight at 8:00 eastern and pacific. >> now, house intelligence committee hearing on national intelligence.

>> kathleen kennedy townsend was put in charge by david broke of american bridge when it started a couple ago. she is robert kennedy's daughter. she is also the former lt. governor of marilyn. a committed democrat and she has vowed in interviews she will spend millions of dollars using american bridge to go after republicans and that's what we are seeing. they have a staff of just tons of guys that are out there researching digging up dirt on republicans. and the whole idea is if they do this as an organization, democrat campaigns and other organizations they don't have to spend the money to dig up dirt. this real solid a group that is all about digging up opposition research. run by david broke a guy who says that his group is there just to find out whether media organizations are being fair. obviously david broke has a political agenda. >> that appears pretty clear. they may, in fact, use private investigators to trail broadcasters and conservatives alex pappas from the daily caller. appreciate you being on. >> you bet. >> remembering a music legend family and friends preparing to say t

this is the students take my name is kathleen kennedy townsend. i'm the oldest of 11 children, so clearly i know coming from a time when contraceptives were not easily available. i have four daughters, two of whom attended a catholic universities. and i want to say clearly that catholic women of this generation no that they need contraceptive coverage. they need it because they are women of conscience. they make decisions wisely, and they can make decisions about what is in the best interest of themselves, their families and their health. so bishops, don't seem to realize that 98% of catholic women use contraceptives. 98%. that means that the bishops have not been able to convince the women they are right. the bishops, therefore, should not use the power of a government to do what they can't do themselves. the fact is this is a moral question, and the question that women can have the opportunity and the right to decide for themselves. this is what this whole argument is about. it is also about politics. 28 states already require that large institu