>> tonight on "q & a," kathryn wylde, president and c.e.o. of new york city, and british prime minister, david cameron on libya, and road to the white house. >> this week on "q & a," catherine wild for partnership of new york city. >> kathryn wylde, what is theship for new york city? >> that's what was put together after the staeventh buyer the crisis and >> said that we almost lost new york and i want to organize business to be really committed to caring about a great new york city and keeping it that way. >> how big of an organization is it? >> in terms of size, we have 15 employees and about 300 members that represent the top c.e.o.s of the new york and metropolitan region. >> i know that is hardly 300 and what are the big names? >> we have immediate c.e.o. of macy, and murdock of news co corporation and most names of the fashion and retail of new york. >> i have a quote that you uttered in 2009, you said it's not an easy time to defend rich. i guess it never is, and we have the millionaire tax and we have to think about our society in com

and they know that kathryn wylde is going do this? >> i would say my main contribution is trying to help the fed be more accessible to the average person. to help people understand what it does and how important it is. the fact that the new york fed is the banker to the central banks of the world. the golden arm basement of the new york fed is not american gold for the most part. you can go down and see the names of every country in the world that have their gold stashed there because they trust that institution. and i think for a long time the american people and we saw this play out a lot during the discussion of dodd frank, that there was an misunderstanding of the role of the fed and its importance. my main job is to try to push as much information as what we are doing. the fed has done an excellent job of helping america recover from the financial crisis. i think they have not gotten as much credit as they deserve. i would like people to understand how important that role is and how successful it's been in stabilizing a country a

. >> kathryn wylde, president and c.e.o. of the nonprofit partnership of new york city, thank you for joining us. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> for a dvd copy, call the number on the screen. for free transcripts or give us your comments about this program, visit us at qa.org. are also available as c-span podcast. >> next, british prime minister david cameron on libya. then "road to the white house" then a discussion on what is ahead for congress and the white house. tomorrow on "washington journal," jack spencer examine its nuclear power energy in the u.s. in the wake of the disaster in japan. they discuss the consumer product safety information database which would allow consumers to report safety problems and read complaints filed by other consumers. and president up america's promise alliance talks about her campaign to reverse rising high- school dropout rates. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> provide coverage of poli

. >> kathryn wylde talking about keeping the city the center of the business world and how new york gained that position. >> new york city was being pulled into the global economy and became america's gateway to that economy and has prospered ever since. >> watch the rest of the interview sunday night on "q&a." >> on american history tv, the organization of american historians meeting from houston with authors offering insight on what the -- why the south split from the union, and the rise and fall of one of the world's leaders in energy, enron, and the trying " shirt factory fire 150 years later. also, of panel replaced on the terrorist attacks of september 11, as this year marks the 10th anniversary. get the complete schedule at our website or you can have the schedule e-mailed to you. >> the bureau of ocean energy management director discusses his department's 2012 budget request on thursday. he also discussed a report on the loss of royalty fees from companies. they are requesting a $348.4 billion. this hour is one hour and 25 minutes. half hour hearing. [inaudible conversations] >> wi

. -- kathryn wylde this a nonprofit partnership for new york city. what's the rest of the interview sunday night on c-span's "q&a". >> japan's prime minister is calling on the nation to unite in rebuilding the country from scratch. in a television address, he encouraged fell to 7 cents to not be discouraged and to carry on with working hard. -- he incurs fellow citizens to not be discouraged and to carry on with working hard. this is just over 10 minutes. >> the prime minister is sharing a message for the people of japan. one week has passed since the disaster. for people whose family members are still unaccounted for, he offers his condolences. the prime minister says that over the past week, the japanese people have dealt with the situation calmly. he says the japanese public has placed an emphasis on community ties and is working together to overcome this disaster. the prime minister says that he respects the way the japanese people have behaved. he says that the country faces two major challenges. one of them being the damage from the major earth