. >>> tonight, d-list diva kathy griffin. always outrageous. >> what do you think if i dumped levi johnston for eric menendez? >> larry: still outlandish. >> all right, fine. unleash the beaver army on me. >> larry: and forever outspoken about everything. >> it blows. i'm not going to lie. it blows chunks. >> larry: 90-year-old mom is here too. what is it like to have her as a girl? >> you better lie through your teeth! >> larry: hang on. look out. >> i don't care anymore. yeah, go ahead, tweet me, palin freaks. >> larry: kathy griffin next on "larry king live." >> larry: kathy griffin is the emmy-winning star of "my life on the d list." and her latest bravo comedy special, "kathy griffin does the bible belt" debuted this week. her "new york times" best seller is out this week. she appears in vegas july 10th, season 6 of "my life on the d-list" debuts june 15th. let's take a sneak peek at that show. >> hi, everybody! >> this season on "my life on the d list" -- >> i'm going to alaska to find love. i almost spank just the pict

actually, kathy shows up in alaska.et's take a look. >> by the state of alaska, you guys are married! >> go ahead, tiger. show me your moves. >> give it a little pop up. let it down. ♪ >> i could really get used to this. after spending the day ice fishing, i actually want to get knocked up. just out of sheer boredom. can we go to the mall? >> sounds good. >> holding levi close, feeling my heart beating against him, i realize this is where i'm meant to be, for three days. and then get me the [ bleep ] out of here. have you been to wasilla? >> larry: no. >> it blows. i'm not going to lie. it blows chunks, yeah. it's not what we want the country to be like. when sarah palin said i would run the country, you know, you betcha', the way i run wasilla, that's not what we want. it's a lot of boredom and then some crystal meth. and go ahead. write your letters. i don't care anymore. go ahead, tweet me about it. >> larry: what is your attraction to levi? >> i get him in a way bristol never did. and also, every time that i'm with

our guests are walter mccormick and kathy sloan. >> well, as the federal communications commission moves closer to reclassifying broadband as a telecommunications service, we are joined by two guests who will be discussing hat. walter mccormick is the presideet andcaeo -- and ceo of the telecommunications group. >> we represent the nation puts a broadband service providers. we provide service in urban areas -- nation's broadband service providers. areas and urban areas.rural >> is broadband is reclassified as title ii, what time do you perceive to your member companies? >> broadbent basically has been zoned for enterprise. it has been zoned for development, and what we have seen our inside ordinary investment in innovation and jobs. -- what we have seen our extraordinary investment in innovation and jobs. this will create a pervasive, economic regulation type of structure that has never been designed in the united states. this was designnd for a monopoly era. it was applied to the old telephone industry when there provider. in return for that, the government per basically -- pervasively

watch. >> hey, joan, it's my, kathy griffin.tions on all the success you're having, again. the documentary is fantastic. you're great. so they asked me to ask a question of you. and i thought, what haven't i asked you? what haven't we talked about? and then i thought, get ready, what do you do when you run into somebody that you put in the act. i know you famously said one time, cher came up to you and said, why aren't i hot enough to be in the act anymore, which was great. but i want to know how you handle any celebrities you had in the act. >> first of all, i adore her. i hide. >> larry: you hide? >> i only talk about people in the act that i usually say something i don't like about them. >> larry: correct. >> so it's usually about somebody that i don't like -- in cher's case, it was a whole other thing. about what she used to love and she loved being in the act and we were friends. and usually it's someone you really don't like. >> larry: did anyone ever call you? >> mary tyler moore didn't call me for ten years. >> larry: wh

at 8:30 eastern time, kathy castor will make her first visit, representing the tampa area in florida. she will talk about her thoughts on oil drilling. and also on what has been happening to the coastline in her part of the state. david michael is our guest at 9:00, assistant labor secretary for osha, we will talk about the clinic workers and what their responsibility is in the area. and then live coverage of tony hayward's testimony with our last segment. we will be back with the topic of the u.s. role in afghanistan with congressman joe wilson of south carolina. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> he was a volatile, emotional, very complicated kind of depressive young man, and very adventuress. when he was in america he was 25 and having an adventure. >> a new look at the alexis de tocqueville and his 1881 tour of america. sunday, on c-span's "q&a." >> this weekend on c-span2's "book tv," growing up between arabs and israelis. he chronicles -- and then chronicling one of the most vile places on earth. an

we will discuss the gulf oil spill with congresswoman kathy castor and assistant labor secretary david michaels on protecting the safety of those working in the cleanup effort. working in the cleanup effort.

to mention those who typed every page of the 1700 pages of the original hill who edited the firstd kathy manuscript and gary legg who contributed a wonderful picture on tehe book. dean macey has been supportive. provost's lengt lang was instrun bringing the project to my attention in the first place. the president has been the best of all presidents of for a project like this. most of all, we thank senator byrd himself. one of the best and most generous offers with him and has been my pleasure to work with. he meant every deadline. that is important. he looked at everything. he looked at everything three, four, five times. involved himself completely in the production of the books and never missed a chance to express appreciation to was for the work we did. a lot of authors forget that. thank you, senator. it has been a pleasure. it is my great pleasure now to welcome the president of west virginia university, david c. hardesty jr., who will introduce our guest. [applause] >> good evening, senator. good evening, ladies and gentlemen. and property burden -- robert byrd's story is the amer

i knew about his fiddling, but i didn't know of his love of music and vocal ability when he joined kathy ma tea in singing "amazing grace." it was a great moment for me, for him he was celebrating three loves, his music, his love of education and his faith in god. i also remember, and other members of the delegation will remember, too, we were in his office he served us lunch in his office, and when it came time for dessert, he asked us if we wanted dessert. since we were all watching our waistline we sort of waved off dessert and said, we really don't need dessert, i think we'll pass on dessert. no, no, we must have december ert, we must have apple pie and ice cream he told us how he'd maintained the same weight for the last 57 years in the united states congress. i think that's a feat to be celebrated, quite frankly. he also talked a lot about, and we heard about this, too, a love of his dogs. i remember when his beloved billy died, he was crushed. he wasn't afraid or ashamed or embarrassed to express a love and compassion he had and the companionship he felt with his dog. that's a com

decision on gun rights in what is called a win for the nra and supporters of the second amendment, kathyonnolly rights writes about elena kagant she would be -- again, live coverage on c-span34 the elena kagan hearings. next caller, rg, go ahead. caller: what i can understand is that we have terrorist over there and we ahoskicannot make m abide bb laws. i do not know why this country does non -- host: we are going to stop you there. i apologize for phone calls like that because that is completely inappropriate. please do not call back again. dan, go ahead. caller: i am a veteran. the main thing i want to talk about is mccaskill. he went on 60 minutes a while back and talked about the troops. in my opinion that was a big mistake. the main thing about a war is a surprise and the secrecy. that man is a traitor and he needs to be picked up. host: thanks for the phone call. from the "financial times" the u.s. arresting 10 russian agents, including two in the new york city area and four in the d.c. area. next call is paul, on the independent line. caller: i was just calling about the cake in t

we will talk with kathy castor about the gulf oil spill. and david michaels on protecting the safety of those working in the gulf clean-up effort. "washington journal" is live starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern time on c-span. >> he was a volatile, emotional, dedicated depressive young man. and very adventurous. when he came to america my he was 25 and decided to have an adventure. >> taking a look at his 1831 toward america. the new book on c-span's "q&a." >> we've got three new c-span books for you. "abraham lincoln," "the supreme court," and "who's buried in grant's tomb?" each with a unique contemporary perspective and perhaps something new to you about lincoln, the nation's highest court, and the gravesites and lives of america's presidents. to order, go to c- span.org/books. each one also a great gift idea for father's day. >> now was hearing here -- a senate hearing on the costs associated with the gulf oil spill. testifying are the bp vice- president in charge of the claims process, transocean ceo, and government officials. this is an ho

we will speak with congresswoman kathy castor about the gulf oil spill and david michaels on protecting the safety of those working in the cleanup effort. "washington journal" is alive, starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> she was 8 -- he was a complicated, the press of young man and very adventurists. >> take a new look at alexis de tocqueville and his 1831 tour of america. "q & a." c-span's >> a senate hearing on the costs associated with the gulf of mexico oil spill. testifying are the bp vice president in charge of the claims process, and officials from the coast guard and government accountability office. senator tom corporate shares this hour, 45 minute hearing -- senator tom carper chairs this hour, 45 minute hearing. >> we will come to order. i want to welcome my neighbor from across the delaware river, my colleague. before i call on him, i would like to give an opening statement. once we are joined by other colleagues, if senator mccain it joins us before i recognize senator lott and byrd, senator mccain will give his opening statement. if other members of our panel show

kathy bunk of communications consortium, and skip, and in a writer for the international bar association among others. he's a member of the press club foreign corresponddnts and photography committee. thank you. [applause] two weeks after today's speaker was sworn in to lead the u.s. agency for international development a devastating earthquake struck eda. president obama instructed dr. rajiv shah to take charge of the u.s. response to this disaster just a few hundred miles away from the u.s. mainland. since then the u.s. government has committed more than $1 billion toward relief efforts in haiti and pledged another $1.15 billion at the donor's conference in april. of this funding usaid contributions total more than $500 million. as the six month anniversary of the earthquake approaches, conditions and haiti remain donner and in addition to that nation, dr. rajiv shah has managed programs in more than 100 other countries. shah has said that usaid's goal is to create the conditions where it is no longer needed so that communities thrive, government is strong and schools and other institu

on the republican line, good morning, kathy. caller: yes. i was calling about this war zone that the republicans and democrats have. it's rid clubhouse, because they are not the ones that are suffering. it's the people on main street. the unemployed not being able to get their benefits. not knowing if you're going to have the money to pay your power bill or get gas to go to an interview. these guys need to stop paying drains and focus on what's best for the people of the united states of america. that's what it's all about. >> and i've voted -- they don't stop arguing about being nitpicky with the democrats about what the people need. it has nothing to do with want. it's need. i will not vote republican again. host: let me go back to this editorial rl because they point out one way to end the partisanship is to take a look at congressional redistricting. the example they point out is iowa. iowa uses the -- helped to produce competitive elections. pennsylvania from this editorial, one of the most gerrymandered estate would have to change its

business owners told me how much the credit card and debit swipe fees are hurting their business, kathy who owns healthy living market in burlington, her business paid $250,000 in fees last year. this year it will be $350,000. cheryl who runs a mobile station told me she could take the money she spends on better wages and more jobs. i call on my colleagues in the conference committee to put small businesses before the credit card industry and maintain the durbin amendment in the final package. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. shuster: ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the ppgentleman is recognized. mr. shuster: i want to asoshate myself with mr. welch's remarks and urge my colleagues not to be suede by the lobbyists of the credit card companies trying to eliminate the amendment. the compromise reached in the conference committee does not eliminate aallow the federal government to set the exchange fee. it creates a level playi

support named tim curtis, running for the democratic nomination for congress in my district against kathyastor. if, by change -- [inaudible] host: you are starting to break up on us, thank you for joining. let's go to robert, republican line in ohio. caller: thank you for taking my call. one of the biggest problems we have and our country today is the 17th amendment. i think we need to go back to the constitution, where it says that each state takes the senators -- picks the senators, the state legislatures pick the senators to go to washington. when they invoke the 17th amendment, but it made our country our democracy insttad of a republic. and we need to get back to a republic again. and, when they took, when they invoked the 17th amendment, it took estates advice and consent away from the state government -- the state's advice and consent away from the state. the people already have the state rep. host: "the new york times" looked at rand and ron paul today. it talks about how they grew up as a family and their family values. they produce a like-minded thinkers and that family. rand pa

speaker, i'm pleased that this bill includes an amendment that i offered, along with representatives kathy castor and betty sutton, that calls on the mortgage industry to help place more responsible homeowners into more affordable terms. the amendment will require mortgage industry participants in the making home affordable program to report basic information on a monthly basis, such as the number of loan modification requests received, the number being processed, the number that has been approved, and the number had a has been denied. it will also make that information available to the public through treasury department's website. it is clear that greater transparency is needed to ensure that all parties are actually helping homeowners. such transparency will lead to greater accountability. i strongly urge my colleagues to support this historic legislation, to ensure our consumers and our financial system are protected from irresponsible financial practices. and with that, madam speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance o

ranking member hutchison and i would lik to take that privilege of introducing my wife ofearly 31 years kathyrp and lawyers lauren and jenfer who are with mere hertoday. i thank them for their unwaiving love and support because without them it's a very difficult j to do so thank you for being here and to the committee, appreciate the opportunityo be here today and i appreciate your very kind opening comments, chairman, and ranking member and to be here as the president's nominee as the assistant secretary for tsa i'm honored b the president's call to service and by sretary napolitano's support a in addition to exessing appciation to this committee r what you've been through and dng now for this impoant position, i would also like to eress my personal appreciation to those in del, state, local tbal law enforcement and in t u.s. intelligence community tt i've had the privilege of working with these nearly 27 years. and i'd also b remiss if i didn't acknowledge our internatnal partners with whom i've had the privilege ofor because it's without their help we wilbe unable to fully dress the worldw

. >> from tomorrow's -- on tomorrow owes "washington journal," joe wilson and a talk with kathy castor about the gulf oil spill and david michaels on protecting the safety of those working in the clean-up effort. >> this weekend on c pan 2's book tv. growing up between arabs and israelis. charles bowden. and on afterwards vietnam veteran on the novel that took him to 30 years to public. matterhorn. find the entire weekend schedule at booktv.org and join us on twitter. more than 30,000 viewers already have. >> defense secretary robert gates and joint chief of staff chairman were on capitol hill today to talk about next year's defense budget. president obama is requesting $708 billion for the next fiscal year. it is the largest defense department budget request since world war ii after adjusting for inflation. members also asked questions about military operations in iraq. we begin with questions by texas senator kay bailey hutchison. this part of the hearing is about an hour. >> senator hutchison, i think you were -- you're next and then senator specter. we're going to try to recognize