kirby jr. center for constitutional studies atconstil hillsdale college.ies. launched in 2008 and located on capitol hill,o the kirby centerr teaches the principles and practices of america's constitutional principlesic here in the nation's capital and aroundap the country. welcome to today's first urctciples on first fri's oetcher.of m part of a monthly lecture series that address is significant and timely political historical andd economic issues from a constitutional perspective. we are pleased today that thisis lecture is being broadcast on c-span and thank them for the public service they do in theiri programming. pr hillsdale college has ogbeenalen dedicated to the teaching of the enduring principles of the constitution and the declaration of independence independence sis founding in 1844. in the civil war college's michigan campus emptied out as we send more than 400 students to fight for the union cause.

. >> i want to introduce as well paul kirby, senior editor telecommunications report, who is running our conversation. we will turn it over to him in just a minute. but i want to read one sentence from your book, "the comeback." you write national business leaders agree that industry has been hurt by the well-meaning efforts of the federal government to help the economy. >> absolutely. i think verizon is head of the business with a seminal speech a few months ago when he said you know the challenges our government is not exactly helping business. when you use the phrase greed in conjunction with the word business, when you demonize business for the last two years because of a few bad apples it since it the wrong message and leadership. if you have policies we have had to unwinnable war, stimulus package, bailouts, medicare, cash for clunkers, we have only spent so much money and any business person knows that is totally unsustainable and the next generation is going to be paying interest on that debt so you have leadership that's demonizing business and you have spending which is cri

defence secretary also had kirby and missiles -- the defense -- the visiting u.s. defence secretary also had kirby and missiles on his mind. -- korean missiles on his mind. now though, chinese airports rely on older jets, none of which are a match for the sort of integrated air power the u.s. can bring to bear. no one knows yet if or when it the stealth fighter will be entered into service and how many will be built. it is a powerful sign that china's investment in air power could dramatically change the balance of power in the region. bbc news. >> at least four more people have been killed in the main city of ivory coast and the standoff which has persisted since november's presidential election. u.n. peacekeepers were forced to retreat from one area. karen allen has this. >> death on the streets. these among those killed when security forces, loyal to laurent gbagbo, fired into the crowd. his opponent is in a fortified hotel on the opposite side of the city. those who backed his rival clan the police come door-to-door to harass them. u.n. armored vehicles arrivin

. >> host: i want to introduce as well paul kirby, senior editor of telecommunications reports, who is joining our conversation. we'll turn it over to him in just a minute, but i want to read one sentence from your book "the comeback." you write that industry has been hurt by the well-meaning efforts of the federal government to help the economy. >> guest: absolutely. i think ivan of verizon gave a very seminal speech a few months ago when he said with the challenges our government is not exactly helping business. when you, when you use the phrase greed in conjunction with the word business almost all the time and you demonize business as has happened for the past two years -- because of a few bad apples -- it sends the wrong message to the public, and can it's a matter of leadership. and if you have policies, look, we've had two unwinnable wars, stimulus packages, corporate bailouts, medicaid, medicare, social security, cash for clunkers, all we've done is spent. we have totally spent so much money, and any business person knows that is totally unsustainable, and the next generation i

. >> paul kirby is joining our conversation. we will turn it over to him. you say industry has been hurt by the well-meaning efforts of the federal government to help the economy. >> absolutely. verizon's head gave a similar. he said the government is not helping business. when you use the phrase greed in conjunction with business, it is because of a few bad apples and sends a wrong message to the public. we had two unwinnable wars, corporate bailout, cash for clunkers, medicaid and medicare. we have spent so much money and every business person knows that is totally unsustainable. all we are doing is paying interest on that debt. leadership is demonizing business. spending is crippling our future. we have a major problem ahead. business people are concerned about that. >> why is the president of the consumer electronics association taking on these issues? >> our board has decided that the only thing that matters to our future and our future health as an innovation the economy is the health of the united states economy in the next five or 10 years. there is

the kirby center which is located here in washington, d.c. marks an extension of hillsdale teaching purposes. the center is dedicated to the reestablishment of the fundamental conditions of freedom. true savitt education in our schools pride self-government within society and an understanding among our elected officials of the enduring principles of the constitution. you may find it more out about our programs online at our website, thekirbycenter.org. we also invite you to visit us in person when you are in washington. our next lecture in the series will be february 4th and will feature richard brookheiser speaking on the topic james madison, father of american politics. on this stage, jennifer ressa finton 1789, but the electors for the first presidential election in american history were selected. we all know who won that first election, and all of george washington's fellow founding fathers knew who was going to win. the reason washington was first in the hearts of his countrymen was that he put those countrymen, his fellow citizens and h

just moments ago, police tell us they have located her in the kirby cove cam. ground. we don't know her -- campground. we don't know her condition. she's been missing since 7:00 yesterday morning when see set out for her daily walk. in the last two hours, police told ktvu a witness spotted cheng -- they spotted her s itting on a bench near kavala point. 50 volunteers just set out 30 minutes ago. coming up in the next half hour, we're expecting to hear from chang's son and we'll have more on this latest development. >>> right now, dive teams are getting ready to resume their search for 4-year-old juliani cardenas in the canal in patterson. jade hernandez has more. >> reporter: good morning. you can barely see this through the fog. the stanislaus county mobile command center. dive teams are still expected to bring so nar equipment back out here -- sonar equipment back out here. we've been checking in with stanislaus county authorities this morning. they just are not giving up h ope. they've used divers, sonar equipment and search dogs. and today, the california highway p

. >> some hikers doing their daily exercise down at kirby cove, it's the first beach west of the golden gate bridge, campground down there, had found an elderly woman just come out of the bushes, asian female matched the description of the search that had been going on by the marin county search-and-rescue team. >> yin chin appeared to be okay but is being checked out at the hospital in san rafael. >>> search crews looking for a missing 4-year-old boy in stanislaus county pulled another car out of the canal. that boy has been missing now for a week. andrea menniti has more. >> reporter: sydnie, this is car number 6 pulled from this canal and it is still not the one investigators are looking for. divers discovered the 1994 honda just after 11 a.m. about a mile from the spot where witnesses told deputy they watched a car that looked like the suspect's shortly after the boy, juliani cardenas, was kidnapped a week ago today. authorities aren't surprised to find another stolen car because this canal in patterson is a known dumping ground. investigators are out here, they plan to cover as muc

themed menu, including maine lobster and rib eye steak, before enjoying a performance by jazz great kirby hancock. ♪ this morning, president hu will face congressional leaders, many of whom skipped last night's state dinner and already have openly criticized china's government. wednesday president obama tried to ease economic concerns by announcing $45 billion in new export deals with the country. >> from machinery to software, from aviation to agriculture, these deals will support some 235,000 american jobs. >> reporter: but the president admitted the u.s. still believes china's currency is undervalued, hurting american businesses. >> i told president hu that we welcome china's increasing the flexibility of its currency. >> reporter: but the two leaders also discussed human rights. >> i have been very candid with president hu about these issues. >> reporter: president hu brushed off a question on the subject, claiming his translation device wasn't working. when asked again he said china had made progress on the issue but admitted more work needs to be done. after his visit to the capitol

the kirby center which is located here in washington, d.c.xtension of hillsdale teaching purposes. the center is dedicated to the reestablishment of the fundamental conditions of freedom. true savitt education in our schools pride self-government within society and an understanding among our elected officials of the enduring principles of the constitution. you may find it more out about our programs online at our website, thekirbycenter.org. we also invite you to visit us in person when you are in washington. our next lecture in the series will be february 4th and will feature richard brookheiser speaking on the topic james madison, father of american politics. on this stage, jennifer ressa finton 1789, but the electors for the first presidential election in american history were selected. we all know who won that first election, and all of george washington's fellow founding fathers knew who was going to win. the reason washington was first in the hearts of his countrymen was that he put those countrymen, his fellow citizens and his country

the kirby center which is located here in washington, d.c.xtension of hillsdale teaching purposes. the center is dedicated to the reestablishment of the fundamental conditions of freedom. true savitt education in our schools pride self-government within society and an understanding among our elected officials of the enduring principles of the constitution. you may find it more out about our programs online at our website, thekirbycenter.org. we also invite you to visit us in person when you are in washington. our next lecture in the series will be february 4th and will feature richard brookheiser speaking on the topic james madison, father of american politics. on this stage, jennifer ressa finton 1789, but the electors for the first presidential election in american history were selected. we all know who won that first election, and all of george washington's fellow founding fathers knew who was going to win. the reason washington was first in the hearts of his countrymen was that he put those countrymen, his fellow citizens and his country

paul kirby is senior editor of telecommunications report and this is gary shapiro's bouck "the comeback" how innovation will restore the american dream foreword by mark kubin. thanks for being on "the communicators". recently sworn in as the 74th governor of maine. the ceremony before a joint session of the legislature was about 40 minutes. our coverage is courtesy of the maine public broadcasting network. ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] [applause] >> the chair would ask anne lepage and the lepage children to step forward. >> will the governor elect please step forward. raise your right hand and repeat after me. i state your name do swear that i will support the constitution of the united states. >> that i will support the constitution of the united states >> and of the state's >> and of the state >> so long as i should continue >> so long as i shall continue >> a citizen thereof >> citizen their of >> so help me god >> so help me god. >> i state your name swear >> i do swear >> that i will faithfully discharge >> i will faithfully discharge >> to the best of my abilities >> to the best of my abilitie

i want to thank senate dean and kirby on that. we all know a big job -- [applause] [applause] >> governor, we know a big job creation project is the way to start a legislative session. there's a lot of smiling going on. the national recession, notwithstanding, job creation will pick up in our state this year. there's evidence of that in the first three quarters of 2010, mississippi saw more new jobs and investment than were announced in all of 2009. toyota stepped up hiring, ge aviation, paccar, and senetobia will be operational this year. nissan which had an outstanding year in 2010 is also ramping up, including introduction of it's new light commercial vehicle. agriculture had a tremendous year last year. because farming doesn't directly employ that many people, some people lose sight of how large and important of a part it plays in our economy. in 2010, total value of our crops, including poll -- poultry and timber was nearly $7 billion. a record in mississippi. and commodity prices are promising for this year. we just can't fo

paul kirby is the senior editor of "telecommunications reports," and this is gary shapiro's new book, "the comeback: how innow vegas -- innovation will restore the american dream." thank you for being on "the communicators," gentlemen. >> guest: thank you very much. >> "the communicators" also airs each monday evening. if you missed any of this discussion with consumer electronics association president gary shapiro, see "the communicators" again tonight in prime time at 8 p.m. eastern, 5 pacific. here on c-span2. >> next on c-span 3, the head of the small business administration, karen mills, talks about federal obstacles to small business lending. >> on television, on radio and online, c-span. bringing public affairs to you. created by cable, it's washington your way. >> now, karen mills, the head of the small business administration, talks about the federal government's recent actions and future plans to help small businesses. her comments came at a forum on the u.s. economy hosted by the federal deposit insurance corporation. she speaks for about 15 minutes. [applause] >> hello aga

they resumed their search at daybreak and located her near kirby cove and she appears to be doing okayrt of richmond as a drop-off point for up to 35,000 vehicles shipped from asia. a proposed contract will create at least 40 full-time jobs and bring millions of dollars in revenue. let's see if we have traffic out there and what kind we have, megan. >> thanks, kristen. we do have traffic and it's at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are on, traffic backed up to the maze. about a half hour wait time to make your way through the tolls and head into san francisco. other slow spots this morning going to be 238 northbound. southbound 880 to 238 to highway 84 and westbound 4 making your way out of antioch towards concord. kristen. >> megan thanks a lot. we'll check wititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititit

i want to applaud and thank committee chairs senator dean kirby and representative hersey watson on that. we all know it was a job creator. [applause] governor we all know the big job creation project is a good way to start a legislative session. a lot of smiling going on. the national recession notwithstanding job creation ll pick up in our state this year. there is evidence of that in the first three-quarters of 2010. mississippi some more new jobs and investments that were announced and all of 2009. toyota stepped up hiring. ge aviation, and paccar are adding employees while new companies like twin creek technologies in south haven and xenophobia and schultz in tenneco will be operational this year. nissan, which had an outstanding year in 2010, is also ramping up, including introduction of its new light commercial vehicle. agriculture had a tremendous year last year. because farming does not directly imply that many people some people lose sight of how large and important a part of plays in our economy. in 2010 total value of our crops including poultry and timber was nearly $7 billi

she was last seen yesterday morning on north street in sausalito, shoes found at kirby cove, and no word on how she got so far from all she is being checked out by medics. apparently she seems to be in good health. >> after multibillion-dollar losses the airports are making money. it's from one reason, they are flying less. their grounding of planes. and they are pushing the shares higher. the margin hurting our it the largest in decades. they will earn $5.6 billion in 2012, >> they will coordinate and cooperate with proposals to increase fuel efficiency beginning in september. the standards for vehicles would effect cars built in 2017-2025 years. they were going to issue their own proposal they wanted to introduce it by march. officials say consolidating both federal and the state time table to september will lead to more cooperation between federal government and california. >> san francisco official launch of the combat littered. this plan will be considered by the board of supervisors next month. if they pass it they will not be and fliers. that is not allowed under the first but thi