the uss cole." >> kirk lippold, why did you take the blame for 9/11? >> i do not think i took the blame, but i felt that i bore some response ability. it was my job years ago when i raised my right hand to defend the constitution. that meant defendant my nation. when our country was attacked, i was on active duty at the time. i was familiar with al qaeda. i felt the degree of burden that i should have been saying or doing something, having been at the focal point of that firestorm, i should have been saying something to our leadership, it to anybody that might have listened. >> right away, you say, the war on terror started with us. explain. >> the way i look at it, when you attack buildings or embassies, whether it is the world trade center, the embassies in africa, those are things that represent u.s. interests. when you attack a warship, that is different. that is something that defense u.s. citizens and our interest around the world. when you try to take away and nation's ability to protect itself, it is an act of war. >> let's go back to the begin

our guest has been kirk lippold. u.s. navy retired. >> i want to give you one of my challenge coins. thank you for letting me share this story of some great heroes. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> for a dvd copy of this program, call -- 1-877-662-7726. for a free transcript or to give us your comments, visit us at qanda.org. programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> next, the prime minister's questions. and rob portman in new hampshire. and a look at israel and

. >> more with "front burner" author kirk lippold sunday at 8:00 on c-span even's "q&a." >>> it's been 125 years since the dedication of the statue of liberty. next the author of the book on the history of the statue. edward baronson. he talks about his beginnings, controversies and changing means. this event sponsored by the mousse jim of jewish heritage in new york city is just over an hour. jim of jewish heritage in new york city is just over an hour. >>> good evening, and welcome. i'm melissa mar tens, director of collections and exhibitions here at the museum of jewish heritage, and i'm very happy to welcome you this evening with the launch of a brand new book off of yale university press, the statue of liberty, a transatlantic journey but edward warnson, and just to note before we get started we are being taped by c-span this evening, so when we get to questions at the end, we will want to entertain those by mike so that way you're all heard, and i'll call on you at that point. ed baronson is a professor of history and director of the institute of french studies at nyu. in additi

more with kirk lippold sunday at 8:00 on c-span's q & a. >>> american history tv continues with remarks from richard blackett on fugitivive slaves. he talks about how slaves used the u.s. mail to communicate with other slaves and how they planned and executed escapes to canada, mexico and the caribbean. held at penn state university this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> thank you, tony. that was almost ministerial. i feel as if i'm really in church now. okay. it's an honor to be here. thanks for making this possible. it's wonderful to be in penn state in march and see people in shorts. there is something to be said for global warming. let me suggest a couple of things as we start -- before we start rattling on tonight. one is i'm going to set this discussion these series of lectures beginning with the fugitive slave law of 1850. to me the pivotal political event in the decade leading up to the civil war. the fugitive slave law changes the political dynamics of this country in ways that nobody could have anticipated at the time. and at the center of that change in political dynamic are the

. >> more with former "cole" commander kirk lippold tonight at 8:00. >>> each week american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the nation's college professors. you can watch every saturday 8:00 p.m. and midnight and 1:00 p.m. this week, david keene, president of the national rival association talks about the modern conservative political philosophy of william f. buckly. mr. buckly who died if 2008, the founder of the national review magazine. david keene was a guest lecturer in south carolina. in a course called the conservative intellectual tradition in america. taught by professor mallory factor. this is just over an hour and a half. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. let me begin by thanking mallory and, indeed, the citadel for this opportunity to talk to you about my old friend and mentor, bill buckley. you should know that the opportunity to attend a course like this is almost unique in american higher education. i'd like to just begin by reading a reference to this sort of thing from the chronicle review, the chronicle of higher education written not too many years ago

. >> more with author kirk lippold sunday at 8:00 on c-span's q & a. >> the british secretary of state for work and pensions recently became the first sitting foreign secretary to appear before the house ways and means committee for nontrade related matters. they discussed with members proposals to reform the u.k. welfare system. the joint hearing's focus was whether it discouraging work. this is about two hours. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to today's joint review of how welfare and tax benefits can discourage work. before we begin with our regular session today, with opening statements, i would like to recognize a very special guest who is in washington, d.c. ian duncan smith, secretary of state for work and pensions for the united kingdom. we're appreciative he's been able to adjust his schedule to join us today for a few minutes. the united kingdom is undertaking significant reforms to its tax benefit programs and reduce marginal tax rates. so that work always pays. this is an issue that i've cared about for many years. we've been watching closely many of the developments in

. >> kirk lippold on the al qaeda attack. >> at 11:18 in the morning there was a thunderous explosion. you could feel all 800 tons of destroyer crossed up and to the right. it is like we seemed to hang in the air. the ship was doing this odd twisting and flexing. ceiling tiles popped out. everything lifted up off my desk about a foot and slammed down. >> more with kirk lippold sunday at 8:00 p.m.. >> cory booker gave the commencement address last month at stanford university. speaking to an audience of more .han 25 ,000 this is 50 minutes. >> it now gives me great pleasure to introduce this year 's commence speaker, cory booker, the nature of new wark, -- the mayor of newark, new jersey. energetic, upbeat, inspirational, honest broker, determined to make a difference, ranked among the top 10 for the 2010 world mayor prize. careless, determined, committed. that is how the press -- fear less, determined, committed, that is how the press has characterized quarry poker. -- cory booker. he is a former member of the stanford cardinal football team. board in washington, he grew up in a predo

. >> kirk lippold. >> i was doing routine paper work went at 11:18 a.m. there was a thunderous explosion. you can feel all of the destroyer thrust up into the right. we seemed to hang for a second in the air. it was doing this are the three dimensional flexing. ceiling tiles popped out. everything lifted up about a plot and slammed down. i grabbed the underside of my desk until the ship stopped moving. >> more on kirk lippold sunday at 8:00. >> the chief executive of a makers for nissan says the monetary union will stick together through the turmoil. carlos talks about the economy, the future of the electric car and the state of the automobile industry. this is one hour and five minutes. >> i would love some coffee. >> let me thank you all for coming back to the breakfast. it is great to see so many distinguished new yorkers ready to get at this hour. thank you for coming. i want to thank one of the two icons of the business community for being our guest this morning. i want to thank our wonderful sponsors, the boston consulting group for their continued

. >> more with kirk lippold sunday at eight on c-sp'sq owpo fsoe e onrg eaper inhe es o at the recent supreme courterm that ended last week. they will talk about te health chjue rt deth and why te fe po be b fets an half.u >> i'm art spitzer, legal director of the local office of the aclu. d mturorhe an na l ofoncwthe. ar ntom is adam liptak. adam covers the supreme court for "the new york times." he's been doing so for four year butas alongior jo acoboin terin fm a, ich he returned for a w degree in 1988. in eight. in 1992 he joined the times corporate legal deprtment, detipry,g gaind la es reerhbc m ovthecneal d meepr ri legal issues including the confirmation hanks or justices ben riondononlito, anain ticagn jce thjuesse oing records. his work has also appeared in "the new yorker," "vanity fair," rolling stone, and many other publications. isuog tue t en'seen with the "los angeles times" since 1981 and covered thcourts since 1986. also in recent years he has been the choti"'ure hehehorf okcall inghhein t hnp,nd o writes monthly supreme court column for the american bar association

. >> more with commander kirk lippold tonight on c-span's q & a. >> one of my favorite drug toss talkut is this ritopamine, which is in maybe half of pigs, half of cows and a lot of the turkeys, and most was drugs they are giving is to make animals grow faster but this particular drug is not withdrawn when they walk on to the killing floor and that means when an animal is killed and meat is sold to safeway or whatever, the truck is in there. >> this week yeb on after words, martha rosenberg looks behind the scenes at the food and drug industry. tonight at 9:00, part book tv this weekend on c-span2. "washington journal" continues. >> host: our focus for the next 45 minutes, stephen tankel, professor at american university and carnegie endowment for international peace and awe tore of "storming the world stage". we'll talk about the book in a couple of minutes. thank you very much for being with us. let's begin with the apology that came from secretary of state clinton, she said in essence we are sorry for the losses suffered by the pakistani military. why was the border closed, why is

our guest has been commander kirk s. lippold, united states navy retired. we thank you very much. >> one thing i'd like to do, if i could, is give you one of my challenge coins for having moan the show -- me on the show. thank you for letting me share the story of some great heros with people today. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> both chambers of commerce are back in session today. the house returns in the afternoon at 2:00 eastern this week they'll look at bills on agriculture, defense, and financial services, and they'll also hold a vote on repealing president obama's health care law. the senate also returns at 2:00. and this week they'll consider the nomination of a judge to the u.s. district court for western tennessee. they'll also look at small business taxes. the house live at 2:00 eastern on c-span. the senate live at 2:00 eastern on c-span2. >> a number of live events today on the c-span networks. on c-span at 10:00 a.m. eastern we'll bring you new je

>>kirk lippold on the al qaeda attack that left 37 dead. >> i was doing routine paperwork when theredestroyer thrust up and to the right. it is almost like we hunt for a second in the air. we came back down to the water. lights went out and ceiling tiles popped out. everything on my desk lifted up 1 foot and slammed back down. i grab the underside of my desk until the ship stopped moving. what's more with kirkklippold sunday on "q &a." >> low tax advocates presented a historical look at tax rates and growth in the 20th century. al hubbard said tax increases under bill clinton heard to economic growth while larry lindsey suggested president reagan's cuts actually lead to increased revenue. karl rove moderates this forum hosted by the george w. bush institute. >> secretary evans, you can open the cabinet meeting with a prayer. we have been given the impossible task so let's get at it. we have to cover 92 years of tax policy. we will do it by decades and will have to fall presentations on the nine decades. i will leave the extensive biographies to be found in your notebook to suffice fo

. >> kirk lippold sunday at 8:00 "q &a.">>> good morning, and i hope yu are ignoring the program as much as i am, because i am not megan siritzky. my name is patrick, and i will be cheering this second panel. the first speaker is walid issa from palestine. walid? [applause] >> first come on i would like to thank everybody for being here. this is not part of my speech, but i feel the need to say it. the key, everybody, but i would like to thank jane and bob for their generosity and for their hospitality, and thank you for accepting me as a son in your house. it has been wonderful, and thank you so much. i do not know what i can do to appreciate that. i want to thank my host brother for being patient with me when i am rushing thing, getting things ready. thank you. peace, shalom. my name is walid issa. i am a palestinian from bethlehem. i grew up with five sisters and three brothers. my family is very rich when it comes to care and compassion. even though we are not -- corrupt in the beautiful land of the occupied palestine. i

. >> more with "front burner" author kirk lippold tonight on "q&a." >> the future of the national mall was the topic for a house natural resources subcommittee hearing last month. witnesses testified on overhaul plans and proposed monuments for the national mall. the trust for the national mall has recently commissioned plans for an overhaul, including underground parking and performance spaces. this is just over an hour. >> under the rules, opening statements are limited to the chairman and ranking member. however, i ask unanimous consent to include any other members' opening statement in the hearing record submitted to the clerk by the close of business today. so hearing no objection, it will be so ordered. the national mall is america's front yard. actually, it's the back yard. our guides have to say we have a east front and west front, which is a nice way of saying the steps are the east, the west side is the back. that mean the east was the front, because everyone knew washington, d.c. would grow to the east, which means this congress has been wrong from our very inception. so, th

. ♪ >> this week, on a "q&a," a former navy cmdr, kirk lippold, discussing his new book, "front burner >> former captain of the united , why did youole take the blame for 9/11 in your book? book?