laura bush.ause] ♪ [applause] [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for god bless america, and our national anthem performed by solo was lower smaller and smu's bell tones and southern gentleman under the direction of doctor pamela l. rod. the colors are presented today by the third corps, fort hood sergeant audie murphy club. ♪ god bless america, land that i love ♪ ♪ stand beside her and guide her ♪ ♪ through the night with a light from above ♪ ♪ from the mountains, to the prairies ♪ ♪ to the oceans white with foam ♪ ♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet home ♪ from the mountains, to the prairies ♪ ♪ to the oceans white with foam ♪ ♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet home ♪ god bless america ♪ god bless america ♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet home ♪ oh, say, can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ what so proudly we hailed ♪ at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪ ♪ thro' the perilous fight ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched ♪ were so gall

even barbara bush, and laura bush. laura bush brought us back into unesco without so much as a controversy. this is something i struggled with when i was at the u.n. laura bush just packed up and took her reading program to paris and the state department backed off and we solved a problem we had been generating for 20 years. we need someone who's from a working-class background, who has the kind of education -- and ironically, the economists that i've read from princeton are quite different from the economists from the university of chicago and harvard. and so we really need a national dialogue across generational lines, across class lines and we need to kind of figure out how to make democracy and free enterprise work for the poor as it works for the upper class. tavis: let me ask you to that point. let me offer this, if i can, mr. ambassador. given what you just said now about the poor and the working class. i want to know whether or not you think what we saw happen on this past election day was more about americans

laura bush.se] ♪ [applause] [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for god bless america, and our national anthem performed by solo was lower smaller and smu's bell tones and southern gentleman under the direction of doctor pamela l. rod. the colors are presented today by the third corps, fort hood sergeant audie murphy club. ♪ god bless america, land that i love ♪ ♪ stand beside her and guide her ♪ ♪ through the night with a light from above ♪ ♪ from the mountains, to the prairies ♪ ♪ to the oceans white with foam ♪ ♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet home ♪ from the mountains, to the prairies ♪ ♪ to the oceans white with foam ♪ ♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet home ♪ god bless america ♪ god bless america ♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet home ♪ oh, say, can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ what so proudly we hailed ♪ at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪ ♪ thro' the perilous fight ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched ♪ were so gallan

laura bush.ause] ♪ [applause] [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for god bless america, and our national anthem performed by solo was lower smaller and smu's bell tones and southern gentleman under the direction of doctor pamela l. rod. the colors are presented today by the third corps, fort hood sergeant audie murphy club. ♪ god bless america, land that i love ♪ ♪ stad beside her and guide her ♪ ♪ through the night with a light from above ♪ ♪ from the mountains, to the prairies ♪ ♪ to the oceans white with foam ♪ ♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet home ♪ from the mountains, to the prairies ♪ ♪ to the oceans white with foam ♪ ♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet home ♪ god bless america ♪ god bless america ♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet home ♪ oh, say, can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ what so proudly we hailed ♪ at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪ ♪ thro' the perilous fight ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched ♪ were so galla

this morning he and his first lady laura bush will be visited by our jim axelrod. >> come, barny. >> reporter: after eight tumultuous and controversial years in the white house, george and laura bush are quietly settled back in texas where it all began. i know that you are very happy to be back here. >> living what i call the after life in the state that george calls the promised land. >> reporter: the after life in the promised land. turns out it's dallas and now. >> that's right. >> reporter: later on sunday morning, a glimpse into the after life of george and laura bush. >> osgood: diane keaton is a one of a kind actress with a one of a kind style. this morning she'll discuss the ups and downs of her career with katie couric. >> couric: she's been in everything from epic dramas.... >> in russia women have the vote which is more than you can say tore this country. >> reporter: to comedy classics. >> i have to have a conference with the doctor. doctor, come over here. >> reporter: early on she was hardly a casting director's dream. you don't get the part because you're too kooky. >>

a history that president bush and laura bush will continue to shape through the work here at the bush center. it is now my pleasure to introduce to you our partner in this project, the official custodians of the historic records of america, the 10th of archivist of the united states, david ferriero. [applause] >> thank you, mark. president and mrs. bush, vice president cheney, and other distinguished guests on this platform and in the audience, on behalf of all of us at the national archives, sharon foster, this is a archivist of the presidential library, the director of all the presidential library, at all and low, direct of the george w. bush library and his wonderful staff, i want you to know how proud we are to be in dallas today. the presidential library system was created along with a national archives during the administration of the presidential roosevelt and 10 from the beginning was to the presidential libraries throughout the country for scholars and schoolchildren to learn about their government, the presidency, and perhaps inspire to public service. the george w. bush lib

laura bush is the founder of the national book festival and the author of "spoken from the heart". she was first lady for eight years as well. thank you for being at national book festival. >> now back to robin who is out and about here. >> i'm holding the the sense and no -- "the essential engineer: why science alone will not solve ou global problems" henry petroski, welcome and tell us what is the reasoning behind the subtitle, why science alone will not solve our global problems? >> we hear a lot about the global problems climate change and we also hear a lot about the importance of what science will do to help alleviate these problems or out rights all them. the history of science and technology teaches us that science and scientists generally do not solve problems, they help but engineers of the problem solvers. engineers and problem solving are really hand and glove. >> in your book you define the difference between scientists and engineers and how they were together, tell us about that. >> scientists generally want to understand the world given to us, the universe, classic s

bush, and laura bush.r shared commitment to our country, and to the tenants of democracy. we pray that this center will be an inspiration to those inches public-service as a life's vocation. moreover, we pray that those who study and learn in the context of this great institution will have a deeper appreciation for the history and the future of the united states of america. god bless us now, and bless the very fabric of this presidential center. in your holy name, we pray, amen. >> please welcome the chair of the george w. bush foundation board of directors, secretary don evans. [applause] >> mark, thank you for the blessing and inspiration. what a wonderful crowd, for an incredibly joyous occasion. good morning to all of you. welcome to the ground-breaking ceremony of the george w. bush presidential center on the beautiful campus of southern methodist university in dallas, texas. [applause] >> it is pretty good. what a thrill to be here on this historic day, joined by more than 3000 friends, supporters, a

. >> we're pleased to be joined by the founder of the national book festival laura bush.st national book festival was held on the capitol grounds, founded by laura bush and now grown so large they hold on the national with all sorts of tense. >> that's right is a thrill and i'm thrilled to see so many people who have come for the very first reading. we can hear gordon wood reading from the history tense. very happy to see him and how many people love the books. >> we continue to hear about the demise of the publishing industry and the demise of books in general but then you hold a book festival, in its tenth year. >> 100,000 people show up. >> the texas book festival as well which is one you founded. what does that say to you? >> i think people to love to read for sure. a big part of the demise is the publishing industry which i don't think is a demise. they will figure a way of a rounded but now you can get all the books when electronics. rather than buying the hard copy of a book a lot are downloading them because you can do that in 35 seconds so as soon as someone reco

it was founded by laura bush.w grown so large they have to hold in the national mall with all sorts of tents. >> that's right. i've thrilled to see somebody who have come out for the first reading. gordon wood behind us in the history tent. just very, very happy to see how many people love the national book festival. >> we continue to mere about the demice of the publicking and the demise of books in general. you hold the book festival like that. >> and 100,000 people show up. it's great. >> the texas book festival as well. what does that say to you? >> people love to read. now we are -- part of the demise of the publicking industry, which is not a demise, i think they are going to figure out a way around it. now you can get all of those books on your kindle, and ipad. rather than buying the hard copy, a lot of people are downloading them. you can do that in 35 seconds. just as soon as someone recommends a book, you can rush home and download it on your ipad. i think because of that, people will continue to read.

laura bush. barbara bush. when it's republican first lady they're ignored or vilified. on a special throne. "washington post" when hillary clinton went to africa they called her queen of the world. two years later, laura bush went to europe and headline was first lady takes europe by calm. the allure is wearing off of michelle obama like barack obama. they've got this mantra about they're reaching out for the poor and feel the pain. then the public is seeing these marie antoinnette vacations and they don't like them. >> sean: g.o.p. election and msnbc suggests the potential of a violent revolution. >> are things in our country so bad it might be time for a revolution? the answer obviously is yes. the only question is how to do it. from the wrongful wars to the corrupt economy to the special interest and the industries that control every politician in this country. in the next guest targets the day-to-day absurdities of washington through the political cartoons in newspapers across the country but now he is tackling something bigger. the need for real change and real act

james billington is just introducing laura bush. >> hi am referring to laura bush who brought the concept of the national book festival to washington from her home state of texas where she has conducted it if great success. [applause] she comes to the national book festival throughout her years on pennsylvania avenue. she is a former librarian. [applause] she is a teacher, an offer of multiple books including her latest, "spoken from the heart". former first lady, you speak to the heart of all of us. she will do a reading and take questions. microphones are on either side. keep your questions brief and on point. she honors us by taking time out from an extraordinary schedule involving the united nations, oral -- her championship with many other good causes. please join me in welcoming the woman i have been able to call with full genuine conviction leader in chief of the united states of america. [applause] >> thank you very much for all of your good work, thank you for being such a great partner for the national book festival and thank you for continuing to build this national book festiv

laura bush also published her mignonne this past may.the tenth annual national book festival, the former first lady presents spoken from the heart. mes birogram is just under 30 minutes. >> laura bush who is first lady brought the concept of the laurh national book festival tof washington from her home state of texas where she had conductex . [applauding] chico hosted the national book s festival throughout her years[ap here on pennsylvania avenue. she is a former librarian. [applauding] she is a teacher, and author ofc multiple books including her latest, "spoken from the heart." madam, former first lady, you speak to the heart of all of us. reading from her book and then take questions. microphones are on either side. please keep your questions brief and non. she honors us by taking time out from her extraordinarily busy schedule continuously inut fighting. please join us in welcoming the woman i have been able to call, i think, with full force and continued conviction leader in chief of the united states oferf america. [applauding] [a

the former president and first lady laura bush will be taking part the in the ground breaking. >>> andt is the international day for tolerance. a united nations observance that aims to promote mutual respect among people and among communities. >>> all day long, you can find out the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on nbc. tonight, be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news. >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. revealing insiders about how president obama make shake up his inner circle. >>> and day two of "today" goes viral. watch what happened when the crew gets auto tuned. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com from our winter luxury edition, with essential oils bursting with luxurious fragrances. new air wick scented oils wrap the whole room with indulgent scent, like apple and

please, ladies and gentlemen, one more bode of thanks for laura bush. [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> laura bush founded both the national book festival and the texas book festival, and this year in osen, same harris talks about his book, the moral landscape in that science explains morality and people don't have to turn to religion to answer moral questions. this is just over an hour. >> i've been a long time book festival supporter, and i'm glad to see you here on a sunday afternoon. i'm introducing sam harris, and everybody asks who he is, but he's the atheist; right? [laughter] jon stuart called him a professional atheist. the "new york times" says he heads the youth wing of the new atheist. his first book the end of faith started a worldwide debate about religion, and it won the 2005 award for nonfiction. he gained many fans, and of course detractors and wrote a second book in response to the unhappy christians, and it's called letter to the christian nation. his new book which just came out in the first

laura bush was very nervous about kicking off the new enterprise. we had endured months of planning and discussion and careful foundation and building. she was a little nervous about how it would come up. and i remember the party at the governors mansion the night before with kinky friedman who went around handing everybody a tar pick with an invitation to call him if he wanted to know more about guitar. only he could get away with a lousy pick-up line like that. i only enjoyed the first five years of the book festival. [inaudible comment] >> i can't do a darn thing with the volume. maybe i have to like this. >> but i remember wandering up and down the streets. it took me two months. i never grew up thinking i'd go to work at the white house, and i certainly never thought i'd grow up to write a book about the person. when i worked, and the time came for me to leave, at this point three people know i'm leaveing with him, me, and my wife. he said i hope you write a book. i was a little taken back. we were having a very fancy white house lunch. and i w

. >>> and congratulations to former first lady laura bush.t is her 64th birthday. >>> and all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. an exclusive one-on-one interview with write-in candidate senator lisa murkowski on her potentially bid in alaska. and details on how one u.s. city is cracking down on toys in happy meals. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com to help keep your family healthy, especially during cold and flu season. and lysol disinfectant spray is approved to kill more germs than any other brand, even h1n1. learn more at lysol.com

itoo was founded by laura bush,t has now grown so large, they have to hold it ina the national mall with all sorts of tents. >> that's right.iona it's such a thrill, and i'm thrilled to see so many people have come out already for the very first reading. we can hear gordon wood reading behind us from the history tenta i'm just very, very happy to see how many people love the national book festival. >> well, we continue to hear about the demise of the publishing industry and demisett of books in many general, but then you hold a book festival like this -- >> and a hundred thousand people show up. it's really great. >> the texas book festival as well --e sh >> it's huge, too, yeah.stiv >> one you founded as well. what does that say to you about the state of reading? this. >> well, i think people do love to read, for sure. now -- i think part of the demise of the publishing p industry which i don't reallymie think is in demise, i think they're going to figure out a way to be around it, but now yon can get all those books on your kindle or your ipad or electronically. and so rather than buyi

that part of the conversation takes place in the midland, texas church where george and laura bush wereried. >> in the book, you say faith is a walk. it's a journey. toward greater understanding. you can't prove that god exists but that shouldn't be the standard of belief because you can't prove god doesn't exist. >> exactly. >> what was it in your life, president bush, that made you re-examine your own faith and take a deeper look at it? please, have a seat. >> thank you. i didn't like the person i was. i was drinking a lot. my parents did me a great favor, they planted the seed of faith, but i would go to church so i wouldn't irritate my mother. >> president bush says his faith helped him quit drinking cold turkey just after his 40th birthday. >> yeah, i would have a beer. the book starts out with laura saying can you tell me a day you haven't had a drink? and when you drink too much the answer is, yes, i can. and i couldn't remember a day. and i could easily have a beer or two or a martini before dinner, bourbons. i was a drinker. now, i wasn't a knee-walking drunk. >> you were a hab

we are pleased to be joined by the founder of the national book festival and former first lady laura bush. it was september 8th, 2001, the first national book festival was held on capitol brown founded by laura bush. it has grown so large they hold it in national mall with all sorts of tends. >> it is such a thrill and i'm thrilled to see so many people who have come out for the first reading. we can hear gordon wood reading behind us. happy to see how many people are here. >> host: we continue to hear about the demise of the publishing industry and demise of books in general but then you hold a book festival like this -- >> guest: 100,000 people show up. >> host: the texas book festival as well which you found as well. what does that say to you? >> guest: people do love to read. part of the demise of the publishing industry which i don't think is in the eyes. i think they will figure out a way to be around it. you can get all those books on your ipad or electronically. rather than buying from hard copy of a lot of book lot of people are downloading them because the good news is you can d

laura bush and condoleezza rice were among those attending. ney praised president bush for how he responded to the pressures of office. >> i've seen him dealing with the various august figures whth come through the oval office. i've seen him dealing with the folks who look after the presidential household and it's always the same. we could all forgive a president for carrying himself with a certain expectation of privilege, but with this president, no such allowances were necessary. it's a classy way to operate. very american. and wonderful to see in the oval office. >> this is the nation's 13th presidential library, the third in texas. the $300 million center is set to open in 2013. >>> testing tea party power. mitch mcconnell is changing course and is now backing a tea party ban on earmark spending. tea partiers may soon score another victory with a deal in the works for temporary extension of bush tax cuts. let's bring in karen finney and vin webber. welcome both. karen, to you, how is the democratic base going to feel if the white house cav

the -- this presidency, laura bush is very muc involved in the details of policy and decision-making in president bush's speeches >> there are differences o opinion at least their public expression of their opinion. for example in the matter of fetal tissue >> right stem-cell research is one we know as far as the public differ takes a public position dictated by politics or by his perception that he must the people and maybe he's on that side of the issue polling. but let's assume he is. what's the question i want to ask as a result of that? is he as capable, they are both capable of -- he serves as a buffer in a sense to position on the on the usen poin of relatey >> it's true and often true that first ladies will tak a position publicly that differs from the president contrived and sometimes they do it for genuine sflen that was true with jimmy carter and roslyn? >> it was most true with betty ford and jerrold ford. outspoken on issues such as abortion, drug use, and she would take possessions tha to his policy positions. >> that was not sufficient protection for him to win the pre

did you have a leg up because laura bush actually went to smu?laura bush did go to smu and we're very proud that she's an alumni but there were a lot of very good proposals and some with very large pieces of land and other kinds of things that really commended their application but we felt like given if we were in the heart of dallas, that it was at smu, that eventually we would prevail and we were glad we did. >> we got a model of the grounds, what it's going to look like here, yijim and there's gog to be a library and there's going to be a museum and it's going to house some of the artifacts that we have here at the museum right now but there's going to be the bush institute on the south side. what's that going to be? >> it's a policy institute and it's really unique among presidential centers. we're going to concentrate in four areas that are very important to the president and mrs. bush. education reform, global health. what we call human freedom which is really the democracy agenda and economic growth. and we're already out there doing progr

laura bush informed cbs there's liberal bias. >> in terms of how you understand how were you perceived bias in the media? >> yes. he doesn't have to answer, but i will. yes there's sort of a conventional wisdom put out by the press. >> that conventional wisdom tilts left? >> yes. >> sean: did two interviews with president bush. i thought they were phenomenal. you got an insight into the presidency. i tried heart brent to get him to take a shot at president obama -- i tried hard, present to get him to take a shot at president obama who needs to man-up, put his pants on and stop blaming people for his failed policies. he won't do it. >> president bush has to go on nbc, cbs, oprah, tonight show, all out lets that have been savaging him for years but he has to do it. it is not just a bias against republicans and conservatives. at play is a bias against the bush family. they don't like the bush family. >> sean: it is contempt, hatred. >> they've never accept the election result ms. in florida. they believe it is nepotism. they believe he's part of the eastern establishment. and by the way w

people are still talking about the fact that first lady laura bush came and represented women throughoutment and society it's okay for women to talk about breast cancer. not only okay, it is important and necessary. you know, my wife, laura was awesome as a first lady. she was great comfort to her. occasionally tried to soothe my rough edges and she seized the opportunity. she made a difference in the lives of a lot of people. >> greta: you weren't there, we were but there was one instant we'll look at this shot where we were sitting around the world in saudi arabia. western women aren't supposed to put on a show. all these women were breast cancer suffers or survivors, touching moment. they gave her a gift of this shaw. she took it out of the box and put it on her head. click, click, click, click, click. she got criticized back home for that. if she hadn't done that, it would have been the rudest, more horrible thing. those of us who were in the room knew it was the right thing to doer if all these women. she got criticism back home, if you heard the whole story and if you had been ther

and then to his left, his wife, laura bush breaking ground there for his presidential library. in dallas, texas, where the president and his wife now live. it is expected to be opened by 2013, and you might have heard the president had a little bit of a joke there about shovel-ready projects. his library to be built there. jenna: well, that's

first lady laura bush's alma matter.at will house the archives was fully paid for through private donations before they even broke ground this afternoon. some 70 million paper documents and records will be housed here. another 80 bites of electronic information will be stored here. that's the space needed for roughly 20 million songs on an ipod. 43,000 art facts including foreign and domestic gifts given to the president will also be on display. president bush hopes his library will educate and inspire others. focusing on four key principles, freedom, responsibility compassion. he had this to say to the current administration. listen. >> the decisions of governing are on another president's desk. he deserves to make them without criticism from me. >> the president bush presidential library will open in the spring of 2013. making texas the only state with three presidential libraries. >> shepard: don't mess with him. a car slammed into a school bus packed with students and that's our top story as we go across america. nor

speakers will be first lady laura bush, former vice president dick cheney, and former secretary of state condoleezza rice. that is on c-span 2 at 11:30 a.m. eastern. also on c-span 2 at 3:15 p.m. eastern, the senate and security committee and we will hear about air cargo security from the tea s.a. administrator and the customs and border control commissioner. a subcommittee of the house at this committee adjourned last night without making a decision on the 13 ethics charges against democratic representative charlie rangel of new york. the congressman's vote early in the hearing but then left. the subcommittee's members accepted the chief counsel at evidence as uncontested. if the subcommittee find him guilty of any charges, the fall ethics committee will recommend sanctions. over the next half-hour, you will hear representative rangel's statement. ay after he left. i would like the record to reflect that all eight members of the subcommittee are present. this hearing of the adjudicatory subcommittee of the committee on standards of official conduct in the matter of representative charle

. >> very interesting because there was always speculation about why laura bush was -- people thought- not -- in favor of choice, let's put it that way and even barbara bush was reported during her husband's presidency to have a different point of view. very interesting he discussed the evolution of that as well as the connection to his mom. >> yeah. and look, i think he was really eager last night to take it away from, you know, look, i didn't put this story in there to explain why i was a pro-life president, proud to stand on his record and speak for himself, i think what people will enjoy in this book is a description of the intimate details of the love that holds this family together. i worked for two of -- i worked for governor jeb bush and president george w. bush and the glue that holds this family together is the love for their parents. president bush 41 and they all call her mother and barbara bush. you can't work for either one of these men without coming to understand, you know, the kind of really the profound way that their love for each other held all of them up at the mo

laura bush is the founder of the national book festival and the author of "spoken from the heart". she was first lady for eight years as well. thank you for being at." the program runs just over 30 minutes. >> howa -- i'm dylan. >> i have to warn everybody that i'm wired. everything that you say -- >> she was doing all of the stuff for you. you weren't noticing. >> this is a lifestyle. >> yeah, it's a lifestyle thing. it's surrounding her. >> i figure you need to warn people. anything that -- maybe i should be wearing a thing. >> you should wear a sign around your neck, i'm wired, be careful, i'll put it on the front of the "huffington post." >> thank you. >> if you are greek, you are in. [laughter] >> that's great. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> he thought for a second about some of the things that you are going to ask? >> well, i've been around the country. "the huffington post" as the third world america section. people having sharing stories, stories of struggles, and overcoming obstacles. that encouraging people to show their own story. >> i want to talk to you and g

laura bush is the author ofna "spoken from the heart." oh, and by the way, she was first lady for eight years as well. [laughter] thank you for being here. >> guest: thank you so much. thank you for covering the national book festival. >> garland tucker iii recounts the 1924 general election between john davis and calvin coolidge, the last time -- according to the author -- that both parties fielded conservative candidates. mr. tucker discusses his book at the john locke foundation in raleigh, north carolina. this program is about an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much and especially to the john locke foundation for inviting me today. i've been looking forward to this. they were very generous in giving me a lot of latitude as to what i talked about today, and what i'd like to do is try to answer the question that i've been getting a lot or ever since the book came out. as most of you all know, this is my first attempt and probably only attempt at writing a book, and so lots of people have asked me, well, why did you write it or what d

bush, y su esposa laura, colocarn hoy la primera piedra del edificio donde se construirá la bibliotecara del ex sargento de la poliÍa luis martnez, presuntos responsable del alzamiento policial en contra del presidente rafael correa. siga con telefutura tenemos más noticias en una hora.

bush presidential center, speakers include president bush, his wife laura bush, dick cheney, and condoleezzarice. it will include a museum and policy institute. live coverage from dallas begins at 11:30 earn. -- eastern. and later, air cargo around the world. that's at 3:15 eastern. >> next former congressman vick fazio and bob walker talked about the minority party. they discussed the options that minorities have to push the agenda forward. mr. fazio is a former democrat from california, mr. walker represented pennsylvania. from the wilson center, this is about two hours. >> director of the congress project here and your moderator today. those of you who are new, let me tell you about what we do. the wilson center was created by an act of congress. to this day, he remains the only president to hold a phd. he was a president of the american science association in 1909, 1910, while he was president of harvard and ran for governor of new jersey and president in 1912 and served two terms. wilson thought that scholar and politician thought both would benefit from coming together and exchanging i

besides the former president, speakers are schedule to include former first lady laura bush, former vice president dick cheney and connolly's the rice. that is on c-span2 at 11:00 a.m. eastern. also, the senate homeland's security committee will discuss air cargo security with customs and border control commissioner. >> this year's studentcam at the memory, for -- competition is in full swing. your documentary should include more than one point of view along with c-span programming. upload your video before the deadline of january 20 for your chance to win the grand prize of $5,000. there is $50,000 in toll plazas. the competition is open to middle and high school student'' grades 6 through 12. for info, go online to studentscam.org. >> over the next hour, a couple of interviews with newly elected members of congress. later, you will hear from representatives elect hanson clark, a democrat. first, republican mike lee of utah. we want to welcome to the washington journal table senator elect mike lee oftah, here for your first week in washington. there is of vote that will be happening wit

we see an image of condoleezza rise, former president bush, his wife laura bush and exchange ceremony late turning over the earth at the ground breaking at southern methodist university in dallas. obama deficit panel gets competition. this from "the new york times." a bipartisan group will present a deficit reduction plan that goes beyond the spending cuts and tax proposals -- we will hear more about that today. international news. ireland debt crisis triggers a merchant -- emergency talk. ireland that a debt crisis forced european officials to the emergency talks to try to contain the countriesrobls and doubts surfaced about how an international fund established this year to help the beleaguered european economies would worked in practice. we are seeing that happen overseas. let's get back to the calls. laura, democratic caller in chicago. do leadership elections matter? caller: yes, they do. and i want nancy pelosi tuesday as the leader of the democrat party. i believe that she will. and i also feel that it is the republicans and the tea party that are the most -- that complain the