advanced international studies this morning where we are awaiting the start of an event with lawrence summersthe head of the white house national economic council. he will about economic policy at this forum, hosted by the johns hopkins school of advanced international studies. we expect it to get underway in just a moment. until then, your phone calls from this morning's "washington journal." c-span, senate on c-span to. -- this is the outlook section of "e washington post" from the weekend. on one side, the forces of free enterprise -- on the other, and expanded the paternalistic government, and it is time to choose. he writes that this is not the culture war of the 1990's, not a fight over guns, gays, or abortion. those old battles have been eclipsed by a struggle of two competing visions of the country plus future. in one, america will continue to be an exception one asian organized from the principles of free enterprise, limited and on the, on other, america will move toward european statism, a managed economy, and large-scale income redistribution. these visions are not reconcilable rig

there is lawrence summers and the rest of them. i am here to hear her answer questions about miranda rights. we have the response of americans with this next criminal -- this last criminal incident. i would like to know what her case should be, if she would be strengthened, and other cases like the patriot at, to see her view in respect for this. and it seems that in this age of terrorism, we are giving up all of our rights as americans. this is something that is very questionable. given the fact that she has no experience as a judge. we have had numerous people on the court that do not have judicial experience. but she should be asking some hard questions -- they should ask for some hard questions and i believe that she will differ, but we will see what happens. >> another man says that -- a couple of other stories from the newspaper this morning. toyota is facing another probe from the united states, as they launched an investigation to see if they fail to report the defects in certain models. this was one month after they paid a

lawrence summers will bring his case to the national constitution center in philadelphia on thursday evening. the question is whether members of congress will have the stomach for the $200 billion spending plan he advocates. some argue it is needed because of the impact of last year's spending plan is starting to wear off. unemployment remains near 10%, though there are signs that the job market is starting to come around. larry summers argued that the u.s. remains of eight million jobs short of normal employment, and that the gains recently seen in the economy may be undermined by weaknesses in europe. he also remains concerned about the cumulative federal deficits expected to average about $10 trillion over the next decade. for the next 45 minutes or so, we will be talking about what you think should be the priorities. what are your priorities? more stimulus or reducing the debt? before we get into that, we want to talk about the president's expected news conference. we have a jonathan with "the wall street journal" on the phone. good morning. on the front page of roll-call, the he

white house economic council director lawrence summers. falling back, and that the arizona immigration bill -- following that, a look at the arizona immigration bill. three dozen journalists, politicians, and celebrities gathered for the white house correspondents association annual dinner. they are also the remarks by president obama and jay leno. watch live coverage at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> sunday on booktv, pat buchanan on the conservative ideology. he will take your calls, e- mails, and tweets. sunday by at noon eastern. >> the people who are coming to us wanted to have the security that they have exposure to the housing market. that is what they cut. the senate hearing went nearly 11 hours. see the key bellman's. it is washington your way at the c-span video library. every program since 1987 free online. >> president obama says the gdp growth in the first quarter is evidence that the effort to shore up the economy are working. he also talked of the gulf of mexico oil spill. this is about 10 minutes of t. >> good morning

in the fall of 1999, treasury secretary lawrence summers issued a warning, saying -- quote -- "debates about systemic risk should also now include government-sponsored enterprises, which are large and growing rapidly." it was a signal moment. an administration official had said in public that fannie mae and freddie mac could be a hazard. the next spring, seeking to limit the company's growth, treasury official gentzler testified before congress in favor of a bill that would have suspended the treasury's right to buy $2.25 billion of each company's debt. basically a $4.5 billion lifeline for the companies. a fannie mae spokesman announced that gentzler's remarks had just cost 206,000 americans the chance to buy a home because the market now saw the companies as a riskier investment. the treasury department folded in the face of public pressure. there was an emerging consensus among politicians and even critics of the two companies that fannie mae might be right. the companies increasingly were seen as the engine of the housing boom. they were increasingly impervious to calls for even mo

later, marks from lawrence summers, who heads the white house national economic council. on tomorrow morning's "washington journal," a conversation on national security with a texas congressman. after that, a look at how the curent economic situation is affecting school budgets. and later, maryland center ben cardin will talk about the government's response to the gulf oil spill. "washington journal," each morning at 7:00 eastern. louisiana government bobby jindal accused the federal government of moving too slowly to approve a plan aimed at preventing more oil from hitting the shores of louisiana. he joined homeland security security janet naacp -- napolitano and others at this conference. >> good morning, i am janet napolitano, the secretary of homeland security. i am here with six members of the united states senate, my fellow secretary, secretary ken salazar. we came to fly over the site of the spill. we came to see for ourselves what bp has done and not done. >> it is still not solved. now there are things happening and some forward motion in the sense of solving the

institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> whitehouse economic adviser lawrence summers talks about budget deficits and growth in the u.s. economy. after that, remarks on former nypd officer frank serpico at the whistle blower's conference. tomorrow morning, former secretary of state henry kissinger testified about the strategic arms reduction treaty signed last month by the u.s. and russia. live coverage from the senate foreign relations committee begins at 9:30 eastern. later in the day, also on c- span3, a committee investigates fraud against senior citizens. the president of aarp testifies. that is why the 2:30 eastern. >> just weeks after the british election which produced a new prime minister and coalition government, queen elizabeth ii will formally announce her government's legislative agenda for the new session. we will travel from buckingham palace to parliament and inside the house of lords for one of britain's most celebrated occasions bridget the state opening of parliament. live, tuesday morning at 5:00 eastern on c-span2. >> one of the president's top eco