we're doing what we call an lcv city tour.descend on cities, one do history programming and historic, the other book tv programming, bookstores catching up with authors, third community relations events. community relations work with cable partners in each one of these cities. the last one that's important to know, all this not only goes on the air but archived on the website, c-span video library. what we're also doing in these cities is extensive social media. you'll see us on facebook, cable partners on facebook. you'll see four square with location-based, tell people where we're going. you'll see us on twitter as well. it's a chance to get out our message not only on air but also o.j. and through social media as well. so that's why it's important get out of washington, d.c., do programming places we don't normally and produce programming for all the c-span networks. >> if you had said in 2006 that the world would be begging for the united states to use force in the middle east within three and a half years, we would have s

we're doing what we call an lcv city tour.on cities, one do history programming and historic, the other book tv programming, bookstores catching up with authors, third community relations events. community relations work with cable partners in each one of these cities. the last thing that's important to know is all this not only goes on the air but it gets archivedened our website, the c-span video library. we're also doing extensive social media. wul s you'll see us on facebook. you'll see four square which is location based. you will see us on twitter as well. it's a chance to get out our message not only on air but also online and through social media as well.t we want it get outside of washington, d.c., get into places we don't normally do programming and make a commitment to getting outside the beltway to produce programming for all the c-span networks. >>> there's a new website for american history tv where you can find our schedules and preview our upcoming programs. watch featured video from our regular weekly series a

so that's what we're doing with the lcvs. why i want to do tv this is to get outside of washington, d.c. we're doing what we call an lcv cities tour. we'll descend on each city with all three vehicles. one will do history programming and historic sites. the other one will do book tv programming and bookstores catching up with authors. ss. >> you'll see four square that's really location-based. you'll see us on twitter, as well. so it's a chance to get out our message, not only on hair, but also on line and through social media, as well. that's why it's important to get outside of washington, d.c., get into places that we don't normally do programming and make a commitment to produce programming for all the c-span networks. each week, american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the nation's college professors. you can watch the classes here every saturday at 8:00 p.m. and eastern time. susan urel. in this lecture, professor urel focuses on the presidential election of 1860 and subsequent succession by the united state

. >> i've mark barkus, i'm head of the lcv project, lcv stands for local content vehicle. we've got three of them. the purpose of the vehicles is to collect programming outside of washington, d.c. how do we do it? we staff each one with one person and a laptop editor so they are able to roll, produce, and edit things on the road. that's what we're doing with the lcv, why i want to do is it get outside of washington and collect programming for all of our networks. we'll descend on each see with all three vehicles. one will do history programming at historic sites, the other will do book tv programming and catching up with authors and the third one does community relations events. they are important to us because we work with our cable partners in each one of these cities. the last thing that's important to know all this not only goes on the air but it gets archived on our website, the c-span video library and what we're doing in these cities is extensive social media, you'll see us on facebook, you'll see our cable partners on facebook, and you'll see four square which is l

i head up the lcv program. we've got three of them. the purpose of these vehicles to collect programming from outside of washington, d.c. how do we do it? we staff each one of these with one person, with a small video camera, and a laptop editor so they're able to roll, record, produce, and edit things from the road. so that's what we're doing with the lcvs. why we want to do this is get outside of washington, d.c. and collect programming to are all of our networks. we're doing an lcv cities tour. we'll descend on each city with all three vehicles. one will do history programming at his toring sites. the other will do book/tv programming at bookstores, catching up with colors. the third does community relations events. we work with our cable partners in each one of these cities. the last thing that's important to know is all this not only goes on the air, it gets arch e archives on our website, the library. we're also doing extensive social media. you'll see us on facebook, you'll see our cable partners on facebook, you'll see four squ

we are doing an lcv cities tour. one will do history programmingt and the other will do book tv programming at book stores and the third one does community relations events. community relations events are important to us because we work with cable partners. all of this but gets archived on our are doing media. you'll see us on facebook and cable partners on facebook. you'll see four square and tell people where we are going. you'll see us on twitter, as well. it's a chance message not only on air but also online and through social media, as well. that's why it's important we want to get into places we don't normally do programming and make a commitment to getting outside the belt way. first of all let me do a sound check. can i be heard? very

so that's what we're doing with the lcvs. why i want to do this is to get outside of washington, d.c. and collect programming for all of our networks. we're doing what we call lcv cities tour. we'll descend on each city with all three vehicles. one will do historic programming at historic sites. the other will do book tv programming at book stores catching up with authors. the third one does community relations events. community relations events are important to us because we work with our cable partners in each one of these cities. the last thing that's important to know is all this not only go goes on the air but gets archived on our web site, and we're doing extensive social media. you'll see us on facebook. our cable partners on facebook. you'll see four square what's really location-based and tell people where we're going. you'll see us on twitter as well. so it's a chance to get out our message not only on air but also online and through social media as well. so that'wh

. >>> hi, i head up c-span's lcv project, local vehicle con tend. we have three of them. the purpose for the vehicles is to collect information from outside washington, d.c. how do we do did? we staff each one with one person with a small video camera and a laptop editor to roll, produce and edit from the road. that's what we're doing with the lcvs. why i wanted to do this is get out of washington, d.c. we're doing an cities tour. we'll descend on each city, one will do history program, historic sites, the other will do book tv programming at bookstores, catching up with authors and the third does community relations events. they are important to us because we work with our cable partners in each city. the last thing that's important to know is all this not only goes on the air but gets archived on our website, c-span video library and the -- what we're also doing is extensive social media. you'll see us on facebook, cable partners on facebook, foursquare which is location based and tell people where we're going, on twitter. it's a chance to get out our message, not only

. >> our lcv continues from little rock, arkansas, on c-span2 and 3. now a discussion about consumer protection. senior regulators explain the effect of the dodd-frank wall street bill. chairman martin gruenberg was among the featured speakers. this is about 40 minutes. >> this is theirs. >> okay. okay. i'd like to welcome everybody back for our afternoon program, please. we hope you enjoyed a good lunch. we've had a very interesting morning, we're delighted now to have the privilege and honor of hearing from chairman martin j. gruenberg, acting chairman of the federal deposit and insurance corporation, chairman gruenberg has a number of d distinctions but one of them which is relevant for today's event is that he worked very actively on the senate banking committee for a number of years, served under senator paul sarbanes, actively involved in the drafting of that statute, along with chairman gensel and professor goldsmith was involved. obviously steve harris also we've heard from this morning, so we have a number of folks with us this morning who are

we're doing an lcv city tour. we'll descend on a city and one will do historic sites and the other will do book thi one does relation's events. community relations events are importan u in each one of these cities. the last thing is that not only

. >> i am head of c-span's lcv project. local content vehicle. we have three of them. the purpose is to collect programming from outside of washington, d.c. how do we do it? staff each with one person with a small video camera and a laptop editor so they can roll, produce, and edit from the road. that's what we are doing. why i want to do this is to collect programming for all of the networks. we are doing a cities tour. we will have all three vehicles. one will do history programming and historic sites and the other is book tv catching up with authors and the third does community relations events. they are important to us because we work with our cable partners. the last thing that is important to know is not only does this go on the air, but it's on our website. you will see the four square and people where we are going. you will see us on twitter as well. a chance it get out the message not only on air, but online and through social media as well. it's important it get outside of washington, d.c. and get into places we don't normally do programming and make a commit

. >> our lcv cities tour continues the weekend of march 31st and april 1st from little rock, arkansas on c-span 2 and 3. >> congratulations to all this year's winners of c-span's student cam video documentary competition. a record number of middle and high school students entered a video on the theme the constitution and you. showing which part of the constitution is important to them and why. watch all the winning videos at our website. student cam.org. join us mornings in april as we show the top 27 videos on c-span. we'll talk with the winners during "washington journal." >> at & t, comcast and blackberry executives testified last week at an energy and commerce sub committee hearing on cybersecurity for communication networks. the panelists warned congress against mandating regulation but encouraged more information sharing between government and industry. according to a recent gao report, cybersecurity threats have increased 650% in the last five years. this is just over two hours. >> we'll call to order the subcommittee on communications and technology for a hearing on cybersecur

. >> our lcv cities tour continues the week of april 1st from little rock, arkansas on c-span 2 and 3. >>> a group of activists recently gathered in san francisco to discuss strategies for advancing the so-called occupy movement. they also talked about the electoral process and the relevance of the obama administration and the democratic party in addressing the issues important to the movement. this two-hour forum was hosted by the san francisco 99% coalition. >>> mic check. do we have a few occupiers in the house this evening? excellent. i want to welcome you all to the first uniontarian universalist society of san francisco. my name is jeremiah kalendae, and i have the great honor of serving this liberal incubator of progressive social change. we've been here for 162 years, causing all sorts of problems. so it's appropriate that we're meeting in this location, in this fabulous city, as the 1960s, the spirit of the 1960s, is coming alive again in our coalition, in the occupy movement, and in the voices for justice and equality that are now gaining mainstream attention for the first t

. >> our lcv cities tour continues march 31st and april 1st from little rock, arkansas, on c-span2 or 3. >>> congratulations to all this year's winners of c-span's student cam video documentary competiti competition. record number of middle and high school students entered a video on the theme the constitution and you, showing which part of the constitution is important to them and why. watch all the winning videos at our website. studentcam.org. join us mornings in april as we show the top 27 videos on c-span. we'll talk with the winners during washington journal. >>> the nation's governors were in washington recently for their annual winter meeting. next a discussion on growing state economies with jim clifton, chairman and ceo of the gallop polling organization and the awe thr of the book "the coming jobs corp.." he talks about the need for less innovation and more entrepreneurship to grow small businesses and what the u.s. must do to be globally competitive. this is about 50 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. please take your speets. here's the hard part. if

. >> our lcv cities tour continues the weekend of march 31st and april 1st from little rock, arkansas, on c-span 2 and 3. >>> every week we feature an hourlong conversation from "q and a." here's this week's encore "q and a" on american history tv. >> this week on "q and a," our guest is michael korda, author of "ike, an american hero." >> michael korda, when anybody writes about you, they often to your storytelling. so, i've got to start off by asking your favorite ike story. >> i would have no problem with that. >> what is it? >> i think it will be ike -- my favorite ike story is absolutely his relationship with general douglas macarthur and what each of them had to say about the other. because it's -- what i tried to do in the book is open up these people and show you what they were really like. and make human beings out of them instead of historical figures and the relationship with macarthur is just a fascinating relationship. explained so much about ike. >> what did you take away from their relationship the first thing you think about? >> the overriding vanity of macarthur, and

. >> our lcv cities tour continues the weekend of march 31st and april 1st from little rock, arkansas, on season 2 and csea . >>> history bookshelf at noon eastern. this weekend on history bookshelf, >>> the tangled lives and loyalties of robert oppenheimer, ernest lawrence and edward teller the making of the atomic bombs dropped on japan at the end of world war ii. it's about an hour. >> lawrence is the man of buoyancy and bounce as david lillian that you will once said, the consummate organizer, the man who actually deserves more credit than he has received for organizing the atomic bomb project. that would have been nothing had it not been lawrence to get things rolling. hirst operation at oak ridge was the operation that separated the u 235 to u 238 with the so-called calutrons named after the university of california. if there had not been a lawrence there would have been no atomic bomb at least not on the schedule it was completed. lawrence was in many ways the sourcer's apprentice. built the great psych la tron. wanted to push forward the frontiers of knowledge but instead it w

. >> our lcv cities tour continues the weekend of march 31st and april 1st from little rock, arkansas on c-span2 and 3. >>> barksdale air force base is home to the eighth farmer wing which flies the b-52 bomber. since the b-52's introduction here in 1958 the bases housed one of the largest fleets of this aircraft in the u.s. military. >> when a b-52 enters the conflict, the decision-makers, america's leadership, just got serious. it just got serious if the b-52 entered the conflict because b-52 says massive air power. it was the first nuclear bomber. it was designed basically in the cold war era to project global power and long range strike to our enemies during that era. now, that has graduated over the years and this weapon his sem has also been modernized and upgrade over the years to continue with the fights that currently meet us today. >> well, this is the b-52h, both conventional and nuclear bomber. it's got a wingspan of 185 feet. max gross weight of this jet, 488,000 pounds, fully loaded, that's with weapons and fuel. we carry up to ten different munitions on this particular

. >> our lcv cities tour continues the weekend of march 3 1st and april 1st from little rock, arkansas on season 2 and 3. >>> before he won a pulitzer prize for his writing, world war 1 veteran and author ernest hemingway served as a spy for the united states during the second world war. coming up next, military and intelligence historian nicholas reynolds speaks at the international spy museum about the larger than previously acknowledged impact of hemingway's espionage during the war and his connection to the soviet union. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> well, good morning, and welcome back on what appears to be a lovely day. getting warmer. i think it's been a great series, frankly. i have enjoyed every one of them. [ applause ] >> thank you. okay. and you're a great crowd, by the way. you're here, you're on time. we don't always have that. so this morning will be the last of our series out of courtesy to our speaker if you'd be kind enough to turn off your pdas and cell phones, that would be a help. it can interfere with the amplification. by the way, one of the things tha

. >> our lcv cities tour continues march 31 and april 1 from little rock, arkansas on c-span 2 and 3. >> new jersey representative donald payne died tuesday at the age of 77. the first african-american elected to congress from new jersey. congressman payne was born and raised in the city of newark but his influence after 40 years in public service spread to northern ireland, darfur and somalia and served as the ranking democrat on the foreign affairs subcommittee on africa, global health and human rights and as the foreperson on the malaria caucus. they offered a resolution in his honor and came to the floor to pay tribute to their friend and colleague. sorrow that i inform the house that our dear friend and kohl leg, don payne, has passed. he had colon cancer. in a few moments a privileged resolution will be offered on the floor that recognizes and honors his extraordinary man who dedated his entire life to public service. a man who made a significant difference in the lives of many in his district, in our state, in the nation, and in the world. elected in 1988 after first serving as

. >> our lcv tour continues from libor -- little rock, ark.. "washington journal" continues. host: we are back. tim lynch is a project director for the cato institute, aunt winnie stachelberg, thank you for being here. we want to talk about whether hate crime laws are working. guest: they're working for a couple of reasons. they sent a powerful signal to the victim and to the community. the other thing that we see is that local law enforcement really calls for this extra tool that is provided to their ability to investigate and prosecute hate crime violence perpetrated eaton's individuals and communities. hate crime laws are working bulk of the local, state, and federal level. host: does it show up in the data? guest: id does. in the gay and lesbian community there are nearly 12,000 hate crimes, a disproportionate number compared to the population. it is a problem that exists. hate crime laws are part of the solution but certainly cannot solve all the problems. host: tim lynch? guest: hate crimes are a concept where it sounds like a good idea to reduce, but the closer you loo

. >> our lcv cities to work continues in little rock, arkansas. >> the mississippi and alabama primariese today. last night, the alabama party hosted newt gingrich and rick santorum. ron paul and mitt romney did not participate. this is a little less than one hour and a half. >> thank you so much. alabama andnians are excited. -- alamians are excited. [applause] all republican candidates were invited to participate. we're honored that newt gingrich and senator santorum have accepted our invitation. [applause] as i said before, this is the first time we've ever done anything like this. we are privileged to be able to host this forum. i also want to think of the local media. and though it has been an inconvenience for some of the to get here, we're thankful for you being here. thank you for the coverage you're giving this campaign. thank you for showing are good side of alabama. i think all of our sides are good. thank you so much. [applause] all eyes are going to be on alabama tomorrow. they'll be looking at you. they're trying to figure out who you are going to choose to be our next pres

. >> our lcv cities tour continues the weekend of march 31st and april 1st from little rock, arkansas, on c-span2 and 3. >>> now, virgin group chairman richard branson and a former swiss president testify before the british home affairs committee on changes to international drug policy. they're recommending that drug abuse be treated as a health issue and not as a crime which they say would reduce drug addiction levels. their comments run about 50 minutes. >> could i call the committee to order and invite our two witnesses to come to the dais? could i ask members of the committee to declare any additional interests which are over and above what is in the register of members' interests. >> i'm vice chair of the parliamentary group, policy report. thank you. >> nicole blackwood? >> [inaudible] >> thank you. sir richard, federal counselor dreyfuss, thank you for coming today. this is the committee's first evidence session in our major inquiry into drugs. the last time the committee considered this question was ten years ago. in fact, i think only mr. winnic is a survivor of the last repo