i saw my political thrive grow exponentially so a little bit after that camp leadership institute emailed everyone on that list and invited us all to a school and so that's really how i got involved in the leadership and so to. metal you you also were homeschooled when you were younger and then ended up on school in your children was it something that you gave them a choice of low or no no not at all. honestly if we look maybe in a different area than you see area i probably would go to public school but i prefer homeschooling over everything because my kids are different they are both have different interbred. and. it's amazing how my son is just book smart my daughter's mechanical so therefore in theory ok and already your son home school of nursing and such and such a distinct intellectual differentiation yes i am and it's amazing how you if you put it forward now then there learn quicker in the future and i honestly don't have any plans on something the public school and what he does with school i started homeschooling when i was five ok and then i went to public school for junior hig

and here she is at campo bellow at a summer leadership institute of the international student service. notice this is an integrated group. that was very rare for the day. unfortunately, we do not see joel lash in this picture. he was the general secretary of the international student service. but joel lash was the third person who, i think, was very instrumental in the way she transformed the role of first lady. joel lash was a jewish man, graduate of columbia university, an intellectual who was very involved in leftist student movements of the late 1930s. um, somehow he became one of her closest confidants after her relationship with hickok waned in the late 1930s. now, as a representative of the press because of her "my day "column, she attended hearings of the house un-american activities committee at which lash, who played a leading and controversial role in his leftist youth organizations, testified. lash first was a communist or communist sympathizer, but then he broke with the communists and became a very strong anti-communist. lash said the two of them had a moral affinity. he

host: our guest this chuck wolf president and ceo of the gay and lesbian victory fund and leadership institute. we have a link to our website at c-span.org. you can also send us a tweet or email. is there a boot camp of sorts for these members and how to go through training? guest: one of the articles mentioned the book cot camp that we run for these future candidates. many go to kennedy school. we train people in all of the normal things like fund-raising, field work, pulling but especially on how to address the question of being an out person running for office. how would you answer the question how would you talk about your family? these are all new wants things that people have to deal with. other candidates do not have to. we do spend time on how to answer those questions. and the most important thing to remember is that voters want to talk about the things that matter most to them. usually someone bringing up the sexual orientation is the opponent. when voters to bring it up answer the question directly and then put it to the question that most of the voters in the district care about. n

strikes we have to stand up and i think the people are there to do that we just need the leadership of institutions like the labor move to take that opportunity to take those people have been robbed by wall street and big corporations and move them into the streets as as they're doing in france and spain in germany in the u.k. and hopefully it'll spread here you know we don't we don't have a history of doing that but i think the moment is here to do that i think you're right jonathan to say thank you so much for being with them. oh it was a pleasure tom the supreme court's decision yesterday shouldn't really surprise anyone ruling in favor of corporations instead of working people which is business as usual on the u.s. supreme court under chief justice john roberts the most corporate friendly high court since the taft presidency in one thousand and. three is the alert in germany is setting out to find the next great psychic octopus you have last year paul the octopus went eight for eight and successfully predicting the outcomes of every single world cup soccer match that the german national team pl

the ability of the afghan government, the afghan leadership and the institutions. to shoulder the responsibility. also, how to use the lerm on pakistan to stop supporting -- leverage on pakistan to stop supporting the taliban. >> on the eve of the president's speech, a reminder of the cost of war. body of three troops returned home to dover air base joining 1,500 others killed in afghanistan. americans are growing weary of the war. the toll it's taking in lives and the significant monetary price tag which amounts to $300 billion since it began ten years ago. >> it is time for president obama to begin a substantial and responsible reduction in the military presence in afghanistan. i i believe it's time for us to rebuild america. not afghanistan. >> abc news will carry the president's speech live. you can see it here on abc7 at 5:00 tonight. there is some indication the initial withdrawal of 10,000 would take place in two phases. half the summer and the rest by the end of the year. the president is expected to speak from 10 to 15 minutes from the east room of the whi

the ability of the afghan government, the afghan leadership and the institutions. to shoulder the responsibility. also, how to use the lerm on pakistan to stop supporting -- leverage on pakistan to stop supporting the taliban. >> on the eve of the president's speech, a reminder of the cost of war. body of three troops returned home to dover air base joining 1,500 others killed in afghanistan. americans are growing weary of the war. the toll it's taking in lives and the significant monetary price tag which amounts to $300 billion since it began ten years ago. >> it is time for president obama to begin a substantial and responsible reduction in the military presence in afghanistan. i believe it's time for us to rebuild america. not afghanistan. >> abc news will carry the president's speech live. you can see it here on abc7 at 5:00 tonight. there is some indication the initial withdrawal of 10,000 would take place in two phases. half the summer and the rest by the end of the year. the president is expected to speak from 10 to 15 minutes from the east room of the white

i probably would not have been at cpac early on where i'm at the folks at the leadership institute. i have been working with them and a program they have called college reform, and traveling all over this great country and talking to college students, republicans, conservative students, and you know something? they get hiit. to them, we are not talking the future. we are talking now. they understand about jobs because -- you know, that was another promise that we did not see. so when you get talking about jobs, and i am just an old, and god, just like everybody up there, up until two years ago, i did not want have anything to do with politicians. they made my skin crawl. but everything got so bad off that i told cathy we have to do something. i am no livestock judge, and but was agriculture. when you look at things, you say how are we going to get jobs back? just like it is miraculous just like you hear those pundits and they say, what is the one thing we can do to get jobs in this country? it is not just one thing to get jobs. one thing did not just cause them to leave. there is a

and institution easily comprised of leadership that is lebanese are egyptians. if you -- my thing is this, creating grassroot bridges for committees that have been disfranchised for decades. so, building institutions is all fine and dandy. effectively until recently have done a very poor job reaching out to those communities. so i fundamentally believe on the ability to address core issues, which are the congress in within our committee. and second, build the grassroo grassroots, people to people kind of ties on the ground that institutions are effectively, not meaningless, but to join in that regard. >> i think the engagement process in itself can be -- >> let me give you an example. a couple years ago i was working for the affirmative-action campaign, a from of action services being an african-american. much about organizing work was with an african-american community. detroit is 90% black. i encountered so much justifiable discrimination going into these communities because they perceived affirmative action to be a black issue. i encountered that for weeks. i

leadership forum. i am the president of renaissance art sciences. we are honored and delighted to be able to sponsor this 6 seismic mitigation event. we also want to thank our partners and the insurance institute for home safety. this is our first forum and are pleased to be joined in our current efforts by our colleagues and co-sponsors, the engineering earthquake institute and the pacific engineering research center. i will try to be briefed today because we have two important people to speak, but i wanted to talk about the work of this forum and reflect on what we can achieve together in the next two days drawing on the disbursed knowledge base provided by each of you today. participating in this form are representatives and leaders of many disciplines within the field of earthquake mitigation. we hope there will be focusing on creating linkages between researchers and practitioners which will ultimately benefit policymakers, who will encourage safer communities in the face of catastrophic events. as with all forms of a sponsor, we do not charge anyone to attend or pay any of the speakers. all of the in speakers -- all of the speakers and informed delegates are here for an open and honest d

see what the death of osama bin laden will have on taliban leadership attitudes and to what extent the linkage as personal rather than institutional. i don't think we know the answer to that yet. it will be an important question. >> thank you. >> i would ask our distinguished ranking member for a second round. >> i want to ask one question. we can amplify this -- you can amplify this, ambassador crocker, with written responses. i wanted to ask you about a related question about how the american people view the mission and goals and how we define it. one way to analyze that not just for members of congress but for the american people is to have metrics and measurements and reporting that we have had. place there is probably a good debate about whether they are adequate. we have learned a lot in the conflict in iraq about how difficult that can be to measure and report. i think we have to have metrics like that in place. i want to get your assessment of where we are with that and how you view that. this is in regard to accountability and having some reporting. as people analyze the policy and debate, they have some way to measure pr

it's not too late for europe to get its defense institutions and relationships back on track, but it will take leadership from political leaders and policymakers on this continent. it cannot be cokesed, demanded or imposed from across the atlantaic. or the like of the transatlantaic alliance there's been no shortage of setbacks, but through it all we managed to get the big things right over time and made the tough decisions in the face of dissension at home and threats abroad. and i take heart in the knowledge that we can do so again. thank you. . .

. >> the conditions have to be in the group for instance of the institution is only provides of leadership what good is that doing to the sudanese and nigerians from these americans, so why thing is the grassroots communities that have been disenfranchised and marginalized for decades so they will find again institutions that are effectively until recently have done a very poor job reaching out to those communities, so i believe in the core issues within our community and second, build those grassroots people's time is on the ground in that regard. >> institutions that exist today engagement itself can be -- and a couple of years ago i was working for michigan. >> it's being an african-american [inaudible] african-american community detroit is 90% black. i encountered going into these communities because they perceive affirmative action to be a black issue and why their lives to talking a vote affirmative action, juneau. and there was a lot of swearing and people calling me out and this and that. but over a couple of months people started to -- the residents and communities that were large

our nominees could also leverage the leadership of american universities, cultural institutions, andivil societies to generate deeper and more sustainable linkages. the protests started in tunisia, but it seems clear that the test of the process will be in egypt. we have shared interest with the people of egypt to build a more secure and prosperous future. this will not be a short process. i believe americans expected to for relationship with this and future egyptian governments. what was born in tahrir square, we respected and we want to see it flourish be on the top levels of government. it cannot be hijacked by extremist groups that would undermine the fundamental civil liberties at the heart of the revolution. it could threaten the united states and allies interests in the region during in addition, during this moment of turmoil, the desire for more inclusive government must not be manipulated by those seeking to deflect attention from their own failures, including the regimes in that are run and syria. i appreciate the commitment of our nominees and their willingness to take on

institute? well, a couple of things that we are really excited about is, we are about to hold our 21st annual leadership forum and at that conference, which is a really large conference of people who are involved in this work in their communities, we are going to be recognizing communities that have done an exceptional job of doing what we talked about earlier, which is putting together strong community coalitions. so i'm very excited about that. i am also excited about the fact that we've been working really hard to bring community coalitions and the research community together and do what we call community-based participatory research. i think, as everybody knows, there is lots of really good research out there about what works and what doesn't work but that doesn't always filter down to communities. well, the communities need to know about it. it is useful and helpful so, by combining researchers and communities working together where they're working in partnership, we really increase the likelihood of first getting those best practices down to communities, but secondly forming the research agenda or

leadership resigned en masse this way. the reason is that they had disagreements over the strategy and tactics of the campaign. >> that is the director of the governance studies at the brookings institution. i estimate on his facebook page, the former speaker -- i estimate on his facebook page, the former speaker said he would start the campaign and new in los angeles. is this curtains for newt gingrich, colby king? >> i don't know if it is curtains for him. he has a lot of explaining to do. he has got to respond to the charge that there was a difference in strategy and they think he does not have his heart in this thing. he does not want to talk about the kind of thing. he is going to go to los angeles and give a speech on the middle east, knocking obama. but he has got to deal with the question of whether his heart is in it, and what will his wife, play.ta, is going to >> charles, are we talking curtains? >> s, but he will still be on stage in front of the curtain. his campaign is over. his idea was to run the campaign out of the tv studio. he is a man of ideas and all he has to do is communicate through the new media in debates and television. he did not want to go out and shake hands

our nominees should deleverage the leadership of american universities, cultural institutions, and civiliety to generate deeper and more sustainable linkages. the protests started in tunisia. it seems clear the test of the process will be in egypt. we have shared interests with the people of egypt to build a more secure and prosperous future. this will not be a short process. i believe america is expecting different relationships with this and future egyptian governments. we respect what was born in tahrir square. we want to see it flourish into a partnership that goes beyond the top levels of our government. it is vital the transition not be hijacked by extremist groups that would undermine the fundamental civil liberties at the heart of the revolution. those could threaten the united states and allied interests in the region. during this moment turmoil, the desire for more inclusive government must not be manipulated by those seeking to exploit attention from their own failures, including the regime in iran and syria. i appreciate the commitment of our nominees and their willingness to

leadership. on the question about the u.s. financial reform, let me sell you things quickly about this. if you look back at the top 20 financial institutions in the united states before the crisis, almost half of them no lumber exist today as independent entities. we had a huge restructuring of the american financial system, huge amount of failure of very large institutions. the ones that survived had to meet a market test. could they raise enough capital on their own so they could exist going forward? the surviving instituons today are on average, much better capitalized than their major international peers. but is better than that. if you look at our system in comparison to that of any other major economy, it is a much less concentrated banking system. look at the shares of the top five u.s. firms compared to the top two banks in most of the other major economies today. our banking system is smaller as a share of gdp. banks at the root in the united states together are only about one times r annual gdp. a comparable number is about five times gp in the u.k., eight times in switzerland. despite the fact that we had such a lot of restructu

introduce him is the former chairman of the manhattan institute's own center for civic innovation, now a project of the center on state and local leadership, the honorable stephen goldsmith. if ever there was a public official that embodied thoughtful, helpful, and innovative policymaking, that's stephen goldsmith. he's currently the deputy mayor for operations here in newark. he has a simple mandate promulgated to create a city government for the 21st century that is smaller, more efficient and more cost effective. good luck with that. using the skills and commitment that the major gains while mayor of indianapolis from 1992 to 1999, deputy mayor has a remarkable playbook from which to work and which to share with us today and share with people like rick baker and others. under mayor goldsmith leadership, entire urban neighborhoods of indianapolis were revitalized. i believe it's over $400 million were recognized in savings, that was reinvested into the city and crime dropped. something that i think is remarkable, real authority was diffused down to community groups which is a real testament of the power of leadership. his record in indi

what effect the death of osama bin laden may have on taliban leadership and to what extent that linkages personal rather than institutional. we do not know the answer. it will be an important question. >> i would ask our distinguished ranking member, do you have a second round? >> i wanted to ask one question. there might be a follow-up as well as the senator. we can amplify this, you can am -- amplified this with responses but i wanted to ask you about a related question, i ask you how the american mission give the mission and goals and how we define it. one way to analyze that for not just for members of congress but for the american people is to have metrics, measurements reporting and there is probably a good debate about whether they are adequate enough. we learned a lot and that is to recall to measure and report. we have metrics like that in place. i want to get your assessment about where we are and some of what the senator talk about with accountability.t to is there some way to measure progress? >> it is an important point and again, i think it is part of that accountability process. how do you measure progress?

that's why the attorney general instituted an investigation and it's why we're cooperating in this committee's investigation. >> was there any communication with leadership in mexico so that if these weapons showed up in mexico, we were actually doing a law enforcement process here to make sure they were both aware that these guns might be headed that way or that we had a working relationship when arrests were made, we would cooperate with them dealing with these arrests? >> congressman, i can't -- from my position in the office of legislative affairs, i don't have personal knowledge of the kind of communication. my understanding is that in general, there are close ties between u.s. law enforcement and mexican law enforcement, including on gun investigations. so as a general matter, the answer to your question is yes. as to specific cases, i'm not in a position to say. >> are you saying you were aware this fast and furious was going on and guns were headed their direction, and they were involved in that process, or it's just we know their phone numbers and occasionally call each other. this specific program, i'm talking about. >> congressman, i'm not in

institutions. at the same time, a number of people, very few, who have, over a period of decades, established the confidence of chinese leadershipnk that we are in a better position to bring about the achievement of these objectives by using influence in such a way that it's no demonstrated winner or loser. i engage myself in china as i do periodically on individual cases. i do not do it in a public confrontation, but in a personal dialogue. but that is really the nature of the disagreement, it is not the disagreement as to the importance of the objective. >> final question. there are a number of people who say that obama's policy, his world view, is somewhat realist. someone who says that is george bush, sr. he spoke about the nixon/kissinger diplomacy. >> my feeling about obama is he would like to believe that you can sweep the world by the power of ideas, and that the ideas alone will dominate the world and that you can ignore the e equilibrium part of the equation and you can do it with rhetoric. that's what he would like to believe. but he's also a good mind, and so he looks at the world and sees exactly what's happening. s

captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> that was former house speaker newt gingrich in new orleans last night. we will cover the republican leadershiponference again today. ♪ >> cspan has launched a new website for politics and the 2012 presidential race with the latest cspan events from the campaign trail, biorhythm is on the candidates, twitter fees and facebook updates from candidates and political pundits. c-span.org us at/campaign 2012. >> "washington journal" is coming up next and we will take your calls and look at today's news. we will have more coverage from new orleans and the republican leadership. conference this leadership the scheduled speakers include gop presidential candidates michelle bachmann, ron paul, rex santorum, and herman cain. we will have live coverage here on c-span and on cspan radio. coming up this hour, a conversation on the role of unions will play in the 2012 election. service employees

affect the death of osama bin laden might have on taliban leadership attitudes, to what extent the linkages personal rather than institutional. i don't think we know the answer yet, but it will be a very important question. >> thank you for your answers. >> i'd ask her member to a second round. i went to ask one question. i know senator sheehy might also have a follow-up as well as the senator kearns does. one quick question you can amplify this or you amplify this, ambassador crocker, with written responses, but i wanted to ask you about a related question about the questions i asked you about how the american people do the mission and goals and how we define it. one way to analyze that, not just for members of congress, but for the american people is to have metrics, measurement, reporting that we know we've had in place. there is probably a good debate about whether they are adequate enough. with her delight in the conflict in iraq about how difficult it can be to measure into reporter, but i think we've got to have metrics like that in place. i want to get your assessment of kind of where we are but that in how you view

institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [no audio] [general chatter] [room noise] [no audio] [room chatter] >> this morning, highlights from saturday's republican leadership conference. we will hear from president obama impersonator, reggie brown, retired lieutenant colonel steve russell, and texas governor and potential presidential candidate rick perry. at 7:00 a.m. eastern, "washington journal," with today's calls and see spends " newsmakers" to that. -- after that. on "washington journal," presidential politics in reaction to presidential politics at the republican leadership conference. then a former cia analyst at 20 years talks about the al-qaeda operation since the death of osama bin laden and the airport economist chief economist looks at the breakdown of airline fees. the airlines made $5.7 billion in revenues from those fees. >> the c-span coverage of the national cable telecommunications cable show continues today at 5:15 p.m. eastern. julius genachowski is interviewed by the former fcc chairman michael palle who held -- who heads the ncta. then they look ahead to next year's presidential election with david axelrod and former national committ

it is not too late for europe to get its defense institutions and security relationships on track. but it will take leadership from political leaders and policy makers on this continent. it cannot be coaxed, demanded or imposed from across the atlantic. over the life of the transatlantic alliance there has been no shortage of squabbles and setbacks. but through it all, we managed to get the big things right over time. we came together to make the tough decisions in the face of dissension at home and threats abroad. and i take heart in the knowledge that we can do so again. >> next, austan goolsbee takes place in a forum on job creation. then a immigration in the european commission, and the commission on wartime contracting. tomorrow on "washington journal," dina eiboghdady talks about proposed regulations to limit debt restrictions on mortgages, which would limit debt to 36% of gross monthly income. wall street journal reporter evan perez looks set of bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms program to stop u.s. guns from getting into the hands of the mexican cartels. and christopher boucek examines the u.s. r

walter olson with the cato institute, a senior fellow there, and maya rockeymoore with the leadershiplthy communities. let's get to the phones in phoenix, arizona, where christine is on our independent line. good morning. caller: hi, yeah, the lunch programs that i saw a special with jamie oliver, and they talked about the school lunch program in california, and they wouldn't even let him in the cafeteria to see what kind of food they're serving our children, and the idea that there's some kind -- you know, they regulate what they serve, and it's apparently ok to serve meat that's been washed with ammonia. i couldn't believe what i was seeing, what they're feeding our children. this was in california. i'm actually -- my kids are grown now and don't have school lunches anymore. but when i was in school, school lunches were pretty good. so the idea that they're serving packaged and processed and ammonia-cleaned hamburger meat that can be -- i mean, it was disgusting what i saw. and it seems to me that with cutting funding for schools, you know, the schools got to cut funding for some th

walter olson with the cato institute, a senior fellow there, and maya rockeymoore with the leadership for healthy communities. let's get to the phones in phoenix, arizona, where christine is on our independent line. good morning. caller: hi, yeah, the lunch programs that i saw a special with jamie oliver, and they talked about the school lunch program in california, and they wouldn't even let him in the cafeteria to see what kind of food they're serving our children, and the idea that there's some kind -- you know, they regulate what they serve, and it's apparently ok to serve meat that's been washed with ammonia. i couldn't believe what i was seeing, what they're feeding our children. this was in california. i'm actually -- my kids are grown now and don't have school lunches anymore. but when i was in school, school lunches were pretty good. so the idea that they're serving packaged and processed and ammonia-cleaned hamburger meat that can be -- i mean, it was disgusting what i saw. and it seems to me that with cutting funding for schools, you know, the schools got to cut funding for

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> the 2011 republican leadership conference is under way in new orleans, today with president candidates michelle bachmann, ron paul, rick santorum and herman cain and other speakers include haley barbour of mississippi and louisiana's bobby jindal. saturday, a presidential candidate buddy roemer, texas gov. rick perry and marsha blackburn of tennessee and george p. bush and rnc chairman reince priebus. newt gingrich spoke last night and you can watch it now on c- span 3. for more information you can go to c-span.org and what many of the events we cover this weekend also in our video library. >> c-span launched a new easy- to-navigate web site for politics and the presidential race. information on the candidates, twitter feeds and facebook updates and links to c-span media partners in their early primary caucus states. this and us that c-span.org /campaign2012. >> more about 2012 politics and the future of labor unions from this morning's "washington journal." president of the employees international union. the labor

institutions like the university of maryland are critical to our continued leadership in the world. as president lowe said, and i quote, the american research university, growing achievement of american civilization, must respond to this sputnik moment. we are a premiere research university, speaking of the university of maryland. he went on to say we must also become a premiere innovation and entrepreneurial university. i have no doubt, mr. speaker, that the university of maryland is well equipped to fulfill that role and do its part for our state and our nation. and i have no doubt that wallace lowe was exactly the right person to choose to lead the university at this time. i want to wish dr. lowe and the university the very best as it works with so many other extraordinary universities and colleges and educational institutions in the united states of america to make sure that we make it in america. that is to say that we outeducate, we out build, we out innovate our competitors so that we can provide the kind of quality of life, the jobs that our people need, a growing economy fo

by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> coming up tonight on c-span, a look at highlights from today's republican leadership conference in new orleans. speakers include potential presidential candidate rick perry, mike mcalister, and retired colonel steve russell who commanded the u.s. unit that captured set down hussein. another look at national security adviser brent scowcroft on u.s. foreign policy in north africana and the middle east appeared later, a house hearing on the radicalization of the american muslim community in u.s. prisons. >> this week on "the communicators," we talked to michael powell about telecommunications issues and his transition from the sec chairman to his current leadership role as head of the cable industry association. it airs every monday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> mr. president, thank you very much. i feel deeply honored to be nominated to become the 20 director of the central intelligence agency. >> with the senate confirmation hearing scheduled for this thursday, learn more about general david petreaus during is more than 50 appearances on line at the c-span video

led the fdic resolution strategies to sell failing banks to healthier institution, curbing insurance from office. under her leaderships to work in government for 2009 and received a nonqualified or claim 2010 audit from the gao, which are office calls remarkable considering demands on the agent need for rapid expansion, lots exposure involving over 350 failed banks representing over $640 billion in assets. this year our guest actor was in fact did in the university of kansas women's hall of fame and received the distinguished award from the native sons and daughters of kansas. she also received several honors for published work on financial issues and has written two children's books on financial fans. she received a bachelor's degree from the university of kansas and got her jd from the deep school of law. she and her husband scott have two children. we think are accepting our invitation to speak in offering parter remarks. please offer a warm national press club welcome to fdic chairman, sheila bair. [laughter] [applause] [applause] the mac thank you. that was a nice introduction. i spoke recently to my daughter's

cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [no audio] ♪ >> this is the republican leadershiprence, their second date. with were speaking cut us with more speakers coming up, including herman cain. we expect to hear from michele bought one, ron paul, and rick santorum. we will have more coverage from new orleans tomorrow. live coverage from new orleans here on c-span. >> lady is and gentlemen, you know him as the former ceo of -- [inaudible] you may not know that he was president of the national restaurant association, representing [inaudible] please welcome presidential candidate herman cain. [applause] >> thank you, thank you, thank you. my, my, my. my, my, my. sounds like you all are ready to have a party. [unintelligible] one of my heroes, the late doctor benjamin mayes, used to remind the hon men of war house, let it be borne in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in reaching your goals. tragedy lies in having no goals to reach for. he went on to say that it is not a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity to have no dreams. i have a dream. [a

leadership. on the question about the u.s. financial reform, let me sell you things quickly about this. if you look back at the top 20 financial institutions in the united states before the crisis, almost half of them no lumber exist today as independent entities. we had a huge restructuring of the american financial system, huge amount of failure of very large institutions. the ones that survived had to meet a market test. could they raise enough capital on their own so they could exist going forward? the surviving institutions today are on average, much better capitalized than their major international peers. but is better than that. if you look at our system in comparison to that of any other major economy, it is a much less concentrated banking system. look at the shares of the top five u.s. firms compared to the top two banks in most of the other major economies today. our banking system is smaller as a share of gdp. banks at the root in the united states together are only about one times r annual gdp. a comparable number is about five times gp in the u.k., eight times in switzerland. despite the fact that we had such a lot of restruc

institutions will engage in that. hopefully we will come together on ideas. we would love to have the city of columbus engaged in this as well. >> tomorrow, our live coverage of the republican leadership conference wraps up with presidential candidates buddy roemer and, marcia blackburn, and the rnc chairman. that is live at 12:50 p.m. eastern here on c-span. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] --2011. >> visit us at c-span.org/c ampaign2012. >> michelle bachman announced that she will be running president next year. during a debate, she along with six other republican presidential confidence -- candidates criticized president obama's handling of the economy. this is the main chance -- manchester, new hampshire. behind me on this stage the republican candidates for president, appearing together on the same stage for the first time tonight. and tonight's debate will be different than any presidential debate you've ever seen. over the course of the next two hours, in addition to questions from myself and journalists from our partners, wmur and the new hampshire union leader, the candidates will take questions d

it is not too late for europe to get its defense institutions and security relationships on track. but it will take leadership from political leaders and policy makers on this continent. it cannot be coaxed, demanded or imposed from across the atlantic. over the life of the transatlantic alliance there has been no shortage of squabbles and setbacks. but through it all, we managed to get the big things right over time. we came together to make the tough decisions in the face of dissension at home and threats abroad. and i take heart in the knowledge that we can do so again. >> outgoing white house economic adviser takes part in a forum on job creation. followed by a discussion on the best ways to create new jobs. after that, the european commission president takes members -- his questions from members of parliament. tomorrow on "washington journal ," proposed regulations to limit debt restrictions on mortgages. wall street journal reporter looks at the euro of alcohol and firearms to stop u.s. guns from getting into the hands of mexican drug cartels. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 on c-span. >> connect w

leadership. on the question about the u.s. financial reform, let me sell you things quickly about this. if you look back at the top 20 financial institutions states before the crisis, almost half of them no lumber exist today as independent entities. we had a huge restructuring of the american financial system, huge amount of failure of very large institutions. the ones that survived had to meet a market test. could they raise enough capital on their own so they could exist going forward? the surviving institutions today are on average, much better capitalized than their major international peers. but is better than that. if you look at our system in comparison to that of any other major economy, it is a much less concentrated banking system. look at the shares of the top five u.s. firms compared to the top two banks in most of the other major economies today. our banking system is smaller as a share of gdp. banks at the root in the united states together are only about one times r annual gdp. a comparable number is about five times gp in the u.k., eight times in switzerland. despite the fact that we had such a lot of restructuring or beca

captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> there is live coverage of the republican leadership conference. we will have coverage of newt gingrich's beach at 7:30 eastern time. we have presidential candidates michelle bachman, rick santorum, and herman cain. other speakers include haley barbour of mississippi and bobby jindal of louisiana. a presidential candidate and a texas governor, marsha blackburn of tennessee, and the rnc chairman. live coverage on the c-span network. >> blackberry users, you can access our programming at any time. public affairs, and nonfiction books, and public history all for free. you can also listen to our signature programs every week. download it free from blackberry app world. >> house republicans held a news conference today on jobs and the economy blaming the obama administration for the slow financial a cop -- recovery. this is just under 25 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. job creation has been the focus of our new majority. you can check out all of the details at jobs.gop.gov. we want to create growth, the kind of growth that the stimulus p

corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> we take you live to new orleans on the final day of the republican leadershiponference. you'll hear remarks from governor rick perry, former louisiana governor, and rans priebus and the son of former governor jeb bush. and results of the straw paul will be announced later this afternoon. live coverage now on c-span. ♪ ♪ >> good morning everyone. please welcome the congressman. [applause] >> good morning. well, you all sound a little down today. good morning! ok very good. much better. folks, i'm congressman john fleming. i represent the fourth district of louisiana. that's the sleemb port area all the way down to kinder, louisiana and i'm married 33 years -- [applause] >> thank you. i have four kids, and two grand kids. my background is a physician. i have been a doctor for 36 years. i'm one of 17 doctors in the house of representatives, all republicans. [cheers and applause] >> we have two republican doctors in the senate, and we do have one physician who is a democrat in the house of representatives, but he is a psychiatrist. so we don't count him. no ofens t

that's why the attorney general instituted an investigation and it's why we're cooperating in this committee's investigation. >> was there any communication with leadership in mexico so that if these weapons showed up in mexico, we were actually doing a law enforcement process here to make sure they were both aware that these guns might be headed that way or that we had a working relationship when arrests were made, we would cooperate with them dealing with these arrests? >> congressman, i can't -- from my position in the office of legislative affairs, i don't have personal knowledge of the kind of communication. my understanding is that in general, there are close ties between u.s. law enforcement and mexican law enforcement, including on gun investigations. so as a general matter, the answer to your question is yes. as to specific cases, i'm not in a position to say. >> are you saying you were aware this fast and furious was going on and guns were headed their direction, and they were involved in that process, or it's just we know their phone numbers and occasionally call each other. this specific program, i'm talking about. >> congressman, i'm not in

it is not too late for europe to get its defense institutions and security relationships on track. but it will take leadershippolitical leaders and policy makers on this continent. it cannot be coaxed, demanded or imposed from across the atlantic. over the life of the transatlantic alliance there has been no shortage of squabbles and setbacks. but through it all, we managed to get the big things right over time. we came together to make the tough decisions in the face of dissension at home and threats abroad. and i take heart in the knowledge that we can do so again. >> if you missed any of secretary gates' remarks, we will show his speech again at 8:00 p.m.. after that, a discussion on job creation in the u.s. and a new study showing that 21 million jobs need to be created by 2020 in order to get back to pre- recession employment levels. following that, a discussion on ways to create those jobs. then the european parliament president takes questions from representatives in the european union. earlier today, house minority leader steny hoyer held a town hall meeting in maryland. he discussed the republican bu

leadership. on the question about the u.s. financial reform, let me sell you things quickly about this. if you look back at the top 20 financial institutionss before the crisis, almost half of them no lumber exist today as independent entities. we had a huge restructuring of the american financial system, huge amount of failure of very large institutions. the ones that survived had to meet a market test. could they raise enough capital on their own so they could exist going forward? the surviving institutions today are on average, much better capitalized than their major international peers. but is better than that. if you look at our system in comparison to that of any other major economy, it is a much less concentrated banking system. look at the shares of the top five u.s. firms compared to the top two banks in most of the other major economies today. our banking system is smaller as a share of gdp. banks at the root in the united states together are only about one times r annual gdp. a comparable number is about five times gp in the u.k., eight times in switzerland. despite the fact that we had such a lot of restructuring or because of