the offer for our program has been leo damrosch -- author for our program has been leo damrosch, harvard professor. the name of the book is "democracy of america "tocqueville's discovery of america." >> thank you very much for inviting me. [captioning performed by %-tional captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> [speaking french] >> up next, prime minister david cameron of the british house of commons. then the chancellor of the exchequer as they talk about changes to the british banking system. after that, another chance to see "q&a" with the author leo damrosch. >> tomorrow on "washington journal" -- deborah gordon, a former engineer for chevron u.s.a. talks about her reccnt article on oil companies and renewable energy sources. arthur

. >> this week, our guest is leo damrosch. he wrote about his observations in his book. >> leo damrosch, what is the most interesting personal thing you learned about alexis de tocqueville? >> he was not the kind of olympian, abstract theorist that we assume he was. we have all read part or all of "democracy of america." he was a volatile, emotional, very complicated kind of depressive the young man. he was very adventurous. when he was in america, he was 25, and he was having an adventure. >> when did he live and when did he come to the united states? >> he was born in 1805. his parents had been executed merely because they were french aristocrats. he grew up in a very privileged family. they wanted the old monarchy back. he knew it was not coming back. he came to america in 1831 when he was just 25. . . beaumont would break the ice and be a kind of social inspiration for tocqueville, and he also looked up to his friend. he thought tocqueville was a kind of genius. he admired him. >> back in 1997 and 1998, we didsome of the a

the author for our program has been leo damrosch, harvard professor.me of the book is "tocqueville's discovery of america." >> thank you very much for inviting me. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> [speaking french] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [speaking french] >> up next, your calls live on "washington journal." then we have a discussion and fbi tactics on counter- terrorism. >> cspan, our content is a double on television, radio, and online and you can connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube and sign up for our scheduled alert e-mails @ c- span.org. >> robert mcdowell talks about reclassifying broadbent and public airwaves for emergency services tonight on c-span 2. this morning, we will talk with a former chemical and regulatory engineer for chevron u.s.a.. another recent article on renewable energy. and we look at the role of government and free

. >> leo damrosch, tonight on "q&a". >> this week on prime minister's questions, acting british laterbor leader gary harmon raises concerns with prime minister david cameron on the impact of his proposed budget. other members as questions on uk troops in that banafghanistan ae rise in night crimes. that is tonight at 9 eastern on c-span. >> center patrick leahy, thank you for being on newsmakers this week. joining us is seth stern of congressional quarterly. >> i wonder if he could comment on elena kagan's writings from about 20 years ago about the confirmation process, where she talked about how nominees avoid answering a lot of questions. you think it would be appropriate for her to respond to a question about whether roe vs. wade was correctly decided, and if not, what is the point of these proceedings? >> you asked several questions. ith

leo damrosch on q&a. >> coast guard admiral thad allen is that there is a push in the gulf now to provide more additional protective boom. admiral allen briefs reporters from new orleans. this is about half an hour. >> to give you a couple of updates on the initiatives. i will be happy to take any questions you might have for me. i am very pleased to report. we were actually able to recover 25,000 barrels of oil. this is utilizing discover enterprise and our exploitation of the key line to bring additional oil out and be processed. there are additional vessels being brought into the area. we anticipate by the end of the increase to about 53,000 barrels a month. following that, there'll have to be a decision made when we reach max capacity with the recovery system we have on the scene with the containment cap. at that point, the option will be to actually unbolt the flange and that small section of pipe that remains where we needed to shear cut and actually replace it with a very solid, bolted-on cap that could be linked to a new flexible production system will allow us to use production p