the library of congress is hosting an open house of its beautiful reading room. if you've never been, you should go. it's open 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. library staff will demonstrate how the can believe access the library's produces, reference libraries will show them how to get a registration card and use the library services. and also be activities for children in the young readers center. as well as the special guided tour of the library's historic thomas jefferson building. >>> close to 18,000 immigrants are becoming u.s. citizens in honor of president's day. they've been taking oaths of allegiance in 148 naturalization ceremonies across the country since friday. the head of the u.s. citizenship and immigration services will deliver an oath to about 75 people today, naturalization ceremony at the jimmy carter library and museum in atlanta. >>> well this holiday weekend can be a slow one for restaurants and retailers, not this year thanks to thousands of teenage girls who are volleying their way all the way to the nation's capitol. more than 800 teams from acros

the original documents most died in the chicago fire now reside in the library of congress. this is terrifically interesting to look through newspapers of the day many of which were saying exactly the opposite things they had said the previous day and other newspapers. a very interesting time. thought. he was criticized at the time more than that. he would be ridiculed and he was. with the characters showing given ringlets fleeing to the space fray and schoolgirl one is that the site of a cat's all kinds of things. agent "the baltimore sun" was curious at this perceived slights that if this cannot be reasonably explained the citizens of maryland will take umbrage in exit from the union would be assured. they were seriously ticked off. lincoln needed it to be staged in the union if it when confederate washington would be hemmed in by confederate territory and it seemed likely that the federal capital would have to remove itself to philadelphia or new york. the stakes were huge. >> was mary todd lincoln on the trade or the children? >> one of the very thing interesting things.

speaker and the library of congress -- the library of congress -- decided that if you unlock your cell phone, that that would be a felony. a felony. you go you buy a mobile phone, it's your phone, you own it. the current law on the books today if you go to unlock that phone, you have committed a felony in the united states of america. you've got to be kidding me. it's a felony to unlock your cell phone? this bill today is short, sweet, and simple. it is not a big broad review of the dmca, it is not looking at -- we're just trying to do something simple. we have an opportunity to make sure that that good person at home who wants to unlock their phone doesn't commit a felony. it's that short, it's that sweet, it's that simple. i stand with representative lofgren and peliss and others who wan to look at bigger, brder reform but for today, can we please just make sure it's not a felony to unlock your own phone? my goodness. we can do that. we can do that. i urge a yes vote on this bill, i appreciate the chairman's leadership, let's get this done. vote yes. i yield back. the speaker pro tem

much was destroyed in the fire and is in the library of congress and that was useful. it was terrific interesting to look through newspapers of the day, many of which were saying exactly the opposite things i said the previous day or worse at the same time in other newspapers, very interesting time. >> his advisers, the question is he was criticized at the time. he was more than criticized. his advisers would be ridiculed and accused -- and he was. they were characters showing in ringlets fleeing towards the capital like a frightened school dale, there's one showing him crouching in a freight car hissing match the site of a cat, all kinds of things. and the baltimore sun was absolutely furious at this perceived slight and wrote that if this light cannot be reasonably explained, the citizens of maryland will take umbrage and their exit from the union will be assured. that was the problem. maryland was seriously take offense lincoln needed maryland to stay in the union. if maryland went confederate washington would be entirely him in by confederate territory and it seems

this week the library of congress opened its digital collection of music to the public. it's called the "songs of america." the collection includes 80,000 items of recordings, sheet music, and essays. you can search by time period, location, format. one piece includes the first music textbook published in colonial america in 1744. >> we all knew it was coming. get ready to pay more for gas. how much more tell cost in the coming weeks -- more it will cost in the coming weeks and why the price is jumping. >>> if your car is registered in maryland, you may have a new fee soon. the bill that could show up if state lawmakers pass a new plan. >>> good morning, all clear on storm team 4 radar. a look at friday afternoon high temperatures coming up. thank you. happy valentine's day. i love you. uh, i mean, thank you. you're welcome. share the love with delicious heart-shaped donuts from dunkin'. try the new cookie dough donut today. southbound, bw parkway, 1 8. back in ten minutes. landover road, heavy on the brakes. folks jammed making their way to 201. and i mean jammed. this

egerton archives such as it is much of which was destroyed in the chicago fire now reside in the library of congress and that was also useful. it was terrifically interesting to look through newspapers of the day many of which were saying exact way the op visit things that they had said the previous day or were being set at the same time in other newspapers, a very interesting time. [inaudible] >> the question is he was criticized at the time. he was more than criticize. his advisers said that he would be ridiculed and accused of cowardice and he was. the newspapers, there are caricatures showing him sort of in ringlets fleeing toward the capital like a frightened schoolgirl. there is one showing him crouching in a freight car, hissing at the site of a cat. all kinds of things.

terabytes of data just to put this into perspective that's almost as much data being used by the library of congress which holds four hundred twenty two terabytes now city officials claim the center is a technology technologically superior to turn of crime and a way to respond to large scale disasters such as earthquakes and fires however opponents claim the project is actually about control and keeping tabs on protest groups one of these opponents dr merrow their name is brian hopper and i first ask him what he believes is the real purpose behind the domain awareness center. well it's going to have a collection of. at moment seven hundred cameras throughout the city that has a potential to lead to many more systems the mission creep in this project has been pretty great instilling to social media at one time city permits property records various other databases were all anticipated to be part of this ever shifting scope of work so the real purpose as we see it based on our extensive review of salaries and have been generally knows is the monitoring of political protests we believe that in an inch a

across the plaza in east capitol drive and up the front steps of the supreme court and the library of congress into the branches of the surrounding trees. 100 press photographers clicked their shutters, newsreel cameras, roosevelt moved toward them all with a slow slaying gate next to it, swing and rhythm. the process and blocked the crowd's view of everything but roosevelt's shoulders. with each step he leaned a bit to one side on the opposite side hitches his shoulders up to swing the leg on that side forward. the coordinated movements of the shoulder and leg were smooth and almost simultaneously jenny one who saw his gate could see he was crippled but with help he was walking. he reached an elector in with one hand. sets down his cane and removed his top hat. jimmy move a few steps back, roosevelt swivelled to face chief justice charles evans. with his left hand he gripped the lectern. as he read the words of the oath, do you franklin delano roosevelt solemnly swear, roosevelt held up his right hand. when he completed the question roosevelt board his right hand to the dutch bible that had b

republicans have moved to the library of congress where they are perhaps enjoying the tones of theirtar, arthur brooks, who recently prescribed a formula for happiness. quote, free enterprise gives the most people the best shot at earning their success and finding enduring happiness in their work. pocketbook issues are said to be the gop's focus today, but despite the cbo's latest report that immigration reform would boost economic growth, do not expect that to be foremost on their agenda or anywhere on the agenda. >> i think we have a sort of an unresolvable conflict here. the house says it won't go to the senate on a comprehensive. >> joining me now, making his return to this television show is the managing editor of "the washington post" and john stanton. you're both triumph victors and we're very happy to have you on the show. chris, the conflict, they might as well just rename the grand ole party, the party of unresolvable conflict. in the long term, the mo -- mit mcconnell's declaration is that immigration reform is an unresolvable conflict. i tend to agree with frank rich on t

this would just save e government the cost of enormous. 27 timesthe contents of the library of congress dayythat is how much did it is stored the president just wants to transfer that to the phone company. they don'teep that they don't record our conversations they don't want to end don't want to be forced. neil: but they have a and shouldn't. number two. banks to the supreme court rulings police officers could search f home without a warrant? >> the constitution says it they have to have a search warrant. effacing you robbing a bank calling it to your house that is the emncy exception but short of that no. what if there's two people one person says yes? please address the one that says no leaving only the one who says yes sounds like a fraud if it was concocted. six / 3-d supreme court said they can do it is absurd. neil: a cple one is worried they wouldget hurt. >> then they find weapons and drugs. this is an excuse for the police to arrest the person who says no. also to get on your property when the person who gives them permission is not you but just happens to be there itoes not r

this would just save the government the cost of enormous. 27 times the contents of the library of congressry dayhat is how much did it is storedhe president just wants to transfer thatto the phone company. they don't keephat they don't record our conversations they don't want to end don't want to be forced. neil: but they have a and shouldn'. number two. banks to the supreme court rulings police officers could searc for home without a warrant? >> the constitution says it they have to have a search warrant. effacing you robbing a bank calling it to your house that is the emergency exception but shortf that no. at if there's two pple one person says yes? please address the one th says no leaving only the one who says yes soun li a fraud if it was concocted. six / 3-d supreme court said they can do it is absur. neil: couple one is worried they would get hurt. >> tn they find weapons and drugs. this is an excuse for the police to arrest the person who says no. also to get on your prorty when the person who gives them permission isot you but just happens to be there it does not reqre the police

crowd that spread across the plaza and east capitol drive in the footsteps of the sprinkler and library of congress and into the branches of the surrounding trees. a hundred press photographers straight in front of him clicked the shutter speed newsreel cameras world. roosevelt moved towards the mall with a slow, swing gate. jimmy next them, swaying in rhythm with his father. the procession blocked the crowds give anything but roosevelt shoulders and head. but if you mean he had been walking alone, people would've noticed that each step he leaned a bit to one side on the opposite side he hitched his shoulder just about to swing the late on that side forward. the coordinated movements of the shoulder in the leg were smooth and almost simultaneously at anyone who saw his gait could see was crippled, but with help he was walking. he reached electrum grasped it with one hand, set down his came and removed this topic. jimmy moved of food -- a few steps back. roosevelt faced chief justice charles t. hughes but with his left hand to grip the lectern. as hughes read the words of the oath beginning to you,

we're right now on the steps of the library of congress with the united states capital behind us. and i love the whole idea and the symbolism of books and the ideas and books with our national government and our democracy. because the ideas in books are really what are so important to our democracy. >> so both of you are authors. and the publishing industry generally has been thought to be a little bit left of center over the years. was there any skepticism on the part of book writers or publishers about a conservative first lady getting involved in the national book festival? and if so, how did she mitigate it? >> i think the texas book festival was enormously successful and gathered writers as first lady of texas. who didn't necessarily share the politics of her husband. and they had a wonderful experience. and i think that might have helped. but it's -- i think books are an easy cause to get behind. whether you're liberal or conservative. and so that was an easy rallying point. >> she did have an issue in the white house then after the war began in which she hasn't had -- a seri

. >>> also today, stop by the library of congress for an open house.isit -- visit the main reading room and look at exhibits featuring items from the first three american presidents. you can also tour the historic thomas jefferson building. the open house will happen from 10:00 this morning to 3:00 this afternoon. all other reading rooms and buildings in the complex will be closed for the holiday. >>> a dramatic rescue caught on camera. next, how this wild weather caused this horse to need a hand. >>> a live look now at sochi, russia. coming up, people around the country are reacting to some of the more emotional moments of the winter olympics. we'll go live to russia next. >>> and i've got your hour-by-hour cold monday forecast coming up. >>> welcome back. crews in oregon are working to clean up after massive floodwaters rushed the region. look at this video. this was one of the more talked about rescues. a 9-year-old horse, ace, was trapped in the water after being caught in barbed wi. >> poor guy. >>> here at home, it it's about 20 minutes before th

this week the library of congress opened up the digital collection of music to the public and it is called the "songs of america." the collection is 80,000 items, including recordings and sheet music and essays, and you can search for time period and format, and the first piece includes a textbook published if in colonial america in 1744. >>> before you make the saturday and sunday plans, what the re r research shows about the weekend binge eating and drinking. >> i am -- the luckiest guy in the world. >> and a look back at jay leno's emotional finale as host of the "tonight show." >>> well, it looks like the bug that made a bunch of people sick last month on a cruise was a newer strain of the norovirus. the centers for disease control says that the strain was detected first in australia, and it is not dangerous, but it is contagious, and cause stomach problems that last for days. the royal caribbean cruise ship docked in new jersey after passengers were sick. it is one of the largest norovirus outbreaks on a cruise ship in 20 years. >>> a military family from calvert county, maryland, got

questions, but i tried to do that in there is a project called the veteran history project at the library of congress put on a few years ago. probably still has going on. but they encourage you to talk to world war ii veterans and veterans from other conflicts in our history. so we got -- that my dad down and i asked him a lot of questions. for four hours got a lot of that stuff on the record. and so many of the details and things that you just did not know about. and it is really fascinating. that generation was, they were just a remarkable group of people. to this day, we all owe them an incredible debt of gratitude. >> but you used the word humble, and that seems to transcend all who served in world war ii. what was it about that time and those i rarely men but also women who served to try to help support the troops? >> you talk to my dad and even my mom before she passed away, and they always just talked about the common purpose, the sense of purpose america had at the time. the way everybody came together. people back here shared it here people who wore uniforms were very committed to it. i thin

we are right now on the steps of the library of congress, the united states capitals by bus. i love the whole idea and the symbolism of books and the ideas with other national government and our democracy. the ideas in books are really what are so important to our democracy. >> both of you are authors. the publishing industry generally has been thought to be a little bit left of center. was there any skepticism on the part of book writers and publishers about a conservative first lady getting involved in a national book festival? >> i think that the texas book festival was enormously successful. she gathered riders as the first lady of taxes it is not necessarily share the politics. they have a wonderful experience i think that might have helped, but the books are an easy cost to get behind, whether you're liberal or conservative. and so that was an easy rallying point. >> she did have an issue in the white house after the war began it wish she had a series of symposiums. when that she was born to do poetry. and she had invited a number of american poets, some of whom were ver

he worked for four decades at the library of congress as a senior specialist at separation of powers and constitutional law and he's testified before congress more than 50 times on issues such as for power, state privilege and so forth and has written more than 470 scholarly articles and several books. we have invited them separately to the forward on this great book so he wouldn't have to do any extra homework. it was excellent luck. so thank you so much for joining us. i want to jump right in and starting at the time of president obama you described a clash between the two views of executive office and ones you called very clearly the executive unilateral that the president is unconstrained on foreign affairs and the other you don't name so i will ask you to come up with a name of the constitutional constraint it says the president really needs congressional support. on the roots of that historic clash. >> it is a good way to define it. thank you. so there has been a debate that goes back about the washington presidency when the constitution was being drafted. i think it reflects t

from the law library of congress. , 60% in3 million books foreign languages. even more, we have american attorneys who had training in foreign countries who can interpret those books. they can explain to american legislators and the american public how to resolve the problem according to laws of a foreign country. i am covering russia and i am the legal specialist for this jurisdiction. talk abouttart my the legal framework. everything that i will say will be on my own. i will not make the library responsible for what i am talking about here. before we start to talk about ,he lessons learned from munich i have to say that in order to be a good learner, you have to define terms. you have to come to the definitions. there is a confusion, how different terms are understood. example, -- [indiscernible] they promised to have the most impressive games and they were the most expensive. they promised to have the most secure games and the games are probably the most regulated in regard to that they hate your of athletes, spectators, journalists. laws, and -- current i

i love the fact that we're representing the political spectrum today at the library of congress. >> what'snteresting here -- i want to get to the south in a minute. massachusetts, you're not the first african-american senator from massachusetts. that in itself is interesting. not exactly a very large african-american population. has an african-american governor. states pretty color blind. there was a time when it was not a color blind city. why do you think massachusetts has gone -- >> being elected post reconstruction to the senate, a great public servant, served well at the state level. massachusetts voters are very sophisticated electorate and vote on values and vote for people who espouse and live those values and they've been open, certainly in recent times, to looking at things a little differently than perhaps other parts of the country and not just judging books by their cover. i think you've seen that with our governor, duvall patrick. i'm proud to be the second black senator from massachusetts. i'm also the second black senator from north carolina. that's where i was born and so

mary-jane deeb, chief of the african and middle eastern division at the library of congress. the views she expresses here are her own. hisham melhem is the washington bureau chief of al-arabiya news channel. and tarek masoud is assistant professor of public policy at harvard university. he specializes in islamic political parties and their role in governance. let me start where you. every country is different, of course. we can't go through all those differences. but what can be said so far about the factors that go into success or failure? well, it's a great question, jeff. i mean i think one thing is that we've known for a long time that there are certain prerequisites to getting democracy. are you much more likely to get and keep democracy is if your country is pretty well economically developed. if you have a highly literate population. and if you look across the middle east, those kinds of prerequisites are lacking. so it's not surprising to me that tunesia seems to be the only bright spot. and it really is on a bright spot in comparison to the grim stories in egypt and l

but i tried to do that, and there is a project called the veteran history project that the library of congress put on a few years ago. probably still has going on. but they encourage you to talk to world war ii veterans and veterans from other conflicts in our history. so we got -- sat my dad down and i asked him a lot of questions. for four hours got a lot of that stuff on the record. and so many of the details and things that you just did not know about. and it is really fascinating. that generation was, they were just a remarkable group of people. to this day, we all owe them an incredible debt of gratitude. >> but you used the word humble, and that seems to transcend all who served in world war ii. what was it about that time and those primarily men but also women who served to try to help support the troops? >> you talk to my dad and even my mom before she passed away, and they always just talked about the common purpose, the sense of purpose america had at the time. the way everybody came together. people back here shared it. people who wore uniforms were very committed to it. i think wh

i'm sure we would give some dispute on that from london in the library of congress, but i am sticking with it. i'm also sticking with this. i thank you for joining me tonight to talk about the world's best investigative reporter. "seymour hersh: scoop artist." you may be here tonight -- an outcome i see a lot of old friends. a lot of farmers events. the rest of you i don't know, but i suspect you may be here because you are part of the legion of fans and maybe some of you are enemies of seymour hersh. he is a huge following of friends and a huge following of enemies. a number of years ago at the new york magazine for about a decade went over the million mark and circulation of david remnick, editor of "the new yorker" magazine was asked, what happened? had issued a 10 million? he chuckled and said we have sy hersh and not put them over the million dark. thank you for being here tonight. i also want to thank the new york public library for inviting me. deborah hirsch and my former student dana sedona for interviewing. i spent much of my academic career across at the new york public lib

the historian david mccullough spoke at the library of congress two weeks ago about john adams and america's founding generation. he reminded us that those men, when they signed the declaration of independence, were signing their own death warrants. when they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to this cause, it was not mere words. david mccullough explained, it was a courageous time. it was a courageous time. and look at us, our great democracy mired in polluters' lies and muddy. but i still believe this can be a courageous time. as americans have in the past, we can shed the shackles of corrupting influence and rise to our duty. it just takes courage to make this a courageous time. i yield the floor. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call:

questions, but i tried to do that, and there is a project called the veteran history project at the library of congress put on a few years ago. probably still has going on. but they encourage you to talk to world war ii veterans and veterans from other conflicts in our history. so we got -- that my dad down and i asked him a lot of questions. for four hours got a lot of that stuff on the record. and so many of the details and things that you just did not know about. and it is really fascinating. that generation was, they were just a remarkable group of people. to this day, we all owe them an incredible debt of gratitude. >> but you used the word humble, and that seems to transcend all who served in world war ii. what was it about that time and those i rarely men but also women who served to try to help support the troops? >> you talk to my dad and even my mom before she passed away, and they always just talked about the common purpose, the sense of purpose america had at the time. the way everybody came together. people back here shared it. people who wore uniforms were very committed to it. i think wh

we are on the steps of the library of congress with the united states capital behind us. ove the whole idea and the idealism of books and the that books, with our national government and our democracy, because the ideas in books are an important part of our democracy. >> both of you are authors. has beenshing industry a little bit left of center over the years. was there skepticism on the part of book writers or authors on the first lady getting involved and if so, how did she mitigate it? >> she made the book festival enormously successful and gathered writers who did not share the politics of her husband in -- of her husband. they had a wonderful experience. i think that might have helped. i think books are an easy cause to get behind, whether you are a liberal or conservative. rally. was an easy >> she did have an issue in the white house after the war began in which she had been having a series of symposiums, one on libraries and the role they have played and won that she was going to do on poetry. she invited a number of american poets, some of whom were very left of

the library of congress for their retreat. what was the focus of their meeting? >> they get on the same page in term of getting their agenda out there rather than just be 0 poagz the democrats agenda. i think there's a recognition they are seen as an opposition party more than a party as ideas they want to present themselves as. they look at how can we offer alternatives to, for example, raising the money him wage or how can we offer alternative toward extending unemployment benefits indefinitely. it's going to be sort of those ideas. >> well, the house is holding down the legislative floor on capitol hill. today the house budget committing hearing from the congressional budget office director. you tweeted saying house republican members have been given a bullet list of talking point for the day. the first of which is about 2.5 million jobs. tell us about some of the fallout of that messaging coming out of the cbo hearing today. >> you're lucky. the senate is out so i was in the house to get the tidbit today. the member who told me about this didn't give them to

. >> democrats go to the wall park and republicans are the library of congress for their retreat. what was the book is of their meeting? >> they are going to get on the same page in terms of getting their agenda out there rather than just opposing the democrats agenda. i think there's a recognition that there are is an opposition party more than a party of ideas so i think they are going to be looking at how can we offer alternatives to waiving the minimum wage or offer alternatives towards extending unemployment benefits indefinitely. >> the houses holding the legislative -- on capitol hill hearing from doug elmendorf the congressional budget office director and teach we did about that saying house republicans members have been given a five point list of cbo talking points for the day. the first of which is about those 2.5 million jobs so tell us about some of the fallout of that messaging coming out of the cbo hearing today. >> i was in the house to get that little tidbit today. they said the primary one was the 2.5 million jobs that will be lost due to obamacare is and the admin

of president president clinton's. we're going to hold the senate. we're on the democratic team. i would like more as a team building exercise. >> democrats got ballpark. republicans go to the library. the library of congress for their retreat. what was the focus of their meeting? >> they are going to get on the same page in term of their getting agenda throughout rather than just be opposing the democrats' agenda. i think there's a recognition they're being seen as an opposition party more than the ideas. i think they're going to be looking at how can we offer alternative to raising the money him wage or offer alternative extending unemployment benefits indefinitely. it's going to be those ideas. >> the house is holding down the legislative on capitol hill today the house budget committee hearing from doug. he tweeted about that saying house republican members have been given a 5 bullet list of talking point for the day. the first is about the 2.5 million jobs. tell us about the fallout the messaging coming out of the cbo hearing today. >> you are lucky the state is out so i was in the thousands get that tidbit today. the member didn't give me them to me but the primary was 29.5 million jobs lost due to t

hugeubensteen is also a sponsor of the library of congress' national book festival every year that c-span and book tv covers. book tv, tomorrow, 48 hours of nonfiction books beginning at 8:00 a.m. on c-span 2. it's every weekend, 48 hours, nonfiction books. there's the website. book tv.org. tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. the monuments men will be joining us for a call-in program. so if you're interested, see the movie, if you're interested in the topic of the monuments men you can join us at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow morning and talk with of theedsel, the author original monuments men. he's got an interesting story, background is also very interesting as well. every weekend, 48 hours of american history. so you can go to c-span 3 beginning tomorrow morning at tv, a.m. and you'll find ah american history tv. so if you're bored with c-span 1 to look at books or american history, go to c-span 2 c-span 3. caller from jersey sit, thanks air.olding, you're on the we're going to put you on hold you turn down your tv. so we don't get the feedback. miller place, new york, good morning. caller: hi, thank you so

will bete republicans having their retreat at the library of congress.ate democrats also holding their retreat this weekend they will be hearing from former president bill clinton as well as the president. he will be addressing the senate democrats when they meet at the nationals park here in washington. the senators are keeping their inreats in washington, d.c. the district. what are your thoughts on president obama negotiating with the gop? should it happen? a little more from jack lew on monday. [video clip] >> they can rattle financial markets and her taxpayers. think about it. around this time last year, we had a standoff. we saw consumer and business confidence dropped. the bottom line is, time is short. conversely to act to extend the borrowing authority for our nation and a need to act now. it is important to remember that increasing the debt limit of congress is congress' responsibility. has everss in history failed to make this responsibility. some have suggested that extending the borrowing authority should be tied to spending cuts. "the time

it's the reason thomas jefferson got his own copy of the koran that the library of congress still has. he wanted to see for himself. he was so well-read. he couldn't believe there was a religion that had a book, a holy book for a basis that would allow anyone to interpret it in such a way as to kill innocent men, women and children. there have been, to be sure, purported christians over the ages that thought it was their duty to go about and brutalize people who were not christians, but anyone who studies the teachings of christ about how we're to individually act knows those would not have been christians doing the kind of iolence that they did. it's not supported by the bible . what is supported in the bible is if you do evil, be afraid because god does not give the government to sort in vain. individually we're not supposed vigilantes, but there is in an orderly society a need to have a government that will punish evil and encourage good conduct. and this little experiment in he democracy in a republican rm of government is so fragile, and it bothers me when i read and hear those w

when the accident, ed deal with the overseer of the national archives to get back the tapes to the story within five years congress intervened nixon library is the only library government by one of the preservation act of 1974 that stipulated first of all, that members of the public had the right to get information about abuse of government power and abuse former nixon suited it was a long struggle it took years to the fact only now are the tapes coming out when i was there we really 630 hours there is another to above material this year and it has taken years because of richard nixon in his estate they did not want these tapes to come out. the save with the papers nixon sued the national archives said it would drag out there were 35,000 pages put in there because they were afraid of the reaction but the fact of the matter is richard nixon put too enormous pressure legal ample medical on the national archive in a that drag out the process. i will say one thing, if you care about access to government information then i did not work for them anymore support the national archive it has varied little public support for political support it is

library in politics. >> two members of congress who are also for vision talked about health care and the health care system. tom price of georgia and fill moore of tennessee reported on the policy summit this week. it's just over an hour. >> we are really privileged today to hear from two leading conservatives, two doctors no less who are on the forefront of thinking about what comes next after obamacare. representative tom price and representative phil roe have plans that would dismantle one size fits all approach to health care that has been imposed on our country by obamacare. instead it would focus on the delivery of health care by focusing on consumer demand and consumer choice. you all know, there's a tendency to focus on the movement on the details of different plans than and we sometimes will obsess over there. but the truth is that there is really a lot more in these different plans that are being presented here today and others that are percolating throughout congress and in the conservative think tank role. there's's lot more that join us on this issue than divides us. we ail agree that we shoul

he sought in the library and some place on campus and announced it should be hanging in the halls of his office, and congress and so byron brought it here. camp inherited it. and i inherited it after camp's retirement. this is a wonderful painting done by a wonderful, ,ard-working north dakotan who that has been hanging. and every day when i look at it, i think not only of walter and his values, i think of the values of the west and i think of camp and byron. >> what is this like coming to washington? >> frustrating. people get into how is the rare fied air? i did not come here to be a senator. i came here to do a job. it has been frustrating at times. the low point had to be when we went to the brink on the debt limit extension in october. i was shocked

deal with the overseer of the national archives to try to get back the tape so you could destroy them within five years, congress intervened and passed a special law, the nixon library is the only library governed by one law, the materials preservation act of 1974. that law stipulated, first of all, that we members of the public had the right to get any information about abusive government power. but also protected the tapes. president nixon, former now, president nixon then ensued, and there was a long struggle. it took years and, in fact, only now are the tapes coming out. when i was there we released about 630 hours. there's another big dump of important are coming out i hope this year. it's taken years for this stuff to come up it is because of richard nixon and his estate. so they did not want the states to come out. and the same with the papers. nixon sued the national archives, and it dragged out. in fact, when i was there, there were 35,000 pages that i found in the fault that i got out that had been put into because national archives was afraid of what richard nixon and others reaction would be. it didn't change the world. there's really commit to figure ou

libraries throughout the state. you can participate in the work through purchasing this dhaka at festival today. so, 15 minutes after the end of the session, the authors will sign their books on congress avenue between tenth and 11th street. now it's my honor to introduce the authors of this very interesting book. kate galbraith is an energy and environmental journalist who's worked at the texas tribune, "the new york times" and the economist. asher price has been an energy and environmental reporter for the austin american statesman since 2006. i'm going to start by turning over to the two authors to tell us a little bit about their book. >> thanks to the book festival for having us and c-span2 per hosting this event. we are the authors of the great texas wind rushed the teams to get at the irony of how a state like texas which is an oil and gas state came to be the leader in wind power. the challenge for us is the same we have in the panel which is how do you make a story about wind power where the tank? i told the panel this would be the most raucous panel ever on c-span2. what we decided to do is tell the story through characters. we have a priest for home conservation was second

library in politics. >> janet yellen will testify before congress as the new head of the federal reserve tomorrow morninge will take hutchins from members of the house financial services committee about financial policy and next month's jobs report. coverage at 10:00 a.m. on c-span3. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. later in the day, more coverage of the white house state and therefore french president hollande. hollande was elected president in 2012, defeating nicolas sarkozy. september, scotland will vote on whether it should be independent from the united income. last week, members of the british house of commons took up that referendum. here is part of that debate. >> thank you. >> can i also congratulate the honorable member for this important and all too short debate today. i think it is only fair to the people watching this program that they get the opportunity -- >> order, order. >> can you confirm that next tuesday afternoon the scottish national party are in control of that -- national business and they have not tabled a motion to discuss independence for scotland? >> it i

library in politics. >> janet yellen will testify before congress before the first the new head of the federal reserve tomorrow morning. she'll take questions from house financial services committee, and at nation's olicy, the economic outlook and last week's monthly jobs report. at 10:00 coverage a.m. eastern on c-span 3. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. and later in the day, on c-span coveragebring you live of the white house state dinner or the french president who's visiting washington. elected hollande was resident in 2012 defeating nicolas sarkozy. follow us on facebook and twitter. discussion on privacy issues and digital technology. from arizona congressman hostedlmon at this event by the heritage foundation's conservative policy summit. so matt began answering the call to serve. in 2012 he was re-elected to the house of representatives and we're pretty lucky that he was. matt's a rock solid conservative. he's the kind that we need more of. he's here for all the right reasons. and he also has a lot of experience. having served those terms in the '90s, he's somebody that his collea

here's a picture of her fromfying before congress c-span in 1995. she died in 2000. papers at the clinton libraryn arkansas -- a few tweets on the story that have come in. will she be considered ruthless if she were a man? runs she if hillary will win, but the race will be a comedic tragedy. james writes in that this is typical clinton d.c. media tactics. air a little dirty laundry early than tell america old news that has been thoroughly covered. we're taking your calls as we discussed the story that has made some headlines which was first published in the washington free beacon. the hillary papers is the headline on the story. -- ins an pennsylvania pennsylvania. good morning. caller: hillary told us she would take the phone call. she missed that on benghazi. i could never vote for her. you mentioned the debt limit. when obama was a senator he called it unpatriotic. i think the guy slipped in a comment about a loophole that itservatives would not allow . hitler also had health care. to keep thel try name-calling to a minimum. we appreciate the call this morning. ceilingioned the debt story that

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