. >> economics professor, columnist and substitute host for rush limbaugh, walter williams on being a radical. >> i believe that a radical is any person who believes in personal liberty and individual freedom and limited government. that makes you a radical. i've always been a person who believed that people should not interfere with me. i should be able to do my own thing without -- so long as i don't violate the rights of other people. >> more with walter williams tonight at 8 p.m. pacific on c-span's "q&a". >>> this week on "the civil war" author william dobak discusses his book freedom by the sword, u.s. color troops 1862 to 1867. it examines how african-american troops were used to improve union intelligence and the varying attitudes of union leaders toward black soldiers. this is 40 minutes. >>> good afternoon, everyone. my name is lopez matthews and i'm secretary of the natural archives afro-american history society and i'm here to welcome you today to hear william a.dobak discuss colored troops -- u.s. colored troops during the civil war era. and i'm here today just to let you

. >> economics professor, columnist and substitute host for rush limbaugh, walter williams on acradical. >> i believe that a radical is any person who believes in personal liberty and individual freedom and limited government. that makes you a radical. and i've always been a person who believed that people should not interfere with me. i should be able to do my own thing so long as i don't violate the rights of other people. >> more with walter williams sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on q and a. >>> now politics on policy news on c-span's radio "washington today." >>> washington around the country we're on xm satellite channel 119. "washington today" is coming up in one minute. >> on march 26th, 27th and 28th the u.s. supreme court hears challenges to the health care law. you'll hear an argument cited in some of those cases saturday on c-span historic oral argument from 1992 the consolidated case, the state of new york and others petitioners versus the united states and others

. >> economics professor, columnist and substitute host for rush limbaugh, walter williams on being a radical. >> i believe that being a radical is any person who believes in personal liberty and individual freedom and limited government. that makes you a radical. i have always been a person who believed that people should not interfere with me. i should be able to do my own thing so long as i don't violate the rights of other people. >> more with walter williams sunday night at 8:00 eastern and president on c-span's "q & a." >> a house committee gave the federal government a c-minus grade on the freedom of information act it receives. the report came out as american university law school held an event on tyrants appearance and -- on transparency and open government. this is an hour and 10 minutes. >> we are going to start in again on our first panel. if everyone could quiet down. i know there are a lot of conversations going on upstairs where the hand-outs are. and the refreshments. we call that the foyer. we don't do that just during sunshine. we call it that all year long. by the w

. >> economics professor, columnist, and substitute host for rush limbaugh, walter williams, on being a radical. >> i believe that a radical is any person who believes in freedom and limited government. that makes you a radical. and i've always been a person who believes that people should not interfere with me. i should be able to do my own thing so long as i don't violate the rights of other people. >> that's roger williams tonight on speechan's "q&a." >>> up next, a group of world war ii veterans discuss how they grew as leaders during the war and reflect on the national character change as part of the 2012 national character and leadership symposium. this lasts about an hour. >>> good morning. please be seated, gentlemen. on behalf of the united states air force academy center for oral history, it is a privilege to partner with the center for character, leadership and development to serve as a moderator for this year's panel, world war 2 veterans for the 2012 national character and leadership symposium. established in the summer of 2010, the air force academy center for oral histo

. >> economics professor, columnist and substitute host for rush limbaugh, walter williams on being ir rat kl. >> i believe ir rat kl is any person who believes in personal liberty and individual freedom and limited government. that makes you ir radical. i've always been a person who believed that people should not interfere with me. i should be able to do my own thing without -- so long as i don't violate the rights of other people. >> more with walter williams sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q & a. >>> they would wear garments made of homespun cloth. and this homespun cloth would be much more rough textured. would be much less fine than the kinds of goods that they could import from great britain. but by wearing this homespun cloth, women were visibly and vividly and physically displaying their political sentiments. >> sunday night at 9:00, george mason university professor rose marie zagari on the role of women during the revolutionary war. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >>> next, remarks from gary genz ler on new consumer protections. he

. >> economics professor, columnist and substitute host for rush limbaugh walter williams on being a radical. >> i believe a radical is any person who believes in personal liberty and individual freedom and limited government, that makes you a radical. and i've always been a person who believed that people should not interfere with me, i should be able to do my own thing without -- so long as i don't violate the rights of other people. >> more with walter williams sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q & a. >> the strong support we have in our region of the country from wednesday this movement originated gives us an excellent base to go forth on the day of november the 5th with and we, in my judgment, will go for the with at least the 177 electoral votes that comprise the states of the south and border and when you couple that with just a few other states in the union, then you have the 270-odd electoral vote necessary to win the presidency. >> as candidates campaign for president this year, we look back at 14 men who ran for the office and lost. go to our web site c-

. >> economics professor, columnist and substitute host for rush limbaugh, walter williams, on being a radical. >> i believe that a radical is any person who believes in personal liberty and individual freedom and limited government. that makes you a radical. and i've always been a person who believed that people should not interfere with me. i should be able to do my own thing without -- so long as i don't violate the rights of the people. >> more with walter williams on c-span's "q and a." >>> james madison, the fourth president of the united states, often referred to as the father of the constitution, owned about 100 slaves at montpelier, his 4,600-acre estate in orange county, virginia. "american history tv" traveled 90 miles south of the nation's capital to learn about an archaeological project investigating the enslaved communities of james madison's montpelier, the three-year archaeology project is jointly funded by the foundation for the humanities and the montpelier foundation. >> i'm matthew reeves and i'm director of archaeology at mo montpelier. we're standing in the sout

. >> economics professor, columnist and substitute host for rush limbaugh, walter williams, on being a radical. >> i believe that a radical is any person who believes in personal libey

. >> economics professor, columnist, and substitute post for rush limbaugh, walter williams on being a radical. >> i believe a radical who believes in -- i believe a radical is any person that believes in limited government, and i've always been a person that believes people should not interfere with me, i should be able to do my own thing. >> more with walter williams sunday night on c-span's "q&a." >> they would wear garments with homespun cloth. by wearing this, women were visibly and physically displaying their political sentiments. >> sunday night, rose marie zagarri in the -- on the role of women in the revolutionary war. >> the support from with -- from where this movement originated, gives us an excellent base to go to court on november the fifth with, and we will in my judgment go forward with at least the 107 elect toro votes, and when you couple that with just a few rich elect or zero votes, and when you couple that with just a few at -- when you couple that with a few electoral votes, you have enough to maintain the presidency. >> we look at the 14 men and then -- that wh

. >> economics professor columnist and substitute host for rush limbaugh, walter williams, on being a radical. >> i believe a radical is any person who believes in personal liberty and individual freedom, and limited government. that's make you a radical. i've always been a person who believes that people should not interfere with me. i should be able to do my own thing without, so long as i don't violate the rights of other people. >> more with walter williams sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern pacific on c-span's q&a. >> a discussion now on energy policy with the president and ceo of the american petroleum institute. from today's "washington journal," this is about 45 minutes. >> host: next up on this friday morning, meet jack gerard, the president and ceo of the american petroleum institute. mr. gerard, we'll talk about all the press coverage about oil prices. "usa today" front-page headlines, gas prices to top $4 before leveling. front page of the "washington post," gallon by gallon the frustration builds. will you please give us the industry's perspective on why the price at the pump

. >> economics professor, columnist, and substitute host are rush limbaugh walter williams on being a radical. >> a radical is any person who seeks individual freedom and limited government. that makes you a radical. i have always been a person who believes that people should not interfere with me. i should be able to do my own thing as long as i don't violate the rights of other people. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a". >> british prime minister david cameron and his wife visited washington this past week on a three day trip to the u.s. on tuesday, president obama and the prime minister flew to dayton, ohio to catch the first round of the n.c.a.a. basketball tournament he was back at the state capitol wednesday. he was hosted by secretary of state hillary clinton and vice president joe biden. here is a look. >> ladies and gentlemen, the vice-president, dr. jill biden, and the secretary of state, accompanied by the prime minister of great britain and northern ireland and mrs. samantha cameron. [applause] >> thank you all very much. please be seated. welcom

. >> economics professor and columnist and substitute host for rush limbaugh, walter williams on being a radical. >> i believe a radical is anyone who believes in individual liberty and freedom and limited government. that makes you a radical. and i've always been a person that believes people should not interfere with me. i should be able toe do what i please so long as i don't violate the rights of other people. >> on c-span's "q&a." >> "washington journal" continues. host: as promised, we are joined at the table today by two people who represent younger voters, younger constituents as we look at campaign 2012. we welcome our guests. thank you for being here. we call you young voters, but particularly, how is your view of what's going on particularly in this campaign different from older voters. >> the college republican national committee serves as the umbrella for over 1,800 campuses. age group 18-239. we made up 70% of the electorate. the youth vote gained a lot of attention. host: as 2012 comes up and you're looking at the youth vote, how are those who voted for president obama l

. >> substitute host for rush limbaugh, walter williams, on being a rad cam. >> i believe a radical is anyone who believes in individual freedom and limited government. that makes you a cad cal -- radical. i've also believed that people should not interfere with me. >> more with walter williams sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q & a. >> earlier today, kathleen sibelius invalue veiled a new federal campaign against tobacco usage. she said the new ads feature real people with real stories who lost limbs and lungs because of smoking. this was held at the museum here in washington. it's 40 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. i'm delighted to have the chance to share the stage with two of our great health leaders at health and human services, dr. a gene aye benjamin, surgeon general and dr. friedman, who heads the centers for disease control and prevention. i also wants to thank those here. some of whom you'll hear from, former smokers. we're hear -- here today to announce the latest steps this administration is taking in our fight a

. >> economics professor, columnist, and substitute for rush limbaugh, walter williams. >> i got a radical was anybody who believed in personal liberty and individual freedom and limited government. that makes you a radical. i have always been a person who believed people should not interfere with me. i should be able to do my own thing as long as i do not violate the rights of other people. >> more with walter williams on c-span's "q & a." >> energy secretary steven chu testified about the loan guarantee program and the independent review. also testifying is the former assistant treasury secretary for financial stability to issued its final report last month. the review followed the failure of solyndra, a company that received $535 million in loan guarantees from the government. >> we will have an independent snapshot on the loan programs in the department of energy that were created in the to thousand five -- 2000 5and -- 2005 and 2007 loan programs. we appreciate the witness's willingness to come here and shared its finding was -- findings with us. this has been a concern to many of us

. >> economics professor, columnist, and substitute host for rush limbaugh, walter williams, on being a radical. >> i believe are radical is anyone that believes in freedom and limited government. i have always believed that people should not interfere with me. i should be able to do my own thing as long as i do not violate the rights of other people. >> more with walter williams sunday night on c-span point of "q&a." the senator committee held a hearing on trade with russia, considering retailing a measure passed in 1985. this is about one hour and 40 minutes. >> catherine the great one said there is nothing to which from -- to escape from which it is agreeable. we must all embrace rather than high-speed this opportunity. russia is the largest economy outside of the wto. it is the sixth largest in the world. to allow american businesses, workers, farmers, and ranchers to seize the opportunity russia joining the wto represents, congress must act to test prominent trade relations to insure exporters' access to russian markets. if the united states passes this, u.s. exports to russia ar

. >> economics professor, columnist, and substitute for rush limbaugh, walter williams on be a radical. >> anyone believes -- who believe in personal freedom makes you a radical. i should be able to do my own thing as long as i do not violate the rights of other people. >> more with walter williams on "q and a." >> she now covers intelligence, the justice department, the department of homeland security. her latest book exposes the new face of terrorism and predicts the source of future threats. it was the first book of its kind since bin laden's death. she calls its al qaeda 2.0. she was the first reporter to " this term. she expose the rising threat of homegrown terrorism and how social networking is the lifeblood of the digital jihadist. anwar kalikow we was an american cleric -- anwar al-awlaki. she traveled across the united states and yemen to complete an investigation into awlaki. the failed attack on times square in may of 2010 and the cargo bomb of 2010. the washington post described the resulting documentary -- the resulting documentary as a reason -- an explosive hour. the ho

walter williams. >> back to walter williams. i want to try some word associations. start with rush limbaugh. >> a lot of people ask about how rush called me. i said he was looking in the mayor and wanted to take a vacation, so he asked, who was the second-best talk-show host in the world? in the world?

walter williams. >> back to walter williams. i want to try some word associations. start with rush limbaugh. >> a lot of people ask about how rush called me. i said he was looking in the mayor and wanted to take a vacation, so he asked, who was the second-best talk-show host in the world? what happened is that congressman bob dornan used to fill in for him, and sometimes when i am interviewed, i can take over the show. he called me and said, would you like to host my show, i am going out for a couple of days. this was in october 1992. i have been doing it off and on since then. this is my big classroom. i love talking to people and trying to explain economics to people, and i think the combination of the talk-show and also writing a syndicated column, i get a lot of feedback from my fellow americans, and people will say, did you think about this? and it causes them to get more information than the average person would have. i have benefited immensely from my exposure on the talk-show and television. >> how powerful is this show? >> it's the biggest talkshow in the history of radio, 20 milli

limbaugh. he'll talking about growing up in the projects of philadelphia and the segregation he faced in the u.s. military in 1959. walter williams, economics professor, george mason university, syndicated columnist and author, our guest this sunday, 8:00 p.m. easthe

walter williams. economics professor, columnist, and substitute host for rush limbaugh. then we will take you to london for this week's prime minister's questions, and after that a campaign event with mitt romney in rockford, illinois. the c-span networks will show several live events on monday. here on c-span at 11:00 eastern, the u.s. chamber of commerce will host a forum looking at business priorities this year for the world trade organization. business representatives from cisco, boeing, and microsoft as well as remarks from the u.s. ambassador to the wto. over on c-span3, coverage of an educational conference. we will discuss how to prepare young people for college and the work force. live coverage begins at 8:00 a.m. eastern. in march 1979, c-span began televising the u.s. house of representatives to households nationwide. today, our content of politics and public affairs, non-fiction books, and american history is available on tv, radio, an online. >> we have even had advice that we do not do as i did today and come in with the plain old white shirt and a summerti

walter williams. >> doctor walter williams, i want to try some word association and to get you to talk about people in your life. start with rush limbaugh. >> well, a lot of people ask me how do i get the -- how did rush limbaugh call me to substitute for his show? and so i tell them well, rush was looking in the mirror and he wanted to take a vacation so he said who is the second best talk show host in the world? we kind of joke about that. no, but actually what happened is that bob dornan, congressman bob dornan used to fill in for him and he was interviewing me on air and a lot of times when i'm being interviewed on radio, on the air, i take over the show and they just kind of liked it. and so rush called me and said, "would you want to host my show? i'm going out for a couple days." and i said, "i never hosted a show in my life." and so he says, "it's easy. my people show you what to do." and so that was in october, 1992 and i've been doing it off and on since then. >> what does it do for you? >> well, i -- it's my big classroom. i love -- you know, i love talking to people. i love to -- trying to explain economics to people and i t