at c- spac-span.org/stimulus. >> john dean is the guest on "book tv" "in depth". will take your phone calls and e-mails and tweets sunday live at noon eastern. c-spanis student cam competition as middle and high school students to create a five-28-minute video dealing with one of our country's greatest strength or challenges. >> there is a lot of misunderstanding about what for markets are, how they work, what rules are needed and what are not necessary. we have the system but people do not understand how the system works. a disaster came along in summer 2007 and so we had to focus on the fact that the idea of free markets and capitalism have taken a hit. >> in colonial times, people travel to seek their fortune. from the industrial revolution to the great depression, the united states has had its share of ups and downs. america remains the land where opportunity is abundant and entrepreneurs drive. >> we stumbled into it. when i was in high school, my business partner, we were in a band and we wanted to make our own band did not want to pay for. we made our own frame and screen out of wood and stretched the mesh over it and did everything really p

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at other ways in which it can economize. >> host: corruption here this morning is here for lots of c-span viewers by e-mail, by twitter and by phone that. i would like to put all those different venues on the screen so we can get to public comment as soon as we can. i was interested to see if a headline in this morning's "washington post" sure what the reaction to this. even the postal service had to use e-mail and delivering proposal. and it suggests here that postmaster general, john potter, told reporters on monday that the post of radio trade commission requires him interested in his prints electronically and a postal service spokesman said privately officials had considered having potter delivered his plans in person, but figured reporters who criticize it as a staged photo op. but does doesn't act that might suggest the challenges facing the postal service today? >> guest: there's no question that the role of mail in our society is changing and how we use it is changing. and that digital communications is becoming very important for a bus. but it's true that the role of the hard copy mail is still essential in som

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c- span. >> c-span -- our public affairs content is available on television, radio, and online. you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube. sign up for schedule alert e- mails at-span.org. [no audio] [bird singing] [cohorse neighing] ♪ >> people should slow down as they walked through the capitol grounds because there are many things to discover. everyone is walking in the footsteps of history. as i walked through, i get a sense of the rich history that is here, not only the rich history of our nation but the history plants in general. [laughter] [inaudible] >> the layout of the trees was designed in the late 1800's. this is an interesting story, the only landscape that he designed for the landscape was actually subordinate to the buildings. he really believed that landscape should always be paramount to the structure that is there to complement. this is his one and only opportunity to make the capitol building the crown jewel, and how landscape design that really complement said instead of subordinating the building. he was the country's preeminent landscape architect. he designed many parks throughout many century -- cities throughout the country. he is equa

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at twitter.com/booktv. or send us an e-mail question. david is doing us from oceanside, california. go ahead, please. >> caller: good morning, care in oceanside. god bless c-span and thank you, mr. dean. i have enjoyed several of your appearances on c-span. i was going to ask about nixon's support from goldwater in the white house. you use the term watergate revisionism. i would love to hear your top three watergate revisionist strings. but i want to change direction slightly, since you were talking about mark felt. obviously, the idea that mark felt, deep throat, was this wonderful, you know, boys for sanity pushing upward, he seems more like he was you're up for of authoritarian personality, which seems to be endemic in the fbi. >> guest: i think you are right on felt, could well fall in the authoritarian personality type. you know, very self-righteous in doing what he is doing, doing it for his own betterment, not for the good of the nation in any stretch of the imagination. he -- why he is busily woodward so much i am not quite sure. he is telling him things like well, you have to be careful, you are all out there, going to be wiretap. that was blown. none

c-span radio. >> this weekend, john dean is our besguest. we will take your phone calls, e-mails and tweet sunday live at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv. >> "washington journal" continues. host: david baime is the senior vice president of the american association of community colleges. we want to learn more about president obama's planned to give $2 billion to community colleges in the coming years. how will it work? guest: good morning, and thank you for having me on c-span, susan. the program does, as you say, provide $2 billion to community colleges for the training of workers who are qualified under the assistance act for our training assistance. it will develop and enhance programs that will help the people who are most at a disadvantage right now -- most disadvantaged right now. host: a lot of people want to know how well the money will be spent. guest: the administration has been tough on us in asking us to be very transparent about our use of federal funds, the department of labor in particular. it is a competitive grant program. institutions will have to compete to show that they can use that money in a way that will make a diffe

c-span -- our public affairs content is available on television, radio, and online. you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube. sign up for schedule alert e- mails at c-span.org. >>: security secretary janet apollo, was on capitol hill today to discuss the department. members of the senate judiciary commission questioned her. this is 2.5 hours. >> i know that we have several senators and the back coming in. we appreciate this and i welcome secretary napolitano back to the judiciary committee. delighted that you're here. last year ended with an attempted terrorist bombing aboard a commercial aircraft bound for detroit, michigan. exposed to inefficiencies in interagency coordination and information sharing, and other countries screening. as a result of that incident, congress and the administration took steps to understand existing weaknesses and that sent them -- in that system and help -- and how best to correct them. this committee heard testimony from officials from the department of homeless security, the federal department -- the federal bureau of investigation, and the state department, each of whom recognized the need to do better. i am encou

c-span: julian? >> guest: julian. at the beginning of the book. he has been -- he's been called guilty by a new york court who is about to sentence him for mail fraud. but the real crime was trafficking the hawthorne name, selling shares in a phony mining stock. so, here you have the son of a very famous father, and i've also wondered what happens to the sons outside of politics, that is the sons of very famous fathers or mothers, what happens to the children. well, julian is in his 60s and he is going to jail because he is a hawthorne, and because he -- because he was very conflictive about the hawthorne name, as his own father was conflicted about that name. because the father was the grand -- great-great-grandson of hanging witch judges. so that's why the guilt. c-span: did julian go to jail? >> guest: oh, yeah. c-span: how long? >> guest: almost a year. i mean, he got some time off for time served, but it was almost a year. he was in a penitentiary in atlanta. c-span: what about his daughters, una and rose? interesting, because very, very recently -- rose is the youngest of the three, very, very recently a cause was opened up on behalf of rose

c-span -- our public affairs content is available on television, radio, and online. you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube. sign up for schedule alert e- mails atc-span.org. >> in a few moments, a look at the economy and the employment rate with former labor secretary robert reich. and about 45 minutes, all forum on how new media is being used by the political opposition. >> as you know, president medvedev is here to discuss nuclear safety. these two leaders have also in their personal interactions over the past year given a new start to u.s.-russian relations. before turning the program over to him, i would be remiss if i did not convey on behalf all of us are defense condolences president medvedev and his fellow citizens on the tragedy that they suffered as a result of a terrorist outrage two weeks ago on march 29. i happen to be writing as a passenger on the moscow metro just a few days ago. it was a powerful and moving experience. the reminder of the courage and fortitude of a great people. i might add that we all served at a distance with admiration and compassion another recent event in moscow. while russians were still grieving for the w

c-span. >> c-span, for public affairs content is available on television, radio and on line. you can also connect on twitter, facebook and youtube. sign up for our e-mails atrg. >> earlier today the arizona governor signed in immigration law that would require police to determine if people are in the country illegally. president obama singled out the measure as misguided. now, the president's remarks at a naturalization ceremony for active duty service members. this is about 25 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, a comedy by secretary janet napolitano -- accompanied by secretary janet napolitano. ladies and gentlemen, here to sing the national anthem, please welcome sergeant first class collin eaton. >> oh say can you see inhibit -- ♪ [singing the national anthem] [singing the national anthem] >> please be seated. it is now my distinct honor to present 24 members of the u.s. armed forces from 16 countries throughout the world who /iáe applied for their u.s. citizenship. all of these candidates have been examined by the u.s. citizen and immigration services and have found to be qualified to become united states citizens. ci

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at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. host: we are back live for 20 minutes and we will do open funds. you can send as a tweet, send us an e-mail message, and comment on anything we have got to today or not gotten to pre thursday is the day we get the dollar -- got into. thursday is the day we get jobless numbers. ap reports the number of newly laid-off people signing up for unemployment benefits rose sharply for the second straight week, suggesting jobs are still hard to come by as the economic recovery gains treachery delivered a partner reported thursday that first-timer quest for jobless -- economic recovery gains. the highest level since late february. economists were predicting that claims would fall. it marks the second week that claims took an unexpected leap. in the prior week, they were 18,000 to 460,000. clouded by seasonal adjustment difficulties related to the easter holiday which falls on different weeks each year. let's go to open funds and begin with oakland, california. jane, republican line, good morning. caller: hi. i am just calling to say that everybody that you have had online today, from the tea party on

c-span, our public affairs content is available on television, radio, and on line. you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube. and sign up for schedule alert e-mail's at c-span.org. >> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke said today that the u.s. economy should grow at a moderate pace this year, but he does not expect the unemployment situation to improve significantly in the near term. his remarks came before meeting of the joint economic committee. this is about two hours, 20 minutes. >> the committee will come to order. i would like to ask for unanimous consent -- and sent to except members' statements for the record. america is on the path to economic recovery. a large part of the credit for this turnaround is due not only to president barack obama, but also to ben bernanke, the chairman of the federal reserve, a respected scholar on the great depression. under his guidance, the fed to creative and effective action to inject liquidity into our financial system, which saved our nation from economic catastrophe. i am confident that you will continue to steer monetary policy at the fed carefully through the next set of obstacles, balancing the creat

at 1:00 p.m. on c- span. >> our content is available on television, radio, and online. you can sign up for our scheduled alert e-mails @ c- span.org. >> this year's studentcam competition asked middle school and high-school student to make a five to eight minute video about the challenge the country is facing. here is one of the winners. >> many people consider the united states to be the leader of the free world. as the leader, should we not have the best education system? that would allow us to continue to make the world a better place for all. do we currently have the best education system? according to the experts, we only rank as average. >> oecd, the organization for economic cooperation and development. we have experts in areas such as science and technology, taxes, migration, and all of the concerns of the 21st century. we work to ensure that people everywhere have a chance to find good jobs with a stable future. we examined what works in education and why. >> how did the oecd evaluate the effectiveness of our educational system? >> they used the program for international student assessment. >> we looked at t

at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> c-span, you can connect with us on facebook, twitter, and youtube. signup for our schedule alert e- mails. >> president obama says the gdp growth is evidence that his administration's efforts to shore up the economy are working. he also talks about the gulf of mexico oil spill. this is about 10 minutes. i have dispatched the secretaries of the homeland security and the interior, as well as several others to ensure that we continue to do everything necessary to respond to this event. i expect there reports today. as i said yesterday, -- their reports today. as i said yesterday, bp is responsible for the costs. we have been working closely with state and local authorities since the day of the explosions. there are five staging areas to protect sensitive shorelines, approximately 1900 federal response personnel in the area, and more than 300 response vessels and aircraft on the scene 24/7. we have laid approximately towards 17,000 feet of protective boom, there are more on the way. i have ordered secretary salazar to conduct a thorough review of this incident and report back to me in 30 days

. >> c-span, our public affairs content is available on television, radio and online, and you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook and youtube, and sign up for our schedule alert e-mails at-span.org. president obama leding to new england in about 50 minutes or so, live coverage from portland, maine. he will be talking about health care. he may also visit some of the flood damage up there. the massachusetts governor has asked him to do that. while we wait for the president, a look at this morning's "washington journal" with the chairman of the postal regulatory commission. this runs about 45 minutes. ruth goldway, chairman of the postal regulatory system. thank you for being here. explain to us, what is the authority of the postal regulatory commission? >> it is the oversight regulatory agency that oversees the postal service. the postal service is a wholly owned government enterprise, but it functions independently of the government, so when the law was established to create its independence, law also created a regulatory oversight commission. our job is to ensure the postal service, while that operates, also provides a universal service at a fair and efficient rate for