that was the reason i left the labor party and became a supporter of margaret thatcher. she promised me and the country that she would reform the unions and she did. unions are good thing in themselves because working men need to be allowed to protect themselves. employers can be unscrupulous and at times brutal. the union employees need to protect themselves. we must be very careful, the amount of legal power which we give them. in england they had too much legal power and they have used it. they need to be watched very carefully. just as much as the united states and britain, we must always be careful about any institution. if it is not to the central power we must be very careful. we're careful about giving it to a group of individuals loren institution. we have now begun to correct that error, it is a broad front to it. an individual should not be given a certain legal power, we should not give it to anyone else, institution or group of individuals without careful thought. that is the lesson. >> brian in baltimore, good afternoon. >> i am thoroughly enjoying this con

margaret thatcher embodied that idea, and one of the reasons why she won so many elections so handsomely and ruled us for 12 years, the longest of any british prime minister in the 20th century, was because she embodied that idea, and she fought through tremendous battles, one against the coalminers union and one against the print workers union, and won them both, and she tamed the unions. so she was an example of a person who radiated power because she embodied an idea whose time has koch. >> host: mitch e-mails, why haven't you written a book on abraham lincoln? do you think his is overrated as a president? >> guest: no. i think he is your greatest president. as for writing a life about him, that is precisely what i'm thinking about at the moment. i was asked to write a short life of winston churchill. i did that. that's already published. then the person said to me is there another very important person you could write a life about, short life about? and i said, yes, jesus christ. i have written that life, too, and that is going be to published this year. so now i'm looking for anothe

and often when i'm talking to english leaders like tony blair or margaret thatcher, i'm often inclinedem. it's very important to study the relationship between fdr and churchill. and to read the letters they exchanged because that gives you a kind of guide as to what anglo american relationships should be. and how the special relationship should function. and the special relationship with all its faults and all its limitations is still the most important geopolitical fact in the entire world. and long may it flourish. that was laid down in its modern form by churchill and fdr together. and i always try and encourage british leaders to stick to that formula and to make it work. >> mr. johnson, how well do you know the queen? and what's the significance of her role in history? >> guest: well, i don't claim knowledge of the queen. i met her only formally but her role is very important. every government needs a top tier above them. to complete the constitution. the united states government is unique in that it doesn't have this system. because the president elected by the entire nation, it

in depth welcomes british historian and former adviser to margaret thatcher, paul johnson, author ofistration releases its $3.80 trillion budget for fiscal year 2011 today and we will have briefings to about the day. the president is expected to speak to the -- about the budget this warning and we will hear from budget director peter orszag at 11:00 a.m. eastern -- 11:30 a.m. eastern. the defense department budget expected to include $160 billion of more funding for the coming fiscal year. defense secretary gates joined by chairman of the joint chiefs admiral mike mullen for a briefing from the pentagon live at 1:00 p.m. eastern. and we will look at the state department budget with deputy secretary of state for management and resources. that briefing live on c-span 3. >> "washington journal" continues. host: alex isenstadt is congressional reporter for politico and john kornacki is professor of political management and george washington university, joining us this segment to talk about the role of independent voters. i wanted to start the conversation showing some of the swing in ind

here's one from margaret thatcher. -- we did the convention at t- shirts. and -- since several key to bringing it up, it is always a good one. -- since everyone keeps bringing its up. and look at women lawyers and the supreme court. sandra day o'connor and others talk about the challenges they faced in the legal profession and arguments before the supreme court. that is tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> we know historic plea that they forgot all of that. >> this weekend, nobel prize- winning economist on the 2008 a collapse -- 2008 collapse on "book tv." >> the new cspanclassroom.org make it more useful for teachers with the most current and timely videos for use in your classroom. you can find the most watched clips organized by subject and topics. the latest in education news and the chance to connect with other cspan teachers. sign up at the new cspanclassroom.org. >> now discussion on the political news of the week from this morning proxy washington journal which is 45 minutes. -- this morning's "washington journal." washington times," also or working w

margaret thatcher. and then, obviously -- this is always a good one. >> and we will have more coverage tonight from nashville from former vice presidential candidate sarah palin. that will be on c-span. this morning, we will talk with nick baker and then the founder and chair of the memphis tea party talks about the

the retreat of the state that began in may, 1979 with the election of margaret thatcher and acceleratedtion of ronald reagan. the retreat of the state has been reversed to a point at which we are learning to the point erasure the distinction between the public and private sectors. in the process, we are refusing to learn from the past. we're beginning to replicate many of the state's the new deal. no one doubts that the new deal failed and its -- in its objective which was to put people back to work. we're replicating its techniques. in september, 1933, with hugger stalking the land and unemployment at 20%, the new deal had a brainstorm. to demand and trigger a recovery in the economy. they ordered the [unintelligible] we spent $3 billion to move car purchases from september into august. all of which proves that mitch mcconnell [unintelligible] there is no education in the second kick of a meal. look how the world has changed. 16 months ago, new york city was the financial capital of the world. it is not the financial capital of the u.s., this town is. we have something like state capit

margaret thatcher embodied that idea, and one of the reasons why she won so many elections so handsomely and ruled us for 12 years, the longest of any british prime minister in the 20th century, was because she embodied that idea, and she fought through tremendous battles, one against the coalminers union and one against the print workers union, and won them both, and she tamed the unions. so she was an example of a person who radiated power because she embodied an idea whose time has koch. >> host: mitch e-mails, why haven't you written a book on abraham lincoln? do you think his is overrated as a president? >> guest: no. i think he is your greatest president. as for writing a life about him, that is precisely what i'm thinking about at the moment. i was asked to write a short life of winston churchill. i did that. that's already published. then the person said to me is there another very important person you could write a life about, short life about? and i said, yes, jesus christ. i have written that life, too, and that is going be to published this year. so now i'm looking for anothe

. >> the question was about margaret thatcher's impact.viously she was someone who shared many of reagan's views about the need for communism to be defeated. she, i think, was not nearly as optimistic as he was about the prospect that you could actually end the conflict. but i think what she did was face down a lot of opposition that was growing throughout western europe to reagan's policies and the effort to take a more aggressive posture in response to what the soviets were doing in eastern europe. so when the united states decided to deploy pershing missiles to west germany, and to britain, the thatcher was, one of those people who really lead the fight and stood tall and was determined that should be done. she thought actually a lot of reagan's ideas about a world without nuclear weapons and negotiating a kind of end to the arms race, she thought like many conservatives, she thought that was somewhat naive. but, i do think she was extremely important for being so steadfast. i think also, you know, the, recovery of the western european

. >> "in-depth" welcomes british historian and former adviser to margaret thatcher, paul johnson, author with the phone calls live from london sunday at noon eastern on book tv's "in-depth" on c- span2. >> it is really easy to complain about the issues. i tried to be entertaining, informative, and relevant obviously but in a way that offers solutions. >> progress of talk radio host and author of 30 books, thom hartman is our guest sunday night at 8:00. >> for educators, c-span offers the new c-span classroom.org. we redesigned web site to make it even useful for teachers with current and timely c-span videos for use in the classroom. you can find the most watched video clips organized by subjects and topics. the latest on education news and chance to connect with other c- span classroom teachers. it is all free. sign up at the new c-span classroom.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: senior director of government affairs at the national small business association, making his first visit to c-span. good to have you here, mr. kempf. let us start with an overview of small business

. >> in depth welcomes british historian and former adviser to margaret thatcher, paul johnson, author of over 40 books. his latest on winston churchill. join our three-hour conversation with your phone calls for paul johnson, hi from london, today at noon eastern on book tv's in depth. >> because of a dispute over royalty rates, mcmillan published e books became unavailable for purchase on amazon.com last week. mcmillan will raise its royalty rate from 20% to 25% on digital editions, changing the on-line price from $9.99 to $14.99. last sunday, amazon announced it would capitulate to mcmill yap's terms and adopt the model and the buy buttons will be returned to pick millan's title ton. barnes so much of spue mc >> mika played oprah on my book tour and asked three questions. i am playing oprah, despite the fact -- where's the young man, the brilliant man who said i look to thin in person? >> i think he was talking about me. >> no, i think it is about me. thank you so much for coming. but mika, let's start by talking about your book, and begin by talking about the title of the book, "al

and often when i'm talking to english leaders like tony blair or margaret thatcher, i'm often inclinedthem. it's very important to study the relationship between fdr and churchill. and to read the letters they exchanged because that gives you a kind of guide as to what anglo american relationships should be. and how the special relationship should function. and the special relationship with all its faults and all its limitations is still the most important geopolitical fact in the entire world. and long may it flourish. that was laid down in its modern form by churchill and fdr together. and i always try and encourage british leaders to stick to that formula and to make it work. >> mr. johnson, how well do you know the queen? and what's the significance of her role in history? >> guest: well, i don't claim knowledge of the queen. i met her only formally but her role is very important. every government needs a top tier above them. to complete the constitution. the united states government is unique in that it doesn't have this system. because the president elected by the entire nation,

. >> in depth welcomes british historian and former adviser to margaret thatcher, paul johnson, authorf over 40 books. his latest on winston churchill. join our three-hour conversation with your phone calls for paul johnson today at noon eastern on booktv's in depth on c-span2. >> afterwords with john yoo and victoria toensing continues. >> host: hello, welcome back. i'm vick tore ca toensing, and i'm talking to john yoo on his wonderful book on the presidency, "presidential powers: crisis and command." and we are now ready to talk about lincoln. 1861. you write, washington founded the nation but lincoln saved it. what do you mean by that? >> guest: well, we had original sin of slavery was dividing the country, and lincoln steps into a situation -- one of the most unprepared men for the presidency -- and he saved it by keeping the union together and freeing the slaves. and it's hard to imagine if it would have turned out so well, at great cost, but so well for the country without someone not just of lincoln's character, but his understanding of his constitutional powers too. >> host: h

. >> there is credit to go-round of course, margaret thatcher, helmut kohl was important to the installationf the pershing missiles in germany and the united front against the soviets. but also i think reagan said early on that his view of the cold war was that they would lose and we would win. and the denial of the assumption of the inevitability to communism and to the left in general was one of great breakthroughs of reagan, thatcher and others that because part of the mystique of the left and particularly of communism was that history was on their side and i think reagan at home and abroad showed that was simply not the case, that history is up for grabs as it were. >> next question here. >> this question is for dr. arkes. as law appears to be intertwined in the copresident should president ever be part of the conservatives jurisprudence? >> i did not catch that. >> as positive law appears to be intertwined in legal president, should precedent ever be part of the conservatives jurisprudence? >> even in the tradition of natural law, a place had to be made the positive law. you may see a s

the retreat of the state that began in may, 1979 with the election of margaret thatcher and accelerated with the inauguration of ronald reagan. the retreat of the state has been reversed to a point at which we are learning to the point erasure the distinction between the public and private sectors. in the process, we are refusing to learn from the past. we're beginning to replicate many of the state's the new deal. no one doubts that the new deal failed and its -- in its objective which was to put people back to work. we're replicating its techniques. in september, 1933, with hugger stalking the land and unemployment at 20%, the new deal had a brainstorm. to demand and trigger a recovery in the economy. they ordered the [unintelligible] we spent $3 billion to move car purchases from september into august. all of which proves that mitch mcconnell [unintelligible] there is no education in the second kick of a meal. look how the world has changed. 16 months ago, new york city was the financial capital of the world. it is not the financial capital of the u.s., this town is. we have somethin

in-depth look as british historian and former adviser to margaret thatcher paul johnson, author of over 40 books. join our 3 our conversation with your phone calls for paul johnson. members of the tea party are holding their first national convention this weekend in nashville, tennessee. this session features a discussion with fox news commentator angela mcglowan and joseph farah, founder of the website world net daily. this is about 50 minutes. >> a year ago, i did not know any of you all. my wife is supposed to be here but still not -- but still has not made it. i am looking forward to meeting incredible people. as we started planning this event, there was one special person i had the privilege of talking to on the phone, exchanging texts with. i finally got to meet her tonight. she is our first speaker. she is truly amazing. i am not a big believer in long introductions. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome angela mcglowan. [applause] . . god bless america. god bless america. we are patriots and warriors of truth. before i speak to you, let out our heads. let the words of my mouth an

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ç>> in depth welcomes british historian and former adviser to margaret thatcher, paul johnson, authorut the u.s. economy, especially as it affects the latino community? guest: like all american families, a hispanic families are concerned about jobs and the economy. we certainly would like to see specific strategies implemented that would target latino families and communities of color. our sense is that during the last stimulus package, that was approved and push forward, there was a lot of funding in there to reach out to states and localities but it is not entirely evident to us that much of that funding reached the most needed individuals and families. to engage congress and the w3administration as we look at a new jobsç creation package to makeç sureç that there are targeted programs2that reach te most vulnerable families and also provide relief to middle- class families. host: last week the national council of la raza put out a news release talking about a partnership with freddie mac, tell us about the portion of what you are trying to do. guest: basically we want to ensure

. >> "in-depth" welcomes british historian and former adviser to margaret thatcher, paul johnson, author of over 40 books, his latest on winston churchill. join our three-hour conversation with phone calls from -- for paul johnson, live from london, sunday at noon eastern on book tv's "in-depth" on c-span2. >> for educators, c-span offers the new classroom.org. we redesigned the class -- the website with timely c-span videos for use in your classroom. you can find the most watched video clips, organized by subject and topics. the latest and education news. plus the chance to connect with other c-span classroom teachers. sign up for the new c- spanclassroom.org. >> watch "washington journal" with comments and your calls live daily at 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> " washington journal" continues. host: congressman john spratt joins us, democrat from south carolina and budget committee chairman. let's talk about jobs. where the jobs in the president's budget? guest: of the president is proposing $100 billion this year in supplemental to support a number of job programs, first and f

. >> in depth welcome back british historian and former advisor to margaret thatcher, paul johnson, author of over 40 books. his latest on winston churchill join our three-hour conversation with your phone calls for paul johnson live from london sunday at noon eastern on book tv's in depth on c-span2. >> now, for educators, c-span offers the new c-spanclassroom.org. we've redesigned the website to make it even more useful for teachers with the most current and timely c-span videos for use in your classroom. you can find the most watched video clips organized by subjects and topics. the latest in education news, plus the chance to connect with other c-span classroom teachers. and it's all free. sign up at the new c-span classroom.org. >> for more about the economic stimulus go online to c-span.org/stimulus. you'll find events like president obama's town hall meeting this week in nashua, new hampshire, where he announced his plan to use $30 billion repaid by wall street banks to help local banks provide more small business loans. plus, links to government and watchdog groups tracking stimulu

margaret thatcher, very important. germany and the united front against the soviets.o i think reagan said early on that his view of the cold war was that they would lose and we would win. the denial and the assumption about the inevitability to communism and to the lesson in general was one of the great breakthroughs of reagan, thatcher, and others. part of the mystique of communism was that history was on their side. i think reagan at home and abroad showed that is simply not the case. history is up for grabs, as it were. >> next question here. >> as part of this law appears to be intertwined in a legal precedent, should precedent ever be part of a conservative jurisprudence? >> give me the first part again. >> as part of this law appears to be intertwined in a legal precedent, should precedent ever be part of a conservative jurisprudence? >> even in the tradition of national law, you may see a sign on the roads 55 mph. but behind that sign there is nothing a principal significance within 45 or 55. the positive law is underlined by a natural law. there is a principle

. >> in depth welcomes a british historian and former adviser to margaret thatcher, paul johnson.est book is on winston churchill. join our 3 our conversation with your phone calls live from london today at noon, eastern. >> it is easy to complain about the issues and the politicians. they have tried to be entertaining, informative, and relevant. >> progress of talk radio host and author of 30 books, tom hartman is our guest on q&a? . the proposed merger of comcast and nbc's less universal. -- comcast and nbc/universal. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we're joined this morning by our two guests. and what is on tap for the congressional agenda next week? guest: jobs first, just second, jobs third, health care, i don't know. what they are trying to do in the senate is that the jobs bill gets passed before they head out of town on recess. i am curious if the weather will put a crimp in those plants simply because members of congress have to get back into town to get to work so they can get things done it is unclear given that d.c. does not function that great when they are d

during similar times margaret thatcher told her conservative party in 1976 these words.d by the young born since the war, we have seen too much national failure. hope has withered. faith has gone sour. and for we who remain, it is close to midnight. america is not yet on its knees, but it is bowed by years of fiscal recklessness, debt and cultural decline. you know, i am told that officials in this administration will actually admit in private that they see their job as, quote, managing american decline. so let me say from my heart the job of the american president is not to mention american decline. the job at american president president is to reverse it. [cheers and applause] >> our movement must produce solutions that will return our national government to the commonsense and the common dice of everyday america. so how do we do it? well first, we reverse american decline by doing what is necessary to defend this nation at home and abroad. this means getting the american soldiers the resources they need to get the job done and come home safe from afghanistan and iraq.

. >> "in depth" welcomes a former adviser to margaret thatcher, and author of more than 40 books, histest on winston churchill -- an author. this is live from london at noon eastern on c-span2. >> is really easy to just complain about the issues -- it is really easy. i tried to be entertaining, informative, and relevant. >> progressive talk radio host and author of 30 books, thom hartmann is our guest on c- span's "q&a." >> timothy geithner testified on the budget for fiscal year 2011. he also talked about today's news that some aig executives would be receiving bonuses. new york congressman charlie rangel was the chair of the two- hour meeting. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [gavel] >> the meeting will come to order. the ranking member and i have been trying to find some way that we can move this forward. the secretary of the treasury has a limited amount of time. we hope that the members would agree to a three-minute limit in terms of questioning, and we will stick to it. we want everyone to have an op

during similar times margaret thatcher told her conservative party in 1976 these words. said, britain is on its knees. by those old enough to remember the sacrifices of the war, and by the young born since the war, we have seen too much national failure. hope has withered. faith has gone sour. and for we who remain, it is close to midnight. america is not yet on its knees, but it is bowed by years of fiscal recklessness, debt and cultural decline. you know, i am told that officials in this administration will actually admit in private that they see their job as, quote, managing american decline. so let me say from my heart the job of the american president is not to mention american decline. the job at american president president is to reverse it. [cheers and applause] >> our movement must produce solutions that will return our national government to the commonsense and the common dice of everyday america. so how do we do it? well first, we reverse american decline by doing what is necessary to defend this nation at home and abroad. this means getting the american soldi

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