. >> this week on "q&a" marty sullivan, the chief economist for tax analysts a nonprofit organization that provides news and analysis on state, federal and international tax related issues. host: marty sullivan, i want to introduce you to our audience the same way we were introduced to you in the "washington post" in october of 2013 headline "marty sullivan picked out how the world's biggest companies avoided billions in taxes, here is how he wants to stop them". what did you think of that? guest: it was a quite flattering article. it was great that after all of these years of digging through the data, me and my colleagues at tax analysts, we were getting more recognition. host: here it is. i have it on my lap sunday

>> this week on "q&a" marty sullivan, the chief economist for tax analysts a nonprofit organization that provides news and analysis on state, federal and international tax related issues. host: marty sullivan, i want to introduce you to our audience the same way we were introduced to you in the "washington post" in october of 2013 headline "marty sullivan picked out how the world's biggest companies avoided billions in taxes, here is how he wants to stop them". what did you think of that? guest: it was a quite flattering article. it was great that after all of these years of digging through the data, me and my colleagues at tax analysts, we were getting more recognition. host: here it is. i have it on my lap sunday october 27, 2013. you are in a garage. when did steve pearl p stein get interested in the story? guest: he contacted us in the middle of the story. we had trouble getting together. there was a government shutdown and caused traffic jams and snowstorms and finally we got together for an interview. he came to my garage and we sat there and drank coffee and talked about five or s

"q&a" with economist marty sullivan. and later another chance to see u.s. capitol dome tour highlighting what will be repaired in a two-year restoration project. >> 435 house seats and 35 senate eats will be decided in the upcoming 2014 midterm election. next political analyst charlie cook political report talks about what he expects to see from both political parties leading up to election. this is an hour and 30 minutes. >> good morning. elcome to the campaign management institute at american university. being a nelson the tkpl -- academic director of c.m.i. this is our 35th year. we started as a bipartisan have beennstitute and going strong ever since. our first speaker today is charlie cook. editor and he publisher of the cook political report which he founded 30 years ago? >> 30 years ago in april. political is also a analyst for national journal and regular election night it cnn, cbs and nbc and always been generous with time with c.m.i. and will start us off by talking about the general political 2014.nment going in >> thank you. applause] >> thank y

. >> more with marty sullivan, chief economist for "tax analysts." tonight at 8:00 on q and a. andext, journalists historian david andelman discussed the history of the imperial president and the changes in power to democratic leaders around the world. bard college and "foreign affairs" magazine hosted this hour-long event. >> david andelman has a biography that i can't possibly do justice in my typically short probably not short enough -- introduction. in brief, he is the author of the book "a shattered peace: versailles in 1919 and the price we pay today." he is the former president of the overseas press club, where we have students interning, as well as the world policy institute. he is the former executive editor of forbes.com, has been a domestic and foreign correspondent for "the new york times," a paris-based correspondent for cbs news, a correspondent for cnbc, and has written for "harpers," "the atlantic," "the new republic," and a list of others we won't go through now. i just named the ones i read. today his talk is titled "imperial presidency: gone and all but forgo

. >> more with marty sullivan, chief economist for tax analysts, and nonprofit global provider of tax news and analysis on a night at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." coming up this morning on c- span, "washington journal" life the seventh luck eastern, and then our "first ladies" series looks at 20th century first ladies from roosevelt to carter. a look at the prospects for changes to the immigration policy and upcoming congress. our guest is alan gomez of "usa today." discussess edelson his new book. bd at 9:15 a.m., kevin ♪ good morning. talkday's show, we will about the top lobbying victories of 2013. look at the prospects for major immigration reform and discuss a new book about emerging presidential powers. first, the outset of the new year is a time when americans evaluate financial goals. we want to hear about your expectations for retirement. specifically, do you think you will be able to retire on time? how have your expectations changed in the past several years?

. >> more with marty sullivan, chief economist for a nonprofit global provider of tax news and analysis sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >> next, a portion from today's "washington journal" looking at women in politics and why more women are running for office now than ever before. this is about 10 minutes. cam.o. >> washington journal continues. host: jennifer lawless runs the women in politics institute at american university. she has co-authored this report -- girls just want to not run. in youngr gap americans political ambition. are women running for office? guest: they are not running for office or thinking about running for office. that is more problematic than the lack of female candidates itself. host: why? guest: it is not appealing on the radar screen for several reasons. no one suggests it. family members, friends, party leaders, suggested officials. they are more likely to encourage men and recruitment. second, women who has the same exact credentials as men are far less likely than men to self assess of being qualified to run for office. their self-doubt holds them ba

. >> more with marty sullivan, chief economist, on tax news and analysis sunday night at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's "q and a." we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you putting you in the room at congressional hearings among white house events, briefings and conferences offering complete gavel to gavel coverage of the u.s. house all as a public service of right in industry. created by cable television industry 34 years ago. now you can watch us in hd. now, you can watch us in hd. few moments, our first lady's encore continues. tonight, a look at the life and career of betty ford. after that, supreme court oral argument in a case based on a state responsibility to control air pollution beyond its own borders. and later, an opportunity to hear charlie cook's thoughts on the upcoming 2014 midterm elections. ♪ >> being lady like does not require silence. why should my husband's job or yours prevent us from being ourselves? i do not believe that being first lady should prevent me

. >> more with marty sullivan, chief economist of "tax analysts." sunday night at 8 p.m.n c- span's "q&a." >> coming up on the next alan gomez journal" on immigration policy. and then american professor discusses his new book and examining how u.s. presidents have tested the limits of their powers. the top 10have lobbying victories to 2013. "washington journal" is live every morning at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. this coming november, 35 senate seats will join the house seats up for election. this coming thursday, charlie cook of the cook political oh the 2014lk about congressional races. it begins at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> we are in the gallery of a building. we're looking at banishing ice and art. the purpose of exposition is to highlight the cultural heritage planet'snnett's -- frozen frontiers. this is a photograph of the greenland ice by a german artists. dated 2008. it is exhibited side-by-side by a womanograph named camille. it is from her last iceberg series in 2006. many people understand the importance of ice for the planet and its reflective qualities.

. >> more with marty sullivan, chief economist for tax analysts, a nonprofit global provider of tax news and analysis, sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> the outgoing chair of the federal reserve, ben bernanke, delivered a speech friday in philadelphia, called the changing federal reserve, past, present, and future. the fed recently announced it will begin slowing its bond purchasing program this month known as quantitative easing. the senate is scheduled to hold a confirmation vote on monday on chairman bernanke's successor. he's joined by economists. they spoke for about an hour and a half. >> these are the annual meetings of our association, the association of economists, and it's attended by 11,000 or 12,000 card-carrying economists from around the country and indeed around the world. we gather here -- not here, but in these meetings annually. we debate high theory. we debate policy. we have discussion groups. and this is one of the sessions that we're particularly proud of and is one of the highlights of these meetings. we have the pleasure today of hearing the reflections o

that was one indication that something was going on. ,> more with marty sullivan nonprofit global provider of tax news and analysis on c-span q&a. charlie cook of the cook political report highlighted the upcoming 2014 midterm elections and why most americans do not favor one party over the other right now. posted by american university, this is an hour and a half. >> i am the academic director. this is the 35th year that we have existed. we started as a bipartisan training institute. the first speaker today is and writerk, editor for the cook political report. charlie is a political analyst for washington journal. has always been very generous of his time and will start us off by talking about the political environment going into 2014. charles cook. fa[applause] thank you. first of all, i want to complement all of you for your decision to participatein cmi, because hardly a month goes by that i do not run into somebody somewhere that did not say i've met you or first heard you at the american university campaign management institute. i have been doing this for a really long time. i rememb

. >> more with marty sullivan, chief economist for tax analyst, "q&a," at c-span's 8:00 p.m. we want to love them james jones, former chair of the house budget committee and a ranking member of the house ways and means committee. he served the johnson administration and served as u.s. ambassador to mexico during the clinton administration. on the war onus poverty. let's begin with this sunday morning headline. later, war on poverty is a mixed bag." "too many, the war on poverty has largely failed. the property rate has fallen from 15% to 19% in two generations and in a different way, they have succeeded in preventing it from climbing higher. when president johnson made the announcement in his poverty rate in the united states was 22% of the population. in the 5.5 years he was president, he reduced it 12%. i would say that it has had its successes are a lot and a few failures, but the practical matter is down even today from in poverty rate that existed 1963. >> president johnson became president in 1963. aw did this become centerpiece of the state of the union address that ye

rex moore with marty sullivan, chief economist of "tax analysts." sunday night at 8 p.m. on c- span's "q&a." coming up next on c-span, a look at the impacts of conservative women are having in politics. any discussion about women pursuing a second career. later, some of the national black caucus of the annual conference in tennessee focusing on civil rights. from the university of california, berkeley, a discussion about conservative women in politics. the featured speakers are a political science professor at --eca state university and this is an hour and 15 minutes. [applause] >> there we go. ok. thank you so much for coming. i want to thank the berkeley center for right-wing studies and the cosponsors, the graduate school of journalism. i also want to thank john mccain. why would i want to thank john mccain? as most of you know, in 2008, john mccain surprised the united states by nominating alaska governor sarah palin to be his running mate in the presidential election. and i remember that moment. i was at a politcal science conference and my first book had just come o

. >> more with marty sullivan, chief economist for "tax analysts," a global provider of tax news andlysis, sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. up next, the oral argument in haskell v. harris, about california's mandatory d.n.a. collection from individuals arrested on suspicion of a felony. this is just over an hour. >> good afternoon. please be seated. we're here for the argument of haskell versus harris. judge gould is appearing by video. good afternoon judge gould, can you hear me? >> good afternoon. you are coming through loud and clear. are we coming through? >> great. i can hear you fine. >> okay, counsel ready? you may proceed. >> good afternoon. for the plaintiffs, i'd ask to reserve five minutes for the rebuttal. >> you have the clock. you'll have what is left over. >> may it please the court, this case is fundamentally different from king because california's law applies to people who are never charged with an offense d those who are discharged from lack of probable cause. there is nothing that can justify taking d.n.a. from these individuals who are not being prosecuted.

. >> more with marty sullivan tonight at 8:00 on c-span's q and a. >> more from our first lady series, highlighting first ladies from the 20th century. women in congress talk about the importance in leadership. later a confirmation hearing for janet yellen. ♪ ♪ ♪ over the next two hours, the public and private lives of the first ladies of the 20th century. from season two of "first ladies, influence and image." conscientious about her family possible being, -- family's first lady edith roosevelt bought a family refuge outside of washington called pine nut. >> she sought a place for rest and repairs for the president, close enough to d.c. to get out here as often as needed, but far enough away there was wilderness. she bought the cottage and 15 acres. her renovation she prescribed, $280, the deed is written in her name. the renovation she did include this porch, which she called her piazza, and specified that they be supported by the untrimmed cedar posts. these are the original. most of these that you see is original. the color of the house now is the color that it was when the roosev

. >> more with marty sullivan chief economist for tax analyst, a nonprofit global provider of tax news an analysis sunday night at eight on c-span's q&a. >> next, how women impact today's politics. from this morning's "washington journal," this is 40 minutes. >> politician institute university, and she's coauthored this report, girls just want to not run. the gender gap in young americans political ambition. are women not running for office? >> guest: they are not running for office, and women are not even thinking of oning for office, which, in a lot of ways is more problematic than the lack of female candidates itself. >> host: why? why are they not thinking about it even? >> guest: it's not appearing on women's radar screens for several reasons. the two most important ones is no one suggests it, family members, friends, party leader, officials are likely to recruit and encourage men to run for office over women, and second, women with the same credentials of men who on paper look the same are far less likely than men to self-assess of being qualified to run for office. self-doubts h

.> more with marty sullivan 8:00 on c-span. >> the deadline is approaching for the student cam video project. -- whatg the question is the most important issue congress should address this year? minute documentary program that include c-span video. a grand prize of $5,000. entries are due by january 20. more info at student cam.org. >> washington journal continues. host: jennifer lawless runs the women in politics institute at american university. she has co-authored this report -- girls just want to not run. in youngr gap americans political ambition. are women running for office? guest: they are not running for office or thinking about running for office. that is more problematic than the lack of female candidates itself. host: why? guest: it is not appealing on the radar screen for several reasons. no one suggests it. family members, friends, party leaders, suggested officials. they are more likely to encourage men and recruitment. second, women who has the same exact credentials as men are far less likely than men to self assess of being qualified to run for office. their self-do

a more with marty sullivan, sunday night at 8:00 on q&a. >> next, charlie cook talks about what he expects in the coming months leading up to the election. he spoke at american university's campaign management institute in washington dc. decided. >> good morning. welcome to the campaign management ininstitute at american university. i'm candy nelson. director at cmi this is the 30 fifth year cmi has existed. we started as a bipartisan training institute and we've been going strong ever since. our first speaker today is charlie cook. charlie is the editor and publisher of "the cook political report" which he founded 30 years ago. >> 30 years ago in april. >> oh. charlie is also political analyst for "national journal." a regular election night contributor to cnn, cbs and nbc. always very generous with his time for cmi. he will start off this morning talking about general political environment going into 2014. so, charlie cook. >> thank you. [applause] thank you, candy. first of all i want to compliment all of you for your decision to participate in cmi because hardly a month goes by that i

. >> more with marty sullivan, a chief economist.rovider of global analysis on sunday night at 8:00. journal"ngton continues. host: in usa today, alan gomez joins us to discuss congressional action on immigration reform in 2014. we're are having a midterm election year. how is that going to impact the prospect for a big new immigration form? caller: they will have to do this relatively quickly. the closer we get to an election, the more difficult it becomes for members of the house and senate were facing close elections to want to take up this controversial issue. what we have now is -- there is some time early in the year. there is another window that they're looking at after the primaries. one of the big concerns here is that republicans who are not voting any thing might face a primary. there are these windows throughout the year. everyone agrees that when it gets too close to the election, it will be impossible. host: here's the story from earlier. the budget deal may clear the deck. take us through what will happen when congress

marty and i know it. the last question is -- >> tom, andy sullivan with voters. you mentioned education reform. i'd like to hear more about what specifically you think needs to happen. do state and local governments need to spend more? do we need to make it easier for charter schools to open up should there be vouchers to allow public school students to attend private schools? what other things need to happen? >> first of all, we paint or k through 12 schools through the same brush when we talk about it. you know, there are a lot of k through 12 schools in this country where our kids get great educations. tremendous educations. and they come out and they go to good colleges, or they come out and they go to good crafts, service industries, or they come out and just get a job. but they can read, right, calculate, think about things, know something about the world. they got a great education. the real question -- i'd like to change your question is what will we do about that 30%, whatever the number, 40% that are disadvantaged? that are -- they lack equal opportunity because of those schools. and

sullivan,th marty nonprofit global provider of tax news analysis, tonight at 8:00 on "q&a." >> obamares about health insurance, but it is about more than that. it is about the constitutional system. look at obamacare. it is an attack on the commerce clause. the purpose of the commerce clause was to promote commerce between the states. not to kill commerce and competition. --has become the and to anti-commerce clause. private property rights, trade, and commerce. new jersey and pennsylvania were fighting with each other, blocking each other and so forth , saying that they had to fix this. they were pro-trade, pro- commerce, mentioning the commerce clause should be used by congress to compel individuals to do something against their will or their best interest. and then in particular, to force a person to enter into a private ,ontract with a private company the private company is forced to offer a policy they do not want to offer and the individual is forced to pay for it and the company is forced to provide it. that is so absurd, that is so antithetical to our founding, and as everyon

marty and i. the last question is -- andy sullivan, reuters. you mentioned education reform. i would like to hear more about what specifically you think needs to happen. the state of local governments need to spend more? do when he could make it easier for charter schools to open up? should there be vouchers to allow public school students to attend private school? what should happen? >> we paint our k-12 schools with the same brush when we talk about it. there are a lot of k-12 schools kidsis country where our get grade educations, tremendous educations. and they come out and go to good colleges or they come out and go into craft or service industries or they come out and they just go get a job that they can read, write, calculate and know something about the world. they have a great education. -- what are myon going to do about that 30%, or whatever the number is, that are that blackantage equal opportunity because of those schools. it's sort of like anything else we do. it's like running your business. it is leadership, quality people, a clear set of object is, a way of me

marty and i know it. the last question is -- >> tom, andy sullivan with voters. you mentioned education reform. i'd like to hear more about what specifically you think needs to happen. do state and local governments need to spend more? do we need to make it easier for charter schools to open up should there be vouchers to allow public school students to attend private schools? what other things need to happen? >> first of all, we paint or k through 12 schools through the same brush when we talk about it. you know, there are a lot of k through 12 schools in this country where our kids get great educations. tremendous educations. and they come out and they go to good colleges, or they come out and they go to good crafts, service industries, or they come out and just get a job. but they can read, right, calculate, think about things, know something about the world. they got a great education. the real question -- i'd like to change your question is what will we do about that 30%, whatever the number, 40% that are disadvantaged? that are -- they lack equal opportunity because of those schools. and