union president mary kay and rejoins us. after that more about the 2012 campaign with freedom works presidentmatt kibbe. the house transportation committee will allow private companies to compete with amtrak to provide high-speed rail service in the northeast corridor. later, we'll be joined by the head of amtrak. host: good morning. congress is out today. they will be back next week. munier -- negotiations continue between you rationally -- congressional leaders and the white house on unemployment. there could be some agreement by july 4, which could give congress to give some-forgotten details. and in new orleans cannot ron paul, michelle bachmann -- in new orleans, ron paul, michelle bachmann and others. live coverage today and throughout the weekend here on c-span. if we want to begin with looking back at the role that defense secretary bob gates has had. our numbers are on the screen. let's look at some of the headlines on this friday morning, beginning with the "* piggee euan." newt gingrich -- with the times picayune.

you can see mary kay huntsman at this in new hampshire. i had a conversation with her before that. her husband running, very involved but not separate from the staff kind of way. she's very much a part of their thinking. the staff loves her. >> but well, that would be a change from a lot of other campaigns. you know, look at what happened when newt gingrich's staff -- >> she's not a terror. she seems like a lovely woman, easy to talk to. >> mitt romney's day, yesterday he had a joke, essentially said, i'll be the candidate. they wrote, governor, you won a debate, not an election. romney, the candidate without a necktie, might be forgetting that granite staters prefer hardworking and humble to highfalutin and haughty. don't worry, governor romney, al gore is on your side because governor has said climate change is manmade. al gore said good for mitt romney. i think mitt romney would like to change -- there's a disruption in the force there. he would rather have al gore be his enemy and the union leader be his frendz. >> this guy can't catch a break. people say be more authentic, do

mary kay told the vendor that name at 8:15 p.m..gency notifying us that they had found a child for our family, you guessed it, grayy may. she loves to tell that story, and when asked who found her, she simply replies, jesus. [applause] now, why do i mention this? because although you would not know it in this town, there is something more essential than politics, and that's life, especially a child's life. i can't imagine how much poorer the world would be without gracey and her younger sister, osha, who is adopted from india. we give thanks to those two mothers, not just on mother's day, but every day of our lives for valuing their daughter's lives enough so they could become our daughters. as governor of utah, i supported and signed every pro-life bill that came to my desk. i signed the bill that made second trimester abortions illegal and increased the penalty for doing so. i signed the bill to allow women to know about the pain that abortion causes an unborn child. i signed the bill requires parental permission for an abortion.

republican line with mary kay henry. go ahead. caller: thank you. i am a republican, but i do support you. i have been union and non-union. now i own my own business. i would like to see the free trade and nafta agreements being brought out into the open. i've never understood why they are not. i'm old enough to realize where we are headed as a country is actually back to 1960 and wage levels. i think corporations would love that. but i would also like to speak about the influence of television and media and the advertising dollar, whether it is the big three or the other corporations, the influence of that dollar is the word that gets out. i would appreciate if you would think more along those lines. america needs you to wake up. unless you want to start making $2.50 and think you can get by, this is the way we are headed. i support you and i wish you luck. guest: thank you. you have made a point, that real wages in the u.s. economy have not risen since 1974. that's because of rising health- care costs and because of rising cost of living and becau

mary kay told the vendor that name at 8:15 p.m..en we returned home, there was a message received at 8:15 p.m. from the adoption agency notifying us that they had found a child for our family, you guessed it, grayy may. she loves to tell that story, and when asked who found her, she simply replies, jesus. [applause] now, why do i mention this? because although you would not know it in this town, there is something more essential than politics, and that's fe, especially a child's life. i can't imagine how much poorer the world would be without gracey and her younger sister, osha, who is adopted from india. we give thanks to those two mothers, not just on mother's day, but every day of our lives for valuing their daughter's lives enough so they could become our daughters. as governor of utah, i supported and signed every pro-life bill that came to my desk. i signed the bill that made second trimester abortions illegal and increased the penalty for doing so. i signed the bill to allow women to know about the pain that abortion causes a

[applause] >> thank you, mary kay.ill take questions, if there are any. i want to talk briefly about what we are doing in columbus. we have two great prescience, institutions, children's hospital, and the other is the ohio state university. it is similar to what you have spoken of, and we look forward to a partial with you in columbus. we have an advisory council set up. our objective is a comprehensive economic development community changing anchors here theseanchro institutions will engage that. hopefully will come together on ideas and we would like to see you're doing this and other places, and we would not have your engagement in the city of columbus as well. >> they. i would like to bring forward chattanooga, mayor little field, and norman jacknis, how great the city of chattanooga is, and the information technology infrastructure you are using to promote development in your community. is that working? >> thank you. chattanooga is an old industrial city down south. it is something of an anomaly because most south

republican line with mary kay henry. go ahead. caller: thank you. i am a republican, but i do support you. i have been union and non-union. now i own my own business. i would like to see the free trade and nafta agreements being brought out into the open. i've never understood why they are not. i'm old enough to realize where we are headed as a country is actually back to 1960 and wage levels. i think corporations would love that. but i would also like to speak about the influence of television and media and the advertising dollar, whether it is the big three or the other corporations, the influence of that dollar is the word that gets out. i would appreciate if you would think more along those lines. america needs you to wake up. unless you want to start making $2.50 and think you can get by, this is the way ware headed. i support you and i wish you luck. guest: thank you. you have made a point, that real wages in t u.s. economy have not risen since 1974. that's because of rising health- care costs and because of rising cost of living and because w

john huntsman, the former utah governor, he didn't even show up at this event, he sent his wife mary kay and several of his political team down here, he finished in second place, he's not even a candidate yet, he suppose suppo supposed to announce on saturday. issues like climate change and same-sex marriage, he ended up finishing in second place and third place was michelle bachmann who as you know had impressive performance in monday's republican debate in new hampshire, she came in third today, fredericka. >> they are also talking presidential politics in minnesota. there were two rival conferences there in minneapolis this weekend. one involving liberal bloggers, the other involving conservative bloggers, republican presidential candidate michelle bachmann as peter was just mentioning, a minnesota congresswoman spoke at the conference. >> we are now two years into an economic recovery. were you aware of that? we're two years into it. now normally when you go into a recovery, you begin to have a dramatic turn around, in fact you start adding jobs at hundreds of thousands of jobs a mon

we're going to move on to mary kay leonard. mary kay is the -- she's involved. the initiative for competitive intercity. she directs it. and the council and the initiative for competitive inner city are going to be engaged in a joint research partnership. and the idea there is to -- for cities to leverage institutions for small business development for the focus on job creation and communities as a result of those anchor institutions. i've had a chance to get to know mary kay, she's a wonderful person. and the initiative for competitive in her city is a wonderful opportunity for us to partner with. i'm going to give you this microphone, because this one isn't working. >> thank you, mr. mayor. it's a pleasure to have you at our summit last fall in san francisco. we at the initiative are very excited about this partnership that we've formed with the council. we no that it's only in partnership with you the mayors that we can be our job which is just job creation in inner cities across the country, the most economically distressed areas in our city. we believe like

he was joined on his walk to the stage by his wife mary kay and the come us seven children. new jersey's liberty park which ronald reagan used to launch his 1980's general election campaign. the choice was no accident. >> what we now need is leadership, the trusts in our strength. leadership that doesn't surprise washington has all of the solutions to our problems but rather looks to local solutions from our cities, towns and states. leadership that knows we need more than hope. leadership that knows we need answers. [applause] >> the governor of utah most recently served as president obama's ambassador to china. when chinese president visited washington earlier this year the president praise man who by then was rumored to be challenging him. >> i couldn't be happier with the ambassador's service and i'm sure he will be very successful in whatever endeavors he chooses in the future. and i'm sure that him having worked so well with me, will be a greater asset in any republican primary. [laughter] >> in the late 0's and early 80's he spent two years in taiwan as a mormon missi

books are nonfiction but i'll occasionally get things like rosemary danielle or i also have here mary kay andrew who did the savannah blues novel. i acquire what's available and what's interesting to me. and at any given time i generally have two or three books going and they are likely on very different books. i was reading the biography of aaron burr at the same time i was reading bill bryce's a short history. so i'm reading on different -- on different things at the same time. and it's whatever interests me. i'm a casual or catholic reader and i just read what i enjoy. here i have a lot of little trinkets and i have them roughly grouped by president. this is the kennedy shelf. and then this is the johnson shelf and then this is the nixon shelf and this is the reagan shelf. and i try to organize them by that. i'm beginning to -- i'm beginning to have more books per president than i have for space i'm going to have investigate a little different way to do it. >> how long does it get you a collection? >> oh, i've been working on it for about 40 years. >> where have you been getting your b

my books are nonfiction, but i'll occasionally get things like rosemary danielle or i also have mary kay andrews who did a savannah blues novel. i, i acquire what's available and what's interesting to me. and at any given time i generally have two or three books going, and they'll likely be on very different subjects. i was reading the biography of aaron burr at the same time i was starting bill bryce's "a short history." so i'm reading on different, on different things at the same time. and it's whatever interests me. i'm a casual, rather catholic or universal reader. and i just read what i enjoy. here i have a lot of little trinkets, but i have some of my american collection, and i have them roughly grouped by president. this is the kennedy shelf, and then, and then this is the johnson shelf. and then this is the nixon shelf. and this is the reagan shelf. and i try to organize 'em by that. i'm beginning to, i'm beginning to have more books per president than i have space, so i'm going to have to investigate a little different way of doing i. i -- of doing it. >> how long has it taken y

i'm mary bubala. >> i'm kai jackson. >>> greeted with anger, dominique strauss-kahn is back in a new york city courtroom. throngs of hotel angry workers are waiting for him. >> reporter: he's lead to shouts of shame on you. the chanting came from dozens of maids who were there to show their disaprove for the man and their support for the maid he's accused of assaulting. >> reporter: the 62-year-old pleaded not guilty criminal counts including attempted rape. his dna was found on the hotel maid's uniform. his strategy may be that any sex was consensual. >> reporter: the attorney for the 32-year-old victim says that the single mother is ready to tell her story. she'll come into the courthouse and get on the stand and tell the world what dominique strauss-kahn did to her. >> reporter: since the news about dominique strauss-kahn broke last month. more hotel workers came forward to report problems with guests. i'm astounded about how many incidents they've had with customers who have behaved inappropriately. >> reporter: the maids all told me they feel unsafe. >> you have to be careful no

service employees international union president mary kay henry joins us. after that, more about the 2012 campaign with matt kibbe. later, the head of amtrak joseph boardman joins us. "washington journal" each morning at 7:00 eastern. now here is new york congressman anthony weiner announcing his resignation from congress after suggestive pictures of him surfaced and he admitted lying about it. a special election will be held to fill his house seat. he spoke from his congressional district in brooklyn. applause you see applause >> good afternoon. about 20 years ago, i stood in this very same room here at the council center and asked my neighbors for their help to take a chance on me in electing me to the city council. then some seven years later i asked those same team to join with people in queens in sending me to congress. there is no higher honor in a democracy than being sent by your neighbors to represent them in the united states house of representatives. it is particularly humbling to represent this district to. the communities in this district are h

mary kay and i give thanks to those two mothers, not just on mother's day, but every day of our lives for valuing their daughters' lives enough so that they could become our daughters. as governor of utah, supported and signed every pro-life bill became my desk. i signed the bill that made it the second trimester abortions illegal and increase the penalty for doing so. i signed the bill to allow women to know about the pain abortion causes an unborn child. i signed a bill requiring parental permission for an abortion. i signed the bill that would trigger a ban on abortions in utah if rovers' is weighed were overturned. -- if roe vs. wade were overturned. if republicans ignore life, the deficit we will face is one that is much more destructive. it will be a deficit of the heart and of the soul. from life, let me move to liberty. a little over one month ago, i stepped off the plane from china, having lived in that dynamic country for two years. coming home after living 10,000 miles away gives you a certain perspective on how the 21st century is likely to play out. i have lived overseas

with sort of mary francis kay fisher. she's one the writers i wish i had known. she was a really tarter as an old lady. i would loved to be on the whip end of her tongue. she died in the 90s and she was in her 80s. here's me trying. i guess -- with her very much in mind, not trying to be like her, but trying to find the kind of child's voice. this is the beginning of my essay on ice cream, which is one the nicer pieces in the book, i hope. i read you a little bit from that. because it is about milk. and then i'll read to you a little bit from one of her -- which i have in one of my own essays at the end which is amazing. here's the ice cream. summer, 1956. anthony edin is treatmenting dangerous egyptian dreams. which in the following autumn will send the empire up the creek. we don't know about that. if we did, we weren't care. it's the last day of school. we've seen all of the 11 plus, that's elementary school exam. out there in london beyond the gritty little playground, beyond the black spike railings, hung with bind weed, there's a siren chiming. bing, bong,

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mary kay henry joins us. after that, more about the 2012 campaign with matt kibbe.ater, the head of amtrak joins us. a committee unveiled a measure to allow private companies to compete with amtrak to provide high-speed rail service on the northeast corridor. washington journal each morning at 7:00 eastern. >> blackberry users, you can access our program with the c- span radio application. all commercial free. you can also listen to our signature interview programs each week. it is available around the clock wherever you are. download it free from blackberry app world. >> we will hear from members of the nuclear regulatory commission. the state chairman is questioned by state environment and public works committee's about the handling of yucca mountain. barbara boxer chairs this 2.5 at our meeting. >> let me begin. it has been over three months since japan was hit by devastating earthquake and tsunami. it is expected to take additional time before a cold shutdown of all reactors at the fukushima nuclear power plant will be achieved. the emergency in japan served as

mary kay henry joined desperate after that, or about the 2012 campaign with freedom works president. later, the head of amtrak joins us. the house transportation committee unveiled a measure to allow private companies to compete with amtrak to provide high-speed rail service on the northeast corridor. "washington journal" each morning at 7:00. >> a hearing on nuclear plant safety in the wake of the recent disaster in japan. but will your from members of the nuclear regulatory commission. braga boxer chairs this 2.5 hour hearing. -- barbara boxer cheers this 2.5 hour hearing. >> good morning, everybody. the committee will come to order. just to go over the way we are going to operate. will be a lot of questions and we will go back and forth from one side to the other. to it will be like a tennis match. hopefully, it will be as enjoyable as fact and not too contentious. let me begin. it has been over three months since japan was hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami. it is expected to take additional time before shutdown of all reactors at the foot issue in the power plant will b

the we are going to move on to do mary kay leonard. she is involved with the inner city initiative. they will be engaged in a joint research partnership. the idea is for them to anger institutions for small business demint, and put a focus on job creation as a result of anger institutions. she is a wonderful person. it is a wonderful opportunity for us to partner with. >> thank you, mr. mayor. it was a pleasure to have you at our summit during the fall in santa clara. -- san francisco. we know that it is only in partnership with you that we can do our job, which is to spark a job creation in the inner city across the country, the economically distressed areas. this is not just a sea of need, but there are real assets which can be leveraged to create jobs for the residents throughout the community in the urban areas. we believe a key to one of these assets is our anger institutions, particularly universities and hospitals. that is why they are forming their first part of the partnership with this. i want to tell you about some of the research we have done. there is something in the p

i am the husband of the love of my life, the greatest human being i have ever known, mary kay, for 28ears. [applause] i am the father of seven terrific kids. i am the son of greek parents who are here with me today celebrating -- i am the son of great parents who are here with me today celebting a birthday. i am from the american west where the view of america is limitless. = = lots of blue sky. i have lived overseas for tons -- four times with a view of america from 10,000 miles away. it is a picture of liberty, opportunity, and justice. people secure in their rights and in love with their liberty, people who have done more good for more people than any other nation on earth. today, i am a candidate for the office of president of the united states of america. [applause] thank you, thank you. my kids cannot believe i jt said that. [laughter] i am asking for the greatest privilege and american can best on a fellow citizen and you are entitled to know the reasons why. today, americans are expericing, through no fault of their own, something that is totally alien to them, a sense that th

i am the husband of the love of my life, the greatest human being i have ever known, mary kay, for 28pplause] i am the father of seven terrific kids. i am the son of greek parents who are here with me today celebrating -- i am the son of great parents who are here with me today celebrating a birthday. i am from the american west where the view of america is limitless. = = lots of blue sky. i have lived overseas for tons -- four times with a view of america from 10,000 miles away. it is a picture of liberty, opportunity, and justice. people secure in their rights and in love with their liberty, people who have done more good for more people than any other nation on earth. today, i am a candidate for the office of president of the united states of america. [applause] thank you, thank you. my kids cannot believe i just said that. [laughter] i am asking for the greatest privilege and american can bestow on a fellow citizen and you are entitled to know the reasons why. today, americans are experiencing, through no fault of their own, something that is totally alien to them, a sense that th

kai jackson. >> and i'm mary bubala. we are tracking the recent heat wave.

republican line with mary kay henry. go ahead. caller: thank you. i am a republican, but i do support you. i have been union and non-union. now i own my own business. i would like to see the free trade and nafta agreements being brought out into the open. i've never understood why they are not. i'm old enough to realize where we are headed as a country is actually back to 1960 and wage levels. i think corporations would love that. but i would also like to speak about the influence of television and media and the advertising dollar, whether it is the big three or the other corporations, the influence of that dollar is the word that gets out. i would appreciate if you would think more along those lines. america needs you to wake up. unless you want to start making $2.50 and think you can get by, this is the way we are headed. i support you and i wish you luck. guest: thank you. you have made a point, that real wages in the u.s. economy have not risen since 1974. that's because of rising health- care costs and because of rising cost of living and becau