the question is, how do we make these things work in a way that's approached practicing matcally. -- pragmatically. the whole meeting was positive. >> so nothing is off the table? >> tomorrow morning, the c.e.o. of bank of america, ken lewis talks about his financial takeover of merrill lynch last year. the deal included billions in taxpayer coverage. live coverage begins at 3:30 eastern on c-span 3. later in the day, a war spending measure. that's also on c-span 3. >> how is c-span funded? >> private donations. >> i don't really know. >> from public donations. >> i don't know where the money comes from. >> federal money? >> the money comes from donors. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago america created c-span as a public service. a private business initiative. no government mandate, no government money. >> now a senate hearing on aviation history. we'll hear about the sirvings surrounding flight 3407 back in buffalo in february. witnesses at this hearing include the federal ad aviation administration. this is an hour and 50 minutes. i want to thank you for joining us here today t