after that, irish president michael higgins. >> i don't want to she was a political hack. i say political hack. she then was up for appointment when alberto gonzalez was the attorney general of the united states. i ran a file of senator levin. he said she was close to tom delay's defense team. b, she doesn't have a lot of -- dent have -- didn't have a lot of experience trying cases. she was approached when she was in the criminal division of the justice department by the fbi. this is available through wickepia etcetera. she was part of that whole cover up. she was not a person not just an attorney. she was in a powerful position to be able to say no. torture, we'll let be be suppressed a bit. >> you plea bargained and what was the plea bargain, to her? >> she was head of the criminal division. when we would be sitting there and we would see press conference. she would put on this red dress and she would be quite dolled up and smiling before the camera. i said there is pretty alice. i incorporated that into the chapter pretty alice. john boehner majority leader and barry ja

after that irish president michael higgins on the challenges facing the european union.then we're live as education secretary arne duncan and health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius discuss the obama administration's agenda for early childhood education. and later a panel discusses the legacy and lessons of the holocaust for modern day europe. >> russian president vladimir putin held his annual question and answer session last week in moscow. a reported two million questions were submitted to him by text, e-mail and phone on russia's economy, the global economic crisis, corruption in government and the boston marathon bombings. from moscow, here's the first hour of the five-hour program. ♪ ♪

after that, irish president michael higgins.

. >> in a recent address to the european parliament, irish president michael higgins talks about challenges facing the european unions economy. he mentioned unemployment, credit rating agencies, and the overall credibility of the e.u. ireland currently hold the six month retating presidency of the european union. this is had a half-hour. >> the president of ireland. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, i would invite you to please take our seats. >> your headphone on the right. >> ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor to welcome the president of the republic of ireland, mr. higgins. a very warm welcome to you, mr. president, and to the european parliament. [applause] 3 >> esteemed colleagues, mr. miggins -- mr. higgins will be addressing us, but before i give him the floor, it is a articular pleasure for me to welcome on the public tribute the grand duke of luxembourg and his wife, a very warm elcome to them, too. it was applause [applause] >> i am equally delighted that xt to them on the public gallery seat we have mr. higgins' spouse, a very warm welcome to you, too, in the european pa

. >> coming up on c-span2, irish president michael higgins talked about the challenges facing the european. after that, a live discussion of a new report on early childhood education with education secretary arne duncan. and health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. then the first of a series of live panel discussions marking the 20th anniversary of the u.s. holocaust museum as european officials examine how the holocaust has influenced european identity. that's followed by a look at the lessons learned by the actions of people who defied not the ideology and stood in support of holocaust victims. >> in a recent address to the european parliament, irish president michael higgins talked about the challenges facing the european union and board members about the loss of its credibility in the world. ireland currently holds the eu's six-month rotating presidency. this is a half hour. >> the president of ireland. [applause] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: ladies and gentlemen, i would invite you to please take your seats. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: ladies

. >>> next m i risch president michael higgins addresses challenges facing the european union includingnemployment and its standing in the world. ireland currently holds the six month rotating union. this is about a half hour the president of ireland. [applause] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: ladies and gentlemen, i would invite you to please take your seats. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor for me to welcome the president of the republic of ireland, mr. higgins, welcome to the european parliament. [applause] >> [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: esteemed colleagues, mr. higgins will be addressing as today, but before i get him on the floor, it is a particular pleasure for me to welcome on the public tribune. a warm welcome to them. [applause] >> i am equally delighted that next to them, on the public gallery seat we have mr. higgins' spouse. a welcome to you, too come in the european parliament. >> [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: ladies and gentlemen, i would like to give the floor to the president of th

michael torpey standing in for higgins. give it up for mike.ood to see you, buddy. >> yeah. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. thank you. happy to be here. >> jimmy: thank you for being here, my friend. from "scary movie 5," the lovely ashley tisdale is stopping by! the tis! [ cheers and applause ] the tis is in the house! oh, yeah. she's a food network superstar with a new cookbook coming out. she's so much fun. sandra lee will be joining us! [ cheers and applause ] she's super-duper fun. hey, everybody, get ready. it is time for "dance your hat and gloves off!" ♪ dance your hat and gloves off come on and dance them off ♪ >> jimmy: welcome to "dance your hat and gloves off." please release the mirror ball. [ laughter ] [ scattered cheers ] smooth as silk. this is the game where we put hats and gloves on people and make them dance until they fall off. michael, who's on the dance floor tonight?! >> jimmy, coming to the stage are benjamin arabaum, alicia sheppard and matt gephardt! ♪ [ applause ] >> jimmy: very, very nice. we have a fine, fine, f

michael lighter. also with us, the former director of terrorism studies at the u.s. military academy, associate professor james forest of u-mass lowell. and with me as co host, heather higgins, president and ceo of independent women's voice. mr. michael lighter, let me go back to the characteristics of the bomb, pressure cooker, kitchen timing device. ball bearings, bee-bees, nails, shrapnel. does this have the markings of a taliban attack, a pakistani, afghanistan attack, or am i mistaken? >> well, it is a very similar bomb structure that was used in times square in 2010. but i actually don't think that's the right thing to conclude right now. that's not the standard sort of explosives that the taliban has used in the past. and the pakistani taliban in this case has already denied responsibility for it. something -- i think they wouldn't have done had they ton it. so this helps give us some i said occasion of how sophisticated the bomb was. but i don't think it tells us all that much yet about who the bomber was. >> james forest, we don't know who the bomber was. we haven't had any communication. how odd do you think that is? >> well, we've seen attacks before where it's b