. >> we have you talking to michelle obama how did that conversation go? this occurs september 18, 2008 when michelle was in richmond floor the economic summit and she said child, i don't know what she said to me because my knees were knocking i just do not remember. peggy said what did she say to you? >> i told her about myself and my husband and the fact we had to get another job to support ourselves. we had jobs cleaning offices and she and her husband were riding to work one day and he said to her, mary, i cannot feelw3 my legs. they are known. my arm is number and he pulled the car over to the side of the road and he died. so ms. henry told the story to michelle obama and it was quite soon after the death of her husband so telling the story she was in tears. and ms. henry said michelle reached over and got tissues and hugged her and comfort third hurt and they became friends as a result of that conversation. several weeks ago when the president had his first speech to the joint houses of congress, the white house invited ms. henry to come to d.c. they

that they are praying for the obama's, the safety, well-being of the obama's and the prayer is very important and they want to michelle pray for you, we will continue to pray for youxd and your safety. although no one mentions the word of assassination in terms of president obama. lc @&cb@ expressed as well precut we talk about the ancestors. the historical rhodes that we have played to have the ancestors looking down on the obama's smiling because now they walk into the front door of the white house that was built by the slaves who could only come in through the back door. themes that resonate within the letters and poems are ones we can identify with, black women told about their stories, their own families and the family's history as a way to connect. both peggy and i have letters in this book and my letter is about my father and my father's struggle throughout his life to care for a large family, all the jobs he had, a talented men who only had a sixth grade formal education but he was a minister and worked very hard in a plant everyday got up at 4:00 a.m. a self-taught photographer, and a man who tookw3 care of o

what about the profile of michelle obama? well, we get a quote from david axelrod a list of political campaigning through and a longtime family friend and that mrs. obama is quote, very very smart and sensitive. we're told that when she speaks at a rally, the audience roars with delight and that her primary role is imam in chief. mark helprin, time magazine who was absolutely a mainstream journalist, not some right wing anybody, he said at the profile of a michelle obama was a front-page endorsement of what a great person michelle obama is. here is why this is important -- just a few weeks earlier executive editor of the new york times bill keller was that the conference and media conference in new york city and he was asks about what did you do when it mccain protest to "the new york times" about your coverage? and the questionnaire was referring to the page one story in the new york times earlier in the campaign about mccain hinting, i want to be fair, alleging, hinting in suggesting is the best word, suggesting that john m

he will be greeted by his wife, michelle obama, who is flying over there today to be part of the ceremony tomorrow. we will have live coverage from the normandy region of france as the 65th anniversary of the d- day invasion is commemorated. next is scott. welcome to the program. caller: i enjoy your show immensely. you were talking about what would be good for eliminating deficits. the biggest thing is for the congress to limit themselves to article i section room and eighrowm8 -- 18 or 19 hours depg on how you divide them up, the power to tell us where we are going to get our energy from, doling money out to people supposedly in need, other governments, to fund the united nations and to fund schools. all of that is outside of their powers as the constitution divided -- defines it. it is a crime against the constitution by doing more than that. in central oklahoma we have a gentleman, r j harris, who is willing to obey the constitution. we have a guy named tom cole who has very much not obeid it in the last several years, and we are ready for a change in oklahoma. that will really help r

. >> nancy reagan, nancy pelosi, and michelle obama were on hand in the capital for ceremonies to unveil a new statue of ronald reagan. we will surely that night at 8:00 eastern here on c-span. ♪ >> this is c-span's "america and the courts." sonia sotomayor spent much of the week visiting capitol hill. we follow her as she meets members of the judiciary committee and leadership. she began her first visit on tuesday with senate majority leader harry reid. >> thank you very much. when we finish here, we will go in another room and have an in- depth conversation. i want everyone to understand, we have a whole package year. academically, we have princeton, yale law school, the editor of the law review. that is very impressive. if that were not enough, her background is very significant. as a trial lawyer, i'm very impressed. a prosecutor, a trial judge for many years, and then an appellate judge. we could not have anyone more qualified. i think your life story is so compelling, and america identifies with the underdog. you have been an underdog many times in your life. but your top dog, and

the president and first lady, michelle obama, also marking the anniversary by laying a wreath at thee president will travel back to paris and return to washington tomorrow. if you missed any of our coverage of this ceremony, we will reiterate today on c-span starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern. earlier today, president obama and nicolas sarkozy met in an informal setting, and afterwards answered questions from the media from the middle east peace process, or three's nuclear weapons and the policy towards iran. this is about 35 minutes. >> i would like to say to the president of the united states of america how proud france is to welcome him. for the second time this year. this afternoon we will be talking about these ceremonies and the commemoration of the d- day landing, but i want to say in the strongest, most sincere terms that never in the history of our two countries, the united states and france, have been so close to one another on major issues, major questions. i said to be president -- i said to the president that we are determined to help him in his decision to close down guantan

first michelle obama bond bespoke how far we have come as a nation. there was unplanned synchronicity in those two events. i was inspired to write a biography of sojourner truth because she was a radical, an egalitarian and a humanist who did not read and write but nevertheless was extraordinary in rising above enslavement, poverty, nonliteracy and gender proscriptions. at a time when mainstream society identified women and african-americans as other, sojourner truth defied that category. most notably, she helped foment the second american revolution, black emancipation. but as a radical reformer, sojourner embraced many other progressive causes, among them women's rights, temperance, anticapital punishment, and she worked tirelessly among her freed people for a homeland. one of sojourner's cohorts remarked that her exploits could fill an entire library for a nonliterate woman, she left quite a paper trail. she had three separate lives that i recount in the book, slave, preaching woman, and the last 40 years for which she is so well-known, a radical r

gone, please know always so much of the woman you are i am and i am here, sending you love, for michelle obama[applause] >> i am going to read rigging's poem, that they are being shy. dear michelle, stand in your truth. when the world wants a piece of view, a piece of him, and a piece of them, wants all of you, all of him, all of them, wants none of you, none of him, none of them, stand in your trip, his true if, in their truth. remember who you are, who he is, who they are. remember that you want him coming that he wants you and that you both love them more than life. remember, when you have had it with yourself, had it with him, and had it with them, stand in your trees and his truth in their truth. rue yourself, remember your roots, ground yourself. walk on solid ground. stand with the creator in all things, stand in your truth. [applause] we have one more. it. would you like to read? and then we will i think, we will sign some books. >> dear michelle, you are made. when i look it you i see me. i see the young african-american women hill, a good family values, strong rates, hard work and pe

. >> the first lady michelle obama is delighted to host your wife. the south korea is one of our closest allies. a friendship forged through a history of self sacrifice and anchored in our shared democratic values. mr. president, i am pleased that the french between our countries has grown stronger under your leadership. -- the friendship between our countries has grown. north korea has abandoned its own commitments and violated international law. its nuclear and ballistic missile programs pose a great threat to peace and security of asia and to the world. in the face of these threats and provocations, the people of the republic of korea have shown a steadiness and resolve that has earned the respect of the united states and of the world. today president lee and i reiterated our shared commitment to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. we have reaffirmed the endurance of our alliance and america's commitment to the defense of the republic of korea. we discussed the measures that we are taking with our partners in the region, including russia

our work, he said, inside and talk to us, and from there he took down to the floor and we saw michelle obamapeak. host: do your friends share the same interest in politics and journalism? guest: not all of my friends and i did not expect my friends to share the same interest. if not for the case there would just be a bunch of myles', but my friends understand issues going on in the country, that task force is not the only thing that is going to drive school success -- test scores, and regulations are things kids don't understand. when you bring stuff down to a level where kids can understand, that is where you make the best change. . in face i would like to talk to mahmoud ahmadinejad. i think iran is an interesting state. i saw an interview and i think the election that is coming up today, it is happening today, i think that is one of the most interesting elections. the fact that two people could be running for office but that does not decide. someone other than the voting public decides and gets the final say is -- i would

and a handful take the long walk through the hotel to obama's suite where he and michelle obama were staying. david axel rod, the senior strategist, his campaign manager and otherors. and they knock on the door, david says, we've come up short. it looks like we're not going to make it. and they're all looking to see how he is going to respond. and they were surprised themselves. now, these guys were not exactly short of respect and adulation for their candidate. but they were surprised. his reaction was, what happened? what do you think happened? so they go through it and they say, well, there was a massive flip roonched. the undecided voters went for her. he said, well, let's pretty much give the same speech. obviously we need to tweak it. but this was the test. and that became the message as he spoke to donors and key supporters. the initial reaction was, it's not supposed to be easy. people want to see us being tested. and i think that moment gave his inner circle and by extension his campaign, head quarters and the millions of people supporting them a lot of confidence that he co

. >> first lady michelle obama, nancy pelosi, and first lady nancy reagan were on hand at the capitol for ceremonies to unveil a new statue of ronald reagan. we will show you that ceremony tonight at 8:00 eastern on c- span. >> how was c-span funded? >> private donations? >> taxpayers? >> i don't know. >> public television? >> donations. am i don't know. >> contributions from donors. >> how was c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiative. no government mandate, no government monday. >> now senate hearing on the budgets for government agencies in charge of regulating the financial markets. we would hear from mary shapiro of the sec. this is about 40 minutes. >> good morning. we're considering the fiscal 2010 hearings with agencies within the jurisdiction of this appropriation subcommittee in financial services and general government. the securities and exchange commission and commodity futures trading commission. i also want to welcome my friend and distinguished colleague susan collins. we have worked togethe

our work, he said, inside and talk to us, and from there he took down to the floor and we saw michelle obama speak. host: do your friends share the same interest in politics and journalism? guest: not all of my friends and i did not expect my friends to share the same interest. if not for the case there would just be a bunch of myles', but my friends understand issues going on in the country,

a handful of his closest aides take a long walk through the hotel to obama suite where he and michelle obama were staying. axelrod, david box elrod, senior adviser strategist, david plus and robert gibbs communications director at time, and they knock on the door, david axelrod says we have come up short, looks like we are not going to make it, and they are all looking to see how he is going to respond, and they were surprised themselves. these guys were not exactly short of respect and the adulation for their candidate but they were surprised because his reaction was well, what happened, this is strange, what do you think happened so they go through and say the people have a maseth clipper now and are so weird and undecided voters went for hillary and he said well, let's pretty much give the same speech. obviously we need to tweak it a little bit, i need to get ready but this is a test and that became the message all the way through as he spoke afterwards and key supporters, the initial reaction was it is not supposed to be easy. people want to see us being tested and we are going to come o

host: we are watching video right now coming to us live of president obama and first lady michelle obama having landed in normandy where later on this morning he will be giving a speech at the normandy american money and memorial. we will continue to watch them as they are walking off of the u.s. helicopter there and walking toward where the president will ultimately give his speech as we 10 our conversation with -- as we continue our conversation with john mcmanus. the next call is howard from manhattan. go ahead. caller: good morning, professor mcmanus. first i would like to thank you for keeping the memory of d-day alive and fresh. secondly, i would like to get back to what you said about omaha. from what i read about it, i think that the biggest factors working against us there were the fact that there was a fresh german division that we had in the expected to be there. we didn't discover it was there until the landings were under way. also the fact that there was no cover on the beach. there was no shelter. my final question to you, actually two, number one, what do you think is sti

[laughter] >> the past year has driven the press crazy because hillary clinton, sarah palin, michelle obama. do you think of tear should have done more to defend her during the harry bridges raucus? i was always disappointed he let her get beaten up. >> that is true. there is no question that he did let her be used as a punching bag. he deflected the things we consider the new deal, that fdr did it. he let her be the one that got criticized for it and then he would sort of hold back during the satel strikes that were so controversial. you would see him and his press conferences when reporters when asked, wasn't he going to drag those workers out of there? he would say what and you asked ms. perkins about it? so, she did play the role for him. but, they both understood the importance of the world that she play. she kept trying to resign after the late 1930's. she tried to resign every year. he would never let her resign and once when she said, she boxed up her stuff, she was going to give up for lease, and was about to leave the seat. he put his arms around her and said and reached up to her

not only that, if you look at his family, kulick at michelle obama. she is not only gorgeous, she is a professional and they have the to the cutest, loveliest family. this is ozzie and harriet on steroids. if you try to find an american hero barack obama would be at the top of the list. this has nothing to do with barack obama as a person. i am literally very impressed by this man. my view is and then share it with my two co-authors, i think he is wrong on every single issue and it is not because he is not a good guy. he is a good guy but my view is ultimately economics will take over. there are lots of examples, but the what i want to do with you is very simply what it the appointment on the energy and environment issue. fox as me to be there correspondent to respond to the appointments that obama was making to energy and environment, so i was the guy sitting there and the president came up and announce them and as you know chu was elected as head. chu's portfolio is beyond belief. he is professor stanford university in high energy physics. use though

i wrote a letter and sent it to michelle and barack obama on march 17 and i have not heard anything ofto now, nearly the end of june. and i know kathleen sebelius, but she was just appointed about a month and a half ago. i'm so glad that you had linda douglass on because i wanted her to go and look for my letter. how can i get her direct number or e-mail or fax number? host: you can call the white house. by the way, you can go to whitehouse.gov. we're talking about the white house health-care plan and ronald is joining us from raleigh, north carolina. caller: good morning, first, let me sarah on vacation and i do not want everyone to -- let me say i am on vacation and i do not want everyone to think that federal employees are the only ones on the phone. my question is, what does what does the government think it has the right to pay for health care when they cannot even do it for their own federal employees? every year for the past 10 years or more, federal employees insurance costs, including copays and premiums, have gone up by 10% or more. secondly, if the american public thinks tha

i wrote a letter and sent it to michelle and barack obama on march 17 and i have not heard anything of to now, nearly the end of june. and i know kathleen sebelius, but she was just appointed about a month and a half ago. i'm so glad that you had linda douglass on because i wanted her to go and look for my letter. how can i get her direct number or e-mail or fax number? host: you can call the white house. by the way, you can go to whitehouse.gov. @@@@@@@@ tt tt we're talking about the white house health care plan, raleigh is joining us. caller: i am on vacation. i don't want people to think a federal employee son the phone talking while they should be working. i want to clear that up. but my question is, what makes the federal government think that it has the right to pay for all americans to have affordable health care when a, they can't even do it for their own employees? federal government is the largest employer in the country, but yet every year for the last 10 years or more, federal employees' insurance costs, including co-pays and premiums have gone up by 10% or more. secondly,

book is a book by repeat bestselling author forna regnery it's the first anti-obama book coming from a publisher. michelleone a real investigative reporter's job of looking at president obama, his team, who he's nominated, who he's brought in to work with him, who'som

michelle rie who's the most ideological of the four. arne is probably the most pragmatic of the four, and probably of those four the best choice that obama could have made. but i describe a cover story in time magazine where michelle rie is featured on the cover, and i don't know if you know her, but she's a 39-year-old superintendent, and she's got a very -- the picture on the cover she's carrying a broom, and she looks very mean, and it says how to fix america's schools. and the pivotal paragraph in the time magazine story says this: michelle rie has done more to reform the washington, d.c. schools in a year and a half than most reformers can do in five years, colon, she's closed 29 schools, fired 139 teachers, fired 39 principals, fired 200 central office staff. period. not a word in that photograph about bringing resources into that starving system, not a word about turning around dropouts, not a word about connecting the schools to the community, not a word about supporting the stability of teachers, and the reason i say they're failed is time magazine calls that reform because those are all proxies for reform if you buy the idea th

tell you about is a book by repeat best-selling author michelle malkin, and it's called culture of corruption. it's probably the first anti-obama book coming from any publisher, and we think it's going to be very, very big. she's done a real investigative reporter's job of looking at president obama, who he's brought in to work with him, who's come from the corrupt city of chicago and what they're up to. and i think the story she's going to tell is that unlike the promise of change and maybe some reform in washington, government is up to the same old tricks, and you're not going to like what you hear when you hear about what's happening in the halls of government. >> another book coming out this fall by dinesh d'souza, life after death. tell us about that. >> another great best-selling author for regnery, his last book was called what's so great about christianity? and this was a counterargument to all the antigod books that had come out years ago, dawkins and hitchens had been talking about there was no rational basis for believing in god, and dinesh d'souza said, well, quite the opposite, there's a rational reason for believi

obama could be a one-term president, or a two-term president that handle -- hands the white house over to michele. you just don't know. >> look at the house democrats that fought against the budget. those of the districts that they are worried about. in virginia, that is where the fault line is. if republicans can figure out how to communicate with those voters and take back the districts, that is a powerful signal. rahm emanuel will notice it. that is where the battle is right now. it is about that center ground of the population, that is enormously supportive of the president right now. >> i would add to that, i agree that probably 2010 and 2012 look like quite a pill for the republican party. they will have to develop their proposals and ideas out of areas that have become weaknesses for the president and the democratic party. one of those could end up being a foreign policy/national security. what about the war in afghanistan? you already have democrats on the hill worrying about this. worried about the amount of money that might be up there. it might be that they do feel politically some vul

of the four and probably of those for the best choice that obama could have made, but i describe it cover story in time magazine work michele is featured on the cover. i know if you know her but she is a 39 year-old superintendent and she has a -- the pitcher on the cover she is caring a broom and most remain ennises, how to fix america's schools rated the pivotal paragraph in the time magazine stories as this in total: michelle has done more to reform the washington d.c. schools in a. a half and those reformers can do in five years. she has closed 29 schools, fined 139 teachers, fred 39 principals, fired 200 of essential staff. not a word in that paragraph about bringing resources into the starting system, not a word about turning around dropouts, not a word about connecting the schools to the committee, not a word about supporting the stability of teachers, and the reason i say they are veiled is time magazine calls that reform because those are all proxy is for reform if you buy the idea that schooling is a business. i know by that idea, not in a democracy. in a democracy schooling is a right and a journey, it is a human

michele malkin, fred barnes and so many others. let's give thanks to them for not giving up and staying the course to bring an end to this false prophet, obama. that's what i said pretty much this morning. and now i have the honor, you know, the honor to be with you and to introduce such such a wonderful array of great people who i'm so honored to be, you know, able to introduce to you tonight. since 1976, orrin hatch has served the people of utah with distinction and honor. in the senate, we can -- and by the way, i met orrin hatch, and isn't he -- i mean, you know i'm in the movies and sometimes people see me they say gee, you're taller that inthought you were or you know, whatever it is. or you're not as old as i thought. i say that. but really, they never say that. but when i saw orrin hatch because i'd only seen him on shows you know where his face is on television and he's usually addressing very serious subjects so he's very, you know, has a very serious demeanor. but i found out wonderful things about orrin hatch. when i ask people about orrin hatch, they light up. because obviously, he has this other side that i'm not familiar with.

michele malkin, fred barnes and so many others. let's give thanks to them for not giving up and staying the course to bring an end to this false prophet, obamaat's what i said pretty much this morning.@@@@@@@ @ @ @ @ @ to introduce such a wonderful group of great people, who i am excited to be able to introduce to you tonight. since 1976, orrin hatch has served utah with honor. in the senate -- isn't he -- i am in the movies. people say i am taller than they thought. or you are not as old as i thought you were. they never said that. when i saw orrin hatch, i'd only shown him on shows. n him on shows you know where his face is on television and he's usually addressing very serious subjects so he's very, you know, has a very serious demeanor. but i found out wonderful things about orrin hatch. when i ask people about orrin hatch, they light up. because obviously, he has this other side that i'm not familiar with. and he's full of fun. he's a charming man. he's very impressive physically. when i met him, i said what a handsome fellow this is. and he's a songwriter. and i have a brother who's a songwriter wrote "which would thing" and "angel in

obama could be a one-term president with the disastrous economy and a two-term president who heads the white house off to michelle after eight years. it is as unpredictable as sports. my phillies are at the white house right now. that's unpredictable. [laughter] and politics is the same way. you just don't know. >> look at the democrats who voted against the and those are the districts they are worried about. the districts, tom from central virginia. that's where the fault line is right now and if republicans can figure out how in 2010 to communicate with those voters and take back some of the districts that will be a powerful signal may i shift the balance of power but we will notice it and certainly the white house, rahm emanuel will notice and that is kind of where the battle is right now. we talk about it in this great picture but it's about that centered around of the population that is enormously supportive of the president at this moment but who knows a year from now. >> i would add to that i agree with sheila 2010 and 2012 to look like those are not held for the republican party. i think what the party is

obama justice department has weighed in. it filed a brief in the supreme court arguing that judge sotomayor's panel was wrong to simply dismiss the case. so, madam president, it's an add pheurp *f michelle quality to be a zell -- it's an admirable quality to be a zealot advocate. but judges are supposed to be passionate advocates for the even handed reading and fair application of the law, not their policies and preferences. in reviewing the richie case, i'm concerned that judge sotomayor may have lost sight of that. as we consider this nomination, i'll continue to examine her record to see if personal or political views have influenced her judgment. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. sessions: madam president, i thank senator mcconnell for his thoughtful comments. he's a lawyer who studied these issues and cares about them deeply. i value your comments. i do think that, as you know, senator mcconnell, while you're here, that once a nominee achieves the supreme court, they do have a lifetime appointment. and these values and preferences are principles that they operate on go with them. it's up to us, i think you would agre