minow, unbelievable. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> coming up on c-span2, next several highlights from the senate floor today including the swearing in of nevada republican dean heller. and a portion of the debate on the nomination of james kohl to be deputy attorney general. the other discussion on the future of the federal reserve and what role it should play in shaping the u.s. economy. a advocates are the gas on tomorrow's "washington journal." >> earlier today republican dean heller was sworn in on the florida senate, taking the place of former senator john ensign who resigned last week. mr. heller who served in the house of representatives since 2007 was appointed by nevada's governor brian sandoval to fill the vacancy. >> will you please raise your right hand? do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states? domestic, that he will bear true faith allegiance to the same, that you take this oath, you take this obligation freely without any m

newt minow, unbelievable. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> in a few moments, tea party activists criticize -- criticizing house republicans and speaker john boehner regarding federal spending in health care. in a little more than an hour, vice-president joe biden and hillary clinton express concerns over human rights in china. after that, the prime minister of pakistan denies claims his government knew of the whereabouts of osama bin laden before he was killed. later, another look at the relations between the u.s. and pakistan with the former national security deputy. you can access our programming anytime with the c-span radio iphone application. there are four audio streams of our programming, commercial free. you could listen to our signature interview programs each week around-the-clock wherever you are. downloaded for free from the application store. >> a group of tea party activists held a news confer

please welcome newt minow to the stage. [applause] >> thank you. i remember in one letter said, what time does the vast ?asteland gola on [laughter] i am very touched by what you said. our country is blessed by having you at that job, and much tougher job than i had, because now you have so many new things with internet explosion, but i know no job that has a more intimate connection every day, every hour, with every person in america -- whether you are making a phone call, listening to the radio, watching television, whether you are accessing your computer to the internet -- whatever. it is the fcc that is dealing to protect the public interest. nothing is very important, and we have an important appointment. i thought i would tell you what happened the day before i gave the speech. may 8, 1961, not long after the disappointment at the bay of the yanks -- bay of pigs, alan shepard had been sent into space. we were behind the russians. there was great pressure to do something, and we succeeded. president kennedy had invited me to meet him that morn

coming up at 7:00 this evening, fcc chairman julius genachowski and former chair newton minow on the future of telecommunications. that is at 7:00 p.m. eastern. the release of president obama's this is that it has not stopped the case challenging the president's citizenship status. the ninth circuit court in pasadena heard oral argument last week. lower court dismissed the case ruling, and that record is not a proper pace -- and that the court is not the proper place to challenge the president postelection -- the president's election. >> i am an attorney with the united states justice foundation, here to represent mr. drake and mr. robertson, and those clients of hundred it is the purpose of our appeal, one of two for a hearing today, to see a demand -- seek a remand so that we can separately pursue a resolution of this issue so that we can have the case heard on the merits and not dealt with on the various technical issues that and raise or on issues that relate the two plaintiffs not my own. i will only be dealing with parts of the ruling by judge carter that deal with my clients.