mr. clemens will save his sharpest knives for brian mcnamee. mr. out on a campaign to destroy him. the jury, though, only heard one side of the story on this first day of trial, but the clock ran out and the defense team decided to present their opening statement in its entirety tuesday morning. tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >> told the judge ruled while yankees pitcher andy pettitte can testify he used human growth hormone and say i talked with clemens about it, he -- he talked with clemens about it, he can't say that brian mcnamee gave him the hgh because that would be guilt by association for clemens. >>> the debris that came from the tsunami of japan last march is washing up on the shores of alaska including a soccer ball where a buy's name was written in marker on -- boy's name was written in marker on the ball. a researcher claimed the ball and it's been reclaimed. the boy's family had lost everything when the tsunami hit. >> incredible story. >> i understand they also found a volleyball. there were things written on it, but they weren't able to

mr. clemens, once again, i remind you, you're under oath. you have said your conversation with mr. pettitte never happened. if that was true, why would laura pettitte remember andy telling her about the conversation? >> once again, mr. congressman, i think he misremembers the conversation that we had. andy and i's relationship was close enough to know that if i would have known that he was -- had done hgh, which i now know, if he was knowingly knowing that i had taken hgh, we would have talked about the subject. he'd have come to me to ask me about the effects of it. >> watch his 2008 testimony online at the c-span video library. with over a quarter century of american politics and public affairs on your computer. >>> earlier today, house speaker john boehner called mismanagement at the general services administration outrageous and called for accountability. that government agency spent $823,000 on a 2010 conference held in las vegas. the speaker also talked about the extension of the highway bill and the house agenda for the rest of the week. this is 15 minutes. >> that would pro

mr. clemens, once again, i remind you, you're under oath. you have said your conversation with mr. pettit never happened. if was was true, why would lauren pettitte remind her of telling her about the conversation? >> i think he misremembers the conversation we had. andy and mine relationship was close enough to know, if i would have known he done hgh, which i now know, he was knowingly knowing that i had taken hgh we would have talked about the subject. he's have come to me to ask about the effects of it. >> watch his 2008 testimony online at the c-span video library. with over a quarter century of american politics and public affairs on your computer. >>> this weekend on book tv on c-span2, live coverage from the "los angeles times" coverage of books. starts saturday and sunday. saturday, 3:30 p.m. authors farrell, newton and reeves. and at 7:30, call in with your questions for steven ross, author of "hollywood left and right" how movie stars shaped american politics. sunday at 2:00, "the cause." and at 5:00, a panel on surveillance and secrets with lori andrews, annie jake son z

mr. clemens, once again, i remind you, you are under oath. you have said your conversation with mr. pettitte never happened. if that was true, why would laura pettitte remember andy telling her about the conversation? >> once again, i think he misremembers the conversation that we had. andy and i's relationship was close enough to know that if i would have known that he was -- had done hgh which i now know, that he was knowingly knowing that i had taken hgh, we would have talked about the subject. he would have come to me to ask me about the effects of it. >> watch his 2008 testimony online at the c-span video library. with over a quarter century of american politics and public affairs on your computer. >>> senior administration officials have expressed concerns about a senate bill that seeks to curb waste, fraud and abuse in overseas wartime contracts. we'll hear from one of the bill's sponsors, senator jim webb, along with pentagon and state department officials. this senate subcommittee hearing on contracting is chaired by missouri senator claire mccaskill who is also a co-sponso

mr. clemens, once again i remind you you're under oath. you have said your conversation with mr. pettitte never happened. ifh@t was true, why would laura pettitte remember andy telling her about the conversation? >> once again, mr. congressman, i think he misremembers. andy's and i's relationship was close enough to know if i had known he had done hgh, which i -- if he was knowingly knowing that i had taken hgh, we would have talked about the subject. he would have come to me to ask about the effects of it. >> watch his 2008 testimony online at the c-span video library. with over a quarter century of american politics and public affairs on your computer. >>> the house subcommittee in march held hearing examining prescription drug abuse and diversion. the white house's drug control policy director testified first, providing an update on the administration's prescription drug abuse prevention plan released in 2011. according to the centers for disease control and prevention, approximately 27,000 unintentional drug overdose deaths occurred in 2007. in about 45 minutes, we'll hear fr

mr. clemens, i again remind you you're under oath. you have said your conversation with mr. petit never happened. if that was true, why would laura petit remember andy telling her about the conversation? >> once again, i think he misremembers the conversation that we had. andy and i's relationship was close enough to know that if i would have known that he was -- he had done hgh, which i now know, if he was knowingly knowing i had taken hgh, we would've talked about the subject. he would've come to me to ask me about the effects of it. >> watch his 2008 testimony online at the c-span video library. with over over 1/4 century of american politics and public affairs on your computer. >>> next, a conversation on ways to reduce u.s. dependence on foreign oil. we'll hear from the president and ceo at fedex, fred smith, plus a number of retired military officials hosted by the hudson institute. this is about 90 minutes. >> well, good afternoon and welcome. i'm ken weinstein, on behalf of hudson institute and our partner for today's event, securing america's future energy, i'd like

mr. clemens, once again, i remind you you're under oath. you have said your conversation with mr. petit never happened. if that was true, why would laura petit remember him telling her about the conversation? >> once again, i think he misremembers it. andy and i's relationship was close enough to know that if i had known that he had done hgh, if he was knowingly knowing that i had taken hdh, we would have talked about the subject. he would have come to me to ask about the effects of it. >> watch his 2008 testimony on line at the cspan library. over 2,000 public affairs on your computer. >>> nina olson is the irs national taxpayer advocate. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> taxes are due tomorrow at midnight. >> yes. >> what is the biggest problem with the american tax code? >> oh, dear. its complexity. i think that's what presents the most difficulty for taxpayers is really trying to figure out whether they've got the right answer or not on their income tax returns, and the complexity causes that. >> explain your role because you are based within the irs but you have a lo

mr. clemens, once again, i remind you, you are under oath. you have said your conversation with mr. pettitte never happened. if that were true, why would laura pettitte remember andy telling her about the conversation? >> once again, i think he misremembers -- our relationship was close enough to know if i had known he had done agh -- if he was knowingly knowing that i had taken hgh, we would have talked about the subject. he'd have is come to me to ask me about the effects of it. >> watch his 2008 testimony online at the c-span video library. with over a quarter century of american politics and public affairs on your computer. >>> at a security forum in washington last week, military analyst anthony cordesman criticized policy in afghanistan. the former adviser said afghan forces were not ready to take over as the u.s. preps to withdraw in 2014 and he questioned the credibility of the afghan government. he was joined by the former u.s. ambassador to afghanistan at this event hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. it's an hour and 15 minutes. >>> good morning.

mr. clemens was vigorously challenging the the sew report. clemens is not charged with using steroids, but instead, lying about using steroids to congress. is convicted the judge has already stated roger clemens could go to jail. in fact, if he is convicted of all the charges, roger clemens faces major league jail time and penalties, up to 30 years in prison, at one point, $5 million in fines. tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >> meantime, former presidential candidate, john edwards, said there was a one in three chance he was the father when he found out his mistress was pregnant. that's just one of the things that came out in testimony in edwards criminal trial today. his former campaign aid testified that edwards called rielle hunter crazy and implied that he wasn't her only sexual partner. young said that what followed was a plan to get wealthy plans to give money and keep rielle hunter quiet and hidden. >> present some problems for the government, you know, the defense made a great, took a great position in opening statement by saying follow th

mr. kilmeade? tell us about roger clemens. >> let's go to court. the perjury retrial for pitching great roger clemens set to resume in a few hours. this could land him in prison.

mr. clemens, once again, i remind you that you are under oath. you said this conversation never happened. if that was true, why would she remember and be telling her about the conversation? >> once again, i think he misremembers a conversation that we had. our relationship was close enough to know that if i had known that he had done hgh, which i now know, we would have talked about the subject. he would have come to me to ask me about the effects of it. >> washington, 2008 testimony, on line. with the order -- over one quarter century of american politics and public affairs, on your computer. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with phil gingrey, continuing our conversation about oil prices and gas prices. yesterday president obama, talking about oil speculator is and what he wanted to do about that, responded to criticism of his energy policy. >> [video clip] everyone understands that if -- what they do not say is that we have been drilling more. america is producing more oil than in any time in the last eight years. we have op

mr. clemens, once again i remind you you're under oath. you have said your conversation with mr.ettitte never happened. if that was true, why would laura pettitte remember andy telling her about the conversation? >> once again, mr. congressman, i think he misremembers the conversation that we had. andy and i's relationship was close enough to know that if i would have known that he was -- had done hgh, which i now know, if he was knowingly knowing that i had taken hgh, we would have talked about the subject. he'd have come to me to ask about the effects of it. >> watch his 2008 testimony online at the c-span video library with over a quarter century of american politics and public affairs on your computer. >> you're watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs. weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights watch key public policy events and every weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our web site, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> the senate is about to g

mr. clemens, once again, i remind you you are under oath. you said your conversation never happened. if that was true, why would laura remember in the telling her about the conversation? >> once again, i think he misremembered the conversation that we had. our relationship was close enough to know if i get on hgh which i now know if he were knowingly knowing that i had taken hgh we would talk about the subject. he had come to me to ask about the effect of it. >>> the space shuttle discovery flew from the last time today as it arrived in washington on top of the model 5747. the world's most troubled space ship left florida early tuesday for its destination. the smithsonian air and space museum near washington. on the way the shuttle and its carrier flew over washington several times. >> landrieu 13503 and there are several helicopters east of the airport. [inaudible] >> okay. i can keep them in the cavernous he wants to talk to me directly on pluto 98. estimate we are going to be landing full length as possible. >> okay. we can work pretty much anything out to get him landing but we w

mr. clemens, i remind you you are under oath. you have said your conversation with mr. pettite never happened. if that was true, why would laura pettite remember him telling her about the conversation. >> i think he misremembers. our relationship was close enough to know that if i would have known that he had done hgh, if he was knowingly knowing that i had taken hgh, we would talk about the subject. >> watch the 2008 testimony on line at the cspan video library with only -- with over 25 years of american politics and public affairs on your computer. >> "washington journal" continues -- host: congressman bobby scott sets and the judiciary committee and was one of several house democrats nearly two years ago that pushed for fair sentencing when it came to crack cocaine purses powder cocaine. the supreme court takes up this issue today. what are they deciding? guest: they are deciding whether the change should be applied to those who committed their crimes before the bill was enacted or being sentenced after the bill was signed. lyall lot is a little day. we certainly hop

mr. clemens, once again, i remind you you are under oath. you said your conversation never happened. if that was true, why would his wife remember and the telling her about the conversation? >> once again, i think he misremembers the conversation that we had. our relationship is close enough to know that if i would have known that he had done hgh, which i know now -- now know, we would have talked about this subject and he had come to me to talk about the results. >> you can watch on line in the c-span video library with over 25 years of public affairs and politics on your computer. >> and now live to the floor of the u.s. house. they are set to debate legislation expanding hunting, fishing, on federal land. the house will likely take a pie with mass-transit legislation and a bill dealing with taxes on small businesses. now, live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. god of the universe, we give you thanks for giving us another day . we thank you for this

mr. clemens once again, i remind you you're underwrote. you said your conversation with mr.pettit never have been. if that was true, why would laura pettit remember andy telling her about the conversation? >> once again, thank you mr. members a conversation we had. and yeah nice relationship is close enough to know that if i would've no day he had done hgh, which i now know, that he was knowingly knowing that i had taken hgh, we talked about the subject. he would come to ask me about the effects of it. >> the chairman of the senate budget committee, kent conrad says he'll introduce a budget resolution monday to begin barking mad. he says the proposal will reduce the deficit at more than $5 trillion over 10 years. this is a little more than a half-hour. >> thank you offer being here. i appreciate people's participation. tomorrow will begin a budget committee markup of a long-term budget for the nation. as may chairman's mark, i will represent the bipartisan fiscal commission command, also known as the bowles/ simpson plan, a plan i think best represents an opportunity in the

mr. clemens, a lot more prepared and vigorous in his argument. it's different this time.lena kagan, justice supreme court stepped out of the case and there's always the possibility after tie. if there is he' a possibility of a tie, the law is out the window. and that could happen. >> clayton: i'm curious your take on this, too, now they need to get just one individual to flip to support the obama administration, because before this thing had gone through the high court and five justices rebuffed the administration on all of them. >> dave: on another law involving arizona's licensing businesses that were dealing with illegal immigrants. >> alisyn: and you said the phi-- >> it stands the earlier decision invalidating the law will stand. >> alisyn: tie isn't stalemate. >> no, tie decides the law. >> clayton: here is what's all at stake and break it down. they need to verify the citizenship status. >> alisyn: i'll read it next time. that's a mouthful. >> alisyn: i'll read it next time. >> clayton: peter, where is the coffee. and the main crux of this thing. >> alisyn: and als

mr. clemens, i remind you are under attack. you have said the conversation never happened. if that was true why would she depose that? >> if he knowingly knew that i had taken hdh, he would have spoken to me about the subject. >> watch the testimony at c- span.org/videolibrary. >> the former head of the general services administration apologized after the inspector general released a report on the conference. the house oversight committee is chaired by congressman darryl issa. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the committee will come to order. it is the custom to read our mission statement at the start of every hearing. i think particularly today it is important we read it. the oversight committee's mission statement is we exist to secure two fundamental principles. first, americans have a right to know the money washington takes from then it is well spent. second, americans deserve an efficient government that works for them. our duty on the oversight government reform committee is to protect

sfloochbl clemen sfloochbl -- mr. clement. >> sure. the court has heard the case, taken it under submission. we were gratified by the justices, you know, thorough consideration of this case, so thorough in fact they kept both lawyers up at the podium longer than scheduled. i think that will underscores the importance and seriousness of the issues. from the lawyers' perspective, this case is really about issues of federalism, in particular although all the focus of course, has been on the arizona law as it should be, in some respects for the purposes of the justices, the federal statutes are every bit as important as arizona's statutes and what you saw here i think was a real understanding on the justices' part that the much of what will arizona's done in this statute is to really accept the invitation of the federal statutes themselves that really put a premium on trying to get communication between state and local law enforcement and federal officials. and so although a lot of the focus has been on the arizona approach, i think you ve

mr. kilmeade? tell us about roger clemens. >> let's go to court.al for pitching great roger clemens set to resume in a few hours. this could land him in prison. the trial had a fiveay break. the prosecution's first witness -- congressional staffer phil barnett. he'll be back on the stand. prosecutors are using him to establish that congress could in fact investigate spts as you know, drug use in sports, clemens is accused of lying to congress over and over again when he said he never used performance enhancing drugs and it turns out his trainer had d.n.a. from a shot he put in his butt. basketball, the celtics won the playoff game against the hawks. here's the worst part, they lost their best player for a game. he's unhappy with a foul call in the final seconds and you can see him bumping the ref. you can't do that! good-bye, sit down. take off the uniform. he got a second technical and automatic ejection. ronned owe claims he tripped and it wasn't intentional and no one is buying that? i didn't think so either. i'm telling you what he said. one qu

mr. samaha was also part of a nationwide tour last year to raise awareness about loopholes in gun background checks. >>> still ahead tonight -- roger clemenseads back to court. the prosecution's new strategy to seek a conviction this time. >>> a local funny man finds himself in a serious situation. how comics are helping when he needs it most. >>> a bagged salad recall. why you don't want this lettuce in your refrigerator. >>> and take a look at this. a visit with the world's tallest dog. >>> coming up a bit later on "sports final," tyler clifford recovers from a rough outing to join us on the roundtable. the capitals find gold in their backup goalie, and lebron gets mugged in new york. somebody call the police. all that and more coming up tonight on "sports final" at 11:35 right here on nbc 4. mm, these artisan bagels are so tasty. what do you think "artisan" means? i believe art is latin for "well-crafted" and isan is greek for "one who cares." so, well-crafted by one who cares, huh? either that, or it just means "really, really, really good bagels." i think you left out a "really." dunkin's new artisan bagels are as authentic as it gets

state in 1999 or 2000, and he told me he had a conversation with roger clemens in which roger admitted to him using human growth hormone. mr. clements, once again i remind you you're under oath. you said your conversation never happened. if that was true, why would laura pettit remember andy telling her about the conversation quite >> once again, mr. congressman, thank you mr. members the conversation we had. indiana's relationship was close enough to know that if i would've known he had done each gh, which i now know, that he was knowingly knowing that i had taken hgh can i would've talked about the subject. he would've come to me to ask me about the effect. >> the group citizens against government waste today released its annual report out earmarks in the federal budget. the so-called pig book reports 152 earmarks down from 9000 earmarks in fiscal year 2010. the annual report revealed that although earmarks have dropped drastically, numerous pet projects have still found the race into appropriation bills. this is a little more than a half-hour. >> good morning. i'm tom schatz, citizens against government waste. send we p

clemens. >> a big one. and he ended his career with another major one. so he went out in style. >> very strong note. he will be missed for sure. >> sleep well, mr.'ll be right back with more after this. ♪ sugar ah, honey, honey ♪ >>> welcome back, everybody. well, many of us here are recovering from our post-easter basket sugar rush. there is one sweet treat, though, that gets us very excited. >> they are the fluffy, crunchy and they come in a variety of colors. can you guess what they are? of course you can. wpbr reporter alicia has the story. >> reporter: peeps is a sign of spring. >> cushiony, silky, pillowy puffs. >> we have liquid marshmallow, corn syrup, liquid sugar. gelatin. >> reporter: crusted in a cloak of crisp crusted sugar. >> it's quite crispy when you bite into it. it's one of the things our consumers love. >> this is where you get your chicks in a row? >> this is where it all happens. >> reporter: and it's been that way in bethlehem since 1932 when russian immigrant sam borne and his two brothers-in-law relocated the factory from new york city. >> we continue to be a family-owned business. >> reporter: they say this isn't where

clemens in which roger admitted to him using human growth hormones. once again, i remind you, you are under oath. you have said your conversation with mr. pettitte never happened. if that was true, why would laura pettitte remember andy telling her about the conversation? >> once again, mr. congressman, i think he misremembers the conversation we had. our relationship was close enough to know that if i would have known if he had done h.g.h., that he was knowingly knowing i had taken h fwmplet h., we would have talked about the subject. we he would have come to me and asked me about the effect of it. >> watch his 2008 testimony online at the c-span video library. with over a quarter century of merp poll techs and public affairs on your computer. >> house speaker john boehner called the g.s.a. spending scandal outrageous and said those responsible should be held accountable. the government agency spent $823,000 on a conference held in las vegas in 2010. speaker boehner also spoke about today's house vote on another extension of the highway and mass transit programs bill and the house republican agenda for the remainder of the week. this i