mr. foreman graham, when -- ! mr. graham, you visited other independent bookstores around the country. did you see any similarities? on the phone: i did. for all the disappearance of the number of stores in the industry over recent years, what's impressive about the business is that a number of bookstores have survived and remain strong, and i was interested in seeing why that is, so i visited a number of stores around the country, and i found some common threads. i found that those that are continuing to succeed have very strong community roots. they have very dedicated owner and operators who are tried a number of different initiatives. i did not find that anybody anywhere has hit on a kind of home run solution to keeping their store successful. it's particular a matter to borrow a baseball analogy of hitting singles and doubles and getting on base, and in looking at politics and prose, i came away reassured that this store has many of the attributes for success that other stores around the country have particularly faced a large number of avid readers and a great reputation with a l

mr. graham, congratulations to you. what made you buy an independent bookstore in 2011?>> guest: well, thanks very much. lissa and i are very excited about taking over at politics and prose. we know as journalists and authors and, in list -- lissa's case a former senior government staff member, we are very, we've been very involved in contributing in various ways to the washington community, and we see this move to politics and prose as part of the same sort of thing. it's another way for us to continue to contribute to the community. beyond that, we really believe in what the store's mission has been. you know, it's much more than a bookstore. it is, it is a community institution, it is a forum for debate and discussion, and we, lissa and i believe very much in the need for such forums. >> host: and, of course, mr. graham is referring to his wife, lissa maas ca teen, who also is the new co-owner of politics and prose. mr. graham, what changes do you think p and p needs to make in order to stay competitive? >> guest: you know, there's a lot about politics and prose that

mr. graham as well. it is nice to see many people focused on the issue of medical marijuana. it is important that we move forward. i have watched many of my friends that have gone through chemotherapy. and they look for alternatives and to manage the pain and recovery. it is important for us to continue this conversation and dialogue. may we entertain a motion? supervisor elsbernd: to both of you, to john stuart, with the tremendous flood of support, we're happy to make a motion to support him on the task force. supervisor kim: i know that there are other seats available, and when they are up, we would like to work with you. the motion moving forward without opposition. [applause] can you please call item no. 8? >> hearing appointing five members to the pedestrian safety advisory

mr. graham is referring to his wife who also is the new co-owner of politics and prose. mr. graham, what changes do you think p and p needs to make in order to stay competitive? >> you know, there's a lot about politics and prose that is very strong. and the sales are very strong, it has a very loyal customer base at a time when the industry has been facing threats from ebooks and declining readership generally, sales at p and p have continued to rise. so first and foremost, we want to preserve everything that has made politics and prose a success. that said, in order for the store to remain relevant and influential and technologically up-to-date, there are going to have to be some changes. carla and barbara have recognized that over the years. the store has, it's evolved under their leadership. but just what additional directions lissa and i hope to move the store in, we're still formulating. we are only now beginning the process of talking to the staff, getting some of their ideas. we'd like to survey opinion among, among politics and prose's customers. so this will be an e

mr. graham, do you see a need for politics and prose, perhaps, to move into the selling of digital books or an enhancement of the web site? >> guest: we are looking at enhancing the web site. i think, i think that will be important. we realize the threat from e books, but it's not a threat we're going to run away from. we are hoping to, to provide opportunities for self-publishing, and we're looking at a print on demand machine like a number of other stores have acquired around the country. there are a host of initiatives, i think, that you'll see beginning to take shape at politics and prose. >> host: well, bradley graham is the new co-owner, along with his wife, of the well-known washington independent bookstore, politics and prose. mr. graham, good luck to you, and booktv looks forward to continuing our relationship with you. >> guest: we do too. thanks very much. >> and now from the 2011 annapolis book festival, rights of the people. garrett graff and david shipler discuss what our need for security as a countries has cost in terms of our rights and liberties. this is about an hour.

well mr graham did it thank you very much for having us here in chechnya specifical thank you for coming but you have been arrested but there have been many unconfirmed reports lately stating that lot of the man behind the bombing at the nigerian way it was his desk. with you know pretty or not i would only say that information was completely true if i saw his body or what i can say is not at all signs indicate that he should have been there if he wasn't in fact there when we attacked a lot of them we will have to keep on working and he has to be eliminated or thrown in jail computer security agencies will work on. us we have any idea where he made me at the moment is the has now because. i knew where he was i would be in the middle of a search and destroy operation right now rather than sitting here talking to the press or. sitting down to the leader of a gang mean essentially destroying the gang itself. on a so called little morcombe illegal armed groups are very organized and when the leader of the gang is killed other gang leaders are usually happy. was there during our attack in the

mr. graham is referring to his wife who is the new co owner of politics and prose. what changes do you think there needs to be in order to stay competitive? >> guest: there's a lot about politics and prose that is very strong. the sales are strong. there is a loyal customer base. at a time when the industry has been facing threats from the books and declining readership, sales have continued to rise. first and foremost, preserve everything that was made, politics and prose a success. for the store to remain relevant and influential and technologically up-to-date they are going to have to be some changes. carla and barred recognized that over the years. the store evolve under their leadership but just what additional directions we hope to move the store in we are still formulating. we are beginning the process of talking to the staff and getting some of their ideas. we would like to survey opinion among politics and prose customers so this will be an evolving process in terms of deciding what new directions and initiatives to undertake. >> host: when you were researc

mr. graham, good luck to you, and booktv looks forward to continuing our relationship with you. >> guest: we do too. thanks very much. >> next, in the black history of the white house, clarence lusane presents the history of african-american men and women who were employed at the white house in the 20th century. this talk from the harlem library in new york city is about an hour and a half. >> came out because this is really a good opportunity for me to have a chance to not only present my ideas and to talk about the book, but also to have exchange and get ideas from people. and as i've been doing these book talks about the black history of the white house, one of the things that i'm discovering is that there's more and more that people are able to contribute. and particularly being down in washington, d.c., i'm getting more responses of not what's in the book, but what's not in the book. because people are saying, oh, you know my grandfather used to cut grass at the white house, my uncle used to work there as a butler. so there's a follow-up to the book that i'm going to try to do to rea

mr. graham, do you see a need for politics and prose, perhaps, to move into the selling of digital books or an enhancement of the web site? >> guest: we are looking at enhancing the web site. i think that will be important. we realize the threat from e-books, but it's not a threat we're going to run away from. we are hoping to, um, to provide opportunities for self-publishing, and we're looking at a print-on-demand machine like a number of other stores have acquired around the country. there are a host of initiatives, i think, that you'll see beginning to take shape at politics and prose. .. >> next, ron reagan, the son of former president, ronald reagan, recounting his father's personal life and political career. ronald reagan would have 100 on february 6, 2011. ron reagan remembers his father at politics and prose bookstore in washington, d.c. this is just under an hour. >> thank you, mike. is this on. can you hear me okay? all right. thank you, mike. pleased to be here on the very unlikely event. not that they don't do readings and things as they call them all the time. i'm the unlike

graham. senator hagen. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you, both of you gentlemen, for your excellent work here. obviously, following up senator graham, i, too, definitely agree that general gadhafi needs to -- moammar gadhafi -- needs to be removed from power. he needs to step down. but in light of that, i am very concerned about how difficult that is. and what else can be done without ground forces? transitioning now to nato to be sure from a political and economic factor than we can help along those lines? >> well, i think that there's still some additional measures that can be taken in terms of seizing libyan assets. we've taken action against the assets here in the united states that the chairman referred to. i think there are other assets in europe and elsewhere that probably could be seized in terms of denying him access. >> are those being sought after right now? >> yes. yes. i think that, you know, the question of what kind of assistance to provide to the opposition is clearly the next step in terms of nonlethal

because you're aware that i wrote the school called dear mr buffett about the financial crisis where it's contrasting the principles of benjamin graham that warren buffett to stocks and charlie munger spoused to what happened during the financial crisis and i think the preliminary draft of my manuscript came out in july two thousand and eight i sent it to warren buffett he looked at it he liked it and in there of course i'm a big critic of the rating agencies and all along i've been criticizing the rating agencies one time i just rip you should list in february of two thousand and seven i wrote a letter to the f.c.c. and by the way he suffocation because me feedback on it and i wrote to the f.c.c. saying that the rating agency should have their an arrest as a nation revoked that the aaa ratings were phony i gave an example of a fine. any product that was rated triple a that within a year the principals of the investors lost ninety percent of their principle and i was warning about it when the product first came out was rated aaa and that was in my letter to the f.c.c. which is still on their website so it's not as if he didn't have t

. >> reporter: alexander graham bell uttered it "mr.ay people conduct their business, private and professional. now the invention millions thought they could never live without appears to be on its way out. >> it's ironic baulgs the telegraph, which is a form of texting was killed by the telephone and now texting is killing the phone call. >> so we rang up jessica bennett, senior writer for u.s. in beak magazine to talk about the big shift. we called you and you didn't answer the phone, instant message which was a nice touch. good morning. >> good morning. >> why this big shift? >> well, chris, the technology has made it easier obviously. so everybody's using it and why not? it's fast. it's quick and you know studies have even shown we get an adrenalin boost every time we texan e-mail so it's this constant stimulation. >> it's actually better to get a text or e-mail, this stimulus more so. >> there is and it's constant all the time, tweets, texts, e-mails, everything. >> reporter: with the younger generation e-mails are going the way of

mr. majority leader, thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> sure. >> schieffer: when we come back, we'll talk to lindsey graham who is a republican. he may have some different ideas about this. in just a minute. >> schieffer: now from the campus of clemson university in south carolina, senator lindsey graham. senator graham, want to start with this... what senator reed just said. he suggested... i asked him, i said, are speaker boehner and the mainstream republicans, the people that have been around a while, just afraid of the tea party. he said that's a pretty good choice of words. are you afraid of the tea party? >> no, i think they're an important part of the republican coalition. but our democratic friends should be afraid of the public. how did you lose the house in such overwhelming numbers? how did you lose so many senate seats? it was about spending, the size and scope of government, rejection of "obama care." so our friends in the house, speaker boehner, who replaced speaker pelosi, is doing what the american people want in the last election-- trying to reduce the size and scope of the government, whi

graham. please, if you'd like to make a statement or ask questions, just -- >> ask questions, great. mr. chairman deeply the nuclear power industry in the united states is well regulated and generally save? >> i served as the chairman of the nrc but it is well regulated. and we do believe we have a strong program to ensure protection of public health and safety. >> would you advise the caucus to continue to pursue nuclear power as part of energy production in this country? >> decision is ultimate about what to do with nuclear power really are beyond, really our responsibility expect just as a citizen would you like to see america have more nuclear power in the future? >> i as a citizen would like to see nuclear power that is safe and secure, and that's fundamentally my job as chairman of nuclear regular commission. >> deeply the nuclear power plants that we're talking about constructing in the future are more modern and more save? >> certainly the plants that are under consideration have enhanced designs and safety features that at least at the design stage and on paper seemed to indicat

graham. >> mike, thank you so much. we all love and admire you and know you're the greatest part of this story. mr. resident, members of the broder family, distinguished guests, and others -- the year was 1964. patrick graham, a brand new publisher of the washington post for less than a year, had gone on the campaign trail to see for the first time helped her reporters covering campaigns. she was with a man named chalmice roberts and charles roberts of newsweek when a man she did not know came up. he was introduced as the best in the business. paul's a minute. this was 1964. david was already covering his second presidential campaign. exactly one member of today's house of representatives, and john dingell of michigan, and one member of today's senate in illinois work in all this in 1964. president obama was a three- years old. vice president biden was at the university of delaware which, according to ms. which could be a biography, he was more interested in sports and socializing -- socializing been studying. [laughter] more than 40 years later, david broder was still introduced by his rivals as th

graham. >> mike, thank you so much, anne, we all love and admire you, and we know you are the greatest part of this story. mrguished guests, ink stained wretches and others -- [laughter] the year was 1964, katharine graham, a brand new publisher of the "washington post" for less than a year had gone on the campaign trail to see for the first time how her reporters covered campaigns. she was with a man named roberts, the best reporter at the "washington post," and with charles roberts of "newsweek" when a man she did not know walked up. cay, this is dave broder, he's the best in the business. now, pause a minute. this was 1964. dave was already covering his second presidential campaign, and he covered local campaigns before that. he was with the "washington star." exactly one member of today's house of representatives, john dangle of mental anguish, and one member of today's senate were in office in 1964. president obama was three years old. [laughter] vice president biden was at the university of delaware where according to his wikipedia biography quote was that he was more interested in sports and socializi

mr. johnson: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, it is with great privilege that i welcome my dear friend, dr. jack graham, pastor of prestonwood baptist church in plano, one of the nation's largest, most dynamic congregations, as ow guest chaplain for today's opening pramplete the mission at prestonwood baptist is to glorify god by introducing jesus christ as lord, to as many people as possible and to develop them in christian living using the most effective means to impact the world, making a positive difference in this generation. pastor graham is an amazing speaker, accomplished author, community service and bold leader who truly walks by faith. it is an honor to have him here in the people's house blessing our nation's business and government leaders in jesus' precious name. thank you, pastor graham, for all you do as a true servant of the lord. god bless you and i salute you. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to 15 further requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: i ask permission to address the house

graham. >> mike, thank you so much. we all love and my you and we know you are the greatest part of the story. mr. vice president, members of the broder family, distinguished guests, ink-stained wretches and the rest. [laughter] the year was 1964. catherine had gone on the campaign trail to see how her reporters covered campaigns. she was with the best reporter at "the washington post." a man she did not know what up. the other reporters said, this is david broder, the best in the business. this was 1964. david was already covering his second presidential campaign. exactly one member of today's house of representatives, john dingell of michigan, and one member of today's senate, the member from hawaii, were in office in 1964. president obama was 3 years old. vice president biden was at the university of delaware where, according to his biography, he was more interested in sports and socializing that in studying. [laughter] more than 40 years later, david broder would still be introduced by his rivals as the best in the business. except it would have been superfluous. his longevity is amazing. it w

mr. graham: thank you very much, the majority leader. it is appreciated on behalf of all of us in south carolina and look forward to finding a solution for the country as a whole. mr. reed: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: i rise today to pay tribute to specialist danny puland, a rhode islander who saved in the massachusetts national guard. on march 28, he was a gunner when it rolled over in afghanistan. he was medically evacuated to the regional medical center in germany where tragically he died two days later but surrounded by his loving family. he was laid to rest today in rhode island. mr. president, puland grew up in pawtucket, rhode island, and graduated in 2000 from high school. he joined the national guard in 2008 and was promoteed to specialist in may, 2010. as a member of the masters national guard headquarters company first battalion 181st infantry regiment, he deployed to afghanistan in july, 2010. each generation of americans is called upon to protect and sustain our democracy, an