mr. jefferson left--the deficit is down by a quarter and the policy he supports is to spend more, to borrow more and to put the debt up further. fists >> 17-year-old was tragically stabbed to death in 2010. and a powerful force, challenging the culture by |-haring her experiences with young people in schools. like many groths to make an extraordinary contribution to challenging this culture. |-ome authorities are not gettig behind supporting and offering some funding to achieve this. would the prime minister lend his sthport and encouragement to those people to get behind them? >> i will give my support to all those others who are playing such a heroic role to change the culture of caro ming knives in the country. and pay tribute to all these families. it would be easier to turn away from the tragedy that brought them of their children and their brothers and sisters but they showed immense braveo m raising profile of this issue. the government must make sure they are taught mandatory |-entences but there is a large culture change that needs to take place and the braveo m of those who lost l

mr. jefferson would then be quick with a return dig. he played on broadway. he sang. danced.released a single in 1989 called ain't that a kick in the head. in retirement, he still made appearances on television and walked the red carpet for big cbs events. >> i went to the movies before i got into the business. >> reporter: born in philadelphia, he had no children or wife. edward lawrence for cbs news. >> hensley earned emmies for his portrayal of george jefferson. >>> the aids conference is here in dc and there were 13 arrests today. the activists said they wanted to send a message to the white house and the world. the aids pandemic can be brought to an end. time to keep fighting. the human rights of people living with hiv and aids must be protected. the protest was sponsored by the group we can stop aids. police arrested the activists for demonstrating without a permit. >>> the man believed to be the first ever man cured of the aids virus came to the conference today to announce skepticism about the cure. tame thee ray brown was known as -- timothy ray brown was known as th

mr. jefferson can i see you for a second? >> sure. time's up. >> it could be your beautiful wife no. it ain't that. when i walk through this door tonight, i'll be carrying a trophy three feet tall. >> how are we going to know which one is you. >> think about it, if you owned secretariat, would you raise a jack ass. sherman helmsly was 74 years old. >>> still ahead on "way too early," when we return here to london, a-rod takes a heater off the hand in seattle and the medical news is not good for yankee fans. >>> sports highlights and another three things you need to know, passing knowledge about the london olympics just ahead. >>> while the sun is out and the mood is ripe here in olympic park, jon stewart has some thoughts about the problems here. that clip and a check on the weather when "way too early" comes right back. >>> big changes are coming to washington, i want to be part of them. so governor, laura, we're proud to join you in the work ahead for these next three months and the next eight years, thank you very much. [ male announcer ] while many automakers are just beginning t

mr. jefferson would then be quick with a return dig. helmsley owe r -- hemsley sang and dance. he made cameo appearances on television and walked the red carpet for big cbs events. born in philadelphia, he had no children or wife. edward lawrence for cbs news. >> "the jeffersons" debuted on cbs in 1975 and lasted 11 seasons. it's considered one of tv's most successful sitcoms. he later starred in the sitcom "amen." >> love that show. >>> so how much is too much? the first hearing on banning big sugary drinks in new york city brought out dozens of people on both sides of the big gulp. mayor michael bloomberg wants to limit the single serving sugary drink to 16 ounces. he says that's in order to reduce the risk of diabetes and other health-related illnesses associated with obesity. this measure would apply to restaurants and businesses regulated by the board of health. opponents believe it could actually shut down movie theaters and cut profits at restaurants. others say soda is not to blame for their weight issue. >> i'm not overweight because of big gulp sodas. frankly i'm over

mr. jefferson -- i believe in revolution every 19 years, but he did believe in conventions and actually scrutinizing the extent to which the constitution is working well and it's not. >> this is a lot of fun. i appreciate sandy's comments about lincoln. so i thought when i wrote this last book of mine which is not on sale today unfortunately, about what makes for great and bad presidents. and we do tend to focus on the great ones, but i want to restore some attention to the loser president, the bad ones. and the federal society helpfully did a poll of 300 scholars, they do it every few years asking us to rank presidents and the one that's unchanged over the years, there's not a lot of fluctuation in political party. there seems to be a lot of agreement as to who were good presidents and the ones that were bad ones. if you look at the bottom, they do have a high level of very accomplished people. so the worst president by unanimous acclimation was buchanan. if i mention this in college audiences, some of the students start thinking buchanan, buchanan, they think pat buchanan might have the one i was

mr. jefferson -- and i believe in the revolution every 19 years, but he did leave in conventions and actually scrutinizing the extent to which the constitution is working well and it's not. >> it was a lot of fun and i appreciate sandy's comments about lincoln. so i thought -- i wrote this last book of mine which is not on sale today, unfortunately, which is about what makes for great bad presidents and we do tend to focus on the great ones, particularly lincoln, fdr and washington, and what i wanted to do was restore some attention to the loser presidents, right? the bad ones. so if you were to look at -- and the federal society did a poll of 300 scholars and they do it every few years asking us to rank presidents and the outcome of the list was remarkably unchanged over the years and there's not a lot of valuation based on political part and the interesting thing is if you look at the ones who are at the bottom they tend to have a lot of high level of very accomplished people and so when i mention this, some of the students start thinking buchanon, buchanon because they think pat buchanon m

mr. jefferson's seat and it was my amendment that said that when anybody is buying a firearm that they'lless of the firearm, there willing an instant criminal records check. i think the instant criminal records checks including mental disorders or drug abuse is indicated in any firearm purchases. we need to wait to get all the facts and make decisions as to what can be done when such an abhorrent act occurs. >> let me see if i can get you directly to the question. knowing what we know now, are there enough gun laws we could impose that would stop someone from doing this if they have a clean record? >> well, it would be complete hubris to say we can put policies in place that would stop bad things from happening. what we need to do is learn and fix them and minimize the chance of these things happening. >> we touched on other subjects important to this election cycle, the economy, military spending and infused through it all, politics. >> i noticed governor allen as i'm sure everybody has that you have run some ads about how governor kaine will be president obama's senator and not virginia

mr. jefferson. love the song. i love that show.levision viewers has passed away. >> chad everett acted for 40 years, remembered most for his role on "medical center" in the '70s when he played doctor joe gannon. he died from lung cancer in l.a. he was 75 years old. > coming up -- who is turning o.j. simpson's real-life drama into a movie? >> uh-huh. >>> and will you soon see less of sharon osborne on reality tv? the answer is next in "the skinny." >> announcer: abc's "world news now" will continue after this from our abc stations. tv? the answer is next in "the skinny." >> announc ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >> apparently nbc is still waiting to hear straight from the horse's mouth, from sharon osborne, that she is not returning to "america's got talent." she tweeted yesterday, she says "my darling howard stern." howard stern joined the show, and they moved it from l.a. to new york to accommodate him. she says, my darling howard stern, money is not the reason i am not returning to "america's got talent." it is because, dot, dot, dot, it i

mr. jefferson's seat, and it is my amendment that said when anybody is buying a firearm there'll be regardlessm there is an instant criminal records check. i do believe that the criminal records check including mental disorders or mental abuse are indicated in the firearms purchase, but we have to wait to get all tof the facts before we make decisions of what can be done when an aberrant act occurs. >> governor kaine, you have a minute to respond, but directly to the question, knowing what we know now, are there enough gun laws we could impose that would stop someone from doing this if they have a clean record? >> well, it would be complete hubris to say that we could put a policy in place to keep bad things from happening. bad things are going to happen, and we cannot stop them, but we should learn and fix them and minimize the chances of these things happening. >> the hour-plus debate touched on other subjects important to the election cycle, the economy, and military spending and of course, infused through it all, politics. >> i have noticed governor allen as everybody has that you have run

there was maggie work was 6, jefferson davis jr., and who was 4, and joe who was 2. mrs. davis was pregnant when she moved in. she gave birth december 1861 upstairs. their first child, samuel, had died in 1854 right before his second birthday. so he obviously never saw this house. these were young, wild kids, by all accounts. the wildest was certainly jefferson davis jr., and we have a couple of his things in this room. this is one of them. it's a fully functioning cannon. so it was a real cannon. he also had several confederate army uniforms and that's one of them over there. so what he would do would be to put one of those uniforms on, he'd take the cannon out in the back, he'd set up targets that he would call yankees, and he'd shoot them with the cannon. now, jefferson davis jr. and his brother, joseph, were in a street gang called the shocko hill cats. we are standing on shocko hill, this house is on top of shocko hill, a wealthy urban residential neighborhood. these were the rich kids in the gang. down the hills ands a lesswelly urban residential neighborhood called

there was maggie who was 6, jefferson davis jr., who was 4, and joe, who was 2. and mrs. davis was pregnant. several confederate army uniforms, and that's one of them over there. what he would do is put one of the uniforms on and take the cannon out of the back and set up targets he would call yankees and shoot them with the cannon. now jefferson davis jr. and his brother joseph were in a called cats. this house is on top of shockoe hill and this was a wealthy residential neighborhood at the time, so these were the rich kids in this dang. gown the hill was a less wealthy urban neighborhood called butcher town. that was the home turf of the butcher cats, the arch enemies of the hill cats up here. these two gangs would fight each other all the time. and one day jefferson davis himself walked down the hill trying to work out a truce between the two gangs. he was tired of his, excuse me, his sons coming home bruised and bloodied from the gang wars. he gathered the cats around and sat them down and gave them a speech calling them the future rulers of their country and tried to

mr. president, thomas jefferson one of our great presidents, once said -- quote -- "the end of democracy will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed corporations." campaign finance reforms protections that we have in place and have had for many, many years have solved the problem that jefferson talked about by limiting political spending by corporations. then out of nowhere came the supreme court, and issued its citizens united opinion rolling back a century of work to make elections transparent and credible. the result of citizens united has been a flood of corporate special interest campaign spending by shadowy groups with questionable motives. not since the days of teddy roosevelt, a republican who put a stop to unlimited corporate owe donations has america seen this kind of out-of-control spending to influence elections. democrats and a majority of americans believe the supreme court got it very, very, very wrong with citizens united. anonymous spending by so-called nonprofits often backed by huge corporate donors used to make up 1% of election

jefferson, and washington monument. >> thank you. i realize i am asking a convoluted question. mr. whitesell, the first question i have deals with the work you are doing on the mall right now, extensively with the turf, which has effected by softball. when will it be completed? >> the current work is only a portion of that which is in addition for the project. the piece that is under way right now is from third-to- seventh street, and that is supposed to be completed by the end of this subject calendar year. as to how it will effect your softball -- softball game, i cannot say. >> at my age, nothing will improve my game, but playing conditions are significant. can you give us an update on previously authorized programs, where they are in the process? >> the reflecting pool is under reconstruction right now and should be completed by the first week in august, according to the engineers on that project. we are in the process of developing the plans for the restoration/rehabilitation of the washington monument which was damaged by last year's earthquake. those are the principal ones t

jefferson and calhoun. i just wanted to make sure that -- i hope you'll go back and re-read that given the brilliant lecture by mr. barone. i think it will make a lot more sense now. any other -- let's take another one or two questions. questions? cadet slater? >> you were talking about how the society and the religious tradition, really important in maintaining freedom and i guess keeping society together at a local level a lot better. now, i think that played a pivotal role in the peace process right after the civil war. because those local groups could really keep everything together, keep social cohesion. but a lot of times when we're looking at other civil wars that are threatening to relapse back into conflict, the peace process is really just kind of at that macro level. let's throw peacekeepers in there. do you think it should be encouraged that these local civil societies and local village communities should be really integrated into that peace process? >> that sounds like a really smart question. i'm tempted to start off by asking with mal icetoward none, charity towards all. lincoln was addressing the

mr. moore joins us at 9:15 eastern on wednesday morning to take your phone calls. >>> shreveport in march, oklahoma city, may. wichita in june and this last weekend in jeffersonity. watch for the continuing travels of the local content vehicles every month on book tv and american history tv. next month look for louisville kentucky the weekend of august 4, and 5, on c-span 2 and 3. >>> long island university awarded the 2012 polk investigative journalism awards. among the winners, the reporter who broke the jerry sandusky sex abuse study and a post humus award. it's extraordinary that and it's gained strength and stature over the last decades. this remarkable man who was pursuing a story and was murdered because of it and then, of course, was there a complicated second half as an investigation was launched as to who killed george polk leading to some of america's most distinguished journalists participating at the very beginning of the cold war. so we are proud and privileged to keep his memory alive and to celebrate him and this evening's activity, i think we started, ralph and i were discussing whether it was 21 or 20 years ago. i think i may have said 20 ye

mr. moore joins us on washington journal at 9:15 eastern to take your phone calls. >>> shreveport in march. april in little rock. oklahoma city may. wichita in june, and this past weekend in jefferson city. watch for the continuing travels of cspan's local content vehicles every month on book tv and american history tv, and next month look for the history and literary culture of our next stop, louisville, kentucky, the weekend of august 4th and 5th on c-span 2 and 3. >>> this is c-span 3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> colorado christian university hosted its western conservetive summit. one discussion on national security featured geert wilders, a member of the dutch parliament who wants to ban muslim immigrants from coming into his country. >> among a handful of magnificent truth-tellers, i'll use that word again, that have been with us to address all three of the western covertive summits is frank gaffney. he founded and still hea

jefferson, and washington monument. >> thank you. i realize i am asking a convoluted question. mr.t question i have deals with the work you are doing on the mall right now, extensively with the turf, which has effected by softball. when will it be completed? >> the current work is only a portion of that which is in addition for the project. the piece that is under way right now is from third-to- seventh street, and that is supposed to be completed by the end of this subject calendar year. as to how it will effect your softball -- softball game, i cannot say. >> at my age, nothing will improve my game, but playing conditions are significant. can you give us an update on previously authorized programs, where they are in the process? >> the reflecting pool is under reconstruction right now and should be completed by the first week in august, according to the engineers on that project. we are in the process of developing the plans for the restoration/rehabilitation of the washington monument which was damaged by last year's earthquake. those are the principal ones that are under way. >

honor of thomas jefferson with book tv and american history tv in jefferson city, missouri, saturday at noon eastern. former senator and mr. first lady mott family life inside the governor's mansion. also, a butcher's bill, business contract, a provisions list from ancient mesopotamia to the university of missouri special collection, the stories behind eight miniature babylonian clay tablets. and sunday -- >> at one time, in 1967, this was called the bloodiest 47 acres and a mark -- in america. >> a walkthrough the missouri state penitentiary. what back through history in the halls of the governor's mansion. this weekend from jefferson city, saturday at noon and 5:00 p.m. eastern [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> up next, a discussion on national security in the presidential 2012 election. we look at the effect at what security has had on the presidential election. from chapel hill, n.c., this is an hour and a half. > we are very happy to welcome david schanzer, associate professor of the practice for public policy at duke university. he is

mr. president, i believe in the senate. i believe in the rules of the senate. but especially i believe in the comity that thomas jefferson believed in in this body. otherwise, the senate falls apart. i yield back the balance of my time. the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination. the yeas and nays have been called. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? on this vote, the ayes are 91, the nays are 1. the motion -- the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action, and the senate will resume legislative session. a senator: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. conrad:i ask further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without

jefferson city, missouri. saturday, literary life with booktv on c-span2 bid former senator and mr. a first lady jean carnahan and family life inside the governor's mansion. a provisions list from ancient mesopotamia to the university of missouri at's special collection. the stories behind an ancient babylonian clay tablets. >> at one time this was called the bloodiest anchor in america. >> walk through missouri state history at the state capitol and governor's mansion. this weekend, from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on a c- span2 and 3. >> in may, the space exploration technology company known as spacex send a spacecraft to the international space station. elon musk deliver the commencement address at the california institute of technology in pasadena. he gives advice to the caltech class of 2012. [applause] >> all right guesi'd like to thk you for leaving "crazy person out of the description." [laughter] -- for leaving "crazy person" out of the description. [laughter] i thought perhaps to tell a story of how i came to be here, how some of these thing

mr. president, in conclusion , free enterprise and meritocratic policies are consistent with our declaration, as thomas jefferson declared, a wise and frugal government shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. will america remain the country our founders envisioned? or will we become a country where fairness means equal outcomes for all, dictated by the government? will we make it easier or harder for people to earn their success? and will the american people be happier if allowed to pursue their dreams, sometimes failing, sometimes succeeding, or if the government tries to force equal economic outcomes? which is more normal? which is more fair? which is more american? a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. isakson: mr. president, if the distinguished whip will remain on the floor for a second. as i was passing through listening to his speech, i wanted to add some meat to this bones on the business of pass-through income and the small businesses that will be affected dramatically by the president's announcement today. for 22 years, i ran a subchapter

mr. clinton is going to vote for. >> i guarantee you, sean, based on what i've heard from third parties who i've spoken to, that william jeffersonmitt romney. however, he's going to open his mouth for barak obama because his wife is hostage. they have her under lock and key as secretary of state. and he is scared that obama will lose and blame him if he undermines obama. so he'll do everything he asks him to do and then he'll jab him whenever he can. >> gretchen: i agree with the last part of that thing. but i don't know if anyone can hold hillary clinton under lock and key. she is the secretary of state, but only bill clinton and hillary know who they'll vote for. >> brian: she's retiring. >> steve: that's what i hear. the bad news for bill clinton and his appearance before the democrats is the fact that apparently it will be opposite the season opener of the nfl. >> brian: giants-cowboys. >> steve: yeah. which would you watch? >> brian: do you have to even ask me? >> steve: you're a sports guy. >> gretchen: we'll be there, so we'll be watching bill clinton. now to the headlines. fox news alert, moments ago, authorities lifting

jefferson once said -- quote -- "the end of democracy and the defeat of the american revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed corporations." i fear, mr. president, that we are on the brink of just that. the disclose act will not fix all the harm of citizens united, but it is certainly a step forward, and it will bring much-needed sunshine to our political system, which will go a long way to reducing the number and dishonesty of negative attack ads that further corrode our public dialogue and ultimately threaten our democratic system. i am disappointed that my colleagues did not recognize just that and that they have refused to even let us have a full debate on this important bill. i understand that we may be taking up a motion for reconsideration. i urge my colleagues to reconsider and join me in supporting this important piece of legislation and join those of us who are here tonight. and if it is allowed to come -- to come up for an up-or-down vote, i'm confident this body would pass it and that it would be cheered by the american public. in closing, i would like to remind this body of an exchange benjamin franklin had with one of t