mr. biden telephoned the president during the break.nd he was dismissed without being called to serve. >>> well, it's time, now, for sports. so, here's sara walsh over at espn news. >> good morning. monday brought another big upset in the college basketball world. number two, pittsburgh, hosting notre dame. and ben hansbrough just dominates the second half. hitting a three-pointer there to give notre dame the lead. and then, driving here, to the right side for the lay-in. hansbrough would run the same, exact play here again with the right hand. and with 20 seconds left to play, hansbrough driving, spinning. making the layup. he had 19 points, 7 assists. notre dame upsets pittsburgh. >>> kevin durant, flutters in with the hornets. new orleans on a bit of a roll. they've won eight-straight. fourth quarter, trailing by three. chris paul had 24. just over a minute to play. game tied at 87-87. durant for three. it's no good. westbrook gets it in now. thunder up two. 15 seconds to play. paul, pokes away from westbrook. come collison knocks ov

conversations] [applause] [speaking in chinese] [speaking in chinese] >> vice president biden, mrs. biden, secretary of state clinton, ladies and gentlemen, and dear friends, i wish to thank vice president and mrs. biden and secretary clinton for hosting this luncheon for me and my colleagues. to begin, i would like to express sincere for your abiding commitment to u.s.-china relations. [speaking in chinese] [speaking in chinese] >> translator: this year marks the 40th anniversary since china and the united states reopened the door to each other. we cherished fond memories of the diplomacy, and dr. kissinger's visit to china 40 years ago. the handshake across the pacific between president nixon and china's leaders 39 years ago, and the early spring visit of mr. ping to the united states 32 years ago. these momentous events bare witness to the historical process in which the people of our two countries ended enstrangement and reviewed friendship. [speaking in chinese] [speaking in chinese] [speaking in chinese] [speaking in chinese] >> translator: china-u.s. relations have traveled an extr

applause] [applause] [speaking in chinese] [speaking in chinese] >> translator: vice president biden, mrs. bidenmrs. biden and secretary clinton for hosting this luncheon for me and my colleagues. to begin with, i would also like to express sincere appreciation to all of you for your fighting commitment to china-u.s. relations. [speaking in chinese] [speaking in chinese] [speaking in chinese] >> translator: this year marks the 40th anniversary that china and united states we opened the door to each other. we cherish fond memories of the john young to and dr. kissinger's trip to visit -- china many years ago. the handshake between president nixon and chinese leaders and 39 years ago, and the -- these momentous events bore witness to the historical process in which the people of our two countries ended infringement and renewed friendship. [speaking in chinese] [speaking in chinese] [speaking in chinese] [speaking in chinese] [speaking in chinese] >> translator: china-u.s. relations have traveled an extraordinary path over four decades. in the beginning, leaders of our two countries would meet only

mr. biden made the pledge during a meeting with president hamid karzai in kabul. he said training and aid will continue after u.s. combat forces begin leaving afghanistan in july. >> the united states, if the afghan people want it, are prepared and we are not leaving in 2014. hopefully we will have totally turned over the ability of the... to the afghan security forces to maintain the security of the country. but we will... we are not leaving. if you don't want us to leave. >> reporter: the vice president also said the u.s. has no inte >> holman: the vice president also said the u.s. has no intention of trying to "govern" or "nation-build" in afghanistan. secretary of state hillary clinton moved to shore up ties with yemen today. she made a surprise stop in sanaa, the capital, and met with president ali abdullah saleh. his government has been a key ally in the war on terror. relations with yemen were strained after wikileaks released u.s. diplomatic cables. they showed yemen secretly has allowed u.s. air strikes against al-qaeda targets. china has tested its first

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coming up next former columnist for the "baltimore sun" presents a biography of a vice presidential biden. mr. witncover discusses his book at the women's national democratic club here in washington. it's about 50 minutes. >> i would like to talk about the challenge of writing a biography of a public figure. it's a problem because most of these people have public impressions about them and writing a biography i have to get beyond that. true of writing several other books including robert kennedy, richard nixon, spiro agnew and jimmy carter taking on this book about joe biden. a determined in doing those books the impressions on it formed of these people were pretty wrong. all of them were ambitious -- is that better? and some even ruthless, for example robert kennedy was accused of being rootless. secure agnew of accused of being [inaudible] in july and this is not the case at all. i interviewed about 120 people for the book, many of them in the senate and washington, many of them in delaware, and the worst i found was a fellow who was an aide to a republican candidate, one of his relations c

mr. bannerman, first, you listen to vice president biden. is this an easy call which side the u.s. should be on? >> i don't think this is a question of which side. i think's nobody who disagrees that the government of egypt has been slow to address the economic, social, and political problems they face. the question for the united states is what can they do at this time to facilitate the government of egypt doing that? >> lehrer: and when you listen to the vice president, what strikes you? >> well, he was struggling to balance the competing interests and thoughts that he must have been thinking about. but i think this is a... it's a very dramatic moment and i think what it tells us is that societies like this are inherently unstable. authoritarian societies like egypt. there will be change in egypt whether it's tomorrow or in six months or a year, we don't know. and the big question is whether that change comes through violence and upheaval which obvious the united states has an interest in avoiding or whether it comes through a process of dialogue and discussion leading to democra

mr. vice president. >> i'm sitting here looking at this video. it's awful good, man. this ain't your usual youtube little deal. >> reporter: vice president joe biden is referring to this youtube video. the owners of the penny ice creamy put together. it's a two-minute video that shows how owner zach davis and kendra baker's investment trickled down to other vendors, contractors and even u.s.-made equipment. two years ago, the owners wanted to open the shop selling ice cream made from scratch, but it was hard to get a loan until the federal stimulus bill gave the small business administration a boost. >> i wish, you know, five months ago we had you traveling the country with me, making the case on our recovery act because it's one of those things that really has had a dramatic impact. >> reporter: the vice president told the owners how their success served as an example for other first-time entrepreneurs. frederiqueco is one of those first-time business owners on piedmont avenue. he opened lush about a year and a half ago. >> we opened right after the whole crisis. >> reporter: right now he says business is pretty good. he says the penny ice creame

mr. vice president can you help me get back to my unit? >> vice president joe biden is in iraq today.hese are live pictures as we listen in for a moment. it is the third in a series of unannounced stops for the vice president that have also included afghanistan and pakistan. he's meeting with the troops over there. he's also meeting with iraqi leaders. in his meeting with iraq's president, biden said the single most significant thing that could happen for the u.s. would be for iraq to become a prosperous democracy. >>> and we'll have more on that later. time now 6:54. well, today the government is announcing some new proposed federal standards for school lunch. the new guidelines would establish the first calorie limits in school meals. it would reduce the amount of sodium. ban most transfats. require more fruit and vegetable servings. require that milk be low fat or nonfat. and increasing the amount of whole grains required. these guidelines are designed to reduce childhood obesity. >>> a new city college of san francisco campus in the city's north beach neighborhood is making some p

mr. secretary general, admiral mullen, vice president biden, beloved friends of richard, good afternoon toaries between our personal and our public lives. we gave each other courage, great courage knowing that the other was always there. not a single day passed wherever he was without a phone call. we married during the fateful year of 1995, the deadliest year of the balkan wars. en route to our wedding, he was on the phone urging strom talbot to start the bombing. on the way to our honeymoon in france, he addressed the council of europe meeting in budapest. he introduced his new bird to a local girl. a group of very determined bulgarian ladies accosted him. ambassador, they called to richard, we did not know you were looking for a bride in the region. [laughter] >> we have so many beautiful ladies in bulgaria. [laughter] >> but it was too late for that. a few weeks later, my new husband returned to washington with the coffins of his three comrades. following their funeral in arlington, richard headed back to the balkans and did not quit until he brought the warring parties to wright-patte

mr. secretary general, admiral mullen, vice president biden, beloved friends of richard, good afternoon tousband that none of the thousands of remarkable tributes from the corners of the world have mentioned, richard was a very good husband. from the time we came together 17 years ago, we were full partners. with richard, that moment no boundaries between our personal and public lives. we gave each other courage, great courage, knowing that the other was always there. not a single day passed wherefore he was without a phone call. we married during the fateful year of 1995. the deadiest year of the balkan wars. on route to our wedding, he was on the phone urging strobe talbot to start the bombing. that was my initiation into life with richard would be like. on the way to our honeymoon in france, he addressed the council of europe. from the podium, he produced me, his new bride, a local girl. as we were making our escape, a group of very determined bulgarian ladies came up to him. am bad door, they called to richard, we did not know you were looking for a bride in the region. we have so many

mr. secretary general, admiral mullen, vice president biden, beloved friends of richard, good afternoon tousband that none of the thousands of remarkable tributes from the corners of the world have mentioned, richard was a very good husband. from the time we came together 17 years ago, we were full partners. with richard, that moment no boundaries between our personal and public lives. we gave each other courage, great courage, knowing that the other was always there. not a single day passed wherefore he was without a phone call. we married during the fateful year of 1995. the deadiest year of the balkan wars. on route to our wedding, he was on the phone urging strobe talbot to start the bombing. that was my initiation into life with richard would be like. on the way to our honeymoon in france, he addressed the council of europe. from the podium, he produced me, his new bride, a local girl. as we were making our escape, a group of very determined bulgarian ladies came up to him. am bad door, they called to richard, we did not know you were looking for a bride in the region. we have so many

mr. president. and i yield the floor. >> vice president biden performed the ceremonial swearing in of senators today. that's next on c-span2. then we'll hear from senator historian don ritchie and the opening of the 112th congress. >> on tomorrow's "washington journal" we continue our look at the new 112th congress. >> and house republicans have scheduled a vote for next week to try to repeal the health care enacted last march by president obama. tomorrow the house rules committee will hold a hearing on guidelines for florida on the repeal legislation. watch live coverage here on c-span2 at 10 a.m. eastern. >> following their official swearing in on the senate floor, senators held a ceremonial swearing in with vice president joe biden. that took place in the old senate chamber at the u.s. capitol. it's an hour and 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> how are you doing? happy new year. come on, chuck, you can't change your mind now. you cannot change your mind now. we got your family. you win a primary. >> in the middle

mr. secretary general, admiral mullen, vice president biden, beloved friends of richard, good afternoon tothousands of remarkable tributes from the corners of the world have mentioned, richard was a very good husband. from the time we came together 17 years ago, we were full partners. with richard, that moment no boundaries between our personal and public lives. we gave each other courage, great courage, knowing that the other was always there. not a single day passed wherefore he was without a phone call. we married during the fateful year of 1995. the deadiest year of the balkan wars. on route to our wedding, he was on the phone urging strobe talbot to start the bombing. that was my initiation into life with richard would be like. on the way to our honeymoon in france, he addressed the council of europe. from the podium, he produced me, his new bride, a local girl. as we were making our escape, a group of very determined bulgarian ladies came up to him. am bad door, they called to richard, we did not know you were looking for a bride in the region. we have so many beautiful ladies in bul

mr. secretary general, admiral mullen, vice president biden, beloved friends of richard, good afternoon to you. here's one fact about my husband that none of the thousands of remarkable tributes from the corners of the world have mentioned, richard was a very good husband. from the time we came together 17 years ago, we were full partners. with richard, that moment no boundaries between our personal and public lives. we gave each other courage, great courage, knowing that the other was always there. not a single day passed wherefore he was without a phone call. we married during the fateful year of 1995. the deadiest year of the balkan wars. on route to our wedding, he was on the phone urging strobe talbot to start the bombing. that was my initiation into life with richard would be like. on the way to our honeymoon in france, he addressed the council of europe. from the podium, he produced me, his new bride, a local girl. as we were making our escape, a group of very determined bulgarian ladies came up to him. am bad door, they called to richard, we did not know you were looking for a brid

mrs. obama arriving just a minute or two ago. she's going to go down and take her seat. of course, with dr. jill biden and the family of christina-taylor green. she's going to be sitting next to them. >> you see her kissing roxanna green there, and father john green, of course, the little girl that was lost in tucson just a few weeks ago. >> let's introduce you now to our political powerhouse team watching the speech with us and with you tonight. christiane amanpour, hello, great to have you here. george will, central voice of the conservative movement in america. matthew dowd, who has advised republicans and democrats, not only president bush but also president obama called him last month after the november elections. and donna brazile, democratic analyst, you've seen her so often with us here. >> and our top correspondents on capitol hill, jake tapper. and inside the house chamber tonight, jon karl. he's going to be standing right behind the shoulder of the house speaker john boehner, right above him. so, he's going to be our eyes and ears inside that room tonight. >> jon, can you hear us now? tell

mr. president, for your warm welcome. [applause] [background sounds] [background sounds] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> president obama and chinese president hu jintao on the south lawn of the white house. vice president joe bidenoment to meet-and-greet well wisher. president hu is at the start of the four-day visit to the u.s. where he'll be attending meetings on currency, trade, security and human rights concerns during his visit. our coverage of the chinese president will continue with a joint press conference with president obama. that will be live at 1:05 eastern. and then at 2:00 we'll be live from the state department where secretary of state clinton and vice president biden and his wife jill will be cohosting a launch in honor of the chinese delegation. we will focus much of our programming today on the relationship between the u.s. and china. coming up at 10:30 eastern on this network, the house foreign affairs committee is holding a briefing to discuss current relations between the two countries including the impact of china's economic security and human rights policies on the u.s. florida republican congresswoman chairs that committee. and more coverage of the visit of the chinese president tonight a