people probably hear you on national public radio, on your talk show, across the country. and u've written a couple of books now, several books, three books. >> three books. >> hinojosa: finding my voice, which i just love as a title, is your story of kind of how you ended up where you are now. >> it's a story of how i began as the child of immigrants who believed that young children should be seen and not heard, who should never ask, "why?" so the fact that i am doing the daily interviews, maria, asking anybody and everybody... >> hinojosa: anything? >> anything, and why, is for me the greatest pleasure and freedom in the world. >> hinojosa: and let's just start off at the top, because there might be some people who have heard you on the air, and they may say, "i know diane rehm, but i'm not sure why sometimes she sounds a little bit different or a little bit halting with her voice." >> or why she sounds as though she's 105. >> hinojosa: "and why is she on the air sounding like this?" >> "and why is she on the air?" i began my career as a volunteer at wamu back in 1973. b

craig childs is a commentator for national public radio's morning edition. he has written noert "new york times", the los angeles times and several magazines. his work has won the spirit of the west award as well as the colorado book award. the book, house of rain, is craig's latest book. please help me welcome craig childs. . >> hello. i come to you from out of the desert. i'm coming to you from a landscape where once you get an eye for things, 3 grains of sand out of place draw your attention, where everything is brought to bear, where everything is hinged to a story, every drop of rain leaving a dimple in the ground. stories are everywhere out in this landscape. when you walk down into the bottom of the narrow canyons made of sandstone and you put your hands on the sand stone faces and the smooth shallow scallops that look like champagne glasses, you can feel the shape of the last flood that came through. every place in the desert is a story. every place is a passage way. it's really hard to walk very far in the desert for me because there are so many sto

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mara liasson, political correspondent of national public radio and sindcated columnist charles krauthammerd like both leaders were trying to make a big push to show how unified they were. but there were differences in what was said today. >> there were. but i thought what was rather interesting was the apparent warmth between them or at least the effort to display. there is no way to know how genuine it was. there was a moment for example when the president mentioned the older brother of the prime minister who died in the famous raid and saying he would be visiting mount hert.er a mini arlington in israel for israel's hero. it looked like prime minister was touched by that, gratuitous reference but rather kind one. the one thing that the prime minister wanted to emphasize is the clip you showed. he saying you have a right to defend yourself alone if you have to. he kept repeating that to say the president of the united states has given me the green light to attack if i think i have to. and time is running out. for israeli that is precious. >> bret: another moment in which the talking about

mara liasson of national public radio. syndicated columnist, charles krauthammer.saw the speeches. two heavyweights who look like they are running for 2016. >> they do. they resonateed well the crowd. 10,000 people there aconsideredding to carl cameron in three days. i want you to do the math but i was present at the first one in 1973. there were 25 people. second one there were 100. but one of them was a guy named ronald reagan, so this is a movement that started at the very dedicated to small government prescription approximatelys and has grown to significant influence in the republican party. this is a litmus test for republicans seeking the presidential nomination. chris christie is not there. they don't want him. mid-romney is there, they don't want him. sarah palin is there. these guys were superstars. >> your thought on the speeches in >> first, i think rand paul and marco rubio represent the two poles of the new generation of the republican leaders. the libertarian tea party wing. marco rubio appeals to the tea party, too, but today he came off as an establ

iraq war would be, richard pearl marked the 10 year anniversary of the invasion by telling national public radio that it was not reasonable to even be asked whether that war should have been waged. washington, congress itself is busy ignoring the anniversary of the war, since i think neither democrats or republicans who supported it want to talk about having done that. and the democrats and republicans who opposed the war ten years ago, they are still not taken seriously in the beltway on national security issues, even though they were right and all the supposedly serious people were wrong about iraq. today the congress did hold a hearing on the outrageous and worsening backlog at the veteran's administration. veterans home from iraq and other wars waiting months and even years to hear back from the va. the va suggested that they have a rock solid plan to fix the problem. buff the republican chairman of the veteran's committee in the house is calling for the resignation of the va official who is in charge of the claims backlog. so there is a lot going on in politics right now. and in news about

mara liasson national political correspondent of national public radio.ist, charles krauthammer. charles, the introduction there was brief. but it's hard to overstate the importance perhaps of, especially the epa. how the president views the rest of his term. >> well, i mean we have had an explosion of the regulation, out of this administration, we are going to have tens of thousands of pages of regulations in healthcare. because of obama care. many of which haven't even been written or thought through. we are going to have the same with the regulation of wall street. which leads to incable uncertainty -- incredible uncertainty and gives leverage to the strong, the private interest that can lobby and shape the legislation. it really creates a system where you are crippling the economy. that number that you gave us is a tenth -- it's more than $1 out of $10 out of the entire economy. what we saw with the school lunch program is all, it's a lot of is it do-goodism. i predict that the result of these standard on the snacks that the kids will have will be a m

ceo of national public radio ken stern and his but charity for all white charities are failing and a better way to give. he explores what he calls an unaccountable world of u.s. charities and how they are managed. this program is about an hour. >> host: hi, it's a pleasure to meet you and i must say to read your book. charity navigator this is something i have referred to as the battle for the soul of them on public sector that is how important this issue is, so i commend you for taking it on. i think that of the newest books i've read you've got some special insight. in fact that is my first question for you. over the past year i want to give you a list of some of the books that have come out. do more than give, the art of giving. first i want to commend you for not having give in the title of your book but how do you differentiate this from some of the others i've mentioned as much as you might know about them. >> i think you will steal the phrase charitable sector from you. i'm not entirely familiar with all the books that you've mentioned. i think the fact that a lot of books hav

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this week former ceo of "national public radio" ken sterns and his book "with charity for all" why charities are failing and a better way to give. in it mr. stern explores what he calls the unaccountable world of u.s. charities and how they are managed. this program is about an hour. >> host: hi and it's a pleasure to meet you and i must say was a pleasure to read your book. charity navigator really is something that i referred to with colleagues as the battle to the soul of the nonprofit. i commend you for taking it on and i think that of the numerous books i have read you've got some special insights there. in fact that is my first question for you. over the past year, i want to give you a list of some of the books that have come out. giving 2.0, do more than give, the art of giving. give smart. first i want to commend you for not having given the title this time but how would you differentiate this book from some of the others that i have just mentioned? >> guest: first of all thank you for having me on the show and let me first say i think i will steal the phrase battle for the soul from

this week former ceo of national public radio kenneth stern and his book charity for all while charities are failing and a better way to give. he explores what he calls the unaccountable world of u.s. charities and how they are managed. this program is about an hour. >> it's a pleasure to meet you and i must say it was a pleasure to read your book. charting navigator, this is something that i have referred to with colleagues as the battle for the sold. that's how important i think this issue is so i commend you for taking it all on, and i think that of the newest books i've read you have some special insights. in fact that is my first question for you. over the past year i want to just give you a list of some of the books that have come out. giving a 2.0, doing more than give, the art of giving, give smart. first want to commend you for not having the word gig in the title of your book but how do you differentiate this from some of the others i've just mentioned as much as you may know about them? >> guest: first thing you for having me on the show and saying the kind words about the boo

mara liasson of national public radio.can strategist ed gillespie and charles lane of the washington post. kim jong un was quoted friday as ordering missile units to be ready to strike the u.s. and south core remarks. >> the photo was released. kim meeting with top north korean generals with a chart showing the trajectory of the missiles hitting major american cities. bill, what is kim's game? >> who onos but it is not good. they murdered, starved mels of their own people that regime and how to proliferated nuke weapons. the israeli strike on the syrian nuclear plant in 2007 that was given to them by north korea. even if you discount north korea, they are containable, they with proliferate weapons of mass destruction and guess what, iran and north korea have h historic relationships and north korea is short of cash and could sell the weapons to terrorist groups. the threat of north korea is very real. >> chris: whey do you think he is ratcheting up attention? >> helps secure his situation at home. maybe that is true. but t

mara liasson of national public radio.gillespie and charles lane, of the "washington post." well, kim jong-un the young leader of north korea was quoted friday as ordering his missile units to be ready to strike the u.s. and south korea, and the photo was released. kim meeting with top north korean generals with a chart showing the trajectory of their missiles, hitting major american cities. what is his game? bill? >> who knows but it's not good. i mean, murdered, starved millions of their own people, that regime and now, proliferated nuclear weapons, and, once again, the israeli strike on the syrian nuclear weapons plant in 2007, that was given to them by north korea. and, even if you discount north korea, they are containable and will not destroy the regime by attacking us, they can proliferate weapons of mass destruction and nuclear weapons and missiles and iran and north korea have a relationship and now, is short of cash and can sell the weapons to terrorist groups and the threat of north korea is very real. >> chris:

biden spoke last night on national public radio about limiting the number of rounds in magazines to 10 get the deer in three shots, you shouldn't be hunting. limiting it to ten rounds makes a difference. a different in terms of how many shots you can get off before someone can intervene. >> meantime, new york governor andrew cuomo telling this morning's "new york times," he's in favor of changing the gun laws from seven rounds to ten. because seven-round magazines are not widely available. that law set to take place april 15th. >>> two high school football players formally charged with sexual assaulting 13-year-old girls and the victims are taunted and harassed online. edgar gonzalez and johan toraveo have been charged and suspended from school. they are cooperating fully with police. >> we want to assure our school community that we are very concerned about safety and wellness of all of our students and that all possible steps are being taken to keep our students safe in school. >> and the charges in this case, just a few days after two high school football players in steubenville con

author and host of the truth for america radio show and horoscope are conservative commentator and senior fellow at the national center for public policy research thank you both for joining. guns harry reid cave did basically he realize that the republicans were going to continuously filibuster. i and find science assault weapons ban so he said ok we're going to pull this thing isn't this a demonstration that mitch mcconnell was negotiating in bad faith and was lying to harry reid when he said he would have a gentleman's agreement that unless it's something that would provoke a national crisis we're not going to filibuster meaning well first of all i have the support of the democrats there are six or seven of the kind of purple state red states second amendment states senate senate democrats that he didn't have support from so i think this crumbled at the democrat level not that not so you think isn't it what you think the assault weapons ban could've gotten fifty votes and no absolutely not because there's a democrat senators that has been have to stand alexion and i think the democrats are grossly underestimating the support f

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nation. they talk with lindsey gramm and john mccain and assistant majority leader dick durbin. the sunday network tv talk shows this afternoon on c-span radio are brought to you as a public service by the networks and c- span. 1:00, "this week." at 4:00, "face the nation." you can listen to that at91 fm in the washington area. listen on your smartphone or go online to c-spanradio.org. >> i was fascinated by her feminist view. that of the ladies are going to be trouble. she warned her husband. you cannot rule without including what women want and what women have to contribute. this is the 1700s she is saying that. >> abigail adams on "first ladies: influence and image." she was outspoken on her views on slavery and woman's right. she provides a unique window into colonial america and her life with john adams. it joined in on the conversation live on monday night at 9:00 eastern. >> " you washington journal -- "washington journal" continues. host: we have will rahn and sabrina siddiqui. we have been asking our viewers in a word or phrase how they would describe sequestration. will, we will begin with you. guest: my word would be, "meh." host: how do you spell that? sabrina

public radio station. these are the realities of these kids in these communities. do we care? nationallyentally care? do we get it? >> they are two questions. we care. i don't know how you can listen and not be effected. do we get it is another question. picking up on a point about mental health is a great point. if you grow up in a community like that, god bless you. you may not see anyone get shot. but the very fact of living under threat changes how you think about the world, it changes how you interact with people. i was listening at the beginning of the show where they lay out rules about where they walk and who they walk with. i'm from west baltimore. i was there 20 to 25 years ago. it's sad that i remember a lot of those rules. every mental illness you spend is taking away from school. it's the point of why you are going there. you are spending, i'm speaking from experience here, one-third to one-half of your brain to secure your safety. >> that's a great point. i want to go to you, alex, on that. the portion of your school day is when you listen to the hours of all the reporting.

national committee's voter data. this is live coverage on c-span2, it's just getting underway. >> i'd also like to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences. our luncheons are featured on our member-produced weekly podcasts from the national press club available on itunes. you can also follow the action on twitter using the hash tag npc lunch. after our guest's speech concludes, we'll have she and answer. now it's time to introduce our head table. i'd like to ask each of you who are here to stand briefly as your name is announced. from your right, will lester, a desk editor with the associated press. lisa lambert, reporter with reuters. april ryan, white house correspondent for american urban radio network. tony parker, the rnc treasurer. overty yeager, a of staff writer with the hill. sharon day, the rnc co-chair. skipping over the podium, allison fitzgerald, the speaker's committee chair and a freelance writer. skipping over the speaker for a moment, jeff baloo, deputy news editor with al-jazeera english and the speaker's committee member who organized today's event. thank you for that, jeff. mike shields, the rnc chief of sta

radio next. tracey, the senior vice president for corporate communication and public affairs for the rlj company. skipping over the podium. reporter for "usa today," a former president national press club, and the speaker's committee chair this year. skipping over the speaker for a moment. senior vice president with the msl group and the member who organized the event. thank you. ty browne, a guest of the speaker. jeff deputy news editor and a member of the national press club board of governors. the news director for wpfw florida and john doyle ceo of the principle networking. [applause] [applause] our guests today became the first black billionaire in the united states, the first african-american to list a company on the new york stock exchange, and the first black majority owner of a professional sports team. robert johnson founded black entertainment television which he sold to viacom in 2001 for $3 billion. he has made the fortunate targeting a black urban audience first at b et the first television networking to provide entertainment, news, sports, and public affairs programming for african-american audience. after the debut they went pub flick 1991 with b et channel n

nation on cbs. bob schieffer talks with new york city mayor michael proved boat -- bloomberg. the sunday network tv talk shows this afternoon on c-span radio are brought to you as a publicervice by the networks and c- span. those repairs began -- begin at noon. you can listen to them all on c- span radial on 90.1 fm in the washington, d.c. area. you can listen on your smartphone or go online to cspanradio.org/ >> one of the few federal agencies that is designated to exist in the constitution. patents and trademarks are a fairly modern invention. the. patents -- the first patents were given to monarchies on their inventions. the constitution takes it one step further. this is for useful inventions. from the beginning, novelty was a key aspect of the patent office's role. every one of the models has a little tag with it. each of the tags is tied on with a little piece of red ribbon. this little piece of red ribbon is one of the supposes a originations of the phrase red tape. this was originally red ribbon that each of these was tied on. it was not until the tag was tied on and the patent was approved that you would cut through all of the red tape. original patents were to