a couple of live events to tell you about today on our companion network c-span 3. the insurance industry group america's health insurance plan will host a health policy forum beginning at 8:00 a.m. eastern. speakers will include kathleen sebelius and panels on medicare, wellness programs, and the midterm elections. later, treasury secretary tim geithner testifies on capitol hill about his department's budget request for next year. that is at 2:00 p.m. eastern. now the president and ceo of the federal reserve bank of chicago, charles evans. this is part of a conference hosted by the national association for business economics. it's about a half hour. >> good morning, everybody. i am bill strauss, a member of nabe's and directors. it's my pleasure to introduce today speaker. he is my colleague and my boss as well as a member. dr. charles evans, the president and ceo of the federal reserve bank of chicago. charlie and i have worked together since he joined the fed in 1991. the federal reserve bank of chicago is one of 12 regional reserve banks across the country. thes

. >> a couple of live events to tell you about today on our companion network, c-span 3. the congressional oversight panel looks to aid citigroup. they include the chief executive officer. that's at 10:00 a.m. eastern. at 2:00 p.m. it's a hearing on next year's budget request for the transportation security administration with the acting tsa administrator testifying. president obama is calling for a final vote on health care legislation. say that starting over wouldn't work because of policy differences between rep cansd democrats. deafment leaders are reportedly considering using a senate procedure that would allow passage of the health care bill with a simple majority. the president spoke about the issue for 20 minutes. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. thank you. thank you. please, everybody, have a seat. thank you for joining us today. i want to thank julie, barbara, roland and christopher standing behind me. figures, physician stapts and nurses who understand how important it is for us to make much-needed changes in our health ca

live coverage of the legislation as it makes its way through the process on capitol hill on the c-span network, c-span radio in c-span.org. we are going to go back to the beginning of this markup from today. chairman john spratt outlining the process. >> the budget act designs the role of packaging the reconciliation bills and transmitting them to the house "without substantive change". the rules committee is to make subsidy changes in reconciliation rules as amended to the floor. i will briefly describe her purpose and make an opening statement limited to 10 minutes followed by an opening statement limited to 10 minutes by the ranking member mr. ryan. without objection other members wishing to make a statement may have been included in the record at this point. after opening statements the committee will take up a motion to report to the house the recommendations sent to us by the authorizing committees and written response to the reconciliation instructions i have just cited. after its passage we will move to consideration of a maximum of 10 motions on each side all nonbinding, subject to ou

we will have live coverage on the c-span networks. also remember that you can continue to fall the truck of the health care debate on the c-span networks. also at our website, c-span.org. you can read the bills as well as watch the debate. while voting continues in the house we will look at health care floor debate from earlier today. >> certainly i yield. >> i thank my friend for you to come and i appreciate this exchange but i just want to share with our colleagues and see if there's in response to a store that has just come out from the "washington post" in the last a few minutes. it's as house democratic leaders say -- let's see, house democratic leaders say that they will take a separate vote on the senate health care bill rejecting an earlier much criticized a strategy that would have permitted them to in the measure passed without an explicit vote. and i just wondered if this is a decision that has been made by the house democratic leadership. >> as you know, we're having this hearing and we have not put able to get the. that's

eastern on our companion network, c-span.also happening, president obama delivers remarks at the close of a forum on work place flexibility, attended by ceo's, small business owners and policy experts. we'll join the president's remarks from the white house today at 4:30 p.m. eastern right here on c-span3. on c-span2. we go live now to first lady michelle obama attending a white house conference on work place flexibility. labor leaders, ceo's, small business owners and scholars aring throughout the day to discuss the issue. we'll bring the president's remarks of this event later this afternoon around 4:30 eastern. this is live coverage here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we're waiting for first lady michelle obama attending a white house conference on work place flexibility. that conference includes labor leaders, ceos and some small business owners and scholars. they have been meeting throughout the day. they're discussing issues of work place flexibility. we'll bring you the president's r

that's getting underway now live on our companion network c-span.ent obama heads to the interior department to speak about healthcare legislation. that's live at 12:05 eastern here on c-span2. the senate is set to begin 20 hours of debate on the budget reconciliation this afternoon with only a simple majority needed for passage. final vote is expected this week. we'll have live senate coverage of a 2:15 today here on c-span2. and now israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu from the aipac conference last night. this is about 45 minutes. ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome aipac chairman of the board, david victor. ♪ ♪ >> we are so honored to have the prime minister of israel here with us tonight. [applause] >> but before i introduce him, i want to first recognize a few very special guests from israel who have also joined us. defense minister ehud barak. [applause] >> and minister of national infrastructure, uzi landieu. [applause] >> and the prime minister's wife, sarah netanyahu. [applause] >> now, while sarah and the prime minister obviou

jo here's a look at monday's live programming on c-span's networks. e'll bring you two events on the american-israel public policy. 8:30, live on c-span 2 tv. our guests are the ranking member. all live monday on the c-span television networks you can join on line. from the outlook session, writing by design, they are slow to change course. look for pat eshes and lessons in so doing have explored grit successes and failures. why the nation that rescued war-attorney europe could not rescue wilson keeping back. joining us again. guest: thank you for having me. host: i guess the word is that the democrats have the vote. is that what you are hearing? guest: it was said on this week this morning, i think their 216 votes will pass the bill at some point today. figuring out 216 names may be a little more difficult. host: let me ask you about some of the names we keep hearing we have her in that column before we count her as a real definitive yes. host: the two left democrats, are they a confirmed, no? guest: it's not clear. this were talking about some sort o

i watched c-span and other networks. it is 200 and some pages. i have looked at the bill on line. have seen bits and pieces of it online. that is all you can find. not in one thing i have heard a report i have heard, i have va insurance. i want to make this point. if this bill goes into effect, am i going to lose that because i have a mandate through some other insurance company? how come none of the things being addressed about the hospital's charging so much money for nurses to give you a hard test and stuff? none of it covers that. neither republicans or democrats have been clear about that. the problem is not only the insurance company, it is also the administration in the hospitals. they are making up the difference for the money they use when the insurance pays for it. when is the government going to say, this is it. people need to see this bill. i will donate money for you guys to put it on the tv screen for a couple of hours so people can read what is in this bill. nobody, and republican or democrat has been clear. guest: your caller benefits from government-provided healt

you can follow the latest on the white house and capitol hill on the only network that covers washington gavel to gavel, c-spans wherever you go online c-span's health care hub to see what house and senate members are saying via twitter. get the latest with the c-span radiophone app. >> up next, your calls and comments on "washington journal." then the u.s. house of representatives begins the saturday session with general speeches. >> 31 years ago america's cable coverage created c-span as a matter of public service. today we expanded your access to public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history through multiple platforms, television, radio, and online and cable television's latest gift, a free video archive, c-span's video library. >> this morning we will take a look at the health care bill in congress from various perspectives. phil

our live coverage today on the c-span networks also includes president obama, he's speaking this morning about offshore drilling. the associated press is reporting today this morning that in a reversal of long-standing -- of a long-standing ban on most offshore drilling, president obama is allowing oil drilling 50 miles of off virginia shore lines. again, live coverage of his comments from just outside washington, d.c. at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. the "new york times" reports on that issue this morning that the president will hope up vast expanses, at the atlantic coastline, the eastern gulf of mexico and the north coast of alaska. follow the president's comments this morning at 11:00 a.m. over on c-span. it looks like the secretary-general of the u.n., ban ki-moon has come into the moon and the conference is about to get underway. live coverage of the u.n. donors conference here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] >> moments ago, you sauve secretary-general, u.n. secretary-general, ban ki-moon enter the room. else the conference co-chair, the haiti done fors conference here set to

we will have live coverage on the c-span networks. >> former senior military interrogator mathieu alexander was part of a team that help locate and kill zarqawi, the former leader of al qaeda and iraq. he spoke at an event hosted by the new america foundation and national interest magazine. it's about an hour and a half. >> we'll talk about why she commissioned this story. and then matthew alexander will proceed and basically tell you about the major findings of his store. matthew alexander is a pseudonym. he is a former senior military interrogator in iraq who was instrumental in the capture of zarqawi, the al qaeda commander in iraq and has written a book. on that. how to break a terrorist, i believe. and matthew's e-mail is how to break a terrorist at gmail.com if you want to get in touch with them. this is the cover story in national interest, a very good issue of the national interest. not only with matthew's story but a great discussion of the various accounts of the great recession that we just had. and also a great debate between others about afghanistan. so with that, justin, do yo

we'll have live coverage on the c-span networks. house speaker nancy pelosi holds her weekly briefing at 11 eastern. she is likely to get questions about next weeks health care schedule. we will have that live here on c-span2. >> senate banking committee chairman chris dodd announced this week his committee will be considering new financial regulations starting next week. not fdic chairman sheila better on financial regulation. she spoke at an economic policy conference here in watching to and hosted by the national association for business economics. it's about a half an hour. good morning. for those of you who do not know, i am the president of the national association for business economics. and i would like to welcome all of our members here today. for those of you who are not members, nabe is the nation's largest organization of this is professional economists. we are extremely privileged this morning to have as our first speaker sheila bair, chairman of the federal deposit insurance corporation. ms. bair has held that position

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you control of the latest on the only network that covers washington gavel to gavel, c- span. take us wherever you go, online. iphone users, get the latest with the c-span radio app. >> cq rights today that a burst of activity is likely in the next day or two. we might see floor debate by the end of the week. >> this weekend on c-span2's book tv, this author on his book concerning the civil rights generation. another offer concerning his book on capitalism. former education secretary talking about white too much testing is causing the death of the american school system. "washington journal" continues. host: we're joined now by alex wayne from congressional quarterly. he is a staff writer who covers health care extensively. we will look at the procedure as well as the policy. thanks for being with us. guest: sure thing. host: we are at wednesday , at-- the get a sense of when the vote might come down? guest: democratic leaders have told us every day that they will have the bill and cost estimate ready any day, yet it has not yet appeared. today is the last day they can release

c- span. but i think he was misled in his criticism of suspending a c-span has been the only network that has served america well. as a matter of fact, there the leading platform now for communications in the non-profit sector. they are non-profit. the criticism that the gentleman from florida made -- i would make one, you might think about. that is, since the inception of c-span, there has never been a woman of color anchor, and it was many years before they ever had a man of color anchor. it is not necessary because there are lots of c-span going on right now, i'll get off the line and let someone else call. god bless everybody, and god bless america. host: a lead story in the paper about education. here is what they are saying. the panel proposes a single standard for all schools. think about the tradition for local control of schools. this is a big suggestiong here bi -- this is a big suggestion here. it proposes a uniform set of academic standards. it lays out the vision for what all the nations public school children should learn and math and english, year by year, from kindergarten to

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course, to welcome those joining us on our heritage.org web site as well as those watching on the c-span network. we would ask everyone to make that courtesy check that cell phones have been turned off as i remind our internet viewers and others that questions or comments can be sent to us at any time e-mailing speaker@heritage.org, and we will, of course, post the program on our heritage home page later today for your future reference. hosting our discussion this morning is mr. stimpson, senior legal fellow in our center for legal and judicial studies. he is a leading expert in military law, military commissions and detention policy. prior to joining heritage, he served as deputy assistant secretary of defense where he advised the secretary on detainee issues worldwide including, of course, guantanamo bay, iraq and afghanistan. he has also served four years as assistant u.s. attorney for the district of columbia, previous to that he was a homicide prosecutor in maryland and a domestic violence prosecutor in san diego. he served three active duty tours in the navy and continues to serve as a jud

c-span dt origina original/estimate. >> this week lawmakers make the final push to he get health care legislation to the president's desk. follow the latest from white house and capitol hill on only network that covers washington gavel to gavel. c-span >> taking a look atest health care news. yesterday the house budget committee met to look at the measure and approved a bill under expedited reconciliation procedures. the riles committee plans to meet tomorrow to work out structure for debate and we could see the bill on the house floor by the end of the week. >> it is a guidebook, a travel log, if you will but also kind of a mini history work of, biography of each of these president. let's face it you can tell a lot about people at end of their lives. >> earlier today the federal communications commission released plan for expanding access to high-speed internet, also known as broadband. the plan aims to connect 100 million households that lack broadband today. it is part of the $787 billion economic stimulus package that passed last february. from fcc quarters in washington, this portion runs about hour. >> well, good morning on this big day. welcome to the march 2010 meeting of the fcc

c-span. the u.s. senate gabbled yen reaching gavel dien bien. you can see the senate in session this hour on our companion network, c-span2.rtation department will lead off two thousand employees today, halting construction problems, reimbursements to state governments, and they are being offered furloughs without pay. once again, we are waiting for the start of a discussion on the supreme court's and d.c.'s ban on handguns. a discussion should get underway here on c-span. . . >> this is a live picture from the cato institute. tomorrow, the court will hear oral arguments on whether the statute relates to states and local municipalities. this is live coverage from the cato institute on c-span. >> i want to welcome you to the cato institute. i am the director of the qaeda center for constitutional studies, which is your host today. we are here to talk about a case that will be argued before the supreme court tomorrow morning. one might say that it is the second act in the second amendment series that began a year ago in the heller decision in which the court, for the first time, decided that the right to keep and bear arms,

healthcare bill, but i've heard no comment on the talking heads from any network or any of your visitors -- and thank you for c-span -- but i haven't heard anyone talk about the $2.55 billion, that's with a b, $2.55 billion to be handed out and given to the negro colleges. that's $2.55 billion, essential given to the united states negro college fund. nothing has been mentioned. is that a back door reparations thing? why aren't people talking about that? or even just notifying the public? people talk about the pell grants and things like, that the other things that were attached to this bill, but no mention has been made of the $2.55 billion being given to the negro colleges and these other people are calling to c-span saying we are still a racist society. really, if up to the see how racist we are, you can watch tonight on c-span2. the tavis smiley show, that should scare the daylights out of everybody. host: reid wilson, do you know anything about this? guest: i haven't heard anything about that. one of the interesting things about the reconciliation bill, though, is that it didn't just fix health care. it did dea

president's desk and you can follow up the latest on the only network that covers washington gavel-to-gavel, on edited, with no commentary, c-span. and take us on line. see what house and senate members are saying being -- be it twitter. iphone users, get the lettuce with the c-span radio app. >> next on c-span, we continue our look at the health-care debate. earlier today president obama visited ohio, tried to make the case for changing the nation's health-care system. after that, the house budget committee works on the health care bridges set -- reconciliation markup. changing the original senate bill that passed last december. on tomorrow morning's "washington journal," we will walk -- talk about health care in the 2010 elections. after that, a representative from the european union will talk about that. later, an update with the state department inspector general on a recent report on the u.s. embassy in afghanistan. and later, and author on the two-year anniversary of the collapse of bear stearns. his book is "house of cards." "washington journal" stars every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. up next, president obama at a healt

us a good opportunity to remind our audience about the c-span library including that rally from 912. some from the very early days of this networkwe went on the air in 1979. 160 thousand plus hours totally for free. click on video library and find the search engine and get your information from there. good morning.. caller: good morning. i'm glad you have something like this in c-span. i've been watching c-span for years and some of the people that are on should never be on. i pay for this program too. the best thing you can do is have the tea parties. i watched it last week and all the politicians trying start trouble like nancy pelosi. that's one person that should be out of the white house and senate as far as i'm concerned. keep it up. it's good work. thank you. host: thanks for the call. go ahead. guest: go ahead. host: wyoming. democrat line? caller: thanks for taking my call. i want to talk about the poles. you keep saying american people are against the health care bill. yeah, i'm against the health care bill but i'm for public option and single payer. okay we can't get the public option but at least you got something to

c-span. >> of a couple of live events to tell you about tomorrow on our companion network,3,. the congressional oversight panel on the troubled asset relief program looks sad assistance to citigroup. that is at 10:00 a.m. eastern. and at 2:00 p.m., it is a hearing on next year's budget request for the transportation security administration, with the acting administrator testifying. >> the next journalism must be open to blogs and e-mails that are hammering like this on the door to be let into the conversation, to add new information, to raise new questions, to suggest new context. >> winners of this year's national press foundation awards talk about the role of journalism in a changing society. the dollar is now a hearing on the military's planned to end the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays and lesbians in the military. we will hear from defense department officials reviewing the policy. this is a lot less than two hours. -- this is a little less than two hours. >> the president has made clear >> today the subcommittee will hear motion a study group to determine what nee

c-span. house rules committee continuing to meet this afternoon, crafting the rules for debating health care tomorrow. you can see that committee meeting on our companion network, c-span2. standing by with us is julie robner from national public radio. are you with us? are you with us? i think we do have her. julie? >> hello? >> we want to let you know we are standing by and waiting for members to come to the cameras. we might get interrupted. there has been a development in the house democrats' plan for considering health care legislation tomorrow. what happened? >> they were going to use this procedure that they call deem and pass, or self-executing role, so there would not have to take a direct vote. house members do not like that senate bill and the things that are in at. they got a ruling from the senate parliamentarian that said they could vote on the senate bill after they vote on the budget reconciliation bill, which has the changes to the senate bill. that would make it much easier for them to vote on the senate bill, if they could vote on changes first. they will not do that self- executing role. they will go ahead. there'll be three votes. the first

will see dozens of pictures of people who've appeared on a network over the years of the library has been archived in contant. if you go to the c-span video library and see the blog posting at talk you can click and see that and played an interactive game and see if you can name all those people that have been in the library and it will help you with a lot of resources on how to use the library. >> host: peter kiley vice president of c-span, thank you for talking with us about the cs the library. >> guest: thank you, libby, it was a pleasure. >>> president obama praised the senate today for passing and 18 billion-dollar bill creating jobs. his comments came after meeting with irish prime minister bill cowen known as t. shock. this is ten minutes. >> good morning everybody. first of all i want to congratulate this sound person right here for having the green earmuffs. i haven't seen that before. happy st. patrick's day, everybody. before i talk a little bit about the strong and enduring bond between the american and the irish people, i just want to thank conquer as for passing this morning the high your act. it is the first of what i

c-span q&a. >> the senate commerce committee are different perspectives on the supposed merger between comcast networkvider comcast. a merger currently under review by the fcc and department of justice dared witnesses include comcast chairman brian roberts, a representative of the consumer federation of america and the head of the regional cable and internet company. this is two hours. >> welcome, mr. brendan roberts, chairman and d.o. contest corporation. mr. john wells, president of the writers guild of america appeared dr. mark cooper, director of research at consumer federation of america. ms. colleen abdoulah, president, ceo of a while internet cable and phone spirit and mr. christopher, you professor at the university of costa mesa. can we have order please and everybody take their seats rapidly? senator dorgan -- senator dorgan is going to chair. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> why don't begin. first of all, apologies to you. we have the essay builds that this committee has written on the floor of the senate and so a number of a further in other

applause] been [applause] so have a networking break until 1045 and then resume and breakout sessions in these rooms. thank you. [inaudible conversations] a special time at c-span, it is the time we get to announce the winners of our c-span studentcam competition, lots of our work, of course,, thoughtfulness and creativity this year. we have more than ever -- more interest than ever before, over 1,000 young folks as videos on issues of the day and we start off with a look at our grand prize winners as they receive the great news. >> madison, lorna and >> yes. >> i'm glad you're altogether. my whole education team is here this morning and we've gone some good news for you girls. you enter our student camp competition and was again your winners. so congratulations to you but what's even bigger news, you are our national grand prize winner slew. >> [laughter] >> we are incredibly proud. as i remember from last year we have winners and our middle school category and winners and a high-school category. you girls are all eight breadwinners and you compete in throughout most of our judging processes for the middle school category. but for grand prize we look at everyo

networking services, going undercover with, and profiles to communicate with suspects and gather private information, leading some to ask if the friend request might be the fbi. those are some of the latest headlines from c-span radio. >> a couple of budget and policy hearings coming up today on c- span 3. this morning, timothy geithner, pierre or sag -- peter or is thorzag and christine roemer wil testify. closing guantanamo is like good, live at 2:00 p.m. on c-span 3. the associated press rights to the fcc's announced broadband plan reflects the obama administration's concern that the nation that invented the internet is in danger of falling behind. officials will go over the plan today, we will have live coverage this morning on c-span. " if this week lawmakers are making a final push to get legislation on health care to the president's desk. funds c-span, take us wherever you go, online, we have a health care's hub where you can see where house and senate members are going. >> the house budget committee met yesterday, approving the bill by 21 to 16. rules committee is next, working out the structure for the debate. it is likely that it will begin later this week. >> "washington journal" continues. host: w

network that covers washington gavel-to-gavel. an editor with the commercials are commentary. take it wherever you go online. iphone users come and get the latest with the c-spanadio application projects on this historic day, the house of representatives opened its proceedings were televised coverage. >> america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. today we have extended your access to politics and public affairs, a nonfiction books, and american history through multiple platforms, radio, and online. this is c-span's video library. >> "west central co continues. host: they have been one of the groups active in the protest of the health care proposal that is being debated on capitol hill. here is one of the television ads. >> i was diagnosed with breast cancer when i was 43. my mother died of breast cancer. early detection saved my life. an earlier panel says women should receive mammograms until age 50 -- should not receive mammograms until age 50. that could cost you your live. if i cover the new guidelines, my cancer would have spread undetected. my chance of survival would have been reduced. the government takes over healthcare, recommendat

we have actually covered on the c-span networks and you'll find some of those including this morning's speech by christina romer of the president's council of economic advisors. you'll find that online later at c-span.org. we're going to take you live now over to the white house. the briefing room here. the briefing is scheduled to get underway shortly. president obama today meeting with the greek prime minister to talk about the debt situation and other issues. later today at the white house a bipartisan group of senators, cabinet secretaries and the epa administrator meeting to talk about energy legislation. we're live here on c-span2 waiting for the white house briefing. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> waiting at the white house briefing room for robert gibbs to take reporters' questions. just a reminder coming up in about 20 minutes the u.s. senate gavels back in back from their party caucus meetings to resume consideration of a bill that extends several expired tax provisions, unemployment benefits and cobr

latest from the white house and capitol hill on the only network that covers washington gavel to gavel unedited with no commercials or commentary. c-spanan online/healthcare. iphone users get the latest with the crmp span radio a everyone p. this event is about 35 minutes. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> hi. my name is connie and i am here to introduce the president on behalf of my sister. she cannot be here today. in 2009, her premiums increased over 25% when she learned in 2010 her premiums would increase again by 40%. she was simply priced out. my sister, a self-employed, strong woman, was no longer able to afford health insurance. desperate for help, on december 29, natoma wrote a letter to president obama describing her situation and urging health insurance reform. to her great surprise, the president not only read and replied to her letter but also shared it with a roomful of the insurance company's c.e.o.s that were as responsible for the steep hikes in her premiums. we cannot allow natoma and the millions like her to go unnoticed. make no mistake about it, we need health care reform and we do need it now. [applause] >> we h