c-span video library. >>> up now, some of today's programming on the c-span's networks. c-span live at 5:00 eastern the discussion of role of the courts in a constitutional democracy hosted by the wilson center. again, that's live at, on c-span at 5:00 eastern. c-span2 live now with a day-long look at the u.s. economy. panels throughout date focusing on government spending, the housing market, federal banks, impact of free markets, tax rates, the dollar and number of other topics. again that is live right now on c-spa c-span2. tonight here on c-span3, american history tv in primetime. all this week while congress son break. tonight historians talk about the history and fight against slavery. >>> join american history tv and book tv this weekend as we feature the history and literary culture of oklahoma's capital city. on american history tv we visit the. he more site of the 1995 oklahoma city bombing and delve into the history of the city's land runs from the 1890s and native american tribes of the area. this weekend leer on c-span3. >>> you're watching c-span2 with polit

. >>> more live programs coming up here on the c-span networks. vice president joe biden is campaigning in new hampshire today, talking about the economy. you can see live coverage starting at 1:45 eastern on our companion network c-span. and don't forget to make c-span.org/campaign2012 your clearinghouse for all things related to the elections. watch speeches and rally, read endor endorsements and policy papers and follow the campaign money trail. again, all at c-span.org/campaign2012. >>> i think this is one of those markets that i think people vote for the don't vote for the party. i think this is the city of wichita votes for the candidate. you've seen a lot more of that. even though it's heavily republican, midwest which is dynamic and it's great, but i think you're seeing more of that in the recent years here in the midwest. they are really voting a little bit more for what the person stands for. >> june 2nd and 3rd, book tv and american history tv explore the heritage and literary culture of wichita, kansas. >> this is the only remaining ori

watch that live on our companion network c-span. meanwhile, today on c-span2, we're showing you several portions of the recent phone hacking scandal in britain. that's known as the leveson inquiry. this gets under way at 12:30 p.m. eastern, again on c-span2. >> and coming up tonight, a debate between the candidates running in wisconsin's gubanatorial recall election. scott walker is being challenged by milwaukee's democratic mayor tom barrett. watch that live tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. a look at arlington national cemetery here. join us memorial day on monday for the annual remembrance ceremony. president obama is expected to address the crowd and our live coverage starts around 10:50 a.m. eastern, monday, on c-span. >> and later today and later in the day, another ceremony takes place at the street nam veterans memori memorial. we'll have that live for you as well starting at 1:00 p.m., also on c-span. >> this is c-span3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, 48 hours of peo

the house is live on our companion network c-span and the senate live on c-span2. and here on c-span 3 at 2:00 eastern the house budget committee as part of last year's debt ceiling agreement about $600 billion of pentagon spending cuts are slated to kick in next year. house republicans have introduced legislation to prevent the reductions. instead they would cut spending for food stamps, medicaid, the child tax credit and other social programs. congressman paul ryan of wisconsin chairs the budget committee and chris van hollen is the ranking democrat. they meet at too clock p.m. and you can see it live on c-span3. if you are looking for more information on members of the budget committee and others c-span's congressional directory is a guide to the 112th congress. you find each member of the house and senate including contact nfths, mams and committee assignments. also information on cabinet members, supreme court justices and the governors. you can get a copy for $12.95 plus shipping and handling. bloomberg news held a conference in washington on economic policy.

both on our companion network, c-span. >>> there's an extra day of book tv this holiday weekend on c-span 2. aaron burr may be best remembered for his duel with alexander hamillton. saturday night at 8:30 eastern and afterwards the former director for asian affairs at the national security council, victor cha on the impossible state, north korea. >> the dialogue with north koreans on human rights is kind of a ridiculous dialogue. you can tell them you need to improve your human rights situation and their response to you will be, and we've had this conversation at the official level, their response will be well, you, the united states, have human rights problems too. i mean that is not a comparable discussion. >> that's saturday night at 10:00. also this weekend, marcus littrell details operation red wing, from service, a navy s.e.a.l. at war. three days of book tv this weekend on c-span 2. >>> three women won the nobel peace prize in october. they were recognized for working for women's rights and participating in peace building. in november a panel of women from across africa and the mid

network c-span2. the house taking memorial day rece recess. they return for legislative work next wednesday. of course you can see the house live on our companion network c-span. >>> while we wait for the hearing on the role of government and energy innovation to get under way, the press reporting that ryan crocker will be leaving his post as ambassador to afghanistan some time this summer and that is the word from an embassy spokesman. mr. crocker came out of retirement last july to take over the post after a request from president obama. it's unclear why he's leaving the post a year ahead of schedule or who will replace him. there have been persistent rumor his wanted to leave for personal reasons. in a quote, ambassador crocker confirmed with regret he will be leaving kabul this summer, from an acting embassy spokesman. >> why don't we get started here. thank you all for coming today. we are here to discuss the report of the american energy innovation council on the role of government and developing innovative energy technologies, the business leaders of the council have a long track record of commercial success building technology companies that compete i

you can see it all live on our companion network c-span 2. this afternoon booktv.org will be live with arthur brooks. you can hear what he has to say at 5:30 eastern online at booktv.org. >>> what people are saying to him don't take the vice presidency. right now you are a powerful majority leader. you won't have any power. johnson says power is where power goes meaning i can make power in any situation. his whole life i said nothing in his life previously makes that seem like he is boasting because that's exactly what he had done all his life. >> sunday night the conclusion of our conversation with robert caro on the passage of power volume four on the years of lyndon johnson sunday night on c-span's q and a. >>> this is c-span 3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout there week and every weekend 48 hours with american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs on our websites. >>> the u.s. army's chief of staff told reporters today that sequestration would be disastererous for the army and discussed how the army is

. >>> on our companion network c-span later today, a look at the lessons from the japan earthquake last year and the nuclear meltdown. from the heritage foundation in washington. that's live at noon eastern. at 3:00 p.m., a member of the russia democratic movement. she is talking about russia under vladimir putin. >>> i had my ambition to walk with john smith. i got to pocohontas. this is the rectangle space. pocohontas marries john smith in this church. i guarantee you i'm standing a little deeper than she was. this is where

. >>> more british politics sunday night on our companion network c-span. from the british house of commons, prime minister's questions time. david cameron takes questions on the economy, budget cuts, job creation and the future of the european union. see it sunday night at 9:00 eastern and pacific on c more span. c-span. >>> next on c-span3, fbi director robert muler testifying on current fbi investigations and agency oversite. then a vice president biden event on the auto industry in the economy. then the food safety and nutrition conference to improve food safety and nutrition guidelines for schools. c-span's road to the white house coverage continues with florida senator marco rubio. he's the keynote speaker at the annual south carolina republican silver elephant fund-raising dinner. senator rubio has been mentioned as a possible vice presidential running mate with presidential candidate mitt romney. live at 8:00 p.m. eastern on saturday here on c-span. >>> fbi director robert mueller testified at a senate judiciary committee meeting on wednesday on ove

. >>> here's a look at some live coverage tuesday on the c-span networks. here on c-span 3 at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the resources committee on the role of the federal government in energy innovation. witnesses include former lockheed martin ceo norman augustine. they recently published a report concluding the government has an integral role to play in the process. also at 10:00, over on c-span, the senate banking committee is holding a hearing on the derivatives market and the ongoing implementation of the dodd/frank law, a provision known as the volcker rule would limit trading by banks for their own accounts. jpmorgan recently announced a more than $2 billion trading loss. >>> congressman, there are people who look at what happened with jpmorgan and they say here is a company made a stupid decision, did something dumb, lost money, didn't collapse, fired people who were responsible. this is the market at work. this is how it's supposed to happen. why does the government need to play a role? >> well, to some extent that's true but i take credit for it. if this

c-span 3 at 10:00 eastern. at 10:30 a.m. eastern on our companion network c-span the senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee will hear from secret service director mark sullivan and acting homeland security inspector charles edwards about the incident in colombia involving secret service agents and prostitutes. >> i think this is one of those markets that i think people don't vote for the party. i think the city of wichita votes for the candidate. this is heavily republican, midwest. i think you're seeing more of that in the recent years here in the midwest. they're really voting alittle more for what the person stands for. >> we explore the history of wichita, kansas. >> the first thing i want to show sut munger house. it is the only remaining standing structure from the 1865 to 1870 too many. it was a very important building in our history in that it is the residence but it's also the headquarters of the wichita town and land company that came down here to create shall we say the city of wichita. >> watch for book tv and american histo

you can see this live on our companion network c-span. and we have more live programming coming later today with authors elinor clift and matthew spieler starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern online at bo booktv.org. coming up, a debate in wisconsin's recall election. republican incumbent scott walker challenged by milwaukee's democratic mayor tom barrett. live coverage tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> welcome to old cow town museum. wichita, kansas. yeah! >> here in the city of wichita and trace, of course, waking up the city for 22 years. a heck of a start. that's why the mayor comes in every wednesday. today talking about the problem we're having in the city with taxicabs. so 920, hang on if you will for that. >> june 2 and 3, exploring the hairage and literally culture of wichita, kansas. >> rather modest-looking paper wrapped binding, but what it contains is an alphabetical list of the members of the senate and the house of representatives done in 1831. i believe this was issued only as it says here members immediate use only. not

you can watch this live right now on our companion network, c-span. >>> more live programming coming up. later today, authors eleanor clift and matthew spieler will discuss their latest book, "selecting a president." it starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >>> and coming up tomorrow night a debate between the candidates running in wisconsin's recall election, republican income dent scott walker, being challenged by milwaukee's democratic mayor, tom barrett. that's live tomorrow starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern. you can see it on c-span. >>> life is incredibly precious, and it passes by far too quickly. so during your time here use all of your unique god-given talents to serve one another as that will be the true measure by which your life will be judged. follow the golden rule. >> memorial day weekend, watch commencement speeches on c-span. politicians, white house officials, and business leaders share their thoughts with the graduating class of 2012. saturday through tuesday at noon and 10:00 p.m. eastern. >>> the obama administration is pushing congress to pass legislation protecting consumer

eastern on our companion network c-span. >> there are people that look at what happened with j.p. morgan and say this company did something done, lost money. didn't collapse, fired people who were responsible this is the market at work. this is how it's supposed to happen. why does government need to play a role. >> to some extent it's true, but i take some credit for it and it's because government had played a role. if this had happened five years ago, if jp morgan lost more than $2 billion, i think you would have seen much more panic in the economy. much more concern. what we did in the legislation we passed was to require the financial institutions and better capitalized. >> this past weekend congressman barney frank spoke about the loss by j.p. morgan chase. the dodd frank law and gay marriage. watch his comments online at the c-span video library. >> last week the small business administration hosted a three-day conference focussing on the importance of american entrepreneurialism. during this next panel discussion sba administrator karen mills said small businesses play a cr

can you see live coverage of house on our companion network c-span. >>> good afternoon, everybody. the transportation bill will come to order. i welcome each and every one of you to this house senate conference. it's been seven years since we've had such a conference. so it's an exciting moment in history, i think, and we're very pleased to have you here. as per a long-standing agreement between the house and senate, we alternate back and forth between the two bodies on taking the responsibility for chairing the transportation bill conference. so i'll begin by recognizing chairman mica, who will be a key partner in our effort to complete the conference to nominate the chairman of this conference. chairman mica. >> well, thank you, and good afternoon. as you mentioned, senator boxer, the house and senate alternate on chairing the conference, and the last bill and conference safety was chaired by congressman don young, sits with us as a conferee. back, you also mentioned in june of 2005. some seven years ago. so this is a historic gathering and occasion. and now it's the turn for the

see it live on our companion network c-span. more live programming coming up later today. authors elinor clifford and matthew spielor. electing a president. that starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern online at booktv.org. >>> also coming up tomorrow night, a debate between the candidates running in wisconsin recall election. republican incumbent scott walker challenged by milwaukee's democratic mayor tom barrett. see it live tomorrow night starting at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >>> this is c-span3 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 on our websites. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton today released the annual report examining the status of human rights in country around the world. sh she said 2011 had been tumultuous and momentous. we'll hear from secretary clinton and then michael pulsener who also takes questions from reporters. this portion is about 25

c-span 3. >>> also coming up tomorrow, the senate homeland security committee hears of an investigation of the secret service scandal in colombia involving prostitutes. that's on our companion network c-span, and coming up friday night a debate between the candidates running in wisconsin's recall election. republican scott walker is being challenged by democrat tom barrett. see that live friday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> both the house and senate are currently working on their own versions of a 2013 farm bill. the current five-year bill expires at the end of september. this past friday a house agriculture subcommittee took up sections of their bill dealing with energy-creating crops that are used as biofuels. they looked at the

. >>> on saturday on our companion network c-span, mitt romney driv delivers the commencement address at liberty university in lynchburg, virginia, the school founded by jerry falwell and introduced by jerry falwell jr. that's live on c-span on saturday at 10:20 a.m. eastern. >>> these men go through things, and have scars that no one can understand, except each other. >> the first thing that startled us was the relationship between harry truman and herbert hoover, who were two such personally and politically different men, and who ended up forming this alliance that neither of them would have anticipated and it ended up being enormously productive and formed the foundation, a very deep friendship. the letters between them about how important they'd become to one another are really extraordinary. >> it may be the most exclusive club in the world. co-authors on the private and public relationships of the american presidents, from truman and hoover to george h.w. bush and bill clinton. sunday at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >>> next week, nato leaders meet for a summit in chicago. earlier th

thank you very much. [ applause ] >>> on our companion network c-span later today, a look at lessons learned from japan's earthquake last year and the subsequent nuclear meltdown from the heritage foundation in washington live at noon eastern. then at 3:00 p.m., also on c-span, a member of russia's democratic opposition movement. she's talking about russia's presidential election and the future of democracy

see that live starting at 1:45 eastern on our companion network, c-span. also, don't forget to make c-span.org/campaign2012 your place to go for all things related to the elections. watch speeches and rallies, read endorsements and policy papers and follow the campaign money. again, that's all at c-span.org/campaign2012. >> right now i want you to take a look ad

eastern, on our companion network c-span, the senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee will hear from secret service director mark sullivan and acting homeland security security inspector general charles edwards about the incident in alcohol ba involving secret service agents and prostitutes. >>> from 1971 to 1973, president richard nixon secretly recorded his phone conversations and meetings. this weekend on c-span radio, hear more of the nixon tapes. saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern with conversations between the president and cia director richard helms and also fbi director j. edgar hoofer. >> some people think that now that this court has acted that i ought to make a statement about the freedom of the press and that we are trying to censor them and so forth. my inclination, whatever it's worth, is not to say so. >> i think you're right. >> i kind of think i should stay out. what's your public relations judgment on it, id gar? i'd like to know. >> mr. president, is that you should remain absolutely silent about it. >> you would? >> i would. >> in washington, d.c., liste

the house is live on our companion network c-span and the senate live on c-span2. >>> and here on c-span3 at 2:00 eastern, the house budget committee. as part of last year's debt ceiling agreement, about $600 billion worth of pentagon spending cuts are slated to kick in next year. house republicans have introduced legislation to prevent those spending reductions. instead, they would cut spending for food stamps, medicaid, the child tax credit, and other social programs. congressman paul ryan of wisconsin chairs the budget committee and vis van hollen of maryland is the ranking democrat. the house budget committee meets at 2:00 p.m. eastern, and you can see it live here on c-span3. >>> if you're looking for more information on members of the budget committee and other congressmen, c-span's congressional directory is a complete guide to the 112th congress. inside you'll find each member of the house and senate, including contact information, district maps, and committee assignments. also information on cabinet members, supreme court justices, and the nation's governors. you can get a copy f

eastern also on our companion network, c-span. >>> former health and human services secretary michael leavitt said religious freedom is on an eroding platform thursday at the ethics and public policy center religious freedom conference here in washington. he warned against resentment or recent legislation mandating religious organizations providing contraception coverage, their employees saying each new law diminishes religious freedom. other panelists include state officials and religious freedom advocates working in the state legislatures to promote laws on religious freedom. >> provided at your tables and then pass them, hopefully, there'll be somebody circling who will be looking for those questions probably during, right towards the end of the last speak beer. so we have a excellent panel that we're very excited about focusing on the states, and it's called legislative action to constrain overreaching officials. and we have a very distinguished panel and are very grateful that in addition to having these panelists here today, we have a number of state legislators from, representi

the house on our companion network c-span. the partnership for public service here in washington hosted a discussion yesterday focusing on the government workforce and services to the public. for administration officials, were on hand to take part in a q&a with the crowd were mostly made up of government employees. this is just over an hour. >> good morning, everybody. i am the president of the partnership for public service and we are a nonpartisan nonprofit organization dedicated to making government more effective by focusing on people. and it's truly a great pleasure to welcome all of you here on behalf of the public employees roundtable and the partnership for public service recognition week. a one week in the year where you federal employees and hopefully who are the subject of respect and accolades, people who otherwise, all the rest of the 52 weeks, or 51 weeks are very much focused on trying to serve the american public. we want to take this week to make sure that the american public learns a little bit more about wha

national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> several live events to tell you about today on our companion network c-span. a senate health subcommittee was to reduce the cost of hiv aids drugs at 10:00 a.m. eastern. at 1:00 p.m. eastern, you will see a hearing on chinese human rights when a house foreign affairs subcommittee gives us an update on the status of chinese dissident -- of a chinese dissident. in a few moments, today's headline and your calls live on "washington journal." members of the u.s. house of representatives meet at noon eastern for general speeches with legislative work beginning at 2:00 and on their agenda will have nearly a dozen bills for suspension of the roles and that includes the national blue alert back at what and has plans to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in a line of duty. in about 45 minutes, we will look at a lawsuit by the group common cause challenging the constitutionality of the senate's filibuster rules. our guest is the group's president and ceo. republican rep marsha blackburn of tennessee, the deputy of tenne

and on our companion network, c-span, the heritage foundation hosts a discussion of how to help veteransand their families. the forum includes service groups outlining their programs for veterans. that's at 10 a.m. eastern. >>> bin laden was a strategically-relevant communicator with various and disparate outfits, and to a certain extent i have to upon cs i had insider knowledge. while still in uniform, i worked in afghanistan, and i worked on the problem of iraq. and we knew bin laden personally was involved in communications to try to corral and bring under control zawahiri, we knew he was making outreach early on to al-shabaab in somalia, we knew he was working through mediums and other individuals, but he knew he was there and doing that, and as a consequence -- and no surprise when you're talking about a global ideology -- bin laden was relevant. >> how has counterterrorism and national security change inside the year since the death of osama bin laden? intelligence community members continue to weigh in. see what they have to say online at the c-span video library, all archived and

. >> several live events to tell you about this morning on our companion network c-span 3. the chairman of the securities and exchange commission will be at the investment company institute to talk about financial regulation, money market funds. that is in one hour at 8:00 a.m. eastern. right after that at 9:00 eastern, the u.s. institute of peace will hear from ambassador rick barton about managing costs to our nation. in a few moments, a look at today's headlines and your calls live on "washington journal." the heritage foundation hosts a discussion of lessons learned from the japanese efforts to recover from last year's earthquake. that is at noon eastern end at 3:00 p.m. eastern, the atlantic council examines russia after its presidential election. and about 45 minutes, we will focus on the institute of the report on obesity. we will be joined by dan glickman. gary johnson will take your calls about the libertarian campaign at 8:00 eastern and we will examine the foreign-born will examine the foreign-born population in the u.s.

. >> here's what's coming up on the c-span networks today. newt gingrich is planning to officially end his campaign for the republican presidential nomination. he'll make an announcement today in arlington, virginia. c-span will have live coverage of that starting at 3:00 p.m. eastern. c-span2 will also be live at 3:00 with a discussion on the impact of broadband on job creation. a new report says increasing number of african-americans have internet access and that could translate into the more jobs. that the discussion live this afternoon on c-span2 starting at 3:00 p.m. eastern. here on c-span3, it's american history tv primetime all this week while congress is on break. tonight historians on the battles of shiloh and fort donaldson as we look at the 150th anniversary of the civil war this year. c-span's "washington journal" goes on the road this weekend. live from north carolina. leading up to that state's republican presidential primary saturday, the journal will be in greensboro for a visit with international civil rights center cofounder

eastern and you will be able to watch it live on our companion network c-span. he libertarian party holds its 2012 convention this weekend in las vegas to choose its presidential nominee. c-span coverage will start on friday night at 9:00 eastern with a two who have hour debate for candidates of libertarian party presidential nomination. at noon eastern saturday the delegates here speeches from candidates and vote on a nominee. that is also live on our companion network, c-span. >>> between 1971 and 1973 president richard nixon secretly recorded nearly 4,000 hours of phone calls and meetings. >> always agree on the little things and then you hold on the big one. i mean, hell, i've done this so often in conversations with people. we'll concede that and make them all feel good but don't give them the big one. >> every saturday this month on c-span radio hear more of the nixon tapes including discussions with future presidents, key white house advisors and intelligence agency heads. hear conversations with gerald ford and ronald reagan and george h.w. bush. in washi

yesterday, marking up the 2013 defense authorization bill, a hearing we covered here on c-span three and across the c-span networks. they did pass a $246 billion defense authorization bill. can you find all of yesterday's markup session in our video library at c-span.org. the house itself did come in this morning about a half an hour ago. the budget sequester bill replaces $98 billion in cuts in defense and social programs with different cuts. we spoke to a capitol hill reporter for a preview on today's debate. >> the house on thursday is expected to take up two measures aiming to avert a sequester of defense funds. we're joined by kathleen hunter with bloomberg news joining us from capitol hill. y remind us again what the sequester would do and what are the two goals of these two pieces of legislation? >> well, the sequester is a mek and of that was put in place last year in august when congress passed legislation raising the debt ceiling. as a condition of that, they agreed to put in place some automatic cuts to programs starting in january of 2013. so what's going to happen this week in the house, as you mentio

here's a look at live coverage tuesday on the c-span networks here on c-span3 at 10:00 a.m. eastern. the senate energy and natural resource committee holds a hearing on the role of the federal government and energy ennotice vags. it including for he remember lockheed martin ceo. he leads the american energy innovation council which publish add a report concludes the government has a integral role to play in the process. senate banking committee holds a hearing to the derivative market and the dodd-frank law. regulators are formulating language on a provision known as the volcker rule. a.p. morgan recently a nounced a $2 billion trading loss. >> people look what happened with jpmorgan and say here's a company that made a stupid decision and did something dumb and lost money and fired the people that were responsible. this is the market at work. this is how it's supposed to happen. why does government need to play a role? >> to some extent that's true, and i take some credit for it. if this had happened five years ago, if jpmorgan had lost what appears to be more than $2 billi

see the house live on our companion network, c-span. >>> you're watching c-span2 with politics and publicaffairs. weekdays featuring live u.s. senate coverage, and every weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our web site, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> saturdays this month c-span radio is airing more from the nixon tapes, secretly-recorded phone conversations from 1971 to 1973. this saturday at 6 p.m. eastern hear conversations between president nixon and white house special counsel and key adviser chuck coulson who passed away last month as they talk about the democratic presidential nominee, george mcgovern. >> mr. president, he really is -- >> you don't think so? >> i think he realizes he's on the verge of an impending disaster, and everything he's done -- >> in washington, d.c. listen at 90.1 fm. nationwide we're on xm channel 119 and streaming at c-span radio.org. >>> today, president obama will deliver the commencement address at barnard college in new york city, and you can see

. >>> here is a look at some of the programming on the c-span networks. live at 2:00 with general dempsey talking about security challenges. on c-span at 2:00 eastern. c-span 2, a day look at the u.s. economy. focusing on government spend, housing market, federal banks, tax rates and other topics, live on c-span 2. tonight here on c-span 3, american history tv prime time all this week, while congress is on break. tonight historians talk about the fight against slavery. that begins at 8:00 eastern. >>> join american history tv and book tv this weekend as we feature the history and literary culture of oklahoma city's capital. on american history tv, visit the site of the oklahoma city bombing and land runs and native american tribes of the area. that is this weekend here on c-span 3. >>> between 1971 and 1973, president richard nixon secretly recorded nearly 4,000 hours of phone calls and meetings. >> always agree on the little things. and then you hold on the big one. hell i've done this so often in conversations with people, we'll concede that, make them f

washington journal takes your calls and e-mails every morning at 7:00 eastern on our companion network c-span. more from the road to the white house tomorrow when senator marco rubio will be speaking at a fund-raising dinner in south carolina. the florida republican has been mentioned as a possible vice presidential candidate on mitt romney's ticket and that will get underway at 8:30 eastern on c-span. >> notables includes timothy noah lawn that haves that have nots in the great divergence. and a 24-year-old j. edgar hoover's war on a new type of american enemy, radical terrorism and at 3:20 narrow scientist david linden on why the good stuff feels so good in the compass of pleasure. on afterwards, alfred nobel and his nobel peace prize. >> there is this myth that you get this prize for peace out of guilt over his invention of dynamite. i say in my book is hard to know exactly into the man's head and heart but this seems not to be true. it seems he was proud of his achievements in the areas of explosives. what we would call infrastructure. >> sunday night at 9:00 eastern and pacific on booktv

. >> here's what's coming up later on the c spab networks, about an hour from now c-span will have a discussion with joint chiefs of staff chairman general dempsey. live coverage starts at 2:00 p.m. eastern. it will be closer to 45 minutes from now. 2:00 p.m. on c-span. c-span2 has been showing a day long live look at the u.s. economy focussing on government spending, the housing market, federal banks, tax rates and a number of other topics. they are on break right now for lunch. live coverage at 1:30 eastern on c-span2. later tonight here on c-span3 american history tv is in primetime all this week while congress is on break. tonight historians talk about the history and fight against slavery. that's at 8:00 p.m. eastern. join american history tv and book tv this weekend as we feature the history and literally culture of oklahoma's capital city. we'll visit the memorial site of the 1995 oklahoma city bombing and delve into the history of the city's land run of the 1890s and native american tribes of the area. that's this weekend here on c-span3. >> four years ago i was a washington

. >> our companion network c-span will be live at 10 eastern a set of national drug control policy willdiscuss the obama administration's approach to drug control which was released on april 17. >> i have seen to earn a certain place where people listen to me, and i've always cared about the country. and the greatest generation writing that book, gave me a kind of a platform that was completely unanticipated. so i thought i'm not to squander that. so i thought to step up as, not just as a citizen and as a journalist but as a father and a husband and a grandfather, and if i see these things to write about them and tried to start this dialogue, which is what offended you with this book about what we need to get to next. >> in his latest, "the time of our lives," tom brokaw urges americans to redefine the american dream to end sunday live in depth here question for the former anchor and managing editor of "nbc nightly news." in his half-dozen books is written by the greatest generation, the 1960s, and today. in depth sunday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> are former presidents who

you can watch them online any time at the c-span video library and over the next few weeks look for other commencement addresses on the c-span networkshich you can clip and share. >>> the food commissioner michael taylor talked about food contamination and preventing food safety problems. he talked about food regulator shift from responding to preventing food contamination. he spoke at the consumer federation of america's conference in washington, d.c. it's about 40 minutes. >> good morning. i'm the director of the son coup consumer federation of america. i would like to thank our sponsors and our advisory committee for their help in putting together this great agenda. we had a great day yesterday. looking forward to another great panel. we'll be tweeting the conference again this year. so you can follow us at cfafoodpolicy. katie bryan is going to be live tweeting the speeches and panel sessions. we have a hash tag that's food policy conference. we have a terrific program today. in just a few minutes, we'll hear from mike taylor, deputy commissioner of foods at the food and drug commission. we'll hear from undersecretary for consume

conference in chicago at 4:30, and you can watch live coverage of that over on our companion network, c-span. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton now on global food security and a $3 billion initiative aimed at alleviating hunger and poverty in africa. secretary clinton's half hour presentation was part of an event hosted by the chicago council on global affairs here in washington d.c. [applause] >> good afternoon. i'm from the federal government and and here to help you. [laughter] yeah, good. got the right crowd. i don't know what to say when no one laughs. [laughter] no, i'm really, i was telling director shaw, i think i've spent maybe one friday a year in washington, and this is a or worthy cause -- this is a worthy cause. the lady i'm about to introduce, a little pressure on me here because i don't want to ruin a promising political career. [laughter] i hear she -- 2016 will be here before you know it. [laughter] she's going like this, yeah. [laughter] anyway, at the risk of ruining a career, i'm going to say nice things about her, and people out there listening, don't hold that agai

. >>> replays of the sunday morning talk shows brought to you as a public service by c-span and the networks,s nbc, abc, fox and cnn, sunday afternoons starting athe noon eastern on c-span radio. >> and welcome back. this is the thursday may 17th addition of washington today on c-span radio and in hop durs in a predominantly indian mosquito coast region burned down government offices and demanding that u.s. drug agents leave the area, officials saying they are reacting angrily to an antidrug operation in which a local mayor saying police gun fire killed four innocent people including two pregnant women. now, it is reported by the associated press that animosity is aimed at the hon during an government and usdea which confirmed on wednesday that some of the agents were in a u.s.-owned helicopter wipolice officers when it happened last week. officials saying that only the police officers on the antidrug mission fired their weapons and at issue was a mission of trying to track down cocaine leaving honduras for south america and today victoria noo lan getting a lot of questions on this issue. he

. >>> here's a look at what's coming up live today on the c-span networks. at 2:00 p.m. eastern, former supreme court justice john paul stevens speaks at the american law institute 2012 annual meeting. since he retired, he's written a book called "five chiefs, a supreme court memoir" which chronicles his time on the supreme court. we'll have his remarks live at 2 p.m. on c-span. at 4:30, president obama will wrap up the nato summit. that's also live on c-span. and on c-span3, a committee on the lack of foreign language speakers. >>> here more of the nixon saps at 6 p.m. eastern.

a quick look at today's live coverage on the c-span networks. the u.s. house is in session live right now on v pan. members are debating u.s. intelligence policies, and veterans programs along with votes on gender selection bill. a hearing on transportation security. security inspections of freight. our live coverage here on c-span3 will continue at 1:30 eastern. show you a hearing on the obama administration's energy policy. the house subcommittee is looking into regulation of hydraulic tracking to pull more oil or gas from rock. all this week at 8:00 p.m. eastern, we're bringing you american history tv primetime. programs normally seen weekends here on c-span3. tonight one of the earliest settlements jamestown, virginia, a tour of origin logical sites and a lab with more than a million artifacts found so far. spend the weekend in wichita, kansas, with book tv and american history tv. saturday at noon eastern. literary life on book tv. and the founding of beachcraft. also browse the rare book collection at watermarket west rare books. and sunday experie

earlier today on the c-span networks we covered the hearing with fbi director robber muller and in that hearing he was urging congress to renew wide ranging surveillance authority to thwart terrorism plots, the latest one in the al qaeda explosive device to be detonated on a u.s.-bound airline flight. here's what he had to say. >> recognize myself for some initial questions. i mentioned in my opening statement, director muller, that the acts of 2008 are going to expire at the end of this year. how important is it that we continue those amendments and should we seek be to improve that act in any way? >> well, we've seen over the last several days, particularly with regard to the ied that was recently recovered that terrorism should be his and should be and continues to be our number one priority and the number one priority of our intelligence agencies. the amendments that are up for passage again reenactment at the end of this year, absolutely essential in our efforts to address this threat. >> okay. >> and not only us, the fbi, the access to information that enables us to identify perso

c-span 2 at 930 eastern p.m. eastern. on our companion network, c-span, the heritage foundation has a discussion of how to help veterans and their families. the form includes service groups and their programs for veterans. both at 10:00 a.m. eastern. spend a weekend in oklahoma city with "book tv" and american history tv. saturday at noon, eastern, check in on literary life with "book tv" on c-span 2 am including governor mary fallin's political books. oklahoma university president and also rare books from galileo, copernicus, and others. sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, oklahoma history on american history tv on c-span 3. to rid the oklahoma city bombing memorial codesigner. look into african-american life in 1920s oklahoma and native american artifacts from the special collections at the history center. once a month, c-span's local content vehicles explore history and literary life of cities across america. this weekend from oklahoma city, on c-span 2 and 3. >> benjamin busch served two combat tours in iraq as a marine infantry officer. his memoir

we will have all of this live for you here on c-span3 and the c-span networks. the house is finishes up a couple of votes, just passed renewing export/import bank and resume the 2013 spending bill for the departments of commerce and justice and also for nasa and other science programs. follow the house on c-span. while we wait for the committee to gavel back in we're going to show you a bit more from today's session with the house armed services committee, and texas congressman, allowing liquid fuel derived from coal. currently environment regulations prevent the government from buying coal-based liquid fuel because of concerns about greenhouse gas emissions. we'll show you as much of this portion as we can, until the committee gavels back in. >> gentleman for the purpose of offering and explaining his amendment. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the energy security independent security act 2007 had a late amendment to it that put in section 526, which previous federal government from -- or government agencies from buying fuels unless they can certify that life cycle

he is making the announcement at three eastern and we'll carry that live on our companion network c-span. that is at 3 p.m. eastern. every day this week you on c-span2 at 7 p.m. eastern, q&a on education in america. >> with the u.s. senate in recess, booktv is on c-span2 each night this week are tonight, american serviceman reflecting on their experiences in iraq and afghanistan. starting at 8 p.m. eastern, benjamin bush, a marine reservist who was deployed to iraq. then at 10 p.m., chris kyl, the author of american sniper, the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in u.s. military history. that's booktv each night this week here on c-span2. >> life again at the center for strategic and international studies for a conference on u.s.-european relations. and cybersecurity. we expect to start in just a moment. [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] >> we are still apparently a moment or two away from the start of this conference on u.s.-european relations wit

conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we have more live coverage coming up today on the c-span networks. on c-span 3:1:30, the focus will be on the oil and gas-drilling technique known as fracking which has seen a recent boom in pennsylvania and other states east of the mississippi. the environmental protection agency has been conducting studies on the practice to see its impact on water supplies and possible links to localized earthquakes. that hearing will be live at 1:30 eastern on c-span3. and coming up at 2 p.m. a house homeland security subcommittee looks at tsa inspections of trucking and rail industries. witnesses include the chief of police for amtrak and the chief operating officer for greyhound. that hearing will be live right here on c-span2 starting at 2 p.m. eastern x. with the senate out all this week we're featuring some of booktv's weekend programs in prime time here on c-span2. tonight a look at politics and corporations. and starting at 8 eastern prettier prize-winning author steve coll goes inside one of the largest corporations in the u.s., exxonmobil. at 9 p.m., br