c-span: where are you from originally? >> guest: new jersey. c-span: where? >> guest: new brunswick, channel--i mean, exit 9, to some people. i went to school there, sacred heart grammar school, st. peter's high school, and then joined the navy in world war ii. c-span: go to college? >> guest: yes, after the navy, on the gi bill. c-span: where? >> guest: catholic university of america in washington, and i graduated an architect, and that had a lot to do with--with my style of photography and the way that i take on book projects and the way i--i appreciate the world. my architectural training was critical to my life. c-span: starting back here over to the far right, bob goralski, who is deceased, but was with nbc... >> guest: yeah. c-span: ...at the time; frank reynolds... >> guest: he's deceased. c-span: ...deceased, with abc. you mentioned this photog--this photograph earlier, of trent lott... >> guest: yeah. uh-huh. c-span: ...and sam donaldson, and then off to the left, a whole bunch of people watching. where did you take this photo? >> guest: the press was

i get my news straight from my union -- from c-span also. host: what kind of news do you get from the uaw? caller: anything that has to do with the work wastes. economics and new organizing. the same is true for c-span. host: ralph, hang on for two seconds. i want to get your response to this. that is a comment that several of our facebook commenters have done. they do their own research. caller: i would respond that c-span is actual news, it is not opinions or opinion talkers like the other cable talk shows. host: that is ralph in new york. this is dan in asheville, north carolina. caller: good morning. host: where'd you get your news? caller: caller: facebook is one of my sources. i am so happy that i can watch c-span on my ipad. i did away with cable maybe four years ago. host: really, so you just get us to the ipad? caller: i've had to go without c-span and washington journal and now i can watch "washington journal" on my ipad. i can get all my news with the various news sites. host: what are your favorite news sites, dan? what do you go

c-span: and where are they? >> guest: one's in paris and one's in new york--city kids. c-span: doing what? >> guest: my older daughter is teaching and translating and doing some cross-cultural things in france. and my younger daughter is a lawyer with the--with women's issues. c-span: and what do they think of this book? have you talked to them about it? >> guest: oh, yes, they read it i'm lit--that's literally true because i--even from the time they were freshmen in college, i--i ran a lot of things by them because i'm trying to be mainstream. and i figured if a college freshman can't understand what i'm writing--and they were extremely helpful, both intellectually and a literary sense. you know, i--i brought up my own editors in--in that sense. c-span: you've got a picture here of sun city, arizona. >> guest: right. c-span: where did you get this and what does that say? why is it in the book? >> guest: wow. 'the three-car culture'--i mean, it says that we're living in this cul-de-sac kind of community that we can only get around in because of the automobile, and that we've built one-use

later in the afternoon, more coverage with john kerry and new york senator schumer starting at 5:00 p.m. on our companion network c-span. >> the new c-span.org website makes it easier than ever for you to keep tabs on washington, via and share your finds facebook, twitter, and other social networks. easy search functions let you access daily coverage of events and new tools make it simple to great short video clips and share with your friends via social networks. you can send a link to your video clips via e-mail. finding the share tool or look for the green icon link throughout our site. watch washington on the new www.c-span.org, if you see something of interest clip it and share it with your friends. >> vice president joseph biden spoke to the winter meeting last week and washington, d.c. he talked about democrats are going to the midterm elections and compare them to the republican party. [applause] >> please welcome the vice president of the united states. [applause] >> mr. vice president, i want to thank you for appearing on the beginning of seth meyers show the other night. we are proud of seth meyers. thank you

c-span wanted to go to all the time last two plus the decades. >> the head of the internet corporation for assigned names and numbers on the role of assigning new internet domain c-span 2. >> republican pollster so the lack of relationship with latino voters is a problem that needs to be fixed. he took part in an american university discussion on friday focusing on their voting behaviors. this is one hour and 10 minutes. >> good morning. welcome back to the second panel. thank you all for being here. we heard this morning in the first panel about some of the data that challenges the republican party and reaching out to latinos. we have a second panel with campaign strategists and commentators who talk about some of the strategies that they might suggest. georgia,g the panel, to my immediate left. his political editor for abc news univision. he was a staff writer for "the hill," talking about congress and the 2012 presidential campaign. he also writes for fusion, a latinos in targeting the united states. he writes about international, national, and state-level politics and policies affecting the latino community. next to jordan is glen bolger fr

c-span: now the other names that are still around and familiar--anthony lewis, tony lewis, the liberal columnist for the new york times... >> guest: that's right. he... c-span: ...you say was a friend of roy cohn's? >> guest: he was a friend of roy cohn and he was the one who dropped off the newspaper to roy cohn, telling him that, 'you are now the target of an investigation and accusations by the us army,'... (unintelligible). c-span: where's their friendship from? >> guest: that goes back to new york days, and in fact, anthony lewis was one of the people who was always surprised by roy cohn's embrace of the communist issue, and turning to--to mccarthy as a kind of mentor figure. you know roy cohn's family were democrats. they were tammany hall democrats. his father was a political appointee judge. but again, we have to understand that cohn had this unerring eye for the main chance. what is it that's going to give me--you know, guarantee me political success and notoriety the fastest possible way? what's the fast track to power? and for him, joe mccarthy was it. c-span: former publisher of the national rev

c-span: do you have any idea who did this cover for you? >> guest: yeah. it's an--it's an artist in--in new york city. he's done a lot of other--a lot of other fine work. c-span: "bowling alone" is the name of the book and our guest has been professor robert putnam. thank you very much for joining us. >> guest: my pleasure, brian. >> you're watching book tv on c-span2. here's our prime-time lineup for tonight.

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c-span. later in the afternoon on life -- our live coverage continues with secretary of state john kerry and new york senator john schumer, beginning at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three. >> next, the future of u.s.-afghanistan relations. speakers include former special representative for afghanistan marc grossman. this is hosted by the u.s. institute of peace. this panel is one hour and 10 minutes. welcome on behalf of u.s. ip. i would like to thank all of you for coming, and our distinguished guests. we also want to thank our panelists for this first panel which is titled "the united states and afghanistan, the longview. view.the long -- the longview." given policy relations of late, there is lots of focus on the security transition and the upcoming political transition in 2014 in particular. i do think in terms of the current discourse in washington, talking about life beyond 2014 is taking a long view. i think that one of the objectives for today is to try to look at future relations between the u.s. and pakistan beyond 2014. there is a longer-term interest in this relationship. i think it i

eastern on c-span 3. >> the new website makes it easier than ever for you to keep tabs on washington,.c. and share your finds on facebook, twitter, and other social networks. you can access our daily coverage of events, new tools make it simple to create short video clips and share them with your friends on a spoke, twitter, and other social networks, or you can send links on e-mail. just find be shared tools on our video player or look for the green icon links in our website. watch washington on the new c-span.org and if you see something of interest, clip it and share it with your friends. joe biden spoke to the democratic national committee's winter meeting last week. he talked about democrats going into the 2014 midterm elections and compared them to the republican party. this is 25 minutes. [applause] >> please welcome the vice president of the united states. [applause] >> mr. vice president, i want to thank you for appearing on the beginning of seth meyers show the other night. we appreciate that very much. we are proud of seth meyers. thank you. [applause] >> i apologize i am l

a new security agreement with --sident hamid karzai that that he has refused to sign will be the subject of testimony on capitol hill. c-spanovering the hairy that hearing. website,atch it on our c-span.org. those are some the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> the original plan when they build the new 22-story capital tear down0's was to the historic capital, but a fight ensued between politicians and the people of florida, and there was a save the old capital campaign. when the call came out that the architect plan to demolish the old structure, but the citizens campaign had prevailed, and the two buildings were going to coexist in one capitol complex, but how exactly the historic capital would be restored was then the debate. it was not whether we save it or not, but rather what time period we should restore it to, and in 1902 version offer great benefits because all three then -- all three ranches of government were in the building, and the goal was to turn it into a museum and use it as a teaching tool. so, being able to come to this one site and see the supreme court, the governor's office, the house and senate cham

first, a news update from c-span radio. >> economic news this hour. real estate data provider for logic says u.s. prices rose in january after three months of declines. prices rose zero .9% in january after dipping 0.1% in december. home prices have risen 12%. the biggest year-over-year gain in more than eight years. the obama administration says the government shut down last fall resulted in nearly 8 million fewer visitors to national parks. cost thing the parks and surrounding communities an estimated 400 $14 million and lost visitor spending. sally jewell says the shutdown that striking reminder national parks are a powerful economic engine for local economies across the country. on this day, when the president releases his budget request, a new poll finds anti-incumbent sentiment is largely economic in 72% of americans still rate the economy negatively. 22% of americans are declined to reelect their governor in congress. while 56% say the economy has begun to improve, that view has lost steam. two thirds say this is a weak one. those are some of t

c-span 2. part of the book club we'll be discussing joseph's new biography of carmickle go to book tv.org to enter the chat room. >> there was a poll done in 2013 after the 2013 -- after the second inaugural which asked americans it if ronald reagan were to run today against barack obama, who would you vote for? they said reagan by 58%. over obama and that is right after obama's reelection in 2013. here's a really fascinating -- how is obama elected principally, youth votes. youth vote that same poll, they asked people ages 18 to 34 who would you vote for ray begun or obama they picked reagan. unlike the gallop does a president's day poll every president's day annual president's day poll opinion doing this 13 times since 2001. reagan placed first among the american public as far as question who is your all time favorite president. reagan got on 2001, 2005, 2011, 2012. an reagan you recallly finishes in the top three. typically beats lincoln. [laughter] and imagine that. imagine that. there was in -- in june 2005 a poll done by aol and time warner that survived americans and didn't give them a choi

reviewed' coverage is superficial, that is why everyone who watches c-span -- and by watching c-span you want independent more detailed newsmost people get or want, you can find inexhaustible supply of analysis and different perspectives, and that is the beauty of the new media environment. the consumer is a much more in control. you just have to wait to be spoonfed when of the major networks wanted to give you. now there's this rich cornucopia, and your biggest challenge is to sit through the vast array of information available to you. it is there if you want to find it very -- it. the: we're talking about president and his 90 minute conversation with vladimir putin. i think vladimir putin views barack obama? guest: how shall i put this? i think he holds him and minimal high regard. warning sign that he was start taking him lightly was in september 2009. it was september 17. on that fateful day, barack obama made a unilateral decision, without insulting his allies that he was going to and the program that had been developed under the previous administration to build missile defense systems in the czech republic and poland

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we will take a news update from c-span radio. >> some international news.iden is warning russia that the united states will respond to any aggression against nato allies. the vice president is aloof when you -- is in lithuania. he says there are growing costs that come with naked aggression. let it reboot and signed a vladimir- putin signed the treaty to annex crimea. malaysia's defense minister says the pilot of the missing jet is still innocent unless proven guilty of something. in the meantime, investigators are trying to restore files deleted from his hi in home flight simulator. they want to know if the files shed any light on the disappearance. the unite states has reached a settlement with toyota over its failure to disclose safety problems. the justice department will announce a $1.2 billion settlement today. the investigation focused on whether toyota was forthright and reporting problems related to unintended acceleration troubles that led to massive recalls beginning in 2009. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. today's young a

news, m.s. in d.c., c-span, all the media responsible. the winter of the -- for 20 minutes all i saw was brought obama and oprah winfrey, obama zero brought. and then i'm thinking to myself, gee, what would rush limbaugh or mitch mcconnell would like at this moment. that's all we saw for 20 minutes >> host: i think we got a lot of information there. any response for that,? >> guest: oprah is a celebrity when she's on tv next to someone you get elected president that's going to make tv. she got a lot of attention is yet to see somebody with that level of celebrity be in the proximity of a president and essentially endorsed them. i think that is not anything particular to their race. it's because she is a celebrity and a detention. justin bieber, everybody. he gets attention. >> host: joy reid, how many mikes are there that wants fox and in the ascendancy? >> guest: i think more than people think. i think some people want to hear what the other side had to say. but i do object to making the to the equivalent. not just because i worked there

c-span. and for more information go to c-span.org, click on c-span series for prime minister's question, plus laser international news meeting and legislatures around the world. you can also want watch recent video including programs you with other international issues. c-span to providing live coverage of the u.s. senate floor proceedings and key public policy events and every weekend booktv, now for 15 years the only television network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. c-span2 created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us in hd like this on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> giunta leadership program of the rockies conference james carafano of heritage foundation discuss the 2012 attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi and the obama administration's foreign policy. this is about 40 minutes. >> so how many of you know that i am substitute speaker? i don't know how you guys feel about that. doesn't bother me at all. actually i didn't the substitute speaker for many famous and powerful people. i'm not making this -- i have filled in for very important center

c-span. on c-span 2, live coverage of president obama's news conference in brussels with the european union. on c-span 3, the irs commissioner will testify about an ongoing investigation as to whether the irs targeted certain political groups. live coverage from the house oversight committee starts at 9:30 eastern. up on "washington journal." discusses the proposed plan to and the nsa's storage and telephone data. degettentative diana t talks the contraception mandate case. calls and phone comments and tweets. post: good morning. it is "the washington journal." house in at 10:00. the obama administration says something -- some who have trouble getting insurance from healthcare.gov will have a short delay. those who become part of the will be part of a new category. not d

we will get a news update from c-span radio. >> there is more fallout today for russia's annexation ofine's crimean peninsula. angela merkel says the european union is preparing to place more sanctions on russia. she adds that the g8 form of leading economies has been suspended indefinitely. russia holds the presidency of the g8. in sochi inin was june. turning to the economy, jobless numbers show the number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose by 5000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 1000. that is still close to prerecession levels. digests a stable job market. the less volatile four-week average fell by 3500. the lowest since late november. president obama in a videotaped message says a nuclear agreement with iran can open up new possibilities and prosperity. comments come as his annual message to iranians, marking the persian new year. this year's message coincides with nuclear negotiations between the u.s. and iran. the program in the net states -- the health care program in the united states -- if we don't deal with the issue of innovation and don't translate all those f

c-span. voters in afghanistan go to the polls on friday to elect a new president. tomorrow, we will hear about the election from retired general john allen, a former commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan. he will talk about the planned drawdown of u.s. troops. you can watch live coverage on c-span beginning at 10:00 eastern. also, a look at improving the management of federal government agencies at a hearing by the center -- senate governmental affairs committee. live coverage begins at 3:00 eastern on c-span. >> two weeks after the burglary, i received a large envelope at the "washington post." it had a return address of liberty publications in pennsylvania. it did not mean anything to me but was intriguing. inside was a cover letter from the citizens commission to investigate the fbi. that is the name the burglars game used -- gave each other. likethey wrote sounded something a commission appointed by a president or attorney general might say. they described the fact they had burglarized and fbi office. they had become concerned there were informers in antiwar

thank you, new america, for hosting this. thank you to the c-span audience. we really appreciate it. >> colorado is getting ready to crack down on medical rarn patients and care givers whose doctors have given them more than a standard number of marijuana plants. starting monday the denver post reports that monday colorado's government will send letters to doctors doctors requiring them to provide more documentation on the need for extra plants. >> the chair of the republican study committee steve scalise will join us tomorrow on news makers to talk about promoting republican ideas in congress and among voters. you can watch that interview at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> c-span bringing public affairs events from washington directly to you. white house events, briefings, and conferences, and offering coveragegavel-to-gavel as a public service industry. c-span created by the cable industry 35 years ago and brought to you by your local producer.atellite watch us in hd and follow on facebook and twitter. host: we will talk u.s. and mikaila icy with dodge

schmidt from "the new york times" talking about corporate money in washington but first a news update from c-spandio. >> war on the situation in ukraine from the organization for economic cooperation and development -- more on the situation in ukraine. members are halting membership talk with russia for the time being. the group hasn't given an explanation for the decision but many see it as a direct response to russia's intervention in ukraine's crimean peninsula. oecd promotes good governance and economic policy initiatives among the 34 mainly rich world members. here in the united states, jobless numbers are in and they show weekly application for the benefits dropped by 9000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 315,000, a sign the job market is picking up after a slump. the labor department says the four-week average of applications decreased to the lowest since early december. declined indicate companies are confident enough about the economy to keep their staff. as for consumer spending, retail sales rose in february after a decline in january. the commerce department says cnet -- seasonally

news organizations, two. they struggle with it as well. host: next call comes from charles on our independent line. you, c-span. atulations on your new show. you are a breath of fresh air. i love your balanced approach to educating the public. great job. thisestion relative to conference going on with the undertone of libertarianism, is with the goalat to destroy a strong centralized government that several things are at play? one is not being in position to bail out the banks or the industry that we saw in 2008. ,econdly, if that does happened we have seen a significant rise of inequality of the middle class and the lower class. such ase look at secretary rice's video for couldlity for all, they be educated on the facts. the statistical facts and draw a clear picture of what is truth and what is fiction and what is hyperbole and what's not. is, do youuestion have an opinion on the move that is underway to provide a constitutional amendment to change the current law that says that corporations are people and that money is speech? thank you for your time. guest: there is a lot packed and there. worst things that

c-span. will hold a news conference after a federal open market committee meeting. coverage at 2:30 p.m. astern here on c-span. congressional budget office director doug elmendorf spoke at the atlantic economic summit. this is 25 minutes. [applause] hello, everyone. thank you for sticking around. doug, thank you for joining us. i think we will have a lot to talk about. i wanted to start off, the whole event is about the economy. are you surprised by where we are at this point? >> we have been surprised at the pace of economic recovery. theye looked at crises -- found that those recoveries are very prolonged. relative to the postwar u.s. experience. we put too much weight on the postwar experience. on the rapidht monetary policy response and fiscal policy response. thought that that would be recovery, a v-shaped but a quick u-shaped recovery. in the past several years, we have markdown our projections for economic growth. we think there is still considerable slack left in the economy left in the labor market. we have been watching the structural factors that have slowed the economy. a big

c-span. at 2:30 p.m. the new fed chair janet yellen holds her first news conference at taking over from ben bernanke. she's expected to talk about the fed monetary policy and i will be like starting at 2:30 p.m. on c-span. coming up at 5 p.m. on c-span center for strategic and international studies holds a forum on russia. bob schieffer, former national study advisor to president carter, zbig brzezinski and brent scowcroft will all share their views about russian intervention in ukraine and crimea's vote to join russia. that's up five on c-span. and some news on that as vice president joe biden warned russia views will respond to any aggression against nato allies. "the associated press" writing vice president biden told reporters today that there are quote growing costs that come with naked aggression but the vice president spoke a day after russian president putin signed a treaty to annex ukraine's crimea region. the united states and other nations are calling that a violation of international law. that is from

institutions at yale and at harvard and at places like nbc and cbs and time magazine, the new york times, etc., etc., etc. c-span: final question. if after this book came out people began to refer to you as a colored person, how would you feel about it? >> guest: well, it would depend on what kind of smile was on their face. i mean, i identify myself as an african-american. i like that because i'm an africanist as well as an african-americanist. i go to africa two or three times a year, and you know, i write about africa. and it has a great deal of dignity, but i don't really care what people call us. c-span: henry louis gates, jr., author of "colored people: a memoir" thank you very much for your time. >> guest: thank you, i enjoyed it. >> my name is john greenwich and we are here at the state library in tallahassee. today we are here to talk about some of the early florida constitutions. the first document i have here and it's very special that we have this here at the archives right now, it's on a loan from the florida historical society and cocoa. this is what is known as the patriot constitution of 1812. th

but first, a news update from c-span radio. cretary of state john kerry has announced a new special envoy for syria. naming career diplomat daniel rubenstein to the post. theucceeds robert ford in job who retired earlier this year amid a breakdown and talks between the syrian government and opposition forces. secretary kerry says ambassador rubenstein will travel to the region in the coming week. turning to the situation in ukraine, nato secretary-general tweets this hour that the "so-called referendum in crimea is illegal and illegitimate and that it violated the ukrainian constitution and international law." adding that nato allies do not recognize the result. nbc news reports that ukraine's parliament and/or state residential decreed today to deploy 40,000 reservists to the army and national guard. just hours after crimea voted to join russia. minutes ago, the associated press reported that european union foreign ministers imposed travel bans and asset freezes on running when people they linked to a push for the succession an

senators john mccain and others hold a news conference in ukraine. c-span. putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events commas and briefings. offering complete gavel-to-gavel covering of the u.s. house. we are c-span. created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago and brought to you by your

first, we get a news update from c-span radio. >> it's 8:36 a.m.stern time -- from or more on the ukraine from the britain's foreign secretary -- he says military options are not on the table as a response to russia's effective takeover of crimea. he is going for unified, tangible and economic and political support for kiev. the russian foreign minister says russian troops in ukraine are protecting his country's citizens living there adding that it's necessary to use russian troops in ukraine until the normalization of the political situation, he says. meets today with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in the oval office. in an interview with "bloomberg news" last week, the president said his message to the prime minister will be " if not now, when, and if not you, mr. prime minister, then who?" tothe prime minister headed washington, he vowed to maintain a tough line in the face of heavy international pressure to begin making concessions to the palestinians. the associated press is prime minister netanyahu's defiant town set the stage for

"the new york times," c-span, network tv saying they're going to cover that. voters. second, we're seeing chris christie still staying strong. >> i think that's interesting. >> among republican activists. as you suggested, tons of buzz about joe's appearance up there. neil lavesque of new hampshire institute of politics who had to close it for fire requirements after 220 people. he wanted it in that gray theea theater, he wanted to keep it there. so he limited it. as you know, in new hampshire people don't tend to get excited. they expect politicians to come to you but neil levesque said he had never had so many people up there, posing for pictures, trying to get books autographed. the next day, great coverage from newsmax to the atlantic saying the idea is getting some traction. >> politico's mike allen, thank you. >>> up next, dr. nancy snyderman with a look at devastating impacts civil war is taking on syria's children. keep it right here on newt gingrich. ♪ [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by the moon. ♪ she can print amazing thin

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thank you new america and the c-span audience. goodbye now. [inaudible conversations] >> dear congress are names are shelley ortiz hannah hood and nine and we attended our school in phoenix arizona. throughout the years we have encountered a handful of friends that struggle with mental illnesses and throughout those years we have seen how a lack of support for treatment can result in a devastating event as well as an emotional distress for those individuals and their families. >> you when i look back on the incident that took place in tucson, the tragedy where i was shot and the congressman was shot and 17 other people were wounded and six people died the young man who did those shootings and shot us have been displaying symptoms of mental illness for at least two years before that time. >> we have announced the winners of this your c-span student cam video competition on what's the most important issue congress should address this year? watch the top 21 winning video starting tuesday and every weekday throughout the month it's 6:50 a.m. on c-

senators john mccain and others hold a news conference in ukraine. c-span. putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events commas and briefings. offering complete gavel-to-gavel covering of the u.s. house. we are c-span. created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago and brought to you service provider. like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. regent anniversary held its annual ronald reagan symposium. it is titled a time for choosing. viceered on behalf of of presidential candidate barry goldwater, it is recognized as having set the stage for the white house. we will begin by a portion of the speech, followed by a panel discussion. this is about one hour and 15 minutes. >> those who would trade our freedom for the soup kitchen of the welfare state have told us that they have it a utopian solution of peace without victory. they call their accommodation and say that if we avoid dry confrontation with the enemy, he will lose his evil ways and say he loves us. all who indict them say are war mongers. there is a simple answer, not easy,

first, here is a news update from c-span radio. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> 51% of republicans believe -- have support for same-sex marriage. by contrast, 27% of republicans ages 50 and older favor of allowing gays and lesbians to marry. this comes against a backdrop of rapidly changing public opinion overall and the issue. it is a record high in pew research service. and independence declaration that establish an autonomous republic of crimea. the english parliament voted today to take steps if voted on sunday to split off and join russia. they said they will not recognize the vote as legitimate. tensions continue with russia over ukraine and cooperation continues in space. nasa said the russian capsule carrying the a u.s. russian crew landed safely after spending nearly six months in orbit on the international space station. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> the original plan when it opened a 22 story capital in the 19

afternoon, more live coverage with secretary of state john kerry and new york senator chuck schumer starting at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> the white house held its first-ever student film festival on friday. students were asked to make a short film about the importance of technology in the classroom. this is from the east room of the white house. it is about 15 minutes. >> hello. my name is shelley. i am a senior at metropolitan arts institute in phoenix, arizona and i am so excited to be here at the white house today. [applause] i started at metro in eighth grade and i spent five years honing my skills as a filmmaker. looking back, i realize without the technology that trial has provided for me, i would never have been able to make films or discover what i am passionate about. i saw an opportunity to share my story and my passion with others. technology has taught me to tell stories, teach and make an impact. i believe it is important for our generation to embrace technology and find ways to use it for good. now it is my pleasure to introduce president barack obama. [applause] >> hello. my name is shelley -- [laug

c-span. the rebroadcasts begin at noon eastern with nbc's "meet the press," abc's "this week," "fox news sunday state of the union , and face the nation from cbs. listen to all of them on c-span radio, at 91 point fm. up -- at 90.1 fm. you can download our free app for your smart phone or listen online at c-span.org. >> the suggestion is when we say freedom of choice, let people go their own way, what i think we often mean is they know best. the government doesn't know best. the notion of autonomy, a pretty elaborate word, is basically a one-word way of saying that people know better than outsiders do about what will make their lives go well. this sounds kind of academic and abstract. i think the stakes are real and concrete. that is the question when we think about our policies. are people going to be sick? are they going to be miserable? are they going to be dead? if we have some policy, whether it involves savings for retirement or privacy on the internet or air quality, if we can think of some way that makes them less likely to be miserable or dead while also letting them ultimately go thei

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new world order. you can send in your tweet. c-spanwospan and you can watch the debate unfold as the house and senate are both expected to pass a bill that will provide said -- provide additional assistance to the ukraine, loan guarantees and additional funds. the imf was taken out of the senate version because of the debate in house republicans saying they will not support that part, that reform in the imf legislation. it is a straight up-and-down vote. speaker boehner was asked about all of this. [video clip] >> can you articulate in a very concrete fashion what exactly to be withthe result vladimir putin? do you expect him to pull back against crimea, not moving to the eastern part of ukraine? what is the concrete out from -- outcome? ande have allies in central eastern europe. we have allies in western europe who are asking the question, where is the line? we are trying to do his work with the demonstration to stand up to putin. i will let the administration talk as to what their goals are. our goals is to make sure the administrat

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eastern on c-span 3. new jersey governor chris christie holds a news conference with reporters regarding the george washington bridge closure controversy. on thursday, an internal review team hired by the christie administration to investigate the matter and released their report findings to the public. the attorney says the review shows that governor chris christie had no knowledge beforehand and played no role in the implementation of the lane closure. this is one hour. >> good afternoon. i received a report from the review team. on wednesday and thursday i reviewed the report. it was an exhaustive report that follows the mandate that i said that when we commissioned a review. toldhing was cleared -- i them to find the truth no matter where it led. turn over every rock they were able to get to to the bottom of what happened, and let me know what the truth was. they convicted over 70 interviews and had access to both the personal and business devices, e-mails, and text of my current and former senior staffer

news organizations, two. they struggle with it as well. host: next call comes from charles on our independent line. you, c-span. congratulations on your new show. you are a breath of fresh air. i love your balanced approach to educating the public. great job. thisestion relative to conference going on with the undertone of libertarianism, is with the goalat to destroy a strong centralized government that several things are at play? one is not being in position to bail out the banks or the industry that we saw in 2008. ,econdly, if that does happened we have seen a significant rise of inequality of the middle class and the lower class. such ase look at secretary rice's video for couldlity for all, they be educated on the facts. the statistical facts and draw a clear picture of what is truth and what is fiction and what is hyperbole and what's not. is, do youuestion have an opinion on the move that is underway to provide a constitutional amendment to change the current law that says that corporations are people and that money is speech? thank you for your time. guest: there is a lot packed and there. worst things

c-span three. i have covered the media for a decade now and i've been fascinated by the intersection of the media and politics. i've covered "the new york times," "washington post," msnbc and i wanted to do a book about fox news because the network really revolutionized cable news and it was the most dominant network. the ratings were double. very early into the reporting of the book i realized the way to tell the story is through the life and career of roger because fox is a complete expression of the world view. the network is shaped in his image and without his talent i don't think that fox would be the success that it is so it really developed into a portrait of fox news as the culmination of everything that he had worked towards both in politics and show business and television. >> you said fox news is a political operation that hires journalists. can you tell me what you mean by that? >> of course it goes back to roger ailes, he is a political person. he got his start in television but he really owes his career to his work and the republican political strategist and campaign advisor to republicans like mitch mcconnell, george

institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> coming up in a moment on c-span, today's news and headlines on washington journal. followed by tom harkin on newsmakers with a look at the minimum wage and 2014 midterm elections. then bob corker speaks to reporters at the christian science monitor breakfast. later, a hearing on military sexual assault, posttraumatic stress disorder, and suicide. told, both as students and a nation, in terms of imagination, is that there are all kinds of marches and demonstrations that occur. they are really done by these famous, iconic people. arks was so tired that she refused to get up from the bus in montgomery, alabama and sparked a bus boycott. a young preacher, who even the president referred to during the election as a young preacher from georgia, which was dr. martin luther king jr.. he let african-americans from racial oppression. rtin --theynd ma could do this stuff and barack could fly. they sound good, but they simplify a more complicated history. really involves so many african-americans, women and men, who proactively dismantled ra

[applause] president obama announces new sanctions against russia. friday, c-span has live coverage from george washington aiversity as they host discussion about russian intervention in ukraine and the reaction from europe and the u.s.. the panel includes visiting professors from ukraine and estonia. live coverage begins at 3:30 p.m. eastern. >> to the families of my , mike smith,nds ,udy resnick, ron mcnair christa mcauliffe, and greg jarvis, grace and i extend to you our thoughts and prayers to ,our families, to your friends at the time of this hour of your loss and our shared grief. program has been a marvelous program for america to horizons, knowledge, and it will continue to be so in the future. the thirstman has for knowledge, we will continue to press outward and in the process, there is risk. that risk is taken by each one of us every day and that risk is understood by all of the members of the crew that climb into a loaded spaceship. beconcluding remarks would as we reflect upon this tragedy, a tragedy that this whole nation grieves, let's remember the r

new round of closings recommended by the defense secretary. we will also look for your calls, tweets, and facebook comments, live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. markup of the 1988 satellite home viewer act, set to expire in 2014. it aims to make broadband available to underserved areas around the country and 1.5 million households will lose access to broadband content without congressional reauthorization. you can watch the markup on c-span three. more on the u.s. economy, the republican party, and russia with former senate committee atlanticd gray at the -- judd gregg at the atlantic council. the honorable judd gregg, former governor of new hampshire as well as former chairman of the u.s. senate and budget committee. he will speak with michael hirsch, who is a national correspondent from "the national journal." please welcome them. [applause] >> you have been known for a long time as a master of the numbers. >> i think you just had the master of the numbers here. >> the other part of the capital, the hill part. these people have been getting numbers all day long. i want to start out with a purely political question. wrotee one of those who l

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c-span 2. join the discussion about the new biography of stokely carmichael. the health care program in the united states -- if we do not deal with the issue of innovation, if we do not translate all of those findings that occur at the university level into health care products which are affordable and treat as longand cure them -- as we do not understand disease and their causes and how to cure them, there is no point in talking about the solution of the health care problem. health insurance coverage is going to provide health insurance. when it comes to drugs, the premiums, subsidies, where are the subsidies going to come from? from taxpayer money. people are not going to get the dollars out of the trees. people have to pay for that. there is a limit. the economy is the science of limitations. if we do not do with a better ,ystem of working on prevention how we can take care of our own health, there is no point in just having health insurance because what is going to happen is what is happening in colombia right now. what happens in panama. everyone can have

c-span. later, federal reserve chairman janet yellen of get a news conference after the federal open market committee. should talk about monetary policy. at 2:30 p.m. eastern also here on c-span. adults, theoung so-called millennial generation who are having trouble to get started in life because they come of age in hostile economy, money into a system to support a level of benefits for today's retirees that they have no ballistic chance of getting themselves when they retire. they need to be rebalance of the social contact -- contract. it is it difficult challenge for this country politically. not only social security and medicare half of our budget, it is by far the biggest thing that we do. it is symbolically the purest statement and public policy that as a country we are a community all in this together. these are programs that affect everybody. bold map of these programs does not work here. send an 9:00 p.m. on book tv's "after words." and bing west. commentsour calls and on the mid east, a rock afghanistan on in depth. join the book tv discussion. the or the book club had gone -- tag on booktv.