[applause] >> in just a moment we'll go live to newseum here in washington, d.c. to get remarks from former white house chief of staff erskine bowles and former wyoming senator alan simpson, the featured guests at today's politico breakfast, authors of the simpson-bowles plan. it'll get under way in just a couple minutes, we will have live coverage here on c-span2. while we wait, we will hear testimony from cbo director douglas elmendorf as he appeared before the budget committee recently to talk about nation's financial outlook. >> our analysis show that is the country continues to face very large economic and budget challenges. let me discuss the economy first, and then i'll turn to the budget. we anticipate that economic growth will remain slow this year because the gradual improvement that we've seen underlying economic factors will be offset by a tightening of federal fiscal policy scheduleed under current law. the good news is the effects of the housing and financial crisis appear to be finally, gradually, fading. we expect that an upswing in housing constru

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just state in tunisia and to bury in democracy now the light is dead but his ideas are not at the newseum crees the country has been in crisis economic political and social the ruling troika how to chone it's been a year in a huff but we didn't see any progress the death of all come right becomes the last straw. anger moved to the streets with protesters demanding the authorities and mabel to protect its citizens to leave the sugar with. some crime because below he was a symbol of dignity and a symbol of the defense of the country that this is a political assassination and that means the violence is not over. yet the interior ministry said that one million and they have joined the ceremony that turned into a political manifestation people said that if the crowd reached the city center it would have been the last day of the government. as your attend the funeral of shockey belayed on friday after the seventy try to make their way to visit is made and you have to continue and sick i didn't protest if they were not alive to do that police used tear gas immediately that day such a city is pac

of the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled the khadafi regime the borders with two newseum egypt will be shut for fall. have days and some international airlines have suspended flights to the country there are growing calls for protests and the threat of possible street violence blogger and libya expert leonor maisonette says that authorities are scared and are involving western forces to defend themselves they're afraid of a big big demonstrations like they did with not to with you know. where not to lose bone the so there are saying to the people if you come out we would be hard with you they are taking people to the prisons airplanes are eyeing on the you know war airplanes are flying all the air into the pulley people are mean mercenaries are coming from outside so i put the libyan government before i mean you know. the most important thing was no idea and they were had big big controls for that never went inside libya and any time they have the idea there was one kind of people inside yes they were throwing them away they were very hard with the al-qaeda people in liby

live at the newseum with more on the debate. >> reporter: hi, there, this is part of a broader decision. course, the washington redskins will be at home later today. it's part of a broader discussion. countless sports teams, the washington redskins among them have names, symbols or mascots based on native-americans. they all it homage. they say it honors them. now the symposium looks at that issue. and among those taking part is the woman who for 17 years has sought a name change for the redskins through the courts. >> this is our country. in a way that it's no one else's. and we are people of immense patience and steadiness and foundation. and compassion for the people who don't understand. and we -- rather than hate the people who are doing harm and injury to us, we pity them. we feel sorry for them and we're trying to teach them. >> early 20th century the government set out to destroy indians and to see that there wouldn't be indians going into the 21st century. people felt tree to say the indians are gone and so we're free t

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the newseum is opening an exhibit, "jailed in birmingham" featuring a casting of the original jail door behind which martin luther king was held after his arrest in 1963. it was in that very cell that the civil rights leader wrote the famous letter from birmingham jail. >>> and the smithsonian is also celebrating black history month, holding a family day today. the full day of activities inspired by the march on washington. >>> if you're marching today, better move fast, because it's cold out there! >> so cold! >> that will put a spring in your step. >> i got up this morning and it was like 16 degrees. where am i? >> i know, brutal. >> it is winter, it's supposed to be cold, but, boy, what a shock to our systems! >> the hawk is out, as my grandmother used to say. and the hawk isn't going anywhere soon. here's a look outside. lot of clouds today as well and some of you might have seen a little earlier, or maybe seeing now just an odd flurry here and there moving its way through and across the area. and that's a little pattern that we're going to be dealing with. but you know what? it is

in the news gallery in here at the newseum, you'll soon archived newspaper from july 31, 1965. there is a headline with a photo of president lyndon johnson signing medicare into law. where now almost half a century later in that same structure. there are concerns about the program as needing renovation. today we come together to ask how congress and the healthcare community can work together to reimagine the medicare program to ensure that patients get both high-quality care, but also in a cost-effective way. we will hear about new payment models that will have timely performance information and also include physicians that are front lines in delivering care to the medicare population. physicians and others in the healthcare community understand the urgent need for reform and the urgent need to work together toward this. the ama and other organizations , 110 organizations in all have drafted a framework for what is needed and how we can come together to solve these issues. this framework outlines four elements essential in transitioning to a new care and payment delivery model

the newseum is lowercase in on what's called america's main street, pennsylvania avenue, between the white house and the u.s. capitol building. the same stretch of privileged real-estate where you will find the canadian embassy, a testament to the closeness of the relationship between the two countries. welcome to those of you watching on cpac in canada or c-span and the united states. welcome to the audience here the nm bird feeder. i am peter van dusen from cpac and it's great to have to this evening. we've come to washington for the second time in many years as we did a little deeper into the relationship between the united states and canada and what has changed in two years. a lot has changed in two months and maybe the last two weeks what is the energy environment and trade. i think we can expect a lively conversation this evening. this is the latest in the continuing collaboration between cpac and canada's weekly news magazine. with us this evening we brought together guests canadian and american, all smart people, willing to speak their minds and plugging into the issues we ar

will be at the newseum talking about energy and the environment.overage of the pipeline, which canadian officials want approved. tomorrow on "washington journal," we will look at the history of presidential second terms with douglas brinkley, with a look at the pensions, costs and benefits of former presidents of the united states. our guests for that discussion is wendy ginsburg. again, "washington journal," is live here at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> i think -- [video clip] >> these women were attracted to men who were going to become politically active or were already politically active. >> each of them i find contract -- i find intriguing, half of them precisely because they are so obscure, historically. half of them would be totally unrecognizable to most men and women on the street. >> this president's day be premier our new series, "first lady's." interviews with historians, chiefs of staff, social curators, exploring the lives of the women who have been first lady. in a first of its kind project for television, season one begins on

we are like at the newseum, located on america's main street, pennsylvania avenue, between the white house and the u.s. capitol building. the same stretch a real estate where you will find the canadian embassy, a testament to the closeness of the relationship between our two countries. welcome to those of you watching us on c-span and welcome to our audience here. i am peter van dusen from cpasc. it is great to have you here with us this evening. we have come to washington for the second time in as many years. a lot of change in two years. a lot has changed in two months. tonight our topic is -- the canada-u.s., what is the future? i think we can expect a lively conversation. this is the latest in the continuing collaboration between cpac and mclean. we have brought a guest -- guests, all people plug into the issues we are dealing with this evening. danielle droitsch is the cabinet -- the director of the canada program for the national resources defense program. she has worked in canada and united states for various environmental organizations. she is a former reporter and lawyer. am

in the news gallery here at the newseum you will find a newspaper from july, 1925 and there will be a head line with a photo of president lyndon johnson signing medicare into law. we are now almost half a century leader in that same structure, and there are concerns about the program as needing renovation. so today we come together to ask how congress and the health care community can work together to reach imagine the medicare program to ensure that patients get high-quality care but also in a cost-effective way. we will hear about new payment models that need for timely and accurate performance information and also the need to include physicians on the front lines and delivering care to the medicare population. physicians and others in the community understand the urgent need for reform. the ama and several organizations, 110 organizations and all have drafted a framework for what is needed and how we can come together to solve these lingering issues. this framework outlines core elements essential in transitioning to the new care delivery models. and principles of this framework in

he details challenges he faced as the first federal director of the nixon presidential library and newseum sunday night at eight on c-span's q&a. >> up next a former senior immigration official with the mexican government discusses the latest migration trend between u.s. and mexico. he will be joined by george and universities migration policy studies director lindsay lowell at this event is by the center for strategic and international studies. >> good morning, everybody. [inaudible] i'm actually a psychologist. i discovered to discerning features. i spent most of my time working in special development with teachers and principals and so on. one is that the anti-when you greet them and the others they are addicted to twizzlers. [laughter] and they always have bags of them on their table. that's how i know there are really educators out there. the title may throw you a little bit, and i tend to be one of these folks that's out there running around telling the emperor that he's naked. i came into education, i came to educate full-time about 14 years ago when i got this current job. and i've

different areas of the country, and here's the richmond times dispatch, cuts at fort lee, courtesy of the newseum here in washington. here's the arizona republic, health cuts would affect arizona making the front page there. the hartford current, ripple effect feared is the headline on their story, and then "the chicago tribune", federal cuts may sting illinois. what to can you make of in this strategy? >> guest: i think the strategy is a political strategy and it's working, the president's got a very large and loud bully pulpit, so he's able to take his case to the american people directly in a way that we can't. it's difficult for us to do. but the president hasn't talked about what will happen if interest rates go to 4 or 5%. we're currently paying about $260 billion a year in interest, if we continue to add testify sit or debt to that -- deficit or debt to that, we're looking at a balanced budget that's in an eight or ten-year window out there. so we're going to continue to add debt. we have to recognize and be honest with the american people that these are things we can't acor ford. and, in

live coverage from the newseum in washington begins at 11 a.m. eastern over on c-span. >> on route 66, you know, people were traveling, east traveling for -- either traveling for fun or looking for a job, maybe they were on their way to the grand canyon, maybe they were on their way to work in the agricultural fields in california. so at first route 66 was just a way to get somewhere. i mean, your destination was out in california. but later on after all these snake pits started bros. responsibling up and all these tourist traps and attractions and the cafÉs and the motels and the trading posts, indian trading posts, when those things started springing up, it almost became like a big amusement park along route 66, and route 66 became the destination. it was not like, dad, can we go to the beach in california? it was more like, dad, let's go down route 66, because all the fun stuff is there. it's like a big, long amusement park. >> can get your kicks on route 66 in albuquerque, new mexico. one of the places you'll see this weekend as booktv, ameri

we are live at the newseum, located on america's main street, pennsylvania avenue, between the white house and the u.s. capitol building. the same stretch of real estate where you will find the canadian embassy, a testament to the closeness of the relationship between our two countries. welcome to those of you watching us on c-span and welcome to our audience here. i am peter van dusen from cpac. it is great to have you here with us this evening. we have come to washington for the second time in as many years. a lot of change in two years. a lot has changed in two months. tonight our topic is -- canada- u.s., what is the future? i think we can expect a lively conversation. this is the latest in the continuing collaboration between cpac and mclean. we have brought guests, all people plugged into the issues we are dealing with this evening. danielle droitsch is the director of the canada program for the national resources defense program. she has worked in canada and united states for various environmental organizations. she is a former reporter and lawyer. gary doer is canada's ambass

. >> host: front page of "the chicago tribune" this morning, courtesy of the newseum, says president obama to talk guns in chicago. activists help visit turns tide on killings. that's front page of "the chicago tribune." sequestration, spending cuts versus tax increases. fred, you're up next. westen, virginia, democratic caller. >> caller: hello? >> host: hi, fred. >> caller: yes, good morning. i agree -- i'm sorry. i agree for spend cut and tax -- [inaudible] use both of them. >> host: we need both of them? >> caller: yes. and the other point i want to make is -- [inaudible] because i have to go out in the world and help other countries. i believe that america is superpower and is the only one, and this start 150 years ago. we cannot say, no, we don't want to because it's tough. and the other hand, nobody goes to china and russia to immigrate because they don't like the manners. and the united states is a mixed generation now, is from africa, is from 200 different countries with 64 different languages. so when you say america is -- [inaudible] or black -- okay, fred. senator dick du

. >> a number of protesters interrupted a politico discussion this morning at the newseum here many washington on the impact of the sequester that goes into effect march 1st and alternative ideas. speaking at the event were former white house chief of staff erskine bowles and former senator alan simpson who have issued recommended budget cuts. here's a look. >> mr. bowles, you have -- [inaudible] on your tie. why is that? [laughter] >> i think -- >> excuse me, mr. simpson, mr. bowles, on behalf of america, land of the free, home of the brave, by the people for the people -- [inaudible conversations] america wants to know how do can you entertain the fact that you want to cut -- [inaudible conversations] >> you need to leave. sir, please -- [inaudible conversations] america wants to know! pay your fair taxes! pay your fair taxes! pay your fair tax share! pay your fair tax shares! >> put out a blueprint for how to get something done. this is a practical document. simpson-bowles back in 2010 was sort of what you would like to have done. what you think could be done picking up for the speaker, the