here on "newsmakers." also joining us is our press panel. lisa mascaro is a reporter with the "los angeles times." if the i could start with a general question. kind of building on what you were saying in the -- we had a taped press conference, mayor nutter, right before we came onto this live program. how dependent are u.s. cities on congress and the federal government at this point? and we'll start with you, mayor nutter, and then -- >> the federal government plays a significant role and affects cities and states all across america. the federal budget obviously is huge. many departments and agencies directly fund programs and services to states and in some instances directly to cities and so when the federal government makes cuts, or when they invest, you can see the difference right on the ground in cities and states all across america. >> well, we're at the bottom of the funding stream. cities operate within the enabling legislation set up by the federal and the state governments. so we have to follow both sets of rules and so every city

"newsmakers" coming up next and we will continue the conversation tomorrow morning. we will talk with the by policy partisan center -- a bipartisan policy center. we'll talk about the impact on the u.s. economy. a familiar face to the fox news audience is the author of "the next wave." she will be joining us tomorrow and retired brigadier-general david reist will talk about the next step in afghanistan and how you withdraw u.s. troops in the country and the impact of the military and the country. that is tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. picÀ for joining us on this sunday. i hope you enjoy the rest of your week and have a great week ahead. ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> this morning on c-span, several programs on the president's plan to withdraw troops from afghanistan, starting with "newsmakers." we will hear from representative adam smith. after that, a chance to see the president's address on troop withdrawals. then secretary of state clinton was the testimony of capit

." ♪ >> next, "newsmakers" what lamar alexander.hen the 11th circuit court hears oral argument challenging the health care law. then the confirmation hearing for defense secretary nominee leon panetta. >> this week on "newsmakers," senator lamar alexander, republican of tennessee and the republican conference chair, the number three in republican leadership. thank you for being here. >> thank you for inviting me. >> of course we have our reporters here to help with questioning. julie hirschfeld-davis is the congressional reporter with bloomberg news and joseph schatz, senior writer with "congressional quarterly." julie has the first question. >> senator, republicans and democrats are negotiating over a debt reduction package that they hope can go along with that debt ceiling increase vote sometime this summer. the group led by vice president biden met again this week. do you feel democrats and republicans are any closer than they were to coming to some sort of an agreement on this? >> not yet, but we will have to agree. there will n

." >> this week on "newsmakers" senator lamar axe. thank you for being here. >> sometime later in the summer, the group that's led by vice president biden met again this week. do you feel that republicans and democrats are any closer than they were to coming to some sort of agreement on this? >> not yet, but we're going to have to agree. there won't be a debt ceiling increase unless we have some agreement on a significant reduction in debt. and that significant reduction is going to have to include entitlements. we have some of our best members of congress and the vice president in the middle of this. hopefully they'll come to a result. >> you don't see them getting any closer yet? >> i don't know, really, because they're not reporting their day-to-day negotiations, and they really shunt he. so they're in the preliminary stages. we all know that we have a deadline of august 1 and that between now and then we need to deal with this. i want us to deal with it, because it would be irresponsible to default on our debt and it would be irre

general fund is just under $400 million. >> this is c-span's "newsmakers" program. u.s. conference of mayors is meeting for their summer meeting in baltimore. so we brought to washington tw of america's leading mayors. michael nutter, a docrat, mayor of philadelphia, and mick cornett, republican, mayor of oklahoma city. lisama -- lisa mascaro and kevin hall are our political reporters panel. kevin hall. >> back on this theory of the community block grants, one of paul ryan's path to prosperity republican plan on medicare talks about a block grant, you would give states medicaid money as a lump stomacher -- sum for them to distribute. mayors aren't governors so it's obviously not going to come directly to you, but i'm curious whether you think this approach wod take you right down the same path of what y've described absent community block grants, would it end up going to rural areas and cities not -- >> my experience is that if governors get money they take care of their inventory, whether that's tnsportation or social services and we might get something indirectly or la

then at about 10:00 eastern, newsmakers. live with mayors from philadelphia and oklahoma city. following that, a house hearing on the surveillance of illegal gun smuggling among the u.s.- mexico border. >> c-span has launched a new website for politics and the presidential race. with information on the cannabis, twitter feeds and facebook updates and links to c- span's media partners. visit us at c-span.org. >> and now the "washington journal" begins with your calls. carol lee and kasie hunt speak with your reaction to the republican leadership conference. then at 8:45, a cia analyst

host: some of the issues in our newsmakers interview. newsmakers interview. coming up later in the program, we will turn our attention to the latest in the middle east. we will talk about the economy with former michigan gov., but up next, a freedom forum wrapping appear in washington, d.c. the here are some other guests and topics making up the in the morning program. nancy is in our studios. >> good morning. c-span will repair five network tv talk shows. it will discuss the situation in the middle east. we usually begin with meet the press in the afternoon. today, we begin at noon. we speak with a republican presidential candidate. also governor mitch daniels in indiana. chris wallace will speak with a former alaska gov. sarah palin. at 2:00 p.m., it is the c-span state of the union. a former director of the congressional budget office will be speaking. a former rnc chairman will also there. and bob schieffer interviews nancy pelosi and they will take a look at republicans in 2012. -- campaign 2012. it begins at noon eastern with "this week" of nbc. you can

here's the newsmaker quote i told you about just before the break.it as she said it the. the quote was, just like john wayne was from waterloo, iowa, that's the kind of spirit i have, too. >> what i want them to know is, just like john wayne was from waterloo, iowa, that's the kind of spirit i have, too. >> michele bachmann, just one problem, the duke was from winterset, iowa, 150 miles away. some critics said michele bachmann confused john wayne with john wayne gazy. john wayne gacy, who was from chicago, but lived in waterloo for a little while. whatever, don't think that story will be michele bachmann's waterloo or her winterset. >>> time to talk to our good friend, tim farley, the host of morning briefing on sirius xm. potus. live from washington. >> it's all about jobs today. >> it is all about jobs. it is all about iowa and jobs. the president is going to be in iowa as well, talking about jobs. with a company that's creating them. >> as a matter of fact, it's alc alcoa, he's going to betancourt, his arch program, alliance of manufacturing partn

newsmakers, sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. in our series of -- and our series of interviews with republican candidates for president continues tomorrow night with ron paul. he will discuss his strategy, as was his years as a doctor, service and the military, and his views on congress. that is tomorrow night on c- span at 9:30 p.m. eastern and pacific. >> c-span has launched a new and easy to navigate web site for the presidential race of 2012. a visit us at c-span.org /campaign2012. >> you are watching c-span, bernie you politics and public affairs. every morning, it is washington -- "washington journal" connecting you with an elected officials, policymakers and journalists. weekdays, watched the house. also, supreme court oral arguments. on the weekends, signature interview programs.

on the newshour tonight, senator reid also talked about afghanistan and the budget deal in our newsmaker interview. >> lehrer: then, we look at dissent in saudi arabia, as some women challenge strict male-only driving rules in the islamic kingdom. >> woodruff: margaret warner gets an update from steven greenhouse of "the new york times" about a labor dispute that pits the government against boeing, and washington state against south carolina. >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> woodruff: and gwen ifill talks to human rights activist john prendergast and his "unlikely brother," michael mattocks, co-authors of a new book chronicling their unique bond. >> did you think who is this strange white guy taking me out in the street like this? >> in the beginning, yeah, but i really at that time didn't care because we was having so much fun. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> well, the best companies are driven by new ideas. >> our future depends on new ideas. we spend billions on advanced

. >> brown: then, we have a newsmaker interview with white house chief of staff bill daley about the stalled debt talks, a day after the president scolded congress. >> warner: betty ann bowser reports on a colorado hospital where medical mistakes are rare. >> one in three americans are at risk of a hospital acquired infection or will become a victim of a medical error. this hospital in denver is doing something about that. >> brown: ray suarez explores the prospect of another tech bubble. this time from social media websites. >> warner: and we get a rare view of dissent in china, following a new surge of protests by young people and labor union members. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> auto companies make huge profits. >> last year, chevron made a lot of money. >> where does it go? >> every penny and more went into bringing energy to the world. >> the economy is tough right now, everywhere. >> we pumped $21 million into local economies, into small businesses, communities, equipment, materials. >> that mone

on "newsmakers," lamar alexander, the republican conference chairman. he talks about democrats and republicans tried to come to term on that debt and tax and spending before an august 2 deadline. and events in the presidential campaign. >> newt is one of our most durable idea man in the republican party. he is filled with visions and ideas, but presidential campaigns are difficult undertakings. there is often a lot of turmoil in the campaign. we will have to see. >> if you can see the entire interview with lamar alexander on "newsmakers" sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. it is also available online at c-span.org. over the next couple of hours, highlights from the official visit ends day dinner this week with german chancellor angela merkel. we will show you the arrival and the german chancellor receiving the medal of freedom. the sights and sounds at tuesday morning at the white house. ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama. ["hail to the chief" playing] ♪ [and fair playing] -- [fanfare playin

." >> we will leave it there and thank you for being "newsmakers." >> thank you, glad to see you again. >> and we are back with our reporters of humberto sanchez and ian swanson, and ian, let's begin with the congressman, and talked about a meeting that he and other democrats had with the president on thursday. as they go forward with the negotiations of what to do to raise the debt ceiling, august 2 is the deadline. what did you hear from him? >> i heard a lot of confidence that the democrats feel that the president has their back. republicans say that the medicare has to be on the table, and they have a lot of leverage on the president because he wants to see the debt ceiling raise. but representative levin seemed confident. >> it sound like they are making stimulation, medicare benefits. does that mean that something is dealing with medicare on the table? >> i wouldn't rule it out, that it's part of the debt ceiling increase to receive that, and his word carries a lot of weight in the caucus, i wouldn't rule out medicare. >> what can they do? >> congress levin mentioned medicare to

their air and you want that person that's a valuable commodity you better play the game the top newsmakers in the bush administration were a great cats and they were all over the airwaves as they made their case for war in iraq where were the hard questions since it is. abysmal i think that the press dropped the ball i think when they should have been the real watchdogs and should have. let the chips fall where they may fall to totally and they did say in the run up to the war it was so clear for two years we were going to war and nobody asked why but we know now. that saddam has resumed his efforts to acquire nuclear weapons high quality aluminum tubes which is what you have to have in order to build a bomb suitable for nuclear weapons production there were no weapons of mass destruction were. the first thing to scare everyone and we don't want the smoking gun that could come in the form of the mushroom cloud no ties to al qaeda if we do have solid evidence of the presence in iraq. will create a members there was a pattern the relationship the went back at least a decade between iraq and

her point again the top newsmakers in the bush administration were a great cancer and they were all over the airwaves as they made their case for war in iraq and where were the hard questions. i think the press dropped the ball i think when they should have been the real watchdogs and should have let the chips fall where they may have called totally and made good as they say in the run up to the war was so poor for two years and we were going to war and nobody asked why but we now know that saddam has resumed his efforts to acquire nuclear weapons high quality aluminum tubes which is what you have to have an order to build a suitable for nuclear weapons production there were no weapons of mass destruction was the first the first thing to scare everyone and we don't want the smoking gun that could come in the form of the mushroom cloud. and we do have solid evidence of the presence in iraq to. kill qaeda members there was a pattern relationship that went back at least a decade for iraq and al qaeda was a lot of obvious separation at a time when it was crucial for our country which was rig

the biggest issues get the cuban voice face to face with the newsmakers. twenty years ago the largest country in the world disintegrated. what had been more each month each began a journey. where did it take them. if you want to order. this st stone keeps its secrets. to reveal the soviet files on oxy. is he to. say. welcome back to spotlight i'll go and often just a reminder that my guest in the studio today is fair and so i like head of the european union delegation to russia. mr one and so on that recently on june the eighth if i'm not mistake. prime minister putin made the remark he said travel rules should be equal for all russian citizens but this remark caused concern among the citizens among the russians who live in kaliningrad because there they have been discussions on a special agreement on special travel rules for the people because they live in an unpaved so so will these will these discussions. be continued despite this remark but. i i i cannot judge of all the remarks of course because it's made by the prime minister second i don't have the

provide everybody has a different booth in the side where they're all they're talking with the newsmakers to talk. with the company executives and letting people know about the services they provide networking and doing everything they can in order to take advantage of the economic climate here now the speakers that are featured throughout the conference of course russian president dmitri medvedev chinese president hu jintao also in town for that major deal that we had talked about on our t.v. news and they're going to be so dressing the conference spanish prime minister jose rodriguez zapatero will be addressing the group as well as finished president hollande and kazakhstan president and nursultan. also as we had said representatives of some of the world's biggest companies here siemens at citi cisco u.b.s. and a main focus and the main area that is under discussion at creative capital and emerging the leadership talking about russia's role in helping and helping step forward with the emerging players on the global stage in order to do everything they can and to drum up business economi

we'll be bringing you much more about all the deals that are being cited more perspectives from the newsmakers here at the st petersburg international economic for. seventy six hours of intense fighting. six thousand dead at a beach front battlefield several kilometers long. and now there is only one person who cares. you see we are surrounded by garbage everywhere but also there are. on this beach which of course is a very most appropriate city signification a symbol of everything that's wrong with our goddamn government allowing not only garbage but to accumulate where so many guys died. a new battle is going on. will the history be protected. return to terra what julian cooper story on our t.v. . white stream cascading from mountain slopes the view is miss morosely. but this beauty brings deaths at a speed of more than four hundred kilometers from. stepping down of a launch. of a failed state this is not approach ishan would warm up. before it and you should just step over it is sure to support your trieste because they have no idea about the hardships to face. one it's the says it is all o

where we'll be bringing you much more but all the deals are being cited more perspectives from the newsmakers here at the st petersburg international economic forum. seventy six hours of intense fighting. six thousand games. against front panel field several kilometers long. and now there is only one person who cares. you see we are surrounded by gravity everywhere but also there are. on this beach which of course is the most appropriate city signification a symbol of everything that's wrong with our goddamn government allowing not only garbage but to accumulate where so many guys died. a new battle is going on. will the history be protected. return to terra what julian cooper story on our t.v. . white stream cascading from long slopes the view is miss melissa. brings deaths at a speed of more than four hundred kilometers per. step to babylon she. safely states this is not a prohibition but warns of. the forces that we should see scary for you sure the critics are exclusive they have no idea about the hardships the group face to. face one eight businesses are now open to news and for any army

then "newsmakers." after theat, the 11th circuit court hears arguments regarding the new health-care law. connect with the c-span on line with the latest schedule of dates and video on twitter, continue the discussions on facebook, continue with washington and beyond on 4 square. c-span and social media. connect today. >> this morning, a reporter's roundtable on the 2012

we missed and on the day that this story broke we ended up missing what was one of the biggest newsmakers of the week number three that week according to pew research what we see that was arnold schwarzenegger i'm sure saying there are more to those arnold schwarzenegger arnold schwarzenegger the governor of california woke up today to a bob short shorts and anger admitting he had a child with a staff member who worked for the family for twenty years we now learn maria demanded he move out of the revelation yes his love child was a huge bombshell that we totally overlooked so let's see what we were looking at that day. and afghanistan today at least eleven people were killed and eighty injured when violent protests broke out after a nato raid that allegedly killed four civilians g twenty finance ministers are meeting in argentina to address commodity prices they're concerned about volatility now you may recall food prices have broken two thousand a record i think you have to recover course to misrata libya and it was the story was a really good day worth his life you know obviously the u.

where another big story broke that we missed and on this day we missed covering one of the biggest newsmakers of the week he was number three according to pew research that week arnold schwarzenegger say there are sure to those arnold schwarzenegger arnold schwarzenegger the governor california woke up today to a bob short shorts in anger admitting he had a child with a staff member who worked for the family for twenty years we now learn maria demanded he move out of the revelation. it was a bombshell for everybody except for r t what were recovering on that very day look in afghanistan today as these eleven people were killed and eighty injured when violent protests broke out after a nato raid that allegedly killed four civilians g twenty finance ministers are meeting in argentina to address commodity prices they're concerned about volatility now you may recall food prices have broken two thousand a tracker dogs have to be covered new of course died in misrata libya and it was the story he was covering that they were his life and obviously the u.s. dollar is something that is the subject of

"newsmakers" sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c- span. in our series of interviews with republican presidential candidates continues tomorrow night with texas representative candidate ron paul. his years as a doctor, service and the military, and his views on congress. ""road to the white house" tomorrow night on c-span. >> c-span has launched a new, easy to navigate website for politics and the 2012 presidential race with information on the candidates, twitter feeds and facebook updates from candidates and political reporters, and links to c-span media partners in the early primary and caucus states. >> this week on "the >> this week on "the

he had a way with the newsmakers in the world of sports. >> george, do you mind the portrayal that you'renow me, i'm never going to be any different. >> you look happy, confident, like i haven't seen you in a long time. what's the secret? >> hey, you know, this is my job. this is where i'm most comfortable at. >> reporter: those closest to nick charles say the guy that you saw on television was not unlike the friend and colleague they knew away from the studio. >> nobody had a better laugh than nick. he just would light up a room with his laugh. >> one more. >> just shook the room. and you knew that nick was selling a story or listening to one and enjoying himself. he lived life to the fullest. he was -- it was something very, very special. >> he could, you know, meet you or i and or just some guy that was walking up on the street and he would make you feel as though he had known you for 15 years. hey, man, how are you doing? great to see you. where are you from? that was his whole thing. it was genuine. >> i think when people look back on nick years to come, that they're going to remembe

on "newsmakers," lamar alexander talks about democrats and republicans in congress trying to come to terms on the debt and tax and spending before of the second deadline, and about developments in the 2012 presidential campaign. >> how do you think republicans are feeling about the prospect of taking on president obama right now? who do you think has the best ability to do that? and what the processes that people like yourself go through when you think about being on the sidelines and jumping into the fray. >> they are all rational people or they would not be thinking about it. if you're thinking long and hard about whether to run for president, you probably will not. my rule of thumb is, the requirement for a well qualified person is 90% announcing and finishing the race. if you will think about it, we had a great big complex country, more than 300 million people, and on the republicans side, you will end up with only two or three people who is ready to take it on. and that is almost already the case. i had been with one of the candidates last night. they had been to new hampshire w

and big newsmakers brad garrett and nick cannon, and we are seen exclusively week nights at 11:00 p.mand pacific on hln. >> thank you. and now for tomorrow's commute tonight. alexandra steele, good or bad news? >> bad news. we have two tough days, monday and tuesday, the potential for severe weather around the country. i want to show you the radar picture right now and show you what we have got. we are seeing the scattered storms and showers, and especially in nebraska where we are seeing three-inch diameter hail and isolated tornadoes. you can see the tornado watches. in missouri that tornado watch is posted until 2:00 in the morning. and where are you going to see the read lights tomorrow? well, tomorrow in minneapolis, and the delays are certainly likely at the airports. hail and strong winds and even an isolated tornado. kansas city as well, and certainly not out of the question for an isolated tornado, but really hail and strong gusty winds are the biggest threat for you. atlanta, too, in the peak of the afternoon with the afternoon heat and again, thunderstorms are possible. her

eastern, "washington journal," with today's calls and see spends " newsmakers" to that. -- after that. on "washington journal," presidential politics in reaction to presidential politics at the republican leadership conference. then a former cia analyst at 20 years talks about the al-qaeda operation since the death of osama bin laden and the airport economist chief economist looks at the breakdown of airline fees. the airlines made $5.7 billion in revenues from those fees. >> the c-span coverage of the national cable telecommunications cable show continues today at 5:15 p.m. eastern. julius genachowski is interviewed by the former fcc chairman michael palle who held -- who heads the ncta. then they look ahead to next year's presidential election with david axelrod and former national committee chairman for the republicans, ed gillespie. >> the time ordered the world when i was growing up. >> page one producer andrew rossi looks at the newspaper industry. >> came into it without a grand sense of what the solutions are for traditional media. i came in with a desire to observe. >> will t

. >> woodruff: and in a newsmaker interview, jim lehrer asks defense secretary robert gates about the drawdown and other issues, as gates wraps up his tenure at the pentagon. >> brown: then, we get the latest on the impasse in the bipartisan deficit negotiations as lawmakers butt heads over taxes and republicans boycott today's talks. >> woodruff: margaret warner has the story of the arrest of notorious boston crime boss james whitey bulger, one of the f.b.i.'s ten most wanted criminals. >> ♪ i'll eliminate the pages, where the father has a break ♪ down >> brown: and we close with a conversation with music-legend paul simon about his new album and the art of song-writing. >> somehow when the sound seems to be correct in my imagination, the story can begin. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> oil companies make huge profits. >> last year, chevron made a lot of money. >> where does it go? >> every penny and more went into bringing energy to the world. >> the economy is tough right now, everywhere. >> we pumpe