. >> thank you for being on "newsmakers." we are back with our reporters. howard lafranchi, let me begin with you on somalia and the corridors of tranquility. what did he mean by that? ofwe've also heard the term humanitarian corridors. it is used in recent history when there is a conflict. civilians are suffering for whatever reason. there have been arrangements where the fighting sides have stood back and allowed international organizations to come in in a safe corridor and deliver food and assistance. it is not to stop the fighting to guarantee it does not have been there so the what is needed can come in. the difference here is that al- shabab is a terrorist organization. it is not a government. it is not even a classic rebel group. we're hearing now that they are benefiting from the state of famine because they are able to tell civilians that if they are hungry, they should join up because they will help them out. i think it is a worthy proposal. i will be interested to see where it goes. i think you are playing with a different group that does not nec

secretary of education and he returns to "newsmakers" this week as millions of americans return to the classroom. thank you for being with us. allyson klein is the "education week" staff writer. greg campeau is the national k- 12 education writer for usa today. allyson, let's start with you. >> you said that you are going to offer states exemptions from the chubb left behind in exchange for -- exchange from the no child left behind in exchange for certain conditions. you of not said what they are. >> we believe that the law in its current form is broken. it is way too punitive, lots of ways to fail, and no rewards for success. it is very punitive, very top down from washington and it has led to a dumbing down of standards. the law of the land has some money has so many disincentives and that does not make sense to me. do is doe going to creative and invented things around principal and evaluation support. we want to give them a lot more flexibility. we're focused on doing the right thing, showing courage, raising standards. we want to get out of the way and let the move. we will hold t

host: this week on "newsmakers" rep bernie sanders 20 is from vermont. and two reporters to help us with questions. first question -- >> before all the names for the super committee came out, it felt like there was a moment in washington where people felt like this committee might be able to achieve some sort of bargain, a bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending cuts. since the names have come out, mostly hard-liners from the republicans and raped -- and democrats, the mood has shifted back to maybe this is another round of deadlock. what do you think? guest: i look at a little bit differently. in the last three negotiations that we had going back to december in terms of tax extensions, in terms of when the republicans in april threatened to shut down the government and the recent debt ceiling issue, i think republicans kind of won all three of those negotiations hands down. i think most people consider that to be the case. my view is that right now what the democrats have to do is remain strong, protect social security, medicare, and medicaid and the

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don, you are on are "newsmakers ." caller: i have a question for miss finney. it seems to me that president obama has been on the defensive for a long time. that we need to get on the offensive. what i mean by that is karl rove -- they have pac's been attacking policy and message trying to define it. all we do is defend that position. what i mean by offensive -- why does he not talk to dennis kucinich, appoint him as being the new consumer advocate for financial situations? let him get tough out there? even though the republicans will prevent that from happening or at least try, every day, he would be out there pounding it about how we need to enforce the new roles for the banks. that is the kind of stuff we need. we need maybe congressman fahad. let him take over secretary of the treasury. f you get these super pac's having to defend other positions, the strict obama policy -- and i know you hate to hear this, but it is kind of like football. you have the linebackers blitzing the president every play. host: this is turning into a different kind of a program. c

>> good morning, and welcome to "newsmakers." we are alive today to talk about the jobs situation. our guest is congressman emanuel cleaver. thank you for being with us. in our studio here in washington, two journalists, jonathan alan and cut -- peter ralston. congressman, thank you for being with us. i want to ask you for about the last few months when congressional black caucus members have been openly critical of obama, and especially focused on the lack of jobs in black communities. do you think you will have accomplished anything yet in terms of getting specific action from the it ministration? >> the main reason for the five- city stop and our jobs there is that we have been able to get jobs for some individuals who so desperately wanted those jobs. some of them stood in line from 4:30 a.m. until the late afternoon. in atlanta, we had over 5000 people turned out and 12 had to be taken to the hospital because there were overcome by heat. we do think that the administration saw what we saw, but more significantly, the entire nation saw the pair are people who are in excruciatin

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duncan on newsmaker sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. it is also available online at c-span.org. >> this week on "the communicators", two critics of president obama is proposals reducing cyber threats to the u.s. marc rotenberg of the electronic privacy information center. and larry clinton of the internet security alilance. this is part three of a month- long series on cyber security. "the: this is week 3 of u communicators" series. this week, we talk with interest groups. first up, marc rotenberg of the electronic privacy information center. he's the executive director. we want to talk to him about some of the privacy concerns from the white house cyber security proposals. when you look at what the white house has released over the past few months, where do your concerns lie? guest: a lot of what the white house has done is very good. it is a complicated topic. there are a lot of different agencies that need to be consulted and i think the white house has done a good job of coordinating across several agencies. the key issue for many a

on sunday, "newsmakers," "q&a," and "prime minister's questions peacoat you can find it in d.c.'s been a video library. c-span -- washington your way. host: congressmen brooks from alabama was one of the 66 house republicans that voted no on the debt deal. any predictions on what this will look like in 2012? guest: the "no" vote will look better and better as this goes on as they see what was in the bill. host: why did you vote no? guest: n number of factors. one was the process. we get legislation monday morning and are expected to vote on it monday evening and it only involves the $2.40 trillion. that is a matter of great substance, probably the most important vote we will cast during this session of congress. it is not doing the people's business in the right way. we should have had more time so the public could demand -- understand better and budget experts could have read it to get back to us so we can make more informed decisions. then there is the substance of it. for a practical standpoint, all this does is kick the can down the road two years. in 2013 there will be anoth

after that newsmakers with new jersey conference man richard smith on situations in sudan.dment foundation holds conferences on guns on campuses. students and professors will offer their opinion about allowing concealed handguns on campuses. live coverage at noon on c-span 3. >> the ayes are 24 and the nays 26. >> with the debt ceiling now signed into law, watch the debate on the house and senate floors and what your elected officials said and how they voted. at c-span congressional chronicle, with members returning in september and follow more action at c-span.org/congress. >> national review editor, rich lowry, talked about abraham lincoln and how the founding fatherers of independence influenced him and how to apply them to political parties. this is about an hour and 10 minutes. >> good evening ladies and gentlemen. for those and you may notice but the young american foundation is a leading outreach group for young students and we supply young activists with the tools and knowledge they need to promote ideas on their campuses. and we have saved president reagan's speech

after that, newsmakers. then the house debate on the debt ceiling bill. >> the house of representatives have been off eight weeks this year, i did not get that much vacation this year. >> a slightly more irreverent view on washington in the u.s. >> we are willing to try something different on how to make a tv news exciting and entertaining and informative again, rather than the garbage that it really has become. >> she will talk about her network and her show tonight on c-span, "q&a." . .

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that's why she's a newsmaker.ion and expect to sit in news programs and have an invitation. >> just to remind everybody, christine o'donnell has said in the past that gay people suffer from an identity disorder. today, when she was asked again about gay marriage she said that her position on same-sex marriage is it states churches have the right to handle such issues for themselves. what do you make of those two comments? >> that doesn't sound entirely consistent. i think we're seeing in society the opinions about gay marriage changing so rapidly that i think politicians who once got a lot of traction with a very anti-gay, anti-gay marriage stance are now softening, changing the discussion. i think it's no longer convenient and so they no longer want to sound distrident about it. >> i think the debate is wider than me having a spat with christine o'donnell is the tea party candidates or politicians who now seem very, very, i wouldn't say unwilling, but certainly wary of repeating comments they said in the past on

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on thursday, we'll have a newsmaker interview with republican presidential hopeful and former utah governor jon huntsman. i'm ray suarez. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> this is "bbc world news america." funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank.

then "newsmakers" with christopher smith on the situations in sudan and somalia.omorrow on "washington journal," financial times u.s. economic senator robin harding looks at the impact of the credit rating downgrade on asian and european markets and how wall street will react. human events editor jason mattera discusses the 2012 presidential race and offers a perspective on the debt ceiling. robin wright talks about her latest book, "rock the casbah: rage and rebellion across the islamic world," and we begin a week of talks with jane oates who talks about work force training and government initialtive programs. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i'm not for changing the system just so we can feel good by having voter turnout which may ultimately approximate what they have in australia, which is about 97%. the fact is, voter turnout per se doesn't mean much in terms of the health of the democracy. some of the most vicious dictatorships in the world get voter turnout of 95% to 99% when they hold elections. >> voting is a responsible act and

lead newsmakers between the week of august 22nd to 28th, compiled by pew research, gadhafi, 58%.arack obama, 39%. steve jobs, 19%. dominique strauss-khan still in the news, 15%. and rick perry, right there with 14%. >> where is beyonce? >> where is beyonce? and so -- and where's mitt romney? so, is this something at this stage of the campaign where you're saying rick perry is sucking all the oxygen? is that good or bad? >> the worst thing mitt romney can do is showing weakness by flailing around and changing what he's doing. he's showing nice subtle differences and planned for the debates. so far be the jobs maker. david is exactly right. be the jobs maker and explain to him that the people got us into this mess can't get us out. >> it shouldn't bother romney? >> he's raising a lot of money and rick perry will have to do it all over again in an environment where campaign contributions are restricted unlike texas. >> and it's a long haul. the thing won't be decided in the next couple of months. >> you bet. you'll be with us. >> i will be with you. >> and you'll be with us for the

lead newsmakers between the week of august 22nd to 28th compiled by pew research, gadhafi 58%, barack obama 39, steve jobs 19, dominique strauss-kahn still in the news, 15, and rick perry right there with 14. >> where's beyonce'? >> where's beyonce'? and where's mitt romney? so is this something at this stage in a campaign where you're saying, rick perry is sucking all the oxygen, is that good or bad? >> worst thing mitt romney could do right now is demonstrate weakness by flailing around, changing everything he's doing. he's beginning to draw some nice subtle differences, plan for these debates. but so far be the jobsmaker. david is exactly right. be the jobsmaker. explain that people who got us into this mess can't get us out. >> so it doesn't bother you. it shouldn't bother romney? >> he's working the back rooms, raising a lot of money. rick perry is going to have to do that all over again in a environment where campaign contributions are restricted unlike texas. >> this thing won't be decided in the next couple of months. it's a long haul. >> and you'll be with us for it. >> i wil

he is our guest on "newsmakers," sunday on c-span. plenty of summer reading ideas for you this evening. beginning at 7:00, author willard sterne randall talks about ethan allen. that is at 7:00 eastern. later tonight on prime time, 8:00 eastern, focusing on the civil war, we will feature author adam goodheart. then jeffry wert. also, amanda for men and her book, which looks at written pose a role in that conflict. it all gets under way at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. it is a country fraught with corruption, natural disasters, and islamic extremists. >> what was really shocking to me and many people in pakistan was that these assassinations were welcomed, were congratulated by many pakistanis. these are not terrorists, not al qaeda, the taliban, but ordinary pakistanis, who feel that their religion is threatened, that the country is becoming too secular, that the islamic values are under attack and that blasphemy, which is anything that insult the profit or islam, is something to be defended with your life. >> "washington post" corresponde

let me tell you about our "newsmakers program" .ernie sanders will join us and he is a member of the budget committee talking about economic issues. one thing he talks about politically, he talked about a warning to president obama not to ignore the anger and disillusionment in the grass roots and working-class america and what they feel toward wall street. >> i am not here to be that the president. these are tough times. when he came into office, we were losing 700,000 jobs per month so i am not here to beat up on the president. the president and his people are making a big mistake if they think that the grass-roots level there are not a lot of working- class people, the bulk of people in this country, who are not angry and frustrated and disillusioned, i think they're making a mistake. the president has done a good job on gay-rights. he might have done more. he's done a good job on women's rights. he appointed two women to the supreme court. if you ask people on economic issues, as he stood up to wall street, in my view, there are

host: let me add another voice from "newsmakers" which airs after this program.ur guest is senator bernie sanders. he talked about the debate within the democratic party. >> i think most americans believe that in fact the president and the democrats have compromised our too much and the republicans have given virtually nothing. you can correct me as our -- if i'm wrong, but i think john boehner said after this deficit- reduction package was passed, he got 98% of 41 apparent paul ryan city gets 75% of we won. i did not hear democrats boasting. i think the record is that the democrats have compromise. but let me get back to president obama. when president obama ran for office, if what he said is vote for me, not john mccain, because among other reasons, john mccain wants to cut your social security benefits. what the president understands and has said and as administration as said, social security has not contributed one penny to our deficit. social security could pay every benefit for the next 25 years. anybody,d's name when including the president, talk about cut

. >> you can watch "newsmakers" again with education secretary arne duncan at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. monday, we will hear from the author of a recent article proposing changes to no child left behind. hosted by the brookings institution, the discussion gets under way live at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> the law of social security is so clear that if the scheduled benefits cannot be paid, they will give only the payable benefit. that may sound like garbage, but that is a real gut-rancher, because that is what is going to hit in 2037. last may, there was less going in than coming out. may. this may. the king get to a point where you will get -- you will get to a point were you a bed payable benefits, not scheduled benefits -- where you get payable benefits, not scheduled benefits, and you can scream and e, but it will not get you anywhere. we worked very closely with the aarp on this. they have a magazine with ads about how to get something and not pay for it. medicare will pay for it. ads on sexual dysfunction. read the a r arp magazine. i said to the top g

"newsmakers" today at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.rn on c-span. >> six, eight, nine. >> nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. these are the stakes. to make a world in which all of god's children can live. or to go into the dark. we must either love each other or we must die. >> vote for president johnson on november 3. >> this weekend, we'll look at the history of political campaign ads with l.s.u. professor robert mann. also, former homicide detective james lavell on the day jack ruby killed the man under his protection, lee harvey on the waled. and former speech writers for president nixon reveal how his messages were crafted and community. american history tv on c-span3. get the complete weekend schedule at on c-span.org/history. >> witnesses told a senate banking subcommittee wednesday that low interest, 30-year fixed mortgages could become a thing of the past if government backing for home mortgages goes away. since the 2008 financial crisis, lawmakers have been exploring options to reduce the government's role in

"newsmakers" sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c- span. texas congressman and republican presidential candidate was the key speaker at the florida liberty summit in orlando. he talked about the federal reserve monetary policy. the summit is hosted by the group campaigned for the body. ron paul finished the second place in the iowa straw poll. that was one percentage point behind the winner, michele bachmann. >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you for coming and thank you for that very nice reception. i would like to think jack for the introduction. mark has some good organization skills. thank you for helping out. [applause] i wanted to make sure that we made this meeting because we have that vote last week and i wanted to make sure that you knew about the results. you might not have heard about it so i wanted to let you know how things came out. [applause] some day, when this momentum continues, which it is, the crowds are getting better, the enthusiasm is getting louder, the country is coming our way. we will get some of those big

before we get to "newsmakers," a quick look at comments from a recent town hall meeting hosted by the congressional black caucus. >> i think that we have reached the point in the history of this country that may be a defining political moment for all of us. this moment in history may be a challenge to our political maturity. i believe the time has arrived when we must eliminate any fear and discomfort we may have about raising difficult questions and creating challenge even when we feel a need even an obligation to protect the first african american president of the united states of america. [applause] make no mistake about it, i support president barack obama. i would like to see the president reelected. however, my niece who supports my need to support the president does not trump my

. -- for months perry -- flunks perry -- kearney duncan was also our guest on "newsmakers." it will air this sunday at 10:00 eastern time. our next call is from southport, virginia. jeffrey is a republican. caller: good morning. how are you doing? i am a republican. and my belief is that the justice department needs to be overhauled. there it is a lot of minorities, majorities, coming out of here and there is nothing for them in this country. they need a close look at this situation. this will be another way that the terrorists will come back to this country and do damage. host: how do you make that connection? caller: if they come out and not finding a job, and somebody convinces them that will give them a job -- what do you think is going to happen? they get out and there is nothing for them. i know va, the republican governor, bob mcdonnell is doing a whole lot of programs. but when you go down to d.c., there is nothing like that of their. -- that thete. -- there. god forbid -- i love this country so much. they're not attacking the problem. i am just bringing my point tha

"newsmakers" is on 10:00 a.m. on c-span. >> on sunday, a female will give an update -- fema will give an update on hurricane irene. janet napolitano will brief along with the fema administrator and the director of the national hurricane center. that is live, 11:30 a.m. eastern on sunday, here on c-span. >> on thursday night, general mattis, the commander of the u.s. central command spoke at the marines memorial association in san francisco. he described the turbulence in the middle east and said the u.s. is winning in afghanistan. he also talked about the planned u.s. troop withdrawal from iraq by the end of the year and the current security situation in pakistan, iran, and other countries in the region. this is just over an hour. [applause] >> i remember when i took over as the director of the office of management and budget and bill heirs was secretary of defense. i said let us get one thing clear. what the commandant wants, the commandant gets, ok? thets, commandant debts, ok? -- gets, ok? we have a great privi

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sunday on newsmakers, chairman of the house foreign affairs africa subcommittee, chris smith. new jersey republican will address how the u.s. is addressing the famine in somalia, tensions between sudan and south sudan, and a between african 8 nations any time of tight budgets. -- between african nations in a time of tight budgets. >> on her nightly tv show, former russia today, now the party network -- now the rt lessrk, takes a slightly traditional view. >> we are trying to figure out how to be entertaining and informative again, rather than the garbage that it has dwindled down to be. >> she will talk about her network and her show sunday night on c-span's q&a. >> next, a look at collective bargaining rights in sports. the nba locked its players out on july 1st after their labor deal expired and filed a claim against the national swap players union for unfair labor practices. and last month, the nfl and a and a lockout. igh this is about 90 minutes. >> before we get started, i want everyone to know that initially, myself, mr. hunter, we are going to stand because they will b

newsmakers today at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> now, a town hall meeting with republican representative kevin brady. he talked about the economy, the budget deficit, and the congressional agenda. this event took place at a veterans conference center in huntsville, texas. it is a little over an hour. >> let's give all these folks around of applause. [applause] >> it is my pleasure to introduce my friend and our representative, kevin brady. kevin considers it an honor to represent the eighth district of the great state of texas in washington d.c. a leader in congress, kevin is the senior member of the house ways and means committee, chairman of the trade subcommittee, and vice chairman and top republican of the joint economic committee. as the deputy whip for the gop and a board member of the conservative republican study committee, kevin is actively involved in the new conservative house majority's effort to protect the unborn, in bad luck regis let reject legislation and regulation, and cut federal spending. h

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on "newsmakers", we will talk with missouri congressman emanuel cleaver about the u.s. situation, federal spending, and the dead and the cbc's relationship with president obama. "newsmakers" live sunday at 10:00 a.m. on c-span. >> watch more video of the candidates. see what political reporters are saying and track the latest campaign contributions with c- span's web site for campaign 2012. helps you navigate the political landscape with twitter feeds and facebook updates from the campaigns, biographies, and the latest polling data. plus links to c-span's reporters in the early caucus stages. >> eric schmidt, executive chairman of google, recently spoke at the annual edinburgh international television festival in edinburgh, scotland. he talked about how the growth of the internet is transforming how people watch television and the choices available for viewing. he also talks about the launch of google tv and addresses some of the criticism against his company, including allegations of copyright infringement. he is introduced by this year's chairman of the edinburgh fest

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[applause] >> on "newsmakers," bernie sanders discusses the role of the super committee. he discusses campaign 20 told and the liberal discontent with president obama -- campaign 2012 and the liberal discontent with president obama. >> as an aspiring journalist, i am already preparing myself for the very small salary that i will be starting out with. >> you have to be disciplined enough to put aside your pious and report the facts, the truth. -- your bias and report the facts, the truth. >> fox news and experience. you love it or hate it. >> aspiring journalists will talk about ethics, where they get their news and information in today's multimedia environment. at this tonight on c-span -- "at is tonight on c-span's & a." this is one hour, ten minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much. i've often thought with that checkered employment career that i thought she was going to introduce me as a guy that has a lot of different jobs, but somehow manages to always get another one. [laughter] >> when i was asked to come and speak at chautauqau, i decided you are my kind of peopl

the newsmaker topic today again as you know is beyond drones, we didn't know about unmanned vehicle systems. melanie referred to this as drones 101. to me, that would be in the task force. after the news makers speech we will take questions coming and please your name and affiliation and to whom your question is addressed. if you have a question if you give me a signal i will try to call on you in term as time permits. finally, again, to repeat if you haven't already done so, please, out when you leave. thank you very much. general, we set your the first speaker? you can call on the rest. >> first of all, thank you for this opportunity. i am a retired major general in the marine corps. i have fond memories of this location and hope that some of the dialogue will be just as interesting as it was during my jsf days. i now the vice president for the maritime systems and so i robot specializes in ground and underwater robots, not exactly the jerome category we are going to talk about today but i do not to talk about what we are doing in the experiences we have had. how do you go down? did that.