ama president on "newsmakers," here on c-span. by america'sated public companies commit brontË is that -- cable companies. >> interviews from the cable show in washington dc. we will look at issues a thing of the cable industry with craig moffett and learn about the wireless bureau with bureau chief ruth milkman. >> who want to introduce you to craig moffett who is managing partner at a group called moffett to research. what do you do for a living? what i cover the equities. the stocks and telephone companies. i cover the equities. i just target my own firm. >> how did you get into that line of business customer >> i was an analyst for 11 years. after a short detour the running an internet business in 1999, i went back to the telecom world and started writing about the industry. when you speak to people, do they listen? >> i hope so. that is the goal. i am probably no better on wall street as a cable and satellite analysts. i think of myself as a telecom guy having 25 years in the industry. too very close -- they are two very clos

directorer, former cia discusses energy >> coming up next, newsmakers. biannual debate in toronto with the newt gingrich and former greek prime minister on the issue of taxing the rich. after that, q and a. >> joining us this week on "newsmakers" is dr. ardis hoven. here in the studios to ask questions are two journalists. first question. >> we would like to talk first about the affordable care act implementation. there are no shortage of predictions that it may fall. when the medicaid expansion starts next january. from your perspective and that of the ama, what is the obama administration doing on implementation and what is it doing wrong? >> that is a very important question. clearly, there are many elements of the affordable care act already in play that are working quite well. that is what is so important to us. clearly, we have to work through many of the initiatives. you mentioned the exchanges, how they're going to run. a lot of that is in play right now. we're waiting to hear what will happen with those. we will be able to inform our patients as

, "newsmakers" with henry waxman of california. reviewhearing on the irs process. i decided it was a delicious subject for a biography. this also at the bedside of william mckinley. i realize what a which subject it was. his life has two book ends. he lived there for four years. it was what he came there. it was from intimate contact. . he has these wonderful iconic look ends on american history. when he look deeper he realizes that of the chapters. this is a presence in every one of those chap tours. his being her prints are on all of the cases. in many cases he has written those. tonight at 8:00 on c-span. >> are guest is henry waxman of california. he is the lead democrats. he is a ranking mentor. he has all kinds of issues come before including the economy and the environment, healthcare, thank you for being with us. >> this is a congressional reporter for the hill. you are up first. >> thank you for being here. i wanted to start off on an energy and commerce topic. president obama came out and started talking about the trayvon martin verdict. it is a very raci

experience, a number of panels, discussions with newsmakers, conversations about issues really important in the community and like you mentioned for the first time this year msnbc has become a broadcast partner and have been broadcasting all week from the floor of the convention center. it's been a really great experience because it gives us a chance to meet our viewers. as you know, alex, sitting in a studio talking to a camera. you don't always get a chance to g meet the people that watch. they're meeting all the folks down here. it's been a good time and a party with a purpose. >> you know what's fun watching the broadcast and at the end the directors take a live shot. everyone is so enthusiastienthu. you stay get out of the studio. we'll watch once again. thanks, mara. >> thanks, alex. >>> we will have our continuing coverage beginning at 10:00 with melissa harris-perry and "the ed show" and at 1:00 p.m. eastern with "politics nation." >>> the national transportation safety board is currently investigating after the 777 landed at san francisco international airport yesterday. two chi

isour guest on "newsmakers" senator ron wyden. he is a member of the house intelligence committee. he has been a critic of the national security agency and its scope of data gathering. we invited him because there has been so much going on including aimed toouse vote that somewhat curtailed the nsa and its data gathering methods. congressionala reporter for "the washington t."t your cod >> of them one of the most vocal opponents. in march you raise the red flag for many of us when you wrote a letter with senator udall. americans would be stunned to know the extent of summit this government ease dropping. is before edward snowden came out and revealed many of the details of the telephone and internet surveillance programs. were these two programs the extent of what you and senator udall were talking about or have they not yet been disclosed but you think americans would be stunned to learn about? you are not allowed to tap the truth out in morse code for these rules. i do have to stick to what senator udall and i have stated on the public record. ien i did indicate that thought the

satellite corp. 2013] >> senate intelligence committee member ron wyden is our guest this sunday on "newsmakers." the senator has been an outspoken critic of the nsa. he talks about the response in congress on including an unsuccessful vote in the house this week to halt the nsa program. at 10:00rs" is sunday a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. also a look at the immigration status of a legal immigrants who were the u.s. as children. the house judiciary subcommittee heard testimony this week about the hardships about living as an undocumented immigrant. leaders are working on a bill to address the status of the so- called dreamers. here onwatch the panel sunday at 10:35 eastern right here on c-span. >> interestingly, i think the korean war helped the south s unify themselves in a way that was not there before. communists came down, they were brutal. a lot of the south koreans turned against the communists in the north. that sort of solidified their sense of national cohesion and identity. kim il-sung waited, it is -- it isthat the south possible it would have disintegrated on its own. af

newsmakers with senator ron wyden. we have a replay at 6 p.m. eastern.ike is hanging on from elizabeth, new jersey, an independent caller. is america becoming a defeatist nation? caller: no, but our government is defeating us. span had a video back in 2008. no one really listens to it. it is a pretty simple solution. one solution was to change a couple of sentences in the irs tax code that would say corporations cannot expense your cannotand corporations expense your overseas -- the third thing he said was you have to have a representative at he would have a list. the right column would be importing countries. being product was what osha regulations are on these products? they would ask what osha regulations there are from the chinese reporter? you would go down the list and costsuld find a number of that the u.s. had a versus the number of costs that the chinese importer had and you would see there is a great imbalance. there would be a tariff placed on that imbalance. one listened, he has the solution. did, theything c-span videoed his -- they recorded

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he told us so much more newsmaking information about what they are doing here making investments andovation. coming up exclusively with the chairman and ceo of dow chemical. the traders have been watching quite an interesting day. volume pretty much at regular levels. i am looking at the reaction to what happens with the fed. we were shown some confidence on a dow jones industrial board when the dow came out and so we are not touching anything that is happening at the moment. what do the traders say of the moment? >> sometimes the less the better. today we liked what they said. nothing new, the market was up 29 points when he starts speaking, up 60 points right now, so the fed the market liked what they heard from the fed. basically status quo. liz: what did you see when it came to trading as soon as the non-announcement announcement came out. they didn't really do anything. what inflation remains persistently below the target, does that start to move treasuries? >> the non-announcement like you just said was just that. there was more frustration than anything else. we have so many o

trop picks is in the pacific where we have a -- what looks to be a supertyphoon which may be a big newsmakerchina. as far as chantal issue think she's going to try to make it operas hispaniola. if it doesn't take it part it will hit the southeast united states this weekend. >> the bottom line, is look for a very active and certainly more severe hurricane season. right? >> well, what we're looking at is a lot of systems coming off africa at the heart of the season. the more classic tracks from africa toward the united states. we have a high impact season. i'm not backing away on that. >> joseph, thank you very, very much. good seeing you again. >> good seeing you. >> leno still clearly delivering the numbers. why is nbc still looking the other way? >> 66-year-old actyear has now gone public with his 20 years girlfriend. he is 66, she is 20. they meat over drinks. i believe hers was a juice bar. >> according to a new study women find a man 12% more attractive if he is wearing a plain white t-shirt. also found that men found a woman up to 90% more attractive if she is wearing a plain wet t-shir

. >> tonight on newsmakers at 6:00 oregon, our guest is senator ron wyden, he's a member of the senate intelligence committee and he talks about the nsa intelligence programs and gives his views on the patriot act. here's a preview. >> the bipartisan vote and support for amendment in the house this week is part of the defense appropriations bill. are you working on a similar proposal with democrats in the senate? >> i'm definitely working with democrats and republicans to overhaul this program dramatically. there have been a number of discussions already with senators on both sides of the dial and the discussions have accelerated since that extraordinary houseboat area we have a quarter in the united states senate on record saying they are very interested in pursuing the issues that are central to this debate. that's the reason we insisted on finally getting some answers. the answer is yes and we will see a strong am a bipartisan effort in the senate to pick up on the work of the house and fix a problem that i think needlessly intrudes on the privacy and liberty of millions of law-abid

after that it is "newsmakers" with representative bob goodlatte of virginia talking about immigration policy. then the confirmation hearing for a dei director nominee james comey. >> i wanted a representative look at american life so i needed politics, business, entertainment, food, finance, art. i also was interested in this recurring pattern that you see with gingrich, oprah, jay-z, sam walton, people who begin in very humble places and are not unlike the main characters, but to reinvent themselves as something new and find a new language and new idea that is riveting to americans. through that, they build an empire. they cannot stop building it. it is almost like an imperative for the corporation, you have to keep growing, even as a person or brand. eventually, a sort of decadence sets in where the language becomes a sort of parody of itself. i know longer seem to be producing something good. --y just continue to produce gingrich writes book after book, oprah is on the cover of every issue of her magazine -- they become celebrities we are familiar with who dominate our imaginations

then, newsmakers. it iris officials about the targeting of groups seeking tax- exempt status -- than irs officials about the targeting of groups seeking tax-exempt status. we will be joined by democratic strategist robert raben and brian walsh. then a discussion about race in america with the institutes michael denzil smith and radio tv talkshow host and columnist armstrong williams. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: morning. congress returns this week, the house is scheduled to take up a spending bill for the defense department, the senate is back on tuesday. a vote on the last week agreement over student loan rates. the president travels to missouri to talk about the economy. on thursday he makes -- we will put the weeks events into perspective on to sunday roundtables. we want to begin by looking at

directorer, former cia discusses energy >> coming up next, newsmakers.al debate in toronto with the newt gingrich and former greek prime minister on the issue of taxing the rich. after that, q and a. >> joining us this week on "newsmakers" is dr. ardis hoven. here in the studios to ask

afterthat, newsmakers. with the american medical association president and then a discussion from the clinton global initiative forum on the global economy. >> one of the points that we make in this book is a perennial question, did it make a difference? and i think we come down on the side, yes, it did make a difference. the senators begin to ask like house members which is not something a senator wants to hear. scaveaging for votes, they actually had to go out and deal with the people to where as if you had a state legislature and there were 26 members of your state senate, all you needed was 14 votes and all you had to do was pay off and they did paying off their mortgages in a couple of notorious cases to buy their election. >> more with historian emeritus of the u.s. senate dr. richard baker tonight on c-span's "q&a." >> this morning on "washington re- al," marilyn werbe serafini from the federal health care law talks about the penalties being delayed from 204 to 2015 then "new york times" corresponden

watch "newsmakers" sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> making the transition from journalism to books is exhilarating and completely overwhelming and frightening. but wonderful. >> why did you make that choice? >> i made that choice -- i had long wanted to be working on a book just because the freedom that it allows you to dive into a topic and lose yourself and go off on tangents and have enough time to really eek plore it fully -- explore it fully. >> taboo sciences, living in space, the afterlife. mary roach will take your calls in-depth three hours live sunday at noon eastern on book tv. next, leaders of the southern baptist convention, the catholic church and other national religious organizations spoke to reporters about mandates in the new health care law concerning contra veptive services. just over 35 minutes. good afternoon. i want to thank you for being here today as we are standing together for religious freedom. this important open letter to all americans about our united efforts for religious liberty. o

. >> woodruff: and to our newsmaker interview with senate majority leader harry reid.sat down with him earlier today in the lyndon baines johnson room at the u.s. capitol. senate majority leader harry reid, thank you very much for talking to us. >> it's really my pleasure. i try to watch almost every night when i'm home in time. >> woodruff: that's great to hear. president obama is out on the road today trying to refocus americans attention on the economy, talking about job creation. do you think he's going to be able to do that? and second of all, do you think that congress is going to be able to do what it should do this year to improve the economy? >> first of all, the presidents speech is not a photo op. this is something he's been planning for a long time. i was at the white house recently and i-- just the two of us, and i was stunned about his optimism for doing good things. he's never backed off of what he wants to do is create jobs. he knows that's where the issue is. so this isn't one speech. he's going to give a series of them and, in effect, keep his eye on

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. >> our guest on "newsmakers" is senator ron wyden. he is a member of the house intelligence committee. he has been a critic of the national security agency and its scope of data gathering. we invited him because there has been so much going on including a close house vote that aimed to somewhat curtailed the nsa and its data gathering methods. ed o'keefe is a congressional reporter for "the washington post." >> you are one of the most vocal opponents. in march you raise the red flag for many of us when you wrote a letter with senator udall. americans would be stunned to know the extent of summit this government ease dropping. this is before edward snowden came out and revealed many of the details of the telephone and internet surveillance programs.

he will be our guest on newsmakers. that airs this sunday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. here on c-span. >> the treatment of hunger strikers at guantÁnamo compromises the core ethical values of our medical professional. the ama has endorsed the prince bull that every competent patient has the right to refuseó medical intervention. the world medical association and international red cross have determined that force-feeding through restraint is not only an ethical violation. that let us set aside the numbers that you might or might not feel you can safely push out. there are a number, an unknown number, the president has said 46. do you honestly think that people behind me and who are impelling this hearing. just because they are in theww states.wwwwwwwwwwww >> the fear-based argument tow keep thewwwww guantÁnamo fs hard to understand. --wwwwwwwwwwwwÑs 10:00 a.m. easternçççççç >> this week the house held a hearing on the status of young people who grew up in the united states after being brought to the country illegally. congress i

our market newsmaker of the morning, squawk master mohamed el erian will join us. we have a lot to talk to him about. beyond the data, the other big economic story of the week, fed chairman ben bernanke heading to capitol hill. he'll testify before the house financial services committee. that's at 10:00 eastern tomorrow. then repeating that performance in front of the senate banking committee on thursday. a lot to chew on there. politicians are expected to grill him about the fed's bond buying program and plans for tapering and, of course, if widespread rumors that bernanke will step down in january true, this could be his last monetary policy report to congress. >> i bet he would miss that. >> we should also note that tomorrow say huge day at cnbc. in addition to the testimony, we'll be holding our delivering alpha conference. you can catch it all day on tv and online. "squawk box" will be live at the event. we'll be starting at 6:00 a.m. eastern time tomorrow. among our guests, famed short seller jim chanos joining us. along with david mccormick, and then at 8:30

one of the things we took up on our "news pay -- "newsmakers row graham -- "newsmakers" program was senatoron wyden. iss speaking about what he concerned about when it comes to the collection of americans phone records. >> government will not state the rules are with respect to tracking americans on their cell phones. i have asked this repeatedly at public hearings and the intelligence committee, the government's official position is that first if they have the authority to do it, second they are not doing it now but they rulesot sell out what the are today with respect to the rights of americans, law-abiding americans, with respect to cell phone track the king -- cell phone tracking. the house defeated a proposal that would have banned the telephone collection under the nsa program. where'd you you see this debate going from here you go the you expected to continue continue, especially considering the -- pollsonal leaders show americans are deeply divided on whether or not they should give up some of their >> they protections area polls have done an about-face in just a matter of weeks. we

. >> ifill: and to our newsmaker interview with arizona senator john mccain. i spoke with him on capitol hill earlier today. senator mccain, thank you for joining us. you seem to be in the middle of everything right now: immigration reform, financial regulation reform, the debt limit debate which is about to take off again. how did that happen? >> well, i've been involved in these issues for a long time, as you know, gwen. but it seems that sometimes things sort of ripen and mature and are ready for action. honestly, i think it's the result of years of association with other members of the senate that are in the decision-making role. so, these issues come to fruition. if you were there when they're ready to be acted on, that's sort of what happened. >> ifill: were you worried that someone like harry reid the democratic leader who once said i can't stand john mccain is praising you on the floor of the senate? he was praising you on the newshour last week. is that good or bad for you? >> i'm sure that in some parts of arizona maybe i hope they didn't hear it. bu

on "andming up today newsmakers," the new president of the american medical association. she spoke with us on about obesity as a disease. let's listen. clip] -- video clip] >> does this make the insurance company liable? >> i think so. when the ama said that this was something we wanted to deal with, escalating the conversation on this problem to a significant level, we will look at the things that we must change to help things get better around obesity, hypertension, whenever we choose to study. i do think that they will be a part of this. they want to help us eliminate so much disease and suffering and reduce the cost. host: you can see the entire interview with dr. ardis hoven at 10:00 this morning on "newsmakers." it is also available on our website, c-span.org. we are asking you on open " washington journal" what you think -- if you think the government should be feeding children. this week -- -- tweet -- host: steve, new york. independent caller, your turn. caller: good morning. thank you for this discussion. since lyndon johnson declared war on poverty, the u.s. go

then the newsmakers will keep coming. 6:50, ceo mike jackson.e next hour, house majority leader eric cantor. and at 8:00, randy kroszner. >>> welcome back. u.s. equity futures indicated higher today. that would be pretty good. only 18 points yesterday after all was said and done. shares of nokia trading lower this morning. they have come back a bit. the cell phone maker's revenue fell short of expect takings. an anchor is going to tell you about the weather. becky. >> yes, i will. let's get the national weather forecast from the weather channel's reynolds wolf. reynolds, good morning. >> hey, good morning. really hot times for you in parts of the northeast. i would expect that trend to last the next couple of days. better conditions by the time we get to monday. that's then. this is now. scatter storms in the rainy and cooley in florida. warm for you in seattle. pretty nice there. go figure. and in terms of your flight delays, we'll have those for you too. atlanta could see more today, mainly to the afternoon. memphis might have backups. new yor

our conversation with bob goodlatte this morning on "newsmakers" at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.our comments about how important economic growth is for immigration reform -- we set aside a line for business owners which is let's hear from jimmy in tennessee. did i get you? caller: i am here. host: what kind of business do you own? host: heating and air -- caller: heating and air. it is not the fact that they come in -- the majority of the business, they work as subcontractors to other businesses. i have been doing this for 30 years. anybody doing concrete, they are, finishing, working people out of a job. i started off poor working when i was young. restaurant, ain a place to get some experience and go. those jobs are not there anymore. if you look in the back s, it is all mexicans. it is what it has come to. i also work in other areas where there are other people that check on this for benefits. the government has them set up where they cannot ask questions. if you ask a question, then you are discriminating against them. you let them bend the rules around their finger. are thos

have to say she'll be missing a great lineup of newsmakers including black rock's peter fisher. we'll talk to him about the economy, yields and much, much more. and the man who runs all of city group's hedge funds eric siegel at 7:40 eastern time this morning. and then joining us for a full hour at 8:00, former time warner chairman and ceo, and former citigroup chairman dick parsens. and then media matters with aol chairman and ceo tim armstrong. and watch this, in the last half of the show, the man everybody is talking about this week, eliot spitzer, the disgraced former new york governor, trying to mount a political comeback, he'll make his pitch to us at 8:30 eastern time. we have a lot to talk about. >> there you go with the mounting again. do you -- do we -- i was thinking about that yesterday. we call him governor, don't we? >> i want to show you something. i'm not wearing socks. i'm not wearing socks. >> can i ask you a question? what do i got to do to get you out of that jacket? >> nothing. it is hot in here. >> it is hot over here. ♪ you don't call him love gov, right?

if that's not enough for you, among our squawk newsmakers, we'll be joined by the cfo of pepsi, hugh johnston. and eli lilly's chairman and ceo doug oberhelman and wick mooreman. we have a big morning ahead. >> and we have hugh johnston on today. >> and a big lineup. >> yes, we do. and -- >> and after a nearly decade long insider trading, federal authorities are close to leveling a criminal indictment against sac capital. prosecutors and the fbi in manhattan are expected to announce the charges as early as this week. no word on whether the hedge fund might try to settle at the last moment. but reports say that is unlikely. founder steven cohen is not expected to be charged criminally, but authorities are reportedly still contemplating bringing charges against other employees at the firm. we'll talk more about the story in a few minutes with former s.e.c. attorney jacob frankel. >> sandro? >> sandro. >> in corporate news, apple's third quarter earnings per share beat the street by 15 cents. not bad. revenue was in line and iphone shipments jumped 51%, topping analyst forecasts. but ap

that's where you find our newsmaker interviews on demand. >>> cnbc parent comcast reporting earningsue came in above expectations. earlier on in the show, we spoke to the boss, comcast chairman and ceo brian roberts. >> we had 21% growth in cash flow at nbc universal, 9% revenue growth, really all the businesses grew revenue and that's a real highlight for me. and so our decision to invest another $18 billion in content we feel great about that. all the businesses are, for the first half of the year had a strong year. so i am really pleased with steve burke, and the nbc universal team. >> on the news the shares of comcast currently up just under 3% at $43.90. >>> the federal reserve are releasing its views on the economy this afternoon. joining us for the hour is bruce kazman, the managing director of global research. also from st. louis, we're joined by allen skranka. a huge part of the question is what is going to happen with jobs. you are not that optimistic in terms of jobs picking up. >> on a global basis, what we think is going to happen, gdp will pick up. that's the key issue

newsmakers" is sunday at 10:00 a.m. also sunday, a look at the immigration status. the house has a subcommittee on immigration and border security for women and undocumented immigrants. youthe house has a subcommitteey beginning at 10:35 eastern right here on c-span. this past week, jimmy carter took part in the discussion regarding the isreali- palestinian conference. isreali-palestinian officials average an agreement for resuming peace talks. a group of world leaders have been brought together by the former south african president nelson mandela to work on peace and human rights. this is just under an hour.

. >> said intelligence ron wyden -- senate intelligence ron wyden is the guest on newsmakers. he has been a critic of data collection programmers. he tells about the response and senate. 10:00kers is on sunday at a.m. and at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. also sunday a look at the immigration status. the house judiciary subcommittee heard testimony this week from two witnesses who described the hardships of living as undocumented immigrants. house leaders are working on a bill to address the status of dreamers. you can watch a hearing on sunday beginning at 10:35 a.m. eastern on c-span. lady reflects the schism that is and the united states about what women are supposed to be today. are we supposed to be mom in chief? or first mate? -- and the that opposed bes up -- as head of state, is the first lady supposed to be the ideal , firstista, mom in chief helpmate? is she is going to be first helpmate, she really has to understand what is going on it administration. she has to understand what is going on in the country. . she has to understand her agenda. you cannot separate how the

newsmakers is on sunday here on c-span. also sunday, and look at the immigration status.ard testimony from two witnesses who described the hardships of living as undocumented immigrants. house leaders are working on a bill. you can watch the hearing on sunday beginning at 10:35 a.m. eastern. fox this is a website -- >> this a website. the history of popular culture. and to say pop culture is quite more than that. what i've been trying to do with detaile is go into more with how popular culture impacts politics and sports and other arenas. it is not just about pop culture. what we have of the site are stories about popular music, sports biographies, history of media, newspapers. there are a range of things. when i formulated the site, i cast a wide net to see what would work. doyle sundayjack at 8:00. >> the newly formed congressional caucus on black men and boys held its first meeting this past week. a group of african-american men including tracy martin, the father of trayvon martin and michael eric dyson and a former president of the naacp and spoke about challenges fac

this sunday, "newsmakers" will theure an interview with president of the american medical association. ardis holden full -- dr. ardis hoven. talking about obesity as a disease. >> the ama recently classified obesity as a disease. does that make insurance companies more open to covering for obesity? >> i would think so. when the ama has said this is something we want to deal with, we want to escalate the conversation about this problem to a significant level. we are going to look at the things we must change to make things get that are around obesity, around hypertension, whatever we choose to study. i do believe the payers will be a part of this because they want to see what is best for the patients as well. they want to help us eliminate so much disease, so much suffering, and help reduce the cost. the debate like among your membership that led that decision? are folks united behind that decision, or was there some disagreement among physicians going forward with this? >> this is a discussion that the ama has been having for some years, as you are probably well aware. clearly, as we

have to say she'll be missing a great lineup of newsmakers including black rock's peter fisher. much, much more. and the man who runs all of city group's hedge funds eric siegel at 7:40 eastern time this morning. and then joining us for a full hour at 8:00, former time warner chairman and ceo, and former citigroup chairman dick parsens. and then media matters with aol chairman and ceo tim armstrong. and watch this, in the last half of the show, the man everybody is talking about this week, eliot spitzer, the disgraced former new york governor, trying to mount a political comeback, he'll make his pitch to us at 8:30 eastern time. we have a lot to talk about. >> there you go with the mounting again. do you -- do we -- i was thinking about that yesterday. we call him governor, don't we? >> i want to show you

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they get to see the newsmakers and let that how these people are doing. what can answers are they doing? does it satisfy them? these are the same kind of people who watch c-span. impressions their across the board. it is very important. thank you. we want to welcome sam donaldson and talent. we have frank who was a at upi.ue of hers our first question is from elizabeth campbell. >> thank you. the obama campaign stress government transparency in the methods. is there a difference in the press conferences? >> i should refer to helen in this. she covered george w. bush during her years. i would rather have her talk about it. >> it was immediately after his girard dinners -- directed. it is nice to talk they. can you follow through? i asked the few knew of any country in the middle east that has nuclear weapons. he hesitated. he said i do not want to speculate. as far as i am concerned his transparency was totally. >> i watched them raise bond. i thought there are some sensitive things which may be to conduct.ve all of us know that israel has been your weapon

newsmakers on c-span sunday 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. barbara mikulski. she toured the national weather forecaster last week. his is about 35 minutes. >> good morning. i'm dr. louis uccellini. irst, i want to welcome you to noaa. i'm thrilled this new forecastering facility can host such a visit. just to emphasize this is the central core of the national weather service. especially, this is where what you read, see, and hear about weather climate starts here. it doesn't end here but it starts here for the larger enterprise. we're here to showcase how the national weather service provides the foundation and works towards obtaining the weather information. joining me today we have senator barbara mikulski, kathryn sullivan and brian norcross. thank you for being here. i would like to start this discussion by saying i'm excited for the changes that will take place and pra what it means to protect life and property across the entire country. we're about to begin remarkable upgrades beginning with the three-fold increase with computing power by the end of this

top democrat on the house energy and commerce committee henry waxman is our guest this week on "newsmakersalks about the employer man -- he talks about the employer mandates and the new health care law and the status of the keystone xl pipeline. watch sunday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> jackie was raised as her mother was raised. she was the same kind of wife and hostess. the home, the children, the entertaining with style and nash. that was her heritage and she did it again in the white house. ,ight after her administration during the johnson years, the whole world erupted like volcanoes. we had the women who went to work and got divorces and demanded equal rights. we had flower children and we had free love and free sex. boy, oh, boy, was agreed to be young. i missed all that. [laughter] but the whole world changed and became a whole new concept of women. and i think mrs. clinton today represents the new woman. >> as we continue our conversation on first ladies, the to show bald was -- leticia baldrige, secretary to [indiscernible] monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >

>> we, "buzzfeed" was -- we have a thing called brews and we talk to politicians and newsmakers and it lively atmosphere beers some clean fun in the background. >> bill: i was there with -- had rob portman. >> i think portman was the second. we had rubio first. >> bill: i forget who else. >> gillibrand did one. >> bill: last night was claire mccaskill. >> she was great. >> she's really funny. >> bill: she's lively, too. >> very lively. i've only really experienced her on television and you know, she's usually pretty measured on tv. >> bill: john stanton did the interview. >> big john, our d.c. bureau chief did the interviewing. he was great. he's fun. >> bill: he's one of our favorite guests here in studio. he's very much at home in a bar. >> yes, he is. he took me out to a couple of those homes last night. [ laughter ] >> bill: dragged your ass in here this morning. peter ogborn and dan henning team press here this morning. with alichia cruz on the phones and cyprian bowlding, as always, cyprian, thank you keeping us looking good on cable television. so dorsey, new york politics, it i