. >> coming up on "newsmakers," representative norman dicks on how to get a compromise spending bill. after that a senate and house hearing on u.s. military involvement in libya with defense secretary robert gates and admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. our coverage on that region continues with deputy secretary of state james steinberg. >> i could say pretty much what i wanted as mayor and the only person that got in trouble was me. >> the current new york city deputy mayor spent eight years as mayor of indianapolis. today, he has a boss, michael bloomberg, and a different job description. >> i have to try to make the streets a little bit cleaner and a little bit safer and tax dollars go a little bit farther and prove that large cities -- particularly great large cities -- have a really vibrant future and i steer away from things that will detract from that agenda. >> "q&a," tonight at 8:00 on c- span. >> follows c-span on twitter, the fastest way to get programming and scheduling of dates as well as events we cover. you can also join in conversations and twea

. >> "newsmakers" is pleased to welcome representative norman dicks from washington as our guest speaker. he is the lead democrat on the appropriations committee and on its defense said committee. then in congress since 1977. thank you for being here. before we start with our two guests reporters, let me ask you -- we are sitting less than a week out from the expiration of the latest resolution. how are you handicapping the odds for passage of a compromise at this point? >> i think we will pass a compromise. i do not know whether we can get it done by next friday, but i hope there will be a demonstration between now and, say, wednesday or thursday, that we have come together, that we have an overall number, and that the subcommittees have worked out what should be under those so-called 302b allocations. still not quite together, but it is getting close. >> is that number the $33 billion we have been hearing about? >> i think it will be closed. everyone said there is no deal until everybody agrees on everything. and these writers are very controversial. a lot of them will have to come out

then on "newsmakers" representative norman dicks. after that, defense secretary gates admiral mullen. >> i can say pretty much what i wanted as mayor, and the only person that gets in trouble is me. >> stephen goldsmith spent eight years as mayor of indianapolis. today he has a different boss, michael bloomberg, and a different job description. >> i want to make sure the tax dollars go a little bit further. i want to prove that large cities have a corporate future. >> q&a, tonight at 8:00 on c- span. >> this morning, a political roundtable, including a possible government shut down. government shut down.

it is norman dicks talking with reporters on a wide variety of subject, including top number one these days, the prospect of a government shutdown at the senate and house cannot agree on a federal spending bill. >> this is the worst possible outcome. here we are into wards and a major involvement in libya. our intelligence community, all of these people will be adversely affected. troops in the field will not get paid. how can we possibly do this in the middle of all this military controversy customer i think it would be the height of irresponsibility. the height of irresponsibility not to continue to keep the government funded. host: how our guest on the show. you can see at 10:00 in the morning. you can check it big. -- ken to begin at 6:00 in the evening. also directed to c-span.org to find out more information about that program and others. again, we've been talking about an effort by gop senators to repeal wall street regulation, and dodd-frank as it is commonly known, signed in july 2010. burlington, ill., but on the republican line, go ahead. caller: i think they want to have th

. >> tomorrow, ranking member of the appropriations committee, representative norman dicks. >> i think we will pass a compromise. i do not know whether we can get it done by next friday, but i hope there will be a demonstration between now and, say, wednesday or thursday, so we can come to gather and the sub committees will work out what is to be under those allocations that they are working on right now. it still is not together, but it is getting close. there is some flexibility there. everyone said there is no deal until everybody agrees on everything. these writers are very controversial and a lot of them will have to come out if there is going to be any democratic support for any of this. >> you can see the entire interview, tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. it is also available online at c-span.org. tonight, c-span coverage of the annual congressional correspondents dinner. that is at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. now, a discussion on the first 100 days of the 100 calls congress. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> i want to welcome you to this

to continuing this it conversation on such an important >> today on "newsmakers" representative norman dicks. >> i think we will pass a compromise. i do not know for a candid than the next friday. but think it will be demonstrations between now or when stare thursday where we come together and the subcommittees have worked out what should be under those allocations. it's still is not quite yet. but it is close. there's some flexibility there. speaker boehner and everyone else says there's no deal and everybody agrees on everything. a lot of them will have to come out if there will be in the democratic support for this. >> you can see the entire interview with congressman dicks on "newsmakers" today at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. it is also available online at c-span.org. >> now a senate subcommittee hearing on discrimination and hate crimes against muslim americans. you will hear testimony from thomas perez and former assistant attorneys general alexander a costacosta. this is about two hours. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satelli