eastern on c-span. we will have a hearing on reducing greenhouse gas pollution. they will hear from the agriculture and interior department, as well as the head of the epa. barbara boxer will chair the meeting beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern live on c-span. you are watching c-span, created as a public service by the nation ' s cable companies. here is a look at our schedule. up next, president obama and president medvedev at a joint press conference in moscow. that is a look at topics to be discussed with russian leaders this week. later, senator-elect al franken.

eastern on c-span, also on c-span radio and on the web at c-span.org. here's a look at how the senate judiciary prepares for supreme court hearings. >> what is the staff looking for? >> you are looking for a couple of different things. obviously in today's world, in the -- the internet was being very widely used as something to research people. you are looking for a couple of different things. you are looking to add full list to the person's record so that you can understand them both as a lawyer and as a human being. a lot of that information comes from newspaper reports. the media is obviously very important. all of that issue a fuller picture of the nominee. obviously people who are looking for unsavory things about the nominee, things that can use to attack the nominee. as a lawyer, you want to know what those things are, because you want to be able to defend the nominee from those attacks. you want to be able to use the information as well. >> during the strategy sections recessions you mentioned before, do you work with the majority staff about th

, c-span radio, and on the web at c-span.org. we will replay proceedings we can on c-span 2. and to the supreme court, on c- span. >> booktv continues on c-span 2. sunday, books on the economy. financial editor david smith says the international financial collapse was predictable and is far from being over. finance year allan ross tells us how second grader beats wall street. a panel office talks about the economic crisis and what to do. and henry waxman on his 35 years in the u.s. house. afterwards, former congressman and msn b.c. host george scarborough -- joe scarborough. he is interviewed by peggy noonan. lots more books and authors of booktv. go to our website. >> sunday, a republican representatives michael burgess and bill cassidy, both medical doctors, on health care legislation making its way through congress and what to expect before the august recess. >> the whole the deadline is driven by political purposes. tom daschle says that the reason the health plan of the clinton administration failed is

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should be opened up to the larger society not kept separate, but they still are. >> sunday night at 8 on c-span. you can also listen on the satellite radio or download the podcast. >> how is aziz been funded it? >> the u.s. government. >> i do not know. >> not public funding. >> my tax dollars. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago america's cable companies started c-span with no government mandate or money. >> welcome to "the communicators." the annual meeting was recently held and in washington, d.c.. attendees had a chance to hear from the commerce secretary. >> when we think about the opportunities and advantages of broadband, i do not think we understand the full potential of it. when we talk about going to doctors' offices, being able to record some of the medical history and having that transmitted to the doctor's office -- haven't all of those medical records in one place, the power of technology, and the power of education. there is a hunger out there for education. people who lived in mort -- in remote parts of the country, they want more education. the walmart technology. they want a

on c-span. over the july 4 weekend, notable americans on c-span, stories from inside the white house, domestic policy advisers on their president from richard nixon to george w. bush. honoring president ronald reagan. ken burns on his corian and an upcoming series on americans -- america's national parks. and a series on john updike, two -- two time winner of the pulitzer prize. in death, sunday with historian and author john ferling. find out what is happening any time at c-span.org. >> these places remind me of modern cathedrals that donors would build wings on, hoping they would go to heaven. >> walter kirn would like to see a few changes to the higher education system. >> i think, for example, possibly should be on the web. these wonderful concentrated islands of talent and wealth and area addition to be opened up to the larger society, not coltish we -- coltultishly kept separat. >> the sunday night at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. you can also listen on c-span radio or down lot -- download the podc

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that is sunday at 4:25 p.m., all here on c-span. over the july 4 weekend, notable americans, on c-span. stories from inside the white house. domestic policy advisor on the president's for richard nixon to george w. bush. honoring president ronald reagan, ken burns on his career and upcoming series on america's national parks, a tribute to the late writer john update the did john updike. and a reunion of the apollo 8 astronauts. they're more books and authors this holiday weekend starting friday morning on c-span2 ." find out what is on any time at c-span.org. topics include the military offensive in afghanistan, a new missile tests by north korea, and the situation in honduras. the spokesman speaks with reporters for about half an hour. >> afternoon. i do apologize for delaying the briefing on the afternoon before a three-day holiday. at any rate, let me give you a quick update on some schedules. i think you sell the secretary did not have any public appointments, but she did work from home this morning. ambassador goldberg concluded

that 1:15 eastern on c-span. this holiday weekend on book tv discover an unfamiliar side of our nation's first president as we are live from george washington's mount vernon estate with historian and author john ferling on the ascent of george washington. join our three-hour conversation sunday on "in depth" part of our three-day holiday weekend starting friday morning on c-span 2's book tv. >> publicly. >> donations maybe? i have no idea. >> government? >> c-span gets its funding through the taxes. >> federal funding? >> federal funding. >> 30 years ago america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. a private business initiative, no government mandate, no government money. >> "washington journal" continues. host: randy johnson is here now senior vice president of the u.s. chamber of commerce. more in healthcare. we woke up to it headline in the "wall street journal." in a major break with most other large companies wal-mart told the white house toss it supports requiring employers to provide health

on c-span. >> these places remind me of modern cathedrals that donors would build wings on, hoping the wood and have been. thank you is a princeton class of '83 who would like to see changes to the higher education system. >> i think princeton philosophy should be on the web. i think these wonderfully concentrated islands of talent and well and area addition should be opened up to the larger society and not kept separate, which they still are. i cannot understand why. >> "lost in the meritocracy." that is on sunday night at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. you can also listen on c-span radio or download the c-span podcast. >> this is a forum on american presidential succession in the event of an attack. you'll hear about a new report on potential weak points in the process with former homeland security advisor and political policy l -- political policy analysts. it is just over two and one-half hours. >> all right. i think we will get under way. i am norman ornstein of the american enterprise institute. i wa

see the house live on c-span. the senate is back on monday at 2:00 eastern to resume work on legislative branch spending. once that is complete, they will move on to home -- homeland security spending. minnesota senator al let al franken is supposed to meet with gary agreed on monday. live coverage of the senate on c-span to. tomorrow, a look at the moscow summit between president obama and dmitri runneth. that is live starting at 1:00 eastern here on c-span. >> i am sure the house will serve my whole disappointment at the recent behavior of the iranian regime. disappointments to the restriction of the an

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eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and on the web at c- span.org. will replay the proceedings weeknights on c-span2. coming this fall, to were the homes of america's highest court. the supreme court, on c-span. >> country singer toby keith talking about his life and career. he was a guest speaker at the national press club for about an hour. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] >> it is an honor to be here. we are launching a campaign. i do not have our itinerary yet. tonight, we are leaving for afghanistan and iraq. i am not sure about that, but -- [applause] you can thank me for being here because that is my chicken fried steak lunch that you have. it might be the first time in the history of the press club that you got the chicken fried steak. the saga continues about the green beans. they cannot quite get it, can they? we did kosovo and bosnian back in the day. it is a labor of love for us. i want to take this opportunity. it is great timing because this gives me a chance to go on the record and say some things since the press is here. [laughter]

the economy and health care among the issues we'll be talking about tomorrow morning on c-span's "washington journal." and foreign policy. secretary of state hillary clinton is appearing on nbc's "meet the press," a program that airs on c-span radio in the afternoon. and we'll take a look at some of her answers and talk with matt lee of the associated press about her performance thus far six months into the obama presidency. "washington journal" every day at 7:00 a.m. east coast time. thanks for being with us. enjoy the rest of your weekend. and have a great week ahead. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] . later, president obama on health-care legislation. >> tonight, susan jacoby on the ongoing fascination the trial of alger hiss, whitaker chambers, and the house un-american activities hearing. >> prime minister gordon brown takes questions on politics, the economy, and afghanistan, in the last session before parliament takes a summer break. >> today, sarah palin officially stepped down. she will turn over power a

tonight at 8 on c-span. you can also listen on xmsatellite board, the c-span podcast. this week on prime minister's question, prime minister gordon brown discusses government spending and job loss. also, the unrest by iran following its presidential election. tonight at 9 eastern on c-span. >> now a session on president obama's upcoming trip to russia, the g-eight. the president will address the situation in iran during that cheek-8 meeting and praised ghana as a presidential election during a visit to that country. this is just about an hour. these people of the best in business. >> good morning. as long as we keep our expectations low, we are less likely to be disappointed. while all have been paid -- an advocate to try to improve the russian u.s. relationship, there is a flaw in the logic. we have a new leader, who is president obama, who is ready to adjust some policies from the previous administration. in moscow, we do not have a new leader. we essentially have the same leadership that we had before. to take that further, i don't think we should have any illusions

you will be ample to watch on c- span, c-span.org, and c-span radio. we would like to hear from you on her confirmation hearings. you can see the numbers on your screen. republicans, 202-737-0001. democrats, 202-737-0002. independents, 202-628-0205. please allow 30 days between your calls and you can send us a tweet. a couple of articles about sonia sotomayor's hearings. this is "the washington times" this morning. that is on their front page. on the inside of "the wall street journal" this morning is this article. that is from inside "the wall street journal" this morning. and this is in the politico. "it is just the kind of told the republican party needs." now we want to hear from you and what you like to hear from the hearings. steven, a democrat in dallas, you are first this morning. caller: m on the air? hello? host: and this is from "in new york times" this morning. this goes through the schedule. host: let's go to houston, independent. what do you think? caller: i hope she holds the administration accountable for crimes against humanity. we have

. >> you can see the entire interview on "newsmakers" on sunday on c-span. >> on sunday, susan jacoby on a variety of hearings on c-span. >> this week, more of our interviews from the recently held digital media conference in northern virginia. we begin this week with a discussion of how one website is taking a different approach to delivering news. >> y another online news site? >> daily news is about developing media and technology together. this is one way that we showcase the technology. we're also about taking the technology allows for understanding users and their interests and personalizing content. it improves the targeting of advertising. we're taking back and licensing it to a large number of news sites. we believe most news sites will need to be personalized in the future to meet the needs of the readers. they need this kind of technology to improve the quality of what they do come to strengthen their engagement with their readers online, and develop strong on-line digital businesses. >> when you go to the web site, how can you personalize what you want to receive? >> to so

that is at 8:00 eastern time here on c-span. and we will hear from the white house domestic policy advisers who now work with presidents from richard nixon to george w. bush. they will discuss their relationships with chief executives on friday at 8:00 eastern. then their experiences trying to sell their policy agendas to the congress and the public. that is setting morning at 10:00 eastern. it will wrap up with lessons learned from serving under chief executives. that is sunday, here on c-span. >> over the july 4 weekend, a notable americans on c-span. stories from inside the white house -- domestic policy advisers on their presidents, from richard nixon to jurors that you bush, honoring ronald reagan, and ken burns. a tribute to the late writer john updike. and i reunion of astronauts. there are more books and authors this holiday weekend. including in death sunday with historian and author john ferling. >> according to a new opinion poll, al-qaeda and the taliban are viewed as security threats. but most are opposed to unmanned

eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and on the web at c-span.org. will also show them weeknights on c-span t2. >> taxpayer dollars? >> private donations? >> consumer funded, i guess? >> i do not know. >> private contributions? >> 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiative. no government mandate. no government money. "washington journal continues. host: joining us for this segment is a ed whalen, president of the public policy center. what would a justice, sonia sotomayor, mean to you? guest: that is the big question. my concern is that she would be another hard left activists who will work to entrench their agenda on issue after issue. but our constitution leaves it to democratic process. one example is saying-sex marriage. the constitution leaves that to the people who worked out, not for justices to impose on us. yet i fear that sonia sotomayor will be a strong supporter of inventing those rights for the same-sex marriage and will provide us vote. for that. what is the proper role of t

the supreme court court, this fall on c-span. >> on c-span radio hear 1968l.b.j. phone calls with his secretary of state, richard nixon and billy graham. saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span radio. >> now, former president clinton on preventing childhood obesity. he spoke at a conference hosted by the centers for disease control. this is about 45 minutes. >> thank you. thank you very much. ladies and gentlemen, thank you for being here and for inviting me. i want to thank -- i was reminded when dr. freedman said that i now had a foundation in new york, his former hometown, that i was kidding him backstage that hillary and i, i'm sure you all know, have a daughter we're very proud of. and she left the private sector and went back to graduate school in public health. [applause] one of the things she hoped to do was to spend this summer working in new york city for dr. freedman and another person that he ripped out of his department there to make new york the most successful city in the country in the transition to electronic medical records so i just want you to

washington journal blood at 7:00 eastern on c-span. -- live at 7:00 eastern on c- span. we will replay the proceedings weeknights on c-span to. coming this fall, tour the supreme court on c-span. >> if the truth is it is the opposition that is embarrassed about their past, failing to face up rigid face up to the challenges of the present and have nothing to offer the future. >> billion in for him was harriet harman. -- filling in for him was . harmon. >> order. questions for the prime minister. >> number one, mr. speaker. >> i have been asked to reply before i take my friends's questions, i am sure the whole house will wish to join me in sending our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the servicemen killed in afghanistan in the last week. they were a commanding officer, trooper joshua hammond, david dennis, robert laws, dane elson, benjamin brown, and a soldier killed yesterday. we owe these men are deepest -- deepest gratitude. they served our country with distinction in desperately difficult conditions ahead of the very important august presidential elect

eastern here on c-span. >> how is c-span funded? >> publicly funded. >> donations. >> government? >> seize bank gets its funding through taxes. >> federal funding? >> public funding. >> 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiative -- no government mandate, no government money. >> > >colombian president alvaro uribe spoke today at the woodrow wilson center. this is about an hour. >> good morning. please be seated. my pleasure to welcome you to the directors forum. mr. president, we welcome you to the center and also will come columbia's minister for affairs. the minister of trade. colombia's ambassador to the united states. the minister of finance. and i am told there are several ambassadors in our group. we welcome them here. i have been informed that the former ambassador is here. we are delighted to have hurt. a former congressman is also expected to be here. we welcome all of our distinguished guests and of course the president. i want to thank this event's co- sponsors. the council of the americas represented here to

host: peter brown will be at an event releasing the poll which we will have live on c-span 2, 10:00 eastern. president obama is having a town hall on healthcare live on c-span at 1:15 p.m. eastern time. shelby township, michigan. len on the republican line. caller: my question to the guest is that in your polling did you ask the question that is if there is the illegal alien situation in this country, are they under this healthcare plan that obama is trying to roll out? guest: we did not ask how americans felt about the inclusion of undocumented aliens in this country. frankly, it is not yet appearing to be clear what the approach will be from congress and the president on that issue. when it is, we will probably poll on it. but we don't think we should set the agenda. we react to what the government and politicians do and ask people what they this. host: bergen county, new jersey. democratic caller mitchell. caller: good morning. mr. brown, we know in polling that the way the question is asked often reflects the way a person will respond to it. in your question about would people support h

live on c-span. today, a look at the moss queue schmidt. live starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span >> when did you decide to name your book? >> when my editor suggested it. op the notion that we are not very honest in this country about what happens when students are shipped off to that wonderful fairy land. i had a hard time with it. i was lost in many ways. i had a story to tell that was intended on a non-fictional title based on my real experience. i didn't know that it would have much relevant vens to people unless they were assured that it actually happened. >> you say up front that this is a record of memory, it attempts to be truthful in its narrative there are, i suspect, a number of in5:0 rasies, no deliberate intentions. uncle admiral. >> he was someone that was a hero to me. he was a retired admiral whose job had been to survey the coast of alaska and south california. he at four years old baby sat me almost constantly when my father was in law school and my mother was a nurse. he gave me an unparalleled geographic education that i think spotted me throu

and coming in october on c-span, tour the home to america's highest cowart, the supreme court. >> on n radio hear 1968 lbj phone calls with his secretary of state. nominee richard nixon and billy graham saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span radio. >> george witt signed the declaration of ipt and was also murdered. question and answer with "i am murdered." the killing that shocked a new nation with bruce chadwick on c-span. >> "washington journal" continues. host: at the white house later today and tomorrow morning the president meeting with senior staff and his cabinet members and joining us from the north lawn a longtime radio reporter mark knoller, thank you for being with us. >> you're welcome. good morning. host: we've now reached the sixth month of the o'obama presidency. what's going to happen tomorrow and is there precedence for this type of activity? guest: well, obama and biden will be getting together across the street at blair house. they are calling it a retreat even though retreats take place in far more appealing places you may take all your top officials with you to

kickoff event was hear on c-span -- was here on c- span. at a certain point, you start getting into all kinds of different meetings. senate finance is having a meeting. the house is having a meeting. if they wanted those to be on c- span, i would welcome that. i do not think there are a lot of secrets going on in there. the last question with respect to tarp, let me take a look at what exactly they say we have not provided. i think we have provided much greater transparency than existed prior to our administration coming in. it is a big program. i do not know what exactly has been requested. i will find out and i will have an answer for you. >> he said the recent bank problems indicate there has been no sense of remorse on wall street for risky behavior, so we have not seen a change in culture. do you think that you're ministration needs to be taking a harder line with wall street? would you consider going a step further and supporting a fee on risky activities that go beyond traditional lending? >> we were on the verge of a complete financi

kickoff event was hear on c-span -- was here on c- span. at a certain point, you start getting into all kinds of different meetings. senate finance is having a meeting. the house is having a meeting. if they wanted those to be on c- span, i would welcome that. i do not think there are a lot of secrets going on in there. the last question with respect to tarp, let me take a look at what exactly they say we have not provided. i think we have provided much greater transparency than existed prior to our administration coming in. it is a big program. i do not know what exactly has been requested. i will find out and i will have an answer for you. >> he said the recent bank problems indicate there has been no sense of remorse on wall street for risky behavior, so we have not seen a change in culture. do you think that you're ministration needs to be taking a harder line with wall street? would you consider going a step further and supporting a fee on risky activities that go beyond traditional lending? >> we were on the verge of a complete financi

live on c-span2 and then again sunday nights on c-span. c-span.org, you can find a video archive of past prime ministers questions and links to the house of commons and prime ministers websites. >> tomorrow on "washington journal," david drucker looks at the congressional week ahead. helle dale discusses u.s.-russia relations and president obama's trip to russia. henry waxman talks about his book about how congress really works. "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> president obama departs tonight for a weeklong overseas trip with stops in russia, italy, and donna. here is a look at some of the trips highlights. on monday and tuesday he will be in moscow and will meet with president medvedev and former president miguel carbajal. the president will be in italy from wednesday until friday for the g8 summit, which will clued meetings with the presidents of italy and china and the pope. ghana be the last of on his trip. check our web site, c-span.org for the latest on the president's trip and updates on c-span coverage of the

"washington journal"live every morning on c-span. >> join the conversation on civil-rights and race relations with npr and fox and news analyst juan williams. that is an noon eastern sunday. >> how was c-span funded? >> publicly funded. >> donations? >> government? >> federal funding? >> i do not know. >> how c-span funded? america's cable companies created c-span for the public. no government mandate, no government money. >> as part of president obama's quest for health care legislation, he visited a town to talk about his proposal. the second stop was at a kroger supermarket in bristol, va. as he made his remarks, committee members started formal negotiations on health-care legislation. this is just under an hour. >> thank you so much. please, have a seat. i want to stinky all -- i want himto thank all the employees fr being such great hosts. this is the first time i've been in the persian store in a while. [laughter] they do not let me do my own shopping. i may pick up some food on the way out. i just wanted you to know. there are a few other people i wanted knowledge. [unintelligible] [ap

live coverage on c-span n2. and tour the supreme court. >> hear the 1960 plan calls with a lbj with his secretary of state. nominee, richard nixon, and evangelist billy graham -- saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span radio. >> george signed the declaration of independence and was murdered. this author on that topic. the killings that shocked the nation. sunday, on c-span. "washington journal" continues. host: this senator is the ranking republican member on the health subcommittee of energy and commerce. congressman, this house bill is moving again as democrats strike a deal -- this is a headline here. this was about the blue dogs have been reached agreement on some compromises. what is the view from your perspective? guest: it is pretty hard when you are looking in from the outside and depending on reports that leak out of these negotiations. republicans have not been involved in these negotiations at all. these are democrat to the regret. we are on the outside looking in. we are trying to find out what is go

[applause] >> up next on c-span, honduran president zelaya who was removed from office in the military coup speaks. and the review of the recently concluded supreme court term. on wednesday's "washington journal." it look at the minnesota the senate race. randel johnson from the u.s. chamber of commerce, and the chief economist for the national association of realtors. on thursday, martha raddatz from abc news and edward montgomery. on saturday, ken silverstien and richard miniter. and on monday, henry waxman. >> this holiday weekendb holidayook this holiday weekend on "-- this holiday weekend on "book tv." it is part of our three day holiday weekend starting friday morning on c-span the 2's "book tv." >> the president of honduras addressed the united nations general assembly. the speech happened shortly after passage of a resolution condemning me coup. it is about 50 minutes. >> on behalf of the general assembly, i have the honor to welcome to the united nations, his excellency, constitutional president of the republic of honduras, and invite him to address the general assembly. >> pr

i turned on c-span -- i turned and cable television and as i ran through the channel there was only one which visually did not resemble the others, and that was c-span. it went slow. they spoke loudly, it spoke softly. it fascinated me. it was like coming across a buddhist at a holy-roller church service. here was c-span sitting quietly, deliberately, doing its own thing in the middle of cable television. it was fascinating. >> you also wrote, for everyone besides the target audience of policy nerds in traction patients, the result was like watching the watergate hearings- the scandal that made them interesting. it was a dead some on the dial. >> i am referring to congress. >> i understand. >> i do not know that before c- span had regular televised exposure to our legislative and collaborative processes. once we did, i think we found they are both less dramatic than we might imagine. i could not believe however day the chambers of congress usually are, for example. >> the reason i bring it up is to ask you -- it is always fun to hear feedback. you were watching this from livingston at t

you can watch it any time on line at c-span.org and we will show again tonight in our prime time, beginning at 8:00 eastern, here on c-span. good afternoon to andrew, on a republican line. caller: after hearing his speech about health care, i cannot help but think that when he says if you read it and mall for the scare tactics, you will realize that this is a wonderful bill for it i wish he would say that he would encourage looking at the counter argument. i would rather have him say you should take a look at -- this is an important bill for our country. i would wish that he would say to draw your own conclusions rather than pushing for his own opinion. host: where have you read about the bill? caller: i have been reading about it for my local mayors paper and news reports. host: independent caller -- caller: i just watch your coverage of the obama speed. i think he is being very disingenuous. he said it does not want to take over health care. he said the same thing about the automobile industry. he was not telling the truth banbury why should we believe him now? host: next up is cleveland. what did you think about the co

we could also follow up on c- span twitter. specifically, how would you advise this administration going forward and looking at the previous administration on this issue? d.s.l. what i think they should do -- guest: we need proper enforcement. everyone is sick of the situation with the law is broken. the law is a joke. we need tougher enforcement in the workplace and at the border. we want to make sure that people who come are legal. we want to create a system where there is no easy legal immigration. -- there is no the legal immigration. -- illegal integration. we want to look for americans for the jobs first, but if it turns out the americans do not want to do some of these jobs, we should allow the immigrants to come legally. you should be able to go and get a visa and come over. there should be a realistic quotas. the market will decide. right now, we already lets in about a million immigrants per year. the question is, is that each of? -- is that enough? realistic quotas. enforcement -- realistic coslaws that we actually in

that is at 8:00 eastern on c- span. this holiday weekend we will hear from white house domestic policy advisers who have worked with presidents from nixon to george w. bush. they will discuss their relationships with chief a status on friday at 8:00 eastern trip then they will talk about experiences selling policy agendas to the public. that portion saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern, and also lessons they have learned from chief exec is. that is sunday at 4:25 p.m. eastern time on c-span. now a state of our briefing. the guest has worked on engagement efforts in both the white house and the state department. this is about 20 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody. i am pleased to welcome the special representative to moslem countries. we will talk about the efforts to create opportunities for dialogue with muslims around the world. before asking questions, if you could identify yourselves, we will appreciate it. >> good afternoon carey i am sorry you had to wait. take until difficulties. i am the special representati

c-span: how far did the restrictions go? guest: restrictions on drink? c-span: yeah. guest: it was all voluntary. it was... c-span: they did--they didn't s--it wasn't like prohibition? guest: no, no, no. c-span: they didn't--they didn't stop? guest: no, no, no. no. no. the only thing i know that was sort of violent was--that was--may have been ...(unintelligible) with--they--once the temperance for--once they formed associations, then they wanted to get rid of all liquor, and they cut down hundreds of apple trees to get rid of apple cider which was fermented, and hard apple cider was one of--one of the liquors. no, it was all voluntary, but i--you know, this--we conform to the social mores if we see that something is going to get--earn us frowns and--and--and ugly looks, we'll move away, just like smoking today. the poor people who smoke and have to huddle up against business buildings outside, you know, that--that's a miracle of the anti-smoking campaign in the last 30 years. c-span: what was the sabbath crusade? guest: sabbath crusade was to stop all business on sun

eastern live on c-span. you are watching c-span, created as a public service by the nation ' s cable companies. here is a look at our schedule. up next, president obama and president medvedev at a joint press conference in moscow. that is a look at topics to be discussed with russian leaders this week. later, senator-elect al franken. >> how is c-span funded? >> the u.s. government. >> i do not know. some of it is government raised. >> it is not public funding. >> i want to say from me. from my tax dollars. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, cable companies created c-span as a public service. no government mandate, no public money. >> president obama and president medvedev signed a preliminary agreement to reduce nuclear stockpiles in the u.s. and russia. other topics were at the war in afghanistan and missile defense. >> the ceremony of signing a joint documents is about to start. >> the chief of the joint staff of the armed forces of russia and on the u.s. side -- the chairman of the joint staff of the

eastern on c-span radio. d an update on the mortgage discounts received by senators chris dodd and kent conrad. the two democrats said they knew they got low mortgage rate deals in a vip program but thought the special treatment was a courtesy, like the same as frequent-flier discounts. turning to guantanamo bay, the irish justice minister says his country will resettle two inmates being freed soon. it comes after a meeting today with new u.s. ambassador. the president recently announced his administration needs at least six more months to devise a long-term plan for the guantanamo detainees. human space flight to the moon and mars will be the focus of a public hearing today in alabama. the review committee, charged with reviewing nasa's feature plans, will consider the constellation program. this is the current framework for sending astronauts back to the moon and beyond. the obama administration asked for the review to assess the nasa's plans for spacecraft after it retires the shuttle. those are the latest

c-span: what's a 'tell item'? >> guest: a tell item is one where the anchorperson simply is reciting the item rather than going to a correspondent or tape or whatever--film or whatever. c-span: was there such a thing as a magic number in those days? you write about... >> guest: the magic number was the number that i had for my part to the broadcast, and it was come by basically our deciding what film reports went into the broadcast from our correspondents at home and overseas and then what time was left. and the time that was left was what i would have on the broadcast. if the time left was not adequate for the major stories that i had to tell, we would then cut some of the film stories coming in. c-span: did that make correspondents mad when you wanted to up the numbers? >> guest: oh, sure. sure. it would make anybody mad. i'd--when i was a correspondent in the field--when i'd go out myself sometimes and do a story and a substitute would be sitting in at the anchor spot, even then i'd get furious that they were cutting my sp--my story instea

on c-span 2. and coming this fall, tour the home to america's highest court, the supreme court on c-span. >> and now country singer toby keith talking about his life and career and was a guest speaker at the national press conference for about an hour. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much. it's an honor to be here with the press club. we're launching our seventh campaign for our two-week stay in the middle east, or -- i don't really have my itinerary yet but tonight we're leaving for, i think, afghanistan and iraq. [laughter] [applause] >> first of all, you can thank me for being here because that's your chicken fried steak you got. and it might be the first time in the history of the press club that you got a chicken fried steak. but as you can tell, the saga continues about the green beans. they just can't quite get it, can they? [laughter] >> it's an honor to be here. as we embark on our seventh u.s.o. tour, we've done over 100 shows in the last seven years -- six years in

captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2008] >> you are watching public affairs programming on c-span. yesterday northern virginia president obama held a town hall meeting on health care. that is next. topics on this morning's "washington pernell" include next week's russian summit, talking about iraq, iran, and north korea. later, a federal communications commission meeting on high speed internet access. we will get an update on the recent transition to an all digital broadcast tv signal. live coverage begins at 11:30 eastern. >> this morning, a discussion from american presidential succession -- on american presidential succession in the event of a terrorist attack. we will hear on a new report on the topic. live coverage begins on c-span to. >> how is c-span funded? >> publicly funded. >> donations. >> government. >> it is funded taxes. >> federal funding. >> public funding. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. a private business initiatives. no government mandate, no government money. >> now town hall meeting with u.s.

with respect to all of the negotiations not being on c-span, you will recall in this very room that our kickoff event was here on c-span and at a certain point, you know, you start getting into all kinds of different meetings. the senate finance is having a meeting. the house is having a meeting. if they want those to be on c-span, then i would welcome it. i don't think there are a lot of secrets going on in there. and the last question with respect to t.a.r.p., let me take a look at what exactly they say we have not provided. i think that we've provided much greater transparency than existed prior to our administration coming in. it is a big program. i don't know exactly what's been requested. i'll find out. and i will have an answer for you. >> the president today promising to provide more information in response to a question about transparency, secrecy, and the forthcomingness of his administration about not only health care but also the financial bailout and the part of it known as t.a.r.p. joining us now is "newsweek" magazine senior washington correspondent and msnbc political an

with respect to while the negotiations not being on c-span, you will recall in this very room that our kickoff event was here on c-span, and at a certain point, you know you start getting into all kinds of different meetings, the senate finance is having a meeting, the house is having a meeting. if they want this to be on c-span, then i would welcome it. i don't think there are a lot of secrets going on in there. and, the last question with respect to t.a.r.p.. let me take a look at what exactly they say we have not provided. i think that we have provided much greater transparency then existed prior to our administration coming in. it is a big program. i don't know exactly what has been requested. i will find out and i will have answered for you. >> thank you mr. president. you have said the recent bank profits indicate there has been no sense of remorse on wall street for risky behavior and we haven't seen a change in culture there. do you think that your administration needs to be taking a harder line with wall street and also, would you consider going a step further than your regula

with respect to all of the negotiations not being on c-span, you will recall in this very room that our kickoff event was here on c-span and at a certain point, you know, you start getting into all kinds of different meetings. the senate finance is having a meeting. the house is having a meeting. if they want those to be on c-span, then i would welcome it. i don't think there are a lot of secrets going on in there. and the last question with respect to t.a.r.p., let me take a look at what exactly they say we have not provided. i think that we've provided much greater transparency than existed prior to our administration coming in. it is a big program. i don't know exactly what's been requested. i'll find out. and i will have an answer for you. >> the president today promising to provide more information in response to a question about transparency, secrecy, and the forthcomingness of his administration about not only health care but also the financial bailout and the part of it known as t.a.r.p. joining us now is "newsweek" magazine senior washington correspondent and msnbc political an

kick-off event was here, on c-span. and at a certain point, you start getting into all kinds of different meetings, senate finance is having a meeting, the house is having a meeting, if they wanted those to be on c-span, then i would welcome it. i don't think there are a lot of secrets going on in there. the last question was respect to t.a.r.p. i -- let me take a look at what exactly they say we have not provided. i think that we've provided much great greater transparency than existed prior to our administration coming in. it is a big program. i don't know exactly what's been requested, i'll find out and i will have an answer for you. >> julie. >> thank you, mr. president. you said the recent bank profits indicate there's been no sense of remorse on wall street for risky behavior, that we haven't seen a change culture there. do you think that your administration needs to be taking a harder line on -- with wall street? also, would you consider going a step further than your regulatory reform proposals and supporting a f

eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and on the web. we will replay the proceedings weeknights on c-span [applause] . -- replace the proceedings weeknights on c-span2. the group campus progress held their annual conference this week in washington. next, the deputy director of the organization talks about the group and its goals. this is about 20 minutes. n line has a seat spent -- c-span podcast. host: now on your screen is erica williams, deputy director of a group called campus progress. miss williams, what is canada's progress? guest: it is a campus project from the center of american progress. it deals with a policy change, though opinion leaders and supporting them and making changes are now in their campuses and communities. host: how you define a progressive? guest: this varies and there are many definitions and answers. most of the young people i work with, myself included, believe that in a progressive is all about understanding that there's a certain common good that we're working toward. we believe in putting people over privi

sunday night at a on c-span skew and day. and the community -- communicators from the shares media account -- conference. on cspan2. host: roger olsen is our guest. prosecutors are asking the swiss bank to turn over information. what type of information are they looking for? guest: u.s. taxpayers have been hiding money in offshore and various jurisdictions including switzerland for decades. the debt states now is trying to get specific information about the identity of the u.s. taxpayers that have undisclosed foreign bank records and bank accounts, to find out whether or not they have been committing tax evasion and other crimes. host: firms are involved? guest: this litigation only in part -- involves bank ubs right now. host: how many of these types of banks exist and what kind of dollars are we talking about? guest: we are talking about billions upon billions of revenue loss in the u.s. annually. we are talking about virtually all banks that have u.s. bank branches that have offices in the caribbean, for example, so it is n

thank you for letting me talk on c-span. i think toyota and kia and saturn -- a lot of the smaller car companies that moved down south and do not have union workers. the problem with unions are -- this has happened always in the past. the end up getting too much power in the company. they strangle companies. this is what is going on with the car company right now.

[applause] >> you're watching public affairs programming on c-span. up next, a look at public opinion in pakistan. after that, a state department briefing with the u.s. representative to muslim communities. and later, more about pakistan. a retired general talks about the future of pakistan's military. >> tomorrow morning, a discussion on american presidential succession in the event of a terrorist attack. we will hear about a new report on the topic. live coverage begins at 9:00 eastern on c-span 2. >> how is c-span funded? >> publicly funded? >> donations maybe? i have no idea. >> government. >> c-span gets its funding through taxes. >> federal funding. >> sort of a public funding thing. >> how is c-span funded? >> 30 years ago america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiative. no government mandate, no government money. >> a new pakistani survey found most of those polled view al qaeda and the taliban as a major security threat. at the same time, most are also