c-span: got a lot of statistics in the book. the first one i wrote down was that 9 percent of the nation's household own no car. >> guest: right. c-span: explain that. what's that mean to you? >> guest: it means to me, and the figures show, that the poorest segment of society, minorities and women, have least access to the things that you, in this car-dependent society need to get a job; that is, it impinges on policy right now, the welfare issue. everybody now needs a job; there's no more welfare. the entry ticket, to use another figure, to get that job is an automobile that costs a year, in personal costs, $6,000 to $6,500. and that, i think, raises high, as they say, the barriers of race and class that already existed in this country and add to the spatial entrapment. c-span: break down that $6,000 a year. how did you get that figure? >> guest: well, the $6,000 was from the bureau of labor statistics; $6,500 is the more recent one from the aaa. and it is what we pay when we buy the automobile originally, spread over time, and the money tha

this weekend on c-span 2 and 3. >> arizona has chalice the federal government on issues ranging from health care too birthright citizenship. up next, a panel discussion on these issues and why the state seems to be the source of new initiatives. this includes gabrielle giffords, the former speechwriter. -- this includes gabrielle giffords and former speechwriter. >> i don't know if you have noticed but arizona has been in the news a lot lately. it really has. that is one of the reasons why we are here. i work for the "new york times" and we decided to open a phoenix bureau and i am the first ever phoenix bureau chief. one of the reasons why they did that is that we were sending reporters into arizona all the time so we decided not -- why not have someone stay here. arizona is hot. we were meeting in arizona at the time. he was not talking about the temperature, he was talking about the fact that news was breaking here. sitting to my left is a professor at arizona state university and his work is on the electoral process. if she was active in party politics and served as a precinct ca

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secretary thank you for joining us in new hampshire today and being on c-span. >> i'm happy to be here. very happy. >> you might be happy because you have a date. january 10th. we're two months away. one reason we're doing the show today. we're on the eve of two months to the primary basically. it was a little precarious in terms of setting the date this time. >> well, a lot happened very quickly this time. pretty compressed when florida made the decision, they did it on a friday. the next monday south carolina made its decision. wednesday following that, nevada made its decision. and within a week or so i decided it would be -- it would have the caucus on the third of january. so in a matter of about less than two weeks, the reaction to florida was tremendous. we might be voting for -- stuff the stockings under the cress tree. if you don't mind, we have one of my favorite people in new hampshire calling in and we will put him on. he's considered probably the top business leader in terms of doing so much good in new hampshire, tommy rafael, c.e.o. and president of northeast delta denta

on c-span. morrow, the british house of commons on the investigation into phone hacking by reporters. testifying, executive chairman james murdoch. here is a portion of that hearing. >> you are familiar with the word mafia? have you ever heard of the term omerta? >> i am not an aficionado. >> a group together by secrecy with no regard for the law. >> i am not familiar with the term. >> would you agree with me this is an accurate to a description of news international? >> absolutely not. i think that is offensive and not true. >> there are allegations 4 phone hacking, perjury, facing this company and all that happened without your knowledge? >> as i have said, it is a matter of great regret and that things went wrong at the news of the world. the company did not come to grips with those issues. i think we all recognize that. we also acknowledge that evidence was given without possession of the facts in the past. it is something i am sorry for. when evidence came to light and when we achieved the t

eastern here on c-span. sunday on c-span, newspapers, with the grover norquist, president of americans for tax reform, on the deficit reduction debate. that is at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. >> in his new autobiographical narrative, decorated veteran and best-selling author karl marlantes comes to terms with his posttraumatic stress disorder decades after vietnam. >> i started telling this guy about my symptoms. jumping up in the middle of the night and running outside without knowing what was going on. you know, a car would honk behind me and i would get out of my own and just attack the car behind me. and he said to me, have you ever been in a war? and that hit me so hard. in the middle of this room, 80 people, i started bawling, snot coming out of my nose. if you have ever been in a war -- it was that simple. and when he got me back into some semblance of control, he said, you've got ptsd, have you ever heard about it? and i said no. >> sunday night on q&a. >> next a new study looking at pay for pu

we will cover that hearing on c- span. but the back to your calls and some of your comments on the failure of the super committee to reach an agreement. from inside "the washington post," this editorial -- john joining us from north carolina. republican view. caller: i have to tell you. i have listened to so much absolute, just ignored statements coming out of people today. the last caller you had talking about her seven children and all the problems she is having, and never addressing the issue of what in the world were you doing bringing seven children into the world that you could not take care of yourself? and i heard another person talking about the 1500 millionaires that did not pay any taxes. not mentioning at all the nearly 150 million of people in this country that pay no taxes at all because they have learned how to game the system and take money from the government, which means they are taking money from average, ordinary working americans just like them will happen to make a little bit more money. the fact is, t

that's on c-span 2 a data clark keefer. and the house hearing on u.s. development assistance to china on c-span 3 at 8:00. >> four days of "book tv" starts thursday morning. the winner of the nobel peace prize on her book. and henry kissinger looks back on china and president nixon. and caroline kennedy on her mother. and david mccullough on american expatriate in 19th century paris. and the grandson of harry truman and bess truman, looking at his grandparents' letters to each other and the role of former first lady played in shaping her husband's career. he is interviewed by the great granddaughter of president herbert hoover. four days of "book tv" program starting thursday at 8:00 on c- span 2. >> no discussion on the arab spring uprising and the effect on arab monarchies. we will hear from the former jordanian foreign minister and a few middle east scholars. from the carnegie endowment in washington, this is about 20 minutes. >> i am very pleased to be moderating this session today. my name is paul salem. this is on how monarchies have dealt with the

we will be following that here it on c-span 3 and c-span radio -- hearing on c-span 3 and c- span radiothey will be hearing from people who have put this proposal forward in the past. it is expected that those testifying will call on numbers that are bigger than they are thinking of. also, president obama announces another executive order. this one is to deal with the shortage of drugs. -- shortage of jobs. . host: that is "the financial times," this morning. from "the new york times," "light at the end of the campaign tunnel." host: michigan, eric, independent caller. what you think about the opinion from justice breyer, the years on death row constitute cruel and unusual punishment? caller: it does. in the state of illinois, they decided to discontinue the death penalty because there were so many innocent men on death row that should not have been there. so, they had to stop. host: carol, democratic caller. baltimore, maryland. caller: doing a death penalty case means a complete investigation without it being political. you know, like some part -- some people here certain cases. it hi

eastern on c-span. >> today on c-span, a debate between presidential candidates herman cain and newt gingrich on social issues. need to do spoke >> i want you all to know, those of you who wanted the trend so badly and those of you who are disappointed, i am doing the right wing. >> i believe 1984 finds the dead seats in the strongest position in years to establish is constructive and realistic working relationship with the soviet union. >> the c-span and video library is the definitive source for on- line public affairs. now there is a new way to access our programming. download audio for every available seized them program for 99 cents each. take c-span with you on any portable device, listen to what you want, when you want and where you want. >> joining us this week is steny hoyer, democratic leader from maryland. let me introduce the two reporters who will be questioning him. >> we will start with you, gregory. >> congressmen, you said something this week that people have been talking about with regard to the super committee for debt reduction. a super committee cannot meet the d

you concede that live on c-span 2. c-span 3 today, at 4:00, carl levin from the senate armed services committee will discuss pakistan and afghanistan. cbs news chief correspondent talks about covering foreign conflicts which is part of kalb series. ogan atd with lo missgqa 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> you pay taxes on money you make any country. united states taxes you globally. you are being taxed twice for the same count. it makes u.s. companies very anti-competitive and it worsens them. >> tonight, gary shapiro and recommendations from members of the deficit reduction committee. >> we could have this money come back here, come back into the economy at 5% or 10% and tie this to capital investment and that makes sense . >> "the communicate" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. >> president above will talk about an initiative to encourage hiring of veterans have live coverage is at noon eastern right here on this network from the white house rose garden. until then, i look at the future of manufacturing with the executive dir

eastern on c-span 2. gop presidential candidate mitt romney and herman cain will deliver remarks at the americans for prosperity foundation today. rudy giuliani will also be on hand. live coverage begins at 1:00 p.m. eastern also on c-span 2. >> when i started to sell my books, every person i worked with have rejection letters for me so that was cruel. they said we love your stuff but what about this. >> in his nonfiction book, his account of mark zuckerberg and the creation of facebook was adapted for the screen as "the social network." his latest book, "sex on the moon"and now is your chance to ask questions. he is live on "in depth" live on sunday at 12 noon. >> former nbc nightly news anchor tom brokaw on american politics, journalism, and the economy. during his speech, he reflects on a career in journalism, the changes he has seen in the world from the various challenges facing the u.s. this is 55 minutes. [applause] >> our guest speaker is on the walls of our institution. he has spoken at our lunche

eastern on c-span. >> next, the u.s. capitol historical society honors botox lives and careers -- honors the lives and careers of senator daniel inouye and representative john dingell. they have advanced public understanding and appreciation for freedom. this is about 35 minutes. from statuary hall. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for being here this evening. we at the capitol historical society -- and i am president and ceo of the capitol historical society -- we have a great honor of making the presentation of our freedom award to two very distinguished edelman. before we get to that part of the program, however, i do want to bring to the podium for two purposes, one, to greet all of you here, and also to make a presentation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the hon. john boehner of ohio. speaker boehner. [applause] this happens to be john boehner's birthday. we have at present for him -- a present for him and the present is a letter that was written november 2, 1800. does anybody kn

you'll see it here on c-span. here's a look at our primetime schedule on the c-span networks at 8:00 p.m. here on c-span. remarks from house republican leader eric cantor and treasury secretary tim geithner on the u.s. economy and jobs. on c-span 2, florida senator discusses a new bipartisan jobs bill that he and delaware senator will soon introduce. and one hour earlier, at 7:00 p.m. eastern, on c-span 3, the acting director of the federal housing finance agency testifies on executive compensation packages paid to the c.e.o.'s of fanfan and why he feels they're necessary for people who are needed to manage $5 trillion of mortgage assets. all of these events tonight on the c-span tv networks. >> c-span.org home page is now easier to use. the new design features 11 video choices making it easier for you to watch today's events, live and recorded. there's a section on the home page to access our most popular series and programs like washington journal, book tv, american history tv, and the contenders. and we've added

and can you see his speech from des moines tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span. over on c-span2 at 8:00 tonight, a discussion on camp ash raf in iraq. it houses thousands of supporters of the iranian opposition group m.e.k., and it's scheduled to be closed at the end of the year. we'll hear from a number of speakers, including tom ridge, ellen dershowitz, and howard dean. and on c-span3 at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a house hearing on u.s. development assistance to china. the brooksings institution recently looked at the international response to iran's nuclear program. much discussion focused on the role of china, russia, and the united nations security council. and also the possibility of an israeli military strike against iran. this is an hour and a half. >> ladies and gentlemen, i would like to welcome you to the second session of this conference day. i'm fiona hill. and before i begin, just a couple of logistical things i want to run through because i'm on schedule is a little tight today. first of all i wanted to also mention -- this is -- with the central united st

list ton them all on c-span radio on 90.1 fm in the washington, d.c. area. our i phone or blackberry, nationwide on xm satellite radio channel 119 or listen on line. >> see more videos on the candidates on c-span's web site. host: welcome to welcome back jamal simmons and jennifer ruben of the "washington post" blogs right turn. good morning. let's begin with the "washington post." this headline one year to go, one frustrated u.s. electorate. guest: well, there's a good reason to be. the economy is poor. over 70% say we're on the wrong track. congress has approved rating of less than 10% in many polls. so people are dissatisfied clearly. and i think the president is going to have to make the case to the american people that he deserves to be rehired and that is possible but i think it's going to be a tough election year for him. host: we've seen a pivot from the president as he tries to shift blame to republicans and the house of representatives. how sit working? guest: it seems to be beginning to work right now. the poll numbers tick up a little bit. the con

here on c-span. also tomorrow, former secretary of state madeleine albright on the air of spring in the transition. she'll be joined by activists from libya, yemen, and bahrain. that is live at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. and the republican presidential candidates mitt romney and herman cain address the get annual gathering at the americans for prosperity foundation on friday. mr. romney outlined his plan to cut federal spending in mr. king promoted his 9-9-9 tax plan. it included remarks by rudy guiliani who criticized occupy wall street protesters. this is almost two hours. ♪ >> good afternoon. good afternoon. welcome to the fifth annual american for prosperity foundation defending the american dream summit. over 2000 of you grassroots activists from all over this great country converging on washington, d.c. and we have got a pretty simple message for this government. let us cut spending and get within your means and tighten your belt like every business and every family in this country has had to

on c-span. the senate is spending the week on federal spending. the house is live here on c- span. c-span3 will be live as house democrats hold a forum on the voting laws. that is live at 2 eastern c- span3. >> wednesday, watched live streaming coverage of the national book awards from new york city. the awards ceremony begins at 6:00 p.m. eastern. book tv is live with george mcgovern, harry belafonte, and others. find the complete schedule online. >> the state department has put out a report on international students in the u.s. we talk with a couple of officials this morning about what that would mean. host: they are here to talk about the headline that i showed you in the break. let me begin with you. how did you figure in 20 billion? given as an example. -- give us an example. guest: most foreign students pay tuition and room and board and go to the local wal-mart. they buy computers and furnishings and books. we look at what's dudes would have paid intuition and we take out any grants they might have gone. about 2/3 pay their own way. host: there are about 70,000 students -- 70

here on c-span. tomorrow, former secretary of state madeleine albright on the arab spring in the transition period. she is to an active this year to live at 5:00 p.m. eastern. >> earlier today, the prime minister agree to form a new coalition government in response to the country's financial crisis. tonight on prime minister's question, british prime minister david cameron talks about the tourism crisis. you'll hear remarks from labour opposition leader on the government's economic policy. this is about 35 minutes. >>>> mr. marcus jones. >> this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others and, in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> with the average 60-year-old living 10 years longer than in the 1970's, public sector pension reform is essential. will the prime minister ensure that reform is fair for my constituents, both in terms of taxpayers and public sector workers? >> my honorable friend makes an important point, and the chief se

tonight on c-span's "q&a." >> joining us this week, oklahoma senator tom coburn. thank you for being with us. >> glad to be with you. >> we want to talk about the supercommittee and some of the details that may or may not come out in the next few days, but let me ask you the larger question -- why is it so hard for this congress and for democrats and republicans to reach a compromise? >> because there's fundamental tenants that they embraced that they are thinking about in the short term rather than thinking about in the long term. i think what we have seen is pretty significant movement to offer revenue, which that was the line in the sand, and that has been breached now. seems to me there ought to be a real counterproposal for that and then some real negotiating, but it is difficult because what they are thinking is they are thinking is how was this with respect to the election, -- how does this affect the election, how does this affect the control of the house and senate rather than how does this affect the public? the self-interested decision making rather tha

conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] up next on c-span, barney frank talking about his decision not to run for re-election. he also weighs in on the republican presidential race. "washington journal" begins at the top of the hour. >> within 90 days of my inauguration, every american soldier and every american prisoner will be out of the jungle and out of their cells and back home in america where they belong. >> george mcgovern's pledge at the 1972 democratic convention came nearly a decade after being one of the first senators to speak out publicly against the vietnam war. he suffered a landslide defeat that year to president nixon but his ground breaking campaign changed american politics and the democratic party. george mcgovern is featured this week on c-span's "the contenders" from the mcgovern center of leadership in mitchell, south dakota live friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> democratic congressman barney frank announced his retirement. his career spans more than three decades and included the passage of legislation which imposed ne

c-span: on the other side? oh, i see. >> guest: yes. c-span: yes. next to roald. >> guest: he's leaning back. that's right. and actually, they were personal friends. they had been at moscow state university at exactly the same time. they had known each other for quite some time. it's just that there's no doubt that even at that time, we knew that primakov was a rising star within the soviet establishment, and when he said that this thing had to stop, you know, i personally was not absolutely convinced he was speaking for himself. c-span: when did it become public that there was a relationship, other than just friends? >> guest: well, it really -- it really didn't all the way up until the time we announced our engagement because we'd had a number of tremendous hoops to jump through. first of all, roald was holding a very important position within the soviet union. two, as a matter of fact. he was a member of their parliament, the old supreme soviet. and he was also the head of the space research institute. and he told me early on that there would rea

c-span viewers know that. i am not sure everyone in every state enjoys the fact, that we continue coverage live on c-span, c-spanhannel 249 and digital cable. the single replay parts of the show. newt gingrich joining us, governor huntsman and ron paul. governor christie joined us in the first hour. he is here in new hampshire on behalf of mitt romney, carl cameron of fox news expert analysis in the first hour in senator kelley ayotte obviously coveted endorsement freshman senator issuer to make an endorsement, she probably will. we are going to continue our discussion and talk about the roots of the new hampshire presidential primary. i also want to open up our fine land at 868-23-1037. many listeners in c-span viewers have called and i want to try to get on because we've had so many guests and we've kind of been packed. at this hour we promise to take more calls that (866)823-1077. tim are back in our format in the studio and of course veterans day friday will have special veterans day coverage. let's get right back to it on a delightful afternoon in new hampshire. mid-sixties, rain coming in. but we're talkin

eastern on c-span. the federal reserve today lowered its growth forecast and raised unemployment projections. in a press conference that followed feds' meeting on monetary policy, chairman bernanke said the policy will remain unchanged based in part on positive trends in the overall economy. this is 50 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody, welcome. in my opening remarks, ill briefly review the policy decisions of the federal market decision and place that in the context of our economic projections and policy strategy. i'll be glad to take your questions. as indicated in its statement, the committee decided today to maintain policies initiated at previous meetings. in particular, the committee is keeping the target range for the federal funds range at 0 to 1%. we anticipate low rates through 2013. we will purchase longer term treasury securities and selling an equal amount of shorter term treasury securities. our purchases of longer term securities exert downward pressures on long-range interest rates. a

to get our schedule with new features so you can quickly scroll through all the programs featured on c-spanrks and even received a c-span email scheduledschedu program is to air. a handy channel finder. this is that all new c-span.org. >> yesterday, as part of an annual tradition, president obama pardoned a thanksgiving turkey named liberty. he is joined by his daughters. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [applause] >> hello, everybody. it is wonderful to see all of you here today. happy thanksgiving, and welcome to the white house. tomorrow is one of the best days of the year to be an american. it is a day to count our blessings, spend time with the ones we love, and did joye good food and great company, but it is also one of the worst days of the year to be a turkey. [laughter] they did not have it so good. and the rare exception are the two birds that joining me today. just liberty is here, but peace is back here somewhere. some of you know lately i've been taking a series of executive actions that do not require congressional approval. here is another one. we

eastern right here on c- span. at 5:00 p.m. stern here on c- span, we will have live coverage of the former secretary of state madeleine albright leading a discussion of the arab spring in the transition many countries are in now. activists from libya, yemen, and bahrain will join the discussion. that is 5:00 p.m. eastern. coming up at 8:00 p.m., cbs news chief foreign correspondent talks about covering foreign conflicts. it is part of the series with former cbs and nbc news correspondents. that is at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> the united states taxes are global income. essentially you're being taxed twice for the same income. in makes u.s. companies very anti-competitive and literally forces them to leave their money overseas. >> 29, consumer electronics association head geary shapiro on recommendations from its members from the deficit reduction committee. >> the result is with the economic stimulus, we can have the money come back here, pump back into the economy at a lower tax rate, and even tie it to jobs a capital investment. t

being like oh by the way you want to community college just so you know i mean there's some sass on c.-span is what i really learned i mean you know just to be an ass on the hill in the me way more like this all the time and a lot more to watch because that was amazing you were looking i love repairers thing but it was like i'm not trying i'm not any president to make friends which is a classic reality t.v. thing that everyone says like i'm not you're here to make friends. just be like reality t.v. like i'm not here to make friends we're going to call each other out on c.-span. and mostly they just call each other every now and then like sunday talk shows but it's really. made it all the restaurants closed doors in their own house together. they're all friends what i meant to say. how do you know how they are i don't think they're actually i but i just thank you anyway thanks for joining you guys so we will not have a new show for you to morrow because it's thanksgiving here in the u.s. but make sure they come back on friday i don't mind seeing for mother jones to be on to talk about how th

you can see his speech tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span. on c-span2 at 8:00, a discussion about a camp in iraq housing thousands of supporters of the iranian opposition group. it's scheduled to be closed at the end of the year. we will hear from a number of speakers, including tom ridge and howard dean. on c-span3 at 8:00 by house hearing on u.s. development assistance to china. >> the pentagon is facing hundreds of billions of dollars in automatic spending cuts in 2013. those cuts were triggered by the joint deficit reduction committee's failure to come up with a plan this week. the center for strategic and budgetary assessments today look at what would be cut and what it means for the military. this is just under one hour. >> we will talk about what this means for the current budget as well as for budget as we look at and for some of the key defense programs. with that, let me turn it over to todd. >> thank you for coming out. the purpose of this briefing is to talk about the post-super committee budget environment. defense in the age of o

eastern here on c-span. -- live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. earlier today, greece's prime minister abbas opposition leader agreed to form a new coalition government. tonight on prime minister questions, david cameron talks about the eurozone crisis. you also hear remarks from labor opposition leader ed miliband. this is about 35 minutes prepared. . >> mr. marcus jones. >> this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others and, in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> with the average 60-year-old living 10 years longer than in the 1970's, public sector pension reform is essential. will the prime minister ensure that reform is fair for my constituents, both in terms of taxpayers and public sector workers? >> my honorable friend makes an important point, and the chief secretary to the treasury will be making a full statement to the house. it seems to me to be absolutely vital that we do something that is fair to both taxpayers and public sector workers. the cost of our public secto

it is also on c-span radio. nancy has a look at some of the issues and topics on the sunday morning programs. the super committee will dominate the conversation. >> they will be talking about the congressional super committee on all the programs to date. we begin at noon eastern with meet the press, welcoming two super committee members. john kerry of massachusetts and jon kyl of arizona. at 1:00, this week, talking with rahm emanuel about the 2012 race. marco rubio and chris coons on their bipartisan job plans. at 2:00 p.m., fox news sunday, talking with republican congressman geoff and sterling -- jeb hensarling. at 3:00 p.m., condoleezza rice talking about her new book. finally at 4:00 p.m., face the nation, talking with super committee member pat toomey of pennsylvania. republican presidential candidate ron paul of texas, and west virginia senator joe manchin. rea errors reairs began at 5:00 p.m.. listen to the mall on c-span radio on 90.1 fm in the washington, d.c. area. nationwide on xm satellite radio 119,

he is featured this week on the c-span series, "the contenders." that's live friday at 8:00 eastern. this weekend, on book tv, but their reaction remind author corey robyn. a discussion of the history of conservatism. the national security visor under president bush recounts for years. then bill clinton of spots on the current state of the american economy and his plans for recovery. look for the complete book tv schedule online. our "washington journal" series on the u.s. military continues with a look the role of the coast guard. >> tomorrow, we will focus on the demographic of who serves in our nation's armed forces. today, it is a look at the u.s. coast guard with prior admiral karl schulze. let's start with some numbers. how many members in the coast guard and what is your annual budget? guest: our numbers, about 42,000 active-duty members and a reserve force of about 8000. 7000 civilian employees with the coast guard. we have a unique all voluntary force called the coast guard auxiliary. >> what do they do? guest: they have no enforcement auth

follow the senate on c-span 2 and the house live at 4:00 on c-span. we'll go to the white house. alan krueger made a surprise visit at the briefing today. he talked about the importance of extending the payroll fax cuts. we'll show you as much as we can gfer the house session gets under way at 4:00. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. sorry. i didn't hear that. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for being here. i apologize for the delay this afternoon. i have with me the president's chairman of -- the chairman of the president's council of economic advisors, recently confirmed by the senate. he is here to discuss with you the economic importance of the payroll tax cut extending and expanding it into next year as well the importance it has had to our economy and to 160 million americans this year. so what i'd like to do is have him go at the top, for you to address whatever questions you have on the policy issues to him. you may have some political questions which are more appropriately directed towards me. i will remain here to take them from you, and then i wil

that is next on c-span. a number of conservative organizations talk about their support for not raising taxes to reduce the federal deficit. and later, the u.s. comptroller dr. david walker ways and on the failure of the joint deficit- reduction committee to reach an agreement. >> tomorrow morning on washington journal, a look at the republican presidential debate focused on national security. we speak to general wesley clark. then fill kerpen joins us. he talks about the failure of the committee to reach an agreement by this week's deadline. and then jake tapper joins us to talk about the mad about unit. washington journal, each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern, here on c- span. president obama was speaking in manchester, new hampshire. president obama was interrupted by protesters during a speech on jobs. this is 40 minutes. >> hello, new hampshire. it is good to be here today. it is good to be back in new hampshire. although, i have to say i feel a little winter coming on around here. [laughter] that is what h

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glad to be on c-span. i am a grandmother. i took it guardianship of my grand kids in 10 years ago. became cocaine positive and it wanted to take the other one that i had, that was seven. i took custody because it did not want to see them. i have been a nurse 40 years. at any rate, we went to court and i was given first guardianship. i had to go through those preparation programs, has been down by. at that time, i was awarded $2,000 a month for four kids and i was working. my husband is a teamster come a truck driver, and i was in tears. was a to do that -- i nurse. the judge said they wanted permanency. we are going back and forth to court, taking care of the kids. it was explained to me by my case worker that guardianship was ok. my money went to $2,000 down to $315 with tanf. i got healthwise. i did not think our husband's job would allow it if we adopted. when i tried, they told me it would be $9,000 a child. i do not have $9,000. i could not adopt if i wanted to. i was beat up by that. i tried to contact my case worker. the woman initially said that it was ok. she no longer work

that is kennecott and 6:00 tomorrow on c-span. detroit, michigan. rrelle has been waiting on our independent line. caller: good morning. first of all, i would like to state the third-party idea has been around for a long time and it has always failed. we need something more effective. what we can do is deselect every incumbent candidate on the ballot. right now there is something like 899% vote for incumbents, but we -- if we voted against every incumbent on the ballot, i promise we would get some action in washington. host: 8 your ways in by saying this -- nasa sends up a probe today to take a look at mars. specifically, this is the mars science laboratory. it includes a rover, which will be carried 300 did the 4 million miles to the planet on an unmanned rocket. in the other papers there is a picture of curiosity. that is the picture. you can read more about it in the wall street journal and other papers this morning, but the picture is provided by the wall street journal. karl on the republican line from pennsylvania. caller: i guess that most of

those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> let me be very clear. i will neither be a lobbyist or a historian. i promise you one vote. there is no way i would be a lobbyist. i will miss this job and i will have twinges of regret when the new congress is signed up, but i will tell you this, and you will laugh, but one of the advantages to me of not running for office is i do not even have to pretend to be tried at nice to people i do not like. [laughter] some of you may think i have not been good at it but i had been trying. and the notion of being a lobbyist and tried it be nice to people i do not like would be ridiculous. no, i will not in any way be a lobbyist. i do not intend to practice law although i might show a pro bono for gay-rights case. i want to do some combination of teaching and lecturing. >> after 16 terms in the house of representatives, cornyn frank will step down at the end of next year. watch his retirement announcement as well as 1000 other appearances on the c-span networks online as the spine -- that the c-span video library. it

adlai stevens on the c-span series the contenders turn the stevenson family home in libertyville, illinois. live tonight at 8:00 eastern.ppp for ap preview in court emersed speeches, good or a special website for the series, c-span.org/the contenders. >> the senate banking house in an urban affairs committee held up rearing yesterday looking at military families in the financial hardships they face while serving, and putting predatory lending practices in the polls within current laws meant to protect military families. among the witnesses, holly petraeus, wife of cia director david petraeus. this is just under two hours. >> good morning. good morning. i'd like to have this hearing to

on eastern -- eastern on c-span. also in member of the joint death as it committee on the committee's inability to reach a agreement on reductions and what that could mean for the future of the country. that is live at 2:00 p.m. eastern. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> this week on "q and a," simon winchester discusses his books, including the new paperback "atlantic." >> i am looking at a june article from the "daily beast," with the headline, "why i am becoming an american." >> it made a lot of sense. it was emotional. i have lived here for so long. it was such a pain. you could quite easily be thrown out for some transgression. i decidedi would take all the necessary steps. there is a 10-question an exam. perhaps i got one of those questions wrong. i have a friend who is up for citizenship. i said i got one of the questions wrong and she saidnot the one about what color as the white house. i saidi might be a full confessing no. this

years to reestablish a constructive relationship with the soviet union. >> the c-span video library is a definitive source for onblic affairs. now there's a new way to access our programming. download and listen to audio for every c-span program, just 99 cents each. take c-span with you on any portable device. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our next guest, raymond kelley. thank you for being here this morning. guest: thank you for inviting me. thank you to all the veterans and their families for the sacrifices they made. host: give us a sense of the jobless situation. and will this legislation do anything to address that? guest: first part of the question, veteran joblessness, especially for young veterans, the 18 to 24-year-olds, is 12.1%. the national average is 9%. while that category of veteran increased in unemployment, the rest -- their cohort decreased. that gap is widening. it's going to continue to widen as we bring more troops home from iraq and afghanistan. the second part, will the piece of legislation help? absolutely. there's more parts to it. everybody is talking about the tax credit, bu

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eastern here on c-span. captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> tomorrow on "washington journal", a discussion on the gop presidential primary race with molly ball. then a look at manufacturing in the u.s. with carrie hines. later, a discussion on the impact of budget cuts with the marine corps with lt. general richard mills. that starts at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. next, a debate in the kentucky governor's race among incumbent democrat governor beshear, mr. williams and third party candidate mr. galbraith who's run for governor five times. this debate is an hour and 25 minutes. >> we invite your questions for the candidates tonight. join the conversation on twitter. you may send an email at ket.org. please include the town or county in your messages. you can use www.ket.org. click on contact us. or you may call us. welcome to our viewers on ket. welcome, also, to our viewers on c-span-3 and listeners on public radio and to all

eastern on c-span to. we take a look at the u.s. military. the marine corps deputy commandant was our guest. >> week of military week. military week. tomorrow we will focus on the united states air force. wednesday, arlington national cemetery. thursday, the u.s. coast guard. friday, we look at the demographics in the armed forces of the united states. that is the rest of the week. today we are focusing on of the marines. here is the picture from the u.s. marine corps museum, south of washington, d.c., down at the quantico marine base. joining us is lieutenant-general richard mills, deputy commandant. thank you for joining us. guest: good morning, paul. thanks for having me. i cannot think of a better place to broadcast from then here at the national museum. thanks for the letting and slid off the week. host: number birthday is it? guest: to order 35th birthday of the marine corps. we started with the marine corps marathon last week. for the next week or so, they will be celebrating it everywhere, from large ceremonies as we will have in washi

. >> this weekend on book tv on c-span 2, on afterwards, the reactionary mind author discuss the history of conservativism. in no higher on, honor, condoleezza rice recounts her years in the white house. look for the complete book tv schedule at book tv.org and sign up for a book tv alert. >> the air force concerned that the cremated body parts of some war veterans were dumped in landfills so a review of the procedures at dover air force base and secretary panetta was joined by joint chiefs of staff chairman dempsey. this is general dempsey's first press reefing as secretary. certainly now is chairman of the oint chiefs and so i welcome >> i welcome him to this press briefing. briefing and just would inform him that there is a tradition that he could solve the tough questions. getting used to this job. let me begin also by wishing a very happy birthday tohe united states marine corps. they have their ballot this saturday. as you know, general dempsey and i have been working with the entire senior leadership of the department, including the service chiefs, the service secretaries, the com

we're veering away from a democracy toward a plutocracy, where money -- you don't see it on c-span. would like him to comment on the effect of money in politics. the gridlock in the senate. the senate cannot pass bills without 60 -- a super majority. we're now $15 trillion in debt and it is getting worse. we have the super committee. i think we have a problem in the senate, which is inaction. there's no debate in the senate anymore. host: you seem to indicate that inaction is a good thing. guest: there has been a problem of inaction in the senate. it has been an unwillingness to move major legislation. they have wanted things to begin in the house. the senate has not passed a budget. that is true. no budget has failed to get 60 votes. that is a conscious decision by the senate leadership. host: a question about campaign finance. guest: he talked about anonymous money. i think the solution to the money in politics problem would be a system of transparency. funding of all campaigns being visible to all. every campaign donations should be public. host: super pacs have to report. guest:

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he is featured this week on the c-span series, "the contenders." that live on friday at 8:00 eastern. >> president obama traveled to pennsylvania today where he announced new rules for head start programs. under the new rules, low performing head start programs are required to compete for federal funds. nationally, there are nearly 1600 head start and early head start programs providing early learning services to nearly 1 million children. this is 15 minutes. >> thank you. thank you. thank you, everybody, please have a seat. it is great to be here, great to be in the of philly area. i was told not to mention football. [laughter] so i'm not going to say anything about football while i'm here because i know this is a sensitive subject. [laughter] this is why i have secret service along. [laughter] i want to start by acknowledging some of the folks who are with me here today. first of all, i want to thank one of our finest public servants in this country. , but a great friend somebody cares passionately about the health and welfare of our kids and fami