the house on c-span and the senate on c-span 2. >> post-9/11, a lot of people cared about national security issues than was the case before. all of a sudden there was a market for former cia folks and former defense intelligence whocy, all of those guys are used to operating in the shadows saw a market for their services. there was the somewhat uncomfortable kind of between agencies and former employees. it washe time, i thought something we had to do. back ins moved farther tuesday, i think i have changed my mind. i think waterboarding is something we should not be in the business of doing. >> why? >> because we are americans and we know better than that. guy whois that -- a meant well and served his in some very dangerous situations. he risked his life to take on al qaeda attacks and take on terrorism. foroing off to prison leaving his young family behind. scott shane on, his feature story "from spy to stores to convict." sunday at eight p.m. on c-span. >> "the communicators" is on is beingill where ces hosted. with my guest. what is this machine are looking at here? >> it will pay. let y

you can watch it on c-span2, listen to it on c-span radio. a host of resources also available on c-span.org concerning the hearing. yesterday the house took its 37 votes on "the affordable re loot total repeal of the lot. it passed. yesterday looked at toll repeal of the law. if you want to call us -- you can also reach us on social media on twitter. there are more than 100 postings on this topic on facebook. if you want to send us an e- mail, also. zelboraf day travail pipa the affordable care act -- there were several write ups yesterday looking at "the affordable care act. abc news has a little bit more the breakdown of some of the details of the votes when it comes to the process. it was said that michelle bachmann called for the vote shortly before 6:30. for our first 45 minutes of this morning we will look at the vote that took place yesterday. you can call if you want to outhgh area code 202. twitter is available to you as well. showe we even started the this morning there were over 100 people who commented on facebook. two thoughts fro

you can watch it at 10:00 eastern time here on c-span television. also on c-span radio. kis out titled "doing bad by doing good ." sundayook the other programs that can be heard on a tape-delayed basis on c-span radio. good morning, nancy. >> good morning. on today possibly talk shows the topics include the aftermath of the oklahoma tournedos, irs targetting conservative groups, sexual assault in the military, and immigration reform. press" is pre- empted by the monaco grand prix. we begin with republican senator rep paul, peter king, and debbie schulz, the chair of the democratic national committee. chris wallace sits down with senator dick durbin. gramm, ator lindsay member of the service committee. state of the union cause a 3:00 p.m., candy crowley welcomes mary felon and representatives mike mccall of texas. the nation." "face chuck schumer, a democrat of new york. descended network talk shows are brought to you as a public service by the networks and c- span. easter begin at 1 pm n. listen to them all on c-span radio, on the 91. fm in the washington d.c. area, xm sa

can see that on c-span -- you can see that on c-span.more "washington journal" after this. >> i do not underestimate the difficulty of doing this auction. it has never been done before. we've never done a reverse and forward auction. it is very complicated. there are moving parts. i know they are working to will gently at the fcc to get it right. our job on the subcommittee is to make sure that they are adhering to the law, that we are in constant communication so that our intent is clear, but we want as much of the spectrum made available for sale in the auction is possible so we can build up more wireless infrastructure. >> oregon congressman greg walden on the fcc spectrum auction and other communications issues in front of congress tonight on "the communicators" at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. president grover cleveland loses his bid for reelection in 1888, his wife staff --that -- the they did return to the white house, winning the election of 1892. the life of frances cleveland as we continue our series on first ladies, live tonight at

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live coverage of the house on c-span, the senate live on c-span2. >> host: well, "the communicators" is on capitol hill where the consumer electronics association is sponsoring ces on the hill showing some technology to members of congress and staff. be and we are joined by mark bowles of ecoatm. mr. bowles, what is this machine that we're looking at here? >> guest: this is the ecoatm. this will evaluate automatically your electronics and then pay you cash on the spots for them. >> host: so is it a recycler? >> guest: it's recycled the phones, and it resells them. we take them and resell them to channels that may use them as a phone, not just to recycle the materials. so we do a little bit of both. >> host: and is this your invention? >> guest: it is. >> host: and how'd -- >> guest: a bunch of other people helped me. >> host: right. how'd you come up with the idea? >> guest: i was reading a survey that said basically only 3% of people worldwide were recycling their phone, i'm like what happens to the rest of the 990 million whatever that is and did the classic me search, why don't i

on c-span television or listen to it here on c-span radio. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. host: vietnam veterans memorial on this memorial day. you see a good crowd gathering right now. i will continue throughout the day. we will continue to show you pictures come in as we go through our final hour of washington journal. takeh for this hour will -- for this hour, we will take your calls on memorial day, and if you observed, tell experiences and stories and give your perspective. if you live in the eastern and central time zones, give us a call at -- so there's the lines for us this final hour as we bring you " washington journal" this memorial day. this is from "the washington times" this morning. , andmber memorial day ronald reagan's words." he highlights some of the words from arlington national cemetery, may 26, 1986. "arlington, so many memories, so many wonderful men rest here, men and women who lived colorful and vivid and passionate lights. they are the greats of the military. blackjack pershing, omar bradley.

before we get to the calls, a couple quick checks on twitter, #c-span 2016. here's one, i like what i heard from bob canny jindal. bobby jindal for president in 2016. i'd love to see it. new hampshire is one of the least representative states in the union. no one should pay attention to what they decide. also, we're also looking at facebook and bunch of posts on some early thoughts on 2016. here's tracy who said hillary 2016. that's it. she's got them shaking in their tights there already. jesse said stan with rand, rand paul, of course. patrick mckenney said it's 2013 and we're worried about 2016. what a waste of the country's money. there should be a law that says primaries cannot start until lection year 2016. shari, if we don't get rid of obozo, there won't be a country in 2016. let's go to phones. david's in princeton, idaho. thank you for your waiting. go ahead with your comments. >> hi, i'm from david. >> thank you for calling. go ahead with your comment, david. >> i wanted to tell you that he said it to the nail. he said it to the nail. >> i'm having t

here it on c-span radio or watch it on c-span. e are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. first first lady to earn a college degree, and during the civil war, soldiers serving under her husband called her the mother of the regiment. opposing slavery, she influences her husband to switch from the way party to the anti-slavery republican party. she held the first annual white house easter egg roll. wife of the 19th president rutherford b. hayes. we continue our series on first ladies with your questions and comments by phone, facebook, and twitter tonight live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c- span three. also on c-span radio and c-span .org. "washington journal" continues. host: we continue our conversation about syria with aram nerguizian, a senior fellow at the center for strategic and international studies. thank you for being here today. we wanted to ask you about syria lost military power. what are we talking about, what forces does the assad regime have? >> since 2010, we had the best ref estimate in terms of capa

on c-span 3, former chief c.i.a. analysts on cold war intelligence during the eisenhower administration. that is sunday at 3:00. >> next the white house briefing with press secretary jay carney earlier today. a major topic of discussion was the report on benghazi. it says the c.i.a. talking points used by susan rice were revised by the state department to remove any references to terrorism. carnie discusses the acknowledge by the i.r.s. that they unfairly audited groups for their tax status. his briefing is about an hour. >> good friday afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for being here. i appreciate your patience. before i take your questions i want to note because it has been reported we did as many of you know, have a background briefing here earlier at the white house. i think 14 news organization were represented from online, print and the like. we do those periodically. we hope that the participants find them helpful. no one here thinks that is a substitute for this briefing that is why i'm here to take q

that is next on c-span. on this morning's "washington journal," we will talk with freshman congressman john delaney and virginia congressman frank wolf. congress will hold more hearings this week on the ongoing investigation into the irs targeting of conservative groups. this morning, former irs commissioner douglas schulman will testify before the senate finance committee. commissionerng irs stephen miller will also be at the hearing. live coverage starts at 10:00 eastern on c-span 3. on wednesday, douglas schulman will take part in a house oversight committee. we will also hear testimony from the treasury department inspector general for tax and ministration. that is live at 9:30 eastern also on c-span 3. senator rand paul spoke at an event last night hosted by the new hampshire republican state committee. senator paul is mentioned as a possible presidential candidate. we will also hear from republican national committee chairman rights previous -- reince priebus. from concord, new hampshire, this is 45 min

it airs live on c-span 2 every wednesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern, when the house of commons is in session and again on sunday nights on c-span. the house of commons is now in recess for two weeks. question time returns wednesday, june 5, 2013. at c-span.org, you can find video of past prime minister's questions and other british public affairs programs. >> next, a review of the recent elections in pakistan. and, a house hearing on the domestic use of drums. after that, a hearing on u.s. efforts to eradicate malaria worldwide. on friday, the atlantic council hosted a panel discussion, looking at the recent pakistan elections. it marks the first transfer of power since the country's independence in 1947. we will hear from the former pakistani investor to the u.s. and a former pakistani u.s. secretary. this is just under two hours. >> good morning, everyone. i am the director of the south asia center at the atlantic council. on behalf of my colleagues

the house heref on c-span and the senate on c- span to. we have more live coverage, and that today. c-span to a discussion looking at the current political structure in egypt. last year the president replaced jose mubarak as president after years of political protest. the new america foundation will examine the situation in egypt with a panel discussion. >> this is grant -- mrs. grant was interesting. she was of their lives regarded as an abject failure, unable to provide for his own family. then and almost no time at all suddenly he was the most popular man in the country, the man who saved the union on the battlefield and said president of the united states. time of theed her white house. she said it was like a bright, beautiful dream. the most wonderful time of my life. i think that gives you an idea of how much she enjoyed being first lady and how she felt her husband had finally achieved a recognition he deserved. >> be part of the conversation on julia grant with your questions and comments live to fight on first ladies at that o'clock eastern. and c- c-span radio span.org. >>

. >> "the communicators you are watching "the communicators you are watching "the communicators" on c-span. members of congress and staff are here. there's new software on the market called phone 2 action inc. what was the issue that caused phone 2 action to become? -- i was theng to national director. it was national. what i found is that we did not have the tools for people for them to connect with elected officials. at the time, i asked a lot of people for help, developers and meet its and technology. i found someone who understood the problem. that is my co-founder. >> what were you trying to solve? how are you trying to connect people? >> you'll hear about the issue. everyone does. some may not be able to physically attend events. but does not mean people do not care. people want to care. there are a variety of issues. they want to hear from their constituents. they will listen. at the time, i was trying to connect people that care about issues and want to connect with legislators and tell them how they feel. it was very hard for them. deals withcampaign that issue. there is a campaig

that is monday night, live at 9:00 eastern on c-span and c- span three, also on radio and c- span.org. prime minister's questions will not be seen tonight. on wednesday, queen elizabeth the second buckingham palace to parliament for her 60th state opening of parliament. or seven minute speech drawn up by the government outlined the priorities for the coming year and included priorities for immigration and climate change. members from both the house of commons and house of lords in attendance and the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall attended together. hugh edwards host of the program. it includes a panel discussion with members of parliamentooat e openings. ♪ >> very good morning. everything is just about ready for the start of a new parliamentary year. the state opening of parliament. it is an event which mixes grand ceremony with hard politics. , sheout an hour's time will reveal the program for the year ahead. it is the penultimate session of the parliament for the general election of may 2015. we have been enjoying the spectacle and considering what the queen's speech tells

next up on c-span and c-span radio, we are going to take you to a meeting of the national transportation board. two weeks ago, they met and released recommendations on the junk driving in the u.s.. among the recommendations was reducing the threshold of drunk driving from the 50 states and district of columbia from .08 .05.-- to you will see some of the comments from the chairman, who was at the meeting, obviously. will it -- at 8:30, we hear from you. we will open up our phone lines. we have also posted the question on facebook this .vening, facebook.com/c-span should it be .08, the current level, or .05, the recommended level by the ntsb. . number posting already 47% for changing the law across the country. 22% keeping it -- 47% the current law. to change the recommendations. that is just what they are. recommendations. they are not a lawmaking body in that regard. they can make recommendations and incentivize states. let's go first up to the comments of the ntsb traffic safety director, who lays out not only the .05 standard that other recommendations by the board. here is a look two

eastern here on c-span. >> the u.s. economy created 165,000 in april and push the unemployment rate since late 2008. hear us to discuss the latest job numbers is ylan mui. tell us about the direction you saw from washington and wall street on these numbers. are they about what folks were expecting westmark -- were expecting? guest: it was better than what people were expecting. 88,000 jobs created in the month of march. that is nowhere near the level we need in order to see the recovery take off. host: the numbers that we sought yesterday really were a sign that the recovery is tugging along. .t is still going along it does not at the level we would like to see that yet. the labor department also revived the figures for the previous two months. that is just as important for the increase in april. in the month of march, 88,000 that many people were worried about is now 130,000. significantly higher. the recovery is plugging along. host: here is a blog post yesterday. blog post from alan krueger, the chairman of the white

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our live coverage on c-span continues at 8:00 p.m. eastern rand paul ky senator speaks in cedar rapids. >> in a few moments, a look at today's hivepbs along with your calls and tweets live on "washington journal." at 10:00 eastern we will be live with the constitution discussion on the future of guantanamo bay. and transferring detainees and closing the prison. forum on 30 p.m., the how national security is affected by what happens on the korean peninsula. and in 45ments we will focus on the immigration legislation with fawn johnson from the "national journal." at 8:30 eastern political and social and economic issues of tibet with the prime minister of the tibetan government in exile. and then discussing the bureau of justice statistics and firearm violence. host: good morning and welcome to washington journal on this friday, may 10, 2013. the house homeland security committee held a first hearing yesterday on the boston marathon bombings, examining what federal agencies knew in advance and whether or could have been done to prevent at

"washington joushl" live at 7:00 eastern on c-span.[[[[[ç >> this week on "q&a," "new york times" national security reporter scott shane discusses his recent front page story titlelied "from spy to source to convict" describing his involvement in the cia officer for leaking information to a reporter. >> scott shane back in january, you had something unusual front page in the "new york times" where you led the paper not with a per se news story but something you've been working on for a long time. start

eastern on c-span. at 7:00ve every day a.m. eastern on c-span. >> how do you feel about describing your science in 30 seconds? >> imagine if you have a yardstick. you go from something this big, to that big. to the sizerdstick of my fingernail. suppose you did that 35 times? we have no instruments to measure that. people like these have been working on a piece of mathematics called string theory to answer that question. i tried. my wife is often asked, what does your husband actually do? her answer is, he makes up stuff for a living. that is sort of right. i prefer to tell my story in the following way. most people know what a novelist does. they take words and make characters and tell stories. a theoretical physicist does the same thing. we use mathematics to tell our stories. our stories correspond to something that happens in nature. was myttle clip you saw attempt to boil down to a 32nd sound bite -- 30 second sound bite what i do. >> more with the national science award recipient on c- a."'s "q & the media coverage of war.

we continue our series on first ladies live monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span3, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> this week on "q & a," our guest is goldstein. >> tom goldstein, can you remember when you named scotus blog and why? >> i think it was the very first day when we imagined, hey, what if we created a website? my wife, amy, and i who is the editor and we used the initials of supreme court of the united states, there was this thing called blogging, we called scotus blog.

that starts at the top of the hour here on c-span. this morning, a conversation on the changing role of u.s. ground troops and defense spending cuts. live coverage from the center for strategic and international study starts at 9:00 eastern on c-span two. later in the morning on c-span, former state department officials from the george w. bush administration will discuss the use of drones and targeted killings. we will also hear from governor thomas cain. that is at 10:00 eastern from the bipartisan policy center. president obama held a news conference tuesday on the 100th day of his second term. he covered a number of topics, including the boston marathon bombing investigation, syria, immigration, and sequestration. this is about 50 minutes. [inaudible] president obama: hello, everybody. hello. good afternoon -- or good morning, everybody. i am here to answer questions in honor of ed henry, as he wraps up his tenure as president of the white house correspondents' association. ed, because of that, you get the first question. congratula

on c- span. now, dr. dustin buckley of mercy hospital in oklahoma city role operatingir in urgent care field facility in the heart of the disaster zone in moore, oklahoma. mercy hospital in oklahoma city. we knew there would be families who are out of medicine are needed madness and -- needed medicine. we gathered supplies from our clinic and brought them out here. we also found that people are in need of first aid. this is set up as a temporary clinic. for people that need a more private examination, we have three separate exam rooms with cots. a more complete exam. a lot of the clean up crews come through, so much debris. people are stepping on nails and glass. we came out here tuesday afternoon. couldn't walk six inches without stepping on debris. unbelievable, it was everywhere. no one was up-to-date on tetanus. we give over 250 tetanus shots yesterday. we have 500 more to give today. we are doing all of this free of charge to anybody who needs help. >> now, kristin peck explains cox cable's role in t

eastern time here on c-span radio or watch it on c-span. e are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. was ania garfield educated woman and a believer in women's rights. she expressed frustration with the traditional roles of woman and wife. campaignmes garfield's for president, she reluctantly play the role of hostess. when he was assassinated, she returned to ohio and ensured his legacy by making their home into an early version of a presidential library. we will look at the life of first lady mary arthur mcelroy who took the role of first lady when her brother chester arthur became president. when our conversation about the lives of first lady's live tonight at 9:00 eastern on c- span, c-span 3, c-span radio, and c-span.org. "washington journal" continues. host: on mondays, we look at your money, how taxpayer dollars are spent, what programs they fund, and who benefits from them. alan bjerga is our guest, bloomberg news reporter. and you for being here. he covers agriculture for bloomberg. let's talk about the farm bill. give us a s

we'll have coverage of the visit here on c-span. on the next washington journal, politics correspondent alexis amending or reviews political news. robert levinson looks at spending of intelligence and classified. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. representative walden, if we can start this with the discussion of the spectrum auctions. if you can give us an update of where you stand, where you see that standing. 14, 2015. >> i do not pester -- underestimate the difficulty of doing this auction. it is very complicated. there are a lot of moving parts. they are working diligently to get it right. our job is to make sure that they are hearing to the law, that we are in constant medication, that we want as much of the spectrum made for sale as possible so that we can build out more wireless infrastructure. there is a lot of discussion about the initial plan, and the most recent one that came out. -- industry is ironically the cellular industry and the broadcast are together on some points. they have some work to do yet to g

our series is available on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org/first ladies. >> there tends to be a denegation of the u.s. military by some historians. whenever one battalion fought an american battalion, the germans tend to be superior. i think this is just nonsense because it's pointless. global war is a clash of systems. it's which system can produce the wherewithal to project power in the atlantic, pacific, indian ocean, southeast asia. which system can produce the civilian leadership to create the transportation systems? the civilian leadership that's able to produce 96,000 airplanes. >> sunday june 2nd two-time winning author rick atkinson will take your call and e-mails live sunday at noon eastern on book tv. c-span created by america's cable companies in 1979 brought to you as a public service by your television provider. .... >> on c-span tonight our first lady series looks at the like of frances cleveland thin -- then president obama takes part in memorial day service at arlington cemetery. supreme court justice sotomayor answers questions in denver. ....

we are planning live coverage of that on c-span. tomorrow, the president meets with central american leaders in san jose, costa rica, and will attend a business conference back your washington on sunday. live today at 12:30 eastern, the aodrow wilson center hosts state department official for afghanistan and pakistan. we will have that for you live starting at 12:30 eastern. defense secretary chuck hagel will host his counterpart from the united kingdom at the pentagon week. they will hold a joint news conference the -- this afternoon. they will be asked about reports that u.s. is is considering providing arms to rebel forces. you can to that live at 2 p.m. eastern right here on c-span. coming up tonight, an event hosted by columbia university journalism school, looking at media coverage of mass casualty events, like the recent bombings in boston. reporters discuss lessons learned from covering events like columbine and virginia tech school shootings. here is a quick preview. >> here we are, we felt this was in our backyard. it was a

up next on c-span, a conversation with members of the obama administration on automatic spending cuts. coming up, the discussion includes national security concerns and u.s. wealth disparities. this morning on c-span 3, a senate panel will examine provisions of the senate immigration bill. live coverage from the homeland security committee begins at 1030 eastern. later in the day, the new head of the securities and exchange commission testifies about the president's 2014 budget request for the sec. live coverage at 2 p.m. eastern. inagain, weapons of war previous centuries but no symbols of sovereign authority. in charge of security and the administration in the house of lords, we will see him in a short while. lord chancellor baring the purse with the speech. the duke of norfolk. .he queen of edinburgh the program will focus on economic growth, justice and constitutional reform. herueen elizabeth delivers government priorities during the state opening of british parliament braved a live simulcast from the bbc wednesday morning at five: 30 eastern on c-span two and suspend.org. -- c-s

monday night, live, and on c- span radio and c-span.org. st: good morning, thank you were much for being with us, sharyl attkisson. i wanted to begin with the reporting on benghazi from politico. they had five takeaways. number one, hillary clinton is now more than just the subtext. is that one of the story lines? guest: i think so. there have been changing versions of the talking points, but at the heart of primary investigations were instigated before the main ones were changed from the press focused when at the time her press spokesman was very aggressive in this e-mail exchange as to where she did and did not like. tomarily the references terrorism and al qaeda came from the talking points. is,: the other question what did she know about it? as we heard that night, the phone call that she received was five or six days before susan rice was in the program. guest: we have a slowly building body of evidence that suggests that almost all the parties knew from the outset, not only knew but believed that this was likely an islamic extremist te

on c-span. a lot more-9/11 people care about national security issues and was the case before. and so all of a sudden, there was a market for former cia folks, former defense even theence agents, former national security agency, all of those guys used operating in the shadows. they saw a market for their services as commentators, but raiders. -- book writers. so this was a somewhat uncomfortable interaction between the agencies and the former employees. >> and at the time i felt that waterboarding was something we needed to do. as time passed, and september 11 has moved further back into history, i think i've changed my mind. and i think that waterboarding is probably something we should not be in the business of doing. >> why do say that now? >> because we are better than that. >> this is a guy who i think by all accounts meant well. he served his country well by most accounts for 15 years and some very dangerous situations, who risked his life to take on al qaeda in pakistan and to take on terr

on the book. this is about an hour. c-span: colin powell, you've gone back and thought through the process of writing this book. and what worked and what didn't work? >> guest: well, it was perhaps one of the most difficult things i've ever done in my life. and frankly, it all sort of worked; the book came together. there were some days i wished i had never started it, there were some days i tried to figure out how to get out of it, but most days were pleasant. and on balance, it was a good experience, something good for me to do, really to get what was in me out of me and onto paper. what worked was the collaboration with a great writer by the name of joseph persico. i could not have done this book without him. c-span: you say early on that he walked into your office one day before you even left the pentagon and, bingo, you had a relationship. >> guest: well, we signed the contract for the book in the summer of 1993, about two months before i retired, and for the rest of that summer period, july and august, i was looking for

today, a wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery live on c-span. we continue after this. >> present arms. >> after president grover cleveland loses his bid for re- election 1888, his wife tells the staff -- >> i want you to take good care of the furniture and ornaments in the house, and let them not get lost or broken, for i want to find everything just as it is now when we come back for years from now. >> we continue our series on first ladies tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span3, c- span radio and c-span.org. >> i do not underestimate the difficulty of doing this option because it has ever been done before it is very complicated. there are a lot of moving parts. i know they're working diligently at the fcc to get it right. our job is to make sure they are adhering to the law, that we're in constant communication so our intent is clear. we want much of the spectrum to be available for sale and the auction as possible so we can bill that more wireless infrastructure. >> oregon congressman on the fcc spectrum auction and other communications

host: we welcome you on c-span radio. guest is hedrick smith, author of "who stole the american dream?" froms hear from brett arkansas. caller: good morning. hello? ok. there is not one single poor person that is poor because someone else is wealthy. machinery automated for a living. the politicians seem to focus on the problems that benefit their constituency. poor.ch against the and into a plant every day look at their processes and fair at ways to figure out their productivity through automated machinery. one of the biggest problems we have that is not addressed is people are not responsible and more. ipods, theirir phones, they homes that they cannot afford. the whole housing crisis, we had able refinancing their homes so that they could take vacations and other things other than save them money like they should do. they want to bring rich people of the have a large part responsibility for the mess we are in. thanks for the call. guest: i don't think there is any question that people are responsible for their own situa

narcissus who are mostly interested in elevating own profiles and what comes through the screen on c.-span on that is the latter not the former but while scahill and brokaw clearly get it the majority of journalists sadly don't and that's the real problem we have all of these elite figures in bed together and each other favors and worst of all completely losing sight of the job the public depends on them to do it's quite obvious that the watchdogs have become nothing more than lap dogs gathering together now not to discuss their role in turning this failed democracy around to celebrate their own power and influence said cheers to the decline of journalism guys because it's plummeting faster than you can say bottoms up. welcome to teal one here you can feel it. there are three choices you like first used to work in a macmiller go to school and live on a miserable like this late. in the second. the lawful and catch the end there can dream. most of a of the guard and lose their lives. just as they come on a number of an organisation and get inside the drug trade. to buy something will never f

you can hear the president live on c-span radio. ose are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. is the parlor. this is the way it looked 1880 campaign.'s this was both a formal parlor in family room, served as both. they spent a lot of time with their children. they have lost two children to infancy. those children died before the family moved here. and all five children had the benefit of having to do very intelligent parents who strongly believed in education. also very important to james and his wife, their children loved to read as well. the family would sit by the fireplace and read to one another, often times out loud in the evening. that was one of their favorite activities. we are here in the family dining room. in the center of the table is this very interesting art he's. -- art piece. thectually won an award at philadelphia centennial. mrs. garfield adored her time at the exhibition. she would write pages and pages of what she saw. a lot of people think of this as this very artistic lady. she was also very intelligen

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narcissus who are mostly interested in elevating our own profiles and what comes through the screen on c.-span on that is the latter the former but while scahill and brokaw clearly get it the majority of journalists don't and that's the real problem we have all of these elite figures in bed together. and each other favors and worst of all completely losing sight of the job the public depends on them to do it's quite obvious that the watchdogs have become nothing more than lap dogs gathering together now not to discuss their role in turning this failed democracy around but instead to celebrate their own power and influence said cheers to the decline of journalism guys because it's plummeting faster than you can say bottoms up. they all see themselves as dying swans in their dreams. but only one of the cells will ever make it to the child. they're ready to give deadlines for the chance to die on stage if it's. not even broken wings computer. for generations at the risk you see it but they sweat and tears. still. think if you poke fun. at the going down of the song and good morning we will rememb

eastern on c-span three. friday, the acting irs commissioner steve miller appears before the house ways and means committee. by friday at 9:00 a.m. eastern also on c-span3. president obama released a statement this evening about the , i report saying in part have directed secretary jack lew to hold those responsible for these failures of responsible. jay carneyay am a said there is no tolerance for the iris targeting specific groups. on theso weighed in justice department accessing ap phone records. benghazi talking points, iris reviews -- irs reviews. very instant the president or you have placed the burden of responsibility someplace else. points,enghazi talking it is in political motivations on the hill. been thes, it is bureaucrats at the irs and on the justice department issue, your statement --these of those matters are handled independently by the justice department. -- you said those matters are handled independently of the justice department. the possibility for setting the tone and direction, doesn't

i disagree what we started with, which is if people saw their supreme court on c-span, if they saw it on the internet, they would respect it more not less. the justices treasure and value and they do their jobs better when they are largely anonymous. they don't stay entirely entirely anonymous. it is so hard to get to see the supreme court when there are 150 public seats. it's super expensive to come to washington d.c. people would understand and appreciate the admire the supreme court more. even if they didn't, it's the country's right. the american public deserves to get to see the institution in operation. >> last several justices at their confirmation hearing suggested they're in favor of television. all of a sudden we hear, now, not good idea. >> there are a couple things going on. the first is once you get inside the institution, you better understand why it is they've been resistant to it. the new justices have probably moved some. second, you have to understand that the justices really prefer to operate by consensus. until there valley a sole -- really is a solid majority for

c-span thing with brian lamb. he's got this footage from 1981 and 1982. as i say, i actually was on c-span sunday morning talking about the book a little bit. >> you do bloomberg. >> they just let me come in and they had that walking thing reset down an airplane that theme song from what was the apocalypse now? >> yeah, please. [inaudible] >> shoot a bear isn't she -- [inaudible] she's one of the 20 euros in the book. >> i was much younger. [inaudible] i was at clinton's cea. >> what good career. >> well, i'll look for it and get it up on my list. >> is that rate? you're not in the budget business? >> what is your field? >> this is a family affair. [inaudible] i am on the warpath in the current budget productions because i didn't see as a model of the economy, which is obsolete. it's kind of potential gdp, springs back in four years. we stay on the path of potential gdp forever. why are we using models that way over project to the economy and result in a projection far lower than it is. i took the last 10 years and said cut-and-paste. we had the same economics as the last 10 years b

live coverage is on c-span 2 at 9:00 a.m. eastern and you can read the inspector general's report on line at c-span.org. garfield was an educated woman and was a believer in women's rights and expressed frustration over the traditional roles of mothers and wives. during her husband's campaign, she reluctantly played the role of hostess but when he was assassinated, she returned to ohio and ensured his legacy by making their home into an early version of a presidential library. we will look at her life and whot of mary arthur mcelroy built the role of first lady from her brother chester alan arthur. the senate judiciary committee continued to mark up the immigration and border security bill on thursday. members went through about 1/4 of the amendments to be considered and the committee resumes work on monday morning. this portion of yesterday's debate is one hour. >> this amendment would replace the provision in the bill related to the special non- immigrant visa program for the republic of ireland. this special earmark for ire

eastern on c-span 3. n friday, acting irs commissioner and the treasury department pessimist patient appearing before the house ways and means committee. live on friday at 9 a.m. eastern also on c-span 3. president obama released a statement about the irs report. earlier today, jay carney says there's no tolerance for the irs targeting specific groups. >> right now there has been a confluence of issues. ,enghazi talking points, irs phone records. in every instant, the president or you have placed the burden of responsibility someplace else. the mccarthy talking points have been political motivations on the hill -- benghazi talking points have been political -- political motivations on the hill. on the justice department issued, you said those matters are handled independently by the justice department. but it is the president's administration. doesn't responsibility set the setting,spending -- doesn't that rest with the president on these matters? >> focus on the priorities of the american people is the re

listen to all of them on c-span radio. nationwide on xm satellite radio channel 119. u can download our free app for your smart phone or listen online at c-span radio.org. anlucretia garfield was educated woman and as a believer in women's rights, she expressed frustration with the traditional roles of mother and wife. during james garfield front porch campaign for president, she reluctantly played the role of hostess for her husband. but when she was -- when he was assassinated, she returns to ohio and ensured his legacy by making their home into an early version of a presidential library. we will look at the life of first lady lucretia garfield and that of mary author mcelroy -- mary arthur mcelroy. join the conversation about the lives of first lady's live monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span3, c-span radio and c-span.org. "washington journal" continues. all accounts, last week's news cycle was a rough one for the obama administration. we are joined now by huffington tot reporter jen bendery discuss the president's second term agenda. let's are with the ir

your questions and comments through facebook and twitter, monday night live and 9:00, 8 eastern on c-spannd c-span3. also on c-span radio and c- span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: fawn johnson is a national correspondent at national journal. guest: good morning. host: we headlines about the senate judiciary committee starting the markup of an immigration bill. the washington post has this headline -- what did we hear the start of yesterday? guest: this is the start of a several-week process in the judiciary committee where they are going line by line in this 844 page bill, very complex immigration bill. they are amending it. there are 300 amendments that are pending on this bill. yesterday they were dealing mainly with title 1 of the bill, which involves border security. many of the amendments are little changes. a lot of them were accepted without any debate. some had a little debate. then a few were dramatically changing the bill. we saw the judiciary committee practicing this earlier this year, spending several weeks marking up legislation on gun control. they will do t

eastern on c-span. will be in session this week before going on aim of morrill daybreak read both chambers are in monday. the house apples in at noon eastern. members will turn to the legislative business at 2:00 to consider bills under suspension of the rules. later, a bill designed to speed up construction of the keystone pipeline i declaring that a presidential permit is not required. and legislation that would tie interest rates on student loans to 10-year treasury notes. the senate is in monday at 2:00 eastern. they will spend much of the week debating the farm bill, estimated to cost $955 billion. it aims to revamp direct aid to farmers and proposes cuts in spending by $18 billion. on monday, a vote is scheduled for 5:30. live coverage of the house on c- span and the senate on c-span two. >> president obama was in atlanta, where he gave a commencement street -- speech to the graduating class of morehouse college. morehouse is an all male, his story black college, whose alumni include martin luther

house here on c-span. 2013. hereby appoint the honorable jeff denham to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january

host: we welcome you on c-span radio. our guest is hedrick smith, author of "who stole the american dream?" let's hear from brett from arkansas. caller: good morning. hello? ok. there is not one single poor person that is poor because someone else is wealthy. i designed automated machinery for a living. the politicians seem to focus on the problems that benefit their constituency. the rich against the poor. i go into a plant every day and look at their processes and fair at ways to figure out their productivity through automated machinery. one of the biggest problems we have that is not addressed is people are not responsible and more. people don't save them money. they want their ipods, their phones, they homes that they cannot afford. the whole housing crisis, we had able refinancing their homes so that they could take vacations and other things other than save them money like they should do. they want to bring rich people they have a large part of the responsibility for the mess we are in. host: thanks for the call. gue

eastern on c-span -- live each easternt 7:00 a.m. c-span. >> president obama asked congress to close the guantÁnamo bay prison. he also broke about the use of u.s. drones and warfare, next on c-span. in an hour, you can weigh in on president obama's remarks. later, republican senators john mccain, with the graham and kelly ayotte ms. bono to the presence call to close on time of day. -- respond to the president' call to close guantanamo bay. you to take good care of all the furniture. >> they did return to the white house, winning the election of 1892. we continue our series on first ladies live monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> now, president obama outlines his counterterrorism strategy as the net -- at the national defense university. he defended u.s. joan strikes overseas as legal and necessary in the fight against al qaeda. during his remarks, the president was interrupted by a protester. >> it is a great honor to return to the national defense university. here, at fort mcnair, americans have served in uniform since 1791