some people are going to get quite a bit of impact and others a lot less. >> this weekend on c-span, the impact of the new health care law on insurance premiums. sunday night at 9:00 eastern. also this weekend on c-span twos book tv, pulitzer prize-winning author rick atkinson takes your questions on "in-depth." on american history tv on c- span3 our weekly look at the presidency of george h w bush and german reunification. sunday at 7:30. of this year's commencement speeches by business leaders from around the country. we begin with twitter ceo take cost alone -- dick costolo. then writer and statistician nate silver at the new school in new york. , apple cofounder steve wozniak at the university of california berkeley. later, new york stock exchange atduncan near our -- colgate university. dick costolo give this year's commencement address. before his career, he was a stand up comedian that worked in improv theater. this is just over 15 minutes. [applause] >> i love you, too. you know i have to start by tweeting this. give me a second. i'm a professional. this only take a second. [l

eastern on c-span and c-span 3 and on c-span radio and c- span.org.ur website has more about the first ladies including a special section welcome to the white house. produced by the white house historical association. the association, we are offering a special edition of the book first ladies at the united states of america. featuring about durfee of each frances -- featuring biographies of each first lady. now available for the discounted price of $12.95 plus shipping. go to c-span.org/products. >> c-span, created by cable companies in 1979 and brought to you as a public service by your television provider. next some of this year's commencement speeches by business leaders around the country. we begin with the twitter ceo dick costolo at the university of michigan, ann arbor. and nate silver at the new school university in new york. and later, steve wozniak at uc berkeley. >> twitter ceo dick costolo give the commencement address at his alma mater, the university of michigan. before his internet career, he was a canadian -- he was a comedian. [applau

c-span: gettysburg was fought when? >> guest: it was fought on three days, the first, second and third of july. c-span: what year? >> guest: 1863, almost in the middle of the war. c-span: this is called the modem library of the world's best books. why did you decide to do this book -- is this the only one you've done in this series? >> guest: yes, it's the only one in that series. i'm on the advisory board of the modern library, and they asked me what of mine i'd like to have there, and this is a chapter from my three-volume civil war narrative, and it is a central chapter of this central volume, so it's sort of, if i might say so, the capstone or the arch of that whole narrative of the war c-span: why did you want to pick that? >> guest: it is more a complete story in itself than any other section. this narrative is woven in and out of other things, but this chapter, better than any other that i know of, tends to stand by itself and could be a book of its own. c-span: could someone buy this book and not have read your others and be comfortable r

on american history tv on c-span 3. >> now on booktv an encore presentation of c-span's q & a program. author and rolling stone contributing editor michael hastings who died in a car crash on june 18th discovered his book "operators" it expanded on the 2010 article hastings wrote for rolling stone magazine that lead to the resignation of general stanley mccrystal. he talks about how he was granted access and how he took notes and recorded conversation. the program originally aired on january 29, 2012. and it's about an hour. .. >> specifically they refer to special forces, but i also thought that everyone who was involved in these conflicts from diplomats journalists to public relations people and aid workers all had an operator with them. you people in the white house and in afghanistan. >> now come a lot more time in iraq and afghanistan i think that i spent a good chunk of time, for of my last five christmases or four of the last six christmases, there they were spent in. since 2005 i studied english. i joined the workforce. i started as an unpaid intern. my last semester at nyu an

you can see the house alive when they return here on c-span. the senate votes on immigration this afternoon. you can see the senate live on c-span numeral two. -- 2. this is hosted by the wilson center here in washington. ofit goes into the creation intellectual property. i think of these as crimes using -- using with new technology. one area is child exploitation. we just sit down a major operation involving that, facilitated by the internet it is cyber terrorism and tiber -- cyber attack. this is what most people think about who are in this room. there is no doubt that there is a continuum of those who seek to do us harm the country ranging from individuals to organize groups to even groups that you could detect as state or state sponsored who have been and are in attacksengage against united states and our article infrastructure using the whole cyber realm, which gives them a whole new set of ways to go after us. what does it mean? it means that critical -- could bere, like subject to attack. if you think that doesn't have a cascading set of

tonight at 8:00 on c-span. yearck costello gave this 's commencement address at his alma mater, the university of michigan. he was a standup comedian before his career he worked at an improv theater. . this is just over 15 minutes. [applause] >> i love you, too. you know i have to start by tweeting this. give me a second. i'm a professional. this only take a second. [laughter] all right. i want to start by thanking the school's president and the students and faculty and the board of regents who sit behind me and quietly judge us all. i would also like to thank my mother and father who are here today. and i would like all of you to remember at the end of the day to take a moment to thank your parents or whoever it was that help you get where you are today. they have sacrificed greatly for you and we will be out of here by 3:30 p.m., i promise. [laughter] when i woke up this morning and started writing my speech -- [laughter] i was thinking of my first month on campus when i was a freshman. our football was ranke

monday night on c-span. >> the new energy secretary will address this years energy information administration conference on monday. watch our live coverage beginning at 8:45 on c-span2. now, defense secretary chuck hagel and joint chiefs of staff chair, general martin dempsey, testify on their 2014 budget as well as contractors come a sexual assault in the military, and budget cuts. they were joined by defense department comptroller, robert hale. this is just under two hours. >> good morning. the subcommittee meets this morning. i am pleased to welcome the secretary of defense and our form or colleague, the honorable chuck hagel. chairman of joint chiefs of staff, general dempsey, and the comptroller of the department of defense. we will speak today about budgets and more importantly about people. all of the services secretary said chiefs have appeared before the subcommittee this year and have expressed great concern over the sequestration

host: if you are listening on c- span radio, we are heard coast- to-coast on xm channel 119. you are tuning in on c-span television, our guests -- democrats jim manley and republican john feehery. john joins us on the republican line from florida. welcome to the conversation. me a minute here. about a year ago, i heard on the , a liberal station, that there were 65,000 terrorists plus the illegal aliens coming across the border every year. rubio renamed marco possibility the terrorist illegal alien amnesty bill. going to have any back run checks on these people because in these century cities, they are not even allowed to pull them over for crimes. they do not arrest them. they do not do anything. they commit murders and do everything. they are not arresting them. john mccain was on there the other day. about, coming across the desert in 110 degrees , no water. i did not hear him say the first americans that these people are coming over here and killing or robyn or whatever they are doing to them. host: john, take your point and turn it into the form of a question. caller: i

eastern on c-span three. is part of asador discussion on u.s.-mexico cooperation. that is live at 3:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> we want to welcome to "newsmakers" congressman joe courtney, a democrat from connecticut. the lead voice for student loan rates. rates are slated to go up july 1 unless congress acts. we have two reporters in studios with us. philip elliott with the associative press and peter schrader with the hill. >> not a year ago we were talking about keeping the interest rate set by congress. now there looks like a proposal from the president to hit the ten-year treasury note.

we will look at the life of i at mckinley live tonight 9:00 eastern on c-span and c- span3 and also on c-span radio and c-span.org. ida mckinley. >> looking at the legislative agenda in congress this week, the house will gavel in tomorrow at noon eastern, 2:00 for legislative work. lawmakers will focus of an era of the week on the 2014 defense authorization act. that includes $552 billion in spending for national defense. an additional $86 billion for overseas contingency operations. senate will be back at 2:00 eastern today and will continue debating on the bipartisan immigration proposal, creating a congressional -- a conditional path to citizenship. it also would approve or security and it puts caps on visas for high skilled workers. at 5:30, lawmakers vote on final passage of the farm bill, setting policies over five years. you can see the house live on c- span when they gavel interests and is always on c-span2. >> house lawmakers this week will pay tribute to their colleague, michigan democrat john dingell, became the longest serving member of congress in u.s. history, serving 20,

c-span: are--are you on time or are you late? are you on time all the time or are you late or anything? >> guest: no. well, fairly punctual, but not very. c-span: can we--will we know when you're mad at somebody? i mean, do you get--do you get irritated very easily? >> guest: yes, i do sometimes. c-span: and so how do i know when you're mad? >> guest: oh, you haven't annoyed me. c-span: there's a photograph with the queen, and this was, like, in 1953 or so--or '54, i think it was... >> guest: yes. yes. c-span: ... at no. 10 downing street, and you can see it here this is the night before he leaves as prime minister? >> guest: yes. there was a great dinner at downing street the night before my father -went to the palace to resign, and the queen and the duke of edinburgh came to dinner, and i always loved that picture. it's--there's something so charming in it, the queen saying goodbye to her-- first prime minister. c-span: and how long had she been queen then? >> guest: she had been queen then since the--the king died in '52, didn'

eastern and pacific times on c- span. >> first ladies have a progression of personifying if they so choose. there are women, real people, who actually do things but then there's this secondary capacity of being a charismatic figure. i think many a first lady has become a first lady and realizing this thing was larger than life. that was something dolly figured out so she becomes a figurehead for her husband's administration and fosters a connection to the capital city. all this is happening in 1808. in 1814 the british are going to burn the capital city and all this work she put into having the public identify with this house they called the white house under her term is going to pay off. because it's going to give a surge of nationalism around the country. >> monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> even though gettysburg was the midpoint of the war and more died after than before, why does it still loom so large in national memory? three days of fighting. 7,000 killed, 33,000 wounded, some of whom later died and 11,000 missing. a staggering total of 50,000 quarblets in one three-day pe

eastern on c-span. thursday, a hearing to examine spending on employee conferences. the house oversight and government reform committee will the irstimony based on inspector general. live coverage beginning at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span three. >> when you put on a uniform for a job that is a maintenance job, this is true if you are a building janitor or a sanitation worker. you are subsumed by the role to where it's almost like you are just a part of the background, almost like a machine. you are a human being wearing that uniform. and it reallyyou just doesn't see you. i have called it that it is like a romulan cloaking device emma for those of you who are fellow star trek geeks or harry potter's cloak of invisibility. it is frustrating and also an interesting privilege. when i wear the sanitation worker uniform, i observe people in ways they do not realize i am observing them. >> department of sanitation anthropologist in residence, robin nagle on c-span's "q and ." >> a funeral service was held today. he died monday at the age of 89. this hour-long portion include

. -- is live on c-span every day is 7:00 eastern. the senate appropriations subcommittee on defense this morning, we will hear from chuck hegel and general martin dempsey. our live coverage of this hearing on the 2014 budget request as and cspan 3 at 10:00 eastern. >> the name of this place still resonates with the shuddering in a rigid with the shuddering in the hearts of the american people. more than any other name connected to the civil war instead of lincoln, gettysburg reverberates and americans retain the knowledge that what happened here was the crux of our terrible national trial and even americans who are not sure precisely what transpired on these fields of know that all the glory and all the tragedy we associate with the civil war presides most probably, most indelibly here. >> 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg live all day sunday, june 30, on american history tv on c-span 3. >> last friday, john dingell became the longest serving member of congress. he is 50 -- his 57-year career started in 1955. he succeeded

pacific on c-span. >> even though gettysburg was the turning point of the war, why does it loom so large in national memory? consider the statistics. three days of fighting, july 1 through july 3, 1863, 7,000 killed. 33,000 wounded, some of whom later died and 11,000 missing. staggering total of 50,000 casualties in one three-day period. >> the 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg. live all-day coverage from the gettysburg national military park next sunday. >> now a discussion on the resurgence of prayer in public schools from washington -- "washington journal" earlier this week. this is 35 minutes. host: this week we look at the christian science monitor piece on prayer in school. lee lawrence is in new york city. he piece says 50 years after a supreme dourtbarnings prayer in scoop makes a comeback. thanks for joining us this morning. it was 50 years ago that is supreme court essentially banned prepare. what were those decisions? >> the two decisions were in 196 and in 1963 and they banned school sponsored prayer, not the action of praying in school. and so the first one was b

. >> host: and you're watching "the communicators" on c-span. we've been talking with pat esser with cox communications. thanks for your time. >> guest: peter, thank you for coming today. we appreciate it. >> host: well, now joining us on "the communicators" is the president of espn. he's also co-chair of the disney media networks, john skipper is his name. mr. skipper, how did you become president of espn? >> guest: well, i'll tell you, i'm just as surprised as you are. [laughter] george -- [inaudible] was the president for 13 years, and i had the great privilege of succeeding him at his decision starting last january, and it's really been, it's really been a great with year and a half for me. >> host: where did you get started with disney and abc? >> guest: i got started at disney in 1990 when disney wanted to start a book and magazine division. so i actually moved from my home in new york city out to california, burr back, and helped them start a magazine/book acquisition. when disney bought esps, i transferred over there to start their magazi

eastern here on c-span. today, a discussion on the nsa data collection programs. the congressional internet caucus advisory committee is looking at the legal, legislative, and technical aspects of the program. you can see it live starting at noon eastern here on c-span. in the house thursday, members rejected the farm bill by a vote of 195-234. democrats up rose to -- opposed cuts to the food stamps, and republicans objected to spending in the measure. we spoke to a capitol hill reporter about what happened. >> teri hatcher ms. editor of the "hagstrom reports." the farm bill -- why was it defeated? >> there are basically two reasons. that is there was a dairy amendment that was not ok with democrats, and that dairy amendment passed. also there were restrictions placed on food stamps and democrats did not like that, and there were a lot of republicans who thought they could somehow have a bill that would cut food stamps even more. >> eric cantor blamed democrats for not providing enough votes to help pass the bill. what do you think about his assertion? >> there we

you can watch it live on c-span 27 :00 a.m. stern and sunday night at 9:00 eastern and pacific here on c-span. you can watch previous sessions anytime at c-span.org or you will find video of past prime minister's questions and other british public affairs programming. now a discussion about president obama's commencement speech at morehouse college in atlanta and its impact on young african-american men. this is 90 minutes.

also this weekend on c-span 2's book tv, live coverage of the printers row lit fest. d on american history tv on c- span 3, the life and legacy of civil rights leader medgar evers. >> when you put on a uniform for a job that is a maintenance job the with-this is true if you are a building janitor or a senate -- when you put on a uniform for a job that is a maintenance job, you are consumed by a role that you are part of the background, almost like a machine. you are even being -- you are a human being wearing that uniform. the general public gets to overlook you and not see you. cloakinge a romulan device. those people who are fellow stark trek geek will recognize that reference. a is a disadvantage and privilege. i can observe people in ways they did not know i am of serving them. nagle sunday robin ." 8 on c-span's "q & a >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are continuing our discussion on what affects young voters. joining us is dominique gelin, the political affairs director of college democrats of america. she is coming to us live from orlando, florida. we

life on c-span everyday at 7:00 a.m.. sunday, american history tv on c-span 3 commemorates the 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg. >> the 42nd new york, best known as the tammy regiment. the main figure, the statue of the indian chief, represents chief tammany, a chieftain of the delaware tribe. he is well-known for being both a warrior and a diplomat. he became a symbol of the tammany hall democratic faction in new york city. participatedyork in the repulse of pickett's charge. in the process they lost 15 of their men killed. american for was had to tell. -- head to toe. it represented the best the nation had to offer. >> the 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg, live coverage sunday beginning at 9:30 eastern. historians throughout the day. we will take your calls and tweets for the author of "gods and generals. go at 8:00, the commemorative ceremony with doris kearns goldman -- goodwin. followed by a processional ceremony and civil war .nstitute director peter, go you can submit questions and comments

watch the house live on c-span and the senate on c-span2.reminder that the 2013 congressional directly is out now can the current congress with updated listing with each member of the house and senate. also there contact information, district maps and committee assignments, and information about cabinet members, supreme court justices, and the nation's government. the directly is $12.ate for shipping and handle. go onlined at c-span.org/shop. what we're doing does present american civil liberties and privacy. the issue is today we have not been able to explain it because it's -- [inaudible] but that is something we wrestling with. how do we explain it? and still keep the nation secure? that's the issue that we have in front of us. so you know that this is a something that was debated vigorously in congress both the house and the senate within the administration and the -- so when you look at this this is not us doing something under the government. this is what we're doing on behalf of all of us with the good of this country. now what we nee

watch the house live here on c- span as always and the senate on c-span2. in poor health, first lady ida mckinley also suffered from epilepsy and because of that her husband, president william mckinley, would sit next to her at the innocent so when she would have a seizure he would shield her face with a large handkerchief. despite her health problems, she traveled as first lady, attending the 19 a will -- 19 oh one pan-american exposition where her mother was assassinated. we will look at her life as would conclude this series on first ladies live tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span and c- span three also on c-span radio and www.c-span.org. mf as the incentive auctions,ii- >> as the incentive auctions upon us now, i do think the -- as the spectrum auctions are upon us now, i do think the fcc needs to spirit in a way that very small, medium-sized, and toge companies are able) compete relative to spectrum. and the idea that the big fish up little fish, i don't think it's healthy for our economy. they all have a business plan. obviously they want to make money.

live coverage when they return at noon monday on c-span. the house returns on tuesday at 2 p.m.. they will take up an offshore bill. live coverage when they return on c-span. , jonathan alter talks about the president's second term agenda and his book. discussion about the affordable care act. , the witness protection program with its founder. live at 7 journal p.m. on c-span. onwe have always focused what is important. the telecom act of 1996 went into effect. in 1997 home will rolling out video and broadband services and residential telephone services, commercial services and bring in the bundle to the market. will the first to start bundling products. customers responded very positively. we have a high penetration today. we have been able to get into new businesses that others cannot enjoy muff because we got in so early. we were rewarded for that. everybody understands sports right now. >> is the sweet spot of media. it is almost the only calls that you have to watch live. that has increase is value. everybody is seeing that now whether they be social media sites that are part

eastern, on c-span. >> there will be very different impacts, depending on who you are. averages will not tell the story. the young and healthy will see big increases. in some cases, our survey says 200%. the number for illinois is 197. very close. sharp premium increases. others will get relative decreases. you just don't want to rely on an average. there is not a single number that will tell you the story about the implementation. a bit of get quite impact and some a lot less. >> this weekend on c-span, the impact of the new healthcare insurance premiums. sunday night at 9:00 eastern. also this weekend on book tv, pulitzer prize-winning author rick atkinson, live sunday afternoon. on american history's

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eastern on c- span. next on c-span, president obama delivers remarks on the affordable care act and surveillance programs. in his meeting with chinese president followed by the internment ceremony for the late senator frank lautenberg. the longestingell, serving member of congress, he talks about his career in the house of representatives. next, president obama talks about implementing the affordable care act in california and encourages young americans to enroll in health care exchanges and took questions from reporters and headrest government surveillance programs. this is about 25 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. it is great to see all of you. i want to thank you everybody who is here. there is only one problem -- my remarks are not sitting here. [laughter] on a friday afternoon, things get a little challenged. i am going to have -- i am going to answer a question at the end of the remarks. i want to make sure we get the remarks out. people, -- openness. -- oh, goodness. [laughter] folks are sweati

our coverage begins at 9:30 on c-span 2. the chief of the nsa is expected , surely askedng by the senators on the appropriations committee about the surveillance programs. we will cover that on c-span 3 at 2:00 p.m. also, the military team will be testifying before the senate budget committee this morning. at 10:30 we will have that on c- span 3. those same people will be going to the house side to testify before the house budget committee, likely also to be asked about government contractors and the intelligence community. richard, go ahead. caller: rep sanchez, you are just a breath of fresh air. i have been a c-span junkie for years. i have come to the conclusion that congress and the united , it has come down to being run by the executive branch almost entirely. much theso sure how president and vice president at the national level have to run people in the executive branch. branches within these agencies control the controls and revise the rules. in the last election cycle i donated to someone running for congress. i uns

and c-span 3 and also on c-span radio and c-span.org. >> next a look at the future of the u.s.conomy. and housing market. with scott andersen. economic advisory chair with the american bankers association. from washington, d.c., this is 0 minutes. >> all right. hello, everybody. welcome. i would like to -- i'm jeff singman, public relations for aba. aba is an economic advisory committee that meets twice a year to provide its consensus forecast. and meet with washington officials including the federal reserve board. the members of the e.a.c. in attendance today are scott brown, raymond james and associates, peter hooper, deutsche bank, ethan harris, bank of america, merrill lynch, christopher lowe, f.t.n. bbva ial, nathenial carp, compass, gregory miller, suntrust bank, george mokshon, huntington bank, richard moody, regionalents bank. karl tannenbaum, northern trust. and scott andersen, e.a.c. chair and chief economist for bank of the west. also in attendance is bob davis, a.b.a.'s executive vice president of mortgage market policy, and once a bank economist himself at harris b

next on c-span, "washington journal here." on "washington journal close the we will talk about issues important to young voters. have alex smith, common a gallon, political affairs rector of the college democrats of america. and as the recent jobs report with rory o'sullivan. journal" is next. klaxon think it is important to recognize the two cannot have 100 percent security and 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience. we are going to have to make some choices as a society. ♪ host: president obama defends the surveillance program. that is how we begin this edition of "washington journal." today is june 8, 2013 and for the first of 45 minutes of the

you are watching "the communicators" on c-span. >> thank you for coming today. >> joining us now is the president of espn. he is cochair of disney media networks. john skipper is his name. how did you become resident of >> i am just as surprised as you are. the former president and have a great privilege of succeeding him and his decision started last january. it has been a great year for me. >> where do you get started? >> i got started at disney in 1990 when they wanted to start a magazine division. i moved from my home in new york city to california and help them start a magazine/book division. when disney bought abc and espn wanted to start a magazine. >> you do not start life as an athlete and move up? >> i began life as a mediocre athlete. i played basketball. nobody came along and recruited me. >> what is the biggest competition for espn? and five or 10 years what is the biggest competition? >> there's a lot of competition in sports and there always has been. the leaks have their own networks. right now, fox is going to laun

part of book tv on c-span 2. to think about pickett's charge, to think about the carnage, the lives lost, the great battles before at fredericksburg and the wilderness, you talk about atietam and shiloh and manassas -- all these battles, people defending either what they think was a way of life or slavery or what have you -- all of it, all the bloodshed to settle this contradiction. won. we have our country. toike to go to gettysburg say to my clerks," do we deserve this? do we deserve the sacrifice for the country we have and are we living up to that?" anniversary of gettysburg sunday, june 30, starting at 9:30 eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. associated press president and ceo gary pruitt on the seizure of the ap news records. this is from the national press club in washington, this is one hour. >> good afternoon and welcome to the national press club. i'm a reporter for bloomberg news. we are the world's leading professional organization for journalists committed to our profession's future while fos

poster comment on facebook.com/ c-span. so send us an e-mail -- journal@c-span.org john hudson is with us on the phone and here are two different headlines about president obama announcing his picks - guest: i think part of that is contingent with the fact that the president has brought in some confidence insiders who have been close to them throughout his political career, at least to terms of when he became president. 2007 rice endorsed him in with much political rest -- risk and was his u.n. ambassador. amanda power has also been with the president throughout his bid for the white house. what could change about this and signal a change is the fact that both of them are strong, liberal, interventionists who have advocated for intervention for humanitarian reasons. that is in contrast intopm donelin, the current national security adviser and has now stepped down he is described more as a cautious to realist who is more skeptical about intervening in using military force. this amountbout of powers and her post to the united

as well as on facebook and twitter, clive a 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span3, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> this morning on washington journal, and national review reporter looks at the republican strategy in congress as it returns from a weeklong recess. then the democrats plan with the texas congressman. and later, the director of transportation for america, discusses how the federal government engages the safety of bridges and funding for repairs and upkeep. washington journal is next. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning and welcome to "washington journal" on this monday, june 3. the house and senate return to washington today, facing an agenda that includes investigations into the irs, immigration reform, and an agriculture bill. later this week president obama will meet with the china president at a summit in california. we would like to hear from you this morning. what should the u.s. relationship with china be? here are the numbers to call.

eastern on c-span. -- "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> question to the prime minister. >> this morning i had administered -- meetings with ministers and colleagues. i shall have earlier such meetings later today. i will also be making an announcement about the new minister to join the government. at the end of the year, stephen green a former chair and chief executive of hsbc will be standing down as trade minister after doing a superb job refocusing the government's efforts in key export markets. i can announce that in livingston for the past five years the chief executive of bt will take on this vital role. i believe he will bring huge talent to a vital national effort. >> thank you, mr. speaker. there are many people benefiting from outstanding teaching of inspirational teachers. not all of home -- of whom have been -- >> he makes a point. there are good teachers in our school and has been through the crisis. we had another new policy from the party opposite banning all such teachers from such schools. i have been

you're watching "the communicators" on c-span. >> laid -- this is a pattern in american women in politics, famous or not. there's two things. one is that they're women, real people, who actually do things. but then there's this also secondary capacity of being a personifying figure, charismatic figure, and i think many a first lady has become a first lady, and realizing this thing is larger than life dolly had it figured out. she becomes a figurehead of her husband's administration and he makes the white house a symbol, and at love 0 this is happening in 1808. she doesn't know that in 1814 the british will storm the capital city and all of this work she put into helping the public identify with this house that they called the white house, is going to pay off. people will have a surge of nationallallism. >> our focus on first ladies continues every monday night. our next program features historians and authors, on why we study first ladies on c-span. >> debate continues in the u.s. senate where members voted an amendment to put 20,000 officers on the u.s.-mexico border and constructing an

host: if you are listening on c- span radio, we are heard coast- to-coast on xm channel 119. if you are tuning in on c-span television, our guests -- democrats jim manley and republican john feehery. john joins us on the republican line from florida. welcome to the conversation. caller: give me a minute here. about a year ago, i heard on the tv, a liberal station, that there were 65,000 terrorists plus the illegal aliens coming across the border every year. i have renamed marco rubio's bill the terrorist illegal alien amnesty bill. they are not going to have any back run checks on these people because in these century cities, they are not even allowed to pull them over for crimes. they do not arrest them. they do not do anything. they commit murders and do everything. they are not arresting them. john mccain was on there the other day. he was crying about, coming across the desert in 110 degrees, no water. i did not hear him say the first thing about americans that these people are coming over here and killing or robbing or whatever they are doing to them. host: john, take you

eastern here on c- span. this morning on c-span, we will bring you a live discussion of the supreme court's major decision during its 2012 term, and also chief justice john roberts as he sits down with fourth circuit judge harvie wilkinson to talk about the court in the concentration. guests include former solicitor generator -- general theodore olson. linda greenhouse and other supreme court scholars. john is 11:00 p.m. -- join us at 9:00 a.m. eastern after "washington journal." kentucky senator rand paul spoke at a south carolina republican fund-raising dinner friday in west columbia. he is introduced by south carolina representative mick mulvaney. this is about half an hour. >> thank you for doing this tonight. i've been asked to introduce a friend of mine. there is aon, saying that if you want a friend, get a dog. it is a way to give you cannot trust anybody up there. i have not followed that rule precisely since i've been there. i have actually made some very good friends, some of my best friends. you all

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sunday on c-span. >> first ladies have a capacity for personifying, if they so choose and this is a pattern in american women and in politics, famous or not. there are two things. one is that there are women, real people, who actually do things, but then there's this also secondary capacity of being a personifying figure, a charismatic figure and i think many a first lady has come to be a first lady and realizing that this was something larger than life and that was something dolly figured out. so she becomes a figurehead for her husband's administration. all this is happening in 1808. in 1814 the british are going to burn the capital city and all this work she put into having the public identify with this house they call it would white house under her term is going to pay off. it's going to give the surge of nationalism around the war. >> our next program features istorians katherine allgor and others on why we study first ladies. monday night at 9:00 eastern, 6:00 p.m. pacific on c-span. >> even though gettysburg was the turning point of the war, why does it loom so large in national memo

eastern on c-span 3. tuesday a confirmation hearing for thomas wheeler president obama's choice to lead the federal communications commission. he'll testify live starting at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> it was essential to remove france from canada for the united states as it became to have the opportunity to achieve its independence. and i few people led by franklin recognized the possibilities for america to become a great country. let me put it in different words from what i said a moment ago. the american achievement, people of two and a half million free people for them to get the british to evict the french from their borders and then the french help them evict the british was an astonishing achievement. >> the yilets as a world power saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern >>> part of book tv this following season one of c-span weekend. series "first ladies: influence and image" our series continues. >> that begins tonight with john robert on his bookthis is one hour. . >> i wanted to ask a question. bef

some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. is live all weekend. jacobsonnclude walter and shelley murphy on gangster while the bolger -- whitey bulger. on and winston churchill, clive this weekend on c-span2. "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with representatives tim ryan. he represents the 13th district in ohio. welcome back. president obama will be meeting with the chinese leader and there will talk about relations between the countries. a lot on the table. what do you want the president to say to him? guest: the president has done a good job in trying to level the playing field with the chinese. the chinese have been dumping products -- tires, although supply parts -- auto supply parts. dealve benefited a great by the tariffs on steel tubing that was coming in. over a billion dollar investment in a steel mill in ohio. i hope the president continues policyhat line of initiatives in leveling the playing field and tell the chinese he will continue to do that. i hope he mentions the currency manipulation that has been going on. it ha

live,ington journal," saturday, on c-span. tonight on c-span, president obama nominates james comey as fbi director. later, discussion of nsa data collection programs and technology and privacy laws. today, president obama nominated as the next director of the fbi. he served as deputy attorney general under president bush and would replace fbi director mueller if confirmed. from the white house, this is just under 10 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, accompanied by mr. bob mueller and mr. jim comey. >> good afternoon, everybody. please have a seat. for more than a century, we have counted on the dedicated men and women of the fbi to keep us safe. in that time, the fbi has been led by six directors and the second longest serving director of the fbi, for the last 12 years, an exemplary public servant, bob mueller. by law fbi directors only serve for 10 years, but back in 2011, when bob's term was up, i asked congress to give him two more years. it was not a request i made lightly, and i know co

host: james is on the independent line from winter haven, florida. caller: good morning. we enjoy c-spannd the fact you bring in all points of view. host: your take on the u.s. standing in the world and what the president needs to address? caller: hopefully when they get together they can discuss the fact the unions and taxes are the two things that bring down the nation's economy. anyone that loves history can see it over and over again, taxes, high taxes, they drive businesses out of a country to another country and it is hard to get them back. when you unionize to the point where it is ridiculous, sitting around pretending like they are union bosses, sucking up the workers' money, it is never going to work. never, ever. maybe if we look at greece and these other failures, you can see what is behind them. host: what can the president do this week at this economic gathering? that maybe hek can listen more than he speaks? -- caller: i think i can -- i think that maybe he can listen more than he speaks? host: what is your take on who he should be listening to? caller: i am not sure. you h

washington journal is live every morning at 7:00 on c-span. >> john boehner says that if the nation becomes a nation of builders again, the nation needs to fix the tax code. -- it iss came at the 15 minutes. >> matt have your attention please but -- may i have your attention please. love. what i . rowdy manufacturers. i have a great privilege right now of introducing to you someone that is no stranger to any of us. probably the greatest friend that manufacturers have in the united states congress. john boehner has been a representative from ohio since 1990. we are so pleased that he is speaker of the house. i can tell you that just watching him, i have had the opportunity to interact not only with the speaker, but his incredibly talented staff. the drop of speaker of the house i believe is the hardest one that exists in washington dc. 435 cats, and had anyone who had a cat knows knows there are no to cats the same personality. equally debt to the united states house are presented to us read the speaker is -- equally that to the house of represe

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we will have it at 2:05 eastern on c-span. also love today, a discussion examining the legal and legislative aspects of the nsa data collection program, and that will be live on c-span starting at noon eastern, just about 20 minutes from now. until then we will show you testimony by james cole this past tuesday. he talked about the legal process and the oversight behind the nsa phone record and internet data collection programs. as general con xander said, and as the chairman and ranking member have said, all of us in the national security area are constantly trying to balance protecting public safety with protecting people's privacy and civil liberties in this government. it is a constant job. there are statutes that are passed by congress. this is not a program that has been put off the books. statutes are passed. it is overseen by three branches of our government about the legislature, judiciary, and the executive branch. process of oversight occurs before,, during, and after the processes we are talking about today. i want

. >> that was from a 1992 interview on c-span. how did that documentary do you ?o -- do >> we got picked up by 20th century fox. it has done quite well on dvd. we have sold close to 50,000 dvds over time. couple ofnts' day a years ago, 20th century fox went out an announcement for presidents' day and had all their documentaries about president or presidential candidates. this is before barack obama. >> so much of your documentary is used in any kind of places?nal >> i get e-mails from her festers and teachers who use the film as an tool. the thing about history is that young people are not necessarily going to connect to it without stories. we have forgotten about our storytelling. it is not just faxed. who cares? what is the narrative? with my work, i always want to tell you a really good story. with good music and great visuals, all of that collage working together, then yes, kids will recognize it is important and they will remember it. the people will become part of the american family. >> shola lynch started where in life? >> [laughter] wow. new york. my fath

™ ["stars and stripes forever"] >> today on c-span, "washington journal" life with your calls, tweets-mails. later, the bay in the u.s. house on banning abortions after 20 -- later in the u.s. house, banning abortions after 20 weeks. a look at the federal reserve plan for its stimulus program. followed by issues important to younger americans with matthew segal. and later in the discussion that state officials used a photo of database of 120 million people to identify suspects in, of investigations. our guest is the newspaper's national technology reporter. is next.on journal" host: the united states files criminal charges against edward snowden. this is the headline in "the gu ardian." we look into the newspapers in just a few seconds. you are watching "washington journal." today is june the 22nd, 2013. charges include theft of government property and unauthorized communications of national defense information. if you want to get involved in the conversation here are the n

ago i watchedhs a program on c-span for facial recognition. tting cameras and tvs now and they can be turned on at will. what is to say this is not next? guest: technology is advancing rapidly, and there is a kind of comparative that says if it can be done, it should be done. i think this is where public policy has to step forward, play thele in constraining application of new technology. there are some things that can do great things that were not possible in the past. prove someonen convicted of a crime was actually innocent. locate lostto children or to identify, you a deceased person. there are all kinds of possibilities and improvements for securities that are possible. we need a way to factor in rhyme is a consideration, constitutional values, and public opinion. when it comes to intelligence policy, those kinds of considerations have been missing for the process. host: senator rand paul writes a piece in the wall street journal -- host: what do you make of this proposal? there are some assumptions built into that description. activities

you can watch the house live on c-span and the senate on c- span2. coming up in just under an hour, we will take you to capitol hill for the national academy of social insurance, hosting an 2013 socialsing the security trustees report. the report, released on friday, shows that the program long- term is on a fiscally unsustainable path if congress does not take action. the chief actuary of the social security and ministers will be among the panelists. that will be live on c-span starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern. she makes the first speech by sitting first lady and becomes the first president of the daughters of the american revolution, designed her own china and establishes the white house china collection, and is the first to have a christmas tree in the white house. meet caroline harrison, wife of the 23rd president, benjamin harrison, as we continue our series on first ladies with your questions and comments by phone, facebook, and twitter, tonight and i neglect eastern on c-span, c-span3, c-span radio, and cspan.org. the ethics and public policy ce