watch on c-span and c-span three. on c-span radio and c- span.org. >> the honorable member has the government stand against her and should be swept from office and placed in her own garbage. >> i believe that privatization will go very successfully indeed, it will go very successfully, indeed, and the gentleman can wait and see so that we can pontificate in the light of the facts. ofthere was a whole list what had been ruled over the years as parliamentary expression. a few weeks ago the present prime minister called the speaker to withdraw a remark he suggesting that the leader of the opposition was in some way less than honest. there are a lot of parliamentary expressions. it was said that churchill was instructed by the speaker to withdraw an accusation and instead of accusing whoever it was a telling a lie, he said to that there is a terminological in exactitude. no one could understand that in their report. it is probably a mess. >> c-span's former london producer, behind the scenes of the british parliament, ton

app bigses. >> first ladies, influence and image, from martha washington to michelle obama, live on c-span c-span radio and c-span.org. and we'll start the evening with a conversation with historian richard norton smith about the first ladies and their contribution to the nation live at 8:00. >> next, the results of a seann research institute poll ranking the impact and importance of the first ladies. -- iena research institute poll ranking the impact and importance of the first ladies. >> the siena research institute in loudonville, new york, has released a survine the first ladies. heeshes the results, the top -- here's the results, top 10. don levy is the director of the siena research institute. dr. levy, what do you see in this top 10 list? >> what's most amazing about this survey, five times, 32 years, we interview historians, political scientists, those scholars who study the presidency and the institution of the first lady. what's most amazing is the consistency over time. eleanor roosevelt first every time. this is first over 32 years and she really stands out as the quintessentia

hereore tweak here -- week -- tweet here, this one from mary -- more tomorrow morning here on c-span on washington journal. >> coming up tonight on c-span, house means chairman dave camp introduces his tax reform proposal. obama ist, president in minneapolis to discuss transportation infrastructure funding. later, a hearing on new irs rules regarding tax-exempt status for nonprofit organizations. >> house ways and means committee chairman dave camp announced a new tax reform proposal today. chairman cap is calling for ending deductions for state and local taxes. this briefing is when he minutes. >> hello and good afternoon. there have been so many changes to the tax code over the last day,e, more than one every that it is now 10 times the size of the bible with none of the good news. i know that seems like an old joke now. you may have heard it several times. when i travel around michigan or anywhere around the country, it still gets a pretty good laugh. as i listen to hard-working taxpayers talk about how we need to simplify and six our broken outdated tax code. what isn't funny is t

and c-span 3. also onradio and c-span.org and watch our recent interview at the george w. bush presidential center in dallas at 10:30. c-span, we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences, and offering complete gavel to gavel coverage of the u.s. house, all as a public service of private industry. we're c-span, created by the cable tv industry, 35 years ago, and funded by your local cable or satellite. watch us at h.d., like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. "washington journal" continues. host: for the next half-hour we want to focus on a story that's been getting a fair amount of attention over the past few days, based on a new essay on political.com, and reprinted, including in people magazine, which has the headline, america, i saw you naked. the six most shocking revelations from a former t.s.a. agent in his tell-all. want to ask whether t.s.a. screening is going too far. from peo

at 9:00 bush, tonight eastern on c-span and c-span3, also on c-span radio and c-span.org. watch our recent interview with her in dallas at 10:30. a facebook question related to tonight's program. should first lady lady's work outside the white house? #cspanchateet us at to leave your comment. #cspancha tweet us at t to leave your comment. this is from last month's world economic forum. it is attended by world leaders and politicians. it is about an hour. >> good morning. i think we will start. almost as much expertise out there as there is on the panel. i want you to know, there is a job for retired that the scenario -- deputy secretary generals. we're going to start, before i introduce the panelists, our first questions to them, with a presentation, a short one. it is an extraordinary factual virtual-reality access to syria. >> hello. down to try our project syria after you have seen the panel so you can be put on scene with people there. i'm going to show you material because i think visuals help. films because the communication -- they communicate better. >> this is a d

easternrun until 6:00 on c-span. the u.s. house will return for work at 2:00 this afternoon, it's just two bills on the calendar. funny, andrizes noaa another condemning violence in ukraine. we are expecting general speeches first and then a recess until 5:30. then we will see work on the debt ceiling. republican's are holding aim members-only meeting today. 5:30 thisg is set for evening. you can see that house when it returns today on c-span at 2:00 eastern. and look at the week ahead in congress with a reporter who joined us for "washington journal." continues. continues. host: welcome back. our guest is susan ferrechio. she's the chief congressional correspondent for "the washington examiner." thank you for being here. walk us through. what are the major story lines running on capitol hill this week? guest: everyone is going to be talking about the debt limit. the treasury secretary said he needs the debt limit to be raised by the end of february. otherwise he will run out of ways to fund the government. our borrowing limit

eastern on c-span, we will have a wrapup of our series. you have been a regular viewing, join us for one more week. thank you and have a great weekend. ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] pro formaill be brief sessions today. congress is out before the recess on tuesday. democrats wrap up their retreat on the eastern shore and maryland. they will hear from president obama. the present beginning a long day today on the eastern shore of maryland and then heading to california and meeting with those affected by the drought. he will later meet with the king of jordan to talk about foreign-policy issues ahead of the issue by benjamin netanyahu. we will have coverage of the president, and coming up at 10:4 0 eastern. it week after signing a five-year farm bill that includes disaster assistance, it

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on c-span2. >> the discussion with bill ayers and dinesh d'souza is on c-span at 8:00 eastern. here on c-span2 book tv in prime-time with our 3-hour in in-depth interview with author and women's studies professor. >> new jersey governor chris christie held a town hall meeting focusing on hurricane sandy recovery efforts. he also took questions on other topics. you can see the meeting tonight and our companion network c-span at 10:00 p.m. eastern. here's a brief look with a question from our resident about grants for caylee. for -- grants for hurricane relief. >> we were flood victims. and my comment, you are right that there is not enough money to make everyone all. they are not going to get there, but i would like to know your reasoning behind privatizing a lot of the grant programs. my town beta hundred million to different contractors to run the program. the main one that comes to mind -- [applause] that could raise about a thousand houses. one of the men's eights gi. >> let me stop you for question -- seconal and your question. what is your suggestion on our should have done

also on c-span radio and c-span.org. he british house of commons on wednesday prime minister david cameron described the recent strike against london metros station. he also responded to a series of questions concerning the government response to flooding in the issue and he talked about more women serving in public office. >> questions for prime minister.

"washington journal" is live every day on c-span. >> i have often said that when i am traveling on amtrak, that i run, not walk, to the quiet car. and i know will provide for consumers and it already has on some airlines the more opportunity for data-rich engagement. it will open up the market for more competitors to provide an option. hopefully, over the long-term, it will be less expensive read you look at the international ecosystem when it comes to this, i have been told by those in the business that 90% of the engagement is data only. a very small part of it is conversation. what is also great about this is it is up to the carriers and the airlines. >> the fcc commissioner monday night on "the communicators." >> c-span. we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences, and offering complete yell to gavel coverage of the u.s. house, all as a public service of private industry. we are c-span, created 35 years ago and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. like us o

on c-span 3's american history v. here on c-span, we're live in the east room of the white house where president obama shortly will be signing an executive order raising the minimum wage for government contractors -- contract workers. it will get under way shortly. "the hill" writes about today's event, that the president will press congress to match the executive order with an equivalent hike to the federal minimum wage. the white house said on tuesday. according to a source familiar with this event, the president will appear alongside workers who are paid at or just above the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. the white house said earlier in a statement, quote, that the president is using his executive authority to lead by example and will continue to work with congress to raise the minimum wage for all americans by passing the harkin-miller bill. the bill would raise the federal minimum wage for working americans in stages to $10.10 and index it to inflation thereafter. also raising the minimum wage for tipped

also on c-span radio and c- span.org. next, a hearing on protecting consumer data and privacy with william noonan, a secret service lead agent for cyber investigations. he testified on the security reaches at target and nieman marcus and their impact on consumers. from a subcommittee, this is just under one hour. >> i call to order this hearing of the national security and international trade and finance subcommittee. titled -- safeguarding consumer's financial data. i will introduce the two witnesses now and make a brief opening statement. we have two panels. if my colleagues do not mind, we will go straight to them to let witnesses give resin stations. the subject has generated an enormous amount of interest. i am very appreciative of both panels. in the first panel, we will be hearing from the deputy special agent in charge of secret service's criminal investigation division, cyber operations, and he oversees the service's ciber portfolio. he has over 20 years of government experience here at he has done transnational f

you can reach out to us on f acebook.com/c-span. first on facebook, christopher writes, considering the way 98% of them bought out by special interests, yes, this wasn't supposed to be a career. it was supposed to be bob up the street representing his district for a little while. it wasn't supposed to be a gerrymandered disturb bag representing the people like we have today. kenny writes, yes know should have term limits with no retirement and the people should be able to vote for supreme court judges also. those comments coming from facebook this morning. turning now to twitter, joe lewis writes, congress should not only have term limits, their pay should be merit based. jan writes, we already have term limits, they are called elections. problem is people don't bother to vote. our next caller is in london, kentucky -- sorry, we have lost you. the next call comes from washington, d.c. for the democrats. caller: good morning. i don't believe we should have term limits. we already have term limits because we have elections. what we nee

eastern on c-span two or any time online at c-span.org. ght, our conversation with tennessee republican senator bob corker on his early career in business. starting working when i was 13 doing odds and ends. i migrated from being a construction laborer and a rough carpenter. when i graduated from knowledge, i ended up being a construction superintendent. after four years i built some regional malls around the 25 i wentd when i was into business. i started doing a lot of small projects where i could get paid quickly and the company grew at about 80% a year the entire time and we ended up building shopping centers around the country, retail prejudice -- retail projects. it was a great place to be. the energy when you come in the front door would almost knock you down. i sold that when i was 37 to a young man who had worked with me for many, many years. done of course, he has several things cents. i ended up acquiring a good deal of real estate and through the years, through or folios and other companies, but i love being in business. i loved

eastern on c-span -- 7:00 p.m. today on c-span.ht our series continues. >> i think it is all an evolutionary process. you grow into this role. that you never get comfortable if you're always pushing for change and growth in the issues you care about. you're never done. there is

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c-span: how many people were there, total? >> guest: patients? c-span: i mean, on a given day, how big a facility was this? >> guest: i want to say about 150. c-span: where was it located? >> guest: it was located on f street up there near the judiciary square metro station. c-span: and you had come to work every day to do what? what was your job? >> guest: my job was to do intakes on people. basically, it's the equivalent of a physical, an admission physical. this would be sort of an admission mental status exam and, typically, they were negative. in other words, we didn't have patients, by and large, who were actively hallucinating or suicidal. i mean, most of them were drug--you know, drug abusers with... c-span: and go back to the--what were the--the business about filling in africa or coloring in africa? what--how did that come about? and why would they do that? >> guest: that's just one of the exercises that the... c-span: to teach them what? >> guest: ethnic self-pride. i mean, i am as skeptical as you are, and then... c-span: did it work? i mean, was there

afternoon coverage of the mga live on c-span. usappreciate you being with on this sunday. y the rest of your weekend. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> today on c-span, newsmakers with naacp interim president, lorraine miller. by our coverage of the national governors association meeting. in the afternoon, state efforts to fight prescription drug abuse. >> this week on newsmakers we want to welcome lorraine miller, the interim president of the naacp. here in the studio we have kevin cirilli and jesse holland. go ahead with your first question. >> thank you for having me. last week the congressional released a report on the minimum wage, and they said that it would reduce total unemployment by 500,000 workers or .3% by 2016. obviously the naacp has advocated

c-span: how do you write? >> guest: you mean how do i actually write? oh, on a word processor these days. i'm a total convert to it. i'm an enthusiast for it. c-span: do you write quickly? >> guest: when i finished a book called the idea of poverty, which was a very large book and a very fully researched book based upon archival material and so on and had masses of footnotes, when i finished that book i said i'd never write another book because i'm an obsessive reviser and rewriter, and so i would keep putting in footnotes in the middle of the chapter that had already been completed and then i would have to renumber all the footnotes, and it drove me absolutely mad. i said i'd never do it again. then the word processor came along, and it did it all for me, and i must say it makes for someone like myself who is, as i say, a compulsive rewriter, it is absolutely heaven. c-span: this is a relatively small book. it's about 300 pages, but it's still a small book. who's your audience in your opinion? who are you writing for? >> guest: i would like to think that i have a general audience, not mer

live on c-span. on newsmakers, lorraine miller is our guest. she is the interim president of the naacp. she talks about unemployment and health care, which were topics of discussion with president obama and other civil rights leaders at the white house. that is one of the reasons i to doe that he was able the order for minimum wage, because the efforts that have , in washington and nine other cities where they are talking about raising the minimum wage, that gave him support. naacp and other organizations are not in lockstep with the president. one of the complaints we have americant the african community is that they don't think president obama put in a focus on the african-american community in his time in office. now that he is in the second see thatyou still th being true. do you see him focusing on america to widely, instead of african-american specifically? i think they are looking much more strategically. i think the president realizes that the african american community has been a bedrock of support for his administration, and absolute

and c-span 3. also on c-span radio and c-span.org. watch our recent interview with misses bush at the george w. bush presidential center in dallas at 10:30. withming up next, "q&a" robert dallek, talking about his book on the kennedy white house. time at thequestion british house of commons. later, british prime minister david cameron talking about national security issues with the uk's joint committee on national security >> robert dalleck, the last paragraph of your entire book, i could not resist saying thank you to barack obama who has graciously hosted four dinners for presidential historians where i had a close-up look at

the house is live here on c-span and the senate on c-span2. er the past few months, c-span has set down with a handful of senators. over the next hour we will show you a couple of those beginning with republican senator bob corker of tennessee, and then democratic senator amy klobuchar of minnesota. >> senator bob corker when did you think about moving from business to politics? >> you know i was leading an effort in our community to try and make sure that everyone had an opportunity for a decent fit -- for decent, fit, and affordable housing. i was doing that as a civic endeavor and i was asked at the state level and i ended up going on a real board at the state level. it just sort of migrated. it was not about politics. it was more -- all about public policy. i ended up one day, i had sold my first company at the age of 37 and a few years later decided it was something i wanted to pursue. >> your first company was construction? >> i had started working like most folks, when i was 13 doing all kinds of odds and ends and migrated to being a con

you can see that tonight at 10:00 eastern right here on c-span. on c-span, the national governors association kicks off their winter meeting live at 10:00 eastern with a news conference and throughout the weekend with panels on homeland security, early education, jobs, and drug abuse. live on book tv, talk to the "monuments men" author robert edsall -- edsal. of "history in america." archival films from the education and institution. watch live sunday at 4:00 p.m. the u.s. editor in chief for "the guardian" recently spoke about her paper broke the story about nsa contractor edward snowden. this event was part of a year-long project all "journalism after snowden." this is about 90 minutes. >> good evening. if you are interested and care about the u.s. constitution and freedom of speech of the press protected by the first amendment or care about the role of and the press and informing the public about important issues, or if you care about the rights of leakers of government classified information, or the level of information the public needs to exer

it is always changing. >> first lady michelle obama, tonight live on c-span and , also on c-span radio and c-span.org. we bring public affairs offense to washington directly to you, putting you directly in the room at congressional hearings, briefings and conferences and offering complete gavel to gavel publice all as a service. c-span -- created by the cable industry 35 years ago and funded by your local provider. watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. deputy chief u.s. of mission in israel says current efforts to resolve the conflict are the most serious he has seen since the carter administration. comments came during comments at the release institute on friday. he and two other ambassadors recently returned from the region. this is just over one hour. the trip was sponsored by the foundation for released piece which was established in 1979 to promote a just solution to the israeli-palestinian conflict. the wilcox led the trip and it whouded two board members between them have decades and decades of experience working on this very thorny issue of the arab-isra

c-span. atrebroadcast the show's and on the hour after that. u can listen to the mall and c-span radio here in the washington dc area. you can download our free app for your smart phone, or listen online at c-span.org. >> here they are coming in closing in on me, i'm still thinking a debate. when i went through survivors chool, the people who capture you are the least train pows, so the best time to escape is right then. i thought that these were rookies, so i pulled out my weapon, and said get away, get back. then i fired a round of that tracer over their head. they did not flinch. they raised their rifles, and pulled out told -- a comic-- pulled out capturingshowed them an american pilot. nos one guy said surrender, die, hands up. >> so here i am facing about nine long guns, on i decided that is the best advice i was going to get that day. >> former air force pilot and on c-span's q1 day. q&a. the roome put you in at meetings, conferences, and offer complete gavel to gavel coverage of the u.s. house, all as a a look service to private industry

also on c-span radio and c-span.org. in the british house of commons on wednesday prime minister david cameron described the recent strike against london metros station. he also responded to a series of questions concerning the government response to flooding in the issue and he talked about more women serving in public office. >> questions for prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this morning i had colleagues and others and in addition to my duties i shall have further such meetings later today. >> mr. speaker, london is a 24/7 global city and the commercial center is the western world. with the economy growing and unemployment we agree that the efforts of the union to bring london -- (boos) is nothing short of economic vandalism. >> but i absolutely agree with my honorable friend and absolutely no justification for a strike. we need a modernized working for the millions of londoners who use it every day. the fact is only 3% of transactions now involve and makes sense to have fewer people in the offices and more pe

eastern also on c-span. a conversationt, with republican senator bob corker on his early career in business. >> i have started working at most folks when i was 13 doing all kinds of odds and ends. i migrated to being a construction laborer, a rough carpenter. when i graduated from college i ended up being a construction superintendent. after about four years, i had built some reasonable -- regional malls around the country and learn how to build projects. when i was 25 years old, i went into business. i started doing a lot of repeat work come a small projects where i could be paid quickly. the company grew about 80% a year. we ended up building shopping centers around the country, retail projects in 18 states. it was energizing. it was a great place to be. the energy when you come into the front door, it would almost knock you down. i sold that when i was 37 to a young man who had worked with me for many years. , i have done several things since. i ended up acquiring a good deal of real estate. through the y

on c-span. tomorrow the senate banking subcommittee will hold a hearing on the government's response to recent security breaches that target and neiman marcus. include the secret service says lead agent for cyber investigation and the federal trade commission's federal trade director. you can watch the hearing live at 3:00. you can post your comments on twitter during the broadcast. >> consumers will win in the end. it allows privacy to continue to innovate. they will bring new services and new pricing to business models and to consumers. consumers will be the main beneficiaries. >> big corporations are the ones with tremendous amount of market power. they have a tremendous amount of influence to try to shape policy to go there direction. consumers are going to be the losers in this deal. are is why so many of them speaking up and asking the fcc to move forward with a clear path to protect them. >> the impact of the net neutrality reading -- decision, monday on c-span two. >> i was in the car wre

tonight starting at nine eastern live on c-span and c-span3, also on c-span radio. we are asking you, should first lady's work outside the white house? here's what some of you have to say. on facebook, if she chooses to work or someone willing to pay her, go for it. but don't ask taxpayers to fund or subsidize it. no, she should not. i would call it double dipping if she or he gets paid outside of white house duties. first lady is a job. they don't get paid although it is a full-time job. but if you to add up the perks they are rewarded, nicely, they should not be allowed to work in the private sector because of the risks of corruption. you can wade in with your thoughts on facebook.com/cspan. >> consumers will win in the end and that it allows isps to continue to innovate, to invest in the networks and bring new services and new pricing is as models to consumers. consumers will be the main beneficiary. >> the big corporations one out in his decision to their in his decision together once with a tremendous amount of market power, tremendous amount of influence in wa

it's always changing. >> first lady michelle obama, tonight at 9 eastern live on c-span and c-span3, also on c-span radio and c-span.org. >> i have often said that when i am traveling on amtrak, that i run -- not walk -- to the quiet car. but what this, i believe and i know, will have, will provide for consumers -- and it already has on some airlines -- is more opportunity for a data-rich engagement. it will open up the market for more competitors to provide options, so it will be hopefully over the long term less expensive for those to engage. when you look at the international ecosystem when it comes to this, they -- i have been told by those in the business that 90% of the engagement is data only. so a very small part of it is conversation. and what is also great about this is it's up to the carriers, up to the airline whether to admit that type of conversation. >> fcc commissioner mignon clyburn tonight on "the communicators" at 8 eastern on c-span2. >> senior officials from the justice department, secret service and federal trade commission recently called on congress to pass fed

eastern on c-span and c-span3. also on c-span radio and www.c-span.org. with her atterview the george bush presidential center in dallas at 10:30. isp's to continue to innovate and bring new business models to consumers. best area. the >> the big corporations are the ones with the tremendous amount inmarket power and influence washington, d.c. to influence policy to go their direction. if consumers are really going to be the losers in this deal, and i think that is why so many of them are speaking up and asking the fcc to move forward with a clear path to protect them. >> the impact of the net neutrality rule tonight on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> kentucky senator rand paul was that the internet foundation communication conference and washington, d.c. where he called for a refill of part of the protectsct that mutations companies run being sued. senator paul spoke for about half an hour. >> if we can return to our program. thank you very much. i am a member of the internet education foundation board along with roger, who you heard earlier. we are g

it's been a great morning on c- span. keefe writing about unemployment benefits -- dan from wisconsin on our opposed line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i would oppose it big-time. i oppose the use of all fossil fuels. god has given us a plant called -- the hemp plant. it produces biodiesels and would positively take us off of all fossil fuels that have destroyed our oceans and our air and destroyed our earth. nobody isinsane that talking about this. because big oil and bigp-harma have created this on thisng -- war planet. it is a non-toxic vegetable that can save our planet. all this talk about oil - host: i apologize for cutting you off. that will be the last call. leave, i want to prompt you to our first ladies series which currently runs on mondays here on c-span. the topic will be laura bush monday live at 9:00 as part of the series. we had a chance to sit down and talk with the first lady personally about life in the white house and outside. she talked about living a normal life in the white house. [video cli

also on c-span radio and c-span.org. said that when i am traveling on amtrak, that i run, not walk, to the quiet car. for consumerside and it already has on some airlines -- more opportunity for data rich engagement. it will open up the market for more competitors to provide options. over the long term, less expensive for those to engage. when you look at the international ecosystem when it comes to this, i have been told about those in the business that 90% of the engagement is data only. a very small part of it is conversation. ist is also great about this it is up to the carriers, up to the airlines, to permit the type of conversation. >> fcc commissioner tonight on "the communicators." the house gavels in at noon eastern. we will have live coverage. right now, a discussion on preserving medicare advantage. from today's washington journal." host: welcome back. our guest for this segment is sam baker from medicare advantage program." thank you for being here. we are talking about the medicare advantage program. explain

c-span: two hundred thirty-one pages, not very heavy. >> guest: not very heavy, you can hold it in bed and it's easy to read. it's funny. it's a good gift book, i think. c-span: what you learn in this book is that you got tickets for these young kids to concerts in austin and you ended up writing some homework, as i remember, some papers that were due for -- is it liz? >> guest: yeah. everybody does this, i think. i do have academic friends who shy away from -- "why, you admitted that you wrote her paper." well, it was a matter of getting it done. i did pump her for the knowledge that she had, but they give a lot of homework these days, you know, and so i confess. i helped her write her papers. c-span: do your newfound family members appreciate what you've done for them? do they know what you've done for them? >> guest: i don't think we ever do. i've asked myself how many times did i say thank you to my mother. not enough. i think that they feel closer to me; they say, "i love you" now, which they certainly didn't say when they first came because they were scared, they were new, they w

on wednesday on c-span. journal" continues. lton on thebrian mou status of same-sex marriage across the united states. a busy year on this topic from virginia, utah and oklahoma. there is a story about indiana today. what is the most mythic and development in your mind? guest: taken together, these five federal judges have ruled for marriage equality, since right before christmas. it demonstrates a feed -- what a see changes happening in terms of this issue and we have dozens of more cases pending all over and i think you will keep seeing the trend building and building until finally the issue is in front of the supreme court and we have it settled. host: the latest in the last week, news out of virginia. the headline from the richmond times, they have struck down the gay marriage ban. what happened in virginia? federalhey came to court in virginia and issued a challenge to the gay marriage ban as inconsistent with the promises of the u.s. constitution and a judge agreed with them. and said the marriage ban i

at tphraonoon on c-span 2 and on c-span 3. >> one of the things that we is physical dangers think is what ys keeps me up at night when i think about what can happen next. and i wonder what your greatest a physical attack here in our country. general? >> i just would answer it by two things. on the cyber side i think an ttack against our critical infrastructure that would have potential damaging fact in our ransportation healthcare clearly financial is an area we have to pay very close attention to. energy sector. on the kinetic side there is a things that keep me up at night. attacks what ike appened in the mall in nairobi and during the boston marathon, those are the things that we have to continue to work in the intelligence community to make sure we are working as seamlessly as to share everything we the national with side but federal, state, local and travel level. -- that is really an important aspect of what we are trying to do in the community.e >> this weekend on c-span the senate armed services committee at worldwide cyber threats, terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.

examined with that as a major operating principle prosecute. >> you're watching "the communicators" on c-span. anna eshoo is our guest. she is the top democrat on the energy and communications subcommittee. ate tummarello of the hill is top reporter with that publication and they recently founsed a the congressional apps student program. what is that? >> i'm very excited about out. congressman bob good let, a republican, and myself are co-chairs of this effort. launched in the house. the seal of approval from the house administration committee because it is officially congressional. it's not an individual effort, it is a congressional effort. and the reason for it is the following -- we know looking into the future to 2020 what the demand will be in the area of stem. science, technology, engineering and math. we also can project what the shortfall will be for those jobs, those very important jobs leading out into the future. and so the decision was made that we would challenge young people, high school students, to come forward and participate in this challenge. and they will design their own

on c-span3, another senate hearing from today on state preparations for extreme weather as a snowstorm makes its way up the east coast this evening. that's all tonight on the c-span networks at 8:00 p.m. eastern. on the next "washington journal" the economic impact of the keystone xl pipeline with brigham mccown. also the co-he's of msnbc's "the cycle" talks about what to expect in president's -- president obama's sec term. and john wellen hoff will discuss the security of the u.s. electric grid. washington journal is live every day at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. >> i think every first lady brings their unique perspective to this job. if you didn't, you couldn't hi through it. to the extent that this feels natural to me, and i never would have thought that being first lady and living in the white house could feel natural, it's because i make it me. i try to bring a little bit of michelle obama into it. but at the same time respecting and valuing the tradition that is america's. >> watch our program on first lady michelle obama at our website, c-span.org/firstladies or see it on saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern. and live on monday, we conclude our series with a two-hour pro

>> today on c-span, newsmakers with senator debbie stabenow. --s is followed by state of president obama's state of the union address in the republican response. the numbers of congress from both parties respond to the state of the union and discussed the year ahead. after several years of wrangling, the house has passed a five-year farm bill. now it is up to the senate and that will be happening this week. join us on newsmakers is senator debbie step now. she is chairman of the agriculture committee. alan bjerga ofre bloomberg news and ed o'keefe of the washington post. >> you seem poised to see the passage of a piece of work for user -- several years. there was a rejection of the house last year. a lot of negotiations back and forth and it seems like with each of these bills that gets passed, there is a bigger chorus of people who say that farm subsidies are too generous. now there is criticism of the food stamp program. is this the last farm bill you see being passed this way? is the split in the house last year a foretaste of farm bill come

we'll have it live here on c-span. a live picture now at the hiatt hotel in cambridge, maryland 34d, on the eastern shore of the state where that democratic caucus retreat is being -- taking place. this room is where journalists are filing stories. we'll continue to bring you developments from the gathering. that briefing with democrat leaders this afternoon, starting at 4:00 p.m. eastern. a picture of the state of maryland and eastern shore, aim bridge, maryland, right in the lower part there, where the house democrats are meeting today. and live picture now of the u.s. capitol here in washington, the city quieted by the major snowstorm hitting most of the eastern seaboard. more snow and rain expected across the region through this afternoon. it interrupted government operations. the federal government closed today. many of the live events we planned to have for you today including a couple of congressional hearings, white house briefing, have been postponed due to the weather. the house and senate not in session for t

. >> an inside look at the kennedy administration sunday night at eight on c-span's "q&a." >> the search gifts are energy, enthusiasm, empathy, good humor, graciousness, and gratitude. four e's, three, g's. you won't believe how often i have not been able to remember that. i feel okay for governor perry, you know, how he froze in the debate when he wanted to abolish three agencies, and i've been with governor perry in an event since then, and he makes fun of himself. we have brain freezes. i do it all the time, interviewed on the television station, what are the seven gifts, and i always get six and hope they are not counting, i go energy, empathy, enthusiasm, forget encouragement, get the three g's, but i miss an e. i slide by, and no one's called me on it yet, but i'll show you each one of them. energy. if you listen to my radio show, and you can find out where it's heard if you are watching on tv, you know it's heard on ama1070 the answer or m590 the answer, or kcbq the answer in san diego, heard from hawaii to florida and alaska, down south, and if you heard it, i have fun with my pr

eastern on c-span. this weekend on c-span for the national governors association kicks off their winter meeting about live saturday morning at 10:00 in eastern, with an opening news conference. throughout the weekend with the panels on homeland security, jobs, and prescription drug abuse. and then later, on book tv, a conversation with robert edsel. elan on c-span3, real america. watch sunday at four clock p.m. over the past few months c-span has sat down with a handful of senators to get a more in-depth look at their careers, family, and time in the u.s. senate. over the next hour we will show you two of our interviews, and start with senator heidi heitkamp. >> senator heidi heitkamp, a democrat from north dakota. i want to begin with one of your campaign ads. you describe your mom as a janitor, your dad as someone who never finished high school and you are one of seven. what was that like? >> we did not think it was all that rare. back then, a lot of people in the world war ii generation did not finish

it airs on sunday nights on c-span. you can watch anytime online at c-span.org. >> last week, david cameron appeared before the u.k. joint committee on national security strategy to discuss a variety of national security issues ranging from syria to nsa revelations by edward snowden. it is made up of 22 members from both the house of commons and house of lords. a little more than an hour. >> welcome people to this afternoon session and say at once we hope and anticipate there may be a vision before 4:00. if there is, i will adjourn the committee for a few minutes. but hopefully, there will not be. welcome, prime minister. >> thank you. we have been looking forward to seeing on a quiet thursday. turns out not so quiet but you're most welcome nevertheless. as i hope you are very committed and supported against the national security strategies and national security council and we want to see if we can contribute constructively to its work. taken evidence from the members of the committee and adviser and now am very anxious

. >> this weekend on c-span, data breaches and cyber theft. lawmakers look at legislative options to secure personal data. saturday morning at 10 eastern. and on booktv, executive power during times of crisis from washington to bush. sunday evening at 7 on c-span2. and on c-span3's american history tv, travel back 150 years to see how confederate soldiers spent the winter of 1864. join civil war reenactors from the grounds of james madison's montpelier, live saturday at 11 a.m. eastern. >> one of the concluding sections of the book is, in effect, on lessons learned about war. and one of the things that you'd think people would understand would be how frequently people who advocate going to war and people who make decisions to go to war almost always are convinced the war will be short. this year we'll celebrate the centenary of world war i which is a classic example of where everybody thought the war would be over by october or november 1914. problem many iraq in particular -- the problem in iraq in particular, and it's really true both in iraq

eastern on c-span. a.m. eastern on c-span. >> here they are, closing in on me. when i went through survival school, they taught us that the people who cap sure are probably the least trained to capture p.o.w.'s and maintain them. your best chance to escape is right then. i thought, these are rookies. three rounounds and ds. i went like this, get away. i fired a round of that tracer over their head. they did not flinch. they just raised their rifles like this. one of them reached in his pocket and pulled out [indiscernible] it had drawings on one side and vietnamese semantics -- phonetics on the other side. the drawing show them capturing an american pilot. said, surrender. no die. hands up. hands up. here i am, facing about nine long guns staring at me. i decide that's probably the best advice i'm going to get that day. >> former air force pilot and vietnam pow lee ellis sunday "q&a."t 8:00 on >> next, the results of a poll by the siena research institute. we discussed the results with the institute's director, don levy. >> for the fifth time since 1982, the sie

eastern on c-span. online attch any time c-span.org. tomorrow we will have live of the heritage foundation conservative pills summit in washington, d.c. republican lawmakers are expected to take part that will focus on a number of issues digital privacy, healthcare and education. ou can watch the summit on c-span 3 beginning at 9:30 a.m. eastern and comment on the event by facebook and twitter. just use the hash tag c-span chat. next david cameron speaks about separation otential from the united kingdom. a referendum is scheduled in eptember for scotland citizens to decide whether or not to remain part of the u.k. elizabeth om queen employment park he spoke against the idea highlighting the conomic and political implications of a potential separation. >> thank you for that introduction. thank glasgow for kohorsting this event. is a fantastic forward looking university and we are grateful for your support today. as we are to the lee valley park or hosting us in this magnificent space. less than two years ago this was a ca of excitement. a

time really and a lot of growing up to come backc6bt8 >> first lady laura bush, monday c-span and c-span three also onl be taking a look directors of state healthcare y5'c @&c"p% that points out some of the politics surrounding the healthcare law that headline, glitches and state exchanges n+í like hawaii,sk% oregon. now that discussion on state healthcare exchanges hosted by the robert wood johnson foundation. >> good morning and welcome to our robert wood johnson foundation sponsored health reporters round table. today m our topic is where are h now, the state of health reporters roundtable. today our topic is where enrollment. i'm susan denser senior policy advisor to the foundation. i wantnc to brieflyrç introdue today. her colleague brett thompson who runs communication, both of them will be available at the end of the briefing today ton answer questions. today marks the end of the fourth full month, the 123rd day to be exact, not that counting, of the health insurance marketplaces or exchanges created under the affordable care act. as we all know the start up phase was very yrvox for the i f

eastern on c-span 2 or next sunday at 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight eastern time on c-span. >> coming up next, c-span's american profile series featuring two interviews from capitol hill. north dakota senator heidi hike can and south dakota this -- south dakota senator john thune. then, a discussion about security at the olympic games. >> next a conversation with heidi heitkamp.