live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. voters in afghanistan go to the polls on friday to elect a new president. tomorrow, we will hear about the election from retired general john allen, a former commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan. he will talk about the planned drawdown of u.s. troops. you can watch live coverage on c-span beginning at 10:00 eastern. also, a look at improving the management of federal government agencies at a hearing by the center -- senate governmental affairs committee. live coverage begins at 3:00 eastern on c-span. >> two weeks after the burglary, i received a large envelope at the "washington post." it had a return address of liberty publications in pennsylvania. it did not mean anything to me but was intriguing. inside was a cover letter from the citizens commission to investigate the fbi. that is the name the burglars game used -- gave each other. likethey wrote sounded something a commission appointed by a president or attorney general might say. they described the fact they had burglarized a

c-span: '73, but--and '74--so the time changed on this. were you still allowed to go inside at that--those years? >> guest: inside where? c-span: inside the white house? >> guest: oh, yes. i had press credentials that i still have, and that i--i can go into any event that the regular press can go into. c-span: but--but did you have special access after the--how--how long did you have special access to the president? >> guest: oh, for two years. for--actually, for nine months that spanned the--1970 and 1971. but i had finished this first project, which was inside the white house. allan drury wrote the text for a book called "courage and hesitation" that was published. the--a year later, when the committee to re-elect the president was formed, became the next important section that i photographed. c-span: and here's a picture of rob odle and one of the workers on the committee to re-elect the president, rob odle there on the left. when was this taken? >> guest: this was taken in 1972. it was--rob odle was in charge of personnel, and he knew e

. >> part of american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >> tomorrow on c-span 3, transportation secretary anthony fox will talk about transportation issues at the american public transportation association. we will bring you that conference live starting with the secretary's response at 9:00 a.m. in the afternoon, discussions about funding, investment, public transportation all starting at 1:45 eastern. we will have those on c-span 3. >> c-span, we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, readings and conferences and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house. .ll as a public service we are c-span, created by the cable industry 33 years ago and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us in hd. like this on facebook. and follow us on twitter. students 2014 can is complete. the grand prize entry comes from a team of high school students from long beach california. here is more about them as well as the other winners and information about our annual contest. is -- 355 e

eastern on c-span next, theup communicators would republican presented of joe barton. after that, the security council meeting. an event recognizing the fifth anniversary of the tea party movement. >> c-span, grated by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you by a public service by your television provider. >> revisited of joe barton -- representative joe barton joins us this week on "the communicators" to talk about some of the telecommunications issues facing congress and the fcc. congressman, if we could start with a couple the issues in the last week or so. i want to get your thoughts on the comcast and time warner cable merger and whether or not congress will end up playing a role in that. >> we haven't had a chance to study it that much. i think we will have a hearing on it. on the surface of it, i would think that congress would be generally receptive. we will look into local issues where there is a market dominance disproportionate shared concentration. i think overall we would tend to be receptive. >> tom wheeler's comments regarding the net n

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

the headlines, your calls, facebook comments, live starting at seven :00 on c-span. we will be live tomorrow from the center of american progress with a look at afghan elections with bob casey. those elections are about a month away. he will be talking about the drawdown of u.s. forces. at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. a criminalt have investigation role. we have an enforcement role. we enforce the federal securities laws to make sure wall street abides by the rules. we also write the rules, by the way, for wall street. we do not have the criminal authority. we have the power to bring civil action, civil fraud action and negligence actions against those who violate the federal securities laws. we cannot send them right to jail, but we can assess civil penalties. is not asof penalties high as we would like it to be. commitrequire those who wrongdoing stooges scorch their ill-gotten gains. have the power to bar somebody from the securities industry so they cannot live another day to defraud again. >> mary jo white, tonight at 8:00 on c-span q&a. >> the three elements

and american history tv look at the history and literary life of florida state capitol tallahassee on c-span 2 and 3. >> when i went to germany, and i went through a lot of different archives i was fascinated reading some of these original transcripts of these scientists. and these are sort of 70-page documents which show in a very subtle way how this program began. so you have these military intelligence officers learning about hitler's nerve agent programs that we did not know about. learning about hitler's biological weapon programs that we did not know about. interviewing the scientists an trying to find out all that we can, but also you see decisions being made and that real decision comes down no to this, should this scientist be hanged? or should this scientist be hired? >> you can watch this and a other programs online at book tv.org. >> here's a look at some of the best selling non fiction books according to "new york times." malcolm has the list with david and goliath followed by duty with robert gates. book tv covered talks by both be of the authors you can see them online at book

eastern on c-span. c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you today as a public service by your television provider. >> david cohen is the executive vice president of the comcast corporation. he is our guest this week on "the communicators." when it comes to the comcast -time warner cable proposed merger, what's the biggest hurdle that you see facing comcast? >guest: what a surprise we shoud start with that question. obviously, we are going to have a serious governmental review of the transaction. but i'll be honest with you, i think the transaction is a lot less scary, a lot

eastern on c-span 2. over on c-span 3, the brookings institution looks at the future of nato with secretary general. live coverage at 2:30 p.m. eastern. the health care program is going to continue and is not going to go anywhere. if we do not deal with the issue of innovation, all of those findings that occur at the , as long as wel do not understand disease and how to treat or cure them, there is no point in talking about the solution of health care problems. coverage isance what is going to provide health insurance. when it comes to drugs, when it comes to premiums, when it comes to subsidies, where are the subsidies going to come from? from taxpayer's money. people are not going to get dollars out of trees. people have to pay for that. there is a limit. is the science of limitations. if we do not deal with that, with a better system of working on invention, understanding how we can take care of our own health, then there is no point in just having health insurance. is going to happen is what happens in

book tv tomorrow night on c-span 2. cused on making sure we can eliminate barriers to getting build networks in a place. networksout of these are our priority. sometimes they are local site issues and sometimes federal wills that might affect how we deploy things are what the lighting might be or impact on sites or environment. want to make sure we are sensitive to those issues and make sure we move forward on employment. our customers, those will use these devices every day in their lives, they depend on having a good, strong connection and getting want when they want it and what ever they want and. having a robust wireless network. >> of the wireless infrastructure on the communicators on c-span 2. >> a discussion about the democratic party's campaign brothers.e koch this is 35 minutes. host: we want to welcome dave levinthal the political writer for the center of public integrity, your work available online at public integrity.org. i want to begin with the comments of harry reid, this has been an almost daily speech d

good morning, you are on c-span. caller: thank god for c-span. thing -- president obama and joe biden are the best things since sliced bread. i would love to see a ticket out of the democratic party with hillary and elizabeth warren on there. come inlike to see them here and clean up wall street and get this stuff back on track. we have lost all our tax money on wall street. we battered be getting someone -- we better be getting someone to put regulations on the bankers. and leave mainstream bankers alone. thank you. belt: republican spin weak la on obama but failed to offer ideas. a cautious approach when it comes to crimea and the ukraine. the headline in that article. this is from "usa today." pentagon reads putin's lips and rest of body. studying the body movements of world leaders to predict their actions and guide policy. u.s. policymakers try to anticipate actions by putin, who has ordered troops into ukraine and laid claim to the crimean peninsula coming leading to sanctions against russia. back to the body leads project. the office has b

>> guest: he's the one on the left, with the--with the glasses. c-span: in the front or in the back? >> guest: i'm sorry--in the--the one with the glasses in the front. c-span: ok. >> guest: and that picture shows him on his--leaving the tydings committee hearing room after he had testified against--against mccarthy, and you can see mccarthy, if you look at the four figures there, that quartet in the foreground, mccarthy's the one on the upper right. c-span: you mentioned tydings. who was he? >> guest: jo--miller tydings--not joe tydings--miller tydings was a senator from maryland, and he headed the special senate committee that was set up to investigate mccarthy's charges against the state department, and they came out with a report that basically exonerated all of the figures who mccarthy had named as being either communists or communist sympathizers, including owen lattimore, including john stewart service. mccarthy accused tydings and the democrats who controlled the committee of conducting a whitewash, of using it for partisan purposes, and i think

i want to say to people perhaps watching this on c-span or others, the reason i'm so grateful for the senator from rhode island, because, you know, i've been here, again, for a little over four months but the senator from rhode island is -- and forgive me if this sounds in any way disrespectful to say it this way -- but i almost think that the senator from rhode island reminds me of that movie "shawshank redemption." and i say that because one of my favorite parts of this movement -- i'm reminded that morgan freeman and the main character of the movie wanted to get a library for the -- for the prison and, frankly, that they -- their strategy was every single day to send a letter. and the reason why i have a tremendous respect for you is because you have been relentless, to my knowledge, in

your on c-span. -- you're on c-span. -- here on c-span. >> annie oakley can be considered to be the firstan female superstar. she was an entertainer. she was discovered when frank butler, and next submission shooter, was traveling count down. he always challenge the best shooters of the town he went to to shooting contest. at one town they brought out this 15-year-old girl and they shot side-by-side and she actually beat him. one year later they married and at that time they traveled as exhibition shooters. she became the star, little the sure shot. this is a beautiful shot with an inlaid plaque on the side. -- too little missy, from colonel cody. of course, that is buffalo bill. from the date and location we occasion of this presentation. at that time she was touring with the wild west show in london and europe and she had run out of gunpowder for her shot shells, so buffalo bill lend her some of his outer of a different type and it blew up her shotgun. it may have been and i'm sorry i blew up your shotgun gift from buffalo bill to annie oakley. >> more from the national firearms museum,

here are the programs that can be heard on c-span radio heard nationwide on xm channel 120. ncy callow is in the c-span radio studios. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. on today's tv talk shows the topics will include more on the situation in crimea as they go to the polls today. cia spying in congress, the missing malaysian airliner, and politics this year's election. you can hear rebroadcasts of the programs beginning at noon eastern with nbc's "meet the press." today's guest include dan pfeiffer, dick durbin, and republican senator jeff flake. up at 1:00 it is abc's "this week." with peter king of new york, democratic senator chris murphy of connecticut. on "fox news sunday until michael mccaul, chairman of the homeland security committee, and the chairman of the foreign relations committee bob menendez. cnn's "state of the union" follows with john mccain republican national committee chairman ryan priebus, and commander william marks, spokesman of the navy's seventh fleet involved in the search for that missing malaysian airliner. mike rogers, chairman of the h

eastern on c-span. c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you today as a public service by your television provider. >> david cohen is the executive vice president of the comcast corporation. he is our guest this week on "the communicators." when it comes to the comcast -time warner cable proposed merger, what's the biggest hurdle that you see facing comcast? >guest: what a surprise we shoud start with that question. obviously, we are going to have a serious governmental review of the transaction. but i'll be honest with you, i think the transaction is a lot less scary, a lot less large and a lot less complicated than some people would like to make it. so when you think about it in the video space, it is not a horizontal deal. we do not compete with time warner cable anywhere. there is not a consumer in america who has a choice between buying comcast products or time warner cable products. at the end of the day, we're are going to have under 30% of the market. so not sc

eastern on c-span two. also live today on c-span two, discussion on the role women play in national security issues. air force secretary debra lee jennings will participate in the conversation hosted by the group women in international security and it's that 1:30 p.m. on c-span, we're live later today with a look at u.s.-china relations covering several issues including sports and cultural diplomacy. that panel the to the former nba player yao ming and the former nba commissioner that starts at 2 p.m. eastern on c-span. in scene earlier this week washington, snow tuesday earlier this week, in front of the supreme court as the court heard to religious liberty cases. supporters and opponents were in front of the court and heard the vsument in the case sibelius hobby lobby which call -- which dealt with country septic coverage inalso live today on c, discussion on the role women the national health care plan and a decision is expected later this year. we will have those oral arguments for you in their entirety

you can watch the senate live on c-span two. e conservative political action conference wrapped up its meeting this weekend and they cast their votes for rand paul. thee was a discussion on crisis in ukraine moderated by the former under secretary of state paula dobrianski. [applause] >> good afternoon. good afternoon, everyone. we will spend some time focusing on the crisis in ukraine. i want to take a minute and give you a little bit of context as to what is happening. action conference wrapped up its meeting this weekend and they cast their votes for rand paulu. in november of last year, then president yanukovych turned down the opportunity to become associated with the european union. that association would have resulted in economic reforms and political change in ukraine. ukraine is in dire economic straits. could make a real difference and its way forward. as a result of his unwillingness to find that association, protests, massive protests took out on the streets inkiev and throughout ukraine. people were protesting and pu

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eastern on c-span. later in the afternoon on life -- our live coverage continues with secretary of state john kerry and new york senator john schumer, beginning at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three. >> next, the future of u.s.-afghanistan relations. speakers include former special representative for afghanistan marc grossman. this is hosted by the u.s. institute of peace. this panel is one hour and 10 minutes. welcome on behalf of u.s. ip. i would like to thank all of you for coming, and our distinguished guests. we also want to thank our panelists for this first panel which is titled "the united states and afghanistan, the longview. view.the long -- the longview." given policy relations of late, there is lots of focus on the security transition and the upcoming political transition in 2014 in particular. i do think in terms of the current discourse in washington, talking about life beyond 2014 is taking a long view. i think that one of the objectives for today is to try to look at future relations betwe

you can watch live coverage of the house on c-span and the senate on c-span2. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you today as a public service by your televisioning provider. television provider. >> host: and joining us this week on "the communicators" is the chairwoman of the federal trade commission, edith ramirez, thanks for being with us, we appreciate it. what, when it comes to telecommunications, what's the ftc's responsibility in that area? >> guest: well, peter, let me just start off by thanking you to have me on the show, it's great to have an opportunity to talk about the important work of the federal trade commission. and before with i turn to your question, let me just explain that we at federal trade commission have a dual mission which is to protect american consumer ands to promote competition, and we do that in a couple of different ways, main ways. the first is that we are a civil law enforcement agency, so we bring lawsuits against companies that engage in unfair or deceptive acts or practices or engage in unfair be methods of competi

eastern on c-span two on "the communicators." >> on wednesday, the prime minister said the referendumin could was not legal and not be legitimized by the international community. he warned that more sanctions would be put into place. answered minister also questions about mental health care, unemployment figures, and childcare policy. this is just over 30 minutes. >> questions to the prime minister. gillan.ryl >> thank you, mr. speaker. i am sure that the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to tony benn, who died last week. he made many memorable speeches in this house, and alongside a record of ministerial, parliamentary and public service, he was also a great writer, a great diarist and a great campaigner, no matter whether one agreed with his views or not. missed by both sides of this house and our thoughts are with the right honorable member and other members of his family at this time. i'm sure the house would also join ming tribute to the pgb paralympic team following great success at the sochi games. kenny gallagher won our first ever gold medal at the paralympic

eastern on c-span.collects today's young adults -- >> today's young adults were coming up in the world. they are paying money into a system to support a level of benefits for today's retirees that they have no realistic chance of getting themselves. there needs to be a rebalancing of the social compact. it is a very important and because notallenge only is social security and medicare half of our budget, it is the biggest thing we do. the purestlically statement in public policy that as a country we are a community all in this together. these are programs that affect everybody. paul taylor on the looming generational showdown tonight at 10 a.m. -- 10 p.m. eastern. in a few weeks, your chance to talk with military strategist and former assistant defense secretary dean west. he will take your calls, comments, and tweets on the middle east and afghanistan. book tv, every weekend on c-span 2. join the discussion of the new biography. look for the book club tab on booktv.org. >> the cover station with suprem

one of my sources. i am so happy that i can watch c-span on my ipad. i did away with cable maybe four years ago. host: really, so you just get us to the ipad? caller: i've had to go without c-span and washington journal and now i can watch "washington journal" on my ipad. i can get all my news with the various news sites. host: what are your favorite news sites, dan? what do you go to daily? caller: i have a special search query on google news. then i go to the english version of the german magazine "der spiegel." i will go to the state newspaper in south carolina. sometimes i will go to al jazeera. i like to read the russia times. it is interesting. the russia times america section covers a lot of stories that are not picked up at all by the western press is. you get different perspectives on news that way. host: thank you for calling in this morning. here is a little bit more from the study put out by the media insight project. next call comes from maxine in new york city. you are on "washington journal." how do you get your news? caller: usually it is c-span, but lately it has been msnbc. a lo

. >> coming up on c-span, kaptur. ative marcy remarks by attorney general eric holder on reducing prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. on the next "washington a discussion of a plan to eliminate freddie mae and fannie mac and replace them with the new federal regulator. rob woodall.essman "washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. tom vill sack is on the hill on friday. the budget calls for $22.2 billion in funding. you can see this hearing live starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span three. what are the unique challenges in defining the war in cyberspace? >> clearly, from a policy perspective, we're still trying to work our way through those issues. whatever we do within the cyber arena, international law will pertain. if we find ourselves getting to a point where we believe that cyber is taking us down an armed conflict scenario, the rules and law of armed conflict will pertain as much in this domain as it does in any other.

. >> next on c-span, the 24 team -- 2014 midterm elections. first, debbie wasserman schultz at the national press club. federal reserve talkshairman alice rivlin about the economy and the health care law. >> the problem is this bacteria whatcoming consistent to we have now. tb is one of the examples. gonorrhea is another example. we have new strains of tb which are completely persistent to the most antibiotics. the other problem is there is not enough interest on the pharmaceutical industry to develop antibiotics. we need to make this a global effort to work on this. ofre should be a great deal collaboration with the developed world and the developing world. ,> the future of health care tonight at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. next, representative debbie wasserman schultz. she talks about the democratic agenda going forward. this is half an hour. >> thank you for being here today. exactly a year ago, after losing up and on the ballot in 2012, the rnc chairman stood in this building and unrevealed what has been known as the autopsy report. they admitte

you can join in on the conversation by giving us a phone call at -- we welcome our listeners on c-spanadio. you can also send us a tweet or join in on the conversation at facebook.com/cspan, or send us an e-mail to journal@c-span.org . withresident is meeting pope francis at the vatican. we will have more on that coming up later this hour. this story inside "the new york times closed quote puts into perspective what the u.s. and nato are facing. times" put into perspective what the u.s. and nato are facing -- that is this morning from inside "the new york times." "the washington post" is out with a new ap poll. the nation come about 59% of americans disapprove of the president's handling of the nation. disapprove of the situation in ukraine -- of the way he handled the situation in ukraine. with a dutch newspaper to outline what he thinks needs to come about from this week. here's a quote from the president. he said -- here's some more from the president yesterday in brussels. [video clip] >> if we defined our interests narrowly, if we applied a coldhearted calculus we may ourde to loo

"the communicators" on c-span 2. >> william burns was on capitol hill monday to discuss the u.s.-russian relations. he testified for about two hours, 20 minutes. >> this hearing will come to order. let me thank deputy secretary of . ate burns for coming this was planned obviously well before the current state of events, understanding the schedule. of your we appreciate your still being with us here today, as well as our panelists for being willing to provide your perspective of the increasingly violent situation in syria and the russian intervention in ukraine. as a caution ri note, we have a vote taking place at 11:20, so we may pause to take that vote. to the increasing threat of violence across syria's borders, into lebanon and iraq. of great concern is the proliferation of al-qaeda splinter groups and the increasingly sec tarne rhetoric that offers -- sectarian rhetoric. it opens the door for an iranian to ored terrorist network justify their presence as a protector of the siah's while antagonizing russian's sovere

me stern on c-span. e all the winning documentaries online. >> on thursday, the house and senate passed bills that would provide $1 billion in loan guarantees to ukraine and impose sanctions on russia. there are differences between the bills. those need to be reconciled before a final measure is sent to the president. here is the house floor debate on the ukraine bill. it is about 50 minutes. recognized. mr. royce: mr. speaker, president vladimir putin's decision to forcibly annex crimea was based on his calculation that the price would be bearable. now, in fact, russia is susceptible to pressure. 70% of all the exports of russia are from oil and gas. 52% of the budget that goes to the power behind mr. putin's military and his government comes from that monopoly pricing on natural gas. that supplies the budget for russia. that is what gives him the power to manipulate the situation, the monopoly over gas that he has in eastern europe with respect to ukraine. if we want to check aggression from russia, we

"washington journal" live here on c-span. tonight here on c-span remarks from bob casey on the u.s. role in afghanistan. he currently serves as chairman of the foreign relations committee on central affairs. he spoke earlier today at an event hosted by the center for american progress. >> if more than one entity manages the key identifiers of nature thet, then by internet will not be in that. at the heart of it is the domain system. and there is the services system. appreciate that there is an actual root system. resolved to make sure that when you type c-span.org or any other website name you go to the exact site that c-span1 to to go to every time for the last few decades. >> that is on the communicators tonight on c-span three. >> speaking of the special senate conversation is happening out. dangerous path. they see that we, our country and our congress, must change. so this is where we start, a moment of great peril for massachusetts, for america, for the world, but also a >> secretary carney discuss the climate change issues. good afternoon, everyone. thank you for being your.

eastern on c-span 2. next, q&a with rel on herginia post book followed by question time with british prime minister david cameron and the future of afghanistan with the state department special representative for the region. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," bloomberg columnist and author virginia postrel discusses her book, "the power of glamour: longing and the art of visual persuasion." >> virginia postrel, author of "the power of glamour," in history, from your perspective, which political figure is the most glamorous? >> wow, that is a really hard question. alexander the great is a

these are on c-span radio and they are brought to you as a public service i the networks and c-span. three broadcast will begin at press,"h "meet the followed by "this week." 3:00, "state of the union." 4:00, "face the nation." listen to them all on c-span radio. across the country, on ask m satellite radio channel 120. you can download our free app or listen online. with yourontinue calls and comments on the situation in ukraine. what is next for the u.s.? joining us live on the phone is with the is in crimea very latest. the wall street journal is available online, indicating that russia is extending its reach across the region. think you very much for being with us. guest: no problem. host: we have heard from ukrainian leaders that this is a declaration of war. give us your perspective? guest: what we have seen over hours is a-48 consolidation of control by russian forces in crimea, which is near the black sea. there is a lot of pro-russia sentiment because it is dominated by them. host: you or in the capital of crimea. ofhave seen these pictures russian flags showing up outside of

on c-span. >> we do not have a criminal investigation role. we have a vast enforcement role. one of the most critical things, to make sure wall street abides by the rules. have the criminal authority. we have the power to bring the approval of our commission civil actions and civil fraud actions against those who violate the federal securities laws. penalties.ss civil our level of penalties isn't as high as we would like it to be. there is legislation in congress to set higher penalties. you can require those who commit -- and we have the power to bar somebody from the securities industry so they cannot live another day to defraud again. >> mary jo white sunday night at 8:00 on c-span q&a. >> president obama urged congress to raise the federal minimum wage to didn't dollars and $.10 an hour. in the republican address, rob portman calls about the land to improve the economy. >> hi everybody. i travel to new england where i was joined by four governors who are working to raise the minimum wage in each of their states. they join me to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. ame

eastern on c-span three. he office of management and budget director burwell, who you will see on c-span in a bit, will be before the house budget committee at 2:00 p.m. congressman paul ryan chairing the committee. esther day, he released a republican version of the budget ahead of the president's plan. the 2015 budget will be posted shortly at c-span.org. >> the new website gives you access to an incredible library of political events, is more added each day through nonstop coverage of national politics, history, and nonfiction books. coverage, or daily access more than 200,000 hours of archived c-span video, everything c-span has covered since 1987. our video is all searchable and viewable on our desktop computer, tablet, or smartphone. to look for the prominent search bar at the top of each page. makes it easy.org to watch what is happening today in washington, and find people and events from the past 25 years. it is the most comprehensive video library in politics. >> yesterday's house session was snowed

you can watch that tonight at nine: 30 eastern time here on c-span. u can listen to it on c-span radio. the meeting with pope francis on thursday as part of a weeklong trip to europe that includes the netherlands and belgium. one note about pope francis, and this is from the website -- saying it iser with reverence and admiration that -- "pope francis has inspired millions of americans with his pastoral manner and servant leadership." that from speaker john boehner and his invitation to invite the posts -- and his invitation for the pope to join a session of congress. the a list of the most influential leaders in the world, pope francis was named bill clinton was ranked number five. the piece is available online. she is head of the -- our guest on newsmakers is the head up insurance and america's health insurance plans. our speculation is to whether or not the administration will receive the numbers it expects in order for the law to be sustainable. march 31 is the deadline to sign up. the president try to encourage young people to sign up online. here

you can watch the markup on c-span three. more on the u.s. economy, the republican party, and russia with former senate committee atlanticd gray at the -- judd gregg at the atlantic council. the honorable judd gregg, former governor of new hampshire as well as former chairman of the u.s. senate and budget committee. he will speak with michael hirsch, who is a national correspondent from "the national journal." please welcome them. [applause] >> you have been known for a long time as a master of the numbers. >> i think you just had the master of the numbers here. >> the other part of the capital, the hill part. these people have been getting numbers all day long. i want to start out with a purely political question. wrotee one of those who last september that the republican party was in danger of failing abysmally because of what you call the self-promotional babble of a few in and forcing the government shutdown. we have now been through that and it appears the came toof the party share your view to some extent in terms of resolving those iss

ail especially on those early days, charm.this >> defining and using glamour, sunday night at 8:00 on c-span "q and a." tonight on c-span, president obama's remarks about the tensions between ukraine and russia followed by the human response from the ukrainian, russian, and u.s. ambassadors to the human and others. ousted ukrainian president talks about his presidency and leaving the ukraine at a news conference in russia. >> good afternoon, everybody. over the last several days, the united states has been responding to events as they have unfolded in the ukraine. through this crisis, we have been very clear about one fundamental principle. the ukrainian people deserve the opportunity to determine their own future. together with our european allies, we have urged an end to the violence and encourage ukrainians to pursue a course to forge a broad-based government and move to elections this spring. i also spoke with president putin.

have a number of live events today on the c-span networks. n c-span for heritage foundation will be hosting a forum on the federal reserve 100 years after it was created. a former vice president of the federal reserve bank of atlanta, and heritage specials are among the speakers but that would be like at 1 p.m. eastern on c-span. at 2:30 p.m. the new fed chair janet yellen will hold her first news conference since taking over from ben bernanke. she's expected to talk about fed monetary policy. that conference will be live on c-span starting again at 2:30 p.m. coming about five also on c-span, the center for strategic and international studies associate form on russia. cbs bob schieffer, former national security advisor will all share their views about russian intervention in ukraine and crimea's vote to join russia. again that is at 5 p.m. at 2:30 p.m. on c-span3, secretary-general and his restless and we'll talk about the future of that security organization. against that will be on c-span3 today. all of these life events coming up on the c-s

weekend, 48ery hours on c-span twos and 48 hours on c-span three, booktv and american history tv. c-span2 and c-span3. ui for being with us. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. march 21, 2014. i hereby appoint the honorable luke messer to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. you have blessed us with all good gifts and with thankful hearts we express our gratitude. as the hope of a delayed spring lifts the spirits of all working at the capitol, we ask your blessing upon those in our world facing difficult and uncertain futures, most especially in crimea and venezuela, as well as other chronically suffering communities. in this moment of prayer please grant to the members of this people's house as they meet with th

eastern on c-span. transaction is a lot less scary and a lot less large and a lot less complicated than some people would like to make it. in the videot it space, this is not a horizontal deal. there is not a consumer in america who has a choice between buying comcast products or time .arner cable products at the end of the day we will have under 30% of the market. not particularly scary. there's one thing that is appropriate to think about and to discuss, it is the implications on the broadband side. i think there is a very good story there as well. lots of procompetitive impacts, proconsumer impacts from the transaction as a result of increased scale and investment. not a very scary story when you look at market share. it is something less than 40% of the wireline broadband share. if you factor in wireless, and i think it is indisputable today, that wireless is certainly beginning to be an effective competitor and substitute for at least many uses of broadband, market share is that least 20%. national

. >> the future of health care tonight at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." this morning, max boot, author of "invisible armies," and david ndelman discussed the situation of ukraine and crimea and held the u.s. should respond. and "wall street journal" reporter gautham nagesh talks about the internet governance. and later, mark dombroff talks about the interval database system in which countries use it. as always, we will be taking your calls and you can join the conversation with facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is next. ♪ good morning. members of congress returning to washington this week. the number of cabinet onretaries set to testify capitol hill, secretary is on the senate foreign relations committee. on thursday jenny mccarthy takes questions from the house financial services subcommittee. it is march 23. the president departs for a weeklong trip later today that will begin in the netherlands and will include a visit to belgium and saudi arabia. then he will have his first meeting with pope francis as the pope welcomes him to the

you can watch those speeches live on c-span to this morning. we are opening up our phones to get your take on that climate change talk-athon that features 30 democratic senators so far. richard blumenthal of connecticut is on the floor right now. did you watch any of the marathon session in the senate? do think it will have an impact when it comes to how the government considers the issue of climate change echo give us a call. our phone lines are open. if you are outside the u.s. -- you can also catch up with us on all of your favorite social media pages on twitter and facebook. a very good tuesday morning to you. that all-night session continuing this hour on the senate floor to talk about the issue of climate change. we will be talking about it with you, our viewers, this morning. we will talk about what is happening the floor and where the senators are hoping to go from here. host: who organized his all-night session and what is the goal of it this morning? guest: the senator from hawaii. the cochairs of the climate action task force were als

"washington journal" is live on c-span everyday day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. live events to tell you about today here on c-span. a speech by the wisconsin lieutenant governor at the heritage foundation at noon eastern. she is focusing on her state's economy and jobs. president obama talks about when women -- about women and the economy at the valencia college in orlando, florida. today's young adults, the millennial's, who are having a lot of trouble getting started as they come of age in this economy, they are paying money into a system to support a level of benefits for today's retirees that they have no realistic chance of getting when they themselves retire. there needs to be a rebalancing of the social compact. it it's a very important challenge, a very difficult --llenge for the scum tree for this country politically. it is symbolically the purest statement and public policy that we are a community all in this together. these are programs that affect everybody. the old math of these programs does not

booktv, every weekend on c-span 2. also this month, join the online discussion on the new biography of stokely carmichael. look for the book tv tab. "washington journal," a look at the role of nato in the russian intervention in ukraine. we are joined by olivier know f or a discussion on the history of american presidents personally reaching out to other world leaders during a time of crisis. with janet yellen providing over her first fed meeting today, we talked with a "wall street journal" reporter. live on c-span every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. right now, a conversation from this morning's washington journal on the fund-raising operation of a potential hillary clinton presidential campaign. host: joining us is mark halperin. senior political analyst for msnbc. thanks for joining us. guest: great to be here. thank you. host: we invite you on this morning to talk about the recent "time" magazine -- the not very quiet campaign for hillary clinton. give us background on what this is about. guest: this is one of the s

you can see that live on c-span 3 starting today at 2:30. back to our calls on this announced a lay for some people having trouble signing up on healthcare.gov. a short delay announced. xander, hello. caller: hello. i am so sorry to circle back to the health care decision. i wanted to give a point that has not been talked about before. i am a 20 five-year-old, turning 26. i'm still on my parent self care. and now with my birthday coming up i am going to have to switch over to the health care plan. i'm a democrat, obviously. just hearing all of the different issues that people have been having has kind of raised some concern with what i'm going to have to be dealing with in the next couple of months and everything. a, i am a small guy. there are health issues involved with that. host: his caustic concern? -- his cost a concern? caller:i have a small penis -- host: eric, democrats line. caller: i am not worried about it. i want to talk about the health care issue. ted cruz was born on socialized medicine in canada. these are the same people com

the communicators at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. >> this week on "q&a," the chairman of the securities and exchange commission mary jo white. talks about her life and career and the agency she has supervised since 2013. >> mary jo white, why did you even consider being the chairman of the securities and exchange commission? >> great question. it is a wonderful agency. i was the attorney general in new york, worked very closely with sec. professional staff, totally dedicated. they mean so much to our lives. to our markets. and it is public service. nothing motivates like public service, particularly at this level, the sec. >> for someone who has no idea where it is, what it does, tell us. >> sec has about 4000 employees. its mission is to protect investors, which creates jobs. keep our capital markets fair and orderly and efficient. it has a vast array of responsibilities. the sec oversees about 11,000 investment advisors, brokers who also advise. we oversee the exchanges. we are kind of everywhere that we can be to protect our capital markets and investors. >> but you do not

book tv, every weekend on c-span 2. >> washington journal continues. host: kevin bogardus covers lobbying issues for "the hill" newspaper. with all of the international controversy on the russian lookingin crimea, he is at what it means for the c suite. lobbyists include this huge public-relations firm named ketchum. russia also has some lobbying representation. another firm has a subcontract to represent the russian federation. ketchum represents the big state owned oil and gas company in russia. they have another subcontractor as well. how they are negotiating the sanctions is they have not really been sanctioned themselves, yet. the obama administration has started out with these small round of sanctions, targeting individuals and smaller companies, not necessarily sanctioning the whole russian government yet. himhat ever happens, catch lobby shopsnd the will have something to worry about. they could negotiate and they could find a way to represent russia if the russian government ends up getting sanctioned itself. you could seek a license from the t

c-span: you spent a lot of time on--not a lot of time, you spent a chapter on television... >> guest: right. c-span: ... and media and the water cooler effect. what's that? >> guest: well, the water cooler effect. people say that if--you know, we all watched "survivor," we can get together around the water cooler and that's--that's almost as good connections as--as if we, you know, were--were connecting over the back fence. but i don't find any evidence that that's true, actually. i think that enter -- entertainment television, especially commercial entertainment television, is really lethal for civic connection. i always have to phrase the point carefully when i'm talking about television to say commercial entertainment television, because i know from news statistics, the watchers of c-span and--and--and some of the other news programs are among the--the most civic people in the america. they're also on average older than the rest of americans. and there--that's--there--they represent really civic america. but, unfortunately, that's not the--most people in america don't watch those s