>> 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 for an increase in the minimum wage. what is your response to the cbo 's report? >> we believe the report has some validity. if you read it and little it little-- if you read it bit closer, it would increase employment by 900,000, a difference of 400,000 give or take. we believe emphatically that we should do whatever it takes to increase employment in our communities. for african-americans committee the on implement rate is six percent, and is double th

>> we do not negotiate about paying bills. >> watch all of the interview on "newsmakers," sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. next, the chair of the white house council of economic advisors provides a look at the economy for the year ahead. speaking with reporters at the christian science monitor breakfast for about an hour. >> he was someone who grew in the office. from the bayburned of pigs experience. he listened to the experts. the cia, the joint chiefs of staff. and he went to see charles de france, may/june of 1951. charles de gaulle said to him, " you should surround yourself with the smallest possible to them, hear what they have to say, but at the end of the day, you have to make up your own mind. and kennedy remembered what harry truman had said, "the buck stops here." pigs heafter the bay of was absolutely determined to make up his own mind, here with the experts had to say, weigh what they were telling him, but at the end of the day he was going to make the judgment and he was the responsible party. and you see that. that was abundantly clear when tho

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>> 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

thank you for being on "newsmakers." [captioning performed by national captioning institute] myself as much time as i [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] this is about 10 minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. my colleagues, this has been a long and seemingly epic journey that the house agriculture committee has been upon. mr. peterson, myself, our colleagues literally three years -- actually four when you consider the beginning hearings under then chairman peterson, to start this process. we have all discussed the details. we'll discuss the details more in greater length in just a moment on this final conference report that reflects the net result of both the senate and house work. but i would say this, whatever your feelings might be about the policy issues involved within the bill, understand this formal conference that's now come to a conclusion, soon i hope to be tified by the body, reflects at the committee level, at the floor level in the house, and i think in the conference level how legislation

it deadlyw, abenowng now -- debbie st is our guest on "newsmakers." at can watch the interview 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. and then president obama state of the union address and the republican response beginning at 10:35 a.m. eastern. >> bringing attention to what women do or how women have contributed always returns to the question of the body. many peopleg, object to bringing women's studies or women history into a middle school, high school classroom. there is an assumption that women's studies is only about sex, birth control, abortion. also about women in politics, law, working on farms, queens, prime ministers. break down beefier many people have. what goes on in a women's studies classroom? women's studies professor bonnie morris will take your questions in depth live for three hours starting at noon eastern. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> this week, the discussion of the impact of the net neutrality ruling by the court of appeals e

the interview on "newsmakers," sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. after "newsmakers," the state of the union address on the republican response by washington representative cathy mcmorris rodgers at 10:35 a.m. eastern also here on c-span. lexi was someone who grew in the office. he was badly burned by the bay of pigs experience. he had listened to the experts -- cia, joint chiefs of staff. he went to see the goal that she went to see charles de gaulle in himce 1961 and he said to you should surround yourself with the smartest possible people. listen to them. herewith i have to say that the end of the day, you have to make up your own mind. he can be remembered for what harry truman said, the buck stops here. after bay of pigs, he was determined to make up his own mind, here with the experts have the same, but at the end of the day, he was going to make the judgment that he was the responsible party and that was when you listen and read the transcripts of all of those tapes during the cuban missile crisis. he was so mad. he was making up his home mind

kentucky senator rand paul is our guest on newsmakers.scusses his potential run will alsont old he talk about kentucky politics and immigration are. here is a brief look. client the senate bill is not the right bill. i am for immigration or. be more to theld liking of republicans in the house. i told him to come to me and work with me. i will help you create a bill that will be acceptable to republicans for top nobody came to me with any compromise. i could not hope for a build i do not think will work. >> he pointed out that there are many inside and outside republican parties who argue that if nothing is done to address immigration, the republican party will write off the whole hispanic vote. they will eventually with her. the other side of that argument is just as interesting. say, if we have comprehensive immigration reform, we will destroy the party. you will have a generation of hispanic voters eternity democrats. do they have a point? >> you can look at it another way and say, will democrats destroy their affinity of hispanic voter

eastern on c-span. newsmakers, testimony from janet yellen on the economy and monetary policy. her first hearing as head of the reserve. sunday morning here on c-span. >> here they are coming in, closing in on me. i am thinking, even eight. -- evade. they taught us that the people who capture you are probably be --st trained to capture pows probably the least trained to capture pows. weaponout my 38 combat and went, get away. get back. and then i fired over their heads. did not flinch. and onesed their rifles of them reached into his pocket and pulled out a little -- like a little comic book. --had joined them one drawings on one side and on another.anatics the drawings showed them capturing an american pilot. surrender.'d, ' no die. here i am facing about nine long guns staring at me. i decided that was the best advice i was going to get that day. >> former air force pilot and is. it bls -- pow lee ell >> on tuesday, the president and first lady held a state dinner for the french president and state dinnereventh to have posted. we begin with the arrivals. bradley cooper. miche

can watch senator rand paul on "newsmakers" here on c-span. next, homeland security secretary jeh johnson's first major adjustment his confirmation last december. he outlines his department agenda on preventing terrorist attacks, cyber security, and legislation. he spoke at the wilson center in washington, d.c. this is an hour and 10 minutes. [applause] >> good morning and welcome to the wilson center. you are just some of the folks who are about to listen to this. there is a worldwide audience. there are overflow rooms. you are here for the right reasons. let me recognize a few of our special guests in the front row. dr. susan demarco johnson is secretary. she is right in front of me. some of the dhs leadership, including alejandro mallorcas. is julia pearson here? the forced director of the u.s. -- first director of the u.s. secret service, who happens to be a woman. the fema director -- you should applaud for that. [applause] the director, craig fugate. and thomas michalski. he spoke here recently on strategy. a number of ambassadors and me

we will agree to disagree. >> you can hear more from senator paul on "newsmakers." also tomorrow, a look at thursday's hearing on targetedns the irs political groups. we will have that at 2:40 p.m. >> the new c-span.org website makes it easy for you to find and watch all of the extensive coverage of official washington. look for it on our homepage in a space called "federal focus." each day you will find comprehensive coverage of house and senate debates, events with the president and members of the cabinet. press briefings from the white house, capitol hill, state department, and the pentagon. oral argument and appearances by the justices. ownh live or on your schedule. federal focus on c-span. or, making it easy to keep tabs on what is happening in congress, the courts. >> is it a baking subcommittee heard from the secret service agent in charge of cyber investigations. he talked about the problems for shoppers at target in nieman marcus. the hearing is about one hour. >> good morning. we are starting a little bit late. for that.e i appreciate everybody who is here

sunday on c-span, rand paul is our guest on "newsmakers." the political impacts of the monica linsky scannell. -- monicame of what lewinsky scandal. this is some of what he had to say. >> we will defend you against abuse, these best some when the leader of their party, the leading fundraiser in the country is bill clinton who was a perpetrator of that kind of sexual harassment. they cannot have it both ways. i really think that anybody who wants to take money from bill clinton or have a fundraiser has a lot of explaining to do. they should give the money back. if they want to take a position on women's rights, by all means do, but you cannot do it and take it from a guy who is using his position of authority to take advantage of young women in the work ways. 800,000 dollar fine for sexual harassment. >> you can watch that on sunday on "newsmakers. "newsmakers." [indiscernible] i believe will go successfully indeed. e very successfully indeed. of what had been ruled as on parliamentary expressions. ago i think the present prime minister i see

he is scheduled to be our guest on newsmakers next sunday on c- span.s from punxsutawney, pennsylvania -- means hes shadow which is forecasting six more weeks of winter. we will take a quick look at some of the other issues on this sunday morning in closing -- including executive order, roundtable coming up in next hour, as we look at two points of view on the president and the use of executive powers and later, how young voters view the president's state of the union address and their rarities. you're watching "washington journal," for this sunday, february 2. we are back in a moment. ♪ ♪ >> bringing attention to what women have contributed to this returns to the question of the body. for one thing, many people object to bringing women's history and studies into a middle school or high school classroom. there is an assumption that women's studies is only about sex, birth control, abortion and actually, it's also about women in politics, women in law, women working on farms ,queens, prime ministers and my job is to break down the fear that many people h

senator rand paul, thank you very much for being with us here on the "newsmakers" program. joining us with the questioning is jeremy who covers congress and politics for the new york steven,d is congressional reporter for the washington times. thank you for joining us. with a follow-up to the state of the union address. he called it a year of action. he white house that he is within the authority to use executive order to bypass congressional inaction. is it within the constitution? >> he is frustrated with the gridlock be he misunderstands the checks and balances and separation of power we have in our republic. our fathers did not say it is going to be really easy to pass that. they said you're going to have to work. when government is divided, it you cannot say if you do not let my policies i will do them anyway. some of the people that our founding fathers referred to wrote about this. the executive attempt to become the legislative branch of a you will have a form of tierney. it will not be checks and balances. i amevery fire of my being opposed to letting him do whatev

i think they can really make a seeingnce on this grid the message of it, you can see unemployment go down in certain areas. newsmakers inch its entirety tomorrow at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the ringing of the spell announces the opening of thanksgiving day. this may well become the international magna carta of everyone everywhere. it will not be an instant solution to women's problems. i'm trying to find my weight through it and figure out how to teach her to myself and fulfill my responsibilities to my husband and my daughter and the country. >> they may not imagine looking at the white house from the outside that it is a normal life upstairs. bit try to bring a little of michelle obama into this while at the same time respecting and endowing the tradition that is america. >> watch first lady's influence .nd image you see it today on c-span. host: emily miller, a senior editor for the "washington times" joins us for a discussion on gun ownership and second amendment rights in the u.s. let's start with what is happening right up the street at the supreme court. we are waiting to see whether the court will take u

miller will join us on newsmakers. as taped on friday and airs at 10:00 eastern time on c-span radio -- at 10:00 eastern time, also on c-span radio. is a summary of "the washington post" as we ask you the question if your state should legalize marijuana. from florida, good morning. caller: good morning. issued say that the whole of legalization of marijuana is kind of a red herring. are legally available already in florida. people believe there are different benefits from this. i think pot leads to harder and other drugs. i have seen it over and over and over in florida. it is just appalling, the effect it has. i know a guy personally who has become a millionaire but not until after he quit smoking. host: thank you for the call. forbes magazine talks about the economics of marijuana. we can show it online. the economics seem simple. prayedough a legal truck and tax should be filled up. trade and taxg should be filled up. recreational marijuana is now legal. the cost per ounce of high-grade pot from a retail outlet is mo

. >> kentucky senator rand paul is our guest this weekend on "newsmakers." we talk to him about the at ceiling, sanctions on iran, and the 2016 presidential race. >> the democrats can say, we are the great defenders of women's rights in the work lace and we will defend you against some sort of abusive loss that uses their position of authority to take advantage of a young woman when the leader of their party, the leading fundraiser in the country, is bill clinton, who was a perpetrator of that kind of sexual harassment. they cannot have it both ways. whoally think that anyone wants to take money from bill clinton or have a fundraiser has a lot of explaining to do. i think they should give the money back. if they want to take a position on women's rights, by all means, and do. you can do it and take it from a guy who is using his his edition of authority to take advantage of young women in the workplace. he paid an $800,000 fine for sexual harassment. you can watch our interview with rand paul this sunday at 10:00 a.m. and again at 6:00 p.m. eastern right here

join us on newsmakers is senator debbie stabenow. she is chairman of the agriculture committee. our panelists are alan bjerga of bloomberg news, and ed o'keefe of "the washington post." mr. bjerga, you may start the questioning. >> thank you. >> senator, you seem poised to see the passage of a piece of

. >> 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 budget office released a report on the minimum wage, and they said that it would reduce total unemployment by 500,000 workers or 0.3% by 2016. obviously the naacp has advocated for an increase in the minimum wage. what is your response to the cbo's report? >> we believe the report has some validity. if you read it little bit closer, it said it would increase employment by 900,000, a difference of 400,000 give or take. we believe emphatically that we should do whatever it takes to increase employment in our communities.

watch with senator paul tomorrow on newsmakers at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. according to the associated press another news report, eric holder will be applying a landmark supreme court ruling to the justice department. it is reported that in remarks tonight, is expected to talk about privileges for same-sex couples and looting being able to fire for bankruptcy jointly and for federal inmates, the same rights and privileges as traditional couples. they will issue a policy memo to the employees, instructing them to give lawful same-sex marriages full and equal recognition to the greatest extent possible under the law. urge congress to increase the debt limit because he is not confident that his department measure can last be on february 27. we talked with a capitol hill's reporter about the debt limit and what is ahead for congress. >> on this leaves town without taking care of the debt ceiling so the treasury department stepped in. he covers this for bloomberg news. all, what does he do with the debt ceiling? they plan to do on a more long-term basis? what the

. >> kentucky senator rand spall our guest this weekend on "newsmakers." sanctions on iran and the 2016 presidential race and he spoke out against those who say republicans are waging a war on women. >> democrats can say we're the great defenders of women's rights in the workplace and we will defend you against an abusive boss that uses authority to take advantage of a woman when the leading fundraiser in the country is bill clinton who was a perpetrator of that kind of sexual harassment. they can't have it both ways. so i really think that anybody who wants to take money from bill clinton or have a fundraiser has a lot of explaining to do. they should give the money back. if they want to take a position on women's rights by all means do, but you can't take it from a guy who is using his authority to take advantage of women in the workplace. he paid an $800,000 fine for sexual harassment. >> you can watch our interview with rand paul this sunday at 10:00 a.m. and again at 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on c-span. >> the washington press club hosted the 70th

senator rand paul was our guest this weekend on newsmakers.e talk to him about the debt ceiling and foreign aid. the potential 2016 presidential candidate talked about his relationship with the senate democratic leader. >> i like senator reed is a person. we have had many good conversations. i'm so try to figure out a way that i can do things with him and to me that means we don't agree on every issue, but we would try to narrow the issues. i said the same thing to president obama recently. i said we don't agree on everything but there are some things we do agree on. that's never the focus on those things. both parties worry about jobs going overseas. we worry about our economy and joblessness here. one of the things we could do is let itrican profits, come back at a lower tax rate. it will bring in tax revenue that can be used for infrastructure. it is something that the president actually agrees with me on. i said let's make it part of include manyt will parts, many of which we will disagree on. let's take a few items that we agree on, and i

can watch all of newsmakers tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. after newsmakers, president obama's date of the union address and the republican response by cathy mcmorris rodgers. starting at 10:35 eastern. c-span. we bring public affairs from washington directly to you go to you. offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house. all as a public service of private industry. your c-span. created by the public tv industry 35 years ago. watch us in hd. like us on facebook. and follow us on twitter. six world leaders a are scheduled to reach a long-term deal to curb iran's nuclear program. the hearing is two hours and 20 minutes. >> timing is everything in life. thank u so much. the joint subcommittee will come to order. after recognizing myself, ranking member, we will hear from our foreign affairs committee chairman. we will hear from chairman sherman for five minutes each. limitations, will go directly to our witnesses' testimony. without objection, the prepared statements will be part of the record. members may have five days to submit

we talked about that last week on "newsmakers." immigration was one of our topics.video clip] i am for immigration reform. i have offered proposals to make the situation better and my proposals would be more to the liking of republicans in the house and i told them to come to me and work with me and i would help them create a bill that would be except doubled to republicans. no one came to me with any compromises. i could not vote for a bill that i did not think would work. >> jeremy peters? >> there are many inside and outside the republican party who argue that if nothing is done to address immigration, the republican party is just going to ride out the whole hispanic vote and eventually wither. the other side of that argument is just as interesting. republicans who say that if we pass comprehensive immigration reform, we are going to destroy the party, because you are going to have a generation of hispanic voters indebted to democrats. do they have a point? >> you can also look at it in another way and say -- will democrats destroy their affinity or the affinity

on strategic things, i think they feel that they can really make a difference. they see the met checks of it. they can go down certain areas. >> you watch the entire newsmakers tomorrow 10:00 a.m. and at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. the all new c-span.org website is now mobile friendly. that means you can access our comprehensive coverage of politics, nonfiction books, american history, where you want, when you want, and how you want. it scales to fit any of your screens from the monitor of your desktop and peter to your laptop tablet or smart phone. c-span livewatch coverage of washington. check our program schedules or search our extensive video library whenever and wherever you want. the new c-span.org makes it easy for you to keep an eye on what is happening in washington. >> last week, the farm foundation hosted a discussion about who'd saved the in implementing the 2010 food safety modernization act signed into law by president obama. it aims to prevent food or illnesses and recommended guidelines for improving domestic and foreign food. this is about two hours. >> good morning. to our participants. while our audio cast audience cannot see the spe

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] kentucky senator rand paul is our guest on newsmakers he talks about some of the issues that are currently being discussed by members of congress as well as his own political future. here's a preview. >> i am for immigration reform and i've offered proposals to make the position of the situation better and i think my proposals would be more in the liking of republicans in the house and i told them, come to me and work with me. i will help you create a bill that will be acceptable to republicans and nobody came to me with any compromises so i couldn't vote for a bill that i just don't think will work. >> senator as stephen pointed out very many inside and outside the republican party that argue if nothing is done to address them -- immigration the republican party is going to write off the whole hispanic vote in eventually whether at the other side of that argument i think is just as interesting. republicans who say if we pass comprehensive immigration reform we will destroy the party because you are going to have a generation of hispanic

on what is happening in washington. >> c-span's "american profile" series is a conversation with newsmakers on their lives and careers. now republican senator john thune of south dakota who is serving his second term and is part of the gop leadership. over the next 40 minutes, he talks about how his grandparents came to the u.s., his early interest in politics, his family, and his love of country music. ,> senator john thune republican of south dakota, do you remember the first time he came to washington dc? >> i do, actually. i was in college and at that time, there was a member of congress from the state of south dakota, jim abner, who i had gotten to know when i was in high school. here andd me come out spend a week over one of the periods when congress was in session and just got acquainted with the town and with congress and sort of politics in general. and that was one of the first times i guess i can remember actually starting to get a little bit interested in politics. >> what were your impressions back then? >> it was really daunting. like you said, i have never been here before. you've seen pictures of these

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how well >> a check of the top newsmakers from this past week on bottom line.ck of the equity markets on the other side of the break. bottom line continues in just a moment. ♪ >> get the latest headlines at the top of the hour on bloomberg radio, and streaming on your tablet, and on bloomberg.com. that doesn't for this additional palm online -- that does it for this addition of bottom line. thank you for joining us, have a great weekend. on the markets is next. it is 56 minutes past the hour, which means that bloomberg television is on the markets. quicking to give you a look at the indexes for the day. reversal tog quick gains across the board from a disappointing jobs number ri. after three weeks of decline, the dow jones industrial average putting up more than 130 points. the individual movers in this , the onlinedia travel site reported war than 80% year-over-year growth. shares of its competitors are rising as well. apple's shares are moving higher , activist investor carl icahn tweeted earlier that the tech giant will unveil new products this year. everyo

last week on newsmakers, we talked to the interim .resident of the naacp she talked about president obamand his focus on african-american issues and also, there is a headline, obama outlines creation of a rare, black focused program. he is creating my brother's keeper. they will bring together agencies to help young men of color to stay on track and reach their full potential. you can go to c-span.org and go library.deo rea they are not focusing on the solution. black men can do that they are qualified to do, you -- tooeed much of a much schooling to put cement down. a solution to the problem. haven't been -- the last 25 to 30 years. you see the problem that is taking place. it has not been effective. ain't what you read. that is not solid. we are talking about jobs that are coming. you can't mention how many blacks will be put to work on this project of rebuilding ameri ca? the: that is what administration is calling it one a tweet out with the #rebuil damerica. a draft will cut 220 sections of the u.s. tax code and collapses seven tax brackets into two. it also says that the joint commi

facebook, and follow us on twitter. "newsmakers"next with the chairman of the privacy oversight board. after that, conversation about national security and freedom of the press. at 8 p.m. eastern, q and a with a former air force pilot who talks about his >> this week, david medine, chairman of the privacy and civil liberties review board. thank you for being here. we are joined by josh gerstein, with politico. what is the privacy and civil liberties review board? >> we decide what went wrong and what could be done better. we created the 9/11 commission to look at how we could he for intelligence gathering and connect the dots. but also not to go too far down that line to sacrifice our civil liberties. >> you are an independent board. who do you report to? >> we don't. we inform congress and the president, but there is no review of our report. we issued a report recently about the metadata program and surveillance report. the board voted and issued our report. we also briefed the president before his speech with our recommendations.

>> that's one of the newsmaking disclosures in this article.ed up saving it. but also the white house really had no idea that the technology didn't work up until the launch. even after -- i don't know if you remember back in okay, and then after the gov shutdown ends, obama comes out, gives a tough speech, i'm upset that it's not working. at that point they didn't know they could salvage the website. they were still gathering engineers to do basically a review of what they had and they were trying to figure whether the code could be salvaged or say we'll cub back in six months. >> like the day before they laurchled, what was said? >> it was a quote, it will definitely work, it's not going to work. >> the issue was that nobody in the room at the white house, or even with the contractors actually knew whether it was going to work. a lot of the promises being made about how many people the website could handle, even in october after it was clear this website was a disaster we are wildly inaccurate. at some points it was handing four, five,000, and

. >> on this weekend's newsmakers lori miller is our guest, interim president of the naacp and talk about issues including the minimum wage, voting rights and the criminal justice system which were topics of discussion at a meeting this week with president obama and other civil rights leaders at the white house. you can watch the interview sunday at 10:00 eastern and 6:00 eastern on c-span. >> if there is a general sitting in the witness chair. they tend to fawned over him. i noticed that with general david petraeus. i noticed it with gates in his hearings when he was nominated secretary of defense by george w. bush. they were so thrilled he wasn't donald rumsfeld they didn't ask the really hard questions and the lot of those pertaining to his activities. he was involved in iran-contra. he was a very prominent member of the cia at the time. they required intelligence that iran was somehow moderating and that intelligence was conveniently forthcoming. >> former capitol hill staffer mike lofgren rights the party is over on c-span's q&a. ..

we'll have that for you beginning with the arrival on saturday night at 8:35 p.m. watch newsmakers with a review board. medine talks about the nsa surveillance programs. at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. eastern on sunday. after newsmakers, the new federal reserve chair janet yellen will have her testimony before the house financial services committee which is also on sunday at 103:365 a.m. at public-private partnerships and how they help u.s. foreign-policy. it is with the head of the u.s. agency of international development. earl.joined by from the wilson center in washington dc. this is one hour. >> good afternoon. happy valentine's day. welcome to the wilson center. i am jane harman, the president and ceo of the wilson center. i am a recovering politician. if you are noticing these bicycles, they are gifts from our visiting politician, earl blumenauer, who heads the congressional bike caucus. all of you and all of us think this is a marvelous thing to support so thank you for the gift. to all of you, an extra brownie point for braving the weather to show up. i was predicting we would have

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. "newsmakersnext with the chairman of the privacy oversight board. after that, conversation about national security and freedom of the press. at 8 p.m. eastern, q and a with a former air force pilot who talks about his >> this week, david medine, chairman of the privacy and civil liberties review board. thank you for being here. we are joined by josh gerstein, with politico. what is the privacy and civil liberties review board? >> we decide what went wrong and what could be done better. we created the 9/11 commission to look at how we could he for intelligence gathering and connect the dots.

and it was really inviting our audience and our followers on twitter to join in the conversation about who should be added to a list of newsmakersople on the list all political persuasions and ideologies. some have construed this as endorsement of political candidates. >> you say kind of nice things about her and she is a fairly radical person but you pulled the tweet back, did you not on ms. davis? >> no. and we did not actually make any commentary on ms. davis or anybody on the list we simply asked everyone who follow iii us who he would you added to list the newsmakers and what makes a newsmaker. >> did you pull the tweet back ms. parisi. >> no. >> that's still up there about the texas politician? >> it's not about the politician, it's actually a link to a list of newsmakers in 2013. >> is it still up there? >> on our official web page, yes. and we also. >> all right. i heard that you pulled that tweet back, so if i'm wrong, i stand corrected. arched you also issued an apology for it, i understand. >> we did. we in no way meant to confuse people that we were endorsing anybody on the list. so we actually issued. >> so you apol

[applause] >> our guest on this weekend's newsmakers is david medin, president of an agency established by congress to advise the executive branch on issues reef lated to privacy and individual rights. on sunday's program he talks about nsa surveillance and the board's recent recommendation that the nsa's collection of phone records be put to an end. you can see the interview sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the new c-span.org web site gives you access to an incredible library with more added each day through c-span's nonstop coverage of national politics, history, and nonfiction books. find c-span's daily coverage of official washington or access 200 hours of our archived c-span video. everything c-span covered since 1987 and it's searchable and viewable on your desk top computer, tablet, or smartphone. just look for the prominent search bar at the top of each page. the new c-span.org makes its easy to watch what is happening today in washington and find people and events from the past 25 years. it's the most comprehensive video library in politics. >> earlier t

. >> senator rand paul, thank you very much for being with us here on the "newsmakers" program. joining us with the questioning is jeremy peters who covers congress and politics for the new york times and steven dinan, congressional reporter for the washington times. thank you for joining us. let me begin with a follow-up to the state of the union address. he called it a year of action. he white house that he is wi

senator rand paul is our guest on our newsmaker program tomorrow.rnings reporting this that the topic of bill clinton came up during this conversation. abc puts it this way -- here is bit from that interview. [video clip] >> democrats can't say we are the great defenders of woman rights in the workplace and we will defend you from abusive bosses that use the position of authority to take advantage of a young woman when the leading fundraiser in that country is bill clinton, who was a perpetrator of that kind of sexual harassment. they cannot have it both ways. i think anybody who wants to take money from bill clinton or have a fundraiser has a lot of explaining to do. in fact i think they should give the money back. if they want to take a position on women's rights, by all means do. you cannot take it from a guy who used his position of authority to take advantage of a young woman in the workplace. he paid an $800,000 fine for sexual harassment. host: senator rand paul, tomorrow on c-span at 10:00 and again at 6:00. anthony, you are next from sierra

i would like to see ted -- he would be my number one pick. "newsmakersr tomorrow, the guest is david medine, the civil liberties oversight chairman. the government created board recommended the nsa program for tracking phone records be ended. here's a little bit of that interview which you can see tomorrow. [video clip] >> we operate in an area where there is a lot of classified information. itcan urge declassification with think it is important for the american people to understand the program. this or other programs, if we find assets of a program or the entire program where re-think there would be public benefit, we would consider going to the intelligence community and say pleased declassified part or all of this program. have forward, we recommended greater transparency and the laws that authorize program so there is no secret law where the market people cannot determine whether program has been authorized for it we urge the government to report more on its information collection activity to offer private companies to let their customers know more a

on twitter. >> the human -- >> c-span's "american profile" series is a conversation with newsmakers on their livesnd careers. now republican senator john thune of south dakota who is serving his second term and is part of the gop leadership. over the next 40 minutes, he talks about how his grandparents came to the u.s., his early interest in politics, his family, and his love of country music. >> senator john thune, republican of south dakota, do you remember the first time he came to washington dc? >> i do, actually. i was in college and at that time, there was a member of congress from the state of south dakota, jim abner, who i had gotten to know when i was in high school. and he had me come out here and spend a week over one of the periods when congress was in session and just got acquainted with the town and with congress and sort of politics in general. and that was one of the first times i guess i can remember actually starting to get a little bit interested in politics. >> what were your impressions back then? >> it was really daunting. like you said, i have never been here before. you've

on sunday, watch newsmakers with the chair of privacy and civil liberties review board, an independentagency created by congress. talking about the nsa surveillance program and the programhat the election -- collection program is illegal at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. the new fed chair janet yellen will have her testimony also on sunday, 1035 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> the new c-span.org gives you access to a library of political events with more added every day through the nonstop coverage of national politics, history, and nonfiction books. access hours of archived video, everything covered since 1977 and it is all searchable and ,iewable on your desktop tablet, or smartphone. look for the prominent search bar. easyew c-span.org makes it to watch what's going on in washington and find events from the past 25 years. is the most comprehensive video library and politics. >> next, a look a public-private partnership and how it helps ofvate policy with the head international development joined the housemenauer from ways and means committee. from the wilson center, this is one h

a check back at some of the notable newsmakers who join us this week on "bottled lime."eck on the market movers is on the other side of the break. ♪ get the latest headlines at the top of the hour on bloomberg radio and streaming on your tablet and am bloomberg.com. that does it for this edition of bottom line on bloomberg television. i'm mark rumson reporting from new york. have a great weekend, everybody. i will see one monday on the you on monday. onbloomberg television is the markets. i'm looking at stocks that continue to deteriorate in the last hour. .he nasdaq now down by .5% yes and he was nearing an all-time record and is now only up .2%. spoke to the wells fargo senior strategist and asked where she thinks the markets are headed this year. marketnticipate that the will end the year where it started the year. tremendously bullish or bearish. what you have to do is pick your spots very carefully. what we have done is allocate two sectors where we do see accelerating earnings and reasonable evaluation. our favorites are tech and health care. >> trish also got the

on this weekend's "newsmakers," lorraine miller is our guest. she is the interim president of the naacp. she talks about minimum wage and health care, which were topics of a discussion with president obama and civil rights leaders at the white house. here is a preview of our interview. >> it has not been what anybody hope for. thatthat comes the persona maybe this is not something i really want to participate in. unless you peel that back and show people the advantages of health care and why that is much better than using the emergency room's of our hospitals as primary care for a lot of people , i think people understand that. it helps them plan their health care. it works. it takes a lot of education. "newsmakers" in its entirety tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and :00 p.m. east are in on c-span -- 6:00 eastern on c-span. >> this weekend, american newory dbu -- tv debuts its serious, featuring films produced by the u.s. government that take you into a vivid journey on america's pass. this week, washington, dc during world war ii and women workers durin

>> i actually think that the thing that put leno on the map as kind of a newsmaker, the ability to beterviewed hugh grant. when hugh grant had this scandal. this was in the mid '90s and leno got him on the air and said what the hell were you thinking? i think that showed that leno could actually be a hard-hitting interviewer when he wanted to be. and again, to just go back to president obama, i think a lot of political figures look at the tonight show and think hey, we can go on here, it's going to be a lot of softball questions. but leno has evolved, and he has managed to break some news in the questions that he asks. when he talked to obama in august, he asked about edward snowden. he asked about gay rights in russia. all of these made headlines the next day. >> ted, thank you. >> thank you. >>> folks, there's a lot going on today. here are just a a few of the things we thought you should know about. ray nagan took the witness stand in his own defense today in his federal corruption trial. he has been denying any wrong doing. nagin is charged with awarding lucrative contracts in exc

he testified recently on capitol hill. the newsmakers and national security and freedom of the press with thomas friedman. night we continue this with a live two-hour program. the managerial skills. it makes mount vernon a successful operation. a mix of possible for washington to be away for eight years. aboutre's something abraham lincoln that she saw the potential and helped develop it. it's help polish them up for washington society, the political parties they had where they invited a lots of very important will. she will did a lot of power. >> the involvements in the political career is right from the beginning. she becomes much more active in 1921 when they contracted polio. >> monday night at 9:00 eastern by von c-span. conversation about the first lady's and their contribution to the nation, live at 8:00. the washington examiner had an article today about comments made by former senator jim demint on cbs'face the nation. he was quoted as saying conservatives do not feel like they are represented in washington. he is not the presid

is norway who currently lead the way they are back on top but canada and the netherlands are now really not far behind. because probably a top newsmakers of the olympics russia's ice hockey team aka the red machine how they do it. while some of the world's most famous sporting names have been on show in sochi throughout the course of cheese day russia's ice hockey players were attending a press conference ahead of their first match in two days' time against slovenia now captain pavel datsyuk is here in sochi despite fitness concerns he missed all of his side's n.h.l. matches throughout the course of january now the n.h.l. is on a mid-season break at the moment throughout the course of these winter olympics although it could be the final time that they're the n.h.l. released their players to take part in the winter olympics during mid season but is very much up in the air and up for discussion at the moment but it seems that despite the pressure of playing in front of the home crowd and on home ice spirits high inside the russian camp. looked on the chill who do you want to hear first. the captain of course some of the most. i think bec