we're going to have that audio here on c-span 3 as well as on c-span radio and online. >>> afghanistan's president hamid karzai is demanding u.s. troops pull back immediately from combat zones in afghanistan. he says he's at the end of his rope because of the lack of u.s. cooperation in the recent shootings there allegedly by a u.s. soldier. we're getting your reaction and comments on our facebook page. facebook.com/c-span. you can also click on a link to an article about the recent visit of the secretary of defense there. >>> in congress today, capitol hill empty. both chambers of congress out today. the house returns monday from a week-long district work period. at 4:00 on monday they'll begin legislative business. budget committee chairman paul ryan is expected to present his budget next week. watch the house live as always on c-span and in the senate also in on monday starting the day at 2:00 eastern with general speeches. at 4:30 they'll return to work on a small business bill that aims to loosen securities regulations. and on tuesday, the chamber plans to take several votes includi

well as access ah tv's history tweets, history in the news and social media from facebook, youtube, twitter and foursquare. follow american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3 and online on c-span.org/history. benjamin henry latrobe, regarded as the father of american architecture, worked closely with president james madison and first lady dolly madison to refine the look and function of the early white house. mr. latrobe's partnership with the madisons is the subject of a talk at the maryland historical society by leslie jones, collections manager at the white house historical association headquartered in lafayette square across from the white house where mr. latrobe once labored. this program is 45 minutes. zblood evening, folks. if i can just ask if you could try to find some seats. we're going to get ready. we may get more chairs if we need to. i think there's some empty seats around. if you would all try to get a seat, that would be great and we can start. good evening. welcome to the 2012 francis scott key lecture series at the maryland historical society. we are excited to start off this year's series celebrating the bicentennial of the war of 1812. this is the

c-span has well as on twitter at twitter.com/c-span. we will have a portion of our road to the white house coverage online at c-span.org's educated site. campaign 2012. david cameron is in town this week. he and president obama are headed toidate dayton ohio to a basketball game. tomorrow the president will host the program and an official dinner at the white house. we will have live coverage of the prime minister's arrival at the white house as well as the guests attending and toasts from both leaders. c-span.org will screen arrival in their entirety and watch it on c-span at 6:15 eastern. >> c-span's local content vehicle cities tour takes book television and american history programming on the road. the first weekend of each month. march featured shreveport, louisiana with book tv at the noel memorial library. >> it was a local man who was born here and lived here most of his life. he started accumulating books when he was a teenager and continued into his 80s. over his lifetime he accumulated over 200,000 volumes. if we have a gem in the collection, it is probably going to be this one. one of the books we are most proud of. it's in

c-span 3 and online at c-span.org. >> starting april 1, see the winners in this year's c-span student cam documentary on the theme the constitution and you, as middle and high school students from across the country showed which part of the constitution was important to them and why. we'll air the top 27 videos, mornings at 6:50 eastern on c-span, and meet the students who created them during "washington journal" each day. for a preview of the winning videos check studentcam.org. and congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's competition. >>> abdel rahim el-keib was named the interim prime minister of libya in november after the fall of moammar gadhafi. in a recent individual to washington, he spoke with the carnegie endowment for international peace about the effort to establish democracy in libya. this is an hour. >> good morning. let me just before we start mention that for security reasons, the doors of the room will be closed for the duration of the event. i hope we can call on your understanding. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. i'm marwan muasher. i with like to thank you for joining us for what promises to be a ve

despite the 2007 amendments where congress clearly -- >> you can watch the rest of this online at the c-span video library, as we join a simulcast of c-span radio's "washington today." >>> here in dixon, illinois. let the voice of reagan be heard across this land. thank you very much. and god bless you. >> with the backdrop of a statue of ronald reagan in dixon, illinois, rick santorum on the campaign trail in illinois one day before the primary there. mitt romney at the university t and the u.s. economy. mitt romney winning in puerto rico over the weekend with its 20 delegates. now all roads lead to illinois tomorrow. a key primary battle in the road to the white house. welcome to hour one of "washington today" here on c-span radio. i'm steve scully. in france a massive man hunt is under way and the terrorism alert has been raised to a higher level across much of the southern part of the country. a man on a motorcycle this morning opening fire with two handguns today in front of a jewish school, killing a rabbi, his two young sons and a girl. >>> news on politics today as president obama picking up the pace

as access ahtv's history sweeps. history in the news. and social media from facebook, youtube, twitter and foursquare. follow american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org/history. >>> james madison, the fourth president of the united states, often referred to as the father of the constitution, owned about 100 slaves at montpelier. his 4,600 acre estate in orange county, virginia. american history tv travels 90 miles south of the nation's capital to learn about an archaeological project investigating the enslaved communities of james madison's montpelier. the three-year archaeology project is jointly funded by the national endowment for the humanities and the montpelier foundation. >>my name is matthew reeves. i'm director of archaeology here at james madison's montpelier. where we're standing is in what we call the south yard. this is the area where the house slaves for the madisons both lived and worked. what we're in the middle of is an archaeological investigation of this area. we first learned about the south yard through an insurance map dated 1837. this is when dolly moves back to washington, d.c. she takes out an insurance policy o

online as c-span.org/local content. you are watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. >> watch personal interviews on oral histories. our history bookshelf has the best known writers. revisit key figures and battles and events in the 150th anniversary of the civil bar. >> i am head of c-span's lcv project. local content vehicle. we have three of them. the purpose is to collect programming from outside of washington, d.c. how do we do it? staff each with one person with a small video camera and a laptop editor so they can roll, produce, and edit from the road. that's what we are doing. why i want to do this is to collect programming for all of the networks. we are doing a cities tour. we will have all three vehicles. one will do history programming and historic sites and the other is book tv catching up with authors and the third does community relations events. they are important to us because we work with our cable partners. the last thing that is important to know is not only does this go on the air, but it's on our website. you will see the four square and people where we are going. you will se

as access history tweets. history in the news and social media from facebook, youtube and twitter and four square. follow american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org/history. next, bobby seale of the black panther party reflects on the civil rights movement and unrest, the founding of the party and his experience as an activist. his remarks were made at a gathering to mark the 45th anniversary of the founding of the black panthers. this is about 35 minutes. >> you know, they say the last time they seen big herm he was going south on i-95. all right. i've had many titles and many names, but the loner that i have tonight is very special, very important. like all of us we were all young men and women and we saw a message, we seen these two bad brothers stand up and other comrades stand up across this country, we were in philadelphia, brother aaron was in seattle, we had people in north carolina, in ohio, in detroit, in new york, all across this country. you name the places. can't even think of all of them but we were young people. but we were drawn to a message, a 10-point platform and program. we was drawn to a mission and drawn to res

and here on c-span radio and on c-span television and online at c-span.org, a chance for you to listen to the arguments each day as they're released in their entirety. well, a key part of what house democrats are now focusing on is the ipab that is the independent payment advisory board, which takes a look at medicare spending. but many house republicans want to abolish this medicare spending board in its entirety. it's an issue that came up with house republicans andy harris from maryland, tim griffin from arkansas as they spoke to reporters on capitol hill. >> were here when passed the health care law. were all freshmen. one of the most harsh criticisms we heard about the health care law dealt with ipab. that is often characterized from a variety of quarters. knowing what you know about this, is that still a fair description of that? is there some who oppose the health care law who still describe it in those terms? >> let me address that. we don't know what it's going to turn out to be. because the bill gave very broad authority to the independent payment advisory board to control those costs in any way they saw

c-span. it's also available online at c-span.org. >> i was quite a radical as a young person. i was the one that thought that though we shall sing we shall overcome was when not a very, very effective way of gaining civil rights but i think i thought that more confrontation was needed. >> economics professor, columnist and substitute host for rush limbaugh, walter williams, on being a radical. >> i believe that a radical is any person who believes in personal libey

c-span.org, your online resource for public affairs programming. >>> starting april 1st, see the winners in this year's c-span's student cam video document program on the theme, "the constitution and you," as middle and high school students from across the country showed which part of the constitution was important to them and why. mornings at 6:50 eastern on c-span, meet the students who created them during "washington journal" each day. cob congratulatelations to -- congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's competition. >>> up next here on c-span2, dr. thomas frieden of th

as well as ahtv's history tweets and social media from facebook and twitter and four square. follow us on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org/history. >> february 2012 marked the 40th anniversary to china. former ambassador travelled to china with nixon and discusses how they viewed china and reflects on the politics of the visit to 89a. this program is about 40 minutes. what was the narrative you department get if nixon was not trying to make a giant commercial out of this. what was it you would have gotten? >> i spent about a week before we went at the cia. got myself grieve about what's going on with kissinger after his secret trip. he was ready to boast about other things that what happened. i had my head on and plenty to write about. it was not hard to speculate about what they were talking about. on top of that, finally the whole spectacle of this manipulated scene which i could get above and write about even of cronkite and barbara walters and company. i had a lot of witty and sarcastic material as well. it was a great joy and i was writing with a fury that mix on held us to one seat. we wanted help. ou

online at politico.com. thanks very much fork with us. if you're interested watch the entire interview as part of c-span's book tv program. our interview with andrew and old of our coverage available on our website, part of the video library. check it out at c-span.org. the chair of the federal reserve, ben bernanke reiterating his concerns about long term chronic unemployment and its impact on affecting the nation's economy also reducing the nation's supply of skilled workers. it was the second day of congressional testimony by the fed chairman noted that the economic recovery has been slower than normal but he said he doubts the great recession will permanently reduce the economy's growth potential. ben bernanke was on the house side of the capital yesterday today taking questions from the senate house committee including daniel akaka. >> chairman bernanke, this is a question which is a followup on your discussion with chairman johnson and senator grapple. in your testimony you note there's been some modestly encouraging data recently including slightly better performance in the labor market, improved consumer sentiment

as access htv's u.s. history tweets. history in the news. follow american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. and online at c-span.org/history. >>> this week on the civil war, author william doback discusses his book freedom by the sword, the u.s. colored troops 1862 to 1867. it examines how african-american troops were used to improve union intelligence and the varying attitudes of union leaders toward black soldiers. this is 40 minutes. >> good afternoon. my name is lopez matthews and i'm secretary of the national archives after row american i'm stre to welcome you today to hear william a.doback discuss colored troops -- u.s. colored troops during the civil war era. and i'm here today just to let you know that the after row american history society, atnar, produces programs similar to this. not this program but programs similar to this pro moegt the study of african-american history through records at the national archives. and we have a number of programs coming up which you may have seen our flier on the table outside. discussing african americans in the civil war since that is the theme for african

as they're released about 1:00 p.m. eastern. our coverage will be here on c-span3, c-span radio, and online at c-span.org. now to the forum. >> -- the director of the cato center for constitutional studies, which is your host for today's event. i want to give a special welcome to you because of course we're here in the brand-new f.a. hayek auditorium, and this is the inaugural event for this auditorium, so we're especially proud to be hosting it for you. as you may have noticed, we are not yet finished with everything. the furniture has not yet arrived for the podium, and we've got some other touching up to do, but that goes with construction. and we're very fortunate to be as far along as we are. today the topic is, of course, the subject of next week, namely is the patient protection and affordable care act constitution n constitutional. monday the supreme court begins six hours of oral argument running over three days on that question. this will be a preview, both pro and con, of those oral arguments. our first panel will look at the question whether congress can order individuals to buy health insuran

weekly series as well as access ahtv's history tweets, social media from facebook, twitter and fore square. follow american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org/history. in the fall of 2011, american history tv visited old stur bridge village, massachusetts. a living history that detickets from 1790 to 1840. now on american artifact, we hear from costumed historians who present what it was like to live and work in 19th century new england. the curator serves as our guide. >> the village is not some town caught in a time warp. what it is is a of kind of a sampling of rural live n new england at a time when society was transforming from the old order to the modern world we live in. we are showing you the decade in the 1830s. the american revolution was a couple generations ago and as far away from them as world war ii is to us. the civil war is a generation in the future. there is also rumblings about slavery, but they don't know what's going to happen any railroad in 1835. start making regular steam ship service from england to boston. it's not quite as old fashioned as people might think. the telegraph is patented in 1837. just

online at national journal.com. joining us here in washington. thanks as always for your time and perspective. >> thank you, steve. >>> you're listening to "washington today" on c-span radio. news tonight from the toledo blade in ohio and ohio's ninth congressional district. one of those primary races that got a lot of attention. congressman mars i capture of toledo winning her first contest ever. defeating democratic congressman dennis kucinich in the newly redrawn district. each battling hard for a foothold in the northern part of ohio. we should point out in the republican nomination, it looks like samuel wurzelbacher will be the republican nominee. you may not know him but you know the name he came by in 2008. joe the plumber. he defeated steven kraus a licensed auctioneer. last night speaking to supporters, representative kaptur said i wish to say to dennis kucinich, i thank him very much for his spirited campaign. he worked hard and wants to help our country as well and i noelle find ways to do that. meanwhile, in cleveland, this from congressman dennis kucinich. >> now, i would like to be able to congratulate congresswoman kaptur, but i do have to say she ran

online at c-span.org/localcontent. you're watching "american history tv" all weekend every week end on c-span3. >>> follow c-span's local content vehicles throughout the weekend as book tv and "american history tv" explore the history and literary culture of little rock, arkansas. today starting at noon eastern on book tv on c-span2. author griff stockily on the african-american and killing share croppers. >> you had calls going all up and down the mississippi delta saying that blacks were now in revolt. and the next morning between 600 and 1,000 men, white men pour into phillips county to begin shooting down blacks. >> on "american history tv" on c-span3, sunday at 5:00 p.m., former student on into dent. >> what's going to happen when you get to those steps. they seem to. the crowd is with us now. the momentum is with us and they're pushing us up the steps. >> these stories and others from c-span's local content vehicles. this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >>> ronald reagan was leaving this hotel after delivering a speech to the afl cio. hinckley can't believe he's this close. 15 feet from the president. he shoots six shots. the first one hits jim brady, the press

as well so you can listen online or watch here on c-span3. by the way all of this will be rebroadcast in prime time tonight on our c-span networks. mary in haimington, new jersey, you are on c-span, what are your thoughts about what the supreme court is doing and the health care arguments that you're hearing? >> caller: thank you for hearing me today. i'd like to first tell -- advice you that i am a registered nurse. i guess attended a health care conference in regards to obama care. what the american citizens don't realize is that if obama care is not repealed and we start over that their care is going to be rationed. you're going to have many physicians that are going to be closing their door due to the reimbursement factor in this law. you're going to see a lot of elderly people not be able to get the care that they need. and also when it comes to chronic conditions, let's not forget that chronic conditions usually start with an acute condition that winds up being a chronic condition. that they should have treated. i think this is a euthanasia issue. there will be a panel that will be assigned that's going to determine if you

as follow us at twitter.com/cspanroadwh. we will simulcast a portion of politico's coverage. watch coverage online at c-span.org's dedicated site for campaign 2012, c-span.org/campaign2012. >> c-span's 2012 local content vehicle cities tour takes our book tv and american history tv programming on the road. the first weekend of each month. march featured shreveport, louisiana, with book tv at the library. >> mr. noll was a local man who was born here and lived here most of his life and he started accumulating books when he was a teenager, and continued until he was in his 80s. over his lifetime, he accumulated over 200,000 volumes. if we have a gem in the collection, it is probably going to be this one. it is one of the books we're most proud of. it's in the original binding from 1699 and it was once owned by a very famous scientist. you can see he's written his name, i. newton, and we are not pulling it out so much anymore because it is starting to flake away on the title page. >> an american history tv looked at civil war era medical practices. at the pioneer heritage museum. >> pioneer medicine is a long stretch from what it is today. when you consider that the things that we take

online and through social media as well. so that's why it's important we want to get outside of washington, d.c., do programming in places we don't normally do and produce programming for all c-spanthere's a new website for "american history tv" where you can find our schedules and preview our upcoming programs. watch featured video from the regular weekly series as well as access the history tweets, history in the news and social media from facebook, youtube, twitter and four square. follow "american history tv," all weekend, every weekend on c-span3 and online at cspan.org/history. >>> owen lovejoy was a u.s. congressman from served from 1857 until his death in 1864. coming up, owe when muelder of the underground railroad freedom center at knox college in illinois talks about owen lovejoy. the u.s. capital historical society hosted this 40-minute program. >> good morning. first of all let me do a sound check. can i be heard? very good. well cop, i'm don kenyon, vice president of the united states capital historical society and it's my pleasure to welcome to you today's lecture observing african-american history month. we are pleased to be joined by the illinois state society of

series as well as history tweets, history in the news and social media from facebook and twitter and fore square. follow american history tv all weekend every weekend is c-span and online at c-span.org/history. >> working closely with james madison and first lady dolly mad to refine the look and function of the early white house. the partnership with the madisons is the subject of a top at the maryland historical society. collects manager at the white house historical association that is headquartered across from the white house where he once labored. this program is 45 minutes. >> if you want to try to get a seat, we start. good evening and welcome to the 2012 francis scott key lecture series at the maryland historical society. we are excited to celebrate the bicentennial or war of 1812. this is the first program in that long celebration. this evening's talk, oh, the terrible velvet curtains and the madisons decorate the president's house is being presented by leslie jones of the white house historical association. before i introduce our speaker, i want to point out the items we have pulled for tonight's presentation. in the library cases you can see the bound letters

as access ahtv's history tweets. and social media from facebook, youtube, twitter and four square. follow american history tv on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org/history. >>> each week, american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the nation's college professors. you can watch the classes here every saturday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern time and sundays at 1:00 p.m. university of southern mississippi professor susannah ural teaches a course on the history of the united states from its founding to 1877. professional ur lal focuses on e election of 1860 and subsequent secession by the southern states. this is 50 minutes. >>> all right, gang. when we left off last time, we were talking about the crisis of the 150s and we had wrapped up with talking about the dread scott decision and the lincoln douglas debates and finally with john brown's raid, okay, and i promised you next we would get to that crazy election of 1860. as we've been talking about all semester, election years are fun to watch, to kind of take the pulse of the united states. as you can see from what's up there on the online, we're going to wind up with fo

as history tweets. history in the news and social media from facebook, youtube, twitter and four square. follow american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org/history. >> recently, american history tv and c-span's local content vehicles visited shreveport, louisiana, to showcase its history and literary culture founded in 1836, sheareveport h a population of about 200,000 people and located about 250 miles northwest of baton rouge. >> the inevitable end, retribution, bonny parker who died as they lived, by the gun. the officers were on the left side of the road nearest the driver, thus explains the fact that bonnie's body at more bullet holes than clyde. any one of these bullets would have been fatal to both, but after having killed 14 people, most of whom were officers of the law and having come safely through so many gun battles, it did not seem advisable to fire just one bullet. >> bonnie and clyde were probably some of the most notorious gangsters of the 1930s crime era in the united states. because their crime story began in texas, east texas and involved louisiana, they're very sort of connected to the 1930s story of shr

as well as access history tweets, history in the news, and social media from facebook, youtube, twitter, and foursquare follow american history tv all weekend every weekend is c-span and online at c-span.org/history. >>> in march of 1979 c-span began televising the u.s. house of representatives to households nationwide. and today our content of politics and public affairs, nonfiction book, and american history, is available on tv, radio, and online. >> my personal appreciation that i owe a great debt to these re-enforces my view that a certain humility should characterize the judicial roll. judges and justices are servants of the law, not the other way around. judges are like umpires. umpires don't make the rules, they apply them. the role of an umpire and a

well as access ahtv's history tweets, history in the news and social media from facebook, youtube, twitter and foursquare. follow american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org/history. >>> two grand daughters of dwight d. eisenhower voiced their opposition this week to the proposed design of a memorial honoring the 34th president. they appeared before a congressional subcommittee hearing held to consider the views of both supporters and

series as well as access history tweets history in the news and social media from facebook, twitter and four square. follow american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span three and online at cspan.org/history. >> i believe that it is yet possible that we will come to admire this country not simply because we were born here, but because of the kind of great and good lands that you and i wanted to be and that together we have made it. that is my hope. that is my reason for seeking the presidency of the united states. >> as candidates campaign for president this year, we look back at 14 men who ran for the office and lost. go to our website, cspan.org/thecontenders to see video of the contenders that had lasting impact on the politics. >> the leader of this nation has an immediate and clear challenge to go to work effectively and immediately to restore proper respect for law and order in this land and not just prior to election day either. >> cspan.org/thecontenders. >>> c-span's 2012 local content vehicle cities tour takes our book tv and american history tv programming on the road the first weekend of each month. march featured shreveport, louisiana, with book tv at the

well as access ahtv's history tweets, history in the news, and social media from facebook, twitter, youtube and foursquare. follow american history tv every weekend, all weekend, on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org/history. >> although thomas jefferson was in france was the constitution was being debated and signed, he had his own ideas for the new nation. next, university of virginia history professor peter onuf, examines thomas jefferson's idea of america and how his relationship with james madison, whose ideas differed from his own, affected his opinions. this is 50 minutes. >>> is that for me or jefferson? i confuse the two sometimes. i want to begin by talking about the world of the founders, and i am controversially going to include jefferson as one of the founders. you students of american history know he wasn't there. and therefore, he was not the father or in any way related to the document that was produced at philadelphia. but and james madison, of course, were lifetime friends. madison is the so-called father of the constitution. and what i want to talk about a little bit today is the quarrel between these great friends who supported each other in a common project to se

as well. >>> all weekend long, american history tv is featuring shreveport, louisiana. learn more about shreveport and find out where c-span's local content vehicles are going next online at cspan.org/localcontent.

online at c-span.org. >> actor and activist george clooney testified at a senate foreign relations committee on zanan and 0 south zanan. you can watch sunday at 10:30 eastern on c-span. >> i was radical as a young person, and i was the one that thought that singing we shall overcome was really not a very effective way of gaining civil rights. i think i thought that more confrontation was needed. >> economics professor, columnist and substitute host for rush limbaugh, walter williams on being a radical. >> i believe that being a radical is any person who believes in personal liberty and individual freedom and limited government. that makes you a radical. i have always been a person who believed that people should not interfere with me. i should be able to do my own thing so long as i don't violate the rights of other people. >> more with walter williams sunday night at 8:00 eastern and president on c-span's "q & a." >> a house committee gave the federal government a c-minus grade on the freedom of information act it receives. the report came out as american university law school held an event on tyrants appearance and -- on transparency and open government. this is an hour and 10 minutes

well as access the history tweets, history in the news and social media from facebook, youtube, twitter and four square. follow "american history tv" all weekend every week end on c-span three and online at c-span.org/history. >>> the medal of honor is the highest military declaration awarded by the government for valor and action. fewer than 3,500 have been awarded since the civil war. next, a conversation with two recipients as they reflect on their service in the vietnam war. this hour-long program took place at the national archives in washington, d.c. >>> good afternoon. i'm director the national archives experience and it is my pleasure to welcome you to the william g. mcgowan theater. today we come together to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the creation of the congressional medal of honor. it was a bleak december of 1861, more than 12,000 men had already died in a conflict more bloody than most had imagined possible. with no end in sight. it is in this context that lincoln signs the navy bill authorizing recognition for gallantry in action that becomes the medal of honor. documents attesting to the heroism of civil war soldiers and an actual medal of honor, a medal never

as well. and i want to thank everyone who is joining us online. we have 100 persons joining us online for this event today. and i want to welcome them. and we're very fortunate also that c-span 3 has chosen to come and be with us today. and we're grateful for that. so please join me in introducing our guest of honor, dr. thomas frieden. >>> thanks very much, steven. thanks to everyone at csis for really excellent cutting-edge work that you've done in global health on a wide variety of issues. and also i want to thank all of the nongovernmental organizations and fakinith-base organizations and individual advocates who have helped us get to where we are today in hiv. we're all committed to making further progress, but i think we also can take a moment to look back and see how far we've come. i'm very honored to be here, and delighted to share with you some reflections and some data on the hiv epidemic, and where it fits in global health, where it fits in policy, and where it fits also in the u.s. health care system. it's possible, i think, to forget just how bad the hiv epidemic has been. hiv has already killed, in this country, as many people as have died in all wars since th

watch the senator's speech as and other c-span appearances searchable and online at the c- span library. the centers for disease control and prevention holds a hearing today regarding a new anti- tobacco campaign. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius will kick off the event. you can see live coverage at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span-3. here on c-span, we will be live at 1:00 p.m. eastern with a discussion on national security issues in the presidential campaign. we will discuss the role of syrian and unrest, nuclear iran, and withdrawal from afghanistan. that is at 1:00 p.m. eastern. >> homespun cloth would be much more rough textured, much less time than the kinds of goods they could import, but by wearing it, women were visibly and physically displaying their political sentiment. >> sunday night at 9:00, the role of women during the revolutionary war, part of american history tv this weekend on c-span-3. >> british prime minister david cameron continues his visit to the u.s. today in the new york city area. he was in new jersey this morning to meet with mayor cory book

as podcasts. in march of 1979, c-span began televising the u.s. house of representatives to households nationwide. today public affairs, nonfiction books and american history is available on television, radio, and online. >> my personal appreciation that i owe a great debt to others, reinforces my view that a certain humility should characterize the judicial role. judges and justices are servants of the law, not the other way around. judges are like umpires. umpires did not make the rules, they apply them. they make sure

this program as well as the hearing that we have been discussing is available to watch online at c-span.org. the hearing was held on february february 8 to c-span, and you can search it in our video library there. >> we will be going live now to coverage of the american israel public affairs committee annual conference happening here and washington d.c. some of the speakers tonight, house democratic leader nancy pelosi and israeli prime master benjamin netanyahu. in a few minutes we will be hearing from the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell who says that he will be giving a major policy address tonight. live coverage of the american israel public affairs committee here on c-span2. >> in their arms spaced as american hero, thank you and god bless. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former aipac president, tim will year. ♪ >> for 27 years we have been able to account senator mitch mcconnell as one of the great friends of israel and aipac. [applause] at a time when partisan divisions are plainly evident on other issues the senate republican leader has been a force for ensuring that support for israel is bipartisan and unwavering. [ap

as they are released. here that is on c-span 3, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. >> they nailed down a date for when the hiv epidemic started. most of the world was wet moss. in most parts of the world, there is not that much hiv. in some places, it is incredibly destructive. understanding that these two categories exist, it allows you to think, what are the factors to keep this buyers moving and what can we do as a world to end its? >> on "after words," tracking aids. >> in march of 1979, c-span began televising the u.s. house of representatives. today, our content of politics and public affairs, nonfiction books and american history is available on television, radio, an online. >> i saw every one of those youngsters as someone i had a personal responsibility for. general schwarzkopf felt the same way. we knew they were going into a dangerous conflicts, perhaps. we wanted to give them every benefit that would allow them to come home safely. i am more distressed than any member of this committee could ever be that there are veterans that are suffering illnesses that may be a result of their service

online. >> they know better than that. we ought to say to them, that's right. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies as a public service>> "washington journal" continues. host: now joining us is representative allyson schwartz, a member of the budget committee and a democrat from pennsylvania. she is also the national chair for recruiting candidates for the dccc. let's begin with the budget. paul ryan has introduced his budget. when you look at it on its face, what is your reaction? guest: it is more of the same from what the budget that the republicans and led by paul ryan was introduced last year. to me, a budget is about our national priorities and our values. it tells you a lot about what our priorities are. during this challenging time, there are three main goals. i think this budget fails all three of them. reduce the deficit in a fair and balanced way. it does not do that. it ignores the revenue side. it is all about spending cuts. this takes into a much deeper and potentially devastating level. we need to meet our obligations including those to our seniors. it cuts medicare and really ends it as we know it whic

c-span began broadcasting nationwide. it is available on tv, radio, and online. >> we have had advice that we do not do as i did today andme -- a summer tie. heaven forbid. i do not know if my colleagues feel this would be a better decorum for the senate, and i see the distinguished senator stafford over here nodding no. perhaps the people of ohio would like to make a judgment on what they would like to see me attired in here in the united states senate. mr. president, these are just a few of our concerns here in the senate. i'm sure that none of us will do a thing differently in the senate of the united states now that we are on television. thank you. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies as a public service. >> up next, house republican freshmen discuss legislation that aims to repeal the medicare independent payment advisory board created under the obama administration's affordable care act. the house is expected to take up the legislation at the end of the month. this is about 30 minutes. >> thank you for joining us here today. we want to talk a little bit about medicare and the independent in an advisory b

as justification for staying in the race." we will talk more about politics, but if you want to see what c-span has online, go to c- span.org/campaign2012ok at videos and messages that the candidates have made over the last month on the campaign trail. in the meantime, let's listen to newt gingrich speaking yesterday about the president's message on iran. [video clip] >> every evidence this administration is trying to get the israelis not to preempt. no israeli prime minister could responsibly allow the iranians to get nuclear weapons, because israel is a small country. it is so compact. two or three nuclear weapons would be the equivalent of a second holocaust. host: newt gingrich speaking yesterday on cnn. this is from "the l.a. times." host: john is an independent in maine. good morning. caller: good morning. it is like history repeating itself. it is like the iranian leaders are trying to relive the persian empire again. he was right about the appeasement process. history, again -- chamberlain, all over again. the israelis -- i would not hold out waiting for somebody to make promises. president obama is a little naive. i do not know

c-span networks and online at c-span.org. >> even a person who's a senator even a person now who's president of the united states face as predicamentents. they face the fact that there are an appreciable number of americans who are racially prejudice. they face the fact that a much larger portion of the american populace wants to deny deny the realities of race even now. >> sunday, harvard law professor and former law clerk to justice thurgood marshall, randall kennedy. the rhode scholar is the author of five books. he'll take your calls, emails and tweets for three hours live on in-depth on booktv on c-span2. >> u.s. navy secretary ray mabus talked about the role of the military and the coalition partners. he talked about the shared values between candidate and the u.s. and later answered questions from the audience. his remarks are about 40 minutes. they're courtesy of canada's public affairs channel cpac. >> the honorable ray mabus, u.s. secretary of the navy. ray mabus is the 75th u.s. secretary of the navy, as secretary he leads american's navy and marine corps and is responsible for a -- you have copies of his curriculum vita

as part of the "book tv" weekend on c-span2. >> c-span began televising the u.s. house of representatives to households nationwide in 1979. today, our coverage is available on tv, radio, and online. >> i viewed every one of those youngsters as someone who i had a personal responsibility for. we knew they were going into a dangerous conflict. we wanted to give them every benefit that would allow them to come home safely. i am more distressed than any member of this committee could ever be that there are veterans suffering illnesses as a result of their service in the gulf. i think we have to keep that until we find out otherwise. we have to get to the bottom of this. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies as a public- service. >> president obama today travel to oklahoma where he highlighted his energy policies. he announced that he will expedite the permit process for the southern half of the keystone pipeline. he made that announcement at the storage starting point. his remarks are about 20 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [applause] [cheers and >> hello, oklahoma. it is good to be here. have a seat. wonderful to see you. it is good

c-span. it is also available online at c-span.org. >> i was quite radical as a young person. we shall overcome was not a very effective way of gaining rights. i thought that more confrontation was needed. >> economics professor, columnist, and substitute host are rush limbaugh walter williams on being a radical. >> a radical is any person who seeks individual freedom and limited government. that makes you a radical. i have always been a person who believes that people should not interfere with me. i should be able to do my own thing as long as i don't violate the rights of other people. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a". >> british prime minister david cameron and his wife visited washington this past week on a three day trip to the u.s. on tuesday, president obama and the prime minister flew to dayton, ohio to catch the first round of the n.c.a.a. basketball tournament he was back at the state capitol wednesday. he was hosted by secretary of state hillary clinton and vice president joe biden. here is a look. >> ladies and gentlemen, the vice-presi

as it applies -- >> to the commerce clause. >> you can see the entire interview on "newsmakers" at 10:00 eastern and 6:00 on c- span. it is also available online at c-span.org. >> a discussion on mormonism, religion. this event is over one hour. >> we are ready when you are. >> a good evening. my name is mark massa and i am the dean of theology at boston college. i would like to welcome you to this form. boston college, as you undoubtedly know, is an old catholic and just with university in america. my school, down this year in 2008, is the newest component of that venerable institution. with the creation of the school, boston college 6 to deliver on -- seeks to deliver on its commitment of being one of the premier places in the u.s. where catholics and religious people do serious thinking, including their thinking about how theology engages the world. an important part of that is fostering informed discussions, like the one we will have this evening, about how theology and religion do and should focus discussions about the serious political and social issues facing our country. this evening, our colloquialism is entitled, are mormons the new

c-span began televising the house of representatives. today, are content of public affairs, nonfiction books, and public tv is available on radio and online. >> we had advice that we did not do asite shirt and a summertime. heaven forbid. i do not know whether my colleagues fill this would be a better decorum for the senate. i see the senate staffer nodding, no. perhaps the people of ohio will make a judgment on what they want to see me attired in the united states senate. mr. president, these are just a few of our concerns here in the senate, that i'm sure none of us will do a thing differently in the seven of the united states now we turn television. thank you. >> c-span. created by america's cable companies as a public service. >> republicans -- republican candidate rick santorum held a rally. the state will award 69 delegates. mr. romney won pr on sunday and leads mr. santorum in total delegates. >> [applause] >> thank you. good afternoon and thank you all for coming here today. mayor, you're very gracious. senator santorum, i want to welcome you to my home town. [applause] you know, the last time we had a presidential candidate come to dixon, he won. [laughter] [applause]

as they are released, about 1:00 p.m. eastern. our coverage will be on c-span3, c-span radio and online at cspan.org. >> middle and high school students from across the country showed which parts of the constitution was important to them and why. we will air the top 27 videos. for a preview of the winning videos, a czech studentcam.org congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's competition. >> president obama on energy policies. in about 20 minutes, and john boehner's news briefing. the party leaders in the house outline next week schedule that includes debate on the gop's proposed budget. later we will be erik general john allen on military operations in afghanistan. >> several live events to tell you about. the heritage foundation hosts a discussion on the decision not to fund a training program for army airline flight crew members. on our companion network, a forum on next week's supreme court or all arguments. this event at the cato institute .s live >> next week, think of the fdr memorial. it was three plus designs or they got to a final plan. i think that we should not be afraid of looking at this issue. we're b