. >> remember george orwell's 1984? that's exactly what this is. she wants to protect herself or she's taking the fifth because she wants to protect the white house. does she have a fear for the white house or a fear from the white house? >> is it snowing? is it she knows she's done something wrong that only affects the i.r.s.? or is it she knows there's something wrong that goes above her? >> stephen: yes, does she know? and what does she know? and how do we know she. >> s what she knows? and did obama know what she knows that she knew? and what about john sununu? and, folks, ultimately is all this just a way to cover up the fact that solyndra sold solar panels to the consulate in benghazi using the associated press as a mule to smuggle guns into mexico as part of fast and furious? [ cheers and applause ] thanks to mrs. lerner's refusal to testify, that's as accurate as i need to be. now, nation, sometimes i feel like a lone voice crying in the wilderness. then i put my glasses back on and realize these trees are actually just cameras. this is tip

but one thing would surely surprise orwell.f citizzns demanding their privacy they can't gwait o give it away. >> if the root end is behaving like a moron a lot of people are willing to give up their privacy, give up their sense of shame, give up their embarrassment. >> the problem is there's not enough fame or fortune for everyone with a digital camera and a broadband connection. the capacity to screw up your life does seem lime mittless. >> dominos pizza employee fired and criminally charged after posting a video of themselves doing gross things to food they were repairing: >> a high school math teacher put on leave after putting on pictures of herself topless and allegedly smoking pot. >> today i am announcing my resignation from congress. >> who can forget married new york congressman anthony weiner forced to resign in disgrace after a tweeted picture of his privates went viral. >> there was a point in the past if you were about to do something like that there woulden a voice in the back of your head saying, i don't think y

. >> last week or the week before, you referenced animal farm, a george orwell novel. how about 1984 and big brother and i think it's called mind control. this feels like that, doesn't it? >> it does. freedom of speech which we all hopefully cherish is the freedom without fear of government intimidation or action or interference. it really is the beginning of tyranny. in a free society, its idea is how we communicate. it is not forced, but the communication of ideas. this hurts the press and hurts the republic, any infringement with fear that government is monitoring what you are saying. it's terrible for the republic and the beginning of totalitarian rules. >> what are your thoughts on this? this scandal is growing and growing. >> i'm different than the following. this is not the beginning of tyranny. this is tyranny. already here. you have a violation of the constitution of the united states. the first amendment has been violated. this idea of spoking into everybody's private business in the case of the press who is the only way that we can get our information betwee

>> it's all like orwell's 1984, big brother and environmentalists and pals in the white house say thereimate change. there is a climate change. don't worry about the data. don't worry about the fact that are hundreds of imminent scientists that say climate change, "a" not as bad as the other guys say, "b" not caused by man's activities. so the white house simply has ideological position. it's not a scientific position. it can't be change by data. it can only be changed by political will. >> you say it actually, adam but great many have seen the imminent thing it's to not. >> every point of view, when it is in some dispute and not unanimous, i think it borders on lunacy to commit billions, dare i say, charles, trillions of dollars that might not be? >> here is the irony. we are a small portion of the world's population. we're talking about solving global warming. the fastest source of fuel in the world is coal. china is not going to stop building, brazil, rest of the world is nipping at our heels economically. we want to saddle ourselves with this? are you nuts? >> i think charles is rig

that's george orwell, that's 1984. that would look like. >> drake is not alone in feeling that way. >> whatever you did electronically, they could capture. >> bill benny worked at the nsa nearly four decades, starting as a data analyst in the days before desktop computers. after 9/11, the nsa began a warrantless surveillance program approved by president bush. >> it started with the telecoms providing billing data records of people in the united states calling people in the united states. my estimate is that they were collecting 3 billion a day. >> 3 billion phone records? >> 3 billion, yeah. that's internal for ththis coun >> nsa was spying on americans within this country. >> he thought it was wrong and quit in protest. someone leaked a story of the surveillance program to "the new york times," which exposed it in 2005. in 2007, the nsa officially discontinued that program. the same year suspecting he was a source for "the new york times" leaks, the fbi raided bill bin i's home. >> my son answered the door and they p

>> it's all like orwell's 1984, big brother, that has environmentalists saying there's a climate change there is climate change. don't worry about the data and the fact that there are hundreds of eminent scientists on climate change who says climate change is a, nowhere near as bad as the other guys say, and b north texas caused by man and man's activities. so the white house simply has an ideological position on this. it's not necessarily a scientific position. and it can't be changed by data. it can only changed by political will. >> you say it actually is, adam. but there are a great many e extremely imminent scientists who say it is. >> i'm just telling you. >> every point of view, when it is in some dispute and it is not unanimous, i think it borders on lunacy then to commit billion, dare i say it, trillions of dollars to something that might not be as it is. >> here is the irony of it. we're a very small portion of the world's population. we're talking about solving global warming. the fast's source of fuel in the world is coal. china is not going to stop building. india is not, b

remember george orwell's 1984? that is exactly what this is. >> bob: this the benghazi issue. >> dana: do you think they need a special prosecutor look at this because the inspector general, when he did his reported, he did an audit, not an investigation. he just found the facts, not how did we get to the facts. only an investigator could do that. he was asked today, did you ask anybody in your audit if they had talked to the white house. he says, no, i didn't. people thought that sounds crazy. i wonder if you think it's time for the fox not to guard the hen house and american people get serious answers. >> greg: you have officially broken the record for the world's longest question. >> dana: that honor goes to somebody else. >> greg: two points, "a", 118 times, there is an easter egg roll hunted every three days because they love their bunnies over there. this is the problem, liberals are saying what do you expect, the government isn't investigating groups that are anti-government. this is honest administration. a

burma, now myanmar, where orwell once served as a colonial policeman, where he first had grown to despise apparatus of a colonial state, make more orwellian than imagined, in a nation where even having an opinion could be dangerous. >> i am very honored to be here at this university and to be the first president of the united states of america to visit your country. >> morning in yangon, to nearly everyone's surprise, there have been some huge changes in recent months. >> difficult time in transition is when we think that success is -- >> nobel prizewinning democracy champion, aung san suu kyi, after 15 years in house arrest, was released, now taking an active part in politics. with the doors opening, our crew is the first to see first. meanwhile, this southwest asian country of 80 million is collectively holding its breath, waiting to see what's next. and will this loosening of government grip last? of course, morning in yangon has always been about tea. it's black indian-style tea, usually with a thick dollop of sweetened condensed milk. you want it sweet this less sweet? very sweet? st

>> well, you rememr that george orwell book,ig brother was always watching you. in the obama administration we have big mother in health care, who is not only watching you, but calling up, and telling people they should make contributions allegedly in excess of a million dollars to implement a law that according to its proponents everyone should love, a law that mandates employers have toide health mandates. have to provide health care, and every individual has to have heth care, why in t world do we need to solit funds. neil: administration is blaming you republicans for blocking that fuding so thhy have to h the companiesompany. -- up,hey argue it is in their company's interestt youould make a case for johon foundation it could benefit as foundations canenefit. under the new lyle care law -- health care law, you saythat does not wash? >> i don't. we sent a letter myself, chairman emerit is. we sene letr to secretary sebelius asking her tell us who she talked to. neil: has she answered? >> she did not, the deadline of yesterday,s of you know,ty of tier time righ

the former news editor talk about terrorism, education, health care thil the winner of the orwell prize of journalism has authored nine books including almost half prices, a world turned upside down and her new release guardian angel. .. >> guest: and, you know, this is just silly. life's much more complicated than that. most people are neither right, nor left, they're just ordinary folk who are getting on with leving their -- living their life in the best way they can

it has taken a great deal of what george orwell called upt language to conceal these realities.thank you very much upon. >> thank you, rashid. for a challenging and -- >> depressing? >> analysis. we've got plenty of time for questions so invite your questions. could you identify yourself, please an anywhere you are? >> there's a microphone coming. >> local businessmen in washington. the chair you hold, i think i read it's the biggest front, should be here in washington on capitol hill. what can be done by people? to change capital policy? >> show take a couple of questions and i'll answer them -- >> thank you. you articulate very clearly the situation for the palestinians, the leadership. the united states -- what should the palestinians do in terms of step one, step two, step three, to liberate themselves from the shackles of occupation that has gone on? >> good question. let's take one more. >> the gentleman with his hand up with a cap on. >> mic is coming, sir. they go. >> what do you see the role i had, the scenario you describe is leading to a great israel. and unless the 2

. >> author, columnist and winner of the orwell prize for journalism, melanie phillips, takes your calls, e-mails, facebook comments and tweets "in depth." three hours live sunday at noon eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> mr. moss, what happened in minneapolis in april of 1999? >> you know, i start the book with that meeting because it's so informative of the industry's attitude and strategies. 1999 the obesity epidemic was just beginning to emerge and raise concern not only among consumer activists and nutritionists, but among people inside the processed food industry. they gathered together, um, for a very rare meeting. of ceos of some of the top manufacturers in north america who got together at the old minneapolis headquarters, the old pillsbury headquarters in minneapolis to talk about none other than this emerging crisis really for the industry. and up in front of them got none other than one of tear own, his name -- their own, his name was michael mudd, he was vice president of kraft. he was armed with 114 slides and laid at the feet of these ceos and presidents of these large food

. >> author, columnist, and winner of the orwell prize for journalism, melanie phillips takes your callsnd e-mails in depth, live on c-span two at sunday. >> next, president obama delivers his weekly address from mexico city, where he talks about immigration and the latest jobs numbers. then, the republican address from north carolina governor pat healthcarecusing on and energy policy at the state and local level. >> hello, everybody. i'm speaking to you from the road, a trip to mexico and costa rica. latin america represents an incredible opportunity for the united states. we learned that our businesses created another 165,000 jobs last month. 6.8 million new jobs over the past 38 months. i won't be satisfied until everyone who wants a job can find one. i'm going to keep doing everything i can and go everywhere i need to go to help our businesses created jobs. one of the best ways to grow our economy is to sell more goods and services made in america to the rest of the world trade that includes our neighbors to the south. 40% of our exports go to the americas. those exports are going fa

george orwell, author of 1984 verdigris paper called basically i'm plain english, urging uses a short word rather than a long one. you short sentences rather than big ones. a bunch of tools, which government is moving towards using to simplify language for the public can interact better. in 2010, congress did the plain language act. i was charged issuing guidance to ensure that agencies of the direction and we are seeing a revolution in favor of greater clarity of government. no charging. jargon free zones. idea number six is a very unhappy high school senior try to apply to colleges and this is an unhappy high school senior, but my guess is a very significant percentage of americans have been one or another way been struggling with applications, whether for a small business loan or mortgage or some benefit that the government entitles you to. why not application easy. i refer to the financial aid form, which is gotten much simpler. i'll just tell you to visit things that make it simpler. one is fewer questions in another is in code on the form, dated the government already has so hig

that isa reality combined with the propaganda aspect or what george orwell described as hubble think -- doublethink. what would we think of it was done to us? if another country exercised impunity to send drones, aerial vehicles, across our borders to strike at will? late senator wayne morris believed in international law, is among the few in congress during the build up to the vietnam war who challenged that kind of impunity. by thes been normalized warfare state and the state of journalism and mass media of our country. toir relationship is central the plowing of huge quantities of resources. financial, industrial, and human into workfare. -- warfare. ,eanwhile, our cities are dying the bombs in vietnam exploded home. the missiles fired in pakistan. exploding in our own country where we don't provide health care, housing, helping children, helping the elderly. president isded now slashing against the core of the social contract with social security and medicare. part of the warfare state. they antidote to those poisons .s independent journalism we are here at this conference and pe

george orwell, author of "1984," wrote a great paper called -- well, basically, on plain english.rging to use a short word rather than a long one. use short sentences rather than big ones. he had a bunch of tools which government is moving toward using to try to simplify language so that the public can interact with it better. in fact, the -- in 2010 congress enacted the plain language act. isn't that great? there is such a law. i was charged with issuing guidance to insure that agencies move in its direction, and we are seeing a quiet revolution in favor of greater clarity on the part of government. okay, no jargon. jargon-free zones. idea number six, this is a very unhappy high school senior trying to apply to colleges. and this is an unhappy high school senior, but my guess is that a very significant percentage of americans have in one or another way been struggling with applications whether it's for a small business loan or for a mortgage or for some benefit that the government entitles you to. when are applications easy? i referred to the financial aid form which has gotten m

the winner of the orwell prize of journalism has authored nine books including almost half prices, a world turned upside down and her new release guardian angel. .. >> guest: and, you know, this is just silly. life's much more complicated than that. most people are neither right, nor left, they're just ordinary folk who are getting on with leving their -- living their life in the best way they can and who see the world as it is. and what i've done for the last quarter of a century is as ali journalist tell it as i see it d to bone which means as a journalist, you know, i was trained to look at the facts, look at the evidence, arrive at a conclusion, tell people my conclusion, tell people the facts, tell people my conclusion. and, you know, quite a lot of people today who kind of start the other way around. they start with a conclusion, and they say let's make the facts fit the conclusion. and from my work as a journalist, i know there's a lod of people out there in the kindo of sensible center, as i like to think of them, who are completely plugged into reality. completely pumped int

. -- whether of the orwell prize for a journalism, melanie phillips takes your calls and tweets on c-span 2. >> next, a discussion about the funding and quality of preschool with education secretary arne duncan and health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. from the national institute of early education and research, this is just under one hour. >> good morning, everyone. we are here on this beautiful morning to discuss the findings of the 2012 state of preschool your book. it is a very important publication. this is an extensive survey. oflook into funding preschools across the nation. conducted every year since 2002, over 10 years ago. the survey provides a decade of information on any changes in any state on policy, funding, enrollment and detailed descriptions of the most recently implemented in every state. it is widely regarded and it is definitely a reference that we all look to across the nation. .y name is celia ayala i will be moderating this morning's event. i am the ceo of a nonprofit called los angeles universal preschool. i have been in education 39 years as a ju

it's almost a page out of a george orwell novel.ives have always feared being targeted by the mrnobama administration, it's unsettling. perhaps the president will get pressure this week to step up a little more, make his views on this more public. >>esther, one of the things that struck me about this story, whatever your politics, i contend that this is one of those stories that it gives the crazies o oy ies out there, ande a lot of them, this gives them fodder when they talk about the government coming after their guns and we don't trust the government. this is one of the situations they can point to now and say, look, i told you so. >> absolutely. that is that story. the story that all the crazies are -- there you go. we told you the government's coming after us and they're targeting us and they're targeting conservatives. every line that the far right-wing republicans have uttered in terms of the government coming after you, you have legitimate concerns to be not just fear-filled, but to arm yourselves against that fear is manife

that is a reality that is combined with the propaganda aspect or what george orwell described as doublethink. what would we think of it was done to us?what would we think if another country exercised impunity to send drones, aerial vehicles, across our borders to theike at will? late senator wayne morris believed in international law, is among the few in congress during the build up to the vietnam war who challenged that kind of impunity. that has been normalized by the warfare state and the state of journalism and mass media of our country. their relationship is central to the plowing of huge quantities of resources. financial, industrial, and human into warfare. meanwhile, our cities are dying, the bombs in vietnam exploded home. the missiles fired in pakistan. exploding in our own country where we don't provide health care, housing, helping children, helping the elderly. while our lauded president is now slashing against the core of the social contract with social security and medicare. part of the warfare state.the antidote to those poisons is independent journalism. we are here at this

. >> author, columnist and winner of the orwell prize for journalism, melanie pill lips, takes your calls, facebook comments and tweets "in depth" three hours live sunday at noon eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> next, a discussion on robert bork's last book, "saving justice," with frank easterbrook, chief judge of the u.s. court of appeals' 7th district. this is 50oo minutes. >> thank you. we're gathered to discuss robert bork's final book, "saving justice." and i'm here because i worked as one of bob's assistants for two and a half year, and we were friends between 1974 and his death last fall. but i need to open with a confession. i can't say very much about the book. i'll talk instead about bob bork, the man and the solicitor general. the reason i can't say much about the book is that its principal focus is his first six months on the job. when he wrote the brief that persuaded spiro agnew to plead guilty and resign as vice president, when he persuaded the supreme court to stop justice douglas' crusade to end the from prosecuting the vietnam war,h when he fired arkansas. bald cox as th

or saying, hey, groups, you better get off our backs orwell' harass you with the i.r.s. -- or we'll harass you with the i.r.s. how will a president say, i won't secure the border until you give legal status? thanks. >> thanks, louie. next up is john fleming of louisiana. >> thank you, steve. ladies and gentlemen, we know that the united states is a nation of immigrants, a nation of immigration. but it's a nation of laws. tanned we're here today to celebrate legal immigration. that is what we should do. however, i completely disagree with the bill that's percolating in the senate today. you know, it's often said that history is the best dermer of the future. and what has history told us? in 1986 we passed amnesty and now we have a bigger problem today than we did then because that bill promised amnesty prom and we've yet to see those. also, i'm told it's 844 pages. when in recent years have we passed such a large bill and had a good outcome? i give you obamacare and dodd-frank as good examples of that. i really think that we need to tear this thing up and start from the beginning. we need t

that isa reality combined with the propaganda aspect or what george orwell described as hubble thinklethink. what would we think of it was done to us? if another country exercised impunity to send drones, aerial vehicles, across our borders to strike at will? late senator wayne morris believed in international law, is among the few in congress during the build up to the vietnam war who challenged that kind of impunity. by thes been normalized warfare state and the state of journalism and mass media of our country. toir relationship is central the plowing of huge quantities of resources. financial, industrial, and human into workfare. -- warfare. ,eanwhile, our cities are dying the bombs in vietnam exploded home. the missiles fired in pakistan. exploding in our own country where we don't provide health care, housing, helping children, helping the elderly. president isded now slashing against the core of the social contract with social security and medicare. part of the warfare state. they antidote to those poisons .s independent journalism we are here at this conference and people aro

. >> author, scientist and winner of the orwell prize for journalism, melanie phillips takes your callscomments and noon eastern on c-span two. "washington journal" continues. host: joan walsh is editor at large at salon and author of the book "what is the matter with white people?" president obama marked 100 days of his second term and we see headlines like this one. president obama says "i am still relevant." is he finding his voice having an effective audience? how would you rate how he has done on the big issues? pre-k's i give him -- >> -- guest: i give him a b. we focus on the president and act like he has magic powers. a tough he has congress to work with, and the republicans in particular and democrats are to blame at times, too, have devoted themselves to not working with him. a lot of people thought he should have done more on the gun control will. i do not know he had it in his power to move those last six votes on either side. i am more critical on the sequester. newt: on gun control, then " york times" is sending reporters up to kelly ayotte where she is drawing supporters

the orwell prize for journalism, melanie phillips take your calls, e-mails, facebook comments, and tweets, live, sunday noon eastern on book tv. >> the bipartisan policy center hosted a discussion on the use of drones for targeted killings. lawyer with the aclu and others of their thoughts on that policy. an all-starhis panel is a bit of an understatement. our panelists are a compilation of national security experts who have bought and reflected deeply on the issues at hand today. i feel like a guy who splashes with a group of rembrandt. let me begin by introducing the panelists. seated next to me is john bell in your. he is a former legal advisor to the u.s. state department and former legal advisor to the national security council. recently he testified before the house committee on the judiciary, subject, drones and the war on terror. so happy to have you here. seated to his left is the director of the aclu national security project which is dedicated to ensuring that the u.s. national security policy and practices are consistent with the constitution, civil liberties, and human rights

. >> author, columnist, and winner of the orwell prize for phillipsm, melanie takes your calls and tweets in depth live on booktv. >> next, the state of latino america and jobs, immigration, education, and foreign-policy, with tavis smiley. ,nalysts include luis gutierrez republican strategist and a navarro -- republican strategist .na navarro, and hector barreto this is just over three hours. >> please welcome this august panel we have for this conversation. i'm delighted to be moderating this session. there are two panels that are convening today at chicago state university. please bank chicago university for having us here. chicagoe bank -- thank university for having us here. [applause] i am honored to be back here at this great institution once again. there is an afternoon panel. fernandoe moderated by of univision radio america. eight brilliant and opinionated members of the latino community. make sure you take note of your programming schedule so you can catch the other panel. to have thisd opportunity to sit amongst these toluences -- influencers talk about issues that are importa

they currently own a 278-acre farm in orwell, vermont. that is one. prettiest parts of vermont but certainly one of the most significant agricultural parts of our state. miss eastman. please go ahead. >> good morning. my name is alyson eastman. at book end associates we're assisting h2a employers since 1993. i would like to thank chairman leahy and ranking member grassley and all members of the committee to allow me the opportunity to apmere before you today. as a member of the national council of ag employers and through my work with u.s. apple i've traveled to d.c. on several occasions including two bipartisan meetings with u.s. dol officials and members of congress which took up better part of each day. there is bipartisan agreement that the current system is broke and the h2a program as it stands today is nearly impossible to use. a shared challenged, faced by all farmers seems it be finding legal and experienced laborers who can provide thing a account ral employers with -- agricultural employers with competence. it no longer draws a distinction

. >> the winner of the orwell prize for journalism, melanie phillips takes your calls, e- mails, in debt three hours, tv," c-sunday, "book span 2. >> on "washington journal," a talk with nicholas burns about the reported use of chemical weapons. this is 40 minutes. host: nicholas burns is our guest. thank you for being with us. guest: great to be with you. host: he is also with the harvard kennedy school of diplomacy and international policy. iswant to talk about what happening in syria. "washington post said"as -- give us a sense of where things are at right now and if they are inching forward, is anything changing at this moment? guest: it looks like the obama administration is now considering greater u.s. military assistance from syrian -- for syrian rebels but that does not mean the united states will put american troops on the ground. there is no agreement for that whatsoever. might the united states transforms to the rebel forces fighting the syrian dick taylor, assad. the war is in its second year. 80,000 people have been killed. there are more than 1.4 million refugees that left

that is a reality that is combined with the propaganda aspect overtly what george orwell described as double think. where what would we think if it was done to us? what would we think of if another country exercised impunity to send cruise and drone aerial vehicles across our borders to strike at will? the late senator wayne morris who believed in international law was among the few in congress during the buildup to the vietnam war who challenged that kind of impunity. that kind of impunity's been normalized by the warfare state and the state of journalism of the mass media of our country. the media's relationship with the warfare state is central to the plowing of huge quantities of resources; financial, industrial and human into warfare. while meanwhile, our cities are dying as dr. king said. the bombs in vietnam exploded homes. the cruise missile fired in pakistan or exploding in our own country where we can't and don't provide health care education. housing, helping children, helping the elderly while our lauded president, the neoliberal president now is slashing against the core