p.m. eastern on c-span2. also tomorrow, live coverage of the indiana senate republican primary debate between senator richard lugar and challenger richard murdoch who serves as indiana's treasurer. the hoosier state holds its primary on may 8th. live at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span or listen on c-span radio. >>> april 15th, 1912. nearly 1,500 perish on the ship called unsinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sounded, the lookout -- once the lookout sighted an iceberg ahead they struck the bells three times, ding, ding, ding. which is a warning saying there's some object ahead. doesn't mean dead ahead, means ahead of the ship. doesn't say what kind of object. what the lookout then did after he struck the bell, he went to a telephone nest and called down to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is that they saw. and when the phone was finally answered, the entire conversation was, what do you see? and the response was, iceberg right ahead. and the response from the officer was, thank you. >> samuel he

p.m. eastern with three photographers whose images chronicle the lives and work of barbara bush. at 10:00 p.m. we'll hear from women who served as the right hands for the first ladies. american history tv in prime time all week here on c-span 3. on c-span 2, book tv's programs in prime time. get a glimpse into the lives of senators starting at 8:30 p.m. eastern with senator arlen spector and his life among the canabl canables. then john shau. and at 10:00, a book party with allen simpson. book tv in prime time, all week on c-span 2. >>> four years ago, i was a washington outsider. four years later, i'm at this dinner. four years ago, i looked like this. today i look like this. and four years from now, i will look like this. that's not even funny. >> mr. president, you remember when the country rallied around you in hopes of a better tomorrow? that was hilarious. that was your best one yet. but honestly, it's a thrill for me to be here with the president. a man who has done his best to guide us through difficult times and paid a heavy price for it. there's a turn for guys like pres

p.m. eastern at c-span 2. also today live coverage of the indiana senate republican primary debate between senator richard luger and the challenger who serves as indiana's treasurer. the primary is held on may 8th. that debate begins live at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span or listen on c-span radio. >>> and as congress continues its two week recess, all this week on c-span 3 we're showing you american history tv in primetime. tonight from our oral history series a look at the life and career of president nixon. you'll see programs on the impeachment charges brought against the president, the oval office meeting with elvis presley and an interview with david guerra again who began his political career on the nixon speech writing team and later wrote the president's resignation letter. that all begins tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span 3. >>> april 15th, 1912, nearly 1500 perish on the ship called unsinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sound the lookout sighted an iceberg ahead they struck the bells three ti

p.m. eastern, lonnie bunch, director of the museum of african-american history and culture. >> tonight on c-span, pbs's tavis smiley leads a conversation on poverty in america and its affects on women and children. >> there's a number in the fact sheet that i fair with folks. in 1990s, the average member of congress had a net worth of $250,000, exkwluding their home. by 2010, the average member of congress had a net worth of $750,000 excluding their home. what happens with congress that they could triple their wealth in a 20 year period, meanwhile, the average person had an income of $20,000 excluding their house, but members of congress found a way to enrich themselves. i'm not hating on members of congress, not hating on wealth, but people who don't have that wealth don't understand smbld who needs an extra $40 in their biweekly check to pay for the bus. >> you can watch the whole event tonight starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the vast majority of consumers in the 90% are okay with this concept that the social networks and companies like google provide free services like webb

p.m. eastern on the communicators on c-span 2. >>> the u.s.at the u.s. chamber of commerce last month about trade negotiations. russia joining the wto and u.s. global trade interests. after his remarks, he answered questions from the audience. >>> all right. i believe we're ready for our grand finale. changing hats now, i'm ralph carter -- i'm still ralph carter, managing director of legal trade and international affairs for fedex, as christopher said, pleased to serve as the chamber's co chair of their trade task force. very happy to be here today. i hope everyone found the panels as interesting as i did. i want to thank the chamber for organizing this, and for all of you for attending today. it's important that business stay engaged in the wto and express our support for an ambitious multilateral trade agenda. as chris mentioned, the statement by the chamber in europe is doing just that. so we hope today's conference will, as myron said, try and help kind of set -- set some priorities and a pathway forward for 2012, and beyond. today we are

p.m. eastern. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> this is c-span3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on "american history tv." get our

p.m. eastern. that's on c-span. >> where's the national public radio table? you guys are still here? that's good. >> this weekend on c-span, the 98th annual white house coronets dinner. president obama and late night talk show host jimmy kimmel headline it be event. a foreign audience of celebrities, journalists and the white house press corp. coverage starts with the red carpet arrivals live at 6:30. you can sync up your experience online at c-span's dinner hub. find the celebrity guest list, highlights of past dinners, plus blog and social media posts at cspan.org/whcd. the white house core respondents dinner live saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the social security trust fund will not be able to pay out full benefits beginning in 2033, three years earlier than projected last year according to an annual report released by social security trustees. treasury secretary geithner was joined by health and human services secretary and labor secretary. he accredited the affordable care act with setting the medicare program on path to save $200 billion by 2016, but acknowledge th

p.m. eastern saturday and sunday. saturday at 3:30 p.m., biographers john farrell, jim newton and richard reeves on clarence darrow, dwight d. eisenhower and jfk. and call in for your questions for steven ross, how movie stars shaped american politics. sunday at 2:00 eastern, watch for eric alterman and his take on liberals in the cause. and at 5:00, a panel on surveillance and secrets with lori andrews, and michael shurmur. the lineup is online at booktv.org. >>> senior officials from the general services administration testified wednesday before the senate environment committee on the investigation into an $820,000 las vegas conference hosted by the gsa. this hearing featuring gsa inspector general brian miller and new acting administrator dan tangherlini was one of four congressional hearings held on gsa mismanagement this week. this runs 1:45. >> the meeting will come to order. the meet willing come to order. thank you to the press. first before i start my statement, i want to enter into the record a letter i rece

p.m. eastern, we'll bring you game two of the nashville/phoenix series. let's go to john forslund and john micheletti. >> we get set for game two of the western conference semifinal. the predators/the coyotes. phoenix winning game one in overtime. joe, we were both surprised by the amount of offense we saw in game one. >> i think everyone in hockey was because these two teams come in as two of the best defensive teams in the playoffs. and two of the top goaltenders. yet we saw seven goals, many of a different variety. andre gets that one on a rebound. mikell boedker, that gave phoenix aa 3-2 lead. power play, erat to tie the game. this one went into overtime. playoff the face-off and ray whitney wins for phoenix. >> with all that being said, with the seven goals, mike smith again was spectacular in goal for phoenix. >> surprising he wasn't named star of this game but no question they won the game and the best player in the game. for mike smith, he faced 16 shots in the third period alone. then was barraged with shots in the overtime. and the thing about s

p.m. eastern, we'll bring you game two of the nashville/phoenix series. let's go to john forslund and john micheletti. >> we get set for game two of the western conference semifinal. the predators/the coyotes. phoenix winning game one in overtime. joe, we were both surprised by the amount of offense we saw in game one. >> i think everyone in hockey was because these two teams come in as two of the best defensive teams in the playoffs. and two of the top goaltenders. yet we saw seven goals, many of a different variety. andre gets that one on a rebound. mikell boedker, that gave phoenix aa 3-2 lead. power play, erat to tie the game. this one went into overtime. playoff the face-off and ray whitney wins for phoenix. >> with all that being said, with the seven goals, mike smith again was spectacular in goal for phoenix. >> surprising he wasn't named star of this game but no question they won the game and the best player in the game. for mike smith, he faced 16 shots in the third period alone. then was barraged with shots in the overtime. and the thing about s

p.m. eastern on "the communicators" and c-span2. >> this morning, jessica herrera-flanigan, former staff directoreral counsel of the homeland security committee previews cybersecurity legislation that could come before congress this week. then "washington post" investigative reporter spencer investigative reporter spencer hsu

p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> this week, for federal communications commission member michael cops on the state of the media. we could start with a bill that is working its way through the house. what do you think about that? is it necessary? >> there's always room for an agency to reform. i like to think i contributed to reform when i was there when i was acting chairman. we opened up the agency and made it more transparent, a lot more participatory. the biggest reform i would like to see would be to empower commissioners to talk to one another so we could sit around a table like this and talk about some of the momentous issues that are curbing the destiny of our future and currently we are prohibited from doing that. there is the sunshine law which is something passed in watergate days that really is -- hobbles the fcc. nobody else operates, members of congress talked to one another, cardinals of the church talk to one another, members of the supreme court, we cannot talk to each other except one on one. we have five people who are selected because they have various endeavors capacities

p.m. eastern. republican presidential candidates mitt romney and newt gingrich speak at the national rifle association's meeting friday. also addressing the nra house majority leader eric kaernt and rick perry and scott walter. april 15th, 1912, nearly 1500 perish on the ship called unsinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sounded, once the lookout sighted an iceberg ahead they struck the bells three times. ding, ding, ding, which is a warning saying that there is some object ahead. doesn't mean dead ahead, means ahead of the ship. it doesn't say what kind of object. with a lookout, they struck the bell, he went to a telephone and asked them to call down to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is that they saw. and when the phone was finally answered, the entire conversation was what do you see, and the response was, iceberg right ahead. and the response from the officer was, thank you. >> samuel helper on the truths and myths of that night. sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern, part of american

p.m. eastern. >>> here is your first look at other news going around america today. in florida, a pair of elderly sisters about to board a bus were attacked by a purse snatcher. you can see one victim had her wheelchair knocked over during the assault. after the horrific images were made public, the teenager believed to be involved was turned into police by his own father. >>> in texas, another heartless crime. somebody swiped a donation jar from the front counter of a restaurant. it was there to raise money for cancer victims. the thief made off with about $250 and remains on the loose. >>> the university of rhode island was invaded by zombies. but unlike those in the movies these zombies were helping to save lives. students were testing a way to give out medication quickly in case of an infectious disease outbreak. so they decided to have a little fun. they made up a disease. >>> finally, in arizona, one puppy ended up looking more like a porcupine after a nasty run-in with a cactus. a good samaritan found the dog and tore enough needles off the dog to fill, get th

p.m. eastern and, friday, primetime, 9:00 p.m. on the fox news channel and guess what?ven george washington bribed voters with whiskey and we'll show you the receipts to prove it. jamie? >> jamie: you have been working on this for so long, eric, no one else has done that, that is great. we'll stay tuned. a powerful explosion rocking a mcdonald's drive through, how the wild scene unfolded, next. we have the video, folks, plus the latest fallout from the secret service prostitution scandal. how congress is getting involved. in what looks like a sordid affair. people with a machine. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if youbank doesn't let you talk to a real perso24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. my dad and grandfather spent their whole careers here. [ charlie ] we're the heartbeat of this place, the people on the line. we take pride in what we do. when that refrigerator ships out the door, it's us that work out here. [ michael ] we're on the forefront of revitalizing manufacturing. we're provi

p.m. eastern, barbara and laura bush talk with doris kearns goodwin. at 10:00 p.m., we'll hear from several women who served as right hands from first ladies from lady byrd johnson to laura bush. watch the role and influence of america's first ladies tonight on c-span3. >>> the aclu has believed for some time that police departments around the country are tracking people's cell phones on a routine basis, often without getting a warrant based on probable cause. >> should tracking a cell phone require a warrant? tonight, american civil liberties union attorney katherine crump on police use of technology for surveillance purposes and whether current law adequately protects an individual's right to privacy, at 8:00 p.m., on "the communicators," on c-span2. >>> four years ago, i was a washington outsider. four years later, i'm at this dinner. four years ago, i looked like this. today i look like this. and four years from now,ly look like this. [ applause ] that's not even funny. >> mr. president, you remember when the country rallied around you in hopes of

p.m. eastern. with congress on break this week, we're featuring some of american history tv's weekend programs in primetime here on c-span3. tonight a look at the role and influence of america's first ladies with three photographers whose images chronicle the lives and work of betty ford, barbara bush and laura bush at 8:00 p.m. at 9:00, barbara and laura bush will talk with historian and biographer doris kearns goodwin. a and we'll hear from the women who served as the right hand of the first ladies from lady bird johnson to laura bush. that's american tv in primetime all week here on c-span3. over on c-span2 book tv's on primetime. tonight you can get a glimpse of the lives of current and former u.s. senators starting tonight at 8:30 p.m. eastern with arlen speck for and his book, life among the cannibals. at 9:25, richard j. luger statesman of the senate. at 10:00 a book party with allen simpson and donald hardy. a biography of the wyoming senator. book tv in primetime all week on c-span2. >> fo

p.m. eastern saturday and sunday. saturday at 3:30 p.m., biographers john farrell, jim newton, and richard reeves on clarence darrow, dwight d eisenhower and jfk. and at 7:30, call in with your questions for steven ross. sunday at 2:00 eastern, watch for eric alterman and his take on liberals and the cause. at 5:00, a panel on surveillance and secrets with laurie andrews. the entire lineup is online at booktv.org. >>> in the new book, rodney king recounts his life following the video recording of his beating by los angeles police in 1991. mr. king recalls the riots following the acquittal of four of the officers in the case and talks about his own legal problems and alcohol addiction. you can see rodney king at the schaumburg center for research in black culture in harlem, new york city, next tuesday at 6:30 p.m. eastern. >>> from the colonial era, prohibition, to today, drinking for better or worse has always been a part of the american landscape. saturday night, live on american history tv, a history of alcohol in am

p.m. eastern, a u.s. army film on general mcmacarthur. at 8:30, a look at the top two military leaders of the civil war. and at 10:10. the world war ii chief of staff who went onto earn as secretary of state and defense secretary. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> excessive spending at a general services administration conference outside las vegas. he testifies about the investigation before the house oversight committee on monday. you can see that live at 1:30 p.m. eastern. the president's budget totals $3.8 trillion with a deficit of $900 billion. national journal hosted a discussion on the budget, the deficit and the the debt. this is half an hour. >> next we have our discussion with our panel of experts. we have laura peterson, senior policy taxpayer for common sense. our moderator is gym. he covered energy, the environment and politics for newspapers including the los angeles times and the tribune. he is a colleague at the blade won the 2007 living

p.m. eastern on the nbc sports network.at 8:30, panthers and devils from florida. >>> nba, the race for the scoring title has come down to the final game. thunder's kevin durant scored 32 in a loss to the nuggets. that means kobe bryant will have to score at least 38 tonight in sacramento to win his third scoring title. kobe, the ball is in your court. >>> baseball. the white sox paul konerko reached a milestone against the a's with his 400th career homer, just the fourth player in team history to hit that mark. howev however, the a's tied it and it was ended with a bloop single. in came the winning run. oakland won the 14-ingmar thon 5-4. >>> to cleveland, billy butler ended the winning streak with a pair of homers over the indians and they crushed cleveland 8-2. >>> finally, the lions' calvin johnson will be on the cover of the madden video game, beating out cam newton with 52% of the vote. the cover is an honor and a curse. you see, the majority of players featured have either been injured or suffered a drastic decline i

p.m. eastern time.f you want more education of currencies, go to currency class at motion in motion. >>> breaking news on natural gas >>> breaking news on natural gas inventories after the break. ♪ ( whirring and crackling sounds ) man: assembly lines that fix themselves. the most innovative companies are doing things they never could before, by building on the cisco intelligent network. welcome to the world leader in derivatives. welcome to superderivatives. >>> i'm sharon epperson with breaking news on natural gas supplies. natural gas supply levels increased 47 billion feet, 47 billion cubic feet in line with expectations. also the same as what we've seen for the five-year average. we're looking at more than 2.5 trillion cubic feet of supply of natural gas. there's a question of whether there's enough storage capacity. looking at prices that have come off of it from their highs of the session. also about a ten cent difference between what we're seeing in the may contract which expires today, and the

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p.m. eastern on "the communicators" on c-span 2. >> in primetime this week, book tv on c-span 2 with a look tonight at pearl harbor starting at 8:30 eastern with craig shirley's december 1941. then stanley wine traub's pearl harbor christmas and burt and anita on "fdr goes to war" on c-span2 this week. applications for social security disability insurance have recently increased to 3.4 million people. last week the social security administration's chief addressed what's behind the increase, citing the high unemployment rate and an increase in mental illnesses. he was joined by interest groups representing the disabled who talked about better ways of incorporated the disabled into the work force. hosted by the national academy of social insurance, this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> good morning. i'm mark miller and i'm a columnist for reuters. i wreet about social security and medicare and other health insurance issues as well as pensions and personal finance, and i'd like to welcome everyone and thank you for joining us this morning for our forum on why are more people claiming disability s

p.m. eastern. >>> april 15th, 1912. nearly 1,500 perish on the ship once felt unsinkable. >> they struck the bell, three times. ding, ding, ding, which is a warning saying that there's some object ahead. doesn't mean dead ahead, but doesn't say what kind of object. with the lookout, after he struck the bell, he went to a telephone desk and calmed doled to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is they say. when the phone was finally answered, the entire conversation was, what do you see? and the response was, iceberg right ahead. and the response from the officer was, thank you. >> samuel halpern on the truths and myths of that night sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern. part of "american history tv" this weekend on c-span3. >>> president obama's proposed budget for next year totals $3.8 trillion with a deficit of $900 million. national journal recently host add discussion on the budget, the deficit and the debt. this is about half an hour. >>> next we have our discussion with our panel of experts.

p.m. eastern on c-span2. while congress is on break this week and next, c-span3 is going to feature american history tv in prime time at 8:00 p.m. eastern. on the, the life of president dwight eisenhower. the architect of the memorial honoring the nation's 34th president and from president eisenhower's granddaughter, who opposes it. then an archival film about eisenhower made by the u.s. army. >>> the international monetary fund meets this month for more talks on europe and other issues and the house financial services committee asked treasury secretary timothy geithner about that meeting and the stability of international financial system. republican committee members opposed contributions to the imf to help resolve the european debt crisis. this hearing is about 2 1/2 hours. >>> this hearing will come to order. the purpose of the hearing today is to receive the annual testimony of the secretary of treasury on the state of international -- the international financial system. the chair would note the very not

p.m. eastern. >>> the environmental protection agency is seeking $8.3 billion for next year. that's a 1% decrease over this year's budget. e.p.a. administrator lisa jackson recently testified about the budget before the senate environment committee. >> good morning. i'd like to begin by welcoming administrator jackson to this oversight hearing on the 2013 budget for the epa. epa is charged with implementing critical public health and environmental protections, including programs that address children's health, safe drinking water, water quality, america's lakes and rivers. epa's mission is to protect the public health, including children of families. the agency was established with bipartisan support as demonstrated repeated success in improving our family's health and in keeping the nation's air and water clean and safe. the president's budget makes tough choices, some of which i don't agree with, but i believe overall it maintains a strong commitment to epa's mission. for example, the president's budget would make investments in enforcing our nation's public health laws, in

p.m. eastern. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> martin luther king is a man, of all the people i've met and talked with and spent time with over the years, is a man that i most -- the american individual that i admire most of all, of all of them. for me, he is my personal hero. why? because martin luther king put his money where his mouth was. >> his career spanned over 60 years. cbs's mike wallace died this past weekend at age 93. watch any of his almost 50 appearances in the c-span video library, including his interviews with iranian president ras fan janny and all minute jad, every c-span program since 1987. >> this is c-span3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> as congress continues its spring recess this week, we're showing you american

p.m. eastern. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> this is c-span3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on "american history tv." get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. with congress continuing its spring recess, all this week we're showing you american history tv in primetime. tonight, programs focusing on the life and career of richard nixon. first, former new york representative elizabeth holtzman talks about her time on the house judiciary committee when as a freshman in 1974, she heard impeachment hearings against president nixon. held at the nixon presidential library, this is about half an hour. >> let's fast forward to the summer of 1974. spring and summer of '74. do you -- redino hasn't taken account yet, but is it -- are there the votes to impeach nixon? when is it clear -- >> well, it's cl

p.m. eastern. >>> this is c-span3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> republican presidential candidates mitt romney, rick santorum and newt gingrich speak at the national rifle association's annual meeting on friday. also addressing the nra, house majority leader eric cantor, texas governor rick perry and wisconsin governor scott walker. see that live on c-span friday at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >>> over the next few hours here on c-span3, congressional hearings on the obama administration's budget request for 2013. up next, securities and exchange commission chair mary schapiro on her agency's proposed budget. and then, u.n. ambassador susan rice on the foreign operations budget request. that will be followed by the environmental protection agency administrator, lisa jackson, discussing the epa's budget. >>> the securities and exchange commission is

p.m. eastern, the brady center holds a news conference on how to prevent gun violence. victims of gun violence from across the u.s. are expected to speak. coming up on c-span2 live at 1:00 p.m., a look at america's tax policy, an event hosted by americans for tax reform. grover norquist is one toffee chured speakers. and then on c-span 3, a house oversight hearing examining the spending report related to a 2010 las vegas convention costing over $800,000. the event's live at 1:30 p.m. eastern. >>> frankly, we owe it to our first responders to give them a modern communications network, and that's e

p.m. eastern. part of american history tv. this weekend on c-span3. >>> north korea plans a missile test as early as tomorrow to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the country founder. the country says the missile launch will put a satellite into orbit, but the u.s. and other countries are saying that the launch is a violation of u.n. resolutions that prohibit north korea's ballistic missile activity. the commander of u.s. forces in south korea recently testified before the house arms services committee for about an hour and a half. >>> the committee will come to order. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. the house arms services committee meets today to receive testimony about the security situation on the korean peninsula. our witnesses are dr. peter lavoy, acting assistant secretary of defense for asia, and pacific security affairs, and general james thurman, commander, u.s. forces korea. this is our first opportunity to have a dedicated hearing on this topic, but i cannot think of a more opportune time. the presiden

p.m. eastern with former pennsylvania senator arlen specter and his life among the canablnibals. richard g.lugar, statesman of the senate. and at 10:00, a book party with alan simpson. a biography of the wyoming senator. book tv in prime time all week on c-span 2. >>> the aclu has believed for some time that police departments around the country are tracking people's cell phones on a routine basis often without getting a warrant based on probable cause. >> should tracking a cell phone require a warrant? tonight, attorney katherine krump on police use of technology for surveillance purposes and whether current law adequately protects an individual's right to privacy. at 8:00 eastern on the communicators on c-span 2. >>> four years ago i was a washington outsider. four years later, i'm at this dinner. four years ago i looked like this. today, i look like this. and four years from now, i will look like this. that's not even funny. >> mr. president, you rememb remember -- remember when the country rally around you in hopes of a better tomorrow? that was hilarious. that was your best

p.m. eastern on c-span. for more information, go to c- span.org. >> this year's studentcam competition asks students across the country what part of the constitution was important to them and why. today's first prize winner in high school selected article 1. patents and copyrights is one of the essential powers given to the federal government in our nation's founding. >> one of the enumerated powers of the congress, patent laws. >> whenever i'm working on a video project, copyright it is important. this goes back to intellectual property. intellectual property is a promise from the government to legally protect creators from having others copy their content for a limited amount of time in exchange for their release in the content into the market. this is done to spur economic growth and encourage progress. this started in england. when it became time to set up a new government, our founding fathers made sure intellectual property was included. >> our founding fathers recognized that in order to overcome the

p.m. eastern also on c-span. >>> from the colonial era, prohibition, to today, drinking for better or worse has always been a part of the american landscape. "saturday night live" on american history tv, a history of alcohol in america. watch our simulcast of "backstory" with the american hisly ri guys. host ed ayers, brian ballo regale with tales of beer. this weekend on c-span3. >>> on wednesday, the senate budget committee held a hearing to consider chairman kent conrad's 2013 budget resolution. the proposal is based on the bowles/simpson plan and includes $5.4 trillion in deficit reduction over ten years. during the hearing, the budget committee ranking member, jeff sessions, along with budget committee members continually voiced their disappointment for not being able to have a mark-up hearing and offer amendments. according to senator conrad, there is no date scheduled on which the mark-up votes would occur, and he doesn't expect an agreement before the november elections. this is just under three hours. >> the meeting will come to order. we want to welcome everyone to the senate budg

p.m. eastern on c-span. you can also watch online at cspan.org or listen on c-span radio. >>> i walked out after the iowa caucus victory and said "game on." i know a lot of folks are going to write, maybe even those at the white house, "game over." but this game is a long, long, long, long way from over. we are going to continue to go out there and fight to make sure that we defeat president barack obama, that we win the house back and that we take the united states senate and we stand for the values that make us americans, that make us the greatest country in the history of the world, that shining city on the hill, to be a beacon for everybody for freedom around the world. >> and with that announcement, rick santorum ended his 2012 presidential bid, a process the former pennsylvania senator began in 2009. follow the steps he took along the road to the white house online at the c-span video library with every c-span program since 1987. >>> this weekend on news makers, we take a look at some of the most compe

p.m. eastern. the u.s. and five other countries are scheduled in this weekend to begin negotiations with iran over its nuclear program. last week, the world fairs council of washington hosted a discussion on whether the u.s. should attack iran to prevent the country from developing nuclear weapons. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> caller:. >> good evening and welcome to the world affairs council washington, d.c.'s program world fairs today which will air as a weekly television hour that broadcasts on mh c-net works world view television each sunday morning. as a courtesy to our audience here and home it, please turn off your cell phones at this time and also another note during the q and a period that will follow the debate, the microphone will be placed up here in the front. i ask that you please come to the microphone to ask your questions. i'm heidi shoup, president of the world fairs council. it's my pleasure to welcome you all here this evening. our program focuses on the sanctions imposed on iran by

p.m. eastern time later today on this thursday. be back in the same spot tomorrow, but for now it is not going to happen today, eastern time on our watch right now. >> 6:00 p.m. eastern thursday is the earliest they will launch that test rocket again. >>> okay. we turn to the dramatic end to the investigation into trayvon martin's death. a special prosecutor in florida announced that his killer will be charged with second-degree murder. george zimmerman will be in court for the first time today to answer to that charge. abc's matt gutman has the very latest from sanford. >> reporter: for the first time in 45 days, a brief glimpse of george zimmerman being driven into the seminole county jail in sanford, florida, the same town where he shot unarmed 17-year-old trayvon martin that chilly february night. >> it is the search for justice for trayvon that has brought us to this moment. >> reporter: this is the mug shot of 28-year-old george zimmerman. the noticeably thinner triggerman in trayvon martin's shooting. he could face up to lif

p.m. eastern, 3:00 p.m.ocal time, tornado warnings and we have spotted tornado rotation, strong rotation on radar, and we have also seen tornadoes on the ground in the last hour or so. trace? the latest from the associated press and the fox news desk in new york city. >>trace: from dallas, texas, they are under siege and have been for the past hour and 30 minutes. the area has at least three tornadoes on the ground and at least six or more tornadoes reported in the dallas area in the past hour and neither minutes and it is not over. there are now at least four different counties in dallas that have had severe damage. we are talking about the dallas area, arlington, lancaster, and north worth -- north ft. worth. back to shepard smith in new york. >>shepard: thank you, trace. and now the local coverage. >> we have a storm here, folks, that is not only capable of producing very large hail but, also, a tornado, as well, and we have a dangerous storm here, let's zoom into this if we can. west of denton. we believ

p.m. eastern. and sunday night at 7:00, the angel of the battlefield and founder of the red cross clara barton operated the missing soldiers office in a washington, d.c., boardinghouse until 1868. join us as we rediscover the third-floor office as it's prepared for renovations. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. >> earlier this year, the reserve officers association gathered leaders in the national security arena for symposium on the current challenges and what the u.s. can do about them going forward. cia director david petraeus and charles bolton talked about the need for prioritizing in a tight budget environment. the reserve officers association is an advocacy group that works on behalf of reserve and guard members and their families. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. that was a great good morning. you're in for a real treat to start off this national security symposium to play a patriotic interlude, i give you the united states marine band. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪