p.m. on c-span 3. each week, american history tv has sat in on a lecture with a college professor. here every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. this week, an examination of urban america in the mid-20th century with a professor of maine. the course is called the wire, race, class, gender, which covers the social, economic, political and cultural u.s. cities after world war two. this lasts an hour and 20 minutes. >> so today is a lecture on the origins of the urban crisis. the term urban crisis is in the title of this class. all right? race, class, gender and the urban crisis. we use the hbo miniseries "the wire" as a text to study, or to think about the urban crisis. and also, again, we use "the wire" for the sociological presentation that gives us the post-war american cities and also to ask questions of it because it gives us the window into the post-war police procedural, through fighting crime, or through police and criminals, which allows us to see a great many things. but it also occludes and hides other elements of life in post-war cities as well. so we use "the wire" both for w

p.m. on c-span. at 4:30, president obama will wrap up the nato summit. that's also live on c-span. and on c-span3, a committee on the lack of foreign language speakers. >>> here more of the nixon saps at 6 p.m. eastern.

one taking place at the vietnam veterans memorial. we'll have that live for you as well starting at 1:00 p.m. both on our companion network, c-span. >>> there's an extra day of book tv this holiday weekend on c-span 2. aaron burr may be best remembered for his duel with alexander hamillton. saturday night at 8:30 eastern and afterwards the former director for asian affairs at the national security council, victor cha on the impossible state, north korea. >> the dialogue with north koreans on human rights is kind of a ridiculous dialogue. you can tell them you need to improve your human rights situation and their response to you will be, and we've had this conversation at the official level, their response will be well, you, the united states, have human rights problems too. i mean that is not a comparable discussion. >> that's saturday night at 10:00. also this weekend, marcus littrell details operation red wing, from service, a navy s.e.a.l. at war. three days of book tv this weekend on c-span 2. >>> three women won the nobel peace prize in october. they were recognized for working for women's rights and participating in peace b

c-span's video library. our live coverage begins at 10:50. interior secretary. that is live at 1:00 p.m. on c- span. first lady michelle obama cape commencement speeches. one of them is this one. this is about 25 minutes. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. rest yourselves. let me thank chancellor martin for that kind introduction. i also want to thank everyone from the board of governors, the board of trustees and the faculty and all of the staff who have worked so hard on this event and making you the men and women that you are. i also have to thank the university choir. you all are amazing. as the chancellor said, you are becoming regulars at the white house. that is a good thing, singing at our black history month events for the last few years. it is amazing to hear those voices pouring in the white house. it is a pleasure to hear your beautiful music here today. of course, i want to join in on banking be folks who made this day possible -- thanking the folks who made this day possible, the people who have been with you every step of the way. your parents. these folks have given you that shoul

what's coming up later on the c spab networks, about an hour from now c-span will have a discussion with joint chiefs of staff chairman general dempsey. live coverage starts at 2:00 p.m. eastern. it will be closer to 45 minutes from now. 2:00 p.m. on c-span. c-span2 has been showing a day long live look at the u.s. economy focussing on government spending, the housing market, federal banks, tax rates and a number of other topics. they are on break right now for lunch. live coverage at 1:30 eastern on c-span2. later tonight here on c-span3 american history tv is in primetime all this week while congress is on break. tonight historians talk about the history and fight against slavery. that's at 8:00 p.m. eastern. join american history tv and book tv this weekend as we feature the history and literally culture of oklahoma's capital city. we'll visit the memorial site of the 1995 oklahoma city bombing and delve into the history of the city's land run of the 1890s and native american tribes of the area. that's this weekend here on c-span3. >> 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 li

p.m. eastern on c-span. come up friday night, a debate between the candidates running in wisconsin's recall election. republican incumbent governor scott walker is being challenged by democrat tom barrett, the former mayor of milwaukee. watch it live friday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> and congressman, there are people who look at what happened with jpmorgan and say here's a company paid a stupid decision, did something dumb, lost money, didn't collapse, fired the people who were responsible. this is the market at work. this is how it's supposed to happen. why do the government need to play a role? >> to some extent that's true but i take some credit for it. if this had happened five years ago and jpmorgan lost more than $2 billion, you would have seen much more panic in the economy. i think you would have seen much more concern. what we did in the legislation we passed and through other things was to require the financial institutions to be much better capitalized. so one of the things that's a result

p.m. eastern on c-span. a look at arlington national cemetery here. join us memorial day on monday for the annual remembrance ceremony. president obama is expected to address the crowd and our live coverage starts around 10:50 a.m. eastern, monday, on c-span. >> and later today and later in the day, another ceremony takes place at the street nam veterans memori memorial. we'll have that live for you as well starting at 1:00 p.m., also on c-span. >> 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 site sites. >> next tus national guard and reserve leadership testifies about proposed national guard cuts and ways in which the operational reserve will be used as the troop drawdown continues in afghanistan. the senate appropriations subcommittee on defense hosted the hearing. defense secretary leon pa net at that time

p.m. on c-span. >>> this memorial day, three days of history. actors from hbo's band of brothers join easy company vets and the 101st hepron. >> what is it, bill? you're giving me everything to jump with. he said we're jumping in hard, ain't we? i said, yeah. okay. said let me tell you something. how much you weigh. i said 138. pounds tall are you. i said 5'4" and a half. you got to put the half in there. i said because i am 5'4" and a half. the reason you got that we don't want to go looking for you in spain. >> also this weekend, sunday night at 9:30, woodrow wilson, teddy roosevelt, william taft, the legacy of the 1912 presidential election. a date which will live in infamy. tour the pearl harbor in the national monument. three days of american history tv this holiday weekend on c-span 3. privacy online. the senate commerce committee looked into the issue yesterday, hearing testimony from federal trade commission chair john liebowitz. in the meantime, republican senator pat toomey was concerned that additional regulation might hurt growth. th

p.m. eastern on c-span. tomorrow on "washington journal" a discussion on cell phone providers and allowing gps information by law enforcement officials without warrant. then former u.s. representative from virginia real good will talk about winning the constitution party presidential nomination. later, and look at the library of congress book. we will hear from the director of publishing. "washington journal" take your calls and e-mails live beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. >> these men go through things and have scars that no one can understand except each other. >> the first thing that startled us was the relationship between harry truman and her record -- herbert hoover who were such different men and ended up for in the silence that neither of them would have anticipated and ended up being enormously productive and formed the foundation of what became a very deep relationship. the letters between them later in their lives about how important they had become to one another was really extrao

p.m. eastern here on c-span. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> these men go through things and have scars that no one can understand except each other. >> the first thing that startled us was the relationship between harry truman and herbert hoover who worked to such personally and politically different men and two in the performing this alliance that neither of them would have anticipated and ended up being enormously productive and formed the foundation of what became a very deep friendship. the letters between them later in their lives about how important they had become important one another -- how part of the had become to one another is really extraordinary. >> the private and privatpublic relationships of american presidents. sunday at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's "q&a." >> cutting back in age where crime is global in ways that it was not 10 years ago -- and by that, i mean whether it be organized crime or cyber crime or white colla

p.m. eastern on c-span. chicago hosts a nato summit later this month. ivo daalder previewed some of the issues, including the plan of the french president to withdraw his troops from afghanistan. daalder also spoke about the u.s. relationship with russia. the council on foreign relations hosted this event. >> you all have a ambassador daalder's by apathy. many of you have met him or heard him on one occasion or the other. he has been a prominent figure in u.s. government and international affairs, but also with the council. for those of us outside of government he has been and remains an important public voice, a frequent writer and debater on issues of great importance to american national security and global security. mr. ambassador, we will all want to know this evening your sense of whether nato will manage to lose the blues in chicago. but first, let me go straight to the news of the day. there are a couple of stories that are newsworthy today regarding our topic this evening. i want to ask your views about the election in france. mr. online -- mr.

p.m. eastern on c-span. and coming up friday night, a debate between the candidates running in wisconsin's recall election. republican incumbent governor, scott walker is being challenged by democrat tom barrett, former mayor of milwaukee. that's live friday at 9:00 p.m. eastern, also on c-span. >>> this is c-span 3, with politic and public affairs programming throughout the week. and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling american story, on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> next the house financial services and subcommittee on financial institutions and consumer credit looks at institutions deemed too big to fail. two of the eligibility requirements are that it must be a nonbank financial company and that 85% of its assets or revenue must be financial in nature. representative shelly moore capito chairs the subcommittee and this three-hour hearing. >> this hearing is called to order. it want

p.m. eastern on c-span. >> i have seemed to have earned a certain place where people will listen to me and i have always cared about the country. "the greatest generation" gave me a platform that was unanticipated. i thought i ought not to squander that. i ought to step up as a, not just a citizen and journalists, but a father, husband, and a grandfather. if i see these things, i ought to write about them and try to start this dialogue, which is what i am trying to do with this book, about where we need to go next. >> tom brokaw urges americans to redefine the american dream. your questions for the former anchor and editor of nbc nightly news. he has written about the greatest generation, the 1960's, and today. in-depth later today live at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> the president and first lady returned to the campaign ymir trail today. speaking at the campus of va up commonwealth university in virginia, the president laid out the reasons for why he is running for a second [applause] [applause] >> hello, virginia. it sounds like you all are fired up. looks like you all are ready

on sundays at 8:30 a.m., 7:p.m. and 10:30 p.m. eastern. all here on american history tv on c-span 3. join us as historians preview the series on saturday, june 2 at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>

on sundays at 8:30 a.m., 7:p.m. and 10:30 p.m. eastern. all here on american history tv on c-span 3. join us as historians preview the series on saturday, june 2 at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> in 1862 as the civil war was being fought, the 37th u.s. congress met under an unfinished capitol dome with confederate members absent. the lack of opposition proved productive as members passed the homestead act, the more am land grant colleges act and pacific railway act and revenue act. the 37th congress also created the department of agriculture and ended slavery in washington, d.c. coming up, "time" magazine editor-at-large talks ab

on 7 p.m. eastern on c-span radio. >> c-span radio is wcps fm washington and around the country on 119 and washington today continues. >> so to toss this into the mix right now saying we have to have cuts that exceed even the lifting of the extent to which we lift the debt ceiling is really in the tour irresponsible. let's get serious. >> president and i had a productive talk. never got to where we wanted to get, but we all know this is coming. >> remember the debate over raising the debt limit last summer? it is back in earnest here in washington again today as the speaker of the house reflecting on his meeting yesterday some calling it the hoagie summit as the president bringing sandwiches from a sub shop a few blocks from the white house as he met yesterday with congressional leaders for the first time on camera we heard from the speaker of the house and the democratic leader nancy pelosi and we'll have more on 24ir comments in just a moment. this is hour two of washington today. i am steve scully. thanks for being with us. both receiving the support of at least 70 senators and the nominations of

on c-span. senator lmarco rubio gives the key note address. we'll also hear from the two u.s. senator, lindsey graham and jim demeant. that's live tomorrow starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span radio and online at c-span.org. >>> bonnie frank is the top democrat on the financial services committee. he was first elected in 1980 and retiring at the end of his current term. congressman frank it was first congressman to acknowledge being gay. 2010 he and former senator christopher dodd wrote the financial regulation law that bears their names. barney franks joins us on "news makers" on c-span sunday. >>> when people are saying to him don't take the vice presidency right now you are the most -- you are a powerful majority leader. don't take the vice presidency. you won't have any power. johnson says, power is where power goes. that is i can make power in any situation. his whole life i said, nothing in mislife previously makes that seem like he is most because that's exactly what he had done all his life. >> sunday night, conclusion of our conversation with robert karo on the passage of power. volume four in the years of lyndon johnson, multi-volume

on american history tv through speeches and discussions with leading historians. every sunday morning at 8:30 eastern and again at 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. here on c-span 3. to find out more about the series and our other history programing, including our weekend schedules and online video, visit c-span.org/history. >>> this week we're featuring some of american history tv's weekend programs on c-span3. in a few moments, we'll continue to focus on the presidency and civil rights with a look at the legacy of president john f. kennedy. in a little more than an hour, more about civil rights then and now, the achievements of the past 60 years, and civil rights issues today. >> this is c-span3 with politics and public affairs programing 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. more now from the john f. kennedy presidential library conference on the presidency and civil rights. the next panel, which is a little more than an hour, focuses on president kennedy's civil ri

p.m. eastern on c-span. >> what has this recall race turned into. what is it all about for this stage?h collective bargaining and collective bargaining is still a big part of it. there was no way they could have gotten one million signatures that they did to recall the governor if he hadn't gone after collective bargaining for public workers last year. what said, that's an issue that's very important to public workers and to unions nationally. but to the average voter, might be less important. so in some ways the race comes down to the typical things that races do when the economy's not well, it's all about the economy. >> how is the economy doing in the state? >> the candidates can't even agree on that. the monthly jobs data that comes out has shown that wisconsin was the worst in the nation last year. lost 34,000 jobs. however, governor walker has questioned that data and rushed the release of some data that comes out from the federal government that wouldn't come out from the election that shows wisconsin gained jobs 34,000 of them last year. that data is generally better respected

p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> welcome to old cow town museum. wichita, kansas. yeah! >> here in the city of wichita and trace, of course, waking up the city for 22 years. a heck of a start. that's why the mayor comes in every wednesday. today talking about the problem we're having in the city with taxicabs. so 920, hang on if you will for that. >> june 2 and 3, exploring the hairage and literally culture of wichita, kansas. >> rather modest-looking paper wrapped binding, but what it contains is an alphabetical list of the members of the senate and the house of representatives done in 1831. i believe this was issued only as it says here members immediate use only. not that they had xerox machined but were not supposed to loan this out. because, as you can see, it would tell you exactly where everybody lives. so you could go and buttonhole them, punch them if you didn't like them. >> watch american tv on wichita on c-span2 and c-span3. >>> coming up next, u.s. national guard and reserve leadership testifies about proposed national guard cuts, and ways in which the opera

presidents each weekend on american history tv through speeches and discussions with leading his ttorians. every sunday morning at 8:30 eastern and again at 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. here on c-spanto find out more about the series and our other history programming including our weekend schedules and online video, visit c-span.org/history. this who wiholiday week we're featuring some of american history tv's weekend programs on c-span 3. over the next several hours we'll focus on the presidency and civil rights. first a discussion of the civil rights policies of franklin delano roosevelt, harry truman and dwight eisenhower. in a little less than an hour and a half we'll focus on president kennedy. after that, a look at civil rights then and now. the achievements of the past 60 years and civil rights issues today. >>> sunday on q&a -- >> i think the problem is with walter cronkite people see him only as the avung lar friendly man, which he was to everybody, but there's another side of him that wanted to be the best. he was obsessed with ratings, of beating brinkley report every night and he isba fiercest competitor i've ever written about, and i've wret en about presidents and gen

c-span.org/history. suspect watch american artifacts every sunday at 8:00 a.m., 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >>> as the presidential campaign enters its final months and the political parties prepare for their conventions, american history tv will air c-span's original series, "the contenders," featuring 14 key political figures who ran for president and lost, but impacted american political history. we'll air the series every weekend from june 3rd to september 2nd on sundays at 8:30 a.m., 7:30 p.m., and 10:30 p.m. eastern all here on american history tv on c-span 3. join us as historians previewed the series on saturday, june 2nd at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> 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 susanna ural teaches a course on the history of the united states from its founding to 187. in this lecture, she focuses on the presidential election of 1860 and subsequent is he session

p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> yee-ha! >> welcome to old cowtown museum, wichita, kansas. yee-ha! >> here in the city of wichita, and trace of course waking up the city for 22 years. well think we have a heck of a start. that's why the mayor comes in every wednesday. today he is going to be talking a little bit about the problem we're having in the city with taxi cabs. so 9:20, hang on for that, if you will, okay? >> june 2nd and 3rd, book tv and american history tv explore the heritage and literary culture of wichita, kansas. >> a rather modest looking paper-wrapped binding. but what it contains is an alphabetical list of the members of telephone senate and the house of representatives done in 1831. i believe this was issued only as it says here for the members' immediate use only. not that they had xerox machines, but they were not supposed to loan this out, because, as you can see, it would tell you exactly where everybody lived. so you could go and button hole them and punch them if you didn't like it. >> watch for book tv and american history tv in wichita on june 2nd and 3rd

p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> as the presidential campaign ♪ >>> the name heir yet lane made be widely forgottenoday. but in the years before the civil war, she was almost as favorite as her uncle. heir yet served as the white house hostess. heir yet welcomed the prince of wales. heir yet listed the mocking bird

p.m. eastern on c-span. >> both the house and senate are currently working on their own versions of a 2013 farm bill. the current five-year bill expires at the end of september. this past friday a house agriculture subcommittee took up sections of their bill dealing with energy-creating crops that are used as biofuels. they looked at the

p.m. eastern on c-span. >> i guess number one what i would ask is that if people do have information, i want them to come forward with that information, either to our office of professional responsibility or to the dhsig. but, you know, the thought or the notion that this type of behavior is condoned or authorized is just absurd in my opinion. i've been an agent for 29 years now. i began my career for seven years in detroit. i worked for -- i was on the white house detail twice. i've worked for a lot of men and women in this organization and i never one time had any supervisor or any other agent tell me that this type of behavior is condoned. i know i've never told any of our employees it is condoned, so i feel as strongly now as i did after reading -- as i did before i read that article. >> this week, officials with the secret service and homeland security testified on capitol hill about agent interaction with colombian prostitutes. view the hearing online at the c-span video library. >>> coming up next, a discussion on trade and competitiveness organized by the group gen next. gen next is

then at 3:00 p.m., also on c-span, a member of russia's democratic opposition movement. she's talking about russia's presidential election and the future of democracy

p.m. eastern. on c-span>>> next on american history tv, a discussion on world war ii reporting and censorship and the experience of associated press reporter ed kennedy. mr. kennedy was fired in 1945 after he defied a military embargo by reporting on germany's surrender a day before the official announcement. in early may of this year, the associated press apologized for firing mr. kennedy. the national press club hosted this one-hour event. >> welcome to the national press club. i'm rick dunham, the washington bureau chief for hearst newspapers and "the houston chronicle," and in my extracurricular life i'm president of the national press club journalism institute which is the educational and charitable arm of the national press club that handles everything from the cutting edge journalism training to book racks and other book events at the national press club. this event is among other things a fund-raiser for the national press club journalism institute and the good programs we do so that every book you b

p.m. tomorrow on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. live pictures from capitol hill as we await the start of a homeland security subcommittee on counter security and intelligence hearing. it's running a little bit behind as committee members are in the house chamber right now voting on defense appropriations. should start within the next 45 minutes or so. we have it live when it gets under way. your phone calls while we wait from today's "washington journal." >> let's start by showing you some of the various headlines about the debt limit that appeared this week. here, for example, is "huffington post" nancy pelosi john boehner trade barbs over prospect of another fight. above that, boehner warns of debt ceiling battle. over on this side, this is reuters, debt limit hike need not be a crisis. geithner. "washington post" obama warns republicans about debt ceiling fight and ezra klein, will the 2013 debt ceiling be moot. on the phone with us is ben while, staff writer for congressional quarterly. what message you want to send to washingt

p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> all weekend long american history tv is in oklahoma city, oklahoma to explore its history. you're watching american history tv, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story. >> at the jewelian p. cantor commercial archive at the university of oklahoma in norman, and my name is terry jordan, the curator archivist here at the archive and welcome to our space. previously the ads were all on analog tape. those were stored here in this room, and you'll note it's a little chilly. we keep the temperature and humidity down for preservation of the analog materials. >> how far back does your collection date? >> we have audio material dating back to the 1940s for the radio advertisements and for the 1950s for television advertisements. some of our earliest materials are commercials from the eisenhower campaign. [ no audio ] >>> one of the ways we get ads has been if ad agencies are going digital and wish to get rid of their old analog copies. we're starting to see a lot more donations because a lot of them don't want to throw away a lifetime worth of analog ta

p.m. eastern also on c-span. commodity futures trading commission chairman gary gensler and securities and exchange commission chairman mary shhero to shapiro, they found out $2 billion worth through media reports. the fbi, cftc and fcc are all conducting investigations into what happened and shapiro added the scp is focusing whether jpmorgan's reporting was accurate. the hearing from yesterday is two hours.

that's on c-span at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. then on monday c-span's live memorial day coverage begins with president obama at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery. speakers including defense secretary leon panetta and actor tom selleck will be live at the vietnam veterans memorial for an observance at the wall. our live coverage begins at 10:50 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i want people to get from the book is a better understanding of who she was, what she was like because there have been a lot of books written and most of it has been written by people who have talked to friends and friends of friends, maybe don't have the information themselves. i happened to be there. i knew her. >> from late 1960 through 1964 former secret service agent clint hill served on the protective detail to first lady jacqueline kennedy. >> there's no gossip in there. it's what happened, things she liked, liked to do, how humorous she was at times, how athletic she was at times and how intelligent, and how rambunctious she was

c-span.org/history. and watch american artifacts every sunday at 8:00 a.m., 7:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >>> the john f. kennedy presidential library convened a discussion on jfk and civil rights. in this discussion, this panel is discussing the president's actions on civil rights. this program is just over one hour. >> so, if we could have your attention. we'll now go to our next panel on the presidencies of john f. kennedy and lyndon baines johnson. so now it is afternoon. good afternoon. and remembering that we're honoring two presidents, george washington and abraham lincoln. here is a little something from abraham lincoln that seems fit for this afternoon. the probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just. that seems to be very appropriate for our conversation about civil rights in the united states. we ended the conversation in the first panel having looked at the double "v" victory, the world war ii, the cold war, the personal responses of people like ernie green of the little rock nine to what was happening i

that briefing will be live on companion at 2:00 p.m. eastern over on c-span. if you would like more information on senate foreign relations committee and all other congressional committees get that online in c-span congressional directory, y-span.org/shop. all congressional committees, member information from the house and senate, district maps and more. again, all of that for $12.95 for shipping and handling at c-span.org/shop. >>> right now i want you to take a look around and look at not where everyone has been but where they are going. the guy in front of you could win an academy award someday. the girl behind you could be future president of the united states. or even, better than that, the mayor of new york city. the guy to the right a future nobel laureate. okay. maybe not the guy to your right but certainly to the left. >> memorial weekend watch commencement speeches, politicians, white house officials and business leaders share their thoughts with the graduating class of 2012, saturday through tuesday at noon and 10:00 p.m. eastern. >>> congressman, p

on the union vote. he's interviewed by peter walston and melanie trotman. news makers airs every sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> sunday on "q abandon a." >> it's just the biography of lyndon johnson. i want each book to examine the kind of political power in america, and i'm saying this is the kind of political power, seeing what a president can do in a moment--in a time of great crisis, great crisis, how he gathers, what does he do to get legislation moving to take them to washington? that's the way of examining power in the time of crisis. i want to do this in full. i suppose it takes 300 pages in there. so i couldn't--that's why i just said let's examine this. >> robert caro on the panels of power. volume four "the years of lyndon johnson." this sunday on c-span's "q & a." and look for robert caro sunday, may 20th. >> the president and first lady return to the campaign trail in ohio and virginia. speaking at his second event of the day on the campus of virginia common wealth campus. he was introduced by his wife, first lady, michelle. [cheers and applause] >> whew! amazing! well, hello, virginia! well, i

p.m. eastern on c-span. then live at the atlantic council at 4:00 p.m. to talk about the future of nato on steps that the largest members must take to ensure nato stability. both are tomorrow on c-span. >> cutting back in an age where time is global in ways it was not 10 years ago. by that, i mean organized crime, whether it be cyber crime, white-collar crime, gangs, ms13. there globalized and the entity that has the best chance for dressing globalized criminal activity is the fbi. if you cut us from doing this at a time when much of this crime is globalized it hurts. >> on political correctness and the foreign intelligence surveillance act. pocket online. one of the many committee briefings recovered this past week. all online. you can select portions for email or to blog. c-span.org/videolibrary. >> now i subcommittee hearing on the future of the federal reserve looking at several bills including the federal reserve board abolition act introduced by republican presidential candidate ron paul. this is just over one hour. >> this hearing will come to orde

on their mind. follow the twitter feed -- twitter.com/c-span. >will show this again this afternoon and tonight at 8:00 p.myou can also find the address any time on line at the c-span video library. just a reminder, on monday, president obama will deliver the commencement address at a college in new york city. [inaudible] [no audio] -- >> i thought it was important to write a book that took people's movements seriously. how did they build over time? obama did not come out of anywhere. -- come out of nowhere. also, the tea party movement. how did it work? occupy wall street. these are important things to take seriously, to look at them as social movements. a. we the people perspective. >> former white house adviser van jones on social movement in america today. tonight debt 10:00 eastern on "book tv." also, modern liberalism is flawed and has no answer for political issue in "the death of liberalism." that is sending night at 11:00 p.m. on book tv. >> i had my ambition to what we're john smith and pocahontas walked. this makes a rectangular space that would be the place where pocahontas married john rolfe.

c-span.org/history. and watch "american artifacts" every sunday at 8:00 a.m., 7:00 p.m., and 10:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >>> all weekend long american history tv is in oklahoma city, oklahoma to explore its history. you're watching american history tv. 48 hours of people and events telling the american story. >> my name's bill parks. welcome in to the state capitol of oklahoma. i've spent a little bit of time taking a look at a very beautiful building. start here with solomon layton, who was the principal architect on the capitol. this is a 1915 drawing of the capital. and i show this to folks just so they understand the dome really was a part of the plan in the beginning. the building was built without the dome between 1914 and 1917. did not build the dome then because they ran out of money. but they had built all of the supporting substructure for the dome. so when we got around to building the dome, beginning in 2001, we were able just to start at the roof line and go up. the base of the building is covered with pink and black granite that comes from indiana. white indiana limestone on the main pa

on friday, he debates his democratic opponent. you can see the debate from milwaukee friday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> there are people who look at what happened with jpmorgan, and here is a company that did something stupid, lost money, fired people responsible. this is the market at work. why does the government need to play a role? >> to some extent, it is true. i take some credit for it. if jpmorgan lost more than $2 billion, i think he would have seen more panic in the economy and more concern. what we did in the legislation we passed was to require the financial institutions to be much better capitalized. one of the things as a result of the government telling them that you need more capital, that helps give people reassurance. >> congressman barney frank spoke about the over $2 billion loss by j.p. morgan chase. the dodd-frank law and gay marriage. watch his comment on line at the c-span video library. republican presidential candidate mitt romney addressed the latino coalition economic summit earlier today about his policies to improve the u.s. education syste

p.m. eastern here on c-span. the u.s. air force academy in colorado springs hosted the national character and leadership symposium. one of the speakers was h. ross perot. he talks to the cadets about leadership lessons. we hear stories about medal of honor winners. this is about 50 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, a man of integrity. he has continued to serve our nation. he has received many distinct honors, the highest civilian honor bestowed upon the department of defense. please join me in welcoming mr. ross perot. [applause] >> it is and not to be with all honor to be is and hon with all of you. he is an incredible man. he cannot be with us here today because of severe health problems. he is an oklahoma cowboy. he was selected by the air force to retrace lindbergh's route after world war ii. that was a pretty good trip. he was an ace in korea. general macarthur set the combat up. robbie had more fuel. acr he had to go back north. he decided he would shoot him down in front of his own troops . just think about that. t

it's been one year since a tornado killed 161 people and destroyed six schools, including joplin high. see the president's speech at 9:15 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> u.s. nuclear regulatory commission chairman gregory jaczko announced his resignation from the agency. he had drawn criticism from his fellow commissioners over what they characterized as abusive management practices. la last year the chairman along with four other members appeared on capitol hill where they were given an tount to address the accusations am here's a 45-minute portion from that house oversight committee hearing from december. >> appear before you today, however, to address topics related to the current functions of the commission itself and the engagement between the commission and agency staff. i have served as a commissioner with six other individuals, four currently serving and two whose service has ended and under the tenure of two different chairman. although some amount of tension is expected in any body, i believe the level of the tension is impeding the collegiate processes of the nrc and is object structuring the functioning of key processes between the com

p.m. on c- span. >> spend the weekend in oklahoma city with book-tv and american history tv. saturday, checked in on literary lights. life. sunday, oklahoma history and american history tv on c-span 3. tour the oklahoma city bombing memorial plus a look into african-american life in the 1920's oklahoma and native american artifacts. once a month, they local content vehicle displaced cities across the country and this weekend is oklahoma city on c-span 2 and cspan 3. >> the head of planned parenthood wants politics kept out of women's health issues. that is the message that cecile richards brought to reasons to inform in new jersey at princeton university's woodrow wilson school of public and international affairs. the daughter of former texas governor ann richards, she spoke for about one hour and 20 minutes. [applause] >> i have to say i am honored to have the opportunity to introduce cecile richards. she has served as the head of planned parenthood since 2006. every year nearly 200 centers nationwide, this 95-year-old organization provides family planning, reproductive, and

p.m. on c-span's q&a. d look for second hour of conversation. >> on this morning's "washington journal" paul light talked about bureaucracy in the federal government after the recent events with the secret service. we will watch this and to live coverage of newt gingrich. audio line: 202-783-0005* host: joining us from new york is paul light, a public service professor at new york university. good morning. how are you? guest: fine, how are you? host: fine. trying to send in your printout? guest: i never title the is op- ed's. i thought it was an appropriate title. it says we're not dealing with a basic, systemic problem to create the incentives and permissiveness that lead to the kind of things that we saw from the secret service, and we will continue to see them. it is as predictable as the sun coming up in the morning. it is a matter of time. host: as far as bureaucracy, how does that affect the operating of the federal government? guest: we do not often find out about misconduct until after the fact. i t

p.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> coming up next, we stay in london when russell brand testified last week before parliamentary committee about the u.k.'s drug policy. then the white house outlines the 2012 drug control strategy released last month. and then later the discussion of the role of courts in the no, sir, and maintaining the public's confidence. u.n. secretary ban ki-moon will be at the center for strategic and international studies to talk about the role of the u.n. in most conflict situations. you can see live remarks. the cuts required by law as part of last summer's deal to raise the debt cerealing. you can watch live coverage on c-span 3 as the economy marks up the bill introduced by paul ry ryan. that begins 2:00 p.m. eastern. >>> russell brand testified on the u.k. drug policy. he talked about overcoming his own addiction and how society views addiction. then the committee heard from critics of the drug policy who advocated for tougher laws. this is an hour and ten minutes. >> hello. >> hello. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> please have a seat. giving evidence to the commit