the 1936 u.s.d, resettlement administration history of thea great plains region on sunday at 3.p.m. eastern on c-span next, theup communicators would republican presented of joe barton. after that, the security council meeting. an event recognizing the fifth anniversary of the tea party movement. >> c-span, grated by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you by a public service by your television provider. >> revisited of joe barton -- representative joe barton joins us this week on "the communicators" to talk about some of the telecommunications issues facing congress and the fcc. congressman, if we could start with a couple the issues in the last week or so. i want to get your thoughts on the comcast and time warner cable merger and whether or not congress will end up playing a role in that. >> we haven't had a chance to study it that much. i think we will have a hearing on it. on the surface of it, i would think that congress would be generally receptive. we will look into local issues where there is a market dominance disproportionate shared concentration. i think overall we would

to charge based on volume. >> net neutrality and other telecom issues monday on the communicators at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. next, q&a with rel on herginia post book followed by question time with british prime minister david cameron and the future of afghanistan with the state department special representative for the region. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," bloomberg columnist and author virginia postrel discusses her book, "the power of glamour: longing and the art of visual persuasion." >> virginia postrel, author of "the power of glamour," in history, from your perspective, which political figure is the most glamorous? >> wow, that is a really hard question. alexander the great is a

p.m. eastern on c-span. in scene earlier this week washington, snow tuesday earlier this week, in front of the supreme court as the court heard to religious liberty cases. supporters and opponents were in front of the court and heard the vsument in the case sibelius hobby lobby which call -- which dealt with country septic coverage inalso live today on c, discussion on the role women the national health care plan and a decision is expected later this year. we will have those oral arguments for you in their entirety tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. up next, conversation from this morning's "washington journal," on the heroin epidemic in the united states. host: joining us from nashville is russell moore, president of the southern baptist convention commission. >guest: that's right. host: let's start with you in nashville, when you heard just hear the term religious liberty, what does that mean to you? guest: i defined as the freedom to be able to live out one's religious convictions without coerci

p.m. on c-span. told both ase students and as a nation in terms of popular imagination that there are all kind of sit in's and marches and demonstrations that occurred, but by the famous iconic people. basically rosa parks, who was so tired that she refused to get up from the bus in montgomery, alabama and sparked the boycott and a young preacher who even the president referred to during the election as a young preacher from georgia who is dr. martin luther king jr.. he leaves the masses of african americans from a racial oppression. the notion of that rosa sat and martin could do this and jesse could run and barack could fly. all of these things, they sound good, but they really simplify a much more kabul k history. it really involves so many african-americans, women and men, who proactively dismantled racial segregation including rosa parks. she was an activist. she did not just refuse to give a her seat by accident. it was a concerted, strategic effort to transform institutions. >> history profess

p.m. on c-span. coming up at 5 p.m. on c-span center for strategic and international studies holds a forum on russia. bob schieffer, former national study advisor to president carter, zbig brzezinski and brent scowcroft will all share their views about russian intervention in ukraine and crimea's vote to join russia. that's up five on c-span. and some news on that as vice president joe biden warned russia views will respond to any aggression against nato allies. "the associated press" writing vice president biden told reporters today that there are quote growing costs that come with naked aggression but the vice president spoke a day after russian president putin signed a treaty to annex ukraine's crimea region. the united states and other nations are calling that a violation of international law. that is from the ap today. >> today's young adults, the so-called millennial generation for having a lot of trouble getting started in life because they have come of age in a very hostile economy. they are paying money into a s

website name, you go to the exact site that c-span wants you to go to all the time, every time, for the last two decades. monday, on the communicators at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. a look now at the crisis in ukraine at the annual conservative political action conference on saturday, former under secretary of state paula dobry and ski -- halle dobr ianski moderated a panel. this is 25 minutes. >> good afternoon everyone. we are going to spend some time focusing on the crisis in ukraine. i want to take a minute and just give you a little bit of context to what is happening. let's go back to last year. in november of last year, then president yanukovych turned down the opportunity to become associated with the european union. that association would have resulted in economic reforms and political change in ukraine. ukraine is in dire economic straits. make a reals could difference in its way forward. as a result of his unwillingness to sign association, massive protests took out on the streets in kiev and throughout ukraine. people were protesting and put their lives on the line, once because they wanted to become associated with the west, w

on c-span. later in the afternoon on life -- our live coverage continues with secretary of state john kerry and new york senator john schumer, beginning at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three. >> next, the future of u.s.-afghanistan relations. speakers include former special representative for afghanistan marc grossman. this is hosted by the u.s. institute of peace. this panel is one hour and 10 minutes. welcome on behalf of u.s. ip. i would like to thank all of you for coming, and our distinguished guests. we also want to thank our panelists for this first panel which is titled "the united states and afghanistan, the longview. view.the long -- the longview." given policy relations of late, there is lots of focus on the security transition and the upcoming political transition in 2014 in particular. i do think in terms of the current discourse in washington, talking about life beyond 2014 is taking a long view. i think that one of the objectives for today is to try to look at future relations between the u.s. and pakistan beyond 2014. there is a longer-term interest in this relationship. i think it is also important that we have a balanced and real

the federal trade commission, monday on the communicators at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. wednesday, david cameron said the referendum in crimea was illegal. he warned that if russia continued to take further actions, more sanctions would be put into place. the prime minister also answered questions about mental health care, unemployment figures, and childcare policy. this is just over 30 minutes >> questions to the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i am sure the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to tony band who died last week. he made many speeches in this ofse and alongside a record public service, he was also a great writer, a great campaigner, no matter whether you agreed with his views or not. he will be missed by both sides of this house and our thoughts are with him and other members of his family at this time. i'm sure you also join me in paying tribute to the winter paralympic team, following a great success at the sochi games. especially kenny gallagher who won our first ever gold medal at the winter paralympics and our most successful

p.m. eastern on c-span 2. a criminalt have investigation role. we have an enforcement role. we enforce the federal securities laws to make sure wall street abides by the rules. we also write the rules, by the way, for wall street. we do not have the criminal authority. we have the power to bring civil action, civil fraud action and negligence actions against those who violate the federal securities laws. we cannot send them right to jail, but we can assess civil penalties. is not asof penalties high as we would like it to be. commitrequire those who wrongdoing stooges scorch their ill-gotten gains. have the power to bar somebody from the securities industry so they cannot live another day to defraud again. >> mary jo white, tonight at 8:00 on c-span q&a. >> the three elements of the package are a sense of exceptionality. you can get that from a lot of different sources. a feeling that you are special. is theond element ofosite and that is a dash insecurity to offset that exceptionality. the feeling you have not done quite enough yet. the third element is impulse control or s

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p.m. on c-span's "q&a." >> next, a discussion about the .uture of afghanistan this is 20 minutes. daniel histo welcome book is "no exit from pakistan." some of the developments, pretty in when the administration is saying to president karzai, you need to make a decision because we need to plan whether or not we will keep our troops in afghanistan. what is happening? this phone call is medicinal he has one last kick -- one last chance. guest: we need to protect them to keep them outside of afghanistan for as long as we stay. unless we get that agreement, we will not be able to keep a number of forces many people are expecting, which is around 10,000 or thereabouts. this was meant to signal that he has this one last chance. i just think anybody really karzai will take the bait. is intended to signal to nato leaders that they also need to plan for the possibility that the united states would draw down to zero rather than leaving behind and residual force. >> does this give them the out they may be looking for? guest: it is possible. there are divisions right now. there are some that

that'll be live on c-span. and at 4 p.m. -span, robert ford, former ambassador to syria, will be at the wilson center here in washington talking about the ongoing conflict in that country. and tonight on booktv in prime time, stories from recent history. starting at 8 p.m., it's sandra grimes and "circle of treason: the cia account of traitor aldridge ames and the men he brayed." nicholas given, pipping pong diplomacy and then at 9:50, lily kappel, the astronaut wives' club. and that's all tonight starting at 8 eastern here on c-span2. >> today's young adults, the so-called millennial generation who are having a lot of trouble getting started in life because they've come of age in a very hostile economy, they are paying money into a system to support a level of benefits for today's retirees that they have no realistic chance of getting when they themselves retire. so there needs to be a rebalancing of the social compact. it's a very important challenge, a very difficult challenge for this country politically because not only

p.m. on c-span and let us know what you think on facebook or twitter. >> one of the most critical things the agency does is to enforce the federal securities laws to make sure wall street buys -- abides by the rules. the right the rules for wall street and brokers and investment advisers but we don't have the criminal authority. we have the authority to bring and negligence actions against those who violate the federal securities laws. we can't send anybody to jail. but we can assess civil penalties. our level of penalties is not as high as we were lucky it to be. there is a legislation in congress to give us the ability to assess higher penalties and require those who commit wrongdoing to disgorge their ill-gotten gains that they make from their wrongdoing. and to bar somebody from the securities industry so they can't live another day to defraud again. white, sunday night at 8:00. c-span. we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you. putting you in the room at white house events, briefings and conferences and offering complete gavel to gavel coverage of the u.s. house all

p.m. on c-span.lso israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is scheduled to speak at the group tomorrow. he's meeting with president obama at the white house today. we plan to bring you any comments that may come out of that meeting. to our program on the fifth anniversary of the tea party movement. this event occurred earlier last week. >> thank you. thank you. thank you thank you. very much.ll a wonderful welcome here and a us toic morning for celebrate the five-year anniversary of the beginning of the tea party. in my years of slogging this thing out in the public arena we always needed to have the grassroots rise up to save america from the left. you are doing it. i think back of those years into 2010. i watched what happened when nancy pelosi became the speaker of the house. i am doing all i can try to roll that rock uphill, punching away and trying to hold our constitution together and our free enterprise together and our way of life together. and they rolled piece after piece over the top of

. >> net neutrality and other telecom issues, monday on the communicators at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> next, state department special representative for afghanistan and pakistan, james dobbins. he delivered the keynote address on the future of afghanistan and u.s. forces in the region. at a discussion hosted by the u.s. institute of peace for about half an hour. >> good morning. my name is steve hadley, chairman of the board of the u.s. institute of these. i want to thank you all for coming this morning and welcome you all to usip. for those of you who don't know, usip is a congressionally created organization. we have a bipartisan board of directors that is confirmed by the senate. we do nonpartisan work in the area of conflict prevention, mitigation and resolution. as we see every day in the public media, the world is full of sources of conflict, religious differences, ethnic differences. usip believe that these sources of conflict do not need to to send to armed conflict. there are processes that can prevent conflicts from becoming armed conflicts. our job is to identify, teac

the wireless infrastructure monday on the communicators at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. informer national securities advisor for president obama says administration should approve the keystone xl pipeline. he told the senate foreign relations committee that the project within the u.s. national interest. it is for america's energy security. this is about an hour and 45 minutes. >> this hearing will come to order. we welcome the distinguished panel of experts and advocates to address something that has long been an issue of practical and political concern for many and across the nation. today we are here to find answers and shed more light i hope on this issue. here are the facts and the rationale on both sides. the proposed keystone xl pipeline with link men canada with the canadian border and nebraska. it would have a capacity of many barrels per day. the state department will determine whether the project is in the national interest. that is the question we will hear testimony about today from our panelists. i hope this could be a balanced, thoughtful hearing and it's a

p.m. eastern on c-span. at 2:30 p.m. he new fed chair janet yellen will hold her first news conference since taking over from ben bernanke. she's expected to talk about fed monetary policy. that conference will be live on c-span starting again at 2:30 p.m. coming about five also on c-span, the center for strategic and international studies associate form on russia. cbs bob schieffer, former national security advisor will all share their views about russian intervention in ukraine and crimea's vote to join russia. again that is at 5 p.m. at 2:30 p.m. on c-span3, secretary-general and his restless and we'll talk about the future of that security organization. against that will be on c-span3 today. all of these life events coming up on the c-span networks. so while we wait for the privacy and civil liberties board to reconvene we will show you a this morning's "washington journal." >> host: our first guest of the american enterprise institute, senior fellow here to talk about gop efforts and outrages to millennials and minor

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. >> the wireless infrastructure, monday on "the communicators" at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-spann tuesday, the chair of the senate intelligence committee said the cia improperly search of its computers during an investigation into allegations of cia abuse. senator dianne feinstein with california defended her committee's work and challenged the cia to set the record straight on its various supports -- reports of disputes. >> based on what director brendan has informed us, i have grave concerns that the cia's search may well have violated the separation of powers and principles embodied in the united states constitution. including the speech clause. it may have undermined the constitutional framework and essential to effective congressional oversight of intelligence activities or any other government function. i have asked for an apology and a recognition that this cia search of computers used by its oversight committee was an appropriate. i have received neither. besides the constitutional implications, the cia search may also have violated the fourth amendment, the computer frau

on the federal reserve. you can see it live starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. ill hold a news conference after a federal open market committee meeting. coverage at 2:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. congressional budget office director doug elmendorf spoke at the atlantic economic summit. this is 25 minutes. [applause] hello, everyone. thank you for sticking around. doug, thank you for joining us. i think we will have a lot to talk about. i wanted to start off, the whole event is about the economy. are you surprised by where we are at this point? >> we have been surprised at the pace of economic recovery. theye looked at crises -- found that those recoveries are very prolonged. relative to the postwar u.s. experience. we put too much weight on the postwar experience. on the rapidht monetary policy response and fiscal policy response. thought that that would be recovery, a v-shaped but a quick u-shaped recovery. in the past several years, we have markdown our projections for economic growth. we think there is still considerable slack left in the economy left in th

one from way and means committee chair dave camp. newsmakers sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> c-span2 providing live coverage of the u.s. senate floor proceed examination key public policy events and every weekend book tv. now for 15 years the only television network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. c-span2, created by the cable tv industry, and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twister. >> tonight, on c-span2 a u.s. supreme court oral argument dealing with the limits on the court's ban against executing the intellectually disabled, followed by a political discussion on the influence of and are its history with the united states. then experts discuss russia's intervention in ukraine and possible next steps for the united states. >> this week the supreme court heard oral argument in hall v. florida, case testing the limits on the court's ban against executing the intellectually disabled. the issue rests on how states define intellectual disability when uses iq tests. florida has a cutoff of 70 for

p.m. eastern on c-span. >> if more than one entity identifies the key fires of the internet, then by nature the internet will no longer be one net. at the heart, for example of the domain name system is the root services system. very few people appreciate that in order to resolve names on the internet there is a root system that makes that work for the entire planet. in the root all names are resolved to ensure that when you or any otheran.org website name, you go to the exact site that c-span wants you to go to every time, all the time for the last two-plus decades. >> the head of corporate internet domain names monday on "the communicators" on c-span 2. >> william burns was on capitol hill monday to discuss the u.s.-russian relations. he testified for about two hours, 20 minutes. >> this hearing will come to order. let me thank deputy secretary of . ate burns for coming this was planned obviously well before the current state of events, understanding the schedule. of your we appreciate your still being with us here today, as well as our panelists for being willing to provide your perspect

on c-span. the -- conservative activists celebrated the fifth anniversary the t partnering -- tea party movement. you can watch the speakers saturday night beginning at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> deaths from other major diseases like heart disease continue to decline, deaths from all climbers has increased almost 70% in the last 15 years. almost 5 million americans have alzheimer's. the third reason i am here is simply to show people that they are not alone. so few people share their personal stories, so people -- as so few people have someone to relate to. me talkingmeone like like this it would make us feel a little less alone. people whisper the word alzheimer's because the government whispers it. the alzheimer's community has been facing for decades, it is not enough. any spaghetti attention and funding it deserves and needs. i dream of the day were mice charity is not necessary and i go back to being the lazy self-involvement shot was meant to be. people looks to the government from open i hope you continue to do more steps to provide for more. >> seth rogen on capitol hill at advocating increased awareness and support for alzheimer's. a.m.day morni

p.m. on c-span. >> today's young adults, so-called millenial generation who are having a lot of trouble getting started in life because they have come of age in very hostile economy, they are paying money into a system to support a level of benefits for today's retirees they have no realistic chance of getting when they themselves retire. so there needs to be a rebalancing of the social compact. it's a very important challenge. it's a very difficult challenge for this country politically, because not only is social security around medicare, half of our budget or about to become half of our budget, it is by far the biggest thing we do, but it is symbolically the purest statement in public policy that as a country we are a community, all in this together. these are, these are programs that affect everybody and the old math of these programs doesn't work. >> paul taylor on the looming generational showdown, saturday night at 10:00 eastern and sunday at nguyen 9:00 on booktv's after the words. in a few weeks your chance to talk to military strategist and former assistance defense secretary, bing we

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p.m. eastern on c-span two on "the communicators." >> on wednesday, the prime minister said the referendumin could was not legal and not be legitimized by the international community. he warned that more sanctions would be put into place. answered minister also questions about mental health care, unemployment figures, and childcare policy. this is just over 30 minutes. >> questions to the prime minister. gillan.ryl >> thank you, mr. speaker. i am sure that the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to tony benn, who died last week. he made many memorable speeches in this house, and alongside a record of ministerial, parliamentary and public service, he was also a great writer, a great diarist and a great campaigner, no matter whether one agreed with his views or not. missed by both sides of this house and our thoughts are with the right honorable member and other members of his family at this time. i'm sure the house would also join ming tribute to the pgb paralympic team following great success at the sochi games. kenny gallagher won our first ever gold medal at the paralympic

p.m. on eastern -- eastern on c-span. president obama awarded the medal of honor to 24 army veterans. many of the recipients were found to be wrongly denied the nation's highest military award because of prejudice. these veterans -- >> let us pray. we confess to you what we are. we are sometimes not the people we would like to think we are. we have at times fail to be a people whose actions measured up to our words. we have been called to love our neighbor and to love ourselves. we are humbled by the love demonstrated by these men, the valid 24 and we honor today. from world war ii to korea and vietnam, individual stories woven into aerobic whole -- a her role at coal -- heroic whole reminds us that even we are different, we are together in many ways. we celebrate the legacy that requires our service. the grants unto us the decency of purpose. it strength of will which these men possessed. courage with humility that we may follow their path. that thever forget highest appreciation is not to utter words but to become a model of what we advocate. we pray and ask in your holy name. amen.

on afghanistan next month's presidential election. live coverage from the center for american progress gets underway at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. house and senate are in this week the house returns for a brief pro forma session at 2 p.m. eastern. legislative business will resume tomorrow with sanctions on russia. watch the house live on c-span. the senate is in today at 4:00 with a vote on final passage of legislation dealing with sexual assault in the military. also, the senate is planning an all-night sessions and i to increase congressional focus and action on climate change. watch the senate live on c-span two. entityore than one manages the key identifiers of the internet, then by nature, the internet will a longer be one net. at the heart of the domain name system is the root services system. in order to resolve things on the -- names on the internet, there is a root system that makes that work for the entire system. all names are resolved to make sure that when you type www. cspan.org or any other website, you go to the exact site that c-span wants you to go with to all the time, every time, for the last decades. interne

p.m. eastern here on c-span. my name is marshall in berger. i am copresident of the women's national logger. brief on behalf of 70 organization speaking to the women whose help and futures are at stake with respect to their access to contraceptive coverage. the supreme court has said in the past, and i want to read this quote, being a will to decide when or whether to have impacts the ability to participate equally in the economic and social life and access birth control. overall improved financial security. i will add, as well as their health and the health of their children. its use is nearly universal and the benefits are extraordinary. what is at issue in this case is whether when the government determines that preventative health care that is essential for women must be provided to overridden by any for-profit corporation that decides to do so. if that would be objectionable to the corporation. my organization, the national women's law center heard from someone who was not heard from in the supreme court. that was actually a woman who was

. >> on saturday, newt gingrich, alaskalter, and former governor, vice presidential nominee sarah palin. live coverage begins at 12:40 p.m. eastern on c-span. suffice it to say that most of health policy really is not health policy at all. it is essentially budget policy. ducks the congress just on so many of the big issues and ends up putting together something that in the parlance of washington might be called a patch. maybe it is an extension. maybe it is called a stopgap. but the fact is it ducks the big issues. the bigtedly ducks issues, particularly on medicare where you have 10,000 people eligible for medicare every day. with is a very real cost that. now the challenge is to try to find a way to move beyond this fixation on budgeting. it would be one thing if it was sound budget policy, but so often, as i have indicated, we don't get these structural issues and move beyond this sort of lurch from one kind of what a calamity to another and come up with sensible budget policy. this weekend on c-span, ron wyden on the challenges facing medicare and hospitals. saturday morning at 10:00 eastern. andbook tv," the historical cultural ties

we will re-air the hearing on brain injuries in sports tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. thank you for your comments on facebook as well. here's one from blake who posed city and state governments are posed for building multibillion dollars stadiums. they have bankrupted cities. the government has no place in sports. safety is no different. if you choose to play, it is your problem. sarasota, florida. all ahead. >> hi. i have not heard a lot of talking about baseball. senior, waswho is a at practice after school, and and were doing a soft toss, a ball went through a hole and hit him in the front part of his head. unconscious, just maybe may be a few seconds. then woke up. the coach had him put a water bottle on his head, and he went back on the field after about 10 minutes. i was very upset about it when he arrived home. basically not quite himself. >> when did this happen, how recently? >> in early february, so it was preseason. son who is 23r who also played baseball, and i thought, hi pass things -- i tv, andy things on there are foul balls, but the fact that it went r

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on correcting. host: you can watch the entire interview at 10:00 p.m. eastern time on c-span and espn radio our conversation with adam schiff, mary schiavo, your reaction to his comments? guest: i agree with him completely and not going to get into anything out of my subject area, but not just the world but us too, we're pretty lax about identification. e get all up in arms about the passports are fake and this is fake but we have that here too. and we allow you if you want to do certain things, you have to show all sorts of identification and not for other things, and we allow people with -- without proper documentation to do things. we have real political schizophrenia about proving you are who you say you are. and i don't want the go off on a political tangn't but i am outraged that lives can be risked because political decisions are made not to check documentation and ensure documentation. and that is one of my biggest -- it's an anger point for me, because people's lives are at risk every day for that and someone makes a political decision that we're not going to stop fr

on c-span. the -- conservative activists celebrated the fifth anniversary the t partnering -- tea party movement. you can watch the speakers saturday night beginning at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> deaths from other major diseases like heart disease continue to decline, deaths from all climbers has increased almost 70% in the last 15 years.

p.m. eastern on c-span. also c-span radio will air the argument today at 4 p.m. easte eastern. >> probably when you look at the threats we faced, when you look at things like improvise nuclear devices, we know that no one jurisdiction would ever have the capability to respond. we'll have to bring resources from across the nation. and looking at various threats, several which are tears of days, some of which are natural hazards, we started adding up the numbers, casualties, fatalities, injuries, search and rescue, immediate recovery needs. and looking at that we begin identifying critical capabilities and gaps. so part of this was to address the funding not only hoping that by jurisdiction by jurisdiction it adds up to national capability, but driving some of the risks and threats as an overall national response. and how do you build that capability and direct the funding? grant funding based upon the division between the states. the other has to be competitive so we can see in some areas of this country where maybe sponsorship of one state or one committee to pro

on c-span three. the upcoming afghan elections are one month away. bob casey will talk about them from the center for american progress, live, beginning at 2:30 p.m. c-span. -- you're on c-span. -- here on c-span. >> annie oakley can be considered to be the first american female superstar. she was an entertainer. she was discovered when frank butler, and next submission shooter, was traveling count down. he always challenge the best shooters of the town he went to to shooting contest. at one town they brought out this 15-year-old girl and they shot side-by-side and she actually beat him. one year later they married and at that time they traveled as exhibition shooters. she became the star, little the sure shot. this is a beautiful shot with an inlaid plaque on the side. -- too little missy, from colonel cody. of course, that is buffalo bill. from the date and location we occasion of this presentation. at that time she was touring with the wild west show in london and europe and she had run out of gunpowder for her shot shells, so buffalo bill lend her some of his outer of a different type and it blew up her shotgun. it may have been and i'm sorry

on c-span three and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. >> white house budget director cynthia -- sylvia burwell testifies today before the house budget committee live starting at 2 p.meastern on c-span three. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. >> we do not have a criminal investigation role. we have a vast enforcement role. we enforce the federal securities laws to make sure wall street abides by the rules we also write the rules for wall street and brokered dealers and investment advisers but we don't have the criminal authority. we have the power to bring, with the approval of our commission civil action, civil fraud actions against those who violate the federal securities laws. we cannot send anybody to jail but we can assess civil penalties. our level of penalties is not as high as we would like it to be and there are some legislation in congress to give us an ability to assess higher penalties. we can require those who commit wrongdoing to disgorge their ill-gotten gains, the profits they make from the wrongdoing, and we have the power in the appropriate case to bar somebody from the securities industry so they cannot live another day to def

p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the congress just ducks on so many of the big issues and ends up putting togetheromething that in the particleance of washington might be called a patch, maybe it's an extension, maybe it's called a stop-gap. but the fact is, it ducks the big issues. it repeatedly ducks the big issues. and particularly on medicare, when you have 10,000 people eligible for medicare every day, there is a very real cost attached with that. so now the challenge is to try to find a way to move beyond this fixation on budgeting. it would be one thing if it was sound budget policy, but so often as i've indicated we don't get at the structural kinds of issues and move beyond the sort of lurch from one kind of budget calamity to another and come up with some sensible budget policy. >> this weekend on c-span, senate finance committee chairman ron widen on the challenges facing medicare and hospitals. on book trn v, the hit torquele and cultural ties between russia and ukraine. and on c-span 3's american tv, george washington's mount vernon. just over 10 minutes. [applause] >> good morning. i

p.m. eastern on c-span 3. tim kane on syria live in lebanon. there is two hours. >> i want to call this meeting subcommittee to order and welcome all here especially our expert witnesses who we will here testimony from. of aenate is in the middle vote on a veterans bill that will take time but i want to folks being e of here. we will proceed to a first panel a second panel with questions and this is a very important topic. i just returned from a trip in lebanon with angus king of maine. we went together because we serve together on committees. fortune relations committee and he is on the intelligence committee. e took a trip where we spent time in israel, palestine, lebanon and egypt. we were ays i think probably most excited about the trip to lebanon because neither there.ad been we have strong feelings about the situation there but we felt needed to ground those feelings and thoughts with some reality check. of that trip i do feel very strongly that the hearing is apt. the syrian conflict about which put so much time in foreign elations and a

on sunday a.m. eastern and 6 p.m. eastern on c-span. council heldurity an emergency meeting on ukraine. members voted or 2-1 to approve a resolution reaffirming that ukraine's sovereignty and declaring the countries upcoming referendum in crimea on whether he should become a part of russia as invalid. russia is one of the five permanent members of the security council. in veto the resolution. china abstained. about theoke situation. this is an hour and 10 minutes. >> [speaking in french] >> we are called to order. the provision area agenda for this meeting, 28th of february, 2014. from the ukraine to the united states. addressed to the president of the security council. the agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule 37 of the council's provisional procedure, i invite the representative of albania, germany, austria, belgium, bulgaria, canada, cyprus, croatia, denmark, estonia, finland, georgia, greece, hungary, iceland, italy, japan, latvia, liechtenstein, malta, montenegro, norway, new zealand, the netherlands, poland, portugal, republic of moldova, czech republic, slovakia, slovenia, s

on c-span. the center for strategic and international studies hosted a conversation about rush on wednesday. .peakers include bob schaffer live coverage at 5:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. the health care problem in the united states is owing to continue and it will not go anywhere. if we do not deal with the issue of innovation, if we do not translate all of those findings that occur at the pharmaceutical industry, at the university level, into health care products which are affordable and treat disease enters them, -- and nots them, as long as we do do that there is no point in talking about the solution of the health care problem. islth insurance coverage going to provide health insurance, but when it comes to drugs, when it comes to the premiums, when it comes to subsidies, where are the subsidies going to come from? taxpayers' money. it is not the people get dollars out of the trees. people have to pay for that and there is a limit. the economy is basically the sign -- science of limitations. if we don't deal with a better system about working on prevention, working on understanding how we could take care of our own health, then there is no

c-span.org. argument for the case will be released on friday, we'll have it for you starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on c-span. again, waiting to hear from the attorneys in the case being argued before the supreme court this morning on contraceptive average. many of you have been weighing in with your thoughts on facebook page. dan krieger says i hope hobby lobby with the -- wins the case, not because i do not believe that women should have a right to do as they see fit regards to taking or not taking birth control, but because i, like a very large or should of the society believe that i should not be forced to pay for that women choice. she was to tell us that her choices in the personal and private, that you need to report herself, in private. again, you can offer your thoughts on our facebook page at c-span. waiting orre attorneys in this case to appear to talk with the media, talk with how they think the case was presented and how the attorneys responded to it. while we wait we have more from this warnings washington journal where there was a roundtable of the contraceptives mandate. if the attorneys to a

on saturday, newt gingrich, and coulter, sarah palin. we will bring you the results of the presidential straw poll at 1230 p.m. eastern on c-span.the conversation and on twitter with #cspanchat. coming up on c-span, president obama announces sanctions against russia. a house committee hearing on ukraine. condemnedse democrats chairman there'll issa for his actions and highlights from cpac , the conservative political action conference. >> c-span. we bring public affairs offense from washington directly to you putting you in the room with congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house as a public service of private industry. we are c-span created by the industry 35 years ago and funded by her local cable or satellite provider. follow us on twitter. like us on facebook. voted 385-23today for $1 billion in loan guarantees for the ukrainian government. also today, president obama ordered limited sanctions against russia announcing this at the beginning of the white house daily news briefing. >> good afternoon, everybody. i want to provide an update on our efforts

infrastructure, tonight on "the communicators" at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two.at -- "the open communicators," book tv with a look at russia relations. on "the limits of partnership." tonight on c-span three, at 8:00 eastern, a visit to the wright brothers aviation center in dayton, ohio. eight trip to the maritime museum in washington state. we stopped in chattanooga, tennessee. finally, the musical history of macon, georgia. concluded -- yes, i would be glad to yield. i looked at both sides and the only gentleman on that side that even made a move was mr. walker. the gentleman did not stand, the gentleman did not rise. i resent the statement -- >> well, i am sorry -- if anyone would have dance, i would've recognized him. so don't get the quack i did not mean to suggest that you are not acting with fairness at all. what i did mean is that we have a consensus deal that your work with united states -- >> that is not what you said. -- weid it was not a fair went through all the procedures of votes. i would never do a thing like that. there was not a man on either s

p.m. eastern on c-span three. >> and tonight on book tv in prime time stories from recent history at 8:00stern bareboat circle of treason, the cia account of a trader in the men he betrayed. >> a day after russia and next crimea from ukraine nato secretary-general call that the greatest of the european security since the cold war. remarks at the brookings institution yesterday. >> ladies and gentlemen we live in a different world than we did less than a month ago. russia military aggression in ukraine is in blatant breach of international commitment. it is a violationinternational and it is a violation of ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. the annexation of crimea through a so-called referendum held at gunpoint is illegal and illegitimate. and it undermines all efforts to find a peaceful political solution. this is a wake-up call for the euro-atlantic community, for nato, and for all those committed to a europe whole, free, and at peace. we know that we cannot take our security for granted. we have seen other crises in europe in the past decades. the western balkans in the 1

p.m. eastern on c-span. officials testify in front of the house armed services committee on the president's 2015 budget request. and on c-span three, a look at u.s. relations with taiwan. earlier today, agricultural secretary tom bill sacked testified about his -- they farmers anderican whether congressman feels like they no longer have an advocate. >> every time i meet with farmers, talk to them one-on-one, it is as if there is a huge change. they don't think the department is on their side. when you look at things like the department of labor, when they come out with a proposed rule so that farm kids can't help them on the farm, the first response from you and the department is in response to the department of labor rather than the farm and farm families. that you are against them, that you're not with them. and you are inundated with regulations from the epa, whether it be under the clean water act, articulate and the clean air act, we don't hear anything in opposition to support the farmers themselves. t

on syria and ukraine. sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. fee towill take over the died last october after doing this. he was greeted by several members of the florida delegation and spoke briefly. this is about five minutes. y, be permitted to take the oath of office today. his certificate of election has not arrived, but there is no contest and no question has been raised with regard to his he election. the speaker: without objection. will representative jolly and the entire florida delegation come to the well of the house and face me. all members will rise. and will representative-elect jolly please raise his right hand. do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help me god. mr. jolly: i do. he spe

on c-span3. visa,ives from target and along with the head of the federal trade commission will testify about security breaches. 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. 3. the two top members of the house intelligence committee unveiled legislation that would end bulk collection of metadata under the fisa court. mike rogers and dutch ruppersberger >> good morning. we appreciate all of you being here and the members who joined us today. first, i want to thank the judge and all the democrats on the committee and republicans, it has been about nine months of intense negotiation to try to come to the conclusions of that we could move forward on an issue that has been contentious, often misunderstood. something that we think protects america. i want to talk briefly about this program. passionately i believe this program saves american lives. we believe it was legal. it was overseen. it was passed by congress. the review committee of section 215, nobody saw any illegal activities or misuse. we know the program served its purpose. was legal. had the proper level of oversight. it did create discomfort with america. making efforts to call into the united sta

p.m. eastern on c-span.he speakers on the third and final day of the conservative political action conference, known as cpac. gingrich,de newt heritage foundation president coulter,t, author anne and former alaska governor sarah palin. this annual meeting is hosted by the american conservative union. [applause] ♪ >> we want a country where personal freedom is cherished. we are all americans are treated equally so that everyone can pursue the american dream. nearly every american you talk to will tell you that they want that, too. nklot of americans thi they already have it. but when you have been targeted by the irs, when your government is making you buy insurance, you neither want nor need. nation is over $17 trillion in debt, which means that every american owes over $50,000, or when some laws are enforced and others are ignored completely, you realize washington may not cherish freedom at all. us. is why america needs that is why we formed tea party patriots. we will win. [applause] values, personal free

p.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, supreme court justice elena kagan to read she spoke to students about her life and law career. this hour-long event was part of the dean's lecture to the graduating class series. >> good afternoon, and welcome everyone. this is our first dean's lecture to the graduating class. and what we are going to do is --the years moving forward havea leading member of the bench and the bar talk to the graduating class about their insights based on their careers about things that you should know as you are starting out and graduating from law school. we could not have a better inaugural lecture than justice elena kagan. welcome to georgetown. [applause] >> thank you. it is a pleasure to be here. i thought today was going to be a snow day. i guess i am glad you did not cancel. day.day is a snow i want to thank the justice for coming here. the federal government is closed today. >> i was in my office. i was ready. we thought the law school is actually close until 1:00. i have to say i was a little concerned that the school was going to be close for most of the day that w