weapons of mass destruction with peter brookes. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. tomorrow on c-span2, a look at u.s.-india relations and the obama administration with remarks by india's ambassador to the u.s. that begins live at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> how is c-span funded? >> publicly funded. >> donations may be? i have no idea. >> government. >> c-span gets its funding through federal funding. >> a public funding thing. >> may be. i don't know. >> 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public-service, a private business initiative. no government mandate, no government money. >> next, from this morning's "washington journal," a discussion on the economy and unemployment. this lasts about an hour. host: we are talking about the u.s. economy. peter morrissey \ ici is an ecos professor. how was the economy doing? guest: it is in serious conditions but the statements of the obama administration. it will take a long time to clean up the mess he inherited. not all the issue

host: peter brookes is the project manager for re- districting reform. this comes up every 10 years with the senses, but this is an issue broader than just the census. what is your organization concerned about? guest: it is concerned about extreme jerrymanders that have been taking place with more frequency and extremism. politicians choosing voters in their districts rather than voters choosing their elected officials. americans for redistricting reform was greeted as a couple of years ago with a grant from the rockefellers to focus to the extent that we can on the fact that politicians when they draw up the strips with a congressional or state legislative oftentimes jury pick their voters to ensure the election of incumbents or create damage to the other party. host: tell us about the role of the census and seven congressional districts? guest: it will be taken in 2010. our constitution provides for that. once the census did it come out there usually released on a rally basis, beginning 2011. -- when the data canal. when that comes up for each state an

in a moment peter brookes we peter m. >> the air force says it has successfully launched in on our minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile from a california-based, firing at targets in the pacific ocean.

peter brooks is a national security fellow at the heritage foundation, there is a report looking at the commission of prevention of weapons of mass destruction proliferation and terrorism. this commission was put together in 2008. guest: i am not a member of this commission. it is -- headed by bob graham. in the standard commission has been extended. they have been extended for a few more months. host: they deliver their report to president bush last -- late last year and testify before congress early this year. what is the focus today? guest: they are doing a great job. the commission has been extended, both senators will join us today to talk about their finding. they will also talk about their recommendations that they made to the president and congress last year. what is interesting is that there really want to get involved in public our reach. -- public of reach. utreach. they said, by 2013 that the u.s. would experience a terrorist wmd attack. they had over -- they met with over two hundred 50 individuals and held hearings. they spent six months with nine commissioners, involved i

. >> tomorrow, on washington journal, faiz shakir and kyle trygstad and peter brooks and then gerald herbert. washington journal is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. >> tomorrow, on c-span2, a look at india relations with the obama administration. that begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> how is c-span funded? >> publicly funded? >> donations may be? i have no idea. >> government? >> it gets its funding through taxes. >> public funding quantum marquis may be, i don't know. >> it is a private business initiative. no government mandate, no government money. >> , up next, president obama signs a bill that expands the food and drug administration's authority to regulate tobacco products. this is just over 10 minutes.

next, peter brookes will also speak topic. will be lead at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> conservation and the beginning of the 20th century was a battle. just like now on land issues. this historian on teddy roosevelt and his leading role in the early days of the conservation movement. >> he was not where you call a holistic. he believed in hunting. he did not believe in hunting so that you would make a species extinct. yes, he cared about butterflies, wild flowers. he wanted to make sure we have a place for that in modern society. >> tonight, part two would douglas brinkley. that will be at 8:00 p.m. on c- span. or you can listen on xm satellite radio. or listen on podcast. >> this week on prime minister's questions, the fate of british hostages in iraq and a house inquiry. he also in his questions about government spending and u.k. jobs. we will then show you the ceremony to welcome the new speaker, john, who presided over his first questions time since being elected. that is tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. on thursday, republican senators were appoi

in the next hour a look at preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction with peter brooks of the heritage foundation. and then r

we'll talk with peter brooks of the heritage foundation. the topic will be weapons of mass destruction. also jerry herbert will be along. topic, congressional redricting. hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend. we'll see you back here tomorrow. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> mike pence is our guest. he will be here to talk about the agenda and issues facing them. congressman pence, if i could start as we're taping this the house is in the midst of debating the energy bill. if it passes, in your view, what is the outcome? >> sadly, and thank you for having me on. if the cap and trade legislation were to become law, the net effect would be very little benefit to the environment and the loss of millions of american jobs. the american people i think want congress to deal with our energy challenges and they want us to set a course for energy independence, for a cleaner environment. but they want us to do it in a way to make our country and economy stronger, not

then peter brookes of the heritage foundation. a little later, a role the census plays in redrawing districts with gerald herbert. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> how is c-span funded? >> publicly funded. >> donations maybe? i have no idea. >> government? >> c-span gets its funding through taxes. >> federal funding? >> sort of a public funding thing. >> maybe. i don't know. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. a private business initiative. no government mandate. no government money. >> the prime minister has been caught absolutely red-handed. he made a statement to the house about capital expenditure growing every year, and the fact is it is being cut. if he believed in transparency and honesty and truth in public life, he would get up at that dispatch box and say, i'm sorry, i've got it wrong, i gave the wrong figures, here are the right ones. now do it. >> now from london, prime minister's questions, from the british house of co

peter orszag. from the brookings institution this is about an hour. >> [inaudible conversations] >> good morning everyone, i would like to welcome new to this brookings institute this morning, im mark mcclellan, director of the engelberg center for health care reform at brookings and on behalf of bob and the hamilton project we would like to welcome you to today's events on one of the key issues of health care reform. implementing comparative effectiveness research here and we're delighted to have such distinguished participants to discuss this issue and that, of course, includes all of you here, in the overflow room and i know we have a lot of participants, as well. comparative effectiveness research has vaulted to the front lines of the health care reform debate and as you'll hear from some of our upcoming speakers it could even be a game changer come a key part of bending the health care cost curve and comparative americaness research is moving toward. the american recovery and reinvestment act and a stimulus legislation of us at $1.1 billion in federal initiatives to conduct, comparative effectivenes

peter orszag. from the brookings institution, this is about an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, everyone. i'd like to welcome you here to the brookings institution this morning. i'm mark mcclellan here at brookings and on behalf of bob rubin and the hamilton project we'd like to welcome you to today's event on one of the key issues for healthcare reform. implementing comparative effectiveness research. we're delighted to have such distinguished participants to discuss this issue today and that, of course, includes all of you here, all of you in the overflow room and i know we've got a lot of participants online as well. comparative effectiveness research has vaulted to the front lines of the healthcare debate as you'll hear from some of your upcoming speakers it could be a game changer a key part of bending the healthcare cost curve and comparative effectiveness research is moving forward. the american recovery investment center the economic stimulus legislation invested $1.1 billion in federal initiatives to conduct, comparative effect

peter j. peterson foundation, the business round-table, the concord coalition, the national federation of independent business, the brookings institution. i think if you can get concord coalition and brookings institution to support a piece of legislation, it's got to be pretty bipartisan and fair. and also the committee for a responsible federal budget. all of these back the safe commission concept as the way to tackle tax reform and our entitlement crisis. as you may know, madam president, recently chinese prime minister ja jew ry expressed his concern about the -- quote -- "huge amount of money chinese has invested in the united states" -- saying -- quote -- "to be honest, i'm definitely a little worried." he then went on to call on the u.s. to maintain its good credit, to honor its promises and to guarantee the safety of china's assets. madam president, i hope this frightens you as much as it frightens me. china is the united states largest foreign creditor, holding an estimated $1 trillion in u.s. government debt. though it may be unlikely due to the complex interdpind not intet relationship we have with china, if chin