firgs, vermont democrat peter shumlin and his speech. them democrat christine greg war gives the washington state of the state address. from the recent conference of u.s. mayors a look at upcoming elections. >>> c-span's road to the white house coverage takes you live to the candidate events in florida through the weekend leading up to tuesday's gop primary. >> by the end of my second term -- [ cheers and applause ] -- we will have the first permanent base on the moon, and it will be american. by the end of 2020, we will have the first continuous propulsion system in space capable of getting to mars in a remarkably short time because i am sick of being told we have to be timid and i'm tick of being told we have to be limited to technologies that are 50 years old. >> when the founders said that the creator had endowed us with certain unailable rights, among them life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness, they laid out a path for america that was not temporary but enduring, a path that says in america we can pursue happiness as we choo

and after that, vermont democrat peter shumlin and his speech. >> april 15th, 2010 i had arrived in paris, walked into the hotel lobby, met general mcchrystal for the first time. and he looked at me and he said, "so you're the rolling stone guy. i don't care about the article. i just want to be on the cover." >> michael hastings wrote about the commander of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan in the june 2010 issue of "rolling stone." >> i said, well, sir, i think it's between you and lady gaga. you know, i was just trying to make some joke, not knowing lady gaga was actually going to be on the cover. general mcchrystal replied "just put me and lady gaga in a heart-shaped tub." and i thought this is a different kind of general. this is going to be a different kind of story. >> but several months later as a result of the article, general mcchrystal had been fired. michael hastings continues the story and talks about his new book "the operators" on c-span's q&a. >>> c-span's road to the white house coverage takes you live to the events in florida through the weekend leading up to tuesday's