phil galewitz will tell us why. we'll be right back. [video clip] >> we did not begin with a city in kentucky. we began in 1778 -- >> join "book tv" from louisville, kentucky. kentucky's senior senator mitch mcconnell. rebooting american politics. three weeks at farmington plantation with the key in shaping abraham lincoln's view on slavery. take a look back. c-span local content vehicle exports literary life across america. this weekend from louisville on c-span2 and c-span3. >> we have to be clear about the ways that we own our cells and that we own our history and that we make decisions that our history is phenomenal, vital, and special. >> the former president of bennett college rates on african-american economic history. this sunday, your questions and calls for the author of " surviving and thriving." live at noon eastern on c- tv."'s "book >> "washington journal" continues. host: paul kane is a congressional reporter for "the washington post." i you expecting a big drum up before congress leaves town? guest: i don't think it'll b

host: phil galewitz with kaiser health news. prior to that, he worked at the palm beach post and during that time, he was a kaiser media fellow for a year. he's worked at the associated press in new york and in harrisburg, pennsylvania, at the patriot news. let's hear from melvin a democrat if washington. guest: i'm -- caller: i live in florida now. i'm vacationing in washington. i find that totally ironic that he would be one cutting medicaid proposals in this new program. they spent the most money in the history of medicare and care. -- medicare and medicaid. and then the people elected him as governor in florida. my insurance and health care plan is the same as the congressman and i do not get all name brands. there are several of them i was given and they turn concerned and put me on generic. i was with kaiser before i left because it's only in places in florida and georgia that i can go to. but they also carry a lot of generic drugs rather than the name brands. so that is nothing unusual. and lastly, before the lady was tal

phil galewitz shows requirements of medicaid funding. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. next, q&a with anthony scalia. after that, republican presidential candidate mitt romney in jerusalem. >> the internet sbrings radical transparency to almost everything it touches. privacy, it becomes a construct. it's an article construct, a very important one created by laws and institutions and enforcement. >> a few weeks ago ron beckstrom oversaw the internet domain names for i-can. the internet corporation for names and numbers. monday night a look at the internet and cyber security on "the communicators" at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> we did not begin as a city in kentucky. there was only a vague native american region and later a county and another state called kentucky. but we began in 1778 as louisville, virginia. >> next-week, join book tv, american history tv and c-span's local content vehicles from louisville, kentucky, saturday at noon eastern. literary life on c-span2. biographer on mitch mcconnell. and jason gaines on rebooting the internet politics,