ralph peters, i neck to indicate at the beginning that today's colluqial is student israel activism, colloquyism, which we have every year, right, and our director happens to be in florida, couldn't get back for today, but he supports this annual event, which is in the interest of the students, in c cijr's saip program. a few people have said to me, let ralph peters another 10 minutes, 15 minutes before the question and answer. [applause] i don't know whether he wants to do that or he has a few things he would like to sharp yearn and then we lead into the question and answer. that's up to him to decide. >> at this think it's important that this be a dialogue, and so while i am notoriously fond of the sound of my own voice and i won't promise you short answers, i do want to hear from you, but fred just mentioned that he couldn't come back from florida. now i want to warn you canadians, i've been hearing stuff about well, there are going to be water issues in the future and canada may not want to share its water with the lower 48. if you don't share your water, we are going to take flo

throughout the years i neglected to indicate at the beginning that real -- ralph peters is the colloquy which we have every year. right? and our director irvin happens to be in florida. couldn't get back for today. but he supports this annual event. which is in the interest of the students in gigrsi program. a few people have said let him speak before the question and answer. i don't know if he wanted to do that. then we lead into the question and answer. that's up for him to decide. >> i think it's important that this be a dialogue. while i am fond of my voice, i don't promise short answers, i do want to hear from you. fred, you mentioned he couldn't come back from florida. i want to wash you canadians. i've been hearing stuff about well, there's going to be water issues. canada may not want to share its water with the lower 48. if you don't share your water, we are going to take florida back from canada. just so you got it. ladies and gentlemen, questions please? >> if i could identify yourself and ask a question. don't make a statement. >> phil, my questions concerned capitalism and

[applause] >> ralph peters neutral pose dollars served with the u.s. army from 1976 to 1998.e retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel. colonel peters many books include looking for trouble, "new glory" and "beyond baghdad." >> this is the cover of a soon-to-be released by aubrey of justice john paul stevens, and is being produced by northern illinois university press. sarah hoerdeman is to represent publisher. you might be one of the happiest publishers exhibiting here at the organization at the organization of american historians. we just learned today that justice stevens, as anticipate, announce his retirement. what does this mean for your book speak with everyone at northern illinois university press is very excited about this book. it really a coincidence an ideal timing this book has been in production and being researched and written for more than a decade. and so to have the publication of what was already a very good book coincide with the retirement is very timely, greatly appreciated by the press. and we are thrilled that such a terrific book coming out and suc

pakistan relations and field notes on democracy and new york post columnist and fox news analyst ralph peters looks at u.s. foreign policy in his latest collection of articles endless war. find the schedule at booktv.org and follow us on twitter. >> brian ross is part of the investigative unit for abc news. what is new in here? >> there's a lot knew about the relationship between bernie madoff and ruth and what drove him to do it and when it started and his total lack of remorse. and who else was likely involve. he didn't do this alone despite claims that he did. >> did mrs. bernie madoff have a row? >> they started in the early 1960's. she was still keeping the book the day he was arrested and she didn't know directly. she was certainly long for the ride. unlike an them to bonnie and clyde. anyone who didn't buy guns was part of the scheme. >> did you see that the story will continue with more trials? >> it is the layers of the onion being done peeled. i recommend the failure of the federal government. as investigators were after bernie madoff again and again from 1992 on they always missed

he is colonel ralph peters. the book is "endless war". great column today.t up at the "new york post." thank you so much. a hiker trapped by an avalanche calls 911 by himself under the snow. unbelievable rescue story. why dems are block the resolution meant to honor the organization for 100 years of service, that story next.  >> welcome back, everyone. 23 minutes after the top of the hour. they are one of the largest youth organizations in america. instead of recognizing the boy scouts of america for their 100th anniversary, a resolution to honor the group died in a bitter partisan battle with democrats citing the scouts' history of not allowing gays into the organization. >> california assemblyman for the 60th district and a former eagle scout and joins us live from l.a. thanks for getting up really early in the morning. so what is the issue? there must be something that we don't understand. why wouldn't we be allowed to honor the boy scouts for 100 years of amazing service? >> well, you're exactly correct. there should be more to it but unfortunatel

and ralph peters looks at u.s. foreign policy in his latest collection of articles, and less war." -- "endless watr." find the entire schedule online. >> iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad unveiled a series of new centrifuges. they will produce fuel for nuclear plants in the country. in a speech, i talked about the advancements in iran's nuclear program and criticized the new start treaty signed by president obama and russian president megadeath, calling it a bit -- and russian president dmitry mcdevitt, calling it a big lie. this is about 40 minutes. >> in the name of god, the compassionate, the merciful, may god hasten the emergence -- the president is citing verses from the holy koran. i for one would like to congratulate you on the anniversary -- actually, the day when the iranian scientists mastered the technology to produce nuclear fuel. i like to congratulate you on this. i am very happy and i thank god, and once again of the like to congratulate you all on the great achievements that were unveiled before

her book is field notes on democracy and ralph peters looks at u.s. foreign policy in his latest collection of articles "endless war." follow the schedule on booktv.org and follow us on twitter. >> more on the russia nukes agreement with the group global zero. we'll hear from richard burt. other speakers include former c.i.a. agent valerie blame. -- pmp lame. this is about an hour. >> we're going to start right now. i'll make a formal statement, which is i really like the individual who is responsible for arranging the seating on this panel. it is really well-positioned. i won't say any more than that. i would like to introduce our large panel this morning. i'm going to begin on my extreme right where we have mr. rick patel. the co-founder and executive director of abaz.org and he is working closely with our global zero initiative to focus on international political activities. next to ricken is mr. lawrence fender. well known figure at least but certainly not only in hollywood. he is a co-founder of global zero. co-founder of a band of heart producti

and ralph peters looks at u.s. fortune policy in his latest collection of articles "endless war."go to booktv.org and follow us on twitter. host: you have probably seen from our coverage and writings that the republicans are gathering in new york. joining them is ben smith from politico. on the politico today you have a story about sarah palin in response to the response she got from the southern republican leadership conference. what was that response? guest: in a way it was split. she was clearly the rock star with a dominant figure, in fact two of the people really running for president skipped the event in part for fear of being overshadowed by her. and she was greeted with shouting, standing ovations. particularly harsh attacks on barack obama were welcomed. as she left the stage people were scream being we love you, sarah, run, sarah, run. but when you talk to people, including people who are running up to the stage scream being "we love you sarah" we love you. do you want her to run for president? maybe not. maybe she will be ready at some other time. both from the fan base

new york post columnist ralph peters look said u.s. foreign policy on his book, "and liz warren."erwards, deborah -- endless war." afterwards, follow a son twitter. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our guests are stephen dinan, washington times congressional bureau chief, and jennifer bendery, roll call house reporter. talk about the congressional timeline this week and how things will get rolling. host: -- guest: things are shaping up to be a slow week for the house in terms of their business and what not. the senate left without taking care of their exceptional unemployment benefits, the first thing that is up for them, dealing with a cloture vote to head off a central filibuster on the unemployment bill that is out there right now. host: did members go back and hear a lot about health care? were they engaging with constituents? caller: we did not see the vehemence that we saw last time -- gguest: we did not see the te hemans that we saw last time. -- the hemans -- beamon's -- vehemence that we saw last time. jobs are a big issue. you have a whole host of issues that the

and then, ralph peters will look at u.s. foreign policy.e weekend schedule is on booktv.org. this month, see the winners of the c-span video documentary competition. they submitted videos on the challenges that the country is facing. you can see the winning videos just before "washington journal." for a preview of all the winners, go to studentcam.org. >> and now, a discussion on the state of the intelligence community. this is part of a conference marking the fifth anniversary of the creation of the office of national intelligence. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> thank you very much. i am the project director for the national security preparedness group. i will turn the panel over to walter. each protest that will give a five-seven minute opening statement. and then, we will open this up to questions and answers. he first came to the paper in 1966 after serving in the counter-intelligence corps. his articles were in the package that received the pulitzer prize for national reporting, along with many other honors. he has been a news cons

ralph peters will look at u.s. foreign policy in his latest collection of articles. find the entire weekend schedule online. >> too big to fail is a harder issue. my own view is that we are past the days of exclusively small banks and institutions, at the new at c-span video library, you can search and share. over 160,000 hours of video from yesterday or 10 years ago. every a c-span video since 1987. this is cables latest gift to america. our content is available on television, radio and on lined. you can also connect with us on line. >> supreme court justice john paul stevens has announced that he will step down when the court finishes its work. he is about to turn 90 years old. he was appointed by president ford in 1975 and has been hinting that he would agree -- would retire soon. we talked with eight supreme court reporter about possible replacements. ,, >> what has been said about replacing justice stevens? >> the president spoke about that this afternoon. he wants someone who will be respectful of law, but the most significant thing is he is looking for someone

"and "the new york post" column as ralph peters looks at foreign policy and his latest collection of articles. find the entire weekend schedule and.o book-tvrg and follow was on twitter. next, remarks from author barbara ehrenreich. and others on progressive activists in the obama administration. they spoke earlier this week at georgetown university in washington. this is two hours. >> before i go further, i would like to single out several people whose hard work made tonight's event possible. first, the staff of the kalmanovitz initiative, espe. their help was invaluable. our student workers. i would also like to thank rachel from the georgetown university office of communications and joanne who helped with the logistics of this event tonight who helped put the panel together. her health was indispensable in many ways to organizing this event. finally, i would like to thank the 3 great journalists who co- sponsored this event tonight. dissent, the nation, and the american prospect. before i introduce the distinguished panel tonight, first a word about the kalmanovitz initiative. for

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from your right, peter blank, kiplinger, ralph of eurasian business coalition, shauna thomas of nbc news. jerry guysle, crane communications, michael, supervisor with a.p. radio, jennifer levin daughter of the speaker and guest of the speaker. skipping over the podium we have andrew schneider associated editor and chairman of the press club speaker's committee. skipping for a moment over our speaker we have deborah, a senior vice president for haggard sharp and a member who organized today's event. deborah price of the "detroit news." marilyn business editor for national public editor. jane, editor and chief of the yahoo! politics and opinion channel. and ryan of bloomberg, the first word in business journalism. please give them a round of applause. [applause] >> while sander levin leads one of the important committees in congress. likeable is more closely associated than power broker. levin has served in congress since name 82 representing the 12th district of michigan which includes parts of oakland counties in suburban detroit. "the washington post" calls him the lesser known levin be