, coming up as a special tribute concert by stevie wonder, james taylor, sheryl crow, sweet honey and the rock, and legacy, featuring rayon ceremony, you can watch them this afternoon starting at about 3:00 p.m. eastern time and then again tonight at 12:30 p.m. they will be archived on line in the c-span video library. in a moment, we will have "newsmakers" with pete sessions talking about the 2012 campaign. after that, the c-span series "the contenders," looking at the key figures. today is the life of al smith. >> joining us on this sunday, congressman pete sessions, republican from texas. thank you for being with us. >> glad to be here. >> jessica taylor and alan eisenstaedt. let me ask you about the political environment. only 14% of the american people approve the job that congress is doing. in that kind of an environment, how you get republicans reelected? >> there is a lot of gridlock in washington. the republican-led house has passed a lot of bills. the democrat-led senate has done very little. the president is up on the hill or around the country proposing his agenda, even going to the american people and it do