his seventh determine, and he's being challenged in the republican primary by state treasurer richard murdoch. you can see the two debate live from indianapolis today on c-span starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, american history dv takes a look at the presidency of richard nixon. at 8:00 eastern, an oral history of elizabeth holtzman, who considered impeachment charge against nixon. and at 9:30, david gergen who, as a speech writ writer for president nixon, wrote the president's resignation letter. april 15, 1912, nearly 1,500 perish on the ship called unsinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sounded and they shouted an iceberg ahead, they struck the bells in the crow's nest three times, ding, ding, ding, which is a warning saying there's some object ahead. it doesn't mean dead ahead. but ahead of the ship and it doesn't say what object. then he went to a telephone nest and called down to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is that they saw. when the phone was finally answered, the entire conversation was what do you say? the response was iceberg right ahead. and the respons

of the indiana senate republican primary debate between senator richard lugar and challenger richard murdoch who serves as indiana's treasurer. the hoosier state holds its primary on may 8th. live at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span or listen on c-span radio. >>> april 15th, 1912. nearly 1,500 perish on the ship called unsinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sounded, the lookout -- once the lookout sighted an iceberg ahead they struck the bells three times, ding, ding, ding. which is a warning saying there's some object ahead. doesn't mean dead ahead, means ahead of the ship. doesn't say what kind of object. what the lookout then did after he struck the bell, he went to a telephone nest and called down to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is that they saw. and when the phone was finally answered, the entire conversation was, what do you see? and the response was, iceberg right ahead. and the response from the officer was, thank you. >> samuel hellburn on the truths and myths of that night sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern, part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> we cont

rich aerd lugar is being challenged in the republican primary by state treasurer richard murdoch. you can see the two debate live from indianapolis on c-span starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern. republican presidential candidates mitt romney and newt gingrich speak at the national rifle association's meeting friday. also addressing the nra house majority leader eric kaernt and rick perry and scott walter. april 15th, 1912, nearly 1500 perish on the ship called unsinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sounded, once the lookout sighted an iceberg ahead they struck the bells three times. ding, ding, ding, which is a warning saying that there is some object ahead. doesn't mean dead ahead, means ahead of the ship. it doesn't say what kind of object. with a lookout, they struck the bell, he went to a telephone and asked them to call down to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is that they saw. and when the phone was finally answered, the entire conversation was what do you see, and the response was, iceberg right ahead. and the response from the officer was, thank you. >> samuel

he's being challenged by richard murdoch. you can see the two debate tonight starting at 7:00 eastern. >>> tonight, american history tv takes a look at the presidency of richard nixon. at 8:00 eastern, history from congresswoman elizabeth holtzman. at 8:30. a friend of elvis presley describes the oval office meeting between elvis and the president. and david gergen wrote the president's resignation letter. republican presidential candidates mitt romney and newt gingrich speak at the national rifle association's annual meeting friday. also addressing the nra, house majority leader eric cantor and wisconsin governor scott holder. that's live on friday starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern. this is c-span3. every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on americ american history tv. you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> martin luther king is the man of all the people that i've met, talked with and spent time with over the years, he's the man that is the most american individual that i admir

not only does richard murdoch have what he claims are 3,000 sroebgs hitting the streets and knockingn doors and trying to get people to fill out absentee ballots he is getting a lot of help, over 50 tea party organizations, also concentrating on suburban indianapolis, and they are particularly concentrating on hamilton county just north of indy. they feel this they can win that county and that county alone because of the pep population they can win the prime air row on the 8th. bill: lugar has a long history with the lose hoosiers in that state doesn't he. >> reporter: mitch daniels has cut a television ad which is running in heavy rotation right now. you talk to richard murdoch, his primary opponent and he kind of shrugs it off. >> his oldest daughter's goddaughter is dick lugar. everyone likes the governor but i don't know if he has real influence over how people are going to vote. >> reporter: when we talked to governor daniels this week about cutting the ads he says he would like to see his old friend continue in his senate job if he can. there is doubt whether richard lugar will

campaign, in which he basically said it was time for both candidates, both senator lugar and richard murdoch from the state treasurer to serve up their game and dispense with the tactical skirmishing and brick careened over resident issues and taxes and murdoch's attendance at meetings and just lay out their agenda for fiscal policy, foreign policy and health care. will be interesting to see if the coming and final weeks of the campaign, the senators does run fully and aggressively by state senator senate. i'd be glad to take any questions i'd be glad to take any questions i'd be glad to take any questions are a match. questions from anyone? it think if you would go to the microphone or pass the microphone down it would be great. thank you. >> when did you actually started this project specifically about five years ago was it quite >> i start in the fall 2006. my first trip was in the fall of 2006 in which he was running unopposed. so that was -- you just show you how the political world shifted at this time he was running unopposed and was chairman of the senate foreign relations committee.

dick lugar, under fire from an indiana state treasurer, richard murdoch. lot on the show about the decline in moderates in -- or the endangered species that is the moderate republican or moderates in congress. dick lugar is now being attacked for not being conservative enough. the murdoch has backing of the nra, club for growth. he's been in office for 35 years. it's a long and storied career and to some degree everybody has to sort of say good-bye at some point. but it is i think a really interesting case study in what is happening to the republican party between the splinter not just old and new but moderate and extreme. >> why doesn't anyone bring up the splinter that's happened in the democratic party when folks like ben nelson and blanch lincoln leave? i think you're right, it's hard to be a moderate but it's hard to be a moderate on both sides. both parties are pushing to the extremes a little bit and i think it's a little disingenuous to suggest this is happen because of the tea party on right when it happens on the left as well. >> come on, s.e. >>

it's tough to get back the majority that he needs especially when your opponent is somebody like richard murdochis guy's a state treasurer of indiana, not talking about a sharon engel, christine o'donnell-type here. >> you've unearthed this road scholar appeal for help for lugar, fellow road sclars pointed out he left oxford to join the navy, lugar is the principal reason we don't have a lot of former cold war fissile material floating around the world and getting into the hands of terror groups. there are a lot of accomplishments that this former mayor of indianapolis has but he is really in trouble. it's interesting to see this appeal from road scholars saying they don't normally support republicans and conservatives. >> right. yeah, it's a short of perfect summing up of what an establishment titan richard lugar is. all of the accomplishments and this sort of rhodes scholar call to arms mentioned this is not necessarily what's on the plimi of the electorate in indiana. >> this is a tough race to follow and the campaign, heating up, i think the indiana primary, is it may 4th? >> may -- early ma

state treasurer, richard murdoch.sten to these ads criticizing luger's stance on gun rights, tax hikes and government bailouts. >> dick lugar, 35 years in washington of the voted for bailouts, tax hikes, and obama supreme court justices. >> he's become the only republican candidate in indiana with an f rating from the nra. >> the lugar campaign has been fighting back as much as they can on some of these things, noting, for instance, the republican opponent, mr. murdoch, doesn't sit down with many indiana journalists to talk about the campaign. >>> massachusetts democratic senate can't data, elizabeth warren raised $7 million from january to march. let's compare to the presidential candidates like newt gingrich who raised $2.7 in january and february. gingrich would have had to raise another $4.2 million last month in order to catch up with warren. do we think newt did that? we'll find out in a few days. >>> and moments ago, former president george w. bush wrapped up remarks in new york. his institute is hosting an eco

. >> richard murdoch's already sold out to dc outsider groups running his campaign on the backs of their money. and mickey mouse attacks. >> i'm confident there will be a lot of national money flowing in to help us. >> no ideas for hasiers, just outsider money and attacks. >> i want to thank god for that i want to thank all of you. >> ifill: brian who writes a statewide political letter from his indianapolis home has never seen anything like it. >> this is really unprecedented. in the television age of indiana politics. we've never had an incumbent u.s. senator cedically-- cedably k458 enged in a primary. so-- cedably challenged in a primary so this race is breaking all sorts of moulds. >> ifill: the stakes are high in indiana a red state president obama turned blue four years ago am deming crats are anxious to solidify their hold on the u.s. senate and tea party republicans want to prove to the mainstream gop that they are here to stay. indiana's farm and manufacturing economy faltered badly during the recession. so the state is less friendly territory for democrats this year. and it's

he is going life and death with this guy richard murdoch. >> he worked on securing lose nukes with someonech until the recent crew got in there. >> right. and as you say the republicans can't find room for richard lugar for another six years they really are lost. >> i think that's absolutely right. and yet it's a 50/50 race. >> rob reiner made this point, he was saying it is not just some of us saying this republican party has moved so far to the right. you can go on record somebody on tv was doing the thing about how all of this -- first of all was bob dole's plan. >> bob dole's plan! >> for the mandate -- >> stop stealing bob dole's plan! >> right. so improvably on issue after issue they have go so far to the right. >> yeah, capping trade was their idea. >> right. >> the economic debate is still really being argued on republican grounds of the late 70s and early 80s, because we -- basically because that's -- that's become set in stone. and there's a progressive budget out there which is at least as credible document as the zombie eye-starvers project. >> right. as your official obama app

campaign 2012 continues later today between dick lugar and his republican primary challenger richard murdoch eastern on our companion network c-span. the aspen institute recently held a symposium on race relations in america. speakers included civic and minority rights advocates who examined the institutional problems of race. also focusing on all text in the 2012 election. this lasts about an hour. [applause] >> good morning. i hope my microphone is working if you can hear me. thank you for that kind introduction. i was thinking all this kind thoughts about myself as you were speaking. it is a pleasure to be here this morning with all of you. it is a very important discussion. professor, thank you for that introduction to this difficult topic, because i think age and generational divide, as the professor explained, are absolutely critical to our understanding of race in the 21st century. as david cohen noted, the context of our discussion this morning is really set by the political race that is about to begin. a race that features the first african american president that is seeking reelect

mccain is backing richard lugar and palin is supporting john murdoch. >> john edwards' former aide said for his life. we weigh in coming up next. on our car insurance. great! at progressive, you can compare rates side by side, so you get the same coverage, often for less. wow! that is huge! [ disco playing ] and this is to remind you that you could save hundreds! yeah, that'll certainly stick with me. we'll take it. go, big money! i mean, go. it's your break, honey. same coverage, more savings. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> some really compelling testimony in the john edwards corruption trial from the prosecution's star witness, edwards' former aide, andrew young. he testified he felt threatened by edwards and feared for his life. let's bring in our legal guys, avery friedman in washington, and richard herman, a new york criminal defense attorney and law professor joins us from miami. what do you think of the latest revelation about being up against a billionaire and millionaires and he felt threatened? >> well, i think the truth is that abbey lowell, who has been re

richard lugar in indiana. -- host: here's a look at the two republicans inside the papers this morning. mr. murdoch lags seven points behind the incumbent there, senator richard lugar whose approval ratings has been in 70-75% range for many years is being hurt by anti-moderate sentiment on the right. it has now dropped to -- or struggling to reach even 50% of support. front page of the "boston globe" has this story about the senate race up there between the incumbents, scott brown and elizabeth warren. it says that warren is setting the pace nationally among senate candidates in 2011. a national official said the party expects warren will outrank all other senate candidates from both parties. this is inside the "new york times" this morning. votes to win. either the republican nominee or mr. obama will probably need to win at least half of the 151 electoral votes in these states. north carolina, florida, ohio, virginia, colorado, iowa, new hampshire, pennsylvania, nevada, wisconsin, new mexico, and michigan. those are the battleground states for the "new york times" this morning. miami, florida, ce

richard shelby is the ranking member. live coverage starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern. this week, james murdochinternational, and his father, rupert murdoch, will testify under an investigation of the british media. coverage begins tomorrow morning with james murdoch. rupert murdoch will testify wednesday and thursday mornings. >> next, a conversation on foreign war and conflict reporting. we will hear from reporters, photographers, and new york times executive editor jill abramson. this one hour and 10 minute event is hosted by the american society of news editors. >> hi, everybody. i want to thank reuters for the foreign correspondents that have died in the past year. loren could not be here today. she had a sudden illness and her family and we wish them well. susan bennet, our moderator for lives on the lines, started her recording career with upi in memphis, where sikh -- she covered the death of elvis. as a reporter, she traveled 50 countries covering arms control, the collapse of communism, the persian gulf war, and the middle east. she became an editorial writer for usa today and it work

richard, as our resident brit. >> american but it's okay. >> you are. we welcome you with open arms. with the appropriate accents to weigh in on this. how much, how damaging is this to the murdoche? >> it's the most profitable part of that media empire in europe and internationally, because i mean i'm not including the fox news empire but the b sky b piece the thing they wanted to protect. there is under british law a public faith, a responsible citizen test for ownership. this is what is damaging, where the growth is for this company and the fact that these unethical reporting practices have spread into it is really threatening the empire as it is in europe and asia in particular. so, you are looking at more of a withdrawal, his son, the next appointed leader has had to step down. the truth is ha redefined the public interest to mean anything that interests the public. that's not what most understand it. fundamentally undermine, even more when they make these nonsensical arguments. >> i want to pivot quickly the latest invention from the folks at google. google glasses. would allow you to see your world with the help of the internet. they are voice controlled, check the weathe

richard shelby is the ranking member. live coverage starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern. james murdoch, the former chairman of news international and his father, rupert murdoch, will testify regarding the practices of the british media. coverage begins tomorrow morning with james murdoch. rupert murdoch will testify at wednesday and thursday mornings. >> one of the things i always remember because my office overlooked the building in the plaza, there was a day care center in the plaza. some of the children were killed. during recess, there would always come play out here in the plot and you would hear their voices. that will -- that left a lasting impression when they were silenced. my friend, his friend was in high school and she had just graduated. her father was a good friend of mine. when i got home that morning, i had three different messages. first of all, wanting to know what he could find out about his father. it did not look good. the third message was when he was crying. >> watch our local content of vehicles exploring the history and literary culture of oklahoma city with sp

senator richard lugar, struggling to deflect an onslaught of attacks by tea party to but pfizer's trying to oust him in favor of state treasurer murdoch. the national rifle association here is a leg at the two republicans inside the paper this morning. he is 7 percentage points behind the incumbent there, senator lugar, whose approval ratings have been in the 70%-75% range for two years. it is rating has now dropped and he is struggling to reach even dipped a% of support. the front page of "the boston globe"as the this story about scott brown. >> we will break away from "washington journal" and go live to vote cretonne florida. president obama is speaking at florida atlantic about his tax proposal. live coverage on c-span. >> hello, florida. [cheers and applause] thank you. [cheers and applause] how is everybody doing today? welcome it is great to be back in florida. it is great to be back in boca. it is great to be here at the home of the fighting owls. i want to, first of all, thank a denver not only leading us in the pledge of allegiance but also giving a great details about burrowing owls. explain it all to me and then told me he