clearly robert gibbs was hoping to bask in the warmth of the press corp. he gets from the podium and takes a question from hillary thomas. he gets up there says, the president believes that judge sotomayor's life story is a compelling one and her voice will be an important addition to the supreme court. then he calls on helen thomas. >> question, did he pay her taxes? >> mr. gibbs says did she pay her taxes? >> well, i have not seen anything on that. in fairness i should note that it does appear she has paid her taxes so i think there is some truth to the claim that judge sotomayor has had life experiences that other obama nominees have not. there were more serious issues that emerged. two of the issues that arose concerned comments that judge scothe made of a written opinion, but law school forum and the like. the first was the statement she made at berkeley where she said "i would hope that a wise latino woman with the richness of her experiences would reach a better experience than a white man who would never live that life." the second is where she sai

the day they announced the nomination of justice sotomayor, robert gibbs, the white house press secretary, held his daily press conference at the white house, you can see from his perspective, there was a historic day. the president nominated a woman who if confirmed would be the first hispanic supreme court justice. he gets to the podium and takes a question from helen thomas. robert gibbs gets up there, says, the president believes that judge sotomayor's life story is a compelling one and her voice will be an important addition to the supreme court. then he calls on helen thomas. question, did she pay her taxes? mr. gibbs said, pardon me? question, did she pay her taxs? mr. gibbs, well, i have not seen anything on that. in fairness, i should know -- i should note that it appears jouge sotomayor has paid her taxes, so there's some complain that she's had life experiences other obama nominees have not. there were more serious issues that emerged in the rollout process two. issues concerned comments she made not in the context of a written judicial opinion but comments she made in articles

. >> now, part of monday's white house briefing with secretary robert gibbs.lude the announcement of a plan to cover medicare prescription blood costs -- mid costs. this is about 30 minutes. >> wow. >> let me just make a quick statement on something that the first lady is going to speak about this afternoon. today, the administration is kicking off the summer service initiative. it is a call to all americans to join in a volunteer effort this summer and build a new foundation for america one community at a time. it officially starts today and runs for the national day of service on september 11. they focus on key areas where everyone can have an impact on their communities. health care and energy renewal. the president and first lady of calling on all americans to go to the website, www.serve.gov. the first lady and senior administration officials are out across the country to mark this occasion. with that, questions? >> on the medicare prescription drug agreement, is there a glitch in that agreement? would that be why? >>

from the white house rose garden to the white house briefing room, press secretary robert gibbs will answer reporters questions. live coverage expected to begin shortly. you're watching c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] you're watching c-span2 waiting for live coverage of the white house briefing. >> this press briefing expected to begin shortly. the senate is expected back at 2:15 eastern for more work on a bill that promotes u.s. tourism. that legislation would create a nonprofit corporation to attract foreign tourists while providing information about entry requirements. that's expected to start again, the senate back in again at 2:15 eastern here on c-span2. >> doesn't smell like somebody just cut the grass? [inaudible] >> president lee talked about these measures of policies that he and president obama had agreed to talk to the other members of the five party talks about new measures and policies on north korea. can you elaborate on what he meant by that and what they agreed on? >> i don't have anything additional on that in terms of what went out abou

according to news reports this morning, robert gibbs stated this morning -- quote -- "this is not the administration's bill, after the c.b.o. letter came out." well, where is the administration's bill? we're supposed to be enacting legislation before the end of july. where is the administration's bill? we can't afford this one. we can't afford the one that is supposedly going to be enacted into legislation that will come to the floor of this senate. it does an injustice to our taxpayers and their children. 42% of u.s. voters are saying that cutting the deficit is the most important priority for the country. the bill is being considered tomorrow in the "help" committee. it is an extraordinarily step in the wrong direction. so, madam president, let me just say, scrap this bad bill, pay attention to the congressional budget office, understand it doesn't achieve the goal of coverage, understand that the costs would be between -- around $4 trillion over a 10-year period, for which so far there is almost no provision to pay for, and let's sit down together and work together in order to prov

we will have coverage of the white house briefing with robert gibbs at live p.m. eastern. quest president obama visits russia next week -- >> president obama visits russia next week. there was a discussion yesterday on the summit. it was composed of world leaders. global zero has called for the total elimination of nuclear weapons. >> i assume these seats will be filled in during the course of our press confe

today's white house breezing would secretary robert kids -- the white house briefing with secretary robert gibbs. discover an unfamiliar side of our nation's first president as we are live from george washington's mount vernon estate, with author, john furling. join our three-hour conversation sunday. it is part of our three-day holiday weekend starting friday morning on "book tv." >> how is c-span funded? >> donations may be. i have no idea. >> government. >> they get their funding through the taxes. >> a public funding thing. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiative. >> last week nicholas sarkozy spoke out against the burka's worn by some muslim women. the president also talked about global climate change and france's economy in this 45- minute address to the french parliament. >> mr. president of the house, mr. president of the senate's, mr. prime minister, hon. members of parliament, as i direct myself to you today i am aware that this is a first in our republican tradition since 1875 the head of state w

host: some of that act was on display at the press conference the day after and robert gibbs' response. >> i have a procedural question -- what led to your decision to plant a designated hitter to ask the president a question and what kind of message do you think that sends to the american people and to the world about the kind of free flow enter questioning that has been expected at a presidential news conference? >> i think it did nothing more than _ the free flow. that was a question from an iranian in iran. he was using the same type of manner and method to get that information as many of you in virtually every one of your outlets has done. in this country, we enjoy the freedom of the press. and i ran, -- and i ran, your colleagues have been dismissed or kicked out. some of them have been rounded up. there are not journalists who can speak for the iranian people. the president did. he took a question for my iranian. that is a very powerful message that sent -- that that was sent yesterday. >> what about you escorted him through here and planting them in the room? >> it is this goin

call -- >> robert gibbs was joined by vice president biden's chief economic adviser. we get details on the administration + and -- plans for the stimulus package this summer. this is just over an hour. >> good afternoon. i have an announcement. before we get started, chaired bernstein, the vice president's chief economist, will walk us to the road back to recovery that the president and vice-president spoke about today. he will take you of your questions. >> thank you. this is different. i usually face you one at that time. the president and vice-president today outlined the road map to recovery, which spotlights some of the ways we are going to accelerate implementation of the american recovery and reinvestment act during its second 100 days. while there are hopeful signs that the pace of the downturn has diminished, the nation's economy has remained in the midst of a deep recession. most important, from the perspective of working families, employers are still shedding jobs. when the private sector economy is underperforming, there is a role for the government to pla

what is going to happen -- his press conference the yesterday was worse than robert gibbs, and i am a democrat. he even lied to his staff and his lieutenant governor, so how can we support him? we need to forgive everybody, not just the republicans, but we need to forgive the democrats. i am wondering when a republican is going to have a mistress have an abortion, because i am sure that is next. host: the headline from the state newspaper, others follow the exchange of emails between the governor of south carolina and his friend in argentina. meanwhile, the newspaper has this on its web site. sanford has much to do to make amends for deceit. in an attempt to conceal this private matter, mr. sanford willfully and intentionally deceive the citizens of south carolina. he lied to staff about his whereabouts, and he abandoned his duties and exposed the state in a way that no elected chief executive should. the editorial goes on to say the governor has decided to resign as head of the republican governors association because of problems. there are those in our state who question whether he

she is joined by press secretary robert gibbs. this is one hour. >> trust me. i have been working on that. so, obviously, we are bringing you another special guest. ambassador susan rice from the united nations is with us. i think many of you know that the resolution that was crafted on north korean sanctions passed unanimously a short while ago from the united nations, and ambassador rice will talk to us a little bit about that and answer a few of your questions. >> thanks very much, robert. afternoon, everybody. we are very pleased that the security council just, within the last 1.5 hours, passed unanimously a brand-new resolution imposing tough, new, meaningful sanctions on north korea in response to its nuclear tests and its other provocative behavior, including recent missile activity. this resolution is unprecedented. it is innovative. and it will cause the sanctions regime on north korea to be strengthened in five critical areas. first, the resolution begins by condemning north korean actions in the strongest possible terms and demands north korea halted

she is joined by press secretary robert gibbs.this is one hour. >> in my debt -- endeavor to bring you another special guest, ambassador susan rice from the u.n. is with us. i think that many of you know that the resolution that was crafted on north korean sanctions passed unanimously. ambassador rise will talk to as a little bit about that. >> thanks very much, robert. good afternoon, everybody. the we are very pleased that the security council just within the last hour and a half passed unanimously a brand new resolution imposing tough, new, meaningful sanctions on north korea in response to the nuclear test and its other provocative beaters and activity. this resolution is unprecedented. it is innovative. and it will cause the sanctions racine on north korea to be structured in at five critical areas. first, it begins by condemning their actions in the strongest possible terms. and demanding that north korea halt all nuclear activity, halt all missile activity in return unconditionally -- and return unconditionally to the six p

. >> following this speech, white house spokesman robert gibbs said president obama welcomes the speech and is committed to two states, a jewish state of israel and an independent palestinian state. mr. gibbs says the president will work with all parties to see that they fulfill their obligations and head toward regional peace. >> you're watching c-span, a public service provided by the nation's cable industry. coming up, former house speaker newt gingrich at the 2009 annual congressional g.o.p. fundraising dinner. and then on "q and a," larry arnn, president of hillsdale college in michigan on not accepting state or federal funding. and later on prime minister's questions, british prime minister gordon brown on his proposal to reform british parliament. >> tomorrow, a look at efforts to prevent polio around the world and lessons that can be applied toward developing other vaccines. the world health organization is the host of this event. you can see it live at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. former speaker of the house newt gingrich was among the featured speakers at the annual g.o.p. f

here is spokesman robert gibbs. >> let me just quickly do a week ahead in appear in the president will spend the weekend in washington and has no scheduled public events. on monday the president will meet with president your rebate of kilobit at the white house. he will attend an event recognizing and silber did the accomplishments of ltv to americans and invited guests include volunteers and activists and community leaders. and tuesday the prison will hold an event at the white house. wednesday the president will hold meetings. it is unclear. on wednesday the president will attend meetings at the white house at an event in the d.c. area. a very good, we are expanding the circle. on thursday the president will attend meetings at the white house and later traveled to camp david where he will remain until saturday. on saturday the president will return to the white house and host a fourth of july events in the and as you all know on sunday night the president will depart for moscow. >> [inaudible] >> i'm not that i am aware of. >> [inaudible] >> yanks. mr. fowler. >> robert, a quick foll

robert gibbs that's scheduled to start at 1:00 pm eastern and you can watch it here on c-span2. meanwhile, we've got more-2on te situation in iran later today with the discussion on the recent elections there. international center for scholars. that's live at 12:30 pm eastern on c-span. >> join our three-hour conversation sunday on in depth. it's part of our three-day holiday weekend starting friday morning on c-span2's book tv. how is c-span funded. >> publicly funded. >> donations maybe, i have no idea. >> government. >> c-span gets its funding through taxes. >> federal funding. a public funding thing >> maybe, i don't know. >> how is c-span funded. 30 years ago america's cable companies created c-span. a private business initiative, no government mandate, no government money. >> and now a house hearing on the use of the state secrets privilege which allows the government to withhold national security-related information during a trial. gerald nadler of new york chairs the judiciary subcommittee on the constitution. he's co-author of legislation that would make it harder to us

axelrod, david box elrod, senior adviser strategist, david plus and robert gibbs communications director at time, and they knock on the door, david axelrod says we have come up short, looks like we are not going to make it, and they are all looking to see how he is going to respond, and they were surprised themselves. these guys were not exactly short of respect and the adulation for their candidate but they were surprised because his reaction was well, what happened, this is strange, what do you think happened so they go through and say the people have a maseth clipper now and are so weird and undecided voters went for hillary and he said well, let's pretty much give the same speech. obviously we need to tweak it a little bit, i need to get ready but this is a test and that became the message all the way through as he spoke afterwards and key supporters, the initial reaction was it is not supposed to be easy. people want to see us being tested and we are going to come out better for it and i think at that moment that gave his inner circle by extension his campaign headquarters and the m

i think that was his intent because of the question that robert gibbs had posed. that is my understanding of it. we can resolve that. i would like to say a couple of other things. first of all, i think it is important to have this debate. the senate had a debate some weeks ago and it is true that 90 senators voted against funding a -- a program to close the prison at guantanamo bay. and six senators voted in favor of moving forward with that. i appreciate the senator from illinois starchily defending the lonely -- starchily defending the -- staunchl defending the lonely six of but they also reflect the american opinion, according to a gallup poll, that the u.s. is against closing the guantanamo prison by three to one and they don't want the prisoners released in the united states. both sides have engaged in a little bit of rhetoric here. i would respectfully request my colleague from illinois to go over what he said and perhaps come back tomorrow and think about rephrasing it. i don't think it is fair to characterize the position of the senator from kentucky of be

we're waiting for spokesman robert gibbs to arrive. while we wait, here's a look at some of today's headlines from the washington journal. >> yesterday for the new washington times radio. as dick cheney on monday expressing concern that the pending pullout of u.s. troops from iraq cities could reverse the military progress made by american and iraqi force there since the george w. bush administration and the 2007 surge. a quote from the former vice president saying that i hope the iraqis can deal with it. also this morning from inside "usa today" is iraqis celebrate the u.s. troop pullback. one of the details is that the iraqi government has declared today a national day of sovereignty, six years after the u.s.-led invasion that toppled saddam hussein, and the story can be found below the fold of "the washington post," six years and three months after the march 2003 invasion, the u.s. will withdraw its remaining combat troops from iraq cities and turn over security. however, "the washington post" pointing out that while there is still

coming up shortly we will bring you live coverage of today's white house briefing with spokesman robert gibbs set to begin to p.m. eastern. we will have that live on c-span2. until then remarks from the governor of puerto rico on health care for citizens of puerto rico postcode joining now is republican and i represent and what is needed for austal vendors including in puerto rico. secondly there are so many regions we normally have at meeting of justice secretary sebelius from hhs, but also secretary napolitano. we have issues with the airport and tsa as any other governor and i have plenty of things to do and wednesday morning i was testifying before the committee on the bill h.r. 2499 regarding providing for a congressional mandate in the status and so i have a myriad of issues i'm dealing with. >> host: let's talk about health care how is puerto rico fearing an disk eight? >> guest: puerto rico has never farewell even though i represent some 4 million u.s. citizens, even though per-capita we contribute more men and women in uniform to every one except one state. we still do not participat

we'll have live coverage of today's white house briefing with spokesman robert gibbs. and on c-span right now we've got more on the situation in iran with a discussion on the recent elections there and iran's nuclear program and ambitions. hosted by the woodrow wilson international center for scholars, that's live now on our companion network, c-span. >> how is c-span funded? >> publicly funded. >> donations maybe? i have no idea. >> government? >> c-span gets its funding through the taxes. >> federal funding? >> sort of a public funding thing. >> maybe. i don't know. >> how is c-span funded? thirty years ago america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiative. no government mandate, no government must be. money. >> in a speech at the imperial college in london, british conservative party leader david cameron accused prime minister gordon brown of creating a control state. mr. cameron said if he became the next prime minister, he would increase access to government data in several areas. he also talked about the recent members' e