robert hartwig, thank you for your time.n 45 minutes we will turn to the weather in our series, of four-part series looking at the weather. today we will talk about disaster preparedness and response. first, a discussion of the u.s.- canada oil pipeline. in a news update from c-span radio. >> president obama addresses veterans issues including unemployment today when he speaks to the american legion national convention in minneapolis for the white house says the president will pay special tribute to the 9/11 generation of troops and their families. among those who joined after the september 11 attacks, the unemployment rate was over 13% as of june of this year. c-span radio will air the remarks live at noon eastern time. former vice president dick cheney from march earlier so that there is no contradiction in advocating harsh and terry get -- harsh interrogation tactics against u.s. enemies in opposing them used against american citizens. he thinks " we would object because of persistent." he had been a lightning rod during

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our guest is robert hartwig, president to have insurance information institute. "washington post" environmental reporter juliet eilperin will discuss the keystone pipeline and our series on the the weather with a look at disaster relief with michael greenberger. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. several live events to tell you about today on c-span including president obama's speech to the american legion's national convention in minneapolis at noon eastern. just after that, at 1:00 p.m., labor secretary hilda solis will be at the national press club for interviews on jobs and the economy and then the atlantic council for training on afghan security forces. >> see what political reporters are saying and track the latest campaign contributions with c-span's website for campaign 2012. easy to use and helps you navigate the political landscape. candidate bios and the latest polling data and links to c-span media partners in the caucus states all at c-span.org/campaign2012. >> on "road to the white house" this week, we spoke to re

robert hartwig, here is a tweet from a viewer.uest: again, the private insurance sector does this every day all across the country. not just with respect to hurricanes, tornadoes, hail storms, wildfires, and other parts of the world -- flooding in fat. can the federal government to this -- is not rocket science. is actuarial science. they could do this. howard -- our governments in general good at providing property insurance? no. the track record is abysmal. there is no example of a federal-run property insurance company that has ever run in the black or even on a break-even basis over extended period of time. alternately, their rates charged are not determined by actuaries and other people responsible for breaking even or turning a profit. they are determined by politicians. if politicians do not know the first thing about charging a risk-appropriate premium for a policy or any type of policy for that matter. the issue becomes political from time to time. the rate does not charge. could the federal government do it? yes. will it

our guest is robert hartwig. our series on the weather begins with a look at disaster relief and preparedness with michael greenberger, head of the university of maryland's homeland security center. washington journal" live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> what more video of the candidates. see what political reporters are saying and track the latest campaign contributions would c- span's website for campaign 2012. easy to use, it helps you navigate the political landscape with candidate bios and the latest polling data, plus links to c-span media partners in the early primary and caucus states. all at c-span.org/campaign2012. >> not a forum on implications of the libyan rebellion brought -- hosted by the atlantic council. this is a little more than an hour. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> midmorning, welcome everyone. i am the executive vice president here at the atlantic council. thank you for joining us for this timely events