national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> this one and c-span, "newsmakers," close guard, not admiral robert papp. he talks about the role of the coast guard during hurricane season. after that, a look at his mission in iraq. the presidential address from thursday. also, the response by john barringer. >> was the coast guard will and the operation of their the -- out there? >> we will respond to any search and rescue cases out there that happened. i would say if you try to correlate between the deep the water rise in response and the response to the vermillion 380 response yesterday, they both the start of s search and rescue cases. that is how we react. we try to get out there and tavis as we can. we are very fortunate -- we try to get out there and save as many lives as we can. we are very fortunate in the case yesterday that we got out there and put out fires and it was case closed. >> the incident that happened was on thursday. >> do you play a role in keeping these units saved? >> we play a role in the inspection with these units. but if it is a ship, we inspect plants, look at stability, lo

. >> sunday on "newsmakers," the commandant of the coast guard admiral robert papp talks about the budget of the coast guard. that is at 6:00 p.m. eastern and 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> former pennsylvania senator rick santorum spoke at a fund- raising breakfast for the candidate for state treasurer. he answered questions from the audience. this is about 40 minutes. >> our next speaker gave a very compelling message and brought thousands to their feet. when i was asked to provide introductions, i did what anyone would do and i googled our special guest. i do know what is true on the internet. here is what we should know about our special guest. he is the chairman of america's foundation, a political action committee that is dedicated to helping candidates who share his conservative principles. he served in the united states government since 1990, first as a state representative, then as a center of the great state of pennsylvania doss senator of the great state of pennsylvania. it is crystal clear that this man has been fighting for individual freedoms and fiscal sanity. he has batt

for "newsmakers", we sat down with the new commandant of the coast guard, admiral robert papp .ere is what he said about the coast guard's response to the bp oil spill. >> are you confident that you have the resources and the structure from the coast guard, the government assets and industry assets, to deal with an equals bill or are greater event -- an equal spill or a greater event? guest: absolutely. perhaps there are improvements and different technologies. i am being flooded by people with different technologies. we responded in an unprecedented way. we flowed all types of coast guard forces down there, from people to some of our seagoing ships that have skimming pot -- skimming ability. >> what weaknesses in the system have you discovered? guest: we are in the process of that. we have a commission that is looking at it. we have the marine investigation going on. it is premature to say that anything is a weakness. we are very pleased with the way overall we have responded, and we will take it delivered approach to looking up the entire case and come up with recommendations

coast guard, and at robert papp talks about the coast guard missions. newsmakers, sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> join our conversation on the american revolution, the making of the constitution and the importance of historical study, sunday with gordon would booktv's in debt. that is at noon eastern on c- span2. >> now, a look at the life and presidency of lyndon johnson from today's ", washington "" is about 45 minutes. host: charlie peters is the author of lyndon b. johnson. yo speak about one of the tapes of president johnson's era. this is richard russell talking about >> but said they never did claim korea up. host: our guest is charlie peters. you just heard the chairman about vietnam. guest: there is nothing more telling them that tape. it shows how deeply divided johnson's seoul was about that war. his real instinct was that there was going to be a mass if we got in heavily and we would kill a lot of american boys. he knew that he was fully aware of the downside, but he was petrified of seeming week. seeming like you --

] [inaudible conversations] >> today on "newsmakers," the commandant of the coast guard admiral robert papptalks about the impact of the gulf oil spill and the coast guard budget. that is at 6:30 -- 6:00 p.m. here on c-span. >> president obama travels to milwaukee tomorrow to talk about the u.s. economy at the annual afl-cio labor celebration. our live coverage begins at about 3:10 p.m. eastern on c- span. now, a look at a recent report on the decrease of illegal immigration to the u.s. here is a 15-minute portion. host: paul taylor is the director of the pew hispanic center. here to talk about the drop in immigrants. 1 million, about 8%. guest: it is a dramatic decrease in the inflows of authorized immigrants. we estimate these numbers annually. we have been able to do this for the last decade. we are able to do an annl estimatef inflows. there the drop is even more dramatic. from 2000-2005, annually on average, about 850,000 on authorize migrants came to the country. now in the last two real years, 2007-2009, it's down to 300,000. this is not a static population. as a population that come

. >> today, admiral robert papp talks about the impact of the gulf of mexico oil and the budget challengese coast guard. >> today, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu offered to meet with abbas face-to-face every two weeks to discuss the middle east peace agreement. philip clinton convened a meeting with both earlier this week. this is half an hour -- hillary withon agreconvened a meeting both earlier in the week. >> good morning. we're meeting in the benjamin franklin room. i want to thank all of you for joining us today to launch negotiations. i know the decision to sit at this table was not easy. we understand the suspicion and skepticism that so many feel, born from years of conflict and frustrated hopes. the tragic shooting on tuesday and additional terrorist acts thecontinuing reminders of cost. but by being here today, you have each taken a important step toward freeing people from the shackles of history we cannot change, and moving toward a future of peace and dignity that only you can create. so, thank you for your courage and commitment. i also want to recognize the suppor