michelle malkin, joe the plumber and ronald kessler will be doing book signings.the peashts first bus is out in the parking lot. panels reconvene at 1:30. this room will be broken out into sections and thank you for being here. we appreciate it and look forward to the work that you will do going home. thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2008] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] .

ronald kessler, thanks for talking about it and talking about the militias. we appreciate you joining us today. >> thank you. >> it's been called one of the -- one of britain's biggest jewelry heists ever. police say that two well-dressed men captured on surveillance camera stole $65 million worth of jewelry from a high end london store. amateur video shows the two suspects making their biggest cape. >> call the police, call the police! >> so scotland yard arrested one man in connection with the heist but he's been released. police say the suspects who were seen in the video are still on the run. marcus powell has more from london. >> there are fears that, of course, the robbers have fled abroad. they made no attempt to conceal their identities. it's been said the pieces that were stolen, 43 of them totally 40 million pounds, about $65 million, will be completely unsaleable over here. they're so easily identifiable. graff one of the world's leading jewelers making the pieces for celebrities like sir he wouldton john, paris hilton and madonna. those pieces wil

there is a great book out that gives aa look behind the scenes in the secret service and ronald kessler will tell us what you will learn and it will shock you. >>> and breaking news out of cape cod hospital in massachusetts. eunice kennedy shriver has died. she was 88 and suffered a series of strokes. >> she watched her brothers make their mark in the political arena but she's left her own legacy as a champion of children with disabilities. gurvir joins us with the latest. >> reporter: many expected this and that's why many left their homes to be up with her in massachusetts. eunice kennedy shriver dead at the age of 88. she was from brookline, massachusetts. she was the 5th of kennedy children. most of the children followed advice by entering public service or other competitive occupations. she focused on helping the mentally challenged. her inspiration was her sister rosemary who had been born with a mild mental retardation. she was marid to sergeant shriver junior and shared her long catholic upbringing and during her brother's presidency eventually became u.s. ambassador to france.

then we will also be talking with ronald kessler.ll of that is coming up later on auntie "washington journal," today is saturday, august 22, and we will be right back. >> "washington times "call on this on "the weed man." he is interviewed by a national organization for the reform of marijuana laws. that is on afterwards tonight on c-span. >> his years as robert kennedy's secretary and a time when walter cronkite was considered for the role of vice president. sunday night on c-span. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we will talk to you about a statement that was -- that came in yesterday's press briefing with robert gibbs. it is reported by afp under the headline "obama ok with a single term if he reaches his call." it says obama -- if he reaches his goal. he will be fine with serving only one term if he reaches some of his most audacious goals. i have heard the president say that, if making tough decisions that washington has failed to deal with for decades means that he only lives in this house and makes those decisions for

paid to protect them and a book reveals some of the greatest secret, this book is fantastic, ronald kesslervice is here to give us an inside look, thanks for joining us this morning. >> thank you for having me. >> clayton: there are some remarkable revelations in the book. and you talk about the secret servicemen who have had to do extraordinary things, as they have protected the lives of presidents, right? >> oh, yeah. they have even listened tie psychic in one case when george h. w. bush was going to give a speech in details, she knew so many details of the upcoming visit and the vision was there would be an assassination they listened to her and changed it and if you read the details you can see why. >> the motorcade route was moved after george h. w. bush had the psychic vision based on the psychic's vision and it was changed and jeanie carter had remarkable things and he used to make the press think he came to work early and would walk in the oval office 5:00 a.m. and then what would he do. >> he'd tell the press office to tell the press he was there working hard for the american peopl

ronald kessler is author of "in the president's secret service.ind the scene of the presidents those in line of fire and presidents they protect." congratulations, the book is doing well. >> on the best seller list. >> shannon: this is a top take fasciistrtes americans and beyond the borders as well. tell us the kind of storious heard from folks and who you were able to talk to. >> i was able to talk, as you said, to over 100 agents, culitent or foda er. they're just like hidden surveillance cameras. they see everything that goes on behind the of it ranges from, toimmy carter who wanted to project an image as a great populist peanut farmer but actually he would prothe end to carry his own luggage. in fact, the luggage was either emp-- or he would carry it in front of cameras and then give it to aides. come in at 5:00 in the morning to the oval office and tell the press office to tell the press he was in there wor amng hard for the american people. but then he would fall a3 seep on the couch. >> shannon: let me ask you about the luggage, too. was i

you also talk to ronald kessler. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> now i discussion on security operations in afghanistan. later, a hearing on wartime contract team. then a representative lundgren host a town hall meeting on health care. after that, "washington journal ." >> he is interviewed by the founder of normal, an organization for the reform of marijuana laws. saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> now i discussion of security operations in afghanistan. the country held its affections on thursday. in the days leading up to the voting, the taliban issued threats and executed a number of suicide bombings. the center for national policy hosted the event. it is nearly 1.5 hours. he is not simply a moderator, he is someone who has some tremendous experience. >> i have a much shorter hair cut. >> i have one of my questions from graduate school. i watch my time quickly -- closely. >> thank you very much. i look forward to a great discussion. i will touch on some of the questions on the comprehensive list that paul has pos

in the admiral room, michelle malkin, joe the plumber, and ronald kessler will be doing a book signingwill be a bus out in the parking lot. panels will reconvene, and please come back and join us. thank you also much for being here. we appreciate it, and we look forward to the work you will be doing going home. thank you. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> in a few moments, president obama and egyptian president mubarak. then, secretary of state clinton meets with reporters since her trip to africa. after that, in a pentagon briefing for afghanistan's presidential election. and later, hhs secretary kathleen sebelius on combating medicare fraud. on "washington journal," tomorrow, the director of the group will talk. then, andrew napolitani and his book. then, we will talk about how the recession is affecting adults who have not graduated high school with david hardy, the president and ceo of pro literacy -- david harvey. and then, dana kalkstein. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day -

you have had ronald kessler on twice in the last few months, who has recently written a book on intelligence. host: he wrote a book on the secret service. caller: both times he said things that are plainly and clearly false and no one ever challenges him. the first time it was to me when i called when he was on. i mentioned that people have been prosecuted for waterborne in. he brushed me off and then parcel he was saying, by saying what he meant was that no one from the cia has ever been prosecuted a waterborne. host: so, you were able to get through but -- the caller: he lied. the second time that he was on recently, sir, a woman called and we were tugging about the secret service protection of barack obama and she asked what about the man who only told a joke just in the the town where the people who showed up and were arrested were taken out oof president bush town meetings because of t-shirts they were wearing? and he laughed and giggled. he said well, those things never happened. host: ok, thanks for the comments. to orlando, fla., on the independent line. ♪ callercaller: thank you. i

and a discussion with ronald kessler about his latest book " and the president's secret service." new jersey gov. john corzine was part of the panel that discussed the future of the economy bloggers and on-line activists. it was moderated by a blogger from "mother jones" website. it is an hour and 10 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. good afternoon to the rest of you. thanks for attending. i am a blogger for "mother jones" magazine. i will be moderating this session. the topic of today's session is the economy in the twenty first century. what i want to start out with is a couple of minutes setting the stage about the economy. we get to talk about how to fix this mess that we are in. i think we all have a pretty good idea of how we got here. we had the biggest housing bubble in american history. when the bubble burst, homeowners lost trillions of dollars. they were accustomed to using their homes as atm machines. because of that, spending stopped. their wages have been stagnating for the past 30 years. this peaked during the bush administration, and we were stagnating during an

chief washington correspondent for newsmax.com and awe tore "in the president's secret service," ronald kessler[applause] >> thank you all. it's a great pleasure to be here. dan rather called for a presidentially appointed commission to study the news media and what has gone wrong. this is the same dan rather who presided over one of the most egregious journalistic fiascos in the history of the free press. his producers were warned and he was fully informed and fully involved before they ran these damaging documents about george bush's national guard service and that he got preferen shal treatment were warned that they were probably fake, that, in fact, cbs two handwriting experts on documents said that the proportional spacing that appeared in the documents did not exist when these documents were supposedly produced in 1972. that the superscript on numbers did not exist and on and on and on. and they warned very forcefully that they probably were manufactured. nevertheless, dan rather aired that show on "60 minutes." after they ran as the previous speaker said a blogger, document expert, point

michelle malkin, jo the plumber and ronald kessler will be doing book signings. the bus will be outside in the parking lot. panels reconvene at 130 in this room and dust this room will be broken up into sections. thank you all for being here. we look forward to the work you will do going home. >> [applause] tomorrow, on news makers, karen ignagni talks about health care. it newsmakers at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> british voters are expected to go to the polls and national elections next spring. this weekend, how government to change policies. >> this fall, into the home to america's highest court from the grand public places to those only accessible by the nine justices. the supreme court, becoming the first sunday in october on c- span. >> this is c-span's "america and the courts." wednesday, president obama held a reception at the white house to honor justice sotomayor, sworn in last saturday, becoming the first hispanic justice and third woman to serve on the supreme court. >> i am glad all of you could be with us today as we honor the newest member

president's secret service, currently number three on the "new york times" best selling list, ronald kesslerplause applause ♪ ♪ >> thank you all. it's a great pleasure to be here. dan rather recently called for a presidentially appointed commission to study the news media and what has gone wrong. this is the same dan rather who presided over one of the most egregious journalistic fiascos in the history of the free press. his producers were warned, and he was fully informed and fully involved before they ran these damaging documents about george bush's national guard service claiming that he got preferential treatment. were warned before they aired that they probably were fake. that in fact cbs' two hand writing experts on documents said that the proportional spacing that appeared in the documents of course did not exist when these documents were supposedly produced in 1972, that the superscript page on numbers did not exist. and on and on and on. and they warned very forcefully that they probably were manufactured. nevertheless, dan rather aired that show on 60 minutes wednesday. after they

also, a discussion with ronald kessler about his latest book. that is live at 7:00 a.m.eastern on c-span. >> he is interviewed by the founder of normal, the national organization for the reform of marijuana laws. afterwards, saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2 new >> president obama left for camp david earlier today before heading off to martha's vineyard for a weeklong vacation. before departing the white house, he talked by yesterday's presidential election in afghanistan. the election commission is expected to reach preliminary results on september 3 and final certified results about two weeks later. >> this was an important step forward in the effort to take control of their future even as violent extremists were trying to stand in the way. this election must run by the afghan people. it was the first democrat to election run by afghans in over three decades. more than 30 presidential candidates in more than 3000 provincial council candidates ran for office. that included a record number of women. from 6000 polling stations around the country, security forces t

michelle malkin, joe the plumber, and ronald kessler. the bus will be out by for those who want to get more information on health care. we will have some more panels and training seminars in the afternoon before we gather for our closing panel at the end of the day. after dinner tonight, we have a special opportunity for a sneak preview screening of the film "not evil, just wrong." it is a balancing point for the propaganda. it is a really great film. i am sure you want to take a break to stretch. i will let them play the trailer for you quickly. with ford to seeing you again. thank you for being here. with a foreword to the work ahead. thank you. -- we look forward to the work ahead. thank you. >> >> we will have live coverage of tomorrow's session to recap scheduled speakers tom price and john shattuck. it is live beginning at 9:00 a.m. on c-span. >> next, president obama @ healthcare town hall meeting in montana. then pennsylvania candidates arlen specter and joe sestak speak at the net route campaign. >> tomorrow o on "washington jou