rosalynn carter lost her mother at a young age.immy carter's mother helped take care rosalynn carter's father. was a trained nurse here in plains. on the night of his passing they actually took rosalynn carter to be with jimmy carter's sister ruth. this is jimmy carter's farm. it is important to rosalynn's story, because she would have spent a lot of time out here with president carter's sister, ruth. this was the room of jimmy carter's sisters. this is where they would hang out together and play games and do homework. they enjoyed each other's company. when rosalynn carter without sister, jimmy carter's she would see a young jimmy carter. this is where rosalynn carter and jimmy carter would have been in 11th grade. her first memory of going to school here was that she made straight a's the first quarter and she went home and showed her father and her mother. her that so proud of her daddy gave her a dollar for her, then. ater on in the seventh grade, local businesswoman had a contest for the student who had the best gpa throughout

. >> rosalynn carter in a recent interview in atlanta. she was her husband's political partner from their first campaign. she attended cabinet meetings and championed women's rights and health issues and even testified before congress. their partnership continued in the post-white house years. good evening and welcome to the c-span series on first ladies. we begin by looking at the lives of living first ladies. let me introduce our first two guests. they will be in the studio to tell you about her biography. our guest is a presidential scholar. faith specializes on the history of the south. i want to talk about the themes. she was gracious enough to grant us an interview. we will post it online so you can hear all she had to say. i want to pick up on things i have learned that she referenced. the carter's first visit to the white house was after he had been elected and the inauguration. we have heard travel was ethical, but it is unusual in the modern age. what skills did she bring to this job? >> in some ways the transition to the govern

even to win the nomination. >> rosalynn carter, january 20, 1977. what do you remember about that day? >> that was inauguration day. we walked down pennsylvania avenue in the cold weather. it was exciting. >> whose idea was it to walk? >> it was jimmy's idea. he did not tell me until the night before. >> why not? >> he didn't tell anybody else except the secret service agents. because we didn't -- well, the secret service agents wanted to know for security. they do not want him to walk at all. but i guess he just thought it was better nobody was anticipating him walking down pennsylvania avenue. i think he thought everything would be different. maybe we shouldn't do it if everybody knew it. anyway, it was really wonderful. >> so january 20, 1977, you are the first lady of the united states. how do you prepare to become first lady? >> well, becoming first lady -- the hard part was going from the farmer supply business to the governor's mansion. a beautiful governor's mansion. it was new. the outgoing governor had only lived in it for two years. colum

of our series, "first ladies -- influence and image, we recently sat down with former first lady rosalynnout her time as first lady, attending cabinet meetings, working on mental health issues, the iranian hostage crisis and what she hopes her legacy will be. she talks about her continuing work with former president jimmy carter on election monitoring, affordable housing, and fighting disease in africa. >> rosalynn carter, do you remember when president carter started having conversations about him running for president? >> i do. >> what was that like? what was that conversation? >> it was very interesting. we had a friend that wrote and told jimmy he thought he should run for president. well, we couldn't even say the word, that my husband was running for -- we do not tell anybody. because we kept it quiet. but then once he decided he would do it, that was when -- he could hardly say "i am going to be president." it was not something we never, ever dreamed would happen.

minutes we focus on rosalynn carter. of the british house of commons offer tributes to the late president nelson ofdela, the former president south africa. ♪ >> i have learned that you can do anything you want to. they asked me if i thought the first lady ought to get paid. i said, i have to do what the first lady is supposed to do. it is such a rate soapbox -- a great soapbox. it's such a great opportunity. i would advise any first lady to do what she wants to do. another thing is you are going to be criticized no matter what you do.

. >> next on c-span, are series on first ladies continues with a look at the life and times of rosalynn carter. then a memorial service or former south african president nelson mandela. ♪ >> i have learned that you can do anything you want to. they asked me if i thought the first lady ought to get paid. i said, i have to do what the

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. >> first lady rosalynn carter monday night on c-span and c- span 3. also on c-span radio and c- span.org. >> while david cameron was on a three-day trade visit to china, deputy prime minister nick clegg questions from members of the house of commons. questions were on british immigration policy and rising energy prices. as the session began, the deputy prime minister offered condolences to those who died in a helicopter crash in glasgow. this is about 35 minutes. >> order, questions for the prime minister, julie elliott. asked to apply -- i have been asked to apply -- as i was saying, i have been asked to reply on behalf of my rifle friend, the prime minister, who has been visiting china. the whole house wishes to join me in offering condolences to the family and friends of those who have been killed following the helicopter crashed in glasgow on friday evening. our thoughts also with those who are injured at this difficult time. yesterday andsite i would like to pay tribute on behalf of the whole house to the outstanding response and bravery of all t

. >> rosalynn carter, tonight at 9:00 eastern, live on c-span and c-span3. also on c-span radio and c- span.org. upon returning from when he said was his eighth trip to the middle east, john kerry addressed a forum on u.s.-israel posted by the brookings institution's savon for him. he talks about the nuclear deal with the ran, palestinian peace talks, and syrian chemical weapons. he speaks for about 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you for the generous introduction and for the great work you are now doing at the saban center. good afternoon to everybody. welcome to a remarkable -- i have been noticing the numbers of people. i do not often get the president of the united states as an opening act, but i will take it. [laughter] it is a pleasure and a great honor for me to be here with all of you. as i'm looking at the faces particularly in the front row here, general allen and others, it is as though we time warped ourselves from a meeting in jerusalem yesterday, and here we are. morning inday jerusalem to this afternoon in washington, it is a pleasure to be he

host: want -- >> watch our on c-m on rosalynn carter span.org.ll start our encore presentation of season two monday, 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> c-span, we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, andfings and conferences, offering complete, gavel-to- gavel coverage of the u.s. house, all is a private service of the cable industry. created 32 years ago, and funded by your local cable or satellite provider, and now you can watch it in hd. "> "washington journal continues. host: joining us is representative gwen moore, and the credit wisconsin, a member of the budget committee, a member of the financial services committee. i did you vote yesterday on the budget deal -- how did you vote yesterday on the budget deal? guest: i voted yes. host: why? guest: i think many of my colleagues have learned a lesson about digging in, not wanting to compromise. we saw the government shutdown, harm done to our country, our constituents, be they democrats or republicans, they are

rosalynn was here. this is where rosalynn carter helped organize the peanut brigade.hat wasn't offshoot of the high neighbor campaign used during the run for governor. it was a way using volunteers going door to door and spreading the word. it was so effective it helps them get elected to the presidency. program on first lady rosalynn carter. we start our encore presentations on monday with it if roosevelt to grace coolidge. >> "washington journal" continues. expected touse is adjourn for the rest of the year on friday. looking for agreement on a new budget deal. joining us is congressmen john garamendi from california. you are a member of the armed services committee. we talked about the deal that was announced yesterday. what is your take? >> we do not have a choice. we have soldiers in the field. we cannot dither. we have to get this done. the essential pieces are there. host: some stats on that legislation. it includes more than $80 million for operations in afghanistan and elsewhere. loosening some of the restrictions on transferring prisoners. you said it does n

buses will replace trains between rosalynn and the pentagon.n by bus via the pentagon station. everything should be back to normal monday morning. >>> tomorrow, another option if you want to take a weekend trip up to baltimore. marc will offer a new service on the penn line. nine trips saturday and six on sunday between d.c. and baltimore. marc says fares will be $7 and weekly and monthly passes will be honored. >>> well, again, the national christmas tree is all lit up. a live look right now. >> the first lady is reading a story with a sesame character. she's reading to the kids. >> and momma in her ker chief and i in my cap just settled down for a long winters nap. >> i threw over the shutters and opened up the sash. >> is moon on the breast of the new fallen snow gave a luster of midday to objects below. >> when what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a miniature sleigh and eight tiny deer. >> with a little >>> like the down of a thistle. i heard him explain. >> 'twas the night before christmas. talk about a trooper. the rain is coming

this is where rosalynn carter helped organize their peanut per day. it was a way to get the word out about jimmy carter using volunteers going door to door shaking hands. it was a message so effective it helped him get elected. >> watch our program on rosalynn carter at our website www.c- span.org/firstladies. or see it on saturday. on monday we will air our encore presentation. >> the archduke ferdinand and his wife were in surrey a low -- sarah rio tinto -- surrey able on a tour. it was a bad day for him to come to the national holiday, and serbians was furious that austria hungry had taken over bosnia. it was seen as a provocation. there were people who had been plotting to against the archduke. they decided to kill him. they did. it was sloppy police work. they shot the archduke and his wife point-blank and they both died. >> the assassination of archduke ferdinand and his wife. margaret mcmillan on the war that ended peace, sunday night at 8:00. >> we're waiting to bring you a live briefing from the united nations. a report released yesterday fin

>> first lady rosalynn carter tonight at 9:00 eastern live on c-span and c-span three. there will be a 24% cut to medicare payments. on the other side of the capital, sensors are continuing a ban on plastic guns. you can see it. now lie to the floor of the u.s. house. house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. dear lord, we give you thanks for giving us another day. at the beginning of a new workweek, we use this moment to be reminded of your presence and to tap the resources needed by the members of this people's house to do their work as well as it can be done. may they be led by your spirit in the decisions they make. may they possess your power as they steady themselves amid of pressures of persistent problems. may their faith in you deliver them from tensions that tear the house apart and from worries that might wear them out. all this day and through the week, may they do their best to find solutions to pressing issues facing our nation. please hasten the day when justice and love should dwell i

, especially welcome that nelson mandela always retained an almost our special series focuses on rosalynn carter. a discussion of cybersecurity and the financial markets. we will rear air but -- we will re-air the british house of commons on nelson mandela. another thing is you are going to be criticized no matter what you do. i would have been criticized for what i did, and i got a lot of criticism, but you learn to live with it. i never let it influence me.

this is where rosalynn carter helped organize the peanut brigade.it was used to ring his run for governor. it was basically a way to get the word out about jimmy carter using volunteers owing door to door, giving out literature and spreading the word. it was a message so effective that it helped him get elected to the president. >> watch our program on first lady rosalynn carter at our website, c-span.org/fi rstladies. monday, we start our encore presentation of first ladies, season two. howhree physicians outlined the health care care law is adversely affecting their patients. the testimony came before the house oversight and investigations committee as members examined access to health care and drug cost for those who have chronic conditions. this hearing is to an half hours. >> [indiscernible] come to the deus. the committee will come to order. the oversight committee exists to secure two fundamental principles. first, americans have a right to know that the money washington takes from them is well spent. second, americans deserve an efficient an

this is where rosalynn carter helped organize the peanut brigade. it was used during his run for governor. it was a way to get the word out about jimmy carter using volunteers going door to door. it was a method that it helped him get elected to the presidency. >> watch our program on first lady rosalynn carter. or see it saturday on c-span at 7:00 eastern. >> kathleen sebelius told members of congress today that she has ordered an investigation into the rollout of the healthcare.gov website. including a review of the departments procurement and contracting standards. this hearing on implementation of the health care law is a little less than two and a half hours. >> the subcommittee will come to order. the chair will recognize himself for an opening statement. throughout this year, various administration officials including you, madam secretary, have sat in this room and repeatedly told the american people that the implementation of the affordable care act was on schedule. as we have seen from the disastrous rollout of healthcare.gov and documents

. >> and then jimmy carter and rosalynn carter. >> they were, and they had a good marriage. to see that. >> but you didn't see a lot of them together, or they didn't do the kind of thing that we saw on barbara walters. >> i don't remember them doing a bunch of that. >> but nancy and ronald reagan. i know you're getting old. take it from me, they weren't that overt. it was more of a quieter thing. but then nancy and reagan came on the scene, and they were joined at the hip. >> yeah, they were. >> ronald reagan made a lot of -- no bones about it that he -- nancy reagan was his partner, and they were in it together, and that was all over the place. and that benefitted president reagan. >> it did. she became a little controversy late in the administration, remember the business about the astrologer and there was some controversy. >> oh, yeah. >> no doubt about it. >> and then we had bush the elder and barbara bush, very outspoken, barbara bush. >> she was wildly popular. wildly popular. >> right. >> but there was more of a back and forth there. >> right. >> they were kind of jos

this is where rosalynn carter helped organize the peanut brigade which was an offshoot of the high neighbor campaign technique used in his run for governor. it was basically a way to get the word out about jimmy carter using volunteers going door to door, shaking hands, giving out literature and spreading the word. was a method so effective it helped him get elected to the presidency. >> watch our program on first lady rosalynn carter on c-span.org/firstlady and c-span at 7:00 eastern and monday will start our encore presentation of first lady season two, edith roosevelt to grace coolidge at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> it is are rare constant in american political life. if you look at congress, 1901, less than 2% of members came from working-class backgrounds, got into politics and wound up in congress. flash forward to the present day the average member of congress spent less than 2% of their career doing manual labor jobs and service industry jobs and this is one thing that hasn't changed. lots of different aspects of the political process, broadcast television, cable news, the rise of can

. >> first lady rosalynn carter on c-span c-span3.nd c-span radio. >> the brookings institution hosted a three-day form focused on middle east challenges stop president obama sitting down with the center's founder for a conversation that is a little less than 50 minutes. >> hello! [applause] >> how are you doing? >> i'm good. hello, everybody. >> one of your staffers said you you are in a great mood this afternoon, so -- >> i am. >> we're doubly blessed here. so that's terrific. i'd like to thank you very much for being here today, mr. president. the forum, and i personally, are honored to have you join us in this conversation. and i am personally honored that you insisted that i have this conversation with you, even though i never set foot for any conversation for 10 years. so thank you. i'm very honored. shall we start with iran? >> we should. >> okay, good. [laughter] >> mr. president, polls indicate that 77 percent of israelis don't believe this first nuclear deal will preclude iran from having nuclear weapons, and they perceive t

. >> first lady rosalynn carter tonight on c-span. morning, the executive director of the concord coalition talks talks about the status of house and senate and negotiations and the possibility of another government shutdown. the jeffrey young explains role of medicaid under the affordable care act and that military times read order examines military personnel costs and their impact on the defense department budget. "washington journal" is next. host: eight of the biggest tech companies are calling for tighter control on government surveillance. joining far gases -- joining forces, the companies including google, microsoft, and twitter sent an open letter to president brock obama, arguing that while governments have a duty to protect citizens, recent revelations highlight the needs to reform group -- to reform government surveillance practices worldwide.

>> our series continues live monday as a look at first lady rosalynn carter. >> and now live to london for prime minister's question time from the british house of commons. every wednesday while parliament is in session, prime minister david cameron takes questions from the members of the house of commons. standing in this week is as deputy prime minister mr. clegg. this is live coverage on c-span2. >> briefly made the finals in sierra leone and we're planning to do work together not least on the corruption of -- [inaudible] >> thank you, mr. speaker. there's a commitment to stabilizing and i quote fragile and conflict affected states. what is the department doing to support the people of kashmir? >> thank you. the tried departmental -- in pakistan and india controlled kashmir which support human rights and piece building. these are administered by the for and commonwealth office but we provide a kashmir program operating both in pakistan and india. >> order. russians to the prime minister. julie elliott. >> number one, mr. speaker,. >> i have been asked to apply -- i've been as to app

jimmy carter sending a statement that reads rosalynn and i are of nelsony the death mandela. -- that is from jimmy carter. let's go to your calls. go ahead. jacksonville florida? sonia inove on to tampa. caller: the world is saddened. we have lost an example of what a man and what a person who cares and was able to forgive. he really led by example. is, why did we leave him in prison so long, and not try to free him in the 20 years that he was in prison? to come out forgive, and not focus on that is something people should take under consideration and try to follow in his example. lossart is saddened by his . i want to thank you for giving him honor and allowing your show to share your thoughts. host: he was convicted of treason by the white majority government in 1916 and served 27 years in prison. a tweak here looking at the latest time magazine cover. the cover of the new magazine special edition on mandela. there is a look. to orange, new jersey. caller: good evening. host: make sure you moved your television -- mute your television. caller: personally, i am self african. -- i am

from edith roosevelt to rosalynn carter. clips, taurus, and more. 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. i have been involved in politics for 40 years in one way or another. campaignsn reagan's and in his administration. i have never seen so many people quoting and waving around the declaration and the constitution. you of you, 10 years ago, never gave it a second thought. now, i that is is at the front of your minds. it is with tens of millions of us. the fact of the matter is -- tens of millions of us love this country. we do not want a fundamentally transformed. we have to get to as many other people as we can, wake them up and educate them. i am not trying to pat myself on the back. that is the purpose of this book. i consider it part of the purpose of my radio program, as do other people in broadcasting. which is why we are under attack. selling author, lawyer, reagan administration personnel mark levin will take your calls. in depth on cspan2. the road is on fire. they are moving extremely fast. excise after five years to 10 years. everything is new. languages.ming historically, we

rosalynn and i are deeply saddened by the death of nelson mandela. the people of south africa and human rights advocates around the world have lost a great leader. his passion for freedom and justice created new hope for generations of oppressed people worldwide, and because of him, south africa is today one of the elitist -- leading democracies. people have to wake up. people have got to wake up. obama and mandela are the same. people disrespect him and he does not lash out at them. people have to wake up. we have a good man in front of us. when he is gone, we will wish we had him back. he is a good president. we have to wake up america. thank you. host: john is joining us from los angeles. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. againstandela was also israeli apartheid. georgia. good morning. caller: what we can look at is these countries were -- during this time. both of these countries had brutal racist regimes based on the color of skin. the united states is now, they are embracing this again because president obama is the president.

of tomorrow evening we focus on rosalynn carter.n interview we conducted with her in atlanta georgia, the headline -- here's the reporting as rosalynn carter feels that during the iranian hostage crisis the doomed her husband's presidency, she begged jimmy carter to do actionng that any u.s. would lead to public hangings of american hostages. she called the crisis awful and something that haunted her which he campaigned for husband's reelection effort. campaign stops, supporters asked why president carter was not doing something to recover the hostages. tell the would say president to do something, tell him he has to do something. that is this morning from "the washington examiner." the full program is tomorrow. we continue the series after the first of the year as we focus on nancy where he can -- on nancy reagan through michelle obama. michael is joining us from new york. caller: thank you for your program. influenced -- [indiscernible] from columbia, maryland also on the phone. caller: good morning. i think you are doing a wonder

. >> first lady rosalynn carter tonight at 9:00 eastern live on c-span and c-span three. there will be a 24% cut to medicare payments. on the other side of the capital, sensors are continuing a ban on plastic guns. you can see it. now lie to the floor of the u.s. house. house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. dear lord, we give you thanks for giving us another day. at the beginning of a new workweek, we use this moment to be reminded

our series continues with rosalynn carter. >> washington journal continues. host: we are back with congressman randy neugebauer, a republican from texas. he sits on the house farm agriculture committee and a contrary for these negotiations over the five-year farm bill. thes begin with yesterday, principles got together here in washington. the senate is not in session, but they came back to washington to meet with their house counterparts. what did you learn? fort: first of all, thanks having me. i think we're getting closer. i talked to chairman lucas. we keep closing in on that. we are working out a framework of where we go from here. i am optimistic that things are moving in the right direction. i think chairman lucas has done an outstanding job am a particularly in the house, of keeping this process moving forward. this is important that we get a five-year farm bill for american farmers and for families. host: why is it important? bill is a goodm steward of the american taxpayer's hard-earned money. it provides a valuable safety net for farmers and familie

rosalynn carter, live on c-span. >> nelson mandela's death was one of the topics discussed today at the white house briefing. jay carney also took questions about the health care law and the november unemployment numbers. this is a little over an hour. >> i am four minutes late i want to apologize for that. [laughter] you know, even in middle age, you can turn over a new leaf. i know that it is in frequent that we are this close to on time and i want to say i owe you a standing apology on that. we are just having fun here. with that, i will wish you all a happy friday even though it is raining. today, as part of the daily messaging effort to highlight specific benefits of the health care law that are already making a big difference, the white house and supporters of reform are focused on how growth and health care costs are at historically low levels along multiple dimensions. according to the most recent projections, health care spending grew at the slowest rate on record over the last three years. real per-person spending grew at a 1.3% rate. this was seen in medicare, medicaid, and p

house that rosalyn carter and jimmy saw the white house was after -- this week, we will hear from rosalynn carter in her own words. she spoke in c-span recently about the 1976 campaign. her partnership with jimmy carter, negative press coverage emma and the iranian hostage. ast is that 9:00 eastern well the c-span radio. series, we are offering a special edition of the book. presenting a biography and portrait of each first lady and comments from noted historians. it is available for the discounted price of $12.95 on c- span. including ahas more special section produced by our partners the white house historical association and chronicles life in the executive mansion. you can find out more at www.c- span.org. >> for overseas, -- for our series, we spoke to steve ford. this was last year. >> we are with steve ford. son of betty and gerald ford. your mother is one of the -- she is in our trailer. she's won the inspirations and actually you turn around and she is our artwork for the series. she represents somebody who had influence and image. us abouter, talk to what she was like. differ so

our series continues live on monday as we look at first lady rosalynn carter. "washington journal" continues. host: just outside of washington, d.c., in bethesda, maryland is the national institutes of health, including 27 separate institutes and centers. they conduct research in various disciplines of biomedical science and neuroscience. dr. haroldlive his varmus, director of the national cancer institute inside the building we looked at a moment ago. dr. varmus, appreciate you being with us. in nearly 1970's, president nixon declared a war on cancer. how are we doing today? guest: first, richard nixon signed the national cancer act, but he did not call it a war on cancer. many others did. cancer is a deadly disease. it affects nearly over a third of our population. it is a major cause of death, the number two cause of death in the country. to say how we're doing is a question that requires many complex answers. because cancer is not a single disease. hundreds if not thousands of diseases that are characterized by, we now know through the efforts we have made

next week, lady bird johnson to rosalynn carter. highlights from our second season. weeknights at 9:00 eastern. now a discussion on gulf nations like kuwait funding the syrian opposition during that country's serious civil war. this is from the brookings institution. it is 1.5 hours. >> welcome to today's panel. this is on private gulf donors. brookings institute on u.s. relations with the islamic world. i will be monitoring today's panel. to my left is elizabeth dickinson. she is a correspondent for the newspaper based in abu dhabi. she is the author of a paper about private gulf financing. to her left is kristin, who is a professor at the american university school of international service. she is a nonresident fellow at the atlantic council center. to her left is tom keating. he is a managing director for jpmorgan and an itinerant scholar. that, i want to start with you. when i looked at this issue back in 2012, i did not are looking up for an financing for extremist groups in syria. i was mainly focused on the groups in syria, one of the largest groups. they are

eastern and our series continues monday as we look at first lady rosalynn carter. jobs, thent obama on economy, and income inequality. posted by the center for american progress, this is a little less than an hour. [applause] x good morning. thank you for being here. i want to thank you. mayor gray is here as well as other mayors and i want to thank for joining us today. capre honored to do so as celebrates its 10th anniversary. that weud for old ideas have put together during the past decade. your idea to grow the economy from the middle out and expand health care and to improve our school. i am prouder still that behind all of these policies is a simple idea, expanding opportunity for all americans. we believe that nevada where you come from, we are all better off if we have the opportunity to succeed. it is at the heart of what we do every day. we have learned that expanding the middle class is the best way to grow and grow stronger. the idea that the principal is credited on is for policy. it has mattered so much in my own life. boston,p in a suburb of the chil

our series continues live monday as we look at first lady rosalynn carter. >> in the survey of major newspapers made in teen 09, the kansas city star was rated more in favor of reform than all the other major metropolitan newspapers in the united states himself area as nelson told an interviewer in 1910, -- i don't want the stars editorial to be a lot of literary essays. i want to get things done. up hisfollowed strictures on past performance rejectedditorial that the notion roosevelt was a man on horse back and seized power and become addict ater. he is a elder recalled to his work said the paper, rather than a man on worse back. after roosevelt's arrival from africa, mid-talk about his candidacy, there are clubs formed like napoleon in the spring of 1910. >> the impact of william rockhill nelson on the aggressive movement and teddy roosevelt's campaign to win back the white house sunday on american history tv. >> unemployment insurance benefits are set to expire on december 28. earlier today, democratic steering and policy committee held a hearing on what that will mean for close t

. >> first lady rosalynn carter, monday night at 9:00 eastern live on c-span and c-span three, >>pan radio and c-span.org. former secretary of state clinton clinton received the 2013 human rights award at an event on capitol hill. in her remarks, she talked about the recent passing of nelson mandela. this is 15 minutes. >> thank you. thank you very, very much. thank you. [applause] first to the extraordinary lonza's family, this is indeed a great honor and toimmense personal pleasure have tom lantos around my neck. he was often in my office or on the phone. me what i was going to do about something or offering to partner with me on an issue with human rights. as all of you who are here no because you recognize the significance of the work he did during his public career, he was a man of great courage and compassion and had a wonderful partner in his , and a fabulous support system with his daughters, katrina and annette and their families. i think we should give a round of applause to the entire family here today. [applause] as he said when he began the proceedings, we meet on the da

. >> watch our program on first lady rosalynn carter at our website, www.c-span.org/fir stladies. monday we will start our encore presentation of first ladies season to, edith roosevelt to raise coolidge -- grace coolidge. quick house democrats and republicans react to the announcement of a deal on the budget. in about a half-hour, an oversight hearing on government surveillance programs. kathleen sebelius's testimony about the healthcare.gov website. the house will vote tomorrow on a budget deal announced chair of thethe congressional budget committees. it will cut the debt by more than $20 billion. over the next half hour, reaction to the plan. first house democrats, then house republicans. >> good morning. we are going to try to move this along this morning, because members want to be at the national cathedral this morning for the celebration of the life of nelson mandela, so i'm going to ask all our members of leadership to try to be as brief as possible so we can yield the rest of the time. mr. clyburn will speak as well and another member of the conference committee. i will

first lady rosalynn carter tonight at 9:00 eastern, also on c-span radio and www.c-span.org. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is pressing congress to act this year on defense policy bill. dempsey wrotee -- to house and senate leaders warning this would add more uncertain to the force and, kate the work of military commanders. the leaders of committees are : 30ing a conference at four eastern to discuss details of the compromise. that is in about 15 minutes. we will have live coverage on c- span. in the meantime come and look at this morning's "washington journal." each week we take a look at how your taxpayer dollars are spent there it the focus this week is the cost of military personnel. we are joined by andrew til ghman. -- walk us through your piece. when ithe peace started realized after listening to a lot of discussion about the andnse budget in general personal costs in particular that there were all sorts of numbers thrown around in terms of personnel costs. some people said it was soon to be 80% of the budget. what take a close look at specifically the budge

. >> watch out program on first lady rosalynn carter and our website. see it saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern. monday we will start our encore presentation of first lady season to. >> now the senate foreign relations committee lexan afghanistan where officials are working to finalize a long-term security agreement before the end of the year. this is a little less than two hours. >> come to order. let me thank our witnesses for being here. in july in this committee meant to assess the transition in afghanistan. you had been on the job will lead to months of the time. in looking over the transcripts of that hearing was struck about how the issues remained virtually the same five months later. i look forward to hearing what both of you believe we should expect in the coming months as well as your perspective on some broader issues i have with respect to the state department and usaid planning for a postal facebook.com/booktv presents. clearly this is a critical time in the transition process. president karzai has, in my view, and wisely decided to gamble with the lives of millions of cit

this week, lady bird johnson to rosalynn carter. >> next, a discussion on the housing market and the impact on the overall u.s. economy. from today's washington journal, this is 40 minutes. host: at the table now, lawrence yun, chief economist and senior vice president at the national association of realtors here to talk to us about housing, how the year ended, prospects for 2014. good morning. guest: good morning. thanks for inviting me. host: we wake up to this headline, home prices back at peaks in some areas. recovery remains uneven as cities spared in bust soar but many others struggle. estate is, so certainly we see the va do agree? guest: all real estate is local, so certainly we see the variation in different parts of the country. one can see that broadly, along the middle of america, from the state of texas, oklahoma, denver, north dakota, they're already at new peaks in terms of home prices. but in some areas they're still in a recovery mode. host: let's look at some of the organization.our we can put them on the screen. key stats from 2013 in the housing sector. existing h

rosalynnjohnson to character -- rosalynn carter. >> things are moving extremely fast. historically what we have done is we have categorized human life into force spaces. what i think we should be doing is have them all in the same thing. wait, learn, work at the same time. today.working so fast we really have to stay up-to- date. >> new year's day on c-span. of twitter and others on the future of higher education, robotics and data as the new industrial evolution on book tv unflinching courage. kay bailey hutchison on the women who shaped texas. daughters of civil rights leaders in segregationists share their memories of the civil rights era sunday. month the university of akron hosted the seventh state of the parties conference. focused on national party nominations and rule changes for the 2016 eight elections. this is close to two hours. my job really is to keep time . we have four papers to be presented, which means we will give about the team minutes to each. will see a weaving together of the topics. we hope you will have great interest in the things they present

. >> first lady rosalynn carter monday at 9:00 a.m.ern on c-span. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from new york , the author ofe eat, drink, vote. looks at food topics on a variety of things. ms. nestle, thanks for joining us. guest: it is my pleasure. ast: can we start off with definition of genetically modified food, what is it? certainly. foods that have been bio engineered. they have the genes of some come foranism to desirable traits, either insect resistance or resistance to some other pesticide or growing faster or doing something that crop scientists think would be really good for producing food. topic tends to produce a lot of heated opinions. why is that the case? gene: the idea of taking a from one organism and putting it into another is disturbing for a lot of people. they think it is hampering with nature in a way they are not comfortable with. it also has a great deal to do with the corporate control of the food supply, the way there are certain corporations, mainly that are doing these in order to pro

this week, lady bird johnson to rosalynn carter. washington journal continues.thor and presidential historian richard norton smith joins us now discussion on second term residencies as president obama is about to turn the page on the first year of his second term. mr. smith, at this point what can we say yet whether or not present obama's going to fall into a certain mold of a second term president? peopleit is amazing how are in a rush to get beyond the next three years, there's a large part of the media that cannot wait for the next campaign horserace. aey forget that that we have present for the next three years. been true that he has suffering from the second term jinx. orange -- george washington had a very dormy second term -- st ormy second term. jefferson, who in his first term bought louisiana, and it was enough to get on my rushmore -- get on mount rushmore, but in his second term he had the threat of war, and he and post an economic embargo and american shipping to europe that blew up in his face. host: how do presidents make themselves relevant in th

. >> first lady rosalynn carter tonight at 9:00 eastern. >> the wireline world is the central security or system of our country. it is the veins and arteries that connect what is now the information economy in the united states. data traffic increase at the rate of 40% per year. it connects all forms of communication whether they originate in a wireline environment or not. i would say america' to is a wireline future. >> the future of communications industry with walter mccormick tonight on the communicators at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span two. >> "washington journal" continues. the: we are joined by executive director of the concorde coalition. thank you for joining us this morning. over the weekend it was reported that negotiators are getting closer to a budget deal. tell us what that looks like. >> it looks like what they're replace try to do is about two years worth of sequestration cuts, which was a lower level that went into effect earlier this year. they want to replace the savings so it would not add to the deficit by increasing some government fees and perhaps requiring higher con

. >> first lady rosalynn carter monday night at 9 eastern live on c-span. >> here are some programs towatch this weekend on booktv. at 4 p.m. eastern, jack cashel talks about his book, "if i had a son: race, guns and the railroading of george zimmerman." then at 7:45 p.m., film maker m. knight shyamalan offers a solution to current education problems in his book, "i got schooled." tomorrow at 8:45 a.m. eastern, newt gingrich talks about his most recent book, "breakout: pioneers of the future, prison guards of the past be and the epic battle that will decide america's fate." then at 6 p.m. eastern in light of the ongoing battles over the federal budget in congress, we take a look at several books that have recently aired on booktv about the u.s. economy. and visit booktv.org for this weekend's television schedule. >> while visiting idaho, booktv took a trip over to kellogg located about 36 miles away. the town was founded in the late 19th century by prospector noah kellogg. we sat down with julie whitesel weston who recalls the history of the town. >> kellogg, i remember playing in the

this is where rosalynn carter helped organize the tea -- the peanut brigade. it was an offshoot of the high neighbor campaign technique used during his run for governor. it was basically a way to get the word out about jimmy carter using volunteers, going door-to- door, shaking hands, giving out literature, and spreading the word. it was a method so effective it helped get the presidency. >> see it saturday on c-span at 7:00 p.m. eastern and monday, we will start our encore visitation of season two, edith roosevelt to grace coolidge. host: we want to welcome back to our table senator ron johnson, a republican of wisconsin and a member of the house budget committee. the hill newspapers as the budget deal is sealed. it?guest: n off on the deal is well struck between the chairman's. both good people trying to come to an agreement. what we did in terms of the actual conference committee is we held a couple of hearings, which were also somewhat useful. the first hearing were opening statements. you generally won't -- roll your .yes to shut down the government. i th

this is where rosalynn carter helps organize her brigade.n off shshoot of had run for governor, how he was spreading the word. it was a message so defective that it helped him get elected to the presidency. firstch the program on or seesalynn carter, it on saturday, and on monday we encoregin our presentation of "first ladies." >> it is a rare constant in american political life, if you look at congress and 1901, less than two percent of the members came from working-class backgrounds, got into politics, and eventually wound up in congress. /-forward to the present day, the average member of congress doing servicen 2% industry jobs. this is one thing that has not changed, you know, lots of different aspects of the political aspect. broadcast television, the rise of news, and while this is happening, one of the constants during the last hundred years or so is that working class people are not getting elected to political office. >> does it if there is a socioeconomic asperity between officials and the citizens they represent? the white-collar