i thought sam donaldson did a great job, too. didn't you? [applause] we appreciate that, sam.i hope you have had a wonderful evening and it has been our pleasure to have you here. godspeed to all of you and a safe trip home. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] "washington journal" is next with today's news and your phone calls for it at 11:00 for easter, live coverage of president obama's healthcare town hall with senior citizens. and we will look at today's primary races in 10 states. at 8:30 eastern, we will talk with the

but i thought sam donaldson did a great job, too. didn't you? sam, we appreciate that. hope you have a wonderful evening. he has been our pleasure to have you here. godspeed to all of you in a safe trip home. >> in a few moments, admiral thad allen brief reporters on the gulf of mexico oil spill. no less than an hour, president obama comments on the claims process for those affected by this bill. after that, campaign for america future looks at the roles of progressives in this year's elections. and later, a former teacher on the middle east peace process. on washington journal tomorrow morning, we will look at tuesday's primary races in 10 states with bob benenson. nicholas lardy with the peterson institute for international economics examines china's economy and its effect on the u.s.. and more about the supreme court nomination of the land taken from associated press reporter julie hirschfeld davis. "washington journal" is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. a couple of live events to tell you about tomorrow morning. the senate judiciary committee holds a

bernanke but he and our inimitable president of the council, the distinguished newsman sam donaldson,will provide the program. sam will interview chairman bernanke and i would ask the two of them to come forward now. after the interview, we will have questions from the audience. [applause] >> [unintelligible] [inaudible] prone >> ♪ testing, hello? i am delighted that you have visited us. what do you think of the great wall of china? >> you can see it from the plane when you come down to beijing. it is very impressive. >> that matches richard nixon's statement. [laughter] let's get down to substantive matters. we seem to be in a recovery from the great recession we have gone through, fragile but it may be. how convinced argued that that recovery will continue at a reasonable pace? do you see troubling signs that we may indeed slip back into a double dip recession? >> we have come to a number of stages. we had a tremendous contraption -- contraction. things stabilized in the middle of last year. than the natural business cycle process began to unwind itself, adding to a recovery. i thin

woodrow wilson international center for scholars where he is interviewed by former abc newsman sam donaldson. on "washington journal" tomorrow morning, we will look at tuesday's primary races in 10 states, with bob benenson, nicholas lardy examines china's economy and its effect on the u.s. and more about the supreme court nomination of elena kagan from jliulie hirschfeld davis. we have got three new c-span books for you. "abraham lincoln," the supreme inrt" and "who's buriedn i grant's tomb?" to order, go to c- span.org/books. each one a great gift idea for father's day. the campaign for america's future began its annual conference in washington focusing on the progressive movement assessment of the obama administration and its role in this year's elections. this is a little more than two hours. [applause] >> welcome to america's future now. [applause] hi. you are over here. namecards. my name is robert. i welcome you to washington. this has been a city of great heat and big storms recently and i am not talking about the weather. and we need you to turn up the heat a little bit more. [appla

the chair ben bernanke was interviewed at the wilson center by sam donaldson. a portion of what he had to say. >> there seems to be a good deal of momentum in consumer spending and investments. and so, my best guess is we will have continued recovery. but it won't feel terrific. the reason it will kill to read it is because it would not be fast enough to put back 8 million people who lost their jobs within a few years. it will take a while. even though technically we will be in a recovery, the economy will be growing, the unemployment rate will still be high for a while. that means a lot of people will be under financial stress. >> this -- host: this piece from "the financial times." the financial crisis inquiry commission accuses goldman sachs of "abysmal response" in requests for information. that is an "the financial times." new york city, barbara, back to the budget cut its. caller: i have a couple of ideas. number one, i would raise taxes on all corporations, especially those who have their work force offshore. i would raise gasoline to $5 a gallon. i woul