john hardy who was the editor of the savannah georgia. in 1818 just before he left which, by the way, was two years before savannah burned to the ground twice. he read this. may all your free citizens, wealthy or poor, be a bribe for their votes as they have here to four. make every quack doctor be patronized still and his talents be judged by the length of his bill. may all your. >> lawyers find themes for the times in their brains get the applause that is to to the lungs may your miserly merchants feel cheap for the pants and with scarce the brains showed good deal of sense. nell to finish my curses upon your bill city and express in keywords i leave you the worst of all curses to remain as you are. we certainly had our people been charmed by savannah, one of them being john baron who in the early 1990's, midnight in the garden of good and evil, one of the best-selling books in the history of publishing. as a matter of fact, tourism in the economy went up 40% a year after midnight in the garden can now. john wrote the following, maybe a

content vehicles in savannah, georgia. >> i have the honor of representing florida. i am here in the senate. today i speak for the first time on this floor on their behalf. >> all 13 freshmen senators have given their first speech on the senate floor. see them in congressional chronicle, a comprehensive research with information on

at the literary life of savannah, georgia. it will include the childhood home of novelist flannery o'connor. the conversation with the sister of jim williams. also, a tour of eastern slavery sites. go to american history tv on c- span3. travel to the founding days of savannah as we visit a plantation and explore antebellum and civil war savanna with a story. c-span local content vehicles in savannah, ga., this weekend on c-span 2 and 3. blackberry users, and now you can access programming anytime with c-span radio app. non-fiction books and american history all commercial free. all available around the clock were ever you are. download it free from blackberry app world.

. >> this weekend learn more about the literary scene of savannah, georgia, one of eight southeastern cities we're touring this year for booktv. next, an interview with hugh golson author of "the sign of the buck." >> andrew low was one of savannah's more prominent citizens. he was a merchant, he was a entrepreneur, he was a family man, but technically there's two andrew lows. first of all, this is a scottish family. they are from the area on the east coast of scotland. the low family were not the most important people around. they were tenant farmers on the lands of the lord's keith who were the big shots in the neighborhood. and scotland had been in to a bitter conflict with england for years, and they had paid dearly for it. the scottish could not do business outside of their nation. they were banned from doing commerce in the british empire. but those restrictions were lifted in the early 1700s, and we see scotsmen pour out over the british empire with their skills attending ledgers and moving merchandise. and they appear all over america. and the low family was one such scottish

an interview with creston russell from savannah georgia. mr. russell's the author of savannah a history of her people since 1733 a comprehensive book about his own town. it's about 40 minutes. >> he's a man of many parts. physician, paynter, historian and writer. he finds time to play golf. since preston retired from medicine after 30 years of memorial hospital, his paintings have appeared in the regional art shows and in homes throughout the united states and europe as well as here at the morris museum in augusta. his book, the low country from savannah to charleston contains 85 of his paintings which capture the mystique of the region. preston russell along with his wife, barbara, who is here today if you could stand up. [applause] co-authored a savannah, a history of her people since 1733. and his most recent book is like such madness in search of joan of arc. his pending work i guess this means your working on now deals with franz's involvement in the american revolution and the father and son relationship between george washington and the y

efrem graham cbn news, savannah, georgia. >> for more great stories, visit our website cwnews.org. we'll be right back. >> welcome back, children in cambodia are getting involved with a cbn worldreach tv program called superkids club. worldreach put letter boxes outside of churches in the region encouraging children to write to the superkids club. cbn staff members respond. there are 82 boxes set up. each letter read and prayed over by the cbn staff. >>> more than a year ago, the haiti earthquake took more than 100,000 lives. hard to believe. it maimed thousands of people shattering their ability to lead a normal life. stan jeter reports, some of the victims have turned tragedy into inspiration. >> e manuel is the goalie in port-au-prince, haiti. each lost a limb. there are an estimated 60,000 earthquake amputees. >> i was in the house with my family, 7 of us, 5 people died. i and my sister survived. >> for 4 days, everyone thought e manuel was dead. in desperation, he tried committing suicide but failed. >> he was trapped underneath his house for 4 days after the earthquake. he ca

she ends up coming back to savannah to create an organization, as she said, for the girls in savannah n georgia, in the united states and everywhere else. and she started the program of girl scouts here in savannah. the carriage house behind the building where we sit now was fitted out as the first national headquarters. and to girl scouts today who own that building, just the carriage house, it is still their first national headquarters. they're very proud of it. when they come to savannah to see the birthplace of daisy low, they always visit the first national headquarters here in savannah. and, of course, now we sit in the home that mrs. low knew. this was andrew low jr.'s home that he built for his first wife who never live today see it. he brought his second wife here, and after her death this house was mostly closed up except for his occasional trips to america after the civil war. because by then they were british citizens, they were not going to live in the poverty of the south after the war. and mrs. low received this after finally contesting the, um, will of her husband. and this beca

[applause] >> this weekend learn more about the literary scene of savannah georgia, one of eight southeastwe're touring this year for booktv. next an interview with hugh golson answer of andrew low and the sign of the buck. >> andrew low was one of the savannah's more prominent citizens. he was a merchant. he was an entrepreneur. he was a family man but technically there's two andrew lows because we're about a nephew and an uncle and the family line which bridge five generations in the book that me and my co-author have put together. first of all, this is a scottish family. they are from the area on the east coast of the scotland. the low family were not the most important people around. they were tenant farmers on the lands of the lords keefe who were the big shots in the neighborhood. and scotland had been into a bitter conflict with england for years and they had paid dearly for it. the scottish could not do business outside of their nation. they were banned from doing commerce in the british empire. but those restrictions were lifted in the -- in the early 1700s and we see scotsman pou

this weekend, a look at savannah, georgia.hope you tune in. >> starting next month, we will be able to remove 10,000 troops of our troops from afghanistan and we will bring home a total of 33,000 troops by next summer. >> all the time line on the war in afghanistan answers over 4000 entries online at the c-span video library. p, and, watch, cli share any time. this weekend on american history tv, gettysburg college professor thompson discusses prostitution and the civil war. edwards cox talks about his father-in-law, richard nixon. get a complete weekend schedule at c-span.org/history, or have it e-mailed to you by pressing the c-span alert button. >> "washington journal" continues. >> we want to welcome back to c- span congressman mcgovern. a lot to talk about. the house taking up two resolutions on libya, one to cut funding and one to continue operations for a guest: full year -- for a full year. guest: the problem with libya is there is no clarity in our policy. i'm not sure what the endgame is. if we get gaddafi, then what

. >> today, a book tv and american history tv looked at literary life in savannah georgia, with a literary events on c-span to. this includes a conversation with plenary -- a conversation about flannery o'connor, "midnight in the garden of good and evil," and a tour of civil war sites in savannah, georgia. trouble with us as we visit the site of a plantation, and explore it antebellum with a historian. >> this week on "road to the white house," our series of interviews with gop presidential candidates continues with texas republican ron paul. he talks about his previous presidential bids, monetary policy, the federal reserve, abortion, and the republican party. he assesses the obama administration and his strategy for winning the gop nomination. this is 45 minutes. >> this is your third presidential bid. what did you learn from the first to? >> the first one was in 1980 in the libertarian party, and i learned that our system of government is not very conducted for a competition within the two parties. let's go around, i learned we were much further along in the freedom of defending our per

. >> savannah, georgia has a rich military history. this month in partnership with our local cable affiliates, comcast, we'll explore savannah's history and literary culture. next hero talks about some modern military history. his book is seal team six. >> seal team six is a c-span2 counter terrorist unit. what do i mean by tier one? you have the other seal teams. seal team six as additional funding, logistical support, and training that makes them a tier one unit which means they can be called out at a moment's notice and go anywhere in the world into account a terrorist on. >> what exactly sets them apart from the other teams? is it just where they are sent for training? >> well, there is some enhanced training are you familiar with the term cqb? close quarters battle. room to room fighting, like in this house. aboard a cruise ship. inside the building. that is taking it toolholder level in s.e.a.l. team six versus the other s.e.a.l. team six. >> what exactly does their training intel? first day of training. >> well, you are already d

. >> this weekend, "book tv" and "american history tv" look at life in savannah, georgia. also, a tour of urban slavery sites with civil wars of amoco offer bonn had good-walker. explore and develop and civil war savannah. c-span cozy local content vehicles in savannah, ga., this weekend on c-span3. >> next, the chairman of the federal deposit insurance corp. sheila bear giving a speech before she steps down next month. she criticized financial industry leaders for supporting "short-term policies that would overturn the dodd-frank and has regulatory law." this is about an hour. [applause] >> that was a very nice introduction. i spoke recently to my elementary school daughter's principal. we got to talking about banks and interest rates and all the things they like to ask about. and i asked if they had questions and a little hand went up and said, who is number one? it was angela merkel, in case you were all wondering. and i did drop to 15 this year, behind lady gaga. [laughter] i think because the banks are healing, but not as much as we would like. i would like to thank so

raymond from savannah, georgia. independent line. caller: we do need to cut the spending of the federal governme government. my friends and i were talking about why don't we lower the wages of congressmen and senators. they could take a hit on their wages and their retirement plan. as soon as they are voted out they start growing a congressional pension for the rest of their lives. why shouldn't they have to wait until they are 67 to start drawing their congressional pension? why should they start when they are 45 years old? if they are voted out or they resign at 45, they start drawing their pension right then. another thing, well, i will leave it at that. host: the story this morning on line at politico.com, obama takes the lead in debt talks. that is the story. the next call is lloyd from frankfurt, kentucky. good morning. democratic line. lloyd, go ahead, please. caller: thanks for taking my call. good morning to you. caller: our taxes, when the clinton era, our taxes was high, country was booming and we had jobs anywhere you wan

it happened during an attempted robbery in savannah, georgia, and the robber ran away and the go was protect his wife and the bullet hit him instead of her and the cops are it will trying to catch him. and then before we wrap it up, you probably heard stories of people getting upset about what they see and an unfair bill and paying it off in pennies. police slapping a disorderly cut on the person making the payment. that is what happened to a guy who was trying to settle a $25 bill in utah and he placed 2,500 pennies on the counter and got a receipt and level and then the police contacted him and cited him with a criminal charge because the protest was "unnecessary," and levied a fine of $140. he says he will not pay that fine in pennies. that is it for "studio b" and back tonight for the fox report at 7:00 eastern and 6:00 in oxford and log on to

. >> it happened in savannah, georgia. we have the tape to prove it.ey gonna give me the wrong food. they don't tell me i ain't -- they gonna have to give me my money. no, i [ indiscernible ] >> all right. >> the okay. so the money she was trying to get back, it was all of 69 cents. police did go to the restaurant because the customer was being unreally. she was scolded but they decided not to arrest her for 69 cents. >> you can't mess around with 911. they get a little angry with that quickly and they will come over for another reason, to arrest you, if you're not good. >>> 5:26 now. a warning for parents, why thousands of bunk beds are being recalled this morning. >> plus search for new evidence in the bryan stow case. why defense lawyers are now going door to door. >>> and a renewed search for michelle le here in hayward. a three-day search starts today. we'll tell you how you can help out. coming up. >>> many of them have slept here overnight in downtown san jose hoping to get some of relief on their home mortgages. i'm kiet do with a live report c

. >> next take a tour of urban sites in savannah, georgia, with a co-author of civil war savannah. >> we are standing in the basement today of the second african baptist church and a second african baptist church in savannah's history tells the story of twice freedom is what i like to see. first of all, second african baptist church was founded in 1802. reverend cunningham was the first reverend, and second african over its use has trained more ministers in the baptist church than any other baptist church in america. but it's important to our city of savannah, in 1865 on february 4, it was the site of the 40 acres speech but it was delivered here by general saxton in this room. also, here in this room are the benches that the congregants would've been seated on that day. these benches were made in 1810 by the members of second african baptist church, and they served a twofold purpose. first of all, the minister who was up at the pulpit, they would be facing front. for a politician, for example, may not be able to go into the pulpit, the benches faced the back. so we have to wonder whe

. >> next, a tour of bob mcallister's private book collection in savannah, georgia. booktv visited with comcast to introduce you to the area's rich literary roots. >> this is the beginning of my library. i have, i think, one of the larger private libraries in the downtown area of savannah. i have roughly 10,000 volumes, and mine is not a collector's library, and mine's not a rare book library, but mine's a reader's library. i have read most of the books in the collection, and those that i haven't read i intend to read because i don't accumulate books that i don't intend to read. i tend to pick up almost anything that relates, is about savannah or people who have been in savannah. oh, here's a book on ted turner, for example. then i have judge lawrence's book, the storm over savannah. i have rabbi reuben's third to known, the history -- third to none, the history of the israel synagogue. i have the hunting season, or the hurricane season by rosemary danielle who wrote fatal flowers and sleeping with soldiers and a number of other racy books about savannah. most of my

. >> booktv's focus on savannah, georgia, continues all weekend. next, the former president and ceo of simon simon & schuster, k romanos. >> well, we started out working for pocketbooks, the paperback company, back in the beginning. um, and that was sort of in the heydey of the paperback era, and, you know, we had authors like harold robbins, and we had, you know, sort of the great brands of the time. and it was a, it was an interesting time for books because the industry was transitioning from a sort of a two-world system. there was hard cover publishing, and there was paperback publishing. and in that era they began to merge, so a lot of the books that were getting published in hard cover were actually being published by paperback publishers. and paper -- and hard cover publishers at the same time were realizing that they had to get into the paperback business. [audio difficulty] confusing but interesting transition going on. with us at simon & schuster, people like bob woodward were superstar authors. we had mary higgins clark who was succeeding

content vehicles in savannah, georgia. >> i have the honor of representing florida.m here in the senate. today i speak for the first time on this floor on their behalf. >> all 13 freshmen senators have given their first speech on the senate floor. see them in congressional chronicle, a comprehensive research with information on your elected officials. video of every house and senate session. keep up-to-date had seized -- c- span.org/congress. >> "washington journal" continues. host: let me introduce ron johnson, a member of the appropriations and budget committees in the united states senate, which puts him at the fulcrum of debate on spending in this country. it is his first visit to "washington journal." starting with the reporter that it is an update on the budget talks now moving into high gear, how confident are you in finding a deal that will come out of this? guest: you always hope, but i'm not overly confident. i have not seen a serious sense of purpose out of this administration in solving the problems. the budget that the president submitted two months ago

c-span in savannah, georgia, this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >> every weekend it's american history tv on c-span3. starting saturday morning 48 hours of people and events telling the american story. watch personal interviews about historic events, on oral histories, our history book show features some of the best-known history writers revisit key figures battles and events during the 150th anniversary of the civil war. visit college classrooms across the country during lectures and history. go behind the scenes at museums and historic sites on american artifacts, and the presidency looks at the policies and legacies of past american presidents. get our complete schedule at c-span.org/history and sign up to have it emailed to you by pressing the c-span alert button. >> "washington journal" continues. host: a legislative analyst for congressional quarterly, with keeping a close track on the agriculture bill, among other items. welcome to the "washington journal." appreciate your time. guest: thank you for having me. host: walk us through what happened last week in the house of representa

. >> welcome to the flannery o'connor childhood home here in savannah georgia. it's our plash to have you here today and share information about this writer. one of the first stories we like to share her is flannery o'connor was born 86 years ago on march 25th of 1925. we get visits from time to time who knew her. i was visited by a lady that not only was born here in savannah two years before, but grew up across the street. mary came and visited the house, and when i asked her to give me an impression of what she thought, she shared with me, well, mary was just different, and so we love to tell all those differences about mary that happened here in her childhood. now, we have a photograph here of mary flanner at age three. we love to share there's no hint of the dark tales she was about to write in her life, but things were about to change significantly in her not long after this photograph was taken. best we can figure is that somewhere between 4 and 6, she decided she was an adult. we start at age 4 because we have photographs of her with dolls up to age four

c-span in savannah georgia this weekend. -- tour antebellum mansions in savannah. ayou can listen to our signature interview programs each week. it is all available round-the- clock were ever you are. download it free from blackberry app world. >> we return to the republican leadership conference. the nephew of george w. bush spoke. george bush is the former sun -- the son of jeb bush. he spoke about his family's legacy for about 20 minutes. [applause] >> good morning. judging by the size of the crowd, i hope you were not expecting the other george bush's. i am the first george bush to be on facebook. i asked you to if you can come up like me on facebook so that i can keep in touch with you with respect to maverick pact, which is a political action committee i am involved with in helping to engage young americans in the political system. [applause] since i am here, i might as well give up bush family update. my grandfather, former president george h w bush just recently turned 87. barbara bush, aka the enforcer, executed her veto and respecting him from jumping out

ends up coming back to savannah and create an organization, as she said, for the girls in savannah, in georgia, in the united states and everywhere else. and she started the program of girl scouts here in savannah, the carriage house behind the building where we sit now was fitted out as the first national headquarters. and to girl scouts today who own that building, just the carriage house, it is still their first national headquarters. they're very proud of it. and when they come to savannah to see the birth place of daisy low, they always visit the first national headquarters here in savannah. .. >> for more information on c-span's local content vehicles and the 2011 lcv cities tour visit c-span.org/localconsent. simon schama presents a range of topics from ice cream and more. it's a little over an hour. >> this is a noted historian and a genius of storytelling. author of several books, including the embarrassment of riches, citizens the chronicle of the french revolution, and national book critics circle award winner, simon schama is a professor of art history at columbia university and al

. >> today, book tv and american tv history look at the history and literary life of savannah, georgia, with book tv events on c-span 2 including flannery oh conner, a conversation with dortsy kingry, central character in john barren's midnight in the garden of good and evil. also, a tour of urban slavery sites. and on american history tv on history 3, travel to the founding days of savannah as we visit the site of worm flow plantation and explore. c-span in savannah georgia today on c-span 2 and 3. >> blackberry users, now you can access our programming any time with the c-span radio ap with four audio streams of our programming, public affairs, nonfiction book and american history all commercial free. you can also listen to our interview programs each week all available around the clock wherever you are. download it free. >> federal communications chairman announced monday that the s.e.c. would consider rules to protect telephone customers from charges known as cramming. the charges are placed on bills by the phone carrier. the chairman told an audience that the center for american p

steve is joining us from savannah, georgia. former gates, his legacy on the job -- what is it? caller: i am just amazed at some of the calls i am hearing this morning. just like the president, i believe that robert gates will go down as one of the best defense secretary's this country has ever seen. i do not see him as a partisan or warmonger. if he was, he would stay on. he was called up from private life. to me, he is a statesman and a public servant. i am amazed at some of the calls. i understand about the war fatigue, but the man, robert gates, will go down as one of the better defense secretary is this country has ever seen. host: thanks for the call. one of the stories of the top of the hour, defense secretary gates saying that we need to continue to work with pakistan. that interview is available on the pbs website. and defense secretary gates is joined by admiral mike mullen, who is also stepping down later this year. next, milwaukee and the democrats line, good morning. caller: good morning. i served two tours in vietnam in the u.s. marine corps from 63 to 67. i think

and so there became, savannah and the colony of georgia was a private business venture, a private businessvenn r church church -- venture. at which one of the quotations in the various journals, england will go rich by sending her poor abroad. and it was estimated by close studies of a given family in london gained perhaps ten pounds and would otherwise consume 20 pounds whereas if transported to the new colony of georgia, they might generate with silk and other sweat equity up to 600 pounds a year. so it would be sort of a win/win situation. and on founders day, february the 12th, 1733, 114 of these anglican colonists arrive tonight queen anne on february the 12th, a wonderful georgia day which people like lisa white wherever she's standing has been part of in terms of having children parading as colonists. so it's a very, very vibrant thing since i've been here of school children remembering their heritage and founding. however, of those 114, over half of those were dead by the second year from fill in the blanks; snakebite, fevers, everything under the sun. so it was, you know, the a ho

of urban slavery sites and on american history tv on c-span3, travel to the founding days of savannah, georgia and explore a civil war savanna with a story -- with a historian. this weekend on c-span2 and c- span3. >> i have the honor of representing the great people of the state of florida. today i speak for the first time on this floor on their behalf. >> all 13 freshmen senators have given their first speech honest -- first speech on the senate floor. daily schedules, each day's committee hearings, and videos of every house and senate session. keep up to date at c-span.org/ congress. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with jim himes, democrat of connecticut. what do you want to hear from the president tonight? guest: i hope we hear the president is committed to a rapid drawdown of our forces. i spent a lot of time thinking about this. i visited afghanistan and talked to the people on the ground. the reality is that we're in a nation-building mission in a nation that was not -- that does not want to be built. our problem was in pakistan. we're very effective in pakistan. we

steve is joining us from savannah, georgia. former gates, his legacy on the job -- what is it? caller: i am just amazed at some of the calls i am hearing this morning. just like the president, i believe that robert gates will go down as one of the best defense secretary's this country has ever seen. i do not see him as a partisan or warmonger. if he was, he would stay on. he was called up from private life. to me, he is a statesman and a public servant. >> we are going to leave this now and take you to new orleans for live coverage of day #2 speeches. rick santorum, herman cain, ron paul and michelle bachmann. just getting underway right now in new orleans. >> welcome and thank you for joining us today at the 2011 republican leadership conference. i hope you enjoyed yesterday's speeches and i think you will agree that we have a wonderful group of republican leaders speaking to you today. i am proud to serve as your co- chairman of the republican national committee and today i am honored to serve as your mc for this great conference this afternoon. as a texas native -- [cheers]

. >> this weekend book tv and american history tv look at the history and literary life of savannah, georgia with book tv advance on c-span2 including the childhood home of a novelist and short story writer o'connor, our conversation. also, torre of urban slavery sites with civil war savannah, author vonnegut walker and on american history tv talk travel to the founding days of savannah as we visit the site of work clothes position at the core elements call local content. this weekend on c-span2. >> at today's date department briefing a main topic of questioning was a humanitarian scrips plans to send a flotilla to eight palestinians in gaza. this part is 15 minutes. >> president obama designated you. the want to announce today the department of state. [inaudible] [inaudible] they're both. [inaudible] [inaudible question] >> i would simply say we were very gratified and look forward. [inaudible question] >> i don't have anything at the moment. [inaudible question] >> i don't have anything further. [inaudible question] >> right. the year that we have, it is clear. so put it all in one. [inaud

this weekend, booktv and american history look at the history and literary life of savannah, georgia with booktv including the childhood home of novelist, a conversation with dorthy, and john berance and on american history tv on c-span3, traveling to the founding days of savannah and explore civil war with a story. c-span's local content this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >> mr. president, thank you very much. i feel deeply honored to be nominated to become the 20th director of the central intelligence agency. >> with the senate confirmation scheduled for this thursday, learn more through the 50 appearances online at the c-span video library with more than 150,000 people and every c-span program since 1987. all searchable and free. it's washington your way. >> next a discussion on the role and identity of arab americans. you'll hear from an egyptian american who founded the group democracy in the arab world now and comedian and actor ahmed ahmed. this is an hour and 28 minutes. >> all right. thank you. thank you all for joining us. i'm sorry, we are starting late. when you have good food

savannah, georgia, 102. in atlanta yesterday, dew points dropped a little bit.tle more comfortable. here's where double plays are high, rain falling from st. louis to springfield. some will sneak into chicago. should be pleasant. 74 degrees in chicago, 65 still unsettled, little cloudy, showers around the northeast today, but you'll take that over the 90s which will be prevalent across the deep south. dallas may hit 100 degrees again. stay cool up there guys. it's a little chillier than last week, that's for sure. >> all right, rob. we'll take it. >> when you dress in a three-piece suit every day, 65 is perfect. >> you don't need the 90s. >>> seems like size really matters when it comes to how much you make. according to a study in the "journal of applied psychology" women who are 25 pounds below the average female weight take home more than $15,000 more than other women a year. >> you know what we have to do before we do this again, find out what these average weights are. >> skinny women make more money. >> but men 25 pounds below the average male weight, take

and she joins us from her brand new house in savannah, georgia.en smell. hey, how are you, paula? >> i'm great! steve, brian, and gretchen, it's so good to be with y'all again. >> that's a fancy kitchen. that looks very, very nice. now, today, you're going to talk -- >> well, this is -- >> you're going to talk a little bit about how to prepare great stuff for a picnic, right? >> well, yes. let me tell you guys, it -- i've already heard that it's terribly hot up there in new york city. >> getting there. >> and it's terribly hot down here. so i have packed us a picnic basket. now, i recommend as hot as it is, y'all, to do your cooking in your cool kitchen. have everything ready, pack it in the picnic basket. >> yeah. >> yeah, and find your favorite picnic spot and don't fire up any grills. when it's 100 degrees outside, you don't need it. >> for example, ham, sweet potato and humus sandwich, is that possible to make it ahead of time sf>> no, i don't have that. i don't have that on my table! >> what's on your table? >> do what? well, i've got my smok

host: kenneth, republican in savannah, georgia.neth, you're on the air with congressman rohrabacher. you with us? caller: yes, i am. yes, sir, i have a question. host: we're listening, ken. caller: are you there? host: yes, i am. caller: as the chairman of the subcommittee investigation, would you be able to launch an investigation for the terrorism , the terrorism in libya? guest: yes, we could do that. we can look into libya. that's one of the things that are on the list of things to investigation and to expose and uncover whatever is there. i am particularly interested to see if indeed these people are willing to -- whether they do believe in democracy, and i think many of them are try to fight do believe in democracy. and number two, why it is they're not willing to tell us that if we help them, they're willing to repay us. host: jeremy, democrat line. caller: with regard to afghanistan, they attacked us, so we rightfully attacked them. with regard to iraq -- guest: just so you know, just so you know, of the people who flew the

c-span compelled local content vehicle in savannah georgia, this week -- this weekend on c- span two republican leadership council -- conference met over the weekend, and heard from the nephew of former president george w. bush, the son of former florida governor judd bullish. spoke on the bush family legacy for about 20 minutes. >> based on the size of this crowd, i hope you were not expecting one of the other george bush. there are a lot of firsts within the bush family. i'm the first george bush to be on facebook, so i escape, if you can, to like me on facebook, so i can keep in touch with you with respect to maverick pack which helps to engage young americans in the political system. [applause] assince i'm here, i might well give the bush family opted for what it is worth. my grandfather, former president george w. bush, recently turned 87, but my grandmother, barbara bush, the silver fox, also known as the enforcer, executed her video in -- herve caller: in jumping out of a plane again. he will jump out again when he is 90. last week he received an honorary law degree from dartm

georgia. bizarre story. a man and his wife were opening this store in savannah store in georgia, their store.ked in. the robber pointed the gun at the man's wife, the husband stepped in front. the bullet hit the man's necklace and deflected off of it and he only suffered minor injuries. >> wow. >>> 8:24. let's check in again with sal. sal, do you have any on this breaking news in berkeley? >> only that there's some sort of an operation going on. we do see a truck company, an engine company, and a rescue company. this is in aquatic park, east of interstate 80. we're not sure what they are doing. we do have several crews on the way. i believe one of the crews is pulling up now. we'll find out more. berkeley police have been too busy to speak with us on the phone. but something is going on here in aquatic work. let's take a look at the westbound toll plaza. the commute will be busy on 680 as we showed you there. i want to bring you down to 880. look at all of that show traffic approaching an earlier crash in union city. at the dumbarton bridge we have an accident approaching the toll plaza. if y

." >> this weekend book tv and american history tv look at the history and literary life of savannah, georgia, with book tv events on c-span 2 including the childhood home of novelist and short story writer, flannery o'connor. and the sister of jim williams. also, a tour of urban slavery sites with civil war savannah co-author, vaughnette goode-walker. travel to the founding days of savannah as we visit the site of a plantation and explore antebellan war. this weekend on c-span 2 and 3. >> mr. president, thank you very much. i feel deeply honored to be nominated to become the 20th director of the central intelligence agency. >> with his senate confirmation hearing scheduled for this thursday, learn more about general david petraeus during his nearly 50 appearances online at the c-span video library. with more than 115,000 people and every c-span program since 1987. all searchable and free. it's washington your way. >> federal communications commission commission julius genachowski announced yesterday the f.c.c. is considering rules to protect telephone customers from unauthorized phone bill c

. >> next weekend, but tv and american history tv look at the life of savannah georgia. including the child home of flannery o'connor. a conversation with the sister of -- a character in "midnight in the garden of good and evil." and we go to warm flow foundation and civil war savannah. the local content vehciles will andin savannah on c-span 2 n three. >> george p. bush talked at the republican leadership conference. this runs 15 minutes. >> george p. bush. [applause] >> how was it going. i hope that you were not expected one of the other george bush's, the one that lives in dallas or houston, but they convey their best regards and wish that there were able to join. i am able to braque today that i am the first george bush to be on facebook. i ask that you will like me so i can keep in touch with you with respect to a political action committee that i am involved with. i might as well give an update on the bush family. my grandfather recently turned 87, and my grandmother, the enforcer -- she restricted them from jumping out of a perfectly fine airplane once again. but

i moved to savannah, 1985, from 85 to 86i just interviewed, research, spent hours at the georgia historical society reading at and then i began to write and talk and see things happening as i was from 86 to 90 in savannah i was writing and researching and carried with me a little notebook and i always do. this is always in my back pocket so that i would be ready. i was going to be in savannah three weeks at a time to really decide at the outset i would go spent three weeks and come back to new york for a few months and go back down and i realized when i was in savannah things are happening as i was there to read into what makes sense to stay so i got a full-time apartment in savannah and for five years i was there and things just happened. i would go and meet people trying to get information about things i knew about but in the course of everyday events i would stumble upon something i felt should be in the book so i really put myself in savannah. i was in no hurry. i didn't know anybody in the book or the money or the evidence back. so, i wrote -- i got an apartment and describe an apartme

next take a tour of urban slavery sites in georgia with annette good walker co-author of civil war savannah. >> we're standing in the basement today of the second african baptist church in savannah's history tells the story of twice freedom is what i like to say. first of all, second african baptist was founded in 1802, reverend cunningham was the first pastor, reverend cunningham and second african over its history has trained more ministers in the baptist church than any other baptist church in america. but what it's importance to our city in savannah in 1865 on february 4th, it was the site of the 40-acre speech. it was delivered here by general saxon in this room. the room is the pulpit that was here in 1865. also here in this room are the benches that the congregants would have been sitting in on that day. the benches were made by 1810 and they serve a twofold purpose. first of all, if there's the minister who is up at the pulpit, then the benches will be facing front. but for a politician, for example, who may not be able to go into the pulpit the benches face the back so we have to w

i am proud to represent the expanding plan and the georgia and i also represent a large percentage of the people who worked at the savannah river site just across the river and south carolina. those attachment number of thousands and other positive economic impacts are very high. for example, burt county collects about 75% of all of its tax revenues and a lot of school books, police cars and trash pickups and one corporate citizen. however the benefits for intelligence. nuclear industry is only as safe as we may get we manage the process easier at the waist and had a very safe industry. however, as the industry grows as in georgia and a couple of other places around the country, and as the waste accumulates, we need to have a concerted waste management strategy. believe we are too far down the yucca mountain road in time and money to turn back now. but if we aren't going to pursue yucca mountain, then we need to be working together on another strategy coming and we need to stick with it. that's one reason why i am disappointed that the blue ribbon commission was unable to prÍncipe today. the blue ribbon commission was rec