then congressman scott garrett, working with the senate on a financial regulation bill. and walter isaacson, we will talk to him about contaminants during the vietnam war. according to a new report, 3 million vietnamese people and 150,000 children are still feeling the health effects from the contamination. "washington journal," live every morring on c-span. bp's ceo will be on capitol hill this week to testify before a house energy and commerce subcommittee. we will bring you live coverage thursday on c-span 3 and that c- span.org. having visited the gulf region for the fourth time since april, oil spill from the oval office. he makes his decision tomorrow. >> good evening. as we speak, our nation faces a multitude of challenges. at home, our top priority is to recover and rebuild from a recession that has touched the lives of nearly every american. abroad, our brave men and women in uniform are taking the fight to al qaeda wherever it exists. it to buy, i have returned from a trip from the gulf coast to talk to about a battle that is assaulting our shores and our citiz

scott garrett is working on the financial regulation bill. then walter isaacson will talk about the use of agent orange during the vietnam war. 3 million vietnamese people and 100 children are still feeling the effect of the contamination. this is live every morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> this weekend, ty byrd with " crossing mandelbaum gate." juarez, aboutju mexico, and then "matterhorn," which follows bravo company through vietnam. and join us on twitter. 30,000 viewers already have. >> we have the c-span video library. we make it easy to follow the primary season, from the debates to the victory and concessions be six -- speeches. online, any time. >> an hour hearing on afghanistan. there is the 2007 goal of withdrawing u.s. troops from the country. the leader of u.s. forces, general david betray us, -- general petraeus, was here at the committee. he said -- he fainted halfway through this hearing, due to what he described as dehydration. >> we are receiving testimony on the progress in afghanistan, with the commander of central com

host: he is a republican from new jersey, scott garrett. the coverage on c-span will be live on c-span 3. we would join the conference in progress. it will be around 11:00 a.m. republican line, kansas. caller: with all of the bills that have come up in recent years, there are things that congress agreed with. it is such a big bill that you do not get any progress made, because everything is not agreed on. can the bill be strong -- smaller still you can agree on certain points and it can go through? guest: that is an excellent question. that is how the majority wants to do it. this bill is 1500 pages. on thursday we began our hearing. when it got to make, i asked for a show of hands of anyone who has read all of the pages. nobody raised their hands that they read the bill. host: have you read it? guest: i have read the sections we are dealing with. if you have not read it, how can you say it is a great thing? host: the conference committee will deal with corporate governance? is that the first issue on the agenda? guest: i believe cell along

we will talk with scott garrett about the negotiations so far coming up at 8:30 eastern time here in-span. general david petraeus testified yesterday on capitol hill. here is the headline from "the wall street journal." "bipartisan criticism as setbacks star of concern." starting at 9:00 we will have live coverage of that on c-span 3. joining us on the phone, roxanne coming to us from "of the hill." -- from "the hill." what do you expect to come out of today's hearing? caller: good to be with you. i would expect more of the same line of questioning and concerned, but the senate hearing this morning and later on in the house. the main areas of concern are the 2011 deadlines to start withdrawing troops from afghanistan and a date to study the conditions in afghanistan. both democrats and republicans are starting to become significantly concerned with u.s. strategy in afghanistan and are going to ask a lot of questions

tomorrow morning on "washington journal, klaus corke simon -- 1 "washington journal," simon lomax and scott garrett. and walter isaacson will talk about the u.s. mmlitary using dioxin can eminence during the vietnam war. according to a new report, 150,000 children are still filling the effects of the contamination. "washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> it is campaign 2010 your way3 we make it easy to follow the primary season from the campaign trail and the debate today -pvictory in concession speeche. all free online anytime. >> now hearing on afghanistan including president obama's 2011 goal of starting the withdrawal of u.s. troops from the country. the head of u.s. forces in afghanistan and iraq, the general david petreaus, testifies before the senate armed services committee. the general fainted about an hour into this hearing. he said it was due to dehydration. >> good morning today. today the committee receives testimony on the progress in afghanistan from under secretary of defense for policy secretary flourney, and general david petreaus. genera

my friends on the other side of the aisle, once again, continued to shut out not just scott garrett but taxpayers and people who had ideas that are called members of congress and not allow a debate on commonsense solutions that save the taxpayers money. once again, i applaud the gentleman, mr. frank, for bringing this bill to the floor, but we need more and more discussion about how we limit taxpayer exposure. i believe that congress and the administration must be extremely cautious and always vigilant in their oversight of thiprogram and others to make certain that the program is adequately capitalized and is run in a safe and sound manner, that protects the taxpayer from the need the not only another bailout but wasteful spending. as the housing market begins to stabilize, we must look for ways to decrease, decrease reliance on the federal government guarantees and encourage the re-entry of private capital and investment in the mortgage market. madam speaker at this time, i would like to yield four minutes to the gentleman from virginia, mr. cantor to discuss his ideas on this bill. t