jon: attorney general eric holder testifying at at senate appropriations committee and a moment ago, his opening statement, to the senators, he addressed the issue of his department essentially spying on recorders. take a listen. >> as part of that conversation let me make at least, two things clear, first, the department's goal in investigating leak cases is to identify and to prosecute government officials who jeopardize national security by violating their oaths, not, to target members of the press or to discourage them from carrying out their vital work. second, the department has not prosecuted and as long as i have the privilege of serving as attorney general of the united states, will not prosecute any reporter for doing his or her job. with these guiding principles in mind we are internal guidelines to insure that in every case the department's actions are clear and consistent with our most sacred values gregg: notwithstanding statement, eric holder personally approved a warrant that name our colleague james rosen as potential could conspirator in espionage. he will get peppe

this senate appropriations committee hearing with the director of the nsa testifying again. underscoring dana's point, the first time an nsa official had to basically go public since the news broke. >>> now to jake tapper, anchor of the lead chief washington correspondent with the breaking news. jake, we mentioned the top of the show, this is key, couple headlines out of this, i think. the nsa leaker told the south china morning post the u.s. has been hacking chinese and hong kong computers since '09. again, the paper says it viewed documents supporting the claim, which the paper was not able to verify. so two things. one, this says to me that edward snowden is continuing to leak. this is another bomb. >> oh, right. no, he will continue to share information and glenn greenwall told me a few days ago that there are more stories to come. it's not the huge surprise that the u.s. military is engaged in offensive cyber attacks. we've been told by generals and others last fall, i believe, that the u.s. was engaged in offensive capabilities when it came to going after adversaries i

. >> the head of the nsa will testify in front of a senate appropriations committee this afternoon. >> i'm trying to look at the nsa background. >> i'm no different from anybody else. >> we keep hearing that snowden had special skills. >> i don't have special skills. >> the access he had, i think we all need to be concerned about it. >> there is a real disconnect up here about who knew, who didn't know. >> the aclu filed the first lawsuit toot. >> the aclu filed a lawsuit. >> to challenge the constitutionality of these programs. >> the revelation of these programs could lead to even more lawsuits. >> who are you suing? >> well, it is the constitutionality, or the civil libertarians are objecting. >> they are tracking calls, records, e-mails. >> it is very, very difficult to have a transparent debate. >> even our personalized birthday cakes. >> based upon secret interpretations of the law. >> complain all you want about it, but it is how we caught osama bin laden. >>> tonight, nsa leaker ed snowden is holed up in a secret location in hong kong. that is according to today's south china

hannity" highlight reel of the attorney general holder disasterrous appearance before the senate appropriations committee. begin with an update on this morning highly contentious house oversight committee hearing. several top officials at the irs were grilled not only about the agency enemy list but also about the reckless use of our tax dollars. this was all in conjunction with the release of a scathing report by the treasury department's inspector general. his investigation revealed that between the years 2010 and 2012 the tax agency spent $50 million on 225 conferences for irs employees. now, event planners were awarded well over six figures to help the planning of these lavish affairs. $60,000 used to make videos. be the way, including the infamous star trek spoof. a single guest speaker handed nearly 30 grand. an artist was paid $17,000 for creating a drawing designed to help our brave civil servants "find their creative solutions to challenges" and the list goes on which is why things got so heated today on capitol hill. >> today more than any other hearing we revisit the kind of waste and the kind

attorney general eric holder is currently on capitol hill to speak with the senate appropriations committee about the budget but he will likely be pressed on the n.s.a. surveillance revelations now dealing with verizon and i'm sure there's going to be a lot of backlash coming from the citizens through throughout the day and the days ahead so we will be hearing more from you from the state in the meantime reed important thank you very much indeed for that update more news stories of to short break. stay with us if you can. to build a. mission to teach me. mission. critical three. three. three. three. three. three. video for your media project the free media r t dot com. calls to apologize and step down will greet the turkish prime minister when he returns home after a working trip abroad later today protesters want out of a brutal police crackdown on demonstrations that left fell's and fresh clashes broke out overnight in ankara as police unleashed mortie and water cannons on back to it's three people have died in the unrest which began as a small gathering in istanbul but spread like wildfi

. >> this weekend on c-span, the senate appropriations committee looks at u.s. intelligence agencies secret data collection programs. today at 10 a.m. eastern. also on c-span2's booktv, coverage from the publishing industry's annual trade show. book expo america today at 1:30 p.m. and on american history tv, lectures in history from the end of slavery to separate but equal sunday at one. >> and now on booktv, anchee min talks about the follow-up to her best-selling memoir, "red azalea." in her new book, "the cooked seed," she discusses what her life has been like since moving to the united states from china in 1984. this 45 minute program is from the recent "chicago tribune" printer's row lit fest. >> thank you for this great turnout. i'm real excited to be here today with anchee min. i read her first book "red azalea" back in 1995 i think, shortly after came out and i assume that some of you have read it. it was the first of some of her memoir about growing up during the cultural revolution in china. and it took her up until approximately the time that she land

two fund raisers, president obama leaving general alexander to endure the questions of senate appropriation committee all afternoon, trying be as transparent as one can be, leading the nation's intelligence agencies, admitting that nsahelped foil several terror plots at home and abroad, addressing the nsa's credibility issues and dismissing various claim by snowden. fox news. chief intelligence correspondent katherine hairage has our report. >> the nsa director, alexander offered numbers. >> it is dozens of terrorists evens that these have helped prevent. >> reporter: intelligence committee leadership, claim that sweeping collection of data disrupted a 2009 plot targeting new york city subway, general alex angealexander conceding tok leahy that is not the case. >> it started with a 702, set of information based on operatives to a person in colorado.ions in that was passed to the fbi. >> reporter: a senior democrat complained about the nsa's application of patriot act, section 215, so-called records provision. >> i quarrel with collecting all of the information in california on telephone records that

he goes up to the senate appropriations committee. >> i saw an interview in dh mr. snowden claim that due to his position at nsa, he could tap into virtually any american's phone calls or e-mails. true or false? >> false. i know of no way to do that. >> but we haven't gotten to the crux of the matter here at that hearing so far, cameron. that is, does the nsa take any from americans do you know? >> they will tell lawmakers about those programs, if they exist, in classified talks tomorrow. not that much at all interesting, really. because important stuff happens behind closed doors. having said that, the nsa chief did defend the program and personnel. basically said that they are good people and that they are trying to do what the right. and that agency works lawfully and they respect privacy. when analyzed together. they have been quote critical to disrupting dozens of terrorist actions. >> you expect him to say that. you don't expect him to say guilty of crimes. but we know, cameron, they are bundling and seizing phone records. not listening in but who you call, wh

hannity" highlight reel of the attorney general holder disasterrous appearance before the senate appropriations committeeous house oversight committee hearing. several top officials at the irs were grilled not only about the agency

he said, quote:back in watch general alexander told the senate appropriations committee that complaintst the data mining program violates americans civil rights are misinformed. >> i do think what we're doing does protect american civil liberties and privacy. the issue is to date we've not been able to explain it because it's classified. so that issue is something that we're wrestling with. how do we explain this and still keep it safe and secure? that's the issue that we have in front of us. >> john: so it's legal, we tell you why, but we can't. the nsa director added this explanation to the program that apparently isn't classified any more. >> it's dozens of terrorist events that these have helped prevent. >> john: but there seems to be a good deal more to the nsa story that we don't yet know. california democratic representative loretta sÁnchez attended a secret nsa briefing tuesday and she told c-span she learned more there than what the public has been told. >> i can't speak to what we learned in there. and i don't know if there are other leaks, if there is more information somewhe

he'll talk before the senate appropriations committee today and then thentire senate thursd. that man, head of the nsa, spent most of his time on the hill briefing congress and groups about chinese spying. reuters points out, two weeks ago in a speech about foreign spying on the u.s., keith alexander said, quote, the great irony here is we're the only ones not spying on the american people. in march, alexander's boss, director of national intel against, jay clapper, was asked by congress, does the nsa collect data on hundreds of millions of americas to which john clapper said, no. >> time 6:18. christina loren back to tell us about we're getting used to this, nice this week. >> and by june standard in the bay area, it would be so much hotter. we could be dealing with severe fire weather. but that's not the case today. onshore flow persists. what a difference a day makes. here, yesterday we had two-hour flight delays out of sfo. this morning, beautiful clear start over the golden gate bridge. a bit of patchy fog at the immediate coast. not enough to force flight delays. that's

. ♪ that was general keith alexander of the nsa testifying before the senate appropriations committeeesterday. he meets in closed session with house intelligence committee members today. we want to get your reaction to what he had to say about phone records and the nsa

. >> so as i mentioned earlier, keith alexander will appear before the senate appropriations committee. but back in march, james clapper gave an answer during a senate intelligence hearing that he acknowledges wasn't the whole truth about the nsa surveillance program. so what makes you so sure that you'll get straight answers today? >> well, they better give straight answers. the fact is if they come back and we're not getting straight answer, there will be ramifications to that. and so that's a concern coming down every time you have a hearing. the fact is it's not much of a concern on mine. they're testifying before major committee in the senate, truthfulness -- if they're not truthful, we have bigger problems than i think so. >> and it's not just though dsn under fire. congressman king says the journalist should be punished, also. >> if they knew that this was classified information, i think action should be taken. especially on something of this magnitude. there is an obligation both moral and legal against a reporter disclosing something which would so severely compromise national

. >> i wanted to go back to the senate appropriations committee hearing with general keith alexander defending the practices exposed by edward snowden. partthought the great about this program was that we brought congress, the administration, and the courts, altogether. that is what our government stands for under the same constitution. we follow that constitution. we swear an oath to it. i am concerned and i think we have to balance that. i would rather take a public meeting and people think i am hiding something than to jeopardize the security of this country. >> your response? >> we all want to protect the security of the country, we all want to protect constitution, but when government agencies are totally unaccountable, we cannot do that. go tos of congress do not those briefings, even if they are offered, because once you go to the briefing, you cannot talk about what you have been told because it is classified. the briefing system is designed to silence congress, not to promote effective oversight. members of congress do not want to spend time on oversight. they are too busy r

cyber command testified this afternoon before the full senate appropriations committee. previously scheduled hearing is the first time an nsa official has faced congress in public since the exposure of a vast surveillance program. and the nsa chief came to its defense. >> has the intelligence community kept track of how many times phone records obtained through section 215 of the patriot act were critical to the discovery and disruption of terrorist threats? >> it's dozens of terrorist events that these have helped prevent. >> the hearing comes as the man behind the nsa intelligence leaks, edward snowden, says he's not hiding from justice. in a new interview with the south china morning post he says "people who think i made a mistake in picking hong kong as a location misunderstand my intentions. i am not here to hide from justice. i am here to reveal criminality. my intention is to ask the courts and the people of hong kong to decide my fate." snowden's whereabouts have been a mystery since he checked out of the hong kong hotel where he was last interviewed. the twitter

he said it even more emphatically today, in a hearing before the senate appropriations committee. he said not only has he never asked dpr a reporter to be prosecuted. that as long as he's attorney general, he never will. andrea? >> pete williams, great work and thank you so much. before becoming president, senator barack obama slammed the patriot act and that provision in what he saw as a violation of citizens rights and privacy. >> if someone wants to know why their own government has decided to go on a fishing expedition through every personal record or private document through the library books that you read, the phone calls that you've made, the emails that you've sent, this legislation gives people no rights to appeal the need for such a search in a court of law. no judge will hear your plea, no jury will hear your case. this is just plain wrong. >> robert gibbs is an msnbc contributor and former press secretary to president obama and worked with then-senator obama. so things change. >> look, what always animated him was that somebody needed to watch the watchers. i think tha

we listen to barbara mccullski, the chair of the senate appropriations committee earlier today expressing her frustrations to eric holder saying in the past the standard operating procedure has been to brief the members of the intelligence committees about these matters. but she expressed her frustration that perhaps many more members of congress should be hearing about this because they don't want to be hearing it from their constituents that they're being blindsided by all this. >> all right. thanks very much to both of you. we appreciate it. we want to hear from all of you, what do you think? do you think is worth it? obviously, if they're going to be monitoring you, the phone isn't enough. they have to be looking at e-mail and facebook and everything else. now we have more online with instant message than anywhere else. do you think it's worth it if it prevents one terrorist attack or is privacy more important? >>> still to come, oil company bp has been giving states millions and all in as you know the numbers add up to billions and billions of dollars. and a lot of this money has gon

agency's sweeping surveillance programs four star army general keith alexander telling the senate appropriations committee yesterday that the electronic programs prevented dozens of attacks. >> harm has already been done by opening this up, and the consequence, i believe, is our security is jeopardized. there's no doubt in my mind that we will lose capabilities as a result of this. and that not only the united states but those allies that we have helped will no longer be as safe as they were two weeks ago. >> so the man who revealed that classified data edward snowden tells a hong kong newspaper that america has been hacking china's for years. a new "time" magazine poll shows just over half of those survey believe snowdon's leap was a good thing. the number was far higher among 18 to 34-year-olds. almost as many 53 belief snowden should be prosecute preponderance of the evidence joining me is "time" magazine white house correspondent and the author of this month's cover story "geeks who leak." you began your article with a powerful observation. you write in part the u.s. national security infrastructure w

. >> the head of the nsa will testify in front of a senate appropriations committee this afternoon. >>> i'm no different from anybody else. >> we keep hearing that snowden had special skills. >> i don't have special skills. >> the access he had, i think we all need to be c

the senate appropriations committee is working hard this week on its bills. but whether these bills actually come to the floor, the senate in july something is not quite clear. >> talk of the sequester doesn't seem to be dominating the news as it did earlier this year. what kind of impact is it having on the proposed level of spending in these bills? >> it's a major factor, $91 billion that separate the two chambers is in large part of how they are contemplating the sequester going forward. the senate democrats have effectively assumed that the sequester is going to be removed for the next fiscal year and replaced by some undisclosed mix of spending cuts and tax increases to effectively wipe it off the map. whereas the house is assuming that the sequester is going to take hold. even that very, very basic issue that the two chambers are fundamentally in disagreement how to factor in the sequestration and it's something that the house appropriations committee chairman, hal rogers has openly despaired of how the sequester is making it hard to write his funding bi

holder is up here this hour talking to a senate appropriations committee, reviewing the justice department budget. apparently, according to his prepared testimony, he'll say essentially that under his watch, at least, the justice department will never prosecute reporters for doing their jobs. in a sense, trying to do a little bit of damage control, perhaps repair relations. you know, seeing how he's handled and interacted with lawmakers in recent weeks signals there's a real appetite for new leadership at the justice department. >> yeah, rachel, no signal as of yet from the white house they're looking at any change. >> that's correct. and eric holder has seemed almost zen in some of his recent appearances before congress. he's been until the hin the hoto long. he's used to being grilled. early on he had a lot of defensiveness. we're not seeing that. in fact, he's adopted a somewhat contrite tone, perhaps a little too far, but saying things have gotten a little out of whack with the guidelines at the justice department and has been holding meetings with media organizations to address that.

general keith alexander told the senate appropriations committee that the electronic programs preventedttacks. >> great harm has already been done by opening this up and the consequence, i believe, is our security is jeopardized. there's no doubt in my mind that we will lose capabilities as a result of this and that not only the united states, but those allies that we have helped will no longer be as safe as they were two weeks ago. >> isn't there any way that snowden will get to him in a second, michael steele, because at this point it's about trust, isn't there any way a small bipartisan group of lawmakers can see everything? is there any way we can help not get to transparency, full transparn circumstance but some sort of sense of trust given all that's been revealed? >> there are checks and balances on that issue been the congress. >> apparently they're not good enough. >> but they're not good enough. to the extent that people on -- we have members of congress saying i did not know, i was not informed, i was unaware. >> others saying i was able to see things but i wasn't allowed to

. >> this weekend on c-span, the senate appropriations committee looks at u.s. intelligence agencies secret data collection programs. today at 10 a.m. eastern. also this weekend on c-span2's booktv, covered from the publishing industry's annual trade show, book expo america. today at 1:30 p.m. and on c-span3's american history tv, lectures in history from the into slavery to separate but equal, sunday at one. >> up next on booktv, robert edsel reports on the rest in protection of historic pieces of art in italy during world war ii. do not see army, though occupied italy in 1943, looted numerous historic artifacts and artwork that data from the renaissance and the roman empire. this is about an hour 20 minut minutes. >> well, thank you very much for that warm, stirring well. i really appreciate it. and beth and timothy, and all of my friends in philadelphia, it's a wonderful opportunity to be back in philadelphia, the philadelphia museum of art, one of our nation's great, great museum treasures. how fortunate for you ough all e members of this fine, fine place. "

the senate appropriations committee is working hard this week on its bills, but whether they come to the floor of the senate in july is something still not quite clear. >> now, talk of the sequester is not dominating the news like earlier this year. what impact is it having op the proposed level of spending in the bills? >> it's a major factor. in fact, the $91 billion that separate the chambers is in large part how they contemplate the sequester going forward. the house -- excuse me, the senate democrats have effectively assumed the sequester will be removed for the next fiscal clear replaced by some undisclosed mix of spending cuts and tax increases to effectively, you know, wipe it off the map whereas the house assumeses the sequester is going to take hold. it's, i mean, even that very, very basic issue, the two chambers are fundment tally in disagreement about how to factor in the sequestering. it's something that the house appropriations committee chairman in the last couple weeks openly dispairedded at how the sequester is making it hard to write his funding bills. he said it is

eric holder before the senate appropriations committee. one of the topics of conversation was the use of these programs. he received a line of questioning about if members of congress spied on americans. [video clip] the government is sloppy, it is usually very sloppy. can you assure us that no funds of the capital, of members of congress, where monetary? that would give them unique leverage over the legislature. >> with all due respect, this is not an appropriate setting for me to discuss that issue. i would be more than glad to come back in an appropriate setting to discuss the issues you have raised. in this open forum -- >> i would interrupt you and say, the correct answer would be to say no. we did not spy on members of congress. host: on our republic in line is david from new york. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call and thanks c-span for letting people speak out. programo save this nsa has gone much further than the patriot act. obama has promised most of the constituents and most of the country that he was going to g

senate appropriations committee is holding a hearing next hour where there could be pointed question. part of it will be done in privacy. among those testifying is keith alexander. we'll take you there next hour. and comments from former c.i.a. employees -- low level staffer offshoot of nsa the man that leaked. hong kong newspaper says it managed to track down edward snowden. he had been mia after checking out of a hong kong hotel. paper quoted him as saying he has had several opportunities to leave hong kong, but has decided to stay there. he wants to fight the u.s. government in hong kong court. he has faith in hong kong's rule of law. reportedly told the paper he is neither a traitor for a hero, quote, i'm an american. back here at home. we got these pictures. a little confusing, i don't totally understand them. folks protested new york congressman peter king. yesterday he said he believes we should prosecute not only the leaker but edward snowden but prosecute journalists that receive the leaks and then publish them. the demonstrators held an effigy of the congressman, she traitor

pushed by a leading democrat on the senate appropriations committee yesterday, alexander said the dataprograms do work. >> we collect millions and millions and millions of records through 215, but dozens of them prove crucial, critical, is that right? >> yeah. for both here and abroad. >> okay. >> in disrupting or contributing to the disruption -- >> and out of those millions, dozens have been critical. >> that's correct. >> reporter: fox news has asked the nsa as well as the office, pardon me, of the director of national intelligence, that's alexander's boss, what he meant specifically by dozens of terrorist events. does he mean discreet plots, terrorist operatives, and is this dozens figure global in nature and not specifically targeted with plots against the united states, martha. martha: very interesting. >> reporter: careful choice of language. martha: indeed it does. catherine, thank you very much. bill: it would help their argument an awful lot if they gave us those answers too. the director of the nsa repeated his defense saying everything the nsa does is critical to american p

chuck hague and joint chiefs of staff chairman general martin dempsey testify before the senate appropriations committeeon defense. they're expected to face questions about sexual assault in the military and the budget. that's at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> the name of this place still registers with a shuddering in the hearts of the american people. more than any other name connected to the civil war except lincoln's, gettysburg reverberates. americans retain the knowledge that what happened here was the crux of our terrible national trial, and even americans who aren't sure precisely what transpired on these fields know that all the glory and all the tragedy we associate with the civil war resides most palpably, most indelibly here. >> the 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg live all day, sunday, june 30th, on american history tv on c-span3. >> the american bankers' association released its latest economic forecast friday saying it was one of the more positive ones they've put out and shows stronger economic growth later this year into 2014. this briefing is 20 minutes. >> all right. hell

senate intelligence committee on. head of the national security agency testified about on wednesday before the senate appropriations committeehey're assuring you, they've got this database, but only under strict conditions can they query it and pulsate to try to find suspected connections when they have a reasonable and articiable standard. do they have to go to the secret surveillance court and get authorization before they query that meta data. the answer that senator feinstein gave me when i asked her about this on thursday, what is the check? they are determining for themselves technicians, who i am sure are act aing from your perspective, responsibly, and trying to stop attacks on the united states. they do this unilaterally and in secret and they do this under an incredibly vast pool of meta data they swim in of american citizens. >> are there specific instens you guys know of that there has been -- >> that's the point of the right to privacy. >> no, it's the point of my question, though. >> right, but it almost doesn't matter. if we have to say we're going to wait for someone is arrested, i think that's sort of waitin

the embattled attorney general is appearing from the senate appropriations committee to discuss the justiceepartment's budget for next year. holder is asking for a 3% increase over 2012 but is also expected to face tough questions about his agency's search of reporter e-mails and phone records in an attempt to plug leaks in that department. >>> former first lady nancy reagan marking the ninth anniversary of her husband's death. the photo shows her placing flowers at president reagan's grave site in california. the pope john paul roses were specifically chosen to honor the special relationship between the president and the pope. >> nine years. i didn't realize. >> it's been a while. >>> apple is no longer the top smartphone in the market. what its main competitor is doing to take that crown, next. vietnam in 1972. [ all ] fort benning, georgia in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve military members, veterans, and their families is without equal.

meanwhile the embattled attorney general will appear before the senate appropriations committee one hourrom now. if there are any doubts about holder's future, he apparently doesn't have any. he says he will not go anywhere. this is with nbc. >> there are some things i want to do. some things i want to get done i discussed with the president. once i have finished that, i will sit down with him and we'll determine when it is time to make a transition to a new attorney general. >> to be clear you are not stepping down now? >> no. i have no intention of doing so now. bill: doug, former advise are to president bill clinton. monica crowley. does that surprise you, monica. >> from eric holder, bill, no, it doesn't. he doesn't want to look like he is stepping aside because of pressure coming from rep from democrats. we saw the story in the "new york times" suggesting there are some in the west wing would like to see eric holder go because he is becoming too much of a distraction. eric holder is a good friend of this president and a loyal soldier. he said, truthfully so, there are a lot of thing

. ♪ that was general keith alexander of the nsa testifying before the senate appropriations committeeesterday. he meets in closed session with house intelligence committee members today. we want to get your reaction to what he had to say about phone and theird the nsa halting terror threats. (202) 585-area code, 3881 for republicans, (202) 585- 3880 four democrats, (202) 585- 3882 for independents. you can also make a twitter comments, @cspanwj is our twitter handle. you can also go to facebook.com /c-span. you can send us an e-mail at journal@c-span.org. here is a story in the "new york times" this morning. it cited article, it says -- host: now that it is out there, it will be looked at in a different way, an official said. everyone is raising questions about -- host: that is a little live from the "new york times" this morning. inside the "wall street journal ," how the nsa could get so smart so fast. host: they are also unable to handle pictures or video. new size of databases that emerge in late 2009, such as -- host: a little bit from the "wall street journal" this money. senato

. >> his weekend on c-span, the senate appropriations committee looks at u.s. intelligence agencies are great collection -- secret data collection programs. also this weekend, on "book tv, those quote coverage from the publishing industry's annual trade show saturday at 1:30. on "american history tv," >> next former florida governor jeb bush speaks of a immigration reform in congress. his parents are former president george bush and barbara bush and also the younger brother of george w. bush. he was the state's first conservative republican governor. >> thank you all. , councilman. thank you for inviting me. it is a joy to be with you all. i thought i would start with a quick bush family update. my dad is doing better. late last year he announced he to puthe told everyone the harps back in the closet. he decided he would get well out of the icu unit. he is getting stronger every day. has a and everyone who bush as their last name, we are incredibly happy about that. the family says he has a new caregiver. her name is barbara bush. [laughter] she is pretty tough

the chief of the nsa is expected to be testifying, surely asked by the senators on the appropriations committee about the surveillance programs. we will cover that on c-span3 at 2:00 p.m. also, the military team will be testifying before the senate budget committee this morning. at 10:30 we will have that on c- span3. those same people will be going to the house side to testify before the house budget committee, likely also to be asked about government contractors and the intelligence community. richard, go ahead. caller: representative sanchez, you are just a breath of fresh air. i have been a c-span junkie for years. i have come to the conclusion that congress and the united states, it has come down to being run by the executive branch almost entirely. i am not so sure how much the elected president and vice president at the national level have to run people in the executive branch. the bureaucrats within these agencies control the controls and revise the rules. in the last election cycle i donated to someone running for congress. i have unsubscribed from that list. i no longer trust anyone i

senator feinstein on the committee. we have the former chair of the homeland security committee. senator collins. rarely has a committee had so much talent coming together from appropriations and optimizers. i hope our country has a sense of urgency. we are already under attack. we are in a cyber war every day. every time someone steals identity or trade secrets, we are at war. we see the growing next this between cyber criminals hacking our networks. director mueller of the fbi says cyber crime will surpass terrorism as the number one threat to america. secretary hagel and general dempsey continued to warn us against cyber as an insidious threat. these are such critical concerns that president obama in his recent meeting with the chinese president raised cybersecurity as one of our great international tensions between both countries. last year, we tried to put aside we worked on a bipartisan basis. but it didn't happen. but just because authorizing has not happened does not mean that nothing will happen. in february, the president signed his objective order and it protects critical infrastructure provides critical infrastructure and cyber risk and -- into the federal serv

. >> attorney general eric holder testified last week before the senate appropriations committee about the justice department investigation into security leaks. this is in response to reports that the attorney general approved the screening of e-mail and phone records of a fox news reporter. this is an hour and ten minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> commerce, justice, subcommittee now come to order. today we take the testimony of the attorney general of the united states. the committee wishes to welcome the attorney general, and we know he will be testifying on doj -- the department of justice's budget, it's priorities for fiscal year 2014, and also the impact of sequester, this year and next year, in terms of the impact on the department of justice, its mission, because of its impact on its employees. later we'll also be listening to the doj inspector general, michael horror witness, testifying for the first time about oversight in terms of management issues. we're doing this by everyone his -- we invite the inspector general to come so we have a better sense of how this committee

cyber command army general keith alexander testifying today before the senate appropriations committeeng the phone and internet data in an effort to combat terrorism. members of congress have been meeting with intelligence officials all week to get updates on the nsa surveillance programs. some say they previously have not been "fully briefed" as the administration intelligence officials insist. the aclu filed a lawsuit against the nsa charging its surveillance programs, specifically collection offer verizon customer's phone data violates the first and fourth amendments. but a cbs poll released yesterday shows that 53% of americans think phone record collection is a key tool on terrorism and 75% say it is okay for federal agencies to collect the phone records of americans who are suspected of terrorist activities. >>> and just last week, we told. >> little bit about e. w. jackson, the republican candidate for lieutenant-governor in virginia. he thinks yoga is bad for you because it creates an empty vessel for satan. take a look at the outside of jackson's big book released in 2008. he

senate in 2002 and reelected in 2008. he serves on six different senate committees including appropriations and homeland security and government affairs, among others. he chairs the subcommittee on communications technology and the internet where one of his major priorities has been in helping rural communities meet their growing infrastructure needs. just to pick up on this theme of spectrum and what we need to do in order to get more spectrum so we can enable greater mobile applications in the future, what do you think we need to do on spectrum policy? >> we have been having a series of what we call state of hearings in the subcommittee. we are having a total of four. we have had our wireless. the reason we call them state of is because we have probably 30 to 40% of the subcommittee is new to the subcommittee. in some cases, new to the senate. we're trying to give them an overview of what is going on in the telecom world and internet world. also we are trying to -- give us a chance, the other members of the committee and even the community at large to hear where these senators are coming from. this is kind of a blank slate.

senator feinstein on the committee. we have the former chair of the homeland security committee. senator collins. rarely has a committee had so much talent coming together from appropriationsnd optimizers. i hope our country has a sense of urgency. we are already under attack. we are in a cyber war every day. every time someone steals identity or trade secrets, we are at war. we see the growing next this between cyber criminals hacking our networks. director mueller of the fbi says cyber crime will surpass terrorism as the number one threat to america. secretary hagel and general dempsey continued to warn us against cyber as an insidious threat. these are such critical concerns that president obama in his recent meeting with the chinese president raised cybersecurity as one of our great international tensions between both countries. last year, we tried to put aside we worked on a bipartisan basis. but it didn't happen. but just because authorizing has not happened does not mean that nothing will happen. in february, the president signed his objective order and it protects critical infrastructure provides critical infrastructure and cyber risk and -- into the federal servic

. >> this weekend, the senate appropriations committee looks 'secret collection programs.that's a discussion on the strength of u.s. economy economy and recent unemployment numbers. this is 40 minutes. host: mark zandi is with moody analytics. how strong is the economy right now? guest: the economy is growing at about 2%. the valuable things is 2%. just for context, that is what we have been growing in the last four years. this month is the four-year anniversary of the economic recovery. sometimes it has been a little stronger. when you look at volatility is 2%. it is not great but steady flow growth. host: a headline in "the washington post" -- what are we hearing from the fed and what are you watching on wall street? guest: unless to get faster growth we're not going to get the unemployment rate down. it is at 7.6%, that is way too high. a good economy would be 5.5% of the unemployment rate. the fed is pushing to get the economy more quickly -- there is some concern on wall street about how exactly -- how much exactly the our point to provide to the economy. we feel this

. >>> tuesday the senate appropriations committee hears from gary and marry joe the security and exchange commission. live at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> gloria browne thank you for joining us. >>> a number of rulings handed down from the supreme court as the term winds down this week, we're focus on one. what did the court decide in fisher v. university of texas affirmative action case? >> abigail fisher had challenged the failure of the university of texas to admit her and he said she said it was based on 14th amendment equal protection affirmatory action. and the admissions policy which uses race as one factor was discriminate story, and the court today decided that the first part of the admissions process, which used to take 10% of the high school classes around the state was fine. but the second one that allowed race to be one component was one in which the lower courts had not scrutinized using strict scrutiny to the highest level possible whether or not there was a race neutral -- without using race and the court sent the case down to the fifth circuit. >> how do it progress