. >> later remarks from president obama and saturday saturday's seth myers. and "saturday night live's" seth meyers. >> on c-span today, "washington journal" next live with your phone calls. >> and on "washington journal" in a half-hour, we will talk with tim reid about negotiations in the senate over federal spending. then a look at the latest

the main event is at 10:15 with president obama and seth myers from "snl." if you go to the home page, c- span.org, you can find the white house correspondents association dinner hub and the can see what happens starting at 6:45 p.m. in hd. you can get archives of past dinner and as the dinner goes on, we will feature certain tweets from those in attendance. tomorrow on the program, we will continue on the conversation of politics. at 7:45, we will talk with "the washington examiner" about congress coming back next week and the things they will be facing in terms of budget, deficit, and things of that nature. at 8:30, a discussion of politics with michael bocian and politics with michael bocian and matt

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later, remarks from president obama and seth myers. our coverage includes your comments from facebook. >> coming up next, from the university of southern california, a look at same-sex marriage in california -- in america. we will hear from the lawyer trying to overturn proposition 8. this event is just under an hour. >> welcome, and thank you for coming to our final students talk back lunch panel. we co-sponsor these lunches every week along with the college republicans, college democrats, and the daily trojan. as is the case every week, i am joined by a representative from the editorial board of the daily trojan as a co-moderator of our discussion. this is the associate managing editor for print. we are co-sponsored by the college democrats, who i understand elected their new executive board for the 2011- 2012 school year last night. congratulations. i am understand the republican'' election is a week from tuesday. we will eagerly await the results of those elections as well. today's topic is life after proposition 8, who can marry i

remarks from president obama and seth myers. our coverage includes highlights of past dinners.ive on c-span. fall along with our interactive the video player act c-span.org . -- follow along with our interactive video player at c- span.org. "washington journal" continues. host: 6 senators are working to handle the debt problem. they have come together to look at this. joining us to talk about what is on the table, paul krawzak, a budget reporter with congressional quarterly, and tim reid with thomson reuters. why is there some much attention being paid to this group of senators? guest: it is bipartisan and the only bipartisan act in town at the moment. there are three republicans, three democrats from the senate. they have been working since december on trying to hammer out a bill to reduce the deficit. as we approach the big debate, which will begin next week when congress returns, many people see this as perhaps the last chance to get some kind of bid on the deficit. there is increasing pressure on them to come up with that. host: is this seen as a serious effort that could g

seth myers. live on cspan. and at c-span.org, follow along with the interactive video player. social immediate comment and live hd video. president obama today announced his nominees to head the c.i.a. and the pentagon. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen talks about military operations in the middle east. and a look at protests against syria's government. with a leader of the opposition movement. president obama today announced changes to his national security team. naming c.i.a. director leon panetta to be defense secretary and general david petraeus to head up the c.i.a. from the east room of the white house, this is a half-hour. a seat. good afternoon, everybody. i want to begin by saying a few words about the devastating torms t >> good afternoon.ha i want to talk about the devastating storms that have ripped through the united states. especially in alabama. in a matter of hours, these deadly tornadoes, some of the worst that we've seen in decades, took mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, friends and neighbors, even entire communities. others ar

black eye dinner with arrival at 6:45 with remarks from president obama and saturday night live's seth myershlights of past dinners and your comments from facebook and twitter live on c-span. follow along with our interactive video players featuring a photo gallery, video clips, social media and live hd video. >> the university of arkansas held a former viewing the presidency of george w. bush. among the topics comparing president bush's foreign and domestic policies to be clinton and obama administration. this panel of academics and arthur's produce a book on the presidency following the conference. that will be the second on the conference on american presidents. and the blair center of politics and society. this is less than two hours. >> they are all prominent scholars and the introduce in greater detail. for the last couple days we have been conducting a kind of executive seminar discussing the bush presidency by itself by comparison with the clinton administration and the obama administration. we are ready to bring our views to you. each participant will take a few moments to present h

later, remarks from president obama and saturday night live's seth myers. streaming at c-span.org and live on c-span. >> ben bernanke held the first press conference in the federal reserve's history after meeting with the monetary policy committee. the fed has decided not to expand its treasury bond buying program. chairman bernanke also talked about rising gas prices, inflation, and the federal budget debate. this is one hour. >> throughout the briefing, michael will be to reflect the consensus of the committee while taking note of the diversity of views. my remarks and interpretations or my own responsibility. in a policy statement released earlier today, the committee will maintain its existing policy of maintaining payments from securities holdings. it will complete its planned purchases of $600 million of long-term treasury securities by the end of the current quarter. going forward, the committee will regularly review the size in light of incoming and folk and prepare to adjust those holdings as needed to meet the federal reserve's mandates. the commi

and later remarks from president obama and "saturday night live" seth myers.our coverage includes highlights of past dinners and your comments from facebook and twitter streaming at c-span.org and live on c-span. >> this past march 30th neil barofsky withdrew from tarp. and became a new york university professor in april. in his final speech as t.a.r.p. inspector general he had a speech on public corruption. he talks about whether t.a.r.p. has disproportionately benefited wall street over main street. >> at this point, i am very pleased and privileged to introduce our second keynote speaker neil barofsky. as i mentioned at the outset when i introduced ann, neil, too is a graduate of nyu school of law. he graduated from here in 1995. and very early in his career after some time in private practice, he came to the u.s. attorney's office for the southern district of new york where he worked as a prosecutor for eight years. and during his time there, he oversaw some extremely significant prosecutions, including overseeing the successful prosecution of the top offi

. >> seth myers, head writer for "saturday night live," weekend update anchor and this year's entertainment at the white house correspondents' dinner. >> we are back at the washington hilton, the red carpet arrivals. some of the folks who have come through include joan rivers, carol king, hill harper, alisa milano, et cetera. we're going to watch for a few more minutes now. this is live coverage. >> and you're watching c-span's live coverage of this year's white house correspondents' dinner. this is a live shot at the washington hilton. this is the one dinner every year that the president typically attends. the last president who did not attend one was jimmy carter in 1977. he was not having a good year with the press and sent jody powell instead. calvin coolige in 1974 was the first president to attend a white house correspondents' dinner. tickets, $2,000. most of the guests coming in today are attending this year's dinner. some of the folks on the red carpet, gind rich, will i am, cee-lo. here are some of the invited guests. "u.s.a. today" invited david arquette and courteney cox, rick fo

. -- seth myers. this is live on c-span. all along with our polls and video clips. >> president and mrs. obama and visited alabama to view the damage around tuscaloosa. a wave or tornadoes -- of tornadoes hit the area on wednesday. the president and first lady visited the residents and stopped to see the damage done at a local elementary school. this is part of the motorcade tour and in remarks by the president and the tuscaloosa mayor. 400 deaths have been reported. officials believe that number may rise in the coming days. there were 164 tornadoes on wednesday. it was a new record from a single storm system. >> and michelle and i want to express our deepest condolences to not just the city of tuscaloosa but the state of alabama and all the other states that have been affected by this unbelievable storm. i've never seen devastation like this. it is heartbreaking. it is we are just talking to some residents here you were lucky enough to escape alive but lost everything. they mentioned that their neighbors have lost to of the