. >> reporter: it's a cycle of fear that results in more tragedies, like what happened in shreveport,cks. renee and willy were proud the eight children in their blended family got along so well. >> all the kids are real close. >> reporter: did you raise them to be close? >> they spent a lot of time with each other. >> we are such a close-knit family. we did everything together. >> reporter: three of their sons, latrell, latevin and ladarius, all honor students, were especially tight. in august of 2010, the three went to the nearby red river with another family to a popular spot where locals go to escape the heat of summer. within minutes of arriving, a friend of the boys went wading into the river, but he got into trouble after he suddenly slipped into deep water. he panicked. one after another, latrell, ladevin and ladarius all jumped in to help. a woman came dashing in. >> a woman, arms in the air screaming, help, help, my babies can't swim. >> reporter: a call was made to 911. >> they're drowning. we have three people drowning. >> water was everywhere splashing. you could see arms

as far as the rainfall, an inch or two from nashville to shreveport. lighter amounts in charlotte and jackson. the rain is not heading to the areas that need it quite yet, but chicago to new york, it looks warm and summer-like and beautiful weather continues. >>> no goose from the fed, groupon continues its nose-dive and health experts come up with a wedding survival guide. your first look at the morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> steve nash and ray allen show off their new digs and the nets make a deal that could end dwight howard's chances of playing in brooklyn. [ female announcer ] the power of green coffee extract is now in our new starbucks refreshers™ -- a breakthrough in natural energy. made with real fruit, starbucks refreshers™ are delicious low calorie drinks you can feel good about. ♪ rethink how you re-energize. ♪ get a boost of natural energy with a new starbucks refreshers™, in three re-energizing ways. try one on us, only at starbucks. you're entered for a chance to win a trip to the olympic games for life. to cheer the

. >> shreveport in march. oklahoma city in may and wichita in june. this past weekend in jefferson city. watch for the continuing travels of c-span's local content vehicles every month on book tv and american history tv. next month, look for the literal culture of our next stop. the weekend of august 4th and 5th on c-span 2 and 3. >> a polling expert said according to exit polls, mexico's youth voters who were involved in the recent presidential election with a mex cal polling firm said the institutional party candidate now president-elect lost the majority of the big voting block. his assessment and others came during the panel analyzing the 2012 mexican presidential election results yesterday. this is two hours. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. my name is eric oleson and i'm the associate director at the mexico institute. i top the give you a special welcome to the woodrow wilson center on this july 9th. the 4th of july vacationers. we will be joined by a number of other people. we did want to get started. we want to welcome folks who have bee

. >>> shreveport in march, oklahoma city, may.ichita in june and this last weekend in jefferson city. watch for the continuing travels of the local content vehicles every month on book tv and american history tv. next month look for louisville kentucky the weekend of august 4, and 5, on c-span 2 and 3. >>> long island university awarded the 2012 polk investigative journalism awards. among the winners, the reporter who broke the jerry sandusky sex abuse study and a post humus award. it's extraordinary that and it's gained strength and stature over the last decades. this remarkable man who was pursuing a story and was murdered because of it and then, of course, was there a complicated second half as an investigation was launched as to who killed george polk leading to some of america's most distinguished journalists participating at the very beginning of the cold war. so we are proud and privileged to keep his memory alive and to celebrate him and this evening's activity, i think we started, ralph and i were discussing whether it wa

. >>> shreveport in march, april in little rock, oklahoma city, may, wichita in june, and this past weekendin jefferson city. watch for the continuing travels of c-span's local content vehicles every month on book tv and american history tv and next month, look for the history and literary culture of our next stop, louisville, kentucky, the weekend of august 4th and 5th on c-span2 and 3. >>> this is c-span3, with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv, get our schedules and see past programs at our websites and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> oklahoma senator tom coburn says one of the biggest threats to this nation's existence is the government's overspending problem. his remarks came during a recent three-day western conservative summit held in denver, colorado. senator coburn is author of the newly released book "the death bomb." his remarks are 50 minutes. -- >> is where the true fires in colorado really should be right here in this room, ri

shreveport in march. april in little rock. oklahoma city, may. wichita in june. and this past weekend in jefferson city. watch for the continuing travels of c-span's local content vehicles every month on book tv and american history tv and next month, look for the history and literary culture of our next stop, louisville, kentucky, the weekend of august 4th and 5th on c-span 2 and 3. >>> the house will vote on a bill to repeal the 2010 health care law on wednesday. the supreme court's ruling on the health care law was a topic of this year's western conservative summit in denver. at the event, william bennett, former education secretary under president reagan, said the high court's credibility took a major beating when it upheld the affordable care act. his remarks are 50 minutes. >> this morning a member of colorado's republican congressional delegation you will meet more as the summit goes on. in 2010, the summit became and i'm not exaggerating a booster rocket that i believe significantly helped colorado do what it had never done before, and that is turn over t

. >>> shreveport in march. april in little rock. oklahoma city may. wichita in june, and this past weekend in jefferson city. watch for the continuing travels of cspan's local content vehicles every month on book tv and american history tv, and next month look for the history and literary culture of our next stop, louisville, kentucky, the weekend of august 4th and 5th on c-span 2 and 3. >>> this is c-span 3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> colorado christian university hosted its western conservetive summit. one discussion on national security featured geert wilders, a member of the dutch parliament who wants to ban muslim immigrants from coming into his country. >> among a handful of magnificent truth-tellers, i'll use that word again, that have been with us to address all three of the western covertiv

. >>> shreveport in march, april in little rock, be oklahoma city in may, jefferson city. watch for the continuing travels of c-span's local content vehicles on book tv and american history tv. next month, look for the history and literary culture. louisville, kentucky, on c-span 2 and 3. >>> the 15-member commission was created in 2010 to review federal policies on nuclear fuel. this is a little more than two hours. >>> come to order this morning. welcome, one and all, general, professor pete for son. ladies and gentlemen, we appreciate the efforts of a lot of our witnesses to be here today. today's hearing is really one of several that we hope to hold on the work of the blue ribbon commission on america's nuclear future. specifically today, we'll be focusing on the consent-based recommendations made by the commission. senators will have five minutes for their opening statements and we'll recognize our first panel of witnesses, two members of the blue ribbon commission. if you go over that, that's okay. but not too far over that. we're following the first panel's statemen

. >>> shreveport in march, april in little rock, oklahoma city may. wichita in june, and this past weekend in jefferson city. watch for the continuing travels of c-span's local content vehicles every month on book tv and american history tv, and next month look for the history and literary culture of our next stop, louisville, kentucky, the weekend of august 4th and 5th on c-span 2 and 3. >>> oklahoma center tom coburn says one of the biggest threats to this nation's existence is the government's overspending problem. his remarks came during a recent three-day western conservative summit held in denver, colorado. senator coburn is the author of the newly released book "the debt bomb." this is 50 minutes. >> is where the true fires in colorado really should be right here in this room, right? and those of you, by the way, watching on facebook and as the streaming here all afternoon. did you enjoy mr. bennett, bill benet? great guy, wow. what a wealth of knowledge, powerful, powerful man, and, of course tonight, 710k nas's hugh huitt will be joining us a

. >>> shreveport in march. april in little rock. oklahoma city, may. wichita in june. and this past weekend in jefferson city. watch for the continuing travels of c-span's local content vehicles every month on "book tv" and "american history tv." and next month, look for the history and literary culture of our next stop. louisville, kentucky. the weekend of august 4th and 5th on c-span2 and c-span3. >>> now, a look at improving the nation's electrical grid from this morning's "washington journal." >> every monday morning we take a look at your money. how it's spent on federal programs, what the program's mission is, and what you get as a benefit. here to talk with us today about the electric power grid is matthew wald, energy reporter for "the new york times." thanks for coming in this morning. >> thanks. good morning, libby. >> when we talk about the power grid, explain for us what makes that up. what are we actually referring to no. >> the north american continent is twhal divided into three grids. they're connections among the utilities which grew up separately. the

host: shreveport, louisiana. caller: good morning to you, sir and madam.y question is for the gentleman, mr. wald. are you aware of efforts public or private to handle the smart grid against back-and-forth transactions with electric cars, hybrids, or other large storage reforms that will be populating the market? guest: well, general motors was helpful on this when they came out with the volt. they ended up with a little time on it that looks like what i have on my lawn sprinkler that sets it to charge at

: my friend from college went to -- is from shreveport. yeah. if she's a liberal. >> she's a cousin and an ex. >> caller: before anyone investigated his business practices, it was just he was a great businessman. when is someone going to investigate the olympics? i don't believe it. the man has never done anything great in his life. except tie a dog to the roof of his car. >> stephanie: outsource the uniforms to burma which is even worse. you're like all right. as we keep saying, he used government money. they call the president a socialist again yesterday on his phone call. he used government money. >> he came crawling to the government asking for money. >> stephanie: and then oh my god, did you see what romney did yesterday? he twists obama's quote. he was talking about -- >> oh, yeah. >> stephanie: didn't you build the highways or bridges. he didn't say you didn't build your own business. they know this. >> it was such an obvious cut. there's one thing where you can go we narrowed it down to exactly his point. >> built it. >> america. >

. >> i was in shreveport, louisiana and this was after the fatal drowning of those six kids.nd that's what i'm trying to preach. >> reporter: so jones is trying to prevent more death through his program make a splash. the program has already taught more than a million kids since 2007. the lessons are low cost or free. are you most at home in the water? >> reporter: the louisiana tragedy also resonated with me because this simple walk in the pool is also a time for a confession. i am one of the statistics. >> one of the problems that i will admit to everyone is i don't know how to swim. it's an embarrassment because i think that people instantly think, oh, you're black so you can't swim because black children who can't swim turn into -- >> adults who can't swim. >> reporter: i share the fear that cullun witnesses so often. even putting my head in the water for just a second is overwhelming. i can't. >> good! did you get water in your nose? >> reporter: no. >> then you're doing it right. >> reporter: now my next step is to take the challenge and learn to swim, which won't be ea

doctor and adjunct professor in shreveport, louisiana. a lot of heat in shreveport, louisiana, but right now the whole country is feeling it, doctor. what is your best advice? >> people in the south a little well more acclimated to it. so you hear about more deaths from the heat up in northern cities. but you have to --. jon: can you get acclimated to this kind of heat? it really does affect different parts of the country differently based on what you're used to? >> it is hotter down south but people seem to do better in the heat they're more used to it. more of the deaths you read about are usually, excuse me, in northern cities, chicago, new york, those kind of things. so you can get acclimated. when it is 105 degrees, anywhere, it can be a risk. you have to make sure you're well-hydrated. that is key and get out of the elements as much as you can. and, you know, if you can get into air-conditioning that is really key. jenna: dr. patty, as dr. vinokur was saying to us, drink water and stay out of the heat. those are obvious things. you'

. >> shreveport in march -- april the little rock -- oklahoma city in may -- which is taught in general -- and this past weekend in jefferson city. for the continuing troubles of the cspan local content vehicles every month on book-tv and american history tv and next month, look for the history and literary culture of our next stop -- louisville, kentucky, the weekend of august four and five on c-span 2 and 3. >> health secretary kathleen sibylla's outlined the next steps for implementing the health care law yesterday at george washington university school of public health and health services. the supreme court last month upheld the health care love 5-4 with chief justice john wright writing the majority opinion. secretaries a bilious makes reference to house republican efforts to repeal the health care a lot. this is 20 minutes. >> please join me in welcoming [applause] >> good afternoon everybody. i am delighted to be back in george washington. i was telling the dean at that i had the pleasure of being here a number of times and announcing a number of important new initiatives here in

. >> host: a guest from shreveport, louisiana. >> caller: good morning to you, sir. my question is actually for the gentleman, mr. matt wald. are you aware of any recent or separate or publicly funded or private -- where they back the electric cars, hybrids, other large storage forms that are going to be, i guess, populating the market. >> guest: general motors was hopeful on this when they came out with the chevy volt. but they ended up little time on it that looks like what i have on my lawn sprinkler. it is not ready to deal with this markets. >> host: matt wald, we would have will have ended there, thank you so much. >> the house of representatives will begin their debate on health care law. that begins at noon eastern with live coverage on c-span. also tomorrow on "washington journal", we will talk about the measure with two members of congress. republican tim murphy and democrat earl blumenauer. also joining us will be wall street journal health reporter leaves right nasty. she will discuss the health insurance companies employers, and other industry groups in

vinokur is adjunct assistant professor at lsu health center, science center there in shreveport. good to see you, dr. lee. >> thanks for having me. arthel: let me break down the numbers, first of all. we're looking on average 11,000 teens using alcohol for the first time. of 5,000 smart smoking cigarettes. 500 try marijuana. these are really staggering numbers i think. so as a parent, what do you do to try to keep your kid from succumbing to the peer pressure? >> it is true and what is interesting about this it is, you know, like that saying idle hands are the devil's workshop. kids in summertime not structured organized programs like school and such, they're seeing a spike. as an e.r. doctor, there is a spike. over 190,000 visits a year related to underage drinking and kids with alcohol. so i think the key is, no matter how much your teen amger rolls his eyes and growns when you try to talk to him about this, they are listening and you have to talk to your kids and keep them busy in the summer. arthel: keep them busy. some of them are not busy and faced with those pier pressures

if i had to pick the places that will see the big totals, it's from shreveport into tupelo. nashville will get heavy rain but not the heaviest rain on the board. >> thank you, sam. >>> we're going to turn to josh elliott for top stories developing. >> we're going to start with the breaking news, right now, the disaster we saw at the top of the show in the french alps this morning. massive avalanche. several are dead. others are missing. we're going to get to jeffrey ko koffman with the latest. >> reporter: at this hour, several dozen rescuers including police, mountain guides and sniffer dogs, searching the mountain for survivors. we're told the initial death toll, at least six. nine others injured and air-lifted to local hospitals. and 16 more still missing. the avenalanche happened just before sun rise at chamonix. an expedition of european climbers were roped together, as they attempted one of the most dangerous ascents in europe. the avalanche is believed to have been caused by snow collapsing in the summer heat. the area, a hugely popular destination for tourists and cl

if i had to pick the places that will see the big totals, it's from shreveport into tupelo. i think a little further north, nashville will still get some heaviest rain but not exactly the heaviest rain on the board. still more flooding working today, robin. >> thank you, sam. >>> we're going to turn to josh elliott for top stories developing. >> we're going to start with the breaking news, right now, the disaster we saw at the top of the show in the french alps this morning. massive avalanche. several people interest are dead. others remain missing. we're going to get to jeffrey kofman with the latest. jeffery. >> reporter: and good morning to you, josh. at this hour, several dozen rescuers including police, mountain guides and sniffer doings searching the mountain for survivors. we're told the initial death toll, at least six. at least nine now, eight others reported injured and air lifted to local hospitals. and more than a dozen still missing. it happened just before sunrise at chamonix. it was on mont mauldit, which translates as cursed mountain. an expedition of europea

lee vinocur, adjunct assistant proper at louisiana state university in shreveport. with us today. >> thanks for having me. jenna: this study talks about immunotherapy. i don't know if i said that right. give us the right word. >> you had it. it is immunotherapy and it's an attempt to desensitize kids against the allergy, sort of make them tolerant. you give them controlled amounts of wha they're allergic too slightly increasing doses over time. they have been doing this for a while. they have done it with bee stings and peanuts. this is the biggest study and they followed the kids the longest, like 22 months to see if really they were desensitized and could eat eggs. and they could. jenna: what they found after 22 months, and by the way they used 55 children just under 2 years of a time frame for this study. the children were between the ages of five and 11. they found that 75% of the kids who got this therapy were considered desensitized to eggs. that was something they were using. how did they no, doctor, these children weren't just some of those children that oat

next up is shreveport, louisiana. hello to keith. a republican. caller: i want us to go back to when ronald reagan took over as office as president and what he did and the things that he did that created so many jobs. he begin to talk about the exceptionalism of the american people. if he talked about how the entrepreneurs were the people that created the jobs and these were the people that created the ability for people to have jobs. he begin to cut taxes he begin to deregulate government and begin to create a smaller government and begin to say that this country is created and jobs are created by those entrepreneurs that take risks, spend money and yes, you might call them the rich people, but they are the people that create jobs and create wealth for those and everybody moves up together. i don't understand how obama is talking about the middle class. there's a middle class people that create jobs. it is the entrepreneur that create the jobs in this country and allow for a massive of tax revenue increase because of the policies that ronald reag

shreveport in march, april in little rock. oklahoma city, may. wichita in june. and this past weekend in jefferson city. watch for the continuing travels of c-span's local content vehicles every month on book tv and american history tv and next month look for the history and literary culture of our next stop, louisville, kentucky, the weekend of august 4 and 5 on c-span 2 and 3. house minority whip steny hoyer announced new proposals designed to help the manufacturing industry. the proposals are a continuation of the democrats make in america plan promoting policies to help u.s. manufacturers. this is 35 minutes from the center for american progress. >> good afternoon and welcome to the center for american progress. i am the president of the center for american progress. it's my pleasure to welcome democratic whip steny hoyer here to the center. congressman hoyer has been a tremendous friend of the center over the last several years and we are honored to have him here talking about manufacturing and economic growth. since cap's founding, we have been focused on h

shreveport. caller: my question for mr. grove, as we seem to have an increasingly into racial population, has the census bureau collected data on how income changes or poverty rate regarding interracial households and if so, how does it compare to the data presented earlier. that withon't have me. we certainly do have data on that. with regard to the changes during the recession, it is pretty clear that minority groups were disproportionately suffering declines during that period the income levels of multiracial families are indeed sitting in our statistics. i just don't have them in my head now. it is very interesting to me to note the growth in the proportion of the american people " are self-identifying as multiracial. this is one of the fastest- growing groups in the country. so, watching this group and watching how they both in income, socio-economic status, and also culturally how they changed over time will be an interesting thing for all of us to watch. host: suzanne turns the comment on the head -- guest: they fit

shreveport. caller: my question for mr. grove, as we seem to have an increasingly into racial population, has the census bureau collected data on how income changes or poverty rate regarding interracial households and if so, how does it compare to the data presented earlier. guest: i don't have that with me. we certainly do have data on that. with regard to the changes during the recession, it is pretty clear that minority groups were disproportionately suffering declines during that period the income levels of multiracial families are indeed sitting in our statistics. i just don't have them in my head now. it is very interesting to me to note the growth in the proportion of the american people who are self-identifying as multiracial. this is one of the fastest- growing groups in the country. so, watching this group and watching how they both in income, socio-economic status, and also culturally how they changed over time will be an interesting thing for all of us to watch. host: suzanne turns the comment on the head -- gue

in's hear from steve shreveport, louisiana on our independent line. caller: good morning. i'm sure you have heard my voice before. has a the problems is it lot to do with the way you are raised. i am a foreigner. they do very good in this country. the reason for that is many reasons. number one, we are very good with . with number two, we get a good education. we have a very good skill in money-management. we try to establish good credit. we use credit cards. divorce and we try not to be selfish. i have been secure. 10 years ago i went to school. my family paid for my education. i lived a comfortable life. my wife never worked. i provide for my family. i have two daughters, one of them became a lawyer. they are buying their houses. my house is paid for. i have bought a new car for my family every five years. this all has to do with money management. host: laura says her financial plan is to work and that she does not the retirement in her future anytime soon. share your tweets with us. here's another one that says saving reduces your buying power and that our people borrow

performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> shreveport in march. oklahoma city, may. we taught in june. this past weekend in jefferson city. what would be continuing troubles of c-span's local content vehicle. look for the history and literary culture of our next stop, louisville kentucky. >> throughout july on c-span radio, historic supreme court oral argument focusing on election issues. >> they referred to us as being independent, professionally run, that the candidate who knows who is helping him and why. these are code words for saying we are effective. because we are effective, our speech should be choked off. >> on c-span radio and nationwide on xm radio and online at cspanradio.org. >> hitler realized these armies were not come into his aid, but were trying to escape to the west. that is when he collapsed. --acks historian his main objective was not to be captured alive by the russians. he was afraid of being paraded through moscow in a cage. he was determined to die. eva braun was the hermans to die with him. -- determinded to di

. >> shreveport in march, apple in little rock. oklahoma city in may, which taught in june, and this past weekend in jefferson city. watch the continuing troubles of c-span's local content vehicles every month on book tv and american history tv. next month, look for the literary history of louisville, ky. >> republican presidential candidate mitt romney campaigned in western colorado tuesday, hosting a town hall meeting in grand junction. this is a little less than an hour. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. what a welcome. thank you. that is a hello. i will tell you. that is terrific. good to be here with their elected officials. i see the attorney general is back here. please stand and be recognized. i appreciate you being here. [applause] he has been leading my campaign in the state. i am counting on him to get me a win here. are we going to win here in november? [applause] colorado could well be the place that decides to our next president is going to be. if it is the place that decides that i am counting on you to get the job

. >> shreveport in march, april and little rock, oklahoma city in may, which taught in japan, and thispast weekend in jefferson city. watch for the continuing troubles of the cspan local content vehicle every month on book-tv and american history tv and next month look for the history of literary culture of our next stop, louisville, ky the weekend of august four and five. >> "washington journal"continue as -- host: more about health care with congressman berle bloom and our who is head of the ways and means committee. beckham joining us. what do you make of this gop effort to day to repeal the health care law? guest: it is 31 of these different episodes we have gone through. it is all about positioning and messaging. ironically, they're not proposing anything constructive toward dealing with was a serious health care burden on american families and american business. the majority of health care in this country is provided by business to is a burden that their competitors from japan, germany, france, is delay, no where else in the world to the various cost? it is used for a number of f

we are going to move on to shreveport, louisiana. your on open " washington journal quoting caller: -- "washington journal." caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. my governors, the most nike people i've ever seen. host: why do you say he is and i leave? -- the most naive people i've ever seen. host: why do you say he is naive? caller: he runs all over the country and tells the lieutenant governor that he is out of the state. i've never seen anything like it. it is a tragic situation with him thinking that he has a reasonable chance of being selected as a vice presidential running mate with mitt romney. caller: you think he has a good chance? host: -- caller: he has virtually no chance of getting anything. host: your live, talk to us by your approval or disapproval. walter? caller: the man needs to tone it down. he is becoming a proverbial new jersey joke. host: could you start over again? we didn't hear everything. caller: i suspect he is doing something sadder halfway decent, but he is too confrontational. host: how do

host: shreveport, louisiana. claire, republican line. caller: these people call in and talk about romney and his qualifications. i have never seen the media vet obama. i would like somebody to speak about one thing. i would like to know one thing that ever qualified obama for president. i would like to know one thing he ever done besides talk. does people remember her to cover congress and the first two years of the bush administration? nancy pelosi and harry reid. by december, we was in a recession. i was watching the hearings where they were trying to stop the . it was party-line votes. the question is, it is obvious how to create jobs. i want to know what he has done different from the missouri appeared -- i want to know what he has done different from venezuela. guest: republicans are not going to defect. any sort of lack of enthusiasm for mitt romney is made up fivefold by the deep disenchantment among conservatives and republicans president obama. host: colleen asks if california is a bystander in this election. guest: i assume it

some of the latest headlines on cspan radio -- >> shreveport in march -- april and little rock -- oklahomay in may -- which it bought in june -- this past weekend, in jefferson city. watch for the continuing troubles of the cspan local content vehicles every month on book-tv and american history tv and next month look for that history and literary culture of our next stop, louisville, kentucky, the weekend of august four and five on c-span 2 and 3. >> "washington journal" continues -- host: it is time for our spotlight on magazine series and we are turning to the pages of "mens health"magazine . they have a story on the surveillance of our cities. before we get into the details as far as cities, can you tell us what you are open to accomplish by putting together this story? guest: i was frankly shocked to learn what i did about how much surveillance we are under all the time. we see the cameras when we walk around the city or at a red light. we are vaguely aware that wiretaps happen. when we started compiling the details, we realized that somebody in the government has a mind to track you

shreveport in march. april in little rock. oklahoma city, may. wichita in june. that past weekend in jefferson city. watch for the continuing travels of c-span's local content vehicles every month on book tv and american history tv. and next month look for the history and literary culture of our next stop. louisville, kentucky. the weekend of august 4 and 5 on c-span2 and c-span3. >> the heritage foundation today posted a discussion on the supreme court decision upholding the individual insurance mandate in the affordable care act. here's some of that discussion starting with michael car vin, one of the attorneys who argued against the law before the supreme court. >> unlike the solicitor general, i will say my personal opinions. one of the luxuries of being in private practice. i did argue the case for the nfib against the individual mandate. so it's sort of like the old saying, right? the operation was a success but the patient died. which is sort of how -- [laughter] got the really good commerce clause rulings and then the chief justice in what was accurately

. >> shreveport in march, april and medlock, wichita in june and this past weekend in jefferson city. panel discusses the need at the university of colorado's annual world affairs conference in boulder in mid-april. you will hear from deputy director carrie hessler-radalet as well as officials from the national security network and inter-american development bank. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> my name is clint talbott. i'm the moderator which basically means i introduce the people, the smart people and let them talk. and i will do that now. we have to my left, immediate left is carrie hessler-radalet. she is perhaps best known right now for being deputy director of the peace corps, the capacity of which she has served since 2010. she has also worked in the field of public health for the past two decades specializing in hiv and aids and maternal and child health and a number of other philanthropic and altruistic endeavors. to her left is heather hurlburt, who is executive director of the national security network, nonprofit agency. her nonprofit organization. she has also served a

shreveport in march. april in little rock. oklahoma city in may. and this past weekend in jefferson city. watch for the continuing troubles of c-span's local travel spirit the for the history and literary culture of our next stop -- louisville, ky. >> republicans moved forward with the debate today to appeal -- repeal president obama's health care law. yesterday, the committee said the guidelines for the debates. this'll be the 31st time the house has voted on whether to repeal, defund, or get rid of the law. this part of the meeting is one hour 50 minutes. >> the rules committee is in order. we are here for the repeal obamacare act, is what it is entitled. we are happy to welcome representatives of the energy and commerce committee, the ways and means committee, and the education and work force committee. why don't we begin in that order? mr. pitts is here on behalf of the chair of the energy and commerce committee. the chair of the subcommittee on health. we are awaiting mr. malone -- mr. pallone. here is mr. pallone. please join your colleagues

. >> shreveport in march. april in little rock. oklahoma city, may. wichita, and june. this past weekend, and jefferson city. watch the local content vehicles every month. next month, look for the history and literary culture of our next stop, louisville, ky. >> health secretary kathleen sebelius outlined the next steps for implementing the health care lot today at george washington university. the supreme court last month upheld the health care law 5-4 bang, with chief justice roberts writing the majority opinion. there are efforts to repeal the health-care law by house republicans. this is 20 minutes. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> please join me in welcoming secretary sebelius. [applause] >> good afternoon everybody. i am delighted to be back in george washington. i was telling the dean at that i had the pleasure of being here a number of times and announcing a number of important new initiatives here in this auditorium. i think it is a perfect venue to discuss the affordable care ac