or singh-obama initiative.it is appropriately named. to advance our food this attrition, american and indian agriculture companies will cooperate to reduce hunger. not only in india were enormous strides have met been made around the world, it has much to teach. at our centers for disease control, we will partner with our county -- are indian counterparts to combat infectious diseases and promote global health. this is the concrete progress made today to create jobs and opportunity and security for our people. as a result, i believe the relationship between our two countries has never been stronger, a reminder that it will be one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century. we look forward to celebrating our partnership tonight as michele and i host the prime minister and mrs. carr at the first state dinner of our presidency -- of my presidency. it will be another opportunity to convey to the people of india as india assumes its rightful place as a global leader in the 20% three that you have in it -- have

manmohan singh discuss foreign policy. tomorrow, president obama will host his first state dinner for manmohan singh. guest arrivals and toes will be covered at 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, that neutrality, the wireless spectrum and improving broadband service in the u.s.. julius genachowski on c-span2. the new york times is changing its policy on players concussions, requiring neurologists to review those policies. you can see that during tonight at 9:15 p.m. eastern here on c- span. thanksgiving week, on c-span, a look at politics in america. a look ahead to 2012. what is fair in politics? the will of the media. also, tuesday night, the first state dinner as president obama welcomes indian prime minister manmohan singh. the indian prime minister is in the nation's capital this week for talks with president obama. right now, he is at the council of foreign relations to talk about the agenda, including climate change, the global economy, afghanistan and nuclear technology. we will have live coverage when it gets under way,

later in the morning, president obama and prime minister singh will hold a joint news conference. live coverage of the news conference begins at 11:35 a.m. eastern. >> coming up, three specials on the three iconic homes of the american government. beginning thursday night at 8:00 eastern, the supreme court. then friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the white house. inside america's most famous home. beyond the velvet ropes, the public tour, our visit shows the

or singh-obama initiative. we think it is appropriately named. to advance our food this attrition, american and indian agriculture companies will cooperate to reduce hunger. not only in india were enormous strides have met been made around the world, it has much to teach. at our centers for disease control, we will partner with our county -- are indian counterparts to combat infectious diseases and promote global health. this is the concrete progress made today to create jobs and opportunity and security for our people. as a result, i believe the relationship between our two countries has never been stronger, a reminder that it will be one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century. we look forward to celebrating our partnership tonight as michele and i host the prime minister and mrs. carr at the first state dinner of our presidency -- of my presidency. it will be another opportunity to convey to the people of india as india assumes its rightful place as a global leader in the 20% three that you have in

or singh-obama initiative.e think it is appropriately named. to advance our food this attrition, american and indian agriculture companies will cooperate to reduce hunger. not only in india were enormous strides have met been made around the world, it has much to teach. at our centers for disease control, we will partner with our county -- are indian counterparts to combat infectious diseases and promote global health. this is the concrete progress made today to create jobs and opportunity and security for our people. as a result, i believe the relationship between our two countries has never been stronger, a reminder that it will be one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century. we look forward to celebrating our partnership tonight as michele and i host the prime minister and mrs. carr at the first state dinner of our presidency -- of my presidency. it will be another opportunity to convey to the people of india as india assumes its rightful place as a global leader in the 20% three that you have in it

prime minister manmohan singh will discuss india's foreign policy. live coverage starts at 5:00 eastern here on c-span. -- 5:30 eastern here on c-span. tomorrow, president obama hosts a state dinner for the prime minister. coverage begins at 9:00 eastern. tonight, net neutrality, the wireless spectrum, and improving broadband service in the u.s. federal communications chairman julius genachowski lays out his goals on "the communicators," on c-span2. "the new york times" reports that the national football league is changing its policy on players' concussions. comes after a house hearing on the issue. you can see that hearing tonight at 9:15 eastern on c-span. president obama addressed the subject of math and science education at a white house event earlier today. he talked about his recent trip to china and the investment that country is making an education. also includes a demonstration from students from virginia's oakton high school. this is about 20 minutes. gfgfgfgfgfgfgfgfgfgfgfgfgfgfgfgf gfgfgfgfgfgfgfgfgfgfgf >> ladies and gentlemen, the presi

manmohan singh and his wife have three daughters. it is my distinct pleasure to introduce to you, prime minister singh, without doubt, one of the world's most accomplished leaders. [applause] dr richard haas, congressman hamilton, distinguished ladies and gentleman, i am truly honored by the invitation to address such a distinguished gathering and to be able to meet many friends in the season of things giving. i am barre -- of thanksgiving. many of you have spent long years in the study of india. you have provided intellectual sustenance to the idea of a strong india/u.s. partnership. and what it means for our to democracies and the world at large. ladies and gentleman, i see the future of india/u.s. partnership with confidence and optimism. there is a growing convergence in our national interests, both in the bilateral framework and regional and global issues. the changes in the global economic and political structures and the growing interdependence among nations today offer us a unique opportunity to look beyond bilateral engageme

that's what president obama and prime minister singh are doing today. i know that all of us on our team here at the west wing, east wing we wish that we could include many, many more people in today's events and this evening's events because it's not often you get to do this. even with a big house like the white house there is only so many people that we can invite. so one of the ways that first ladies in the past have tried to include the broader public on what's going on is by holding these types of events where we invite the press to share some of the incredible behind the scenes work that goes on to planning and pulling off this amazing day. but today we are also doing something a little different by you-all here. as our meantees know, one of the things we talked about, the president and i have tried to do is really open up this white house to our neighbors. here in washington, d.c., especially to local students and to children in our community. because what we know is that even though many of you guys live just a few minutes, maybe a little bit awa

prime minister singh himself as a personal probity.ound him who hold high position pretty much an effect same style of doing business. host: what is his background? guest: is trained as a professional economist. he studied at the university of punjabi and finally got a doctorate at cambridge. he taught at oxford. he came back to india, taught for a while. his return academia. then he joined the civil services -- his roots are in academia. then he joined the civil service and/or the finance industry -- and the finance industry and oversaw india's economic the moment. his moment of glory was really in 1991 when as india's minister of finance he began the movement to liberalize the indian economy and move it away from its government dominated ito's to something that would create a free market. -- domenick e. sosa to something the fourth grade a free market. -- from its government dominated ethos to something that would create a free market. host: we're speaking with ashley tellis, the associate director for the carnegie endowment. good mo

. >> we can singh it if you like. >> i agree with you on that one. >> and no schenscher nan begans and that is the best one and right here on comcast sportsnet. 24-subpoena and r.j. toman and twice in the 3rd quarter. and it is the wildcats that have the play off sides future on the line. and jellison in the ball game. and shawn jellison. up to the line of scrimmage. >> i think you get the 1st down there. >> and they are going to move the chains. and that is what unh has got to do. >> they have to find a way to get the tough yards and at some point. they need rj toman to make a throw down. >> yes, they needed the first down and they got it. >> jellison with it. >> and toman is going long and he has got it open. and j.t. wright had the ball and couldn't hang on to it. it is slightly under thrown. >> i am screaming he is open. and he was standing there. and now, the safety had rolled over the top and see it here. here is the flea flicker. and this ball is under thrown by r.j. toman. let's see. >> no, that is a trap and right away. and watch him hit his hands and hit hid head. he knows. h

with indian prime minister manmohan singh. this is about 40 minutes. >> of very good morning to you all of you and welcome to the press conference by the prime minister of india, manmohan singh. he is joined by that debbie be chairman of the planning commission to his right, and his national security adviser. he will be making a opening statement, thereafter he would be happy to take a few questions. we will now listen to his opening statement. >> ladies in town and, of very good morning to each and every one of you. before i say something about the outcome of my visit to the united states, i wish to say a few words on the eve of the first anniversary of the terrorist attack in mumbai last year on november 26. this is a day of remembrance and of paying homage to all the innocent civilians and our brave men in uniform who lost their lives in one of the worst terrorist attacks our country has ever seen. on behalf of our nation, i would like to send a message to each and everyone of their families and friends, that we share their

tuesday night, the first state dinner, as president obama welcomes indian prime minister manmohan singh. and american icons, three nights of c-span documentary's, beginning with "the supreme court" on thursday night. >> now to a conference held by the american council on renewable energy. speakers include jeff bingaman and carol browner. this is about an hour and 40 minutes. on renewable energy. it is 1 hour 10 minutes. >> good morning. good morning, everyone. welcome to the ai8th , yes it is the eighth. we are at the eight global energy in america of national policy conference, the sixth time in this room. what an honor it is to hold this annual review and think about where we are going in renewable energy in america. thank you for coming and i hope you enjoyed this day. believe it or not, that is a symbol of the danish embassy, the embassy of denmark, where we will have a reception this evening. it is a great place to go from here to think about where we are going next in copenhagen. all the other sponsors, lockheed martin is in our space. all of these companies helped produce this an

the prime minister manmohan singh as we celebrate the great and growing partnership between the united states and india. as we all know in india some of life's most precious moments are often celebrated under the cover of a beautiful tent. it's a little like tonight, we have incredible food and music and are surrounded by great friends. for it's been said that the most beautiful things in the universe are the starry heavens above us and the feeling of duty within us. mr. prime minister, today we work to fulfill our duty, bring our countries closer together than ever before. tonight under the stars we celebrate the spirit and we'll sustain our partnership, the bonds of friendship between our people. it's a bond that includes more than 2 million indian-americans who enrich every corner of our great nation. leaders in government, science, industry and the arts, some of whom join us tonight and the bond of friendship between a president and prime minister bound by the same spirit of possibility in brotherhood that transforms both our nations, the spirit that gave rise to movements led by g

he hosted indian prime minister manmohan singh. here's a look. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama, accompanied by his ex lensy, the prime minister of the mrs. kahr. [hail to the chief playing] applause applause >> please be seated. good evening, everyone. on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. afga bahboute. many of you were here when i was honored to become the first president to help celebrate devali, the festival of lights. [applause] >> some of you were here for the first white house celebration of the birth of the founder of sikhism. [applause] tonight we gather again for the first state dinner of my presidency with prime minister manmohan singh and mrs. gorshon kahr as we celebrate the growing partnership between the united states and india. as we all know in india some of life's most treasured moments are often celebrated under the cover of a beautiful tent. it's a little like tonight. we have beautiful food, music and are surrounded boy great friends. b

with prime minister manmohan singh as we celebrate the great and growing partnership between the unitedtes and india. as we all know in india, some of life's most treasured moments are often celebrated under the cover of a beautiful tent. and it's a little like tonight. we have incredible food and music. and are surrounded by great friends. for it's been said the beautiful things is the starry heavens above us and, mr. prime minister, we work to bring our countries together than ever before. tonight under the stars we celebrate the spirit that will sustain our partnership, the bonds of friendship between our people. it's a bond that includes more than 2 million indian americans who enrich every corner of our great nation. leaders in government, science and the arts some of us join us tonight and it's the bond of friendship between a president and a prime minister who are bound by the name unshakeable spirit of possibility and brotherhood that transformed both our nations. a spirit that gave rise to movements led by giants like gandhi and king. and which are the reasons both of us can st

[applause] >> president obama welcoming indian prime minister singh to the white house. 11:35 a.m. eastern. and we will have that for you live on c-span. >> and more coverage tonight. >> thanksgiving day on c-span at 10 eastern bill clinton is on hand to present steven spielberg with this year's liberty medal from the national constitution center. also stanley greenberg and part of a panel assessing the obama presidency, and from the jfk library and museum nick burns and lesley gill on terrorism and nuclear weapons. at five, hip-hop artist and actor ludicrous on youth mentoring. coming this thanksgiving on c-span american icon, three nights of c-span or regional documentaries on the iconic homes of the three branches of american government. beginning thursday night at eight eastern, the supreme court, home to america's highest court review of the exquisite detail through the eyes of supreme court justices. then friday at 8 p.m. eastern the white house, inside america's most famous home, beyond the velvet ropes and public to his. our visit shows the grand public places as

britain's manjit singh pulled when double decker by his hair for almost 60 feet. we'll have more of the bizarre world records all morning long. >> we are? >> we have more. sorry. you like it or not. >> go ahead and run the animation. i'll talk over it. i just have this thing about the bizarre world records where someone goes, how about the record for the most hair follicles on a brush? >> that's what we got. >> hi, bob. >> juggling cobras at the same time. i know. i'm with you. it's rough. >> you gave away both the next stories. >> i have to see that. at the airport right now, new york city metros, newark, a two and a half hour delay. averaging like that all day. laguardia, it was an hour and a half. now bumped up to two and a half hours, too, because of the gusting winds. philadelphia 80-minute delay with the northeasterly wind. delays in washington, as well. the winds pretty strong. watch for delays in new york, philly and d.c. those are the longest. >> thanks. >>> a missing 5-year-old girl has been spotted. police say they know the man holding her in the survei

britain's manjit singh set a record for pulling a double decker bus by his fair for almost 70 feet, and man, i don't know what conditioner that guy uses, but he's definitely in line for some endorsements. look at the guy. >> i know. i thought he had something bad to eat, actually. it was just like ooh! >> and with that. >> we better let you go. take the reins here. that was a hilarious story. thank you, sir. by the way, thank you, facebook. a man arrested for armed robbery is out of jail because of an unusual alibi here. he was updating his facebook status when the robbery happened in brooklyn. rodney bradford was actually 13 miles away on a computer at his dad's apartment. bradford was picked out of his lineup but his lawyers used witnesses and the facebook time stamp to prove his innocence. >>> bob, you were saying unfortunately for folks that are at the airport right now, they're stuck listening with -- to folks like us for the next 2 1/2 hours or so. >> i gave you the line, you blew it. >> next time, write it down for me. >> you're absolutely right. let me show you flight explorer.

also tuesday night, a state dinner as president obama wokas the indian prime minister singh. >> tonightand that neutrality, a wireless spectrum, and improving broadband service in the u.s. the federal communications chairman maps out his goals for the agency on "the communicator's" on c-span2. >> $50,000 in prizes for middle and high school students, a top prize $5,000. just create a 528 minute video on one of our country's strengths or a challenge that -- on a five-minute video on one of our country's strengths or a challenge that our country faces. and greta camera and get started. go to studentcam.org 4 contest rules and information. host: eric olson is the food and safety director for the pew charitable trusts. here to talk with us about this new report, the center for food borne illness has a report called the long-term health outcomes in selected food borne pathogens. what particularly did the report looked at? tell us some of the symptoms and illnesses that they've looked out. guest: the report dealt with the basic issue that a lot of people think that when you get food borne ill

singh, he said afghanistan is a friend of india. he announced to the world yesterday. he's in a no-win situation. host: that is peter in philadelphia. next caller in phoenix, good morning to you. caller: i think this whole war is a big mistake. host: why is that? caller: we're in a no-win situation going into afghanistan. the soviets with in there, and the afghanis ran them out of theire. is a no-win situation. we are going to send in 30,000 troops to get slaughtered? it does not make any sense. host: "usa today" leads on a public opinion poll on the war. susan page has written the story. host host: next telephone call is from clearwater, fla. on the democrats' line. caller: i say we should absolutely get out now. afghanistan is nothing more than a graveyard of empires. we have these terrible wars, but we cannot pay for health care or higher education for u.s. citizens? as long as we have grossed well to disparity in the world, there will always be terrorism. these horrible acts of terrorism are carried out by an educatiand educated, -- uneducated, poor young men. for

later in the morning, president obama and prime minister singh will hold a joint news conference. live coverage of the news conference begins at 11:35 a.m. eastern. >> coming up, three specials on the three iconic homes of the american government. beginning thursday night at 8:00 eastern, the supreme court. then friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the white house. inside america's most famous home. beyond the velvet ropes, the public tour, our visit shows the grand public places as well as those rarely seen spaces. and friday, the capitol. the history, art, and architecture of one of the most symbolic structures. three memorable night, thursday, friday, and saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. get your own copy of "american icons" a three-disk d.v.d. set, $24.95 plus shipping and handling. order online at c-span.org/store. >> a task force recently recommended against annual mammography screening for women under 40 years old. nancy brinker talks about that and her battle with breast cancer. >> welcome to the national press club. i'm president of the national press club. we're the worl

and then highlights from tuesday's state dinner given by president obama from indian prime minister singhving weekend on c- span -- "american icons" -- three nights a c-span original documentaries on the iconic homes of the three branches of american government, beginning tonight at 8:00 eastern. the supreme court, home to america's highest court, reveals that building in explicit detail through the eyes of supreme court justices. friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the white house -- inside america's most famous home, be on the velvet ropes of public tours. our visit shows the grand public places as well as those rarely seen spaces. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the capitol, the history, art, and architecture of one of america's most symbolic structures. american icons, three memorable nights, starting tonight at 8:00 on c-span, and get your own copy -- a three-disc cd set. it is $24.95 plus shipping and handling. order online at c-span.org /store. >> on this vote, the yeas are 60, the nays are 39. 3/5 of the senate has duly chosen, having sworn in the primitive, the motion is agreed to. >> th

also tuesday night, the first state dinner as president obama welcomes indian prime minister singh. later in the week, american icons. three nights of c-span original documentaries beginning with the supreme court, thursday night. >> and now a government and renewable energy leaders talk about the future direction of u.s. energy policy. speakers include jeff bingaman and carol browner, assistant to the president for climate change and former epa administrator. they spoke at the american council on renewable energy's annual policy conference, this is about an hour. >> good morning. good morning, everyone. welcome to the eighth -- can you belief it? -- the eighth, yes, it's the eighth. used to be we would say welcome to the second and the third and how nice it is to come back again. and now time has flown. and we're at the eighth. energy in america national policy conference, and what an honor it is to hold this annual review and think about where we're going in renewable energy in america here in the cannon caucus room. thank you for coming, and i hope you enjoy this day. i want to s

institute] >> president obama post his first state dinner for prime minister -- indian prime minister singh tonight. we will have coverage of guest arrivals starting at 9:00 eastern, here on c-span. >> thanksgiving day on c-span, bill clinton is on hand to% steven spielberg with this year's liberty medal. stanley greenberg, part of a panel assessing the obama presidency. and nick burns and lesley gell terrorism and nuclear weapons. later, howard dean and armey on the economy and capitalism. thanksgiving day on c-span. >> american icons -- three nights of documentaries on the iconic homes of the three branches of american government. beginning thursday night, "supreme court -- home to america's highest court," reveals the highest court to the eyes of the supreme court justices. then the white house. our visit shows the grand public places as well as a rarely seen spaces. sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the capital. the history, art and architecture of one of america's most symbolic structures. three nights -- thursday, friday, sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. get your own copy, a three-disc dcd sai

singh and president obama. we are, therefore, very honored that the amle has joined us today to provide that kind of background information and discussion with the group. the ambassador is actually the second most senior member of the very distinguished indian foreign service, having joined it back in 1973 and having held a series of increasingly key posts in the foreign service and the ministry of foreign affairs since that time. she was actually posted to washington at an earlier time, serves as minister for commerce in the early 1990's. she has been a director in the prime minister's office. she has headed the indian council of cultural relations, overseeing india's cultural diplomacy. she has headed two divisions that have been key in terms of india's relations with its neighbors, the office dealing with the sarc, and dealing with neighbors nepal, and butan. since then she has been serves as india's ambassador. of late, particularly concerned with the preparations for the prime minister's visit. so, ambassa

he is going to attend a dinner for prime minister singh tonight as well. and then he will take off tomorrow morning. isotonic i'm sorry, he leaves tomorrow morning. jeff? >> i promised a lame. >> a big picture question on afghanistan. the president said today it is his intention to finish the job in afghanistan. without going into strategies specifics, from our perspective, the pentagon's perspective, what would that look like? >> d-link, i can only base it upon what i have read. what the president has said in some interviews that he is done on the asia trip in which he made it clear i think that he doesn't want to hand off the afghan war to whomever succeeds him. so that is his goal that he wants to work to solve this problem over the next four to eight years, and i think everybody who works in this building would be entirely in favor of being done with this, with being able to redeploy our forces back home. but there is obviously still more work to be done there, and so everyone is committed to seeing it through, over whatever period of time that require

include president karzai, president zardari, chancellor merkel, president hu of china and prime minister singh of india. advisor general jones, said terry of defense, secretary of state, and others will make consultation calls to our allies over the course of the next many hours before the speech. >> in addition to -- >> yes, those are a least in addition to. the could be more. most of them, quite frankly, are likely scheduled for tomorrow. yes, sir. >> we have heard a lot about the benchmarks and what the president is looking for in afghanistan. we've not talked in detail about pakistan. what is the president hoping to address with pakistan tomorrow night and what does he want to get in exchange? >> i think you can anticipate that a good portion of the president's speech tomorrow will discuss our relationship with pakistan and touch on going back to the very beginning of this administration in a renewed engagement diplomatically with the pakistanis, as i said this morning, to jointly address of violent extremism. our relationship is stronger and our efforts are stronger in dealing with that a

also tuesday night, the first state dinner as president obama welcomes indian prime minister singh.n the week, american icons, three nights of c-span's original documentaries beginning with the supreme court thursday night. >> now a house oversight hearing on the federal government's role in the bank of america-merrill lynch merger of 2008. we'll hearing from congressman dennis cuisine yitch -- kucinich. first, how did a private sector deal announce in september 2008 wind up as a major government bailout with the taxpayers on the hook for $20 billion. second, i asked whether the government forced bank of america to go through with this deal. finally, i asked whether bank of america's c.e.o. ken lewis really had a legitimate basis for backing out of the merrill lynch deal or when he realized late in the game that there were serious problems with the deal did he threaten to back out to gain leverage for a taxpayer bailout. today, as a result of our investigation, i think the answer to those questions are much clearer. each senior bank of america executive who was involved in the deal

also tuesday night the first state dinner as president obama welcomes indian prime minister singh. later in the week, american icons. three nights of c-span original documentaries beginning with the supreme court thursday night. >> now, a group of teenagers discuss the dangers of texting while driving. this is part of a conference on distracted driving hosted by the transportation department. it's about 25 minutes. >> okay. so we're going to have a break in the sort of pace that we were going before. i'm ron medford, the acting deputy administrator for the department of transportation, and we can see we have a little format here for hearing from our nation's youth about distracted driving. we really have, i think, an entertaining next 30 minutes with ann who's the editor in chief of seventeen magazine who's going to interview three teens on distracted driving. so ann? [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. i'm ann, i'm the editor-in-chief of seventeen magazine. good morning, and good morning to the students and teachers around the country who are watching this. i am