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the high bar cameras in statuary hall -- we have our cameras in statuary hall. that is quite a scene on state of the union night. camera crews all across the country and members of congress out of the chamber. they can comment for national news and their hometown news organizations. on c-span2, will be covering many of those members. you will help -- you will hear live reaction. at this network, or fall lines will be opened. -- our telephone lines will be opened. we will take your calls on the air with your reaction to the speech. the president making his speech where he stressed bipartisan cooperation and jobs, the economy, competitiveness, and a leaner government. when we get to it, here is how you can join in. we will not be taking calls until after paul brian's -- ryan's response to the state of the union. you can send us a message on twitter. a lot of ways to comment as the evening progresses. to learn a little bit more about paul ryan, we have a reporter on the phone. as we introduced him, the congressman is 41 years old. he is from wisconsin and in his se

we want to show you a live look inside statuary hall on capitol hill where congress is gathering rightnow before heading into the chambers for the speech. in a show of unity, some lawmaker are breaking from tradition and will sit next to members of the other party for the speech. the white house released this picture of the president preparing for the speech. the president is to call for a five year freeze on nonsecurity discretionary spending. he will also ask lawmakers to work together to help the economy grow and create new jobs saying quote this country will move forward together or not at all. there will be an empty seat left for arizona senator giffords who remains in the hospital tonight. and two of the victims have been invited to sit with michelle obama. a you tube video brought on the invitation. >> reporter: this story ends with the writing on the board. >> we're just a little ice eam shop in santa cruz and they're going to the white house. >> it starts when the white house saw this video, owner kendra backer and zachary posted this video online, thanking the president for t

hall. >> talking with us here in statuary hall. others continue to talk following the state of the union address. we are right outside the house chamber. coming up next, another new member, a republican of florida. start by telling us about your district. >> along this congressional district in florida. we have 16 counties. two times times. we are in the pan hall -- we have the panhandle. we have eight coastal counties on the gulf of mexico. and 12 rural counties in total. it is a great place. >> had the seat prior to you. >> congressman alan boyd. he was a democrat. they had not elected and are -- and a republican -- they had not elected a republican since 1882. i am a small business owner and my grandfather started our funeral home 16 years ago -- 60 years ago. i am in business with other members of my family. >> where did you get the idea to run for congress? >> last year, high that built the responsibilities with all the boards that i serve, and i got back involved in the business. i had started seeing the downturn in the econo

here in statuary hall and in fact we are going to call it a night. thank you for being with us and listening to reactions from members of congress follow the president's third state of the union speech. next the health oversight government reform committee met earlier to consider and adopt rules for the 112th congress. ranking member e. elijah cummings offered several amendments for changing the rules package. this is one hour and 35 minutes. >> the committee on oversight and government reform will come to order.itteen i want to welcome you all here. timing is everything. all would chairman towns please come to the center place he finds comfortable. >> if you'll bear with us for a moment. i asked german towns, who is anr ordained minister to do the opening prayer for this ord congress. would you please all rise. >> let us bow our heads because we need to pray here. creator and god, we gather in your presence to begin our work gaer in yoof the american people. let the will to do what is righo supercede the titles of democrat or republican. help us to

. >> for 12 hours, vizcaya was tortured by 130 mile an hour winds which toppled priceless statuary, slashedeering's precious hammock and exploded windows throughout the house. james deering was not alive and had only a caretaker staff here. and since they didn't, you know, start tracking hurricanes off of africa like we do today, the city was pretty much unaware and they probably didn't prepare much at all. and there was terrible damage to vizcaya. it's amazing it's still here, quite honestly after that. >> the devastated estate was now a great burden on james deering's heirs and beloved nieces, barbara deering danielson and marion deering mccormick. although they felt a great affection towards their uncle's home, there was immense responsibility to be assumed with the repair and upkeep of the 180 acre property. vizcaya quickly became an expensive white elephant as the great depression loomed and priorities shifted. >> it became evident to the two sisters that for vizcaya to survive, it would have to adapt to changing times. in the early '30s, they invited paul chalfin back in an effort to

>> i am in the statuary hall right now. >> okay. of a fireplace. >> there is a fireplace in statuary hall that i'm in front of. >> thank you, congressman. that's why you were elected to the congress and i wasn't. also with us, the newest member of the fleet of political analysts around here, former governor of pennsylvania, former just recently ed rendell, governor, welcome. thank you for being with us. >> my pleasure. >> your reaction to the speech and one topic you thought was a huge deficiency in the speech? >> yeah. on balance, a great speech. coopted a ton of republican issues, earmarks to deficit reduction and military recruiters on college campuses. good stuff for the base. but i thought he didn't seize the moment on gun control. and i really feel sorry about that because i think the country's supports significant gun control, limiting of those magazines to ten shots. i think it's got overwhelming public support. if there ever was a time for gun control in this country, the time is know. >> joe scarborough, that question goes

. >> after listed of the union speech each year, members of congress go to statuary hall to meet with the news media to offer their reaction to the president's address. here's a look at some of the comments made to the c-span cameras. >> congressman serving fifth term. >> yes. >> i am absolutely thought it was great. it was right on time. i was especially pleased with the way he emphasized jobs and education. the greatest challenge we face right now is making sure that the united states stays strong in terms of its commitment to the world as far as the innovativeness of our work force, the competitiveness of our work force, and he emphasized those things. that is very important. ollie that way can we move with the boldness and the confidence to make sure we sustain our position in the world. jobs, education competitiveness. >> do agree with the call for a freeze in domestic spending? >> i do. but i think we need to look at everything very, very strategically. basically, generally, i am in agreement with that. but i also think we need to look at everything with a jaundiced eye. i am ve

>> the gaulle -- all go into statuary -- statuary hall. that is where many of the local cameras are set up. journalist are there. did looks like the floor of the stock market. it is a madhouse. present -- press secretaries will stand there waiting for members of congress to come in. hastert shepherding them around. it is quite a long process. it is an hour to cycle through and be able to provide the reaction back home. >> you try to arrange as much as you -- as much as you can in advance with your local press. >> when you were in the speaker's office, was it your responsibility to coordinate all of that? >> with the press secretaries. we had a meeting in the afternoon. weeks before. there is a holding that goes on. the day of the speech, there is someone from the administration to say, here is what the president will say. so people can prepare their reaction in advance. you can react specifically to things. >> you can bring reporters into your office. >> we have been talking about the speech. i now have it. it uses the words job -- the wor

. >> we're located here in statuary hall, which served at the house chamber up until 1835 when the new house chamber was built. you can see here the scrum of media and members of congress here in statuary all, all putting in their 2 cents about the president's speech. we are pleased to be joined now by abe perennial cast on this date sheila jackson me. i've got to star coming you were there in brief the president. what did you have to do to get the premium seat click >> it's very good for america to see this happening in iraq. this is a democratic process. when i sit on the aisle seat coming to what i'm doing? and speaking to my constituents. they are way way in houston texas and it's a great opportunity to let them know what we do here and how important it is to just get a moment with some of the secretaries in the cabinet to have calmed down and you emphasizing teas issues and from houston issues. >> what is the texas issue today? >> the texas issue is about jobs, nasa, particularly education. we are suffering great budget cuts in taxes. right now our legislature is in session even t

you can watch the address on c- span-2 followed by reaction from members of congress, from statuary hall. >> coming up next, a look at the day's events beginning with president obama's remarks to a general electric plant in new york. then house democratic leaders who are holding a party retreat. then remarks from the vice president at the symmetry. then, ron kirk and the housing secretary talked about the economy and jobs. >> president obama traveled into new york or he visited a general electric plant. the president's appearance include a tour of the facility with the ceo who helped the new council on jobs. this replaces the president's advisory board headed by paul volcker. he spoke to workers and officially announced the appointment. >> i know that is not for me. that is for our special guest. i know we have any number of members from the congressional delegation. i would like to thank our representatives. thank you for your help. welcome to the other guests. welcome to the birthplace of ge more than 100 years ago. [applause] i like to think that this is where capitalism and innovatio

also watch the president's address on c-span2, followed by reactions from members of congress from statuary hall. >> now a discussion on how u.s. courts might deal with future cases on gun rights. we'll hear about recent supreme court decisions on the individual's right to bear arms, and local governments restricting that right. the cato institute of washington hosted this event. it's an hour and a half. >> hello, thank you for being here today. i want to extent a special welcome to c-span. that's always a welcome edition. i'm dean reuter, vice president of the practice groups of the federalist society. our program today on the future of the right to keep and bear arms is so sponsored by the federalist society and cato institute after being conceived by the federal practice group. i want to thank our four panelist in advance for their remarks and times today. we are expected to hear sharply contrasting views. i also want to thank cato, and dr. roger of cato. they have made this collaboration easy. i thank them. in addition, dr. pilon is going to be the moderator today. he's frequent at stud

after the speech we will have live reaction from members of congress in statuary hall up on capitol hill. the article we read a little bit ago, questioning whether there were memorable lines from a state of the union addresses. we will show you a couple of moments from past speeches. here is clinton. >> we know, and we have worked to give the american people a smaller, less bureaucratic government in washington. and we have to give the american people one that lives within its means. [applause] the era of big government is over. [applause] but we cannot go back to the time when our citizens were left to fend for themselves. [applause] instead, we must go forward as one america, one nation working together to meet the challenges we face together. self reliance and teamwork are not opposing virtues. we must have both. [applause] host: president clinton, his 1996 state of the union address. we are asking all of you about tonight's speech. does it matter? we have howard mortman, communications director here at c-span. talking about the role of social media. what role will all of this play an

can watch the president's address on c-span2 followed by reactions from members of congress from statuary hall. >> "washington journal" continues. host: david kenner joins us. there has been an ongoing discussion about military tribunals. where is the discussion that today? guest: defense secretary robert gates is going to allow the military tribunal to go forward again. since obama is inauguration, they have been on pause while the administration decides whether people can be tried in civilian courts or the military commissions. the civilian courts are now paused because of congressional action. the administration will go forward with the military tribunal aspects of this. host: by the decision to change the previous decision? guest: congress essentially tied the administration's hands and will not let them take the detainee's from guantanamo and send them to the united states for prosecution. their only option right now is a military commission held at guantanamo bay in cuba. host: for those who argue the pros and cons, what are they? guest: you do not have to go through the complex and

a lot of interesting tweets up, including the photo posted from statuary hall earlier. there's a preview of what the president is going to say, he will say, this is our generation's sputnik moment, and he calls for investment. mitch mcconnell said he doesn't intend to go along with the bipartisan seating plan for the state of the union address you've heard about. he said he's more interested in results than symbolic gestures. his remarks were earlier today. this is an hour. >> good morning, i'm one of the co-founders, on behalf of robert albritten, our publisher, and jim vandder him, my co-founder, wanted to welcome you all. this is our first inaugural edition of the playbook breakfast. because this is a first, i thought i would make a couple of introductory remarks. i get to do this because i've known mike allen, i think, longer than anyone else in this room. we first met 20 years ago as young reporters down in richmond, virginia, i was with "the washington post" at the time. mike started his career at the "richmond times dispatch." because i've known mike so long, i o

watch the press and's address on the c-span2, followed by reaction from members of congress from statuary hall -- you can also watch to the address on c-span2. host: karen ignagni is chief executive officer of america's health insurance plans. could you give us your thoughts on what the house did this week repealing the healthcare bill signed into law? guest: i think this is part of the discussion that began two years ago about what is the right thing to do with respect to health care reform, how we proceed, what do we expect, what needs to be accomplished, what was accomplished and what still needs to be done. one of the points we made last year and we talked about when we were last together on this program, is the issue of cost containment. that was left on the cutting room floor in the debate last year. we have to go back to the issue. we have to look at what are the issues surrounding individuals who are purchasing on their own, the issues surrounding small business, the issues surrounding large businesses, state and local governments. i think this is a continuation of many of the the

on c-span2, we're going to have live reaction from members of congress from statuary hall. fort worth, texas, you're the first phone call. go ahead. philip, are you with us? >> caller: yep. >> host: go ahead, sir. >> caller: well, i was going to tell them i don't think his speech means anything tonight because he keeps saying that he's going to be transparent. and he hadn't been transparent. they've done all their big bills behind closed doors and not where the american public can see things. you know, if he wants everybody to think that he's moving to the center but he's going to stay from the left where he came from and where he's planning on staying? >> host: major garrett? >> guest: that's a classic example phillip has not made up his mind but largely made up his mind with what happens with his presidency. you won't unhinge or decouple the state of the union address from what you presided over as president and there is no way to look at the last two years and not regard it as a period of active government involvement and the economy, regulation. the president believes t

also watch the president's address on c-span2 followed by reaction from members of congress from statuaryan history tv on c-span3, historians discussed the first age of terror, domestic terrorism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. from the american historical association conference. learn of the century-old traditions of preparing for presidential and military horse-drawn funeral caissons and greg carr explains how former slaves escaped and started new laws. experience american history tv on c-span3 all weekend, every weekend. see the complete schedule online at c-span.org/history, or you can also press the c-span alert button and have our schedules e-mailed to you. >> the u.s. conference of mayors this week focused on jobs and the economy. remarks now from los angeles mayor antonio ri goes saw and chicago mayor richard daley. this is about 50 minutes, and we'll follow this up with the opening news conference. >> good morning, everyone. i'm elizabeth couts, i'm the mayor of the city of burnsville, minnesota, and i'm the president of the u.s. conference of mayors. how wonderful it

also watch the president's address on c-span2 followed by reaction from member of congress from statuaryall. >> up next, european commission president jose manuel barroso takes questions from the members of parliament who represent the 27 countries of the european union. in his first question hour of the year, he answered questions on a range of issues affecting europe including the strength of the euro and the emergency sport support fund which was eyes used to aid the irish government. he is responsible for setting the policy and the legislative agenda of the european union. this lasts about an hour. .. >> should be an additional question, 30 seconds with a reply of 30 seconds. and third, heads are representatives of groups will speak with the president of the commission. the first to take the floor is our colleague, corien wortmann-kool, on behalf of the european people's party. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: thank you, president. i would like to ask a question about the european emergency fund. two underscore the importance that you attached to that, the european emergenc

live reactions from members of congress at statuary hall. but the preview program at 8:00 on c-span. coming up in about 25 minutes we will take you to a news briefing. bipartisan members will talk about the house seating arrangements tonight for the joint session for the state of the union. set to get underway at 11:00 eastern. until then, conversation from this morning's "washington journal" with our guest, major garrett. host: we're back with major garrett. cheap white house correspondent for fox news. now congressional correspondent with national journal. here is his story this morning. what should be worse be looking for tonight? -- what should viewers be looking for tonight? guest: it will probably be the most watched speech that the country will see this year. this is his stage to reset the course of his administration and the way he talks about public policy and his agenda after the midterm elections in which democrats lost control of the house and up toward significant losses in the united states senate. the president is clearly reto

also watch the president's address on c-span2, followed by reaction from members of congress from statuary hall. and a congressional leaders held a ceremony today marking the 50th anniversary of president john f. kennedy's inaugural address. it is the speech where the president ask americans to ask themselves what they could do for their country. this is about 90 minutes. [applause] >> ladies gentlemen, the whole world watched with excitement and expectation in 1961 when senator john and jacqueline kennedy moved into the white house with a young family. however, no one noticed when i first came to washington that same year. [laughter] i was a law student, a new father, and to make ends meet, 8 capitol policeman. i can still vividly remember seeing caroline call me macaroni from the south end of the white house. 50 years later, it is a great privilege to be with caroline as well as the vice-president, speaker boehner, leader pelosi, and all of you to remember the history and the hope of caroline's father's presidency. we also remember and honor president kennedy's brother-in- law, who was -

also watch the president's address on c-span2 followed by reaction from members of congress from statuary hall. >> now, housing and urban development secretary shaun donovan. he talks about how the recently-enacted tax cut package will benefit cities and also comments on a house republican proposal to cut funding for community development block grants. secretary donovan spoke recently at the u.s. conference of mayors' annual winter meeting in washington. this event is about 45 minutes.w >> thank you. it's a real pleasure to be here with all of you and introduce the secretary. twi of before i do, i just want to mention a couple of things. first of all, thank you, president and tom corcoran, for leading the effort on protecting cdbg funding which we know is so important to us as mayors. i was so pleased this morning,- we all had the opportunity to hear the president speak.i wa his steadfast support for cdbg funding has been so critical in the past few years and,his obviously, the secretary's. c but it's really going to be up to us as mayors, as i mentioned yesterday, to take the lead onit t

the present postal address on c-span 2 and followed by a reaction from members of congress from statuaryall. >> the house rules committee passed a measure to allow the committee chairman to set spending limits to 2008 levels. the proposal would cut $100 billion in spending and would have cut in nasa and the fbi. the house will vote on the rule next tuesday, the same day as the state of the union address. this is one hour and 45 minutes. >> this is not the way we hoped to start the year. we are entitled to say, here we go again. at the last meeting, you voted to take away tangible things and replace them with rhetoric and easy promises for future action. you are trying the same thing again instead of standing up and telling the american people how much you plan to spend this year. we have rhetoric that allows us to pretend we are cutting back to 2008 levels. the resolution we are considering today does not do that. it allows one person to decide the spending cap or a loss, an amount that assumes 2008 levels for "non-security" programs. what programs are considered non-security. the resolu

also watch the president's address on c-span2 followed by reaction from members of congress from statuaryhall. >> january is national stalking awareness month and attorney general eric holder notes the occasion with remarks at the justice department. other speakers include an illinois teen who was a victim of stalking. the justice department's office on violence against women and the national center for victims of crime are the cohosts of this event. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning and welcome. my name is susan carvin and i'm the director of the office of violence on woman. thanks for joining us in the great hall to help us commemorate national stalking awareness month at the department of justice. i'm pleased to introduce to introduce you an attorney with the environment and natural services division who will sing the national anthem. please rise. ♪ o say can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ what so proudly we hailed ♪ at the twilight's last gleaming ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪ ♪ through the perilous fight ♪ ore oh, the rampants we watched ♪ ♪ were so gallantl