with stephen flanagan. "washington journal" is next. >> we did it again. >> rick santorum edges out the new gingrich and mitt romney for two victories in alabama and mississippi last night. mitt romney scored a victory in hawaii. good morning on this wednesday, march 14, 2012. president obama official welcomes british prime minister david cameron to the white house this morning if with a 19-gun salutes and an arrival ceremony full of pomp and circumstance. they will hold a joint news conference at noon today followed by a state dinner tonight. we will have that 9:00 a.m. eastern time on c-span 3. we begin with last night's primary. rick santorum leading in two states. but what is next for newt gingrich? dial in on your respective phone lines. also, you can send us an e-mail or a tweet. or post your comments on facebook. let me show you the local papers this morning. santorum sweeps in alabama. and in mississippi, santorum by a hair. the washington times this morning has this to say about last night's primar

host: stephen flanagan is on our set. talking about u.s./british relations.s david cameron is about to arrive at the white house, what is on the agenda? >> it is a big agenda. i think afghanistan is going to dominate the agenda because the two countries have been in this effort from the get go. it is the second major contributor to the stabilization force. but iran, syria, a number of issues are going to be on their plate. leading up to things like the nato summit which will be in chicago in may. >> let's stick with afghanistan guest: the public -- both the president and the prime minister of our experiencing growing frustration because of the war effort. last week, articles were published right to say why the fight was worth it. prime minister cameron has been steadfast about this and what he wants to do is to come here and get agreements with president obama that they can see through this strategy. they agree to it, in the end of 2010, which was a gradual transition over the period in up to 2014 to the afghans taking full control of security situations. in

after that, stephen flanagan of the center for strategic and international studies looks at talks between president obama and british prime minister david cameron, including the future of afghanistan and the nato alliance. plus your e-mail, phone call that week. "washington journal," live wednesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i hope that as we move forward in this world, there are a number of problems that we have to resolve, problems of genocide, problems with growing people's republic of china, a growing problem with iran. we have a lot of problems to deal with, and i think diplomatic solutions are going to have to be answered in the future as we start to deal with the problems coming. >> congressman donald payne, who passed away this past week, was the first african-american to serve in the u.s. house from new jersey. he was a former head of the black congressional caucus and served on house committees on education and foreign affairs. watch his speeches from the house floor and other c-span appearances, online at the c- span video library. >> next, a forum on u.s. policy in the

and stephen flanagan, who is with the center for strategic and international studies will be on to talkl visit by the british prime minister and our relations between the u.k. and the u.s. of course, we'll begin the program with your reaction to some of the results from mississippi and alabama, the "washington journal," 7:00 a.m. eastern time, 4:00 for those of you on the west coast. earlier tonight former senator rick santorum in louisiana with an eye on the caucuses there later in the months declaring victory in both mis and alabama -- mississippi and alabama. our coverage continues here on c-span. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. one more thing, auppeds you'll appreciate it. we have to do this for somebody like rick santorum. i heard him talk, and he talks kinds of funny. so when i heard that -- he thinks we talk funny, but that's how it works in south louisiana. so because of that i decided he deserves the right to be an honorary cajun. so tonight -- [cheers and applause] >> thank you. thank you. we did it again. [cheers and applause] thank you all very much. first and foremost,