competitive moment,' said mayor -- deputy mayor stephen goldsmith." explain that one. >> that's actually a big deal -- a big deal, i think, for microsoft, a big deal for cities. so -- but it also represents more than just the technology contract. well, think about it, there's a couple of ways. so government tends to accept an existing model and the existing model becomes too expensive and then they're left with try to -- how to bargain down the cost of it. the model's wrong. they have a lot of employees. we do not want to pay a licensing fee for every desktop computer to use that software which had been the microsoft model. and we have some people who use outlook-excel-powerpoint and we have some people who use just email and so we have different scale users. what you want to do is you want to buy the access that you want and then you want to move employees to whatever level of performance they need. so this is kind of cloud computing, plus desktop computing. and so basically we said to microsoft, you know, there are others in this business as well. w

. >> this week, stephen goldsmith, currently the deputy mayor of new york city. during the 1990's, he was the mayor of indianapolis. >> stephen goldsmith, how would you describe the difference between being mayor of indianapolis for two terms and being deputy mayor of new york city? >> a lot of differences. the only difference that is not insignificant now, i am an agent and no longer the principal. there is a difference in scale and complexity. to some extent, indianapolis is the 12th largest city in the country. many urban problems are common from place to place, particularly in tough financial times. it is fun and challenging. it is similar in a lot of ways as well. >> when did you decide to do this job and why? >> i am not sure exactly when. i was teaching at harvard, running and innovation center and doing a little consulting in cities around the country. i rode a book about the relationship between nonprofit shands and cities in governments. there was a flattering portrait and i assume someone in the bloomberg administration saw that and appreciated my good

. >> stephen goldsmith spent eight years as mayor of indianapolis. today he has a different boss, michael bloomberg, and a different job description. >> i want to make sure the tax dollars go a little bit further. i want to prove that large cities have a corporate future. >> q&a, tonight at 8:00 on c- span. >> this morning, a political roundtable, including a possible government shut down. government shut down.

after that, stephen goldsmith. charles murray, author of the "bell curve" discusses disparities in white america and economic and class distinctions. live coverage begins tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. on c-span3. on wednesday at a senate homeland security hearing meeting, the 911. >> 9/11 commissioners talked about the threat of homegrown terrorists. chairman not keane said that homegrown terrorists are the greatest potential threat right now. they discussed how to implement the recommendations and the national security gaps that still remain. this is two hours. [inaudible] morning. thank you all for being here. the attacks on america by islamist terrorists on 9/11 took place almost a decade ago, but the memories of that day are still searing. the attacks and did thousands of lives, changed families forever and forced the country into another world wide war. we all remember that morning. i know we will want to the moment we leave earth. the nation watched on television as those extraordinary might be the twin towers of the

stephen goldsmith used to be the mayor of indianapolis.lease look for that on sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. the congressional correspondents dinner is rhee airing on saturday. if you heard about it this week, members from congress including four that did a bit of a comedy routine, an interesting side of washington. thanks for being with us. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] theme askis year's students to do a topic that helps them better understand the role of the federal government. today, we go to knock so, tenn. -- today, we go to knoxville, tenn. >> the documentary contest was bout how the community iwas affecting us in our daily lives. since it directly affected us in the city, the epa went with that because they drove the whole cleanup process. >> how many people were affected? >> in the 2008, a dyke spilled coal ash which went into three rivers and consumed about 12 homes. we know that the total amount of people in the city that was affected was

. >> current new york city deputy mayor stephen goldsmith spent eight years as mayor of indianapolis. today he has a boss, michael bloomberg and a different job description. >> i'm here to try to make the streets a little bit cleaner and a little bit safer and the tax dollars go a little bit farther and improve the large cities particularly the great large cities who have a vibrant future. i steer away from things that will detract from that agenda. >> q&a sunday night at 8:00 on c-span. >> now more from the house oversight subcommittee looking at the dodd-frank financial overhaul bill. the committee also heard a dissent that the t.a.r.p. program from the assistant treasury secretary for financial stability, tim massad. he testified the taxpayer wouldn't fund any future wind downs of failing firms because the fdic now has the authority to break down these firms. this is an hour and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the committee will come back to order and we will now recognize our second panel, mr. massad is the acting assistant secretary for financia

. >> stephen goldsmith spent eight years as mayor of indianapolis. today he has a boss, michael bloomberg, and a different job description. >> i am here to try to make the streets a little bit cleaner and a little bit safer and the tax dollars go little bit further, and prove that large cities have really vibrant futures. i try to steer away from things that detract from that agenda. >> earlier this week, president obama outlined a new energy policy that includes a long-term plan to reduce the nation's reliance on fossil fuels and increase the use of renewable resources. today he outlined a partnership of private companies and the federal government working to reduce fuel consumption in their vehicle fleets and help increase u.s. oil imports. he also talked about the latest jobs report and urge lawmakers to reach a compromise in the budget debate. he spoke at a ups shipping facility in maryland. this is about 25 minutes. >> thank you so much. everybody, please have a seat. i am thrilled to be here. proud to be joined here today by two of our outstand

. >> stephen goldsmith sent a -- spent years -- eight years as mayor of indianapolis. today he worked for michael bloomberg. >> i keep the streets of a bit cleaner, make the tax dollars go a little bit farther, and prove that large cities have a vibrant future. and i stay away from things that would detract from that. >> sunday night at 8:00 on c- span. >> policies ban on twitter. it's as the fastest way to get programming and scheduling updates. you can join in the conversation and tweaked questions directly to our "washington journal" gas. -- guests. it started at twitter. >> "washington journal" continues. host: gregory ip of the " economist" joins us. 8.8% is the unemployment figure. what does that mean for people who does understand it guest: this is the rare month when all the numbers were good numbers. it is still picking up momentum. to give you some perspective, which created about 216,000 non- farm jobs, combined with february, is the most since 2006. the recession has been over for over a year-and-a-half and we're still struggling to create jobs. it is taken

. >> stephen goldsmith was mayor of indianapolis. today he has a boss, michael bloomberg, and a different job description. >> i am there to make the streets cleaner, safer, and that tax dollars go farther, improving large cities, to see a vibrant future. i stay away things that would detract from that agenda. >> sunday night. >> now discussion on how cities like detroit are impacted by the national economy. from "washington journal," this is 35 minutes. ining us from his home -- from his home city of detroit, mayor dave bing. we saw you when you first came into office about 10 months ago with your plans to revitalize and restructured detroit's government and the city as a whole. how are you doing 10 months into it? guest: it is a journey, no doubt about it, but i think we are making progress. we are trying to get the citizens understanding, number one, that change is imminent. we cannot keep doing the things we have done for the last 30 years and think we can get a different result. we are working hard to communicate our situation. h

. >> stephen goldsmith spent eight years as mayor of indianapolis. today he has a boss, michael bloomberg. >> i am here to make the streets a little bit cleaner and saver, make the tax dollars go farther, and that large cities have a really vibrant future. i steer away from things that will detract from that agenda. >> quamplet, sunday night at 8:00 on something. >> at a recent question time session in the australia parliament, prime minister julia gillard and cabinet members answered questions on the government's plans for a carbon tax and multiculturalism policy. this program is just over 40 minutes. >> to fight climate change. the idea is being fiercely resisted by opposition leader on the conservative side of politics. during march, the government had to defend its border protection policies after riots on christmas island, where a detention center houses more than 2,000 asylum seekers. during march the government and opposition declared their support for japan after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. here earthquake, tsunami and nucl

. >> if i could say what i wanted as mayor -- >> stephen goldsmith spent eight years as mayor of indianapolis. today he has a boss, michael bloomberg. >> i am here to make the streets cleaner and safer and prove that large cities have a vibrant future. i steer away from things that will detract from that agenda. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. friday was a pretty busy day in the house. they passed a full-year extension of the faa reauthorization bill. they also passed a government shutdown prevention act. the fiscal year 2011 spending bill passed by the house in february would become law if the senate does not pass the bill by next wednesday today'