we will hear from president obama impersonator, reggie brown, retired lieutenant colonel steve russell, and texas governor and potential presidential candidate rick perry. at 7:00 a.m. eastern, "washington journal," with today's calls and see spends " newsmakers" to that. -- after that. on "washington journal," presidential politics in reaction to presidential politics at the republican leadership conference. then a former cia analyst at 20 years talks about the al-qaeda operation since the death of osama bin laden and the airport economist chief economist looks at the breakdown of airline fees. the airlines made $5.7 billion in revenues from those fees. >> the c-span coverage of the national cable telecommunications cable show continues today at 5:15 p.m. eastern. julius genachowski is interviewed by the former fcc chairman michael palle who held -- who heads the ncta. then they look ahead to next year's presidential election with david axelrod and former national committee chairman for the republicans, ed gillespie. >> the time ordered the world when i was growing up. >> page one pro

is steve russell here tonight? did he make it? anyway, steve russell who did piecework at the tdp won, bill and i would literally taken dumpsters to get these listings of coffee stained and i could smell the coffee today. and then they go my gosh, i don't know what they're doing, but it's beautiful. [laughter] so you kind of absorb some of that fearlessness is, you know, as you go along the way. so active mentoring and then you're excited about other things like shakespeare or whatever. i mean, i've enjoyed having a well-rounded player, or am interested filming different things. i try to convey it a little bit in the book. >> i think you did. >> there so many things that are unbelievably fascinating in the world, whether it's literature or art or the ocean, you could keep going on. you could go on and on forever. any of those you can get john into if you've got somebody pushes you to wait that's that's excited about it for experience project museum in seattle. we tried like i think this museum is doing to show young people that yo

. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome steve russell, author of "these values." [applause] >> i had the privilege of commanding a force that captured said on his name. -- saddam hussein. thank you. thank you. among the soldiers that were serving with us that night was ian and michael. ian discovered the for tidbits -- orchards and michael was a battle captain. little did these two soldiers know when they were roommates at west point that they would both be a part of the forces that made history that night. returning to iraq with the same brigade about 15 months later, but now each of them in command of their own companies, ian was killed in action in april 2006. those of us to serve with him pay our respects as he was laid to rest at arlington national cemetery. six months later, after sir frank a concussion and ignoring those injuries, mark payne led his troops in a combat operation in which she was also killed by enemy fire in october 2006. i made another trip to arlington national cemetery to pay my respects to yet another friend. at the burial, if you have be

thus, steve russell, following highlights from the conference, former national-security advisor brent scowcroft on u.s. foreign policy. >> c-span has launched a new easy-to-navigate web site for politics in the 2012 presidential race with the list c-span events from the campaign trail. visit us at c-span daughter are/campaign 2012 -- at c- span.org/campaign 2012. saturday was the final day of the 2011 leadership conference. coming up, we will show you a number of speeches from this conference. beginning now with the governor. . he is reported considering a run for president. the recovery comes as a result of individuals doing the hard work and making things happen. [applause] unfortunately, this administration in washington that is in power now clearly believes that government is not only the answer to every need but is the most qualified to make essential decisions for every american in every area. that that mix of arrogance and audacity that guides the obama administration is an affront to every freedom-loving american and a threat to every private sector job in this country. whethe

senate candidate in fatah mike mcalester, and former retired lieutenant colonel steve russell who commanded the u.s. army unit that captured some hussain. -- some who same -- saddam hussain. >> andrew rossi looks at the changing newspaper industry and takes an inside look at the "new york times" from the eyes of the staff. >> i came into it with a grand sort of sense of what the solutions are for traditional media. i came in with a desire, really, just to observe. >> you will talk about his new documentary sunday night on c- span a "q&a. well -- "q&a." >> brent scowcroft gave a speech john u.s. foreign policy of the national press club here in his remarks followed a presentation of the 24th journalism awards. this is an hour. >> it just so happens that our club has enjoyed a close association with the 34th president of united states and his legacy print general ford spoke at this podium a record 18 times. he appeared before, during, and after his presidency. this is one example of how he enjoyed cordial but a corporate relationship with the press. it is a tribute to president ford that many

[no audio] [applause] -- [applause] >> i am steve russell.command a task force of 1000 soldiers that captured saddam hussein. [cheers and applause] thank you. thank you. [cheers and applause] among [applause] among the soldier that were serving with us that nine was ian -- that night was ian. ian was a part of the recall on group that we worked so closely with. mark coordinated intervention as a battle captain for the fourth infantry division. when they were roommates at west point, they would both be a part of the forces that made history that night. returning to iraq with the same brigade about 15 months later, but now each of them in command of their own companies. ian was killed in action leading his troops in april 2006. both of us that serve with him paid our respects as he was laid to rest at arlington national cemetery. six months later after suffering a concussion and ignoring those injuries, mark led his troops in a combat operation in which he was also killed by enemy fire in october 2006. i made another trip to the arlington natio

. >> am steve russell. i have the privilege to work with the command force that took down saddam hussein. [applause] -- i am steve russell. thank you. thank you. [applause] among the soldiers that were started with us that night was ian wikel and tom payne. ian discovered the orchards on two farms that are targeted. mark payne scored needed the information as a battle captain for the fourth grade of the fourth infantry division. the soldiers know -- little did the soldiers know that when there were roommates they would both be part of the forces that made history that night. returning to iraq with the same grade later but now each in command of their own companies. ian was killed in action in april of 2006. those of us that served with him pay our respects as he was laid to rest at arlington national cemetery. six months later, after suffering a concussion and ignoring those injuries, mark payne led his troops in a combat operation in which he was also killed by enemy fire in october of 2006. so i made anot

joining us to put it all into persepective, stephen wood, the chief market strategist at russell investment. steve, we saw a lot tlorn at investors this week-- stocks down five weeks in a row for the first time since 2004, does the weakness we saw this week look any different than a normal dip. >> i think it is i think what we are looking at from a multiyear per spec sieve not a v or a w shaped recovery. it's more like a square root sign where we came into a recession pretty dramatically a couple years ago an recovered. but then you platteau out at a lower rate of growth. and i think that plateauing is where we are, where we will be for a while. and with that you will have some quarters a little better and some not quite so good. the last quarter we have come through was extremely weak and the data has been dripping and drabbing for the last large number of weeks. and this is certainly a slow patch. and probably a significant slow patch in the economic recovery story. and so that's what i think you are seeing in the data over the last large number of weeks. >> tom: so overlay that over the market

steve has described as simply beautiful. >> a 200 bound chimp named travis destroyed her face and severed her hands. >>> actor russell crow is back tracking about harsh comments he made about circumsion. he said, circumsion is bar baric. he later back tracked. crowe is the father of two sons >>> arizona fire crews say for the first time in two weeks, they are making progress in fighting wallow. the wind has let up. that fire is now 5% contained. the fire burped more than 6 up square miles across arizona. it is now headed towards the new mexico border. thousands have been evacuated from their communities. >>> doctors in joplin, missouri, say a rare fungal infection is affecting survivors of last month's tornado. it is caused by soil or material becoming embedded under the skin. people with weakened immune systems are more susceptible. three of the five patients treated died. but doctors noted that those people had other medical problem. >>> a walk began on the marin side, about 6:30 this morning. it's meant to en courage health and wellness among the african american youth the organization tries to health organizers are es