and at 7:30, call in with your questions for steven ross, author of "hollywood left and right" how movie stars shaped american politics. sunday at 2:00, "the cause." and at 5:00, a panel on surveillance and secrets with lori andrews, annie jake son zen and michael schirmhershermer. it's online at booktv.org. >>> global fiscal risks are declining but remain high according to the international monetary fund which released its fiscal monitor report yesterday. many countries needed government support to get through the global recession causing their deficits to balloon. austerity measures adopted by some countries improved the outlook but imf cautions deficit reduction goals should not hamper growth. this is salve 45 minutes. this is about 45 minutes. >> good morning, everybody, and welcome to the press conference on the 2012 fiscal monitor of the april edition 2012 fiscal monitor. you have seen the monitor, which the embargo on the monitor has just been lifted. the press conference is led by head of the fiscal affairs department with two colleagues. carlo will offer opening remarks and then

and call in for your questions for steven ross, how movie stars shaped american politics. sunday at 2:00 eastern, watch for eric alterman and his take on liberals in the cause. and at 5:00, a panel on surveillance and secrets with lori andrews, and michael shurmur. the lineup is online at booktv.org. >>> senior officials from the general services administration testified wednesday before the senate environment committee on the investigation into an $820,000 las vegas conference hosted by the gsa. this hearing featuring gsa inspector general brian miller and new acting administrator dan tangherlini was one of four congressional hearings held on gsa mismanagement this week. this runs 1:45. >> the meeting will come to order. the meet willing come to order. thank you to the press. first before i start my statement, i want to enter into the record a letter i received from majority leader harry reid that makes clear well run and cost-effective conferences are effective and provide an important economic boost to our economy. so i ask unanimous consent to enter senator reid's lett

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eisenhower and jfk. 7:30, call in with your questions for steven ross, author of "hollywood left and right, how movie stars shaped american politics." eric alterman and his take on liberals and the cause. and at 5:00, a panel on surveillance and secrets with lori ran dr andrews, an ejake s on. the entire schedule is online at book tv.org. >>> from the colonial era, prohibiti prohibition, to today, drinking, for better or worse, has always been a part of the american landscape. saturday night, live, on american history tv, a history of alcohol in america. watch our simulcast of back story with the american history guy. peter and brian regail with tales of beer and spirits in america. saturday night at 8:00 eastern. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >>> when i was embedded in eastern afghanistan, the soldiers started telling me, the u.s. government was wasting tens of billions of dollars on totally mismanaged development and logistics contracts. >> in funding the enemy, he follows the money in afghanistan, and finds corruption from top to bottom, right into the hand

and at 7:30, call in with your questions for steven ross. sunday at 2:00 eastern, watch for eric alterman and his take on liberals and the cause. at 5:00, a panel on surveillance and secrets with laurie andrews. the entire lineup is online at booktv.org. >>> in the new book, rodney king recounts his life following the video recording of his beating by los angeles police in 1991. mr. king recalls the riots following the acquittal of four of the officers in the case and talks about his own legal problems and alcohol addiction. you can see rodney king at the schaumburg center for research in black culture in harlem, new york city, next tuesday at 6:30 p.m. eastern. >>> from the colonial era, prohibition, to today, drinking for better or worse has always been a part of the american landscape. saturday night, live on american history tv, a history of alcohol in america. watch our simulcast of back story with the american history guys. host ed ayers and brian bellow regular gail with tales of beer and spirits in america, saturday night at 8 easter

at 7:30, call in with questions for steven ross, author of "hollywood left and right: how movie stars shaped american politics." sunday at 2:00 eastern, watch for eric alderman and his take on liberals and the cause. and laumpy andrews, annie jacobsen and michael shermer. the entire schedule is online at booktv.org. >>> from the colonial era, prohibition to today, drinking for better or worse has always been a part of the american landscape. saturday night, live on american history tv, a history of alcohol in america. watch our simulcast of back story with the american history guys. they regale with tales of beer and spirits in america. saturday night at 8:00 eastern. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> the house ways and means committee on tuesday heard from a panel of experts on the pros and cons of current retirement savings plans. the hearing was also to discuss possible changes to certain options as part of comprehensive tax reform. all those who testified agree tax incentives of crucial to employer and employee participation. representative david camp chairs

biographers john farrell, richard newton and richard reeves and at 7:30 call in with your questions for steven ross. sunday at 2:00 eastern, watch for eric alterman and his take on liberals in the cause. at 5:00, a panel on surveillance and secrets, about lori andrews, annie jacobsen and michael shirmer. the entire schedule is online at booktv.org. >>> on tuesday the senate judiciary subcommittee held a hearing looking at racial profiling in the u.s. specifically it will focus on state immigration laws in alabama and arizona, law enforcement against african-americans, as well as anti-terrorism efforts against that target american muslims. witnesses include senator benjamin cardin of maryland who has introduced legislation called the end racial profiling act. this is just over two hours. >>> this hearing will come to order. our hearing will focus on a civil right issue that goes to the heart of america's promise of equal justice under the law. protecting all americans from the scourge of racial profiling. racial profiling is not new. at the dawn of our republic roving bands of white men known as sla

at 7:30, call in with your questions for steven ross, author of "hollywood left and right: hoe movie stars shaped american politics." sunday, 2:00 eastern, watch for eric alterman and his take on liberaling and the cause. and surveillance with laurie andrews, michael jacobsen and michael shermer. all online at booktv.org. >>> from the colonial era prohibition to today, blinking for better or worse has always been a part of the american landscape. saturday night live, a history of alcohol in america. watch our simulcast of that story with the american history guys. they have tales of beer and spirits in america. saturday night at 8:00 eastern. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> treasury secretary tim geithner discussed a number of challenges facing the u.s. economy yesterday at the brookings institution. currently he says the recovery is grandly moving along but looking ahead the secretary says america faces a big governing task before the new year with respect to issues like the debt limit and bush tax cuts. mr. geithner's remarks come ahead of this week's imf,

and at 7:30, call in with your questions for steven ross, author of "hollywood left and right," how movie stars shaped american politics. sunday at 2:00 eastern walk for eric alterman and his take on liberals in "the cause." and at 5:00, a panel on surveillance and secrets-w laurie arntds, annie jacobsen, and michael shurmur. the entire schedule for the weekend is online at booktv.org. >>> the group citizens against government waste has released its analyst report on federal spending on earmarks. we'll hear from the group's president, thomas schatz, along with senators john mccain, jim demint, plus representatives jeff flake of arizona and tom price of georgia. >> good morning. i'm tom schatz, the president of citizens against government waste. since cagw published the first pig book in 1991, our objective has been to eventually eliminate earmarks. the 2012 congressional pig book shows that tremendous progress has been made toward that goal. there are only 152 earmarks, a record low. that is a 98.3% decrease from the 9,129 ear marks in fiscal year 2010. the total cost is $3.3 billion, whi

steven ross is our guest. the book is hollywood left and right:how movie stars shake american politics. now we take you to newman hall on the usc campus for the first panel session

eisenhower, and jfk at 7:30, call in with your questions for steven ross, author of hollywood left and right. that is sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern and the take on liberals and the cause and a panel on surveillance and secrets with lori andrews, any jacobsen and s michaelhermer. the entire schedule is online @ book-tv.org. >> this year's studentcam competition asked students across the country was part of the constitution was important to them and why. the second prize winners selected article 5. >> i am here in front of the national archives, home of the original copy of the constitution, the framework of our government, the holy grail of our american history. article 5 of this document is a little-known provision that makes america the growing and changing society it is today bennett to better understand what most people values were in regard to the and constitution, i began by asking random people what provisions of the constitution they felt they benefited most from. >> freedom of speech. >> freedom of speech that the freedom of religion. >> freedom of speech. >> the right to bear ar

steven ross is our guest. the book is hollywood left and right:how movie stars shake american politics. now we take you to newman hall on the usc campus for the first panel session of this festival of the books, history, war and remembrance. here are the authors to our featured. hitlerland, adam hotchild to end all wars. the civil war awakening. .. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning everyone. if you could take your seat, we want to get started. while everyone is getting settled, i want to welcome you here to the festival of books. nice to see so many of you here interested in history. i do have a couple of housekeeping things i need to cover very briefly.hings i ne to that we ask that all siltstones be turned off, please as a courtesy to the other t people here and also to the panelists. there will be a signing afterter the panel. it will be in the signing areaaa seven. we will have got aids if you need help to find it it will be a good opportunity help to find signing seven. albeit an opportunity if an

, the author of "-- questions for steven ross, the opera "hollywood left or right." at 5:00, a panel on surveillance and secrets of the entire schedule for the weekend is online at "booktv board -- -- at booktv.org. >> the u.s. house of representatives gaveled out yesterday. they will return on tuesday at 2:00 p.m. eastern. next week, a motion to go to conference with the senate on highway and mass-transit programs. live coverage is always here on c-span. the senate is back on monday at noon eastern for more work on the violence against women act and overhauling the postal service. you can see the senate live on c-span2. >> two things, one is, this is such a complicated conflict that we have never ever -- never, ever fought a war like this before. it is really complicated. the second thing is, what is referred to back in washington as a nation-building really is very targeted war fighting. >> david wood has spent decades covering u.s. military operations or various news organizations. this week, he won a new -- he won a pulitzer prize. he is many -- one of many pulit

and call in with your questions to steven ross.5:00, a panel on surveillance and secrets with these book authors. the entire schedule for the weekend is online. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us right now, bill horn of the u.s. sportsmen's alliance. hello. tell us a little bit about what the alliance does. guest: it is founded in the mid 1970's to come that the anti- hunting, anti-fishing movement and protect the rights of sportsmen and women to engage in these activities. host: when it comes to the activities, what is intersecting with federal policy? guest: the federal government has different areas of land. in the u.s. forest service, the wildlife refuge system, and even within the parks system, there are elements that are expressly open to hunting as well. all of these provide opportunities for fishing and hunting that most of us are committed to protecting their rights to continue to fish and hunt on those lands. basically, you have a group of organizations out there, radical animal rights groups, anti- hunti

and at 7:30, call in with your questions for steven ross. author of "hollywood left and right -- how hollywood shaped politics " ." and at 5:00, a panel on secrets. the entire schedule for the weekend is online at booktv.org. >> from the colonial area, -- colonial era, to prohibition, to today. a history of alcohol in america. regale with tales of the year in america. saturday night at 8:00 eastern as part of american historytv on c-span3. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with frank pallone. president obama announcing yesterday that he is going after them. what did you make of that? guest: it is important because all the gas prices have been based on speculation. basically, he is talking about one official and higher penalties. and some other things, but those of the key. host: it says here at the "the washington post" that either obama or any aid pointed at any example that the speculators were responsible for prices. guest: the bottom line is to suggest that the president or the government can absolutely impact gas pric

at 7:30, call in with your questions for steven ross. sunday at 2:00 eastern, watch for liberals in "the cause." at 5:00, lori andrews, any jacobson, and michael d shermer. >> un secretary general ban ki- moon delivers a keynote address at the center for global development form on removal and state -- renewable and sustainable energy. because of a that obama ought to attend the un conference this summer. world leaders and officials from around the world are meeting in june to discuss how developing a grain economy can eliminate poverty. this is about 40 minutes. >> i now have the great privilege -- really it is a privilege -- of introducing secretary general ban ki-moon. i am not going to give his bio, i would just say a couple of things. i have had the pleasure and privilege of meeting him several times with a group of economists. one of the things that has impressed me very much as head of the center for global development is how he is a champion of the developing world and of the world's pour. the second thing relevant for today is he

at 7:30, call in with your questions are steven ross.at 2:00 at eastern, watched our the take on liberals in "the cause of." the entire schedule for the weekend is online at booktv.org. >> a senate environment and public works hearing on the general services administration. members heard from brian miller and dan tangherlini. this is a little less than two hours. a mind reader, a clown, and a $75,000 bicycle building and training exercise. >> the meeting will come to order. meeting will come to order. thank you to the press. first before i start my statement, before i start, i want to the enter in the record a letter that i received from majority leader harry reid that makes clear that well run and cost effective conferences are productive and provide an important economic boost to our communities. i ask unanimous consent to enter his let near the record. do you have a similar letter from senator heller? >> yes, i do, i want his statement to be put in the record. >> absolutely. >> i'm going to ask that we each have seven minutes for our

call in with your questions for steven ross, sunday at 2 eastern, watch for eric alterman. the entire schedule for the weekend is online at booktv.org. we ask is to submit a video telling us what are the constitution is most important and why. today we will go to birmingham, alabama, to visit with talia moore, an eighth grader at john herbert phillips academy. what did you choose to focus on the first amendment as the topic of your documentary? >> as a birmingham native, i thought it would be great to what better place in birmingham for the civil rights movement. my first place was west park. all the african-american school boys in school girls left from their classrooms to go and march for their freedom. >> how do the different sides utilize success first amendment? >> the foot soldier's really, really used freedom of speech when they chanted at the march. i think dr. martin luther king really want to see the world and a better place. >> what about the other side? >> the birmingham health commissioner back in the 1960's the of laws that said there were war costs and laws a

call in for steven ross. sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern watch for the take on liberals and the cause.on surveillance in sequence with lori andrews and lamichael schirmer. -- michael shermer. >> the u.s. house gaveled out for the week yesterday and will reconvene tuesday for legislative business. next week, a bill to improve information sharing between the government and business when it comes to cyber security -- a motion to go to work with the senate. the senate is back on monday at noon for more work on the violence against women act and overhauling the postal service. you can see the senate live on c-span2. >> this is such a complicated concept that we have never ever fought a war like this before. it is really complicated. what is referred to in washington as nation-building really is very, very targeted were fighting. >> he has been decades covering u.s. military operations for various news organizations. this week he won a pulitzer prize for his series. he is one of the many pulitzer prize winners named this week. you can watch him on line at the c-span video library. fight over

at 730, colin with your questions or steven ross, author of "hollywood left and right." at 5:00, a panel surveillance and in secret with michael schirmer. the entire schedule is online at booktv.org. >> eric cantor eric sat down with mike allen of politico to talk about elections and politics. we will also hear from congressional reporter jack sherman. >> good morning. thank you for coming. i am mike allen, the chief political correspondent for "politico." hello to c-span and cnn. thanks for following this. we are on twitter. jake sherman will join me in a minute for some pre-game. one of our great congressional correspondents is going to take us behind the scenes a little bit, set the table for a great conversation with house majority leader eric cantor. i would like to thank the bank of america for their continued partnership, talking about the issues that matter most in washington. thank you for coming and making this possible. >> it is great to be here. enjoy getting applause. we do not get that everywhere, so thank you. we did announce earnings this morning, and act

at 7:30, call in with your questions for stephen -- steven ross. a panel on surveillance and it secrets with laurie andrews. >> president obama has announced a new plan on oversight of oil markets. $52 million proposal would require congressional passage before it can take effect. >> good morning, everybody. lately, i've been speaking a lot about our need for an all-of- the-above strategy for american energy -- a strategy that produces more oil and gas here at home, but also produces more biofuels and fuel-efficient cars, more solar power and wind power and other sources of clean, renewable energy. this strategy is not just the right thing to do for our long- term economic growth, it's also the right way for us to reduce our dependence on foreign oil right now. it's the right way for us to put people to work right now. and ultimately, it's the right way to stop spikes in gas prices that we've put up [with] every single year -- the same kind of increase that we've seen over the past couple of months. obviously rising gas prices means a rough ride fo

and at 7:30, call in for steven j. ross, who wrote "hollywood left and right. at 5:00, surveillance an secrets with lori andrews, jacobsen and shermer. the entire schedule is online. >> jury selection began in the retrial of former major league pitcher roger clemens, narged with knowingly lying to congress on performance enhancing drug use in baseball. >> let me read to you what his wife said in her affidavit. i i do depose and state in 1999 or 2000, andy told me he had had a conversation with roger clemens in which roger admitted to him using human growth hormones. once again, i remind you, you are under oath. you have said your conversation with mr. pettitte never happened. if that was true, why would laura pettitte remember andy telling her about the conversation? >> once again, mr. congressman, i think he misremembers the conversation we had. our relationship was close enough to know that if i would have known if he had done h.g.h., that he was knowingly knowing i had taken h fwmplet h., we would have talked about the subject. we he would have come to me an

steven strasburg going against santana. last night a great first start for the season for ross detwiler. he gave up just two hits and retired 13 batters in a row and got plenty of help at the plate. jason werth went four for five driving in two home runs. nationals top the mets 6-2. it was new york's first loss of the season. >>> it is early in the season, but there are two injured nats who could pose problems. closer drew storen could have bone chips on his elbow and michael morse is out indefinitely. he suffered a setback on his strained right lateral while playing with hagerstown. doctors are, quote, concerned. >> he came up big in a few games i saw last year. we need him back. >> not good, concerned. >>> the wizardses, guess what? they won two games in a row. they hosted the magic last night but no dwight howard. kevin serapin had a career high 27 points. d.c. topped orlando. 93-85. the wizardses visit the knicks on friday. >>> d.c. didn't have their new big guy either. >>> 6:25. still to come, plans to make it harder for thieves to steal your cell phone. >> the stock market will try

and, ross, this debt auction, how big of a concern is that casting on the conaty meant tod continent today? >> wasn't a great debt auction, but probably what we expected. pretty much evens stevens on the stoxx 600. claude back from heavy losses yesterday. up around three quarters of a percent. today down 0.1. half percent lower for the cac 40. real weakness once again is in the peripheral markets. ibex down nearly 2%, dragged down by the bankingbanesto firs. brought forward losses or birggr provisions for the real estate sector. yields still contained pretty much where we were. 5.46%. yields in spain, they dropped yesterday when one of the ecb governing counsel members said we can't relaunch the bond buying program. slightly higher today, but away from the 6% mark. so they were looking to raise 5 billion. we raised about 4.88. not bad. key was on the three year issue. you can see the yields 3.93, yields in the auction came in a little lower. also the bid to cover a little bit low. we had a bid to cover last time in mid may of 1.56. they raise the the money they wanted, but as we thought, yields were certainly higher and the bid to cover a little bit lower. so fine against expec