at 6:00 eastern, stewart powell of the "houston chronicle" on the obama administration's plans for nasand what republican presidential candidates are saying about the space agency. and then at 6:40, nasa administrator charles bolden outlining the administration's budget proposal for his agency. our look at the future of u.s. space policy begins at 5:30 p.m. eastern tomorrow on c-span2. coming up on c-span3, american history tv coverage of the history of the space program. in a few moments, an oral history interview with former nasa flight director gene kranz. in an hour and a half, the congressional gold medal ceremony honoring astronauts john glenn, neil armstrong, michael collins, and buzz aldrin. later, a 1963 nasa film biography of john glenn, the first american to orbit the earth. >>> at the 1968 olympic games john carlos and tommy smith raised their fists in the black power salute. >> they said black power. they intimidated so many people. white people in particular by using that phrase. black power. because when they use that word, or that phrase, black power, it made many people

host: stewart powell. guest: nasa devotes some of its budget to cleaning up and dealing with regulatory compliance. that's a small part of what the. agency. i do not detect a lot of concern on capitol hill in congress over cleanup and environmental impacts from the space program. i think there are some people were focused on it. i do not get a sense that it's a widespread issue. host: we were talking about the end of the shuttle program. what happened to the shuttle's? where are they now? guest: that's a great question. it is striking to me that after toera -- after this era of the cold war space race, there has been real armthey felt one shoue johnson space center. the ultimate decision was to put one in the kennedy space center, one at the smithsonian here in washington, and they are sending the test shuttle, the enterprise, which had been -- it was one that was flown on the back of a 747 to show it was aerodynamic and it was released and landed but it never had an engine in it, never power to go into sp

colony on the moon, and at six eastern, stewart powell talks on the plans for nasa and what republicanandidates say about the space agency. at 6:40, nasa administrator charles bolden out lines the administration's budget proposal for his agency. a look at u.s. space policy starts at 5:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> number one, no one is immune in the current situation. it's not just a euro crisis, but one that could have spillover effects around the world, and, you know, we'll hear from others, but what i have seen and what we see in numbers and in forecasts is that no country is immune and everybody has an interest in making sure this crisis is resolved. >> i have been in public service, most of which involved in public finance over four decades. let me share with you, i've never been as scared as now about the world. what's happening in europe, looking at what experience was in -- not in any other crisis we had, and the crisis we had in the 1990s. this is very big issue. first of all, i agree entirely with christine that nobody's immune. we are all connected to each other. >> yo

and at 6:00 eastern stewart powell on the houston chronicle on the obama's administration plan for nasa and what republican presidential candidates are saying about the space agency. and coming up at 6:40 this afternoon nasa administrator charles bolden outlines the administration's budget proposal for his agency. a look at space policy begins again at 5:30 eastern right here on c-span2. and with the house and senate on break this week, we're featuring booktv programming in prime time here on c-span2. tonight, books highlighting african-american lives. starting at 8:00 eastern, henry lewis gates, jr., with life upon these shores. looking at african-american history 1513-2008. at 8:40 connie rice who is the cousin of former secretary of state condoleezza rice on her book, power concedes nothing, one woman's quest for social justice in america. and at 9:45, john karr los and dave zi-ron and the john karr los story the sports moment that changed the world. booktv in prime time all this week starting at 8:00 prime minister on c-span2. >> from the world economic forum in dazzlos switzerland

powell murder/suicide. sfloo >>> let ate get right to our strategy session. jamal simmons along with alice stewart.et me start with you. you agree with newt gingrich, this republican contest could go all the way to the end of august, the convention floor in tampa? >> i agree, and i think ever candidate has the right to stay in until the nominee receives the magic number 1144. back in '08 it was governor huckabee. he stayed in until john mccain received the exact number. it's important to do this. voters in all states should have the opportunity to vote until someone has the magic number of votes. this is an important part of the process, important to make sure that all the candidatesing gf after each other on the issues. job number one is to defeat barack obama in november. >> are you among those democrats that believe a long-drawn-out fierce battle bodes well for the president's reelection chances. >> i do they it bodes well and bad for mitt romney. the difference between this year and 2008, in 2008 hillary clinton and barack obama were trying to get to the center, going after moderate voters. rig