. >> on sunday, susan jacoby on a variety of hearings on c-span. >> this week, more of our interviews from the recently held digital media conference in northern virginia. we begin this week with a discussion of how one website is taking a different approach to delivering news. >> y another online news site? >> daily news is about developing media and technology together. this is one way that we showcase the technology. we're also about taking the technology allows for understanding users and their interests and personalizing content. it improves the targeting of advertising. we're taking back and licensing it to a large number of news sites. we believe most news sites will need to be personalized in the future to meet the needs of the readers. they need this kind of technology to improve the quality of what they do come to strengthen their engagement with their readers online, and develop strong on-line digital businesses. >> when you go to the web site, how can you personalize what you want to receive? >> to some extent, the web site is in transition. we are about to launch a new ve

. >> tonight, susan jacoby on the ongoing fascination the trial of alger hiss, whitaker chambers, and the house un-american activities hearing. >> prime minister gordon brown takes questions on politics, the economy, and afghanistan, in the last session before parliament takes a summer break. >> today, sarah palin officially stepped down. she will turn over power at a ceremony in francs -- fairbanks. you can watch the speech is an ceremony tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> this week, james cliburn is our guest. healthcare is a moving target. where do we stand? >> in the house we are closer to consensus. we're not there yet. we have had meetings, all day yesterday, thursday, later into the night, and friday morning we works on a, and around 10:00, we had success on a critical part of this having to do with reasonable disparities. one of the big problems happened to be the fact that some states have investment rates much lower than they should be. we have concerns with that. so we're trying in this legislation to make sure we lock people in with a disadvantage to these di

. >> sunday, susan jacoby of the ongoing fascination with the espionage trial of alger hiss, whitaker chambers, and the house un-american activities committee. at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. >> up next, a discussion on race and the american justice system. the aspen justice system last month look at flaws in the justice system and the high number of african-american men in prison. >> thank you very much. we're going to have a discussion about the american criminal justice system, so there are obviously a lot of things we will talk about. some of the questions the people appear on this panel think are important, and then we will want to spend some time the end of the discussion finding out whether we talked about all the things you think are important. so there will be a time for questions and answers. not speeches, we hope, but -- questions. we have a distinguished group of people here today to help us with this effort, and i am going to go first to justice sandra day 0 conner. she replaced justice stewart and then was replaced in 2006 by justice samuel alito. she's a sta

. >> "you in a close play susan jacoby on the ongoing reaching "q &a" with susan jacoby on ongoing conversations >> policies and funded? >> through donations? >> taxpayer funded? >> through philanthropy. >> how c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. it is a private business initiative, no government mandate, no government money. >> now president obama talks about health care legislation at his fifth official news conference since taking office. this is just under an hour. states. >> good evening. please be seated. before i take your questions, i want to talk for a few minutes about the progress we are making on health insurance reform and where it fits into our a broader economic strategy for the six months ago i took office amid the worst recession in half a century. we were losing an average of 700,000 jobs per month and our financial system was on the verge of collapse. as a result of the actions we took in those first weeks, we have been able to pull our economy back from the brank. we took steps to stabilize our financial institutions and

susan jacoby on the ongoing fascination on the trial of algar heiss. >> now, virginia governor and democratic national committee tim kaine. he talks about the importance of grass-roots activism by young people in the democratic party and other issues. his remarks came at this year's national convention of the college democrats of america. it is about 40 minutes. >> i am the president howard university's college democrats. today i am honored to introduce a man that exemplifies public service. he preserves the environment and strives for excellence. this year's initiative is something this man is no stranger to. he began his career of public service when he took a year off of law school to volunteer with missionaries in honduras. there, he was a principal for small school for teenagers. upon graduating from harvard, his services and practicing law in richmond for 17 years represented people who had been denied housing opportunities. he has won numerous awards and was recognized by local, state, and national organizations for his fair housing advocacy. during his tenure as governor, virginia and

susan jacoby on q&a on sunday. this is at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> 26 minutes from now -- open funds for 26 minutes. -- open phones for 26 minutes. you can send us an e-mail. financial reform of the financial-services industry. a concern by many on the capitol hill. the washington post talks about all the principal players in this case or at least this issue differ on their opinions on how to pursue this. we have pictures of each of them. treasury secretary timothy geithner, ben bernanke, john dugan, and sheila bair. and here is a little bit of what the article has to say. it says on the question of creating a consumer regulator, ben bernanke argued that the work the said it does supervising banks' complement its works protecting americans from potentially risky financial products. john dugan said he was wary that this would give states the right to regulate banks interactions with consumers, making it harder for national banks. geithner students -- seemed to accuse them of protecting their turf. he said that counsel would play

captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> q&a sunday, susan jacoby alberta this. -- a alger hiss. >> next kaman remarks from the ceo of the red cross. she spoke earlier this week about the challenges her organization faces during the current economic recession. from the national press club, this is an hour. >> i was hoping to join a common -- a little over a year ago when i joined the red cross, i was hoping to join an organization that would present a challenge. and let me tell you, i have been challenged. [laughter] 8 hurricanes and tropical storms right after i joined. a record tornado season, the worst wildfires in california's history, the worst flooding in the midwest in 15 years. we also had an operating deficit of two under $9 million and a mandate from the board of governors that we would have eliminated in just two years. last but not least, i join the red cross to travel before our country went into a major recession, which is causing more and more people to seek help for nonprofits at a time when it is more and more difficult to raise fun

. >> tonight, susan jacoby and in the espionage trial of alger hiss. at 8:00 p.m.eastern and pacific on c-span. >> prime minister gordon brown takes questions on british politics, the economy, and afghanistan in his final news conference before the summer break for parliament. that is tonight on c-span could crest today, alaska gov. sarah palin officially steps down. she will turn over power at a ceremony in fairbanks. lt. john -- the lieutenant governor will be sworn in. >> next, president obama is at a town hall meeting on health care legislation. this took place at shaker heights high school. he also turnetoward the clevelad clinic. this is an hour. >> already. thank you. everybody, have a seat. hello. [cheers and applause] there are a couple of quick intelligence -- a couple of quick acknowledgement how to make. we have some special guests. first of all, the governor of the great state of ohio, a ted strickland, is in the house. [applause] there he is right there. your state treasurer, kevin boyds, is here. [applause] your secretary of state dinner for brunner'

. >> on q and a, susan jacoby on the trial of alger hiss.:00 on c-span. >> friends and colleagues a-- coleagues paid tribute to walter cronkite. this service is a little bit over one hour. >> i am the resurrection and the life, sayeth the lord. he that believes in me though he be dead shall live. and who believeth in me shall never die. i know that my redeemer liveth and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. and though this body be destroyed, yet shall i see god, and my eyes shall behold. and not as a stranger. for none of us liveth to himself, and no man dyeth to himself. for if we live, we live unto the lord. and if we die, we die unto the lord. whether we live or die, we are the lord's. blessed are the dead who die in the lord. even so, says the spirit for they rest from their labors. welcome to st. bartholomew's church and the celebration of a great life. let me ask you a couple of favors. one, please turn off anything that makes a noise. two, please abide by the wishes of the cronkite family that there be no photography

." >> susan jacoby on the public's ongoing fascination with espionage trial of alger hiss. host: and joining us now is dr. ramet -- dr. ray gibbons from the mayo clinic. thank you for joining us. guest: thank you for having me. host: the mayo clinic recently issued a report critical of the house health care bill. what are you looking for in terms of changes? guest: let me clarify the position. we wholeheartedly support obama's call for health care reform. we agree with his statement earlier that the one option not on the table is the status quo. we commend both the senate and house for their efforts to ensure universal coverage for all americans, which we view as one of the cornerstones of health care reform. however, additional steps are necessary. the president urged congress to look too high quality and efficient health care providers for information as to how to guide health care reform. we believe it is critical congress encourage health-care providers to pay for quality and value, rather than simply the quantity of health care, so that we can achieve the goal of bette

. >> susan jacoby on the ongoing fascination with the espionage trial in the house on american activities hearing. and in o'clock p.m. eastern on c-span. >> topics of tuesday state department briefing include negotiations over the political situation in honduras and the middle east peace process. robert would speak with reporters for 15 minutes. -- woods speaks with reporters for 15 minutes. >> good afternoon. welcome to the briefing. i'm sorry we got a delay did little bit. let me just lead off with the secretary of what she is doing. she arrived in bangkok earlier today. she met with the thai prime minister and took part in the meeting. tomorrow as she flies to forget phuce to phucet. richard holbrooke is traveling to pakistan and then to afghanistan. we are still trying to work through his schedule in afghanistan. we will get that information to you when we can. he will focus on the range of economic and security issues and a situation of the internal refugees and reconstruction plans. he is scheduled to meet with the president, prime minister and the general. he will have breakfast se

. >> q&a sunday, susan jacoby the public's ongoing fascination with the public trial of alger hiss. >> now the senate banking committee hears from federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. this is one of two appearances the chairman makes before the committee each year to assess the state of the economy and talk about monetary policy. the chairman discusses the use of taxpayer dollars to help the financial industry and the president's plan to give the fed a greater role in financial regulation. chris dodd of connecticut shares this 2 hour 45 minute hearing. >> the committee will come to order, and let me welcome the chairman of the federal reserve. we have a rather full complement of senate banking committee members here this morning, so there is a lot of interested in having a good conversation with you this morning about the issues before our nation. i will begin with some brief opening comments, turn to senator shelby, and i will beg the indulgence of my colleagues to reserve their opening comments for the question. -- fo the question period. i suspect you will not dramatically change

q&a sunday, susan jacoby on the public's fascination with the espionage trial of alger hiss at 8:00 p.meastern on c-span. join the conversation on civil rights an race relations with n.p.r. and fox news analyst juan williams live in two weeks on "in depth" on c-span 2. host: we're pleased to introduce you to our final guests this morning, two freshmen members of the house of representatives, bill cassidy, sixth district of the louisiana area, around baton rouge, louisiana. he is, by profession, a physician an serves on education and labor and agricultural committee in the house of representative. also with us, jim hin nes, in the seat held by christopher shay who lost in the 2008 election. he is from the financial services industry and also chairs a new democrat group dealing with the market regulatory structure. we just had the inspector general on about the tarp funds. what is your view of the economic outlook of this country right now? >> well, i think it's clear we're in a much better world than six months ago when we were worried about whether the global financial system would coll

susan jacoby and the house american activity hearings at 8:00 p.m.eastern and pacific on c-span. >> join the conversation on civil rights and race relations with npr and fox news analyst juan williams, live, sunday august 2 at noon eastern, on "book tv's" in-depth, on span 2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to turn our attention to the issue of health care. congressman tom price is going to be joining us in just a moment. he's in atlanta. republican policy committee chair for house republicans. david brucker is on the fon -- phone with roll call. good morning, david, thanks for being with us. are you with us? put this last week into some perspective. what happened and conversely what do you think is going to happen as democrats and republicans convene against this week? caller: they finally came to the aufs conclusion that it wasn't going to be a vote before the senate adjourns for the august recess. and they pretty much allowed max baucus, democrat from montana, senate of the -- chairman of the finance committee, to keep working on

. >> q and a sunday, susan dey -- susan jacoby on the fascination with the espionage trial of alger hiss. at 8:00 p.m. eastern and this -- eastern and pacific. >> republicans told reporters at a health care bill would not pass if pelosi brings its straight to the floor. joe barton spoken stay on capitol hill. this is 40 minutes. >> welcome. i am congressman barton from texas the primary committee for health-care jurisdictions in the house. we share that jurisdictions with the education and work force committee. everybody knows that the energy and commerce committee was supposed to mark up the president's health care bill. i think everybody knows this is the week that wasn't. it did not happen. there are rumors that it is not going to happen next week the the speaker will take the bill away from chairman waxman and bring it directly to the floor. i predict that if that happens that the bill will fail on a rule vote. i don't believe that the democrats on the energy and commerce committee and the blue dog democrats would vote to bypass the committee of primary jurisdiction. in the chance th

." >> susan jacoby with the espionage trial of alger hiss. . .his is about 40 minutes. >> this is the primary committee for health care jurisdiction and house. we share that jurisdiction with the ways and means committee. i think everyone knows that this was the week that the energy and commerce committee was supposed to mark up the present's health care bill. i think everyone knows that this is the week that it was not. it did not happen. there are rumors that it is not going to happen next week, that the speaker will take the bill away from chairman waxman and bring it directly to the floor. i predict that if that happens, the bill will fail on a rule vote. i do not believe the democrats and the blue dog democrats and institutional democrats in the house would vote to bypass the committee a primary jurisdiction. in the chance that there is a marked up next week in the energy and commerce committee, we wanted to hold this press conference to talk about our republican prescription for a healthy america. if you look down beside me here he will see

. >> susan jacoby on the ongoing fascination with the espionage trial and the house un-american activitiesommittee hearing. at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. >> a bipartisan group reach a compromise today on provisions of health care legislation. max baucus of talks to reporters after their closed-door meeting. -- talked to reporters after their closed-door meeting. >> we made significant progress today. it was close to a 3 hour meeting. today we brought in the head of the joint committee on tax so we could discuss offsets. he was very helpful and valuable. i mentioned this morning that we talked with actuaries to help us understand the interplay of subsidies and penalties and affordability, etc. as an option. this afternoon, he was the next one who could give us an of. explanation on the of said. there were a few reference 0.1 -- reference points. [unintelligible] there is one potential of said that was significant. the second reference was revenue. we still want to be deficit neutral over 10-years. it was very helpful. he brought a high level of comfort and better understanding