swett's hand moving to try to get to the sheriff's weapon. the sheriff was able to restrain him, and he did not get his hand on the sheriff's weapon, which was holstered. >> clifford can't defend himself. he's handcuffed and remains silent during the struggle. >> he never moved. he never said a word. he never backed off. he never looked afraid. he just simply sat there. and even afterwards when they brought him back into the courtroom to finish the sentencing, he had absolutely no remorse for what he had done, none whatsoever. >> during the struggle, swett's heard crying out for his dead son. >> he's not yelling anything other than his own son's name, josh, over and over again. josh, his baby, josh, his son. >> officers and family members are trying to control swett, but the chaos escalates when someone in the courtroom begins yelling at the grieving father. >> that's when he started losing it. now if you watch the video, we have him up. he's getting under control a little bit. he slows down. his lip is bleeding a little bit from just the alt

"you work, hard, they should oto, make your senator swett." we are lucky in new hampshire, it is a very exciting place to be involved in our quadrennial drum up of presidential politics. we do a heck of a job here. i want to give a shout out to the granite state. we do a super job. but my husband and i had the opportunity to meet with the candidates that year. this is still in the tradition of the jackson democrats. i am sure it is familiar to you. it very simply was someone that was tough on foreign policy but progress of. >> let's show a brief video from 2003. >> undeclared are independent voters can pick up a ballot. we are going to be targeting a lot of efforts. they tend to be republicans but there are more moderate. we think they are going to want to pick up a democratic ballot. >> looking at the world as it has developed all you ran for the house. what is a democrat today? >> let me tell you why i am a democrat. i am a democrat because the most fundamental shoot for me is whether we tried to create a society in which the broad base of t

. >> katrina swett -- tfo >> whether we are talking about torture as it relates to the war on terrorr the reset policy with russia, you know, and, and the upcoming issue of whether or not the u.s. congress should pass the accountability act which is, we don't need to go into the details of the policy issue, whether or not we are going to stay on record as saying human rights matter. they matter in russia. they matter in china. >> more with katrina lantos swett on cspan's q & a. >> the pope has a famous way of being determined with the cardinal level post. and the pope hand picks this person. and this person -- this person decides when the pope is dead. he hits him three times on the head with a silver hammer and calls out his baptismal name three times which is carried over from the romans. the romans use that method yelling your name at you three times. although even today the pope isn't didn't tim the cardinal position says he is dead. >> on afterwards, dick tereci, describes the ever changing concept of death and organ harvesting is blurring that line. also this weekend on book tv

but another chance to see "q & a" if katrina lantos swett.omorrow, a reporter's roundtable on the week ahead for congress. irs national advocate nina olson at how the office helps taxpayers navigate their returns. they discuss federal programs that provide job training and employment of attendees for those under 55 years old. it is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> it has been nearly 10 years since the release of robert caro third volume of lyndon johnson. johnson.

. >> katrina lantos swett is the president and ceo for human rights and justice. >> when we abandon our deepest values and whether we're talking about torture as it relates to the war on terror or the reset policy with russia, you know, and the upcoming issue of whether or not the u.s. congress should pass the accountability act which is -- we don't need to go into the details of that policy issue but whether or not we're going to stay on record saying that human rights matter. they matter in russia. they matter in china. >> more with katrina lantos swett saturday night at 8:00 on c-span's q and a. >>> we now continue our look at american history tv with tonight's focus on the life and career of richard nixon. jerry schilling met elvis presley. he was in the oval office. we'll hear about the events leading up to the 1970 white house visit and what happened when the two men met. this is about an hour. >> you get a call out of the blue. it's elvis. tell us about it. set it up. >> well, i was in culver city, california. i was doing my film editing stuff. hi gone to bed. it was saturday. an

. >> katrina lantos swett. >> when we abandon our deepest values. whether we're talking about torture as it relates to the war on terror or the reset policy with russia and the upcoming issue of whether or not the u.s. congress should pass the accountability act which is -- we don't need to go to into the details of that policy issue but whether or not we're going to stay on record as saying human rights matter. they matter in russia. they matter in china. >> more with katrina lanto lantos swett, sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >> we now continue our look at american history tv in primetime with tonight's focus on the life and career of richard nixon. jerry schilling met elvis presley in 1954 and became a close friend and bodyguard to the star. mr. schilling was present in the oval office when elvis met president nixon. we'll now hear about the events leading up to that white house visit and what happened when the two men met. held at the nixon presidential library, this is about an hour. >> you get a call out of the blue. it's elvis. tell us

. >> katrina swett -- tfo >> whether we are talking about torture as it relates to the war on terrorset policy with russia, you know, and, and the upcoming issue of whether or not the u.s. congress should pass the accountability act which is, we don't need to go into the details of the policy issue, whether or not we are going to stay on record as saying human rights matter. they matter in russia. they matter in china. >> more with katrina lantos swett on cspan's q & a. >> the pope has a famous way of being determined with the cardinal level post. and the pope hand picks this person. and this person -- this person decides when the pope is dead. he hits him three times on the head with a silver hammer and calls out his baptismal name three times which is carried over from the romans. the romans use that method

. >> more with katrina lantos swett sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q and a. >>> with congress returning its spring recess, all this week we're showing you american history tv in primetime. tonight, it's focusing on the life and career of richard nixon. first, elizabeth holtzman heard impeachment hearings. this is about half an hour. >> let's fast forward to the spring and summer of 1974. radino hasn't taken a count yet but when -- >> >> well, it's clear that the over well meeg majority of the democrats supported an impeachment. we understood that it was never going to happen unless democrats participated. that was not going to work. and so there was an effort to structure and i was part of that. there was an effort rodino participated and a small number of democrats participated in and i think the southern democrats participated in that because you had to bring everybody along or as many people as possible. in the end, all of the democrats supported this. and seven or eight republicans supported it. i think that's the correct number. >> well, the tapes are part of the turning point. the

. >> katrina lantos swett is president and ceo of the lantos foundation for human rights and justice. >> when we abandon our deepest values, whether we're talking about torture as it relates to the war on terror, or the recent policy with russia, you know, and the upcoming issue of whether or not the u.s. congress should pass the sergei magnitsky accountability act, which we don't need to go into the details of that policy issue, but whether or not we're going to stay on record as saying human rights matter. they matter in russia. they matter in china. >> more sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >>> all this week it's american history tv in prime time. we now return to the mariners museum in newport news, virginia, where a civil war navy conference was held last month to mark the 150th anniversary of the battle of hampton roads. this was the first time ironclads faced off during battle. up next, david alberg of the monitor national marine sanctuary looks at the recovery and identification of human remains from the "uss monitor." that ship faced off with the "css virginia" near hampt

. >> more with katrina lantos swett on s&p's -- c-span's "q & a." >> this week on "the communicators" lawrence strickling discusses the reanalize zation of spectrum. >> very quickly, if you could start "the communicators" by saying what the national telecommunications administration does, what you do, how interact with the fcc, the white house, the t.t.c., et cetera. >> certainly. we're a branch of the department of commerce, but by statute we are the principle advisor to the president on communications and information policy issues. >> now, you mention spectrum, and there was a recent spectrum report that came out where you mentioned how to free up 95 megahertz of spectrum. what is involved in that? who owns that now? who uses that now? is it unused? what will be involved in bringing that up? >> as you will recall, the president back in 2010 charged the ncia and the f.t.c. to work to find 500 megahertz of spectrum we could realoe spectrum we could realoe indicate to -- reallocate to commercial broad band use. almost a fifth of the president's. they each have 2,000 in that band. what

. >> more with katrina lantos swett tonight at 8:00 on c-span's "q & a". >> welcome to c-span "newsmakers. "both parties have their eye on control in the united states senate after this year's election and our two guests this week have the responsibility for helping to make that happen for their respective parties and on my immediate right, guy cecil is executive director of the democratic senatorial committee. rob who is executive director of the national republican committee. two reporters asking questions this week, politico's national politics editor and reed wilson, the national journal's hotline editor in chief. let's start with you. >> maybe you both can address this question. with so many open seat races this year and so many races that handicapers see as toss-up seats, how is the presidential race going to affect all of these races in november? how do you see that playing out? >> look, i think the president is only going to be a factor in the agenda of the president's agenda is going to be a factor mainly because all these senate democrats are running against have voted for the t

. >> katrina lantos swett is the ceo for human rights injustice. >> when we abandon our deepest values and whether we're talking about torture as it relates to the war on terror or the reset policy with russia, you know, and the upcoming issue of whether or not the u.s.

. >> katrina lantos swett is the ceo of the lanto foundation for justice. >> when we abandon our values whether we're talking about torture as it relates to the war on terror or the reset policy with russia, you know, and the upcoming issue of whether or not the u.s. congress should pass the accountability act which we don't need to go into the details of that policy issue but whether or not we're going to stay on record as saying that human rights matter in russia, they matter in china. >> more sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q and a. an inspector general's report issued last week detailed excessive spending at an $800,000 general services administration conference outside las vegas. the inspector general testifies about his investigation before the house oversight committee on monday. and you can seeing that live here on c-span3 beginning at 1:30 p.m. eastern. the u.s. and five other countries are scheduled in this weekend to begin negotiations with iran over its nuclear program. last week, the world fairs council of washington hosted a discussion on whether the u.s. should attack ir

watch for our upcoming q&a on sunday may 6. >> this week, katrina lantos swett. she discusses her organization, politics, and her father, the late representative tom lantos of california. >> what do remember most about your father? >> he was a larger-than-life figure. my father and i were very close. i still miss him every single day. to what i remember about him was a kind of profound integrity that he had. the integrity is meeting the same person on the inside and a portrait of the outside. growing up in that household was fascinating. i have to say that my very first job out of law school was in the senate. there are all these dynamic figures. i remember thinking at the time i am not sure any of these guys hold a candle to my dad. >> let's show the audience to your father was. [video clip] >> prior to my wife's years long campaign, it was almost totally unknown. >> i owe it to my wife in a yearlong campaign. he saved untold thousands of human lives. he left behind the comfort, safety, affluence of stockholm to go to budapest, to do his utmost to stand between

. >> katrina lantos swett is the president and c.e.o. for human rights and justice. >> when we abandon our deepest values and that -- when they were talking about torture as it relates to the war on terror or the vet policy with russia, you know, and the up coming issue of whether or not the u.s. congress should pass the accountability act which is we don't need to go into the details of that policy issue but whether or not we're going to stay on record of saying human rights matter. they matter in russia. they matter in china. >> more with katrina lantos swett saturday night at 8:00 on "q&a." >> april 15rks 1912, nearly 1,500 perished on the ship called unsinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sounded, they sighted an iceberg ahead they struck it three times, ding, ding, ding, which is a warning saying there's some object ahead of the ship and it doesn't say what kind of object. with the lookout then did, he went to a telephone mast and called down to the officer of the bridge to tell them what it is that they saw. and when the phone

. >> more with katrina lantos swett sunday night at 8:00. >> april 15, 1912, nearly 1500 paris on a ship called unsinkable. >> once the lookouts sighted in icebergs ahead, this struck the bells to three times. this is a warning sitting there is an object ahead. it means a head of the ship and does not say what kind of object. with the lockout ended after he struck the bel, he went to a telephone desk and a call down to the officer on the bridge to tell him what it was they saw. when the phone was answered, the entire conversation was, what do you see? the response was, i spurred straight ahead. the response from the officer was, thank you. >> sunday at 4:00 eastern part of "american tv -- american history tv." >> on wednesday, ron paul reaffirmed his commitment to stay in the presidential race after rick santorum's announcement was dropping out. ron paul holds 52 delegates trailing the two remaining candidates. he gave remarks at a youth for ron paul campaign rally in fort worth, texas. that primary is may 29. [crowd cheering] >> thank you. [cheers] >> it sounds to me like the revolution

a" with i'm "q & katrina lantos swett.hen the president of the export/import bank on the future funding of the bank. >> we owe it to our first responders to get a modern communications network. that is exactly what this legislation does. congress put it under

they matter in china. >> more with katrina lantos swett sunday night at 8 p.m.on c-span q&a. >> the convention center in washington, d.c. for more from the national action network's annual convention. opening up this morning will be a conversation on race and politics. after that we expected from housing and urban developers secretary shaun donovan, epa administrator lisa jackson. they will both deliver remarks late on this morning. every year the national action network holds this convention focusing on issues most important in civil rights that year. the national action network is a civil rights organization founded by al sharpton in 1991. it's going to be a few minutes before the group gets under way. while we wait we'll bring you remarks from health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius to address the group yesterday afternoon. >> thank you, thank you. well, i'm going to start by thanking reverend sharpton, not only for his terrific leadership of this incredibly important organization, but for his leadership across the country, for his voice that co

. >> katrina lantos sweat is -- swett is ceo. >> when it relates to the war on terror and up the coming issue of whether or not the u.s. congress should pass the accountability act which is we don't need to go into the details of that policy issue but whether or not we are going to stay on record as saying human rights matter. they matter in russia. they matter in china. >> more with katrina lantos sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q & a. >> earlier this bill congress debated to bills to stop online piracy. the issues of regulating technology and innovation were discussed recently as stanford university law school. you'll hear from facebook ceo ted ullyot. this is just over two hours. >> i would just have one quick story to slip in. as we were trying to recruit somebody at one point from a law school out in the east in the boston area, and i said to the person who works in the area that of course you should come here because this is the center of the unipercent for everything that you care about and there are so many things that are happening. it's not that something that's happening any

. >> katrina lantos swett. >> when we abandon our deepest values, whether we're talking about tortureror, or the recent policy with russia, the upcoming issue of whether not the congress should pass the accountability act, we do not need to go into the details of that, but human rights matter in russia and china. >> more sunday night at 8:00 on "q&a." >> this was the fourth in a series of campaign speeches the vice president delivered on general election issues. it is 40 minutes. >> thank you. thank you all very much. >> good afternoon. it is an honor to be here. my husband and i -- i have worked a few different jobs, but none has been more important than being a mom. my husband and i taught our daughters the importance of fairness. everyone has to play by the same rules. when the president and vice- president talked about the buffet role, i hear those same values, fairness, balance, one set of rules, no shortcuts. i give president obama a lot of credit for taking on this fight and for admitting that he did not, but the idea. as you may know, president reagan asked the question, do yo

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. >> katrina lantos swett is president and c.e.o. of the lantos foundation for human rights and justice. >> when we abandon our deepest values and whether we're talking about torture as it relates to the war on terror, or the recent policy with russia. and the upcoming issue of whether or not the u.s. congress should pass the accountability act which we don't need to go into the details of that policy issue. but whether or not we're going to stay on record as saying human rights matters. they matter in russia. they matter in china. >> more with katrina lantos swett sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> commerce secretary john bryson and chicago mayor rahm emanuel call on congress to extend funding for the export-import bank of the u.s. mayor emanuel served as chief of staff in the obama administration. he says american companies would not be able to take full advantage of recent free trade agreements without the bank. the funding runs out at the end of may. senate republicans in march blocked the measure extending the bank's fun

. >> more with katrina lantos swett sunday night at 8 on c-span's "q&a." >> i walked out after the iowa caucus victory and said, game on. i know a lot of folks are going to write -- maybe those even at the white house -- game over. but this game is long, long, long way from over. we are going to continue to go out there and fight to make sure that we defeat president barack obama, that we win the house back and that we take the united states senate, and we stand for the values that make us americans, that make us the greatest country in the history of the world, that shining city on the hill, to be a beacon for everybody for freedom around the world. >> and with that announcement, rick santorum ended his 2012 presidential bid, a process the former pennsylvania senator began in 2009. follow the steps he took along the road to the white house online at the c-span video library with every c-span program since 1987. >>> the aspen institute held a daylong discussion on race relations in america earlier this month here in washington. and during one serious participants looked at how the curre

. >> more with katrina lantos swett sunday night at 8:00 on c- span's "q&a." "washington journal" continues. host: we want to introduce you to lauren ashburn, editor in chief of the daily download. what is the daily download? guest: the daily download, daily-download.com, is a website that curates the smartest content on the web, the smartest videos, things that time- strapped person needs. host: who defines smartest? guest: i do, of course. host: how would that be different from a "drug to udge report?" guest: these are things people would not see. we are assuming a level of understanding and education, and this is something you might not see from a site called mindfloss, or something like that. these are unique stories. plus, original post from howard kurtz, other contributors, myself. host: we want to introduce howard kurtz, who hosts cnn pulled all "reliable sources." what is your role? guest: i am a contributor and an adviser. it has been fun to watch this built up. there are the smartest post, and there are the dumbest post. my favorite feature is the gu

. >> more with katrina lantos swett sunday night at 8:00 on "q&a." >> april 15, 1912, nearly 1800. >>nce the look of the los -- the lookout bells sounded, it means there is an object ahead. it does not say what kind of object. they went to a telephone and called down to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is that they saw. when the phone was finally answered, the entire conversation was -- what do you see? the response was osborne read ahead. the response from the officer was thank you. >> the truths and the midst of that night sunday night, part of "american history tv." >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are joined by sarah brown, the ceo of the national campaign to prevent teen and unplanned pregnancy. cdc figures, what do they mean? guest: the teenage birthrate is the lowest since we started tracking that in the 1940's. host: where do the figures fall? guest: it is about 34 births to teenage girls. guest: -- host: does it give the context of why these numbers are dropping? guest: the rates are a numerical calculation, but the issue of why it matters is really t

institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> tonight, on "q&a," katrina lantos swett then comments by christine lagarde. then calls from former president bill clinton to reopen the import-export bank. >> this year's competition asked the student across the country, what part of the constitution was important to you and why? this year's entry -- this will entreat was the 26 amendment. >> schools are not teaching about six, so how will they become responsible voters? do you know who the president is? >> barack obama. >> barack obama. >> i do not know. >> barack obama. >> do you never the vice- president is it? >> something biden, i think. >> joe? mr. joe? >> no. >> no. >> i don't know. >> do you know the five of freedoms? >> 5 or freedoms? >> we can do what we want. no? >> 8i don't know. >> justice sandra day o'connor notice this issue and came up with a plan called icivics. is a fun way for students to learn about government. her goal is to revise the teaching of civics in american schools to help prepare the next generation of kids to participate as citizens in a demo

. >> katrina swett is the founder of the lantos foundation for human rights. >> whether it relates to the war on terror or a policy with russia and the upcoming issue of whether the united states should pass the accountability act, whether or not we're going to stay on the record as saying human rights matter in russia and china. >> more on sunday night at 8:00. been nearly 10 years since the release -- >> it has been nearly 10 years since the release of the book. the fourth volume will be published. here he is on a "q&a" in 2008 with an update on how volume four was taking shape. >> it is a book not just about lyndon johnson. it is about john kennedy and robert kennedy and the interplay of their personalities. it is a complicated story i do not think people know of two very complicated people. robert kennedy and lyndon johnson. i had to really go into that and try to explain it. it is part of the start of the way through the end of john's presidency. chronologically, johnson is dealing with the 1965 voting act. >> watched the rest of this interview and other appearances online at the

. >> katrina lantos swett works for the lantos foundation for justice. >> it is the upcoming issue on whether not the u.s. congress should pass this. >> sunday night at 8:00 on c- span. >> april 15, 1912, at 1500 perished on a ship called "unsinkable. " they struck the bells three- time. it is a warning stating that there is some object ahead. in means ahead of the ship. it does not say what kind of object. when they look out and did, he went and called down to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is that they saw. the fawn was finally answered. the entire conversation was a what do you see? i spur, right ahead. their response was "thank you." >> is part of american history television. >> mitt romney took aim at the obama administration today, as saying the president is waging a "war on women" for his "failed economic policies." connecticut holds a primary on april 24, at the same day as primaries in delaware, new york, pa., and rhode island. >> we welcome you here today. your campaign did not know when they called me last week what my political affiliations a word appeared

. >> katrina swett is the ceo of human rights and justice. >> when we abandon our values and we're talking about torture or the policy with russia and the upcoming issue of whether or night congress should pass the accountability act. we do not need to go into the details but whether or not we will say human rights matter. the matter in russia, china. >> moret tonight at 8:00 on c- span's q&a. >> it has been nearly 10 years since the release of the third volume of the years of lyndon johnson. in a few weeks the fourth volume will be published. here he is on q&a in 2008 with an update on how volume for was taking shape. >> this is not just about lyndon johnson but about the kennedys and their personalities, particularly robert. it is a very complicated story. i do not think people know. and robert kennedy, i had to go into that and explain it. it is part of the story all the way through the end of johnson's presidency. chronologically, at the moment johnson is passing the 1965 voting rights act, that is where we are from now. >> watch this and other appearances on nine of the c- span video