then come a discussion on the future of the tea party nation. ka governor sarah palin's speech at the tea party convention in nashville. >> on "newsmakers," senior advisor david axelrod discusses the obama administration's priorities, relations with congress, and how the white house views the 2010 elections. "newsmakers" sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c- span. >> now, the funeral service for former u.s. senator charles mathias, who died last week at the age of 87. he served the state of maryland as a republican from 1969 until 1987. prior to that, he served four terms in the house, representing the state's sixth congressional district. among those remembering him at washington national cathedral this week, his former senate colleague, vice president joe biden. this portion of the services an hour. -- service is an hour. >> mr. vice president, distinguished guests, friends and family, thank you for being with us today. we are here to celebrate the life of a great man. the public story has been well told. statesman, the conscious of

this is uniting, the tea party nation, the tea party patriots. and i would have prefered that we have this out in the field in the rain if necessary. but we'll have it here. so let's rejoice. have a good time. encourage the dissolution of this tyrannical movement. it comes 2010. what say yee? >> well, thank you for your time. >> a national tea party convention by sarah palin that will get here at 9:00 on saturday. >> paul johnson over author of 40 books. join our tree hour conversation. with our phone calls, live from london on book tv's indepth. on c-span2. >> watch c pan cease "washington journal" for conversations, comments and your calls about your calls. c-span, covering washington like no other. >> and now a political roundtable on the news of the week. from today's "washington journal" this is about an hour. journal " continues. host: we are back with tony blankley, a columnist at "the washington times," also or working with edelman public relations firm, and ttim fernholz, staff writer would "the american prospect." deficits, debt, budget

tea party group. there's tea party nation, tea party patriots, tea party express, new american tea party, tax day tea party, tea party revolution, just to name a few. and some of the factions are furious with how this convention is set up -- for profit, charging $550 per delegate. >> when somebody steps up, and they say that their purpose of putting on a convention like this is to make a profit, it essentially is the antithesis of a grass roots movement. >> reporter: the keynote speaker, sarah palin, will be receiving a reported $100,000 for her appearance saturday night, though palin says she will not pocket the money. >> i won't personally gain from being there. the speaker's fee will go right back into the cause. >> reporter: so, some controversy in this first-ever national convention. john berman, abc news, nashville, tennessee. >> certainly a different version of grass roots. >>> when we come back, ketchup in a cup. the replacement idea for those tough-to-open packets. >>> big banks, big trouble. charges filed against bank of america and its former chief. >>> and a homecoming of sorts this morni

national committee. also live at 11:15, from tennessee, a tea party forum on the future of that group. today, live continuing coverage of the first national tea party convention from nashville, tennessee. we will have two forums. it will get underway at 11:00 at 3:00 p.m. eastern here on c- span. and a look now at some of the people who are attending the gathering this weekend. >> is that a medium right now? >> uh-huh yes, ma'am. >> are you here attending the convention, or are you here as a vendor? >> both. one of the things we are adamant about. we have american workers. we manufacture these. >> have you been selling these and other events prove -- event? >> we also manufactured for the government and duke shirts. -- manufacture for the government and do shirts. there are a lot of imported goods that we saw, and that frustrated us. >> are you involved in your own local party? >> yes, the hampton roads. my feeling is i think it is due to see the people believe that they need to go back to the grass roots, the american-made manufacturing, jobs for the u.s., and that is what we are about

tea party group. there's tea party nation, tea party patriots, tea party express, new american tea party, tax day teaarty, tea party revolution -- just to name a few. and some of the factions are furious with how this convention is set up for profit, charging $550 per delegate. >> when somebody steps up, saying their purpgs to put on a convention like this is to make a profit, it is the antithesis of a grass roots movement. >> reporter: the keynote speaker, sarah palin, will be receiving reported $100,000 for her appearance saturday night, though palin says she will not pocket the money. >> i won't personally gain from being there. the speaker's fee will go right back into the cause. >> reporter: so what's next for the tea party groups? they're targeting republican primaries across the country. the most prominent, the florida senate race, where they are campaigning against charlie crist, but they also have their eyes on races in california, colorado, new hampshire and kentucky. they want 2010 to be their year. diane? >> all right, john, and as you know, of course, the tea party members take at least

do you think the tea party nation has a chance to become a third party? >> i would rather listen to the green party or another independent party, but not the tea party. >> why is that? >> i think there are a republic -- a front for the republican national committee. >> on to denver on our democrat line. go-ahead. >> i thought i heard there were as 600 registered attendees of the convention. is that true? >> i am not sure how many are attending. >> i thought i heard that a couple times. it seemed like an incredibly low number even at the grass-roots level. >> any interest at all in this party? >> i cannot say there really is for me. a lot of the folks seem to be kind of hanging so far to the right it is tough to take them seriously. >> onto corpus christi, texas. go ahead, james barrett >> i'm getting ready to switch to the tea party. they are more conservative and they believe in the word of god. they are anti--- they are pro- family in anti-establishment. i call the socialist party the democratic party. >> is there much tea party action in corpus christi?

tea partyiers and god bless the usa. thank you. god bless you. >> you're just listen to sarah palin speaking at a national tea party convention in nashville, tennessee, making some strong points, some strong words for the administration and the president. she is supposed to take questions. we will carry that q & a part live. opry land. gaylord hotel. she talked about the current administration, talked about what the pea party movement is all about. getting thunderous applause especially towards the end. it appears she may have gotten teary eyed when talking about her special needs child saying that she likes to be part of a group that welcomes a special needs child into the world. sarah palin taking questions now. we are going to go back there live and listen in. >> a few weeks ago we worked out something where there would be a brief question and answer session. we asked folks in tea party nation that we could ask sarah palin. she has graciously agreed to answer a few questions. >> is this your first time in nashville? >> it is. i haven't even been here for a concert. piper, i brought piper with me. she is crazy to see if she can go out a

national tea party convention in nashville, tennessee. >> and our coverage of the national tea party convention continues tonight with sarah palin's key note address live at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. >> now the democratic national committee's winter meeting with house speaker nancy pelosi. opening remarks from former virginia governor tim kaine. this is 35 minutes. >> we have a wonderful opportunity this morning to hear from the speaker. it's going to be hard to get her away from admirers. a number of the d.n.c. officers and vice chairs are with us today. let me acknowledge them. mike honda, who is a member of congress from the 15th congressional district of california. [applause] >> i'm going to bring congressman honda back up in a second. congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz from florida's 20th congressional district. raymond buckley, vice chair and chair of the new hampshire party. and vice chair and president of the association of state democratic chairman. donna brazil, vice chair for voter registration and participation. if you di

we ask the folks on tea party nation to submit questions to ask governor pailin tonight. she has graciously agreed to ask a few --answer a few questions. we're going to take a few minutes and asked and answered a few questions. is this your first time in ask bill? >> it is. i brought one of my daughters with me. she wants to find miley cyrus. my first time here. >> mcaleese idriss lives not to -- miley cyrus lives not too far from where we live. i am sorry we could not work that out. next time. how do you see the future of the tea party movement? do you see this movement becoming part of the republican party or becoming a third independent party? >> the republican party would be start -- smart to strike and try to absorb this movement. it is the future of politics. it is a beautiful movement because it is shaping the way that politics are conducted. you have both party machines running scared because they are not knowing what we are going to do if we do not have tea party support. they know they will not succeed. >> outstanding. [applause] at the convention here, we have

a few questions real quick for these have been submitted by folks on tea party nation.irst of all, how do you see the future of the tea party movement? do you see this movement becoming part of the republican party or do you see it becoming a third independent party. >> the republican party would be start to absorb as much of the tea party to open as possible. this is the future of our country. is the future of politics. as i said before, this is a beautiful movement because it is shaping the way politics are conducted. you have both party machines running scared because they are not knowing what we will do if we do not have tea party support. they know they will not succeed. [applause] >> at the convention here, we have at least three people i know who are running for congress. if you had the chance to interview some of these people, what questions would you ask them to determine whether you would support them? >> i would estimate they think we are taxed enough and i would ask what they would do about it. we don't just want to hear bowl talk. -- hear the talk. i want t

tea party group. there's tea party nation, tea party patriots, tea party express, new american tea party, tax day teae factions are furious with how this convention is set up. for-profit. charging $550 per delegate. >> when somebody steps up and say their purpose in putting on a convention like this is to make a profit, it certainly is the antithesis of a grassroots movement. >> reporter: the keynote speaker sarah palin will be receiving a reported $100,000 for her appearance saturday night. though palin says she will not pocket the money. >> i won't personally gain from being there. the speaker's fee will go right back into the cause. >> reporter: some controversy in this first-ever national convention. john berman, abc news, nashville, tennessee. >>> still ahead, super bowl sunday is not a day to count calories. to control my diabetes, to zx is what i need stay healthy - and get on with my life. it comes from liberty medical. testing supplies - but it's where i get my prescription drugs as well. see if you're on medicare, the cost of your diabetes testing supplies as well as your prescription drugs

says he came to listen to the conservatives' message to see if it lines up with the values of tea party nationporto don't like the direction the country is going, frustrated with the spending, with the skyrocketing deficit. they say they want to take their country back from the very people who work in that building. >> we're just americans. we're patriotic. >> reporter: we first met porto a few weeks ago in arkansas where he started a tea party out of frustration. the bank had come calling on a $300,000 loan for his home. he didn't have the money. his home building business had dried up. and he began to wonder where his bailout was. like so many tea partiers, porto had always been on the sideli s sidelines. but today he's a motivated activist who wants his voice heard. >> this is from the citizens to the politicians. so i really want to see what they have to say. >> reporter: did he hear enough to make him think the gop should merge with the tea party? some republicans are banking on that grass roots energy. >> what if the republican party wanted to absorb the tea party movement? good or bad?

tea party. >> i'm the vice president. >> why come here? why come to this meeting? >> well, because we are here to unite the tea party nation, the tea party patriots and to discourage big federal government and a return to the constitutional principles which this nation was founded on. >> when this weekend is done, what do you hope is the result of all these meetings? >> a focus on the targets for the 2010 and 2012 election. we're going to make sure we're all united. we're going to all give sarah palin a kiss for her stance and support of the tea parties on saturday night. and then we're going to get out with your local individual groups and target all of those part of the political class that still thinks that they are necessary. and we're going to get them all kicked out regardless whether they're republican, democrat or independent and replace them with new people who understand the constitution. >> when you hear of some of these tea party groups that have criticized this convention, what are your thoughts on that? >> that is what happens when you have large groups where several different groups want to be center -- fron

this is uniting the tea party nation, that the party patriots.re. let's rejoice. let's have a good time. but to encourage the dissolution of this tyrannical government and get the mall and the -- but let's encourage the dissolution of the struggle government and kick them in the butt. >> >> sara palin speak to the group tonight. we will take your telephone calls after that. >> the former adviser to margaret thatcher is the author of over 40 books. his latest is on winston churchill. join our three-hour conversation with your telephone calls for paul johnson, live from london at noon on sunday. >> is easy to complain about the issues and the people and politicians. to try to be entertaining, informing, and relevant in a way that offers solutions. >> the talk radio host and author of 30 books is our guest sunday night at 8:00. >> earlier this week, the transportation secretary was forced to clarify remarks he recently made about the recall of millions of toyota cars and trucks. mr. leviahood at first said that the owners should not drive them and l

tea party politics. the first national tea party convention surprisingly has only drawn about 600 people. but it didn't take long, the name calling began. john berman is in nashville. >> reporter: the business of this first ever national tea party convention is the numents and bolts of politics, like voter registration. >> we're gearing up for november 2010. >> reporter: but barely scratch the surface, and there's a tone of anger and confrontation. >> we know what we're here for. a little bit of r and r, revival and revolt. >> reporter: the convention's first speaker, former congressman tom tancredo, said that people who voted for barack obama could not pass a basic civics literacy test. >> people who could not even spell the word vote put a committed social iist ideology the white house. >> reporter: today, tancredo stood by those comments. >> these people different have the slightest idea about what america is all about. >> reporter: and the leader of the tea party convention had no problem with it, either. >> did a fant

tea party? >> i don't think the tea party knows what will happen to the tea party. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> for the record, unemployment dropped to below 10% last month to 9.7%. the nation still lost 20,000 jobs, however. i hate to talk about numbers, but how do you talk about the budget without talking about numbers? the gap between what the government will take in in revenue and what it will spend will reach $1.56 trillion, a lot of red ink. next year's deficit will force the federal government to borrow 33 cents of every dollar it spends. in time-honored fashion, as ronald reagan did before him, the president is blaming the previous administration. >> 10 years ago we had a budget surplus of more than $200 billion, with projected surpluses stretching towards the horizon. over the course of the past 10 years, the previous administration and previous congresses created an expensive new drug program, passed a massive tax cuts for the wealthy, and funded two wars without paying for any of it. >> what is he going to do about it, evan? >> not much, tha

tea party. >> why come here? why come to this meeting? >> because we are here to unite the tea party nationcriticize, they can criticize. i would prefer that we had this out in the field in the rain. but we have had here and rejoice and kick all of this government in the butt in 2010. >> thank you for your time. >> "washington journal" continues. host: william temple from brunswick that we talked to yesterday from tennessee. and to let our viewers know that we will be covering the tea party convention starting this evening, 9 p.m. eastern time here on c-span and radio, and go to1eçç c-span.org inc sarah palin's speech on saturday evening. neil irwin, we have the figures from the labor market. guest: there is good news, it dropped from 10% to 9.7 percent and the fewer jobs is a break-even. we have a mirky picture, a mixed picture in jobs. thing are getting better in some areas but companies are not adding to the payrolls. but a slow, steady progress in the job markets. host: the w3market will open aç fell almost 10,000 ççkoççv economic news outside of this country. what do you think

. >> our coverage of the tea party national convention is at 9:00pm eastern. >> tomorrow, on "washington journal"." >> this is c-span's "america and the court's." next, and discussion on women lawyers in the supreme court. the former justice supreme court sandra day o'connor talk about the challenges women face in the legal profession. the supreme court fellows program alumni association and the first amendment center posted this discussion recently in washington d.c.. [applause] >> this is a great program. it is a topic that i have spent time thinking about over the years, needless to say. my chambers window looks out on the house that look -- used to be the home of alice paul. i am reminded when i looked out my window at the efforts women have made just to get the right to vote. much less practice law. most of the real pioneers faced a profession in a society that espoused what we call "the cult of domesticity." women were different from men, they said. there were compassionate, selfless, a gentle, and pure. their minds were attuned to art and religion, not logic. men were fitted by na

tea party crowd in illinois. they have a shat ot at capturin president obama's old senate seat in illinois. tea party nationg this guy, pat hughes, while the tea party patriots are backing the other guy, don lowery. but unfortunately for sarah palin, democratic congressman mark kirk is favored to win tonight. will obama's home state base turnout and show the kind of enthusiasm the democrats need to keep this stay blue in november? the polls close in less than two hours. joining me now, carol marin from wmaq in chicago joins me now. what do you think's out there tonight? >> one way to judge it is by to your knowledgeout. it is slim to none out here. a very poor turnout as far as we can see right now, which means the whole thing is up for grabs. nonetheless, on the republican side of this, there is no one who doesn't expect mark kirk to make it out of the republican primary. it's on the democratic side we have some questions. >> if it's a low voter turnout where are the tea partiers? just not as organized nil ill as they may be in other places in the country? >> the tea partiers are here. but a lot of people

we ask the folks on tea party nation to submit questions to ask governor pailin tonight.few --answer a few questions. we're going to take a few minutes and asked and answered a few questions. is this your first time in ask bill? >> it is. i brought one of my daughters with me. she wants to find miley cyrus. my first time here. >> mcaleese idriss lives not to -- miley cyrus lives not too far from where we live. i am sorry we could not work that out. next time. how do you see the future of the tea party movement? do you see this movement becoming part of the republican party or becoming a third independent party? >> the republican party would be start -- smart to strike and try to absorb this movement. it is the future of politics. it is a beautiful movement because it is shaping the way that politics are conducted. you have both party machines running scared because they are not knowing what we are going to do if we do not have tea party support. they know they will not succeed. >> outstanding. [applause] at the convention here, we have at least three people who are runnin

these have been submitted by the folks on tea party nation. u see the future of the tea party movement? do you see this movement becoming part of the republican party or becoming a third independent party? >> the republican party would be smart to try to absorb this movement. it is the future of politics. it is a beautiful movement because it is shaping the way that politics are conducted. you have both party machines running scared because they are not knowing what they are going to do if we do not have tea party support. they know they will not succeed. >> outstanding. [applause] at the convention here, we have at least three people who are running for congress. if you had the chance to interview some of these people, what questions would you ask them to determine whether or not you would support them? >> are we taxed enough already? if they say yes, i'm going to ask, what are you going to do about it. we do not want to hear the top. -- hear the talk. we want to know they walk the walk, via a record that proves it to us. i want to encourage p

national tea party on c-span,c pan radio and c-span.org. here's more from the "washington journal". r wood is getting set to cover the tea party conference happening there this weekend. thanks for being with us. guest: political editor. thanks for having me. host: members of congress. decided not to attend but before we talk about the details the larger question is what's the significant this week send in guest: well i think a lot of people have their eye on the tea party in general, especially after the election of scott brown. from where i said, we really started see things kind of all eyes turned towards the tea party convention after that because there was a sense out there this was a real political force to be reckoned with but yet nobody knows what to make of it. is it a new party. exactly what is it? so some people are looking to this convention for some kind of answers to that question and obviously, looking towards ahead to the 2010 election. host: how will you as a veteran political observer determine the answer to that question? guest: it's really a thing that's going to j

tavis: this weekend in asheville, there is a gathering of a national tea party convention, so they areing together for an attempt at a national convention. let me ask you directly if these persons are patriotic americans or are they partisan individuals, vehemently opposed to the administration of barack obama? >> i would say the tea party movement represents a lot of people who have not been involved in politics before and did not consider themselves republicans or democrats. my impression is they are mad at the establishment, which includes both established political parties and the commons currently in power. that is one reason why you saw -- and the incumbents currently in power. that is one reason why you saw the changes in massachusetts, where scott brown was elected in that very blue state. i think the tea party movement, people who are not sophisticated and politics, newcomers to politics, but very concerned about the country. i would call them patriotic americans doing everything they can to get their government to listen and be responsive to their concerns. tavis: so many peo

tea party. nashville is the site of the first ever national tea party convention getting under way later today.om around the country are gathering to vent their anger at washington, and they're hoping candidates will reach out for their support. the convention's keynote speaker, sarah palin will speak on saturday. >> as part of our special coverage, welcome to the tea party. the best political team on television tracking the convention all weekend. what does the tea party want to accomplish? who are its leaders? what do they mean for the future of american politics? we're bringing in jim avalon, columnist of "the daily beast." great to see both of you. you're about to head down there. you're going to the convention on friday and getting a firsthand look. tell me what this convention is all about. what's it being billed as? >> it's being billed as the first national tea party convention. it's a real grass roots movement over the last year that's really managed to capture the debate in american politics. a lot of misconceptions as well. it's a leaderless movement. a lot of controversy about the f

i've got a look at tea party nation. of course, i'm obligated 'cause i got things to do on there.and every day i read world net daily and one of the things i look for most often are the columns that are penned by our next guest. he's an amazing author, amazing writer. he's a professional journalist. he launched world net daily i believe it was 1997. and it is an amazing source of information and news on the internet. some of it you're not going to get anywhere else. so ladies and gentlemen, under the theory of let's not have a long introduction, ladies and gentlemen, justin farah. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. well, angela told me she was going to outradical me up here tonight. and i will admit she's off to a pretty good start. [laughter] >> but let me say first of all, this is a unique opportunity i have here following angela. because i get to be the first person to officially endorse her quest for that house seat. [applause] >> how is that? [applause] >> you go, girl. [laughter] >> first of all, i want to thank you judson for inviting me here. there's no place that i would

tea party people. >> i'm not. i'm demonizing the ones that are -- >> i've got to go, guys. this is an important american argument. pat, thank you. and joan. actually, both my friends. >>> up next, the national convention. ain't going to be much. we will see. certainly a commercial operation that's going to be in nashville this weekend. wait until you hear what's on the agenda this weekend. pat may be talking about reasonable conservatism when you catch some of these seminar titles. back in a minute. and choose any car in the aisle. you know how that makes me feel? like dancing? ♪ oh, yeah. go national. go like a pro. throughout our lives, we encounter new opportunities. at the hartford, we help you pursue them with confidence. by preparing you for tomorrow. while protecting what you have today. you've counted on us for 200 years. let's embrace tomorrow. and with the hartford behind you, achieve what's ahead of you. shakes off dry winter skin with 2 separate ribbons. the white ribbon that cleanses and the body butter ribbon that moisturizes continuously leaving skin satiny smooth. goodbye dry winter skin. >>> what's the likelihood democrats lose both houses of congress this november, senate

here's a live look now, folks at nashville, tennessee inside the tea party national convention and we'llo that in a second and grassroots opposition to government influence, in your daily lives? it has been the main motivation of the group, taxed enough already is where the name tea party comes from and the core of the futures we are told may be fracturing a little bit and we'll tell the movement we are told may be fracturing, and this is a brand new hour of "america's newsroom." bill: good morning, martha. martha: good morning, bill. bill: we have questions about the splinter groups, using the brand name to push agendas. martha: and carl cameron is live in the music city. and there is a -- his full face an should and shoulders and everything, hey, carl. >> it is exciting what is happening in the tea party movement and nashville is the first convention of tea partiers, and it is held by one group in nashville and they expect 600 people to come to workshops and a thousand overall to come saturday night when the keynote speaker will be sarah palin and the entire activity is billed as bring

tea party people. >> i'm not. i'm demonizing the ones that are -- >> i've got to go, guys. this is an important american argument. pat, thank you. and joan. actually, both my friends. >>> up next, the nationalea party convention. ain't going to be much. we will see. certainly a commercial operation that's going to be in nashville this weekend. wait until you hear what's on the agenda this weekend. pat may be talking about reasonable conservatism when you catch some of these seminar titles. back in a minute. >>> what's the likelihood democrats lose both houses of congress this november, senate and house? host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: did the waltons take way too long to say goodnight? mom: g'night john boy. g'night mary ellen. mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa. elizabeth: g'night ben. jim bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. but it can't have... can't have about half a day's worth of fiber? i assure you it does. i can only taste... only taste the cru

. >>> the tea party nation is kicking off its first national convention. gather at opriland hotel in nashville, tennessee, tickets to the banquette featuring sarah palin are still available and the darling of the tea partiers is in a fight for his political life. our jim acosta has all of it for you. >> we know that it's important that we pass a stimulus package. >> reporter: for republican florida governor charlie crist it's the hug that just won't let go. his embrace of the president and the stimulus program at this town hall meeting last year could cost this once-rising gop star a shot at a u.s. senate seat. >> i've been hearing about the tea parties for a while. >> reporter: meek marco ruble be, he's challenging crist for the senate see and a darling of the tea party movement. he's turned the hug into a fund-raising gift that keeps on giving. would you give president obama a hug? >> why? depending. why would i hug someone i don't know? >> reporter: well, charlie crist has gotten himself in a lot of trouble for hugging president obama. >> ultimately, yo

tea party in bunk wick. i'm the vice president. >> why come here in why come to the meeting? >> we are here to unite the tea party nation and patriots and to discourage big federal government and return to the constitutional principals which the nation was founded on. >> so when the weekend is done, what do you hope is the result? >> focus on the target for the 2010 and 2012 election. we're going to all give sarah palin a kiss for her stand and support of the tea parties on saturday night. then we're going to get out with the local individual groups and target all of those part of the political class that still things they are necessary. and we're going to get them all kicked out regardless if they are republican, democrat, independent, and replace them with new people that understand the constitution. >> when you hear some of the tea party groups, what are your thoughts on them criticizing the convention? >> that is what happens when you have large groups where center groups want to be front and center. but this is a good thing. this is uniting. the tea party nation, patriots and those that want to criticize, they can.

thank you. >>> the house may have added some fuel to the tea party fire with its vote today to raise the national debt limit. a party line vote authorized raising it to 14 trillion in order to keep the government from defaulting on its obligations. let's bring in brianna kheiler. brianna, this is one of the tea party's biggest beefs with the government, isn't it? >> that's right, government spending, and this kind of number isn't going to help with any voter angst of spending. it's hard to wrap your head around. for each person living in the u.s., $6100 is for each. food or a year, and this is my personal favorite. each one of u wos, wolf, could t our very own private island for a week and we'd still have a lot of money left for pina coladas. >>> jack cafferty is asking how much do you trust the government's reporting of things like employment numbers? your e-mail and jack. that's coming up. >>> why has america's newest senator inspired a nude action figure? jeanne moos finds most all of this most unusual. fueling an exhilarating adventure... each entree is bursting with high-quality protein... p

tea party's influence on all of that. first, a look at what's ahead on the sunday shows. >> topics include the national tea party conventioner public issues. the economy, iraq, pakistan, and the super bowl. the guests on nbc "meet the press" are john brennan, the top counter-terrorism adviser, former treasury secretary henry paulson and former fed chairman alan greenspan. on abc, jake tapper is the guest host. they will talk with treasury secretary tim geithner, as well. guests include the sarah palin. cbs will be broadcast from the sun life stadium which is the site of super bowl xliv. cnn will have a new post and will include secretary of state hillary clinton as the guest. you can listen to all five of the sunday morning talk shows starting at noon eastern on cspan radio. 90.1 fm here on -- here in washington, d.c. and on the web. you can follow is on facebook and twitter. >> in depth welcomes a british historian and former adviser to margaret thatcher, paul johnson. his latest book is on winston churchill. join our 3 our conversation with your phone calls live from london today at noon, eastern. >> it is easy to compla

. >>> brown's surprise victory in massachusetts was thanks in part to the tea party movement which opened its first national convention thursday in nashville. tea partiers fiercely owe pose government taxes, spending policies and regulation. their convention will climax tomorrow night with a speech from former alaska governor sarah palin. >>> scientists are reporting a brain scan breakthrough in their study of people with severe brain injuries. researchers in belgium and bret tip found unexpected brain activity in some patients formerly thought to be in a nonthinking venlg eight difference state. scientists even managed to communicate with one such patient reading patterns of brain activity as a yes or no in answers to questions. >>> the los angeles county coroner says actress brittany murphy died of pneumonia complicated by anemia and prescription drug use. the 32-year-old murphy died a few days before christmas after collapsing at her home in the hollywood hills. >>> straight ahead, your friday morning weather forecast. and in sports, lebron james does his thing scoring 36 points to beat the heat in cleve

tea party. grassroots movement that exploded across the nation last year.tion. it runs through saturday. sarah palin is the keynote speaker. tickets pricey compared to similar conventions. that's caused some controversy. the movement is made up of hundreds of different groups. members are diverse. tonight we wanted to introduce you to one of them. here's randi kaye. >> reporter: this is the moment bob porto started to change. it was september 2008. >> when the bank came calling and said, you're going to pay us, i'm like, how? >> reporter: with what? >> how do you come up with that kind of money? >> reporter: so began bob porto's journey. his home building business dried up. and the bank wanted its $300,000 loan back on this house. >> there are those that are said to be too big to fail. and then there are those like myself who are too small to save. we need to focus on the real america which are the people, the people who are unemployed. >> reporter: frustrated with his bank and his government, wondering why all that bailout money was bypassing everyday peop

. >> as the democrats tried to bolster their image and other party is having its first national convention in nashville -- the tea party. the keynote speaker, perhaps positioning herself for a run in 2012, sarah palin. >> looks like a beautiful evening, but things are gointo change. >> in a big way. temperatures are not really cold yet but getting there. starting off with martinsburg at 36. those numbers will drop during the evening. 37 in centerville. as temperatures will drop into the upper 20s. 35 in indian head. washington's official numbers at reagan national airport -- 41 degrees. the averages and records are there as well. we are also checking the warnings. no changes. they don't go into effect until 10:00 tomorrow but the last until 10:00 on saturday night. a 36-hour a winter storm warning for the entire storm air -- for the entire area. it is developing down south along the gulf coast with tons of moisture. it will travel east and up the coast and off the coast. what makes the transition along the coast, not only will have gulf moisture available, it will tap the atlantic and the western wall of the gulf

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tea party people. >> i'm not. i'm demonizing the ones that are -- >> i've got to go, guys. this is an important american argument. pat, thank you. and joan. actually, both my friends. >>> the nationalvention. certainly a commercial operation that's going to be in nashville this weekend. wait until you hear what's on the agenda this weekend. wait until you catch some of the seminar titles. investors are demanding more for their money. good. this time, i'm watching fees like a hawk. i hate hidden fees. why should i have to pay for something that i shouldn't have to pay for? td ameritrade's pricing is clear and it's straightforward... it's spelled out upfront. no hidden fees... no bait and switch. no gotchas. and there's one flat rate for online equity trades... for big accounts... or small ones. that's the way it ought to be. time for fresh thinking. time for td ameritrade. >>> what's the likelihood democrats lose both houses of congress, senate and house? - ( whirring ) - oh, you know what? let me call you back. announcer: you don't drink every time you smoke. yet you smoke every time you drink. drinking and smoking don't have to go together. re-learn life without cigarettes, free,

finally we got the tea party nation convention going in to his second day.ll be speaking this weekend. i love some of these -- these things on the schedule. >> yeah. >> one thing is -- let's see. from the author of "green hell, how environmentalists plan to control your life and what you can do to stop them." there's some breakout sessions, the five easy fixes to the high cost of mass immigration and how to do voter registration and where to find conservative votes. do you think this will turn into anything substantial, do you think? >> i think it is already substantial. if you look at our own polling, the tea party movement has a net positive rating as opposed to republicans and democrats. there's such disaffection and frustration with washington that if you have a movement that's based on conservative principles and real frustration about a mounting debt andting completel control, then you have a real challenge for republicans and democrats alike. haley barber who is head of the governors association, he wants to let the tea party know that they are on the

. >> reporter: the star of the inaugural national tea party convention was 2008 vice presidential nominee sarah palin who said democrats have failed to keep promises. >> how is that healthy changey stuff working out for you. >> reporter: palin also told fox news she has not ruled out running for president in 2012. >> i think that it would be absurd to not consider what it is that i can potentially do to help our country. i don't know if it's going to be ever seeking a title, though. it may be just doing a darn good job. >> reporter: delegates paid $600 each to attend the tea party meeting. the goal, organizers said, is to raise money and help elect conservatives to congress in 2010 and to the white house in 2012. >> the tea party is less defined as a grass roots yun rising, a grassroots movement. it is not a political party it is not the green party. it is not the libertarian party t is far younger, and far less well organized than either of those. this is just a very loosely affiliated group of people coming together around the idea that the government has intruded too far into their liv

the tea party meetings are taking place all across this nation. towns large and small and it is energy and focus and one of the things that is interested me is when i have spoken to the tea party groups the crowd, the number of women in the crowd in so many women are looking at what is taking place and they are saying you know what, it is time for washington to get its house in order so they are showing up and placing those opinions. i like the energy that i see. indeed in tennessee we have quite a history with tea parties. when i was in this case and -- state senate in the late nineties and early 2000's's, we had a push in the state, a republican governor who wanted to institute a state income tax which we do not have in the state of tennessee, and we had not a four day, for a week or four month battle, we had a four year battle to defeat that, and indeed we did. the great people of this state rose up and we had tea parties at the state capitol in national and much of the conservative uprising started as people in our state started looking at the

certainly the example on tuesday, mark kirk no fairt of the tea party crowd easily wins that naul nation. there's all this talk about tee parties and the effect on the party. i think ultimately the candidates and folks running this party are very much still establishment folks that are pragmatic and want to win first. >> thank you so much, jonathan martin from politico. >>> coming up next, deepening trouble for toyota. the latest to get hi with a recall. tom costello has new numbers out minutes ago. >> president obama taking on the antigay mooumt in uganda. "the new york times" best selling offer joins next. you can find me on twitter at mish chel report. this is only on msnbc. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the cadillac cts sport sedan. one of car and driver's 10 best for the third year in a row. ♪ and now, cadillac announces the new luxury collection lease. ♪ >>> breaking news out of japan. more recall trouble by toy he yoet. the word's top automaker is extending the recall to the prius, recalling 270,000 hybrid cars for brake problems after the u.s. transportation department opened an inves

. >>> the first national tea party is under way in nashville. ey want to turn this year's midterm election upside down. >> you have -- >> reporter: the first-ever, national tea party convention, brought in activists, ranging from the energized -- >> we as americans need to, y know, clean all of these people out. >> reporter: to, perhaps, the eclectic, angry at congress. >> it's a house of lords. not a house of the people. >> reporter: the goal, to turn the tea party's energy that was on the streets last year int results at the ballot box next fall. >> it is our -- take it back. >> reporter: 600 delegates here each paid $550 to get in. now, that has ruffled some feathers among tea party activists who say it goes against the grass roots nature of their movement. still, politicians from around the country are watching what happens he very closely. >> they would be smart not to deride the tea party movement. but yet, understand it. understand what's at the core of that anger? >> reporter: one person who clearly wants to tap into that anger, sarah pal

tea partyers. last night she gave the keynote speech at the national tea party convention and the audience gave her a rousing welcome. >> you know, considering the recent conservative election sweep it's time that they stopped blaming everyone else. when you're 0 for 3 you'd better stop lecturing and start listening. the obama/pelosi/reid agenda is going to leave us less secure, more in debt and more under the thumb of big government. and that is out of touch and it's out of date and if scott brown is any indication, it's running out of time. this is about the people. this is about the people. it's bigger than any king or queen of a tea party and it's a lot bigger than any charismatic guy with a teleprompter. it's one thing to call a pay raise a job created or saved. it's quite another to call the devastation that a homicide bomber can inflict a man-made disaster. and i just say come on, washington, if nowhere else, national security, that's one place where you got to call it like it is. how is that hopy changey stuff working out for you? >> sarah palin covered the political landscape last night fr

here at the national tea party convention we are helping people move to the next level.we are beginning to provide training tools, giving them ideas on how they can collaborate, how they can work closely together as they network and go back to their respective tea party associations and lead other people. >> so the front page of the "the washington post," they have this headline, the tea party is still taking shape. they write it is a critical moment for the movement that is unmistakably people-powered that is deliberately left leaderless to give hope to all frustrated. even though the mood has been festive and even giddy, the fluidity of the group has been on full display. would you describe the mood there as festive and giddy? guest: it is amazing. i have been dealing with the media. we had 11 different countries represented, 200 media credentials, and people have just been enjoying that. on the one side, they are glad they have their own convention. it is an opportunity for people to get together with like views. in addition, people are getting their voices heard most

people across america to see the significance of the contribution of the tea party to getting scott elected. >> our coverage of the national party convention continues tonight with sarah palin's keynote address. it is live at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span, c-span radio, and online at cspan.org. >> "indepth"welcomes paul johnson, author of over for this -- over 40 books. join us on sunday at noon eastern on "booktv." >> it is really easy to complain about the people and politicians. i try to beat entertaining, informative, and relevant. i want to offer solutions. >> he is a progressive talk radio host and author of many books. he is our guest on c-span's "q&a." >> c-span 2 offers the new classroom website to make it more useful for teachers with timely videos. you can find the most watched video clips organized by subjects and topics, the latest in education news, and the chance to connect with other c- span classroom teachers. it is all free. sign up online. >> the connecticut governor delivers her state of the state address. she is entering her final year in office and spoke about shrinking office while reflecting on h

hope they think about their policies going forward, and its tea party apparently is catching on like wildfire all over the country. we as a nation, regardless of what party we used to belong to, we all need to hope and pray that this country can be restored.