young teddy roosevelt had asthma. he was very sickly. from eight years old onward he was obsessed with birds. he created his own roosevelt museum, brian. he had -- theater roosevelt's father was a founder of the american museum of natural history in new york. young teddy became a bird lover. the first document we have of him as a young boy was about birds. the last article he wrote before his death at age 60 was about to birds. i'm not saying he just liked them. he was one of the world's experts on coloration and variation and inventorying what we have. he created 51 federer oberg reservations. today are the heart and soul of u.s. fish and wildlife. -- created 51 federal bird reservations. trying to state secrets and pelicans, etc. on both coasts. >> explain where this conservation training center is located. >> we are in west virginia in shepherdstown. it's a beautiful campus. if the archive where i did research because they have the papers not just of early conservationists like roosevelt cars and in the 1960's work for u.s. fish and wi

teddy roosevelt loved him. as president he had john burroughs come to yellowstone. they went hiking and camping together. he brought john burroughs on a trip out west. when roosevelt would spent time outside charlottesville, the only guess he would have with his family there was john burroughs at his country home. they would go birdwatching. they wrote about what they were seeing. there's no higher complement to the roosevelt other than john burroughs thought roosevelt's writings were more about preservation and hunting. >> you said john burroughs loved walt whitman. then you said there's no evidence that they had always sexual relationship. >> walt whitman was gay. during the civil war walt whitman adopted john burroughs. you cannot tell, when he was a young man he had an extraordinary good looks. they basically had love notes to each other. the became the great student of whitman. whitman could pick anyone. it was john burroughs. their relationship was one of a platonic nature. but he became almost a son to walt whitman. >> we're ines archive facility at the nation

i found a yellow wing paper and written in pencil with kingsbury describing how teddy roosevelt picked frances perkins to have the committee on safety after the shirtwaist fire. i have known that frances perkins ties to roosevelt went far back, but they are really tied closely to teddy roosevelt and was even a big surprise to the teddy roosevelt scholars that learned about it after i found it and discussed it with them. let me start by asking you all a question. how many of you have heard of frances perkins and know who she is? wow, that is great. okay. first of all this is wonderful. i have cud a great audience and i also have a fairly rare audience in that most people in america have no idea who frances perkins is, and i know that myself because when i started on this road to i didn't know who she was either. i came from a family that did not care much for roosevelt, and i kept stumbling across her name though again and again over the years, and finally it was almost like a doorbell that kept ringing and i had to go answer it. one of the things that i think is important though is tha

>> roosevelt's father was an early reader of darwin. we don't know exact moment teddy discovered darwin, but the when he was 14 years old or 15 he was in egypt. he writes about darwin at 14. brian, in my book he draws out how we evolve from the stork. roosevelt has himself evolving from a store and draws little pictures of it and shows his brother is evolving from a. dom 1's origin of species cannot in 1858. it did not hit america because of the civil war. -- he drew darwin was all the r. it was a revolution. people talk about him becoming a marxist ideologue. people became darwinian ideologues. darwin was the central figure in roosevelt's intellectual life. some people don't like the survival of the fittest and were going to be the biggest power in the world ideas. that is one side of him, but erroneously ventured into social dollars and quite a bit. on the flip side of this, domestically, he was bought on right on his understanding of natural resource management and how to make sure you say to species and entire environments interact. he was a great lover of the prai

teddy roosevelt said and laughed at think it should be a very powerful office and i think the president should be a very strong man, did not even concerned -- consider the word person, but because of this fact i think he should be sharply watched by the people and held to strict accountability. having looked at that and figured out that, yes, all presidents went to be on mount rushmore and have as much possible -- as much power as possible, i looked at the question. it is this president would to be an imperial president breaking to the conclusion that yes, he does. next week, i could change my mind but just for the sake of argument i'm going to make the stance that he does. he wants to be a stealth imperial president and he is doing a darn good job of it. i'm going to touch on five reasons why i believe the conditions are set right now for him to be able to do that. one of the things a discussed in this paper and many people have discussed is that the president's power always increases in a time of crisis. in 1930's isolationism, congress had power pre-world war ii, roosevelt becomes an

number three is people love obama, in the teddy roosevelt quote as he said the president should be a very powerful man push to be sharply washed by the people and help to a string to accountability by them. i'm not sure he is right now because i think congress has capitulated and again and again. and i think lively the republicans don't want to but they don't have the power to do anything about it at this point. and it is in the nature of the president the kind of person who runs for president to seek more power and the people love him and right now he is grown to continue to do it. fourth is really when i talk about -- actually i combine to reasons -- accountability isn't there and the democrats in congress control both houses, and then the fourth reason is is the nature of people who run for president to want that kind of power and once they get there i think a change. i think the torture photos is a great example. it was easy for him to argue during the campaign that everything needs to be out there, but as president by the defense department came to him and said that people could

teddy bear. i will do it unless i have your approval." roosevelt rights back that i don't think there's much of the market for the toy, but you have my blessing to make it." if the teddy bear became the most popular toy in the world and still is. taft thought he could tap into that and created a possum and had companies make a possum stuffed toy. the teddy bear stayed up and billick' and went nowhere. people that thought they could take the magic from roosevelt, there were no coattails. hso taft has become a very victimized person, ranked the lowest president. roosevelt did not help matters. even though he knew taft was a man of integrity. >> in 1909 taft becomes president. then the 1912 presidential race i have been to medora and saw the shirt with the bullet hole. that is an assassination attempt you don't hear much about. but roosevelt was running as a third-party candidate against wilson and taft. he went to give a speech in milwaukee. a crazed fan took the shot. he had such bad eyesight, roosevelt, that he had always carried burglarizes in his

you can join the fan page or add -- hard to believe -- add teddy roosevelt as your friend. follow teddy on twitter at teddy26nats or check out our notes at natstown mlb. there's kearns. >> i do twitter. >> i can send a text. that's about it. >> that's all you have to do. that's what twittering is. >> i don't have one of those phones that's a quick type, if you know what i mean. >> maybe you can work something out with the iphone people. >> that's okay. you don't want to get too tech no on me. do you have a crank phones at home? remember the waltons on tv. they still had that phone. >> i'm not ready for twitter. >> you have a jitterbug phone. >> what does that mean? >> for like senior citizens. >> if the shoe fits. you haven't seen the jitterbug commercial? >> nope. it's like a phone with big numbers and not a lot of bells and whistles. 2-2 to kearns. the ball gets away, but the runners have to stay. now it's 3-2. >> try to steal a soap dish out of the clubhouse and the metal detector stopped me. >> you're kidding. i would imagine a soap dish in that clubhouse is probably mad

ricky romero, 24 years of age from los angeles, graduated from roosevelt high school there, teddy roosevelt high school. that's a good take by bard. pitcher on deck, something brewing for the nats. second consecutive inning two on, nobody out. this time in scoring position. a strike on the corner. >> try to widdle the 5-0 lead down little by little, get yourself back in the ball game. there hasn't been a lot of adversity in last week. haven't had to come from behind like we did the first couple of months. >> ball 3. >> that was this ball club's strength. now you do have the bullpen, and that should give you the confidence to come back and take this game. >> by the way, that was the pitch romero threw to strike out zipper man. now he's worked the count full. they're not overswinging when they get in a run producing situation, whether it's rolen or overbay or rios. they're putting the ball in play. they've been getting some hits. zimmerman and dunn went up there looking to hit 3-run home runs. ryan needs to move the runners up, his job. you need quality at-bats if you're going to get back in

they're not real nice to teddy roosevelt. >> johnny: that was a nice gesture to welcome bruce -- >> ift work out here, you could be his adviser. you could be down there. >> rob: he needs to win just one. i don't comment on a president again. >> johnny: brandon phillips -- >> rob: i spent a few months in milwaukee watching -- the games got so long watching sausages. >> johnny: they were knocking people over -- >> rob: he was just playing. >> johnny: sausage was well done after that analive. 1-2 the count to brandon grounded to a double play. phillips with a fly ball to right. that's the second qui

new generation, including young franklin roosevelt, and planting trees and trying to be like teddy roosevelt. and f.d.r. and others got involved. i am doing another volume. this book begins in 1858, at his birth, and end at the era of global warming. the time of now and through a multiple volume history. >> thank you. >> brian, thank you. >> from a history standpoint where did you find the artifacts and materials? >> that's a good question, most of the materials we have came from fish hatcheries from the field. almost everything is donated by field offices. so these historic things that doug brinkley has written about, were in garages and attics and suffering from deteriator. and once we opened an archive, it was filled in 10 years, so researchers can use them. >> the thing that motivates us is that rachel carlson and much of her materials went into the insenerator. and we will never let that happen again. >> who put them in the incinerator? >> they saw no value back then. >> put rachelcarlson in history? >> she plays with the american environmental movement. which has different concerns tha

teddy roosevelt, harry truman, jimmy carter, bill clinton, they all called for it. while some reforms have been made, efforts at comprehensive reform that covers everyone in brings down costs have largely failed. part of the reason is because of the different groups involved such as doctors, insurance companies, and others could not agree on the need for reform or the shape it would take. if we are honest, the other part has been opposition that has used fear tactics to take any efforts to achieve reform as an attempt to socialized medicine. despite this long history of failure, i am standing here because i think we are in different times. one sign that things are different, the senate passed a bill that will protect children from the dangers of smoking. [applause] this went nowhere when it was proposed a decade ago. [applause] what makes this moment different is that this time for the first time stakeholders are aligning not against but in favor of reform. they are coming out -- coming together out of a recognition that while reform will take everyone in our health

this warning could have happened yesterday, but teddy roosevelt delivered it more than a century ago, in 1907, the same year as that meeting. roosevelt knew that money and power were self dealing. the fbi was treated just one year later. today, i want to talk about the fbi role in combating white- collar crime. we talk about the need for integrity in the marketplace and board room, in government, and touch upon our unique roles in this fiscal calculus.

he started out quoting teddy roosevelt. he went on to cite how the department was engaged with the issue of politically abusive conduct. a junket had been arranged, taking members of congress to play golf at st. andrews. it was arranged by a man and he said this had been fully investigated. i subsequently discovered that my friend mr. mukasey did not know that one of the participants in this golf junkets that he cited was his predecessor, john ashcroft. the week he gave that speech, the single most prominent report in the american press of corruption related to the united states department of justice. it was a no bid consultancy contract, multimillion-dollar consulting contract awarded by the u.s. attorney in new jersey, then preparing his candidacy to be governor, to the same john ashcroft. never investigated or addressed internally by the department of justice. in the speech, i think, judge mukasey went on to say, "let me be clear. politics has no world in the investigation or prosecution of political corruption or any ot

teddy roosevelt is our hero. the bull moose party of 1912. i have a request into question, congressman. my question is that would you join our moose herder's and designate bill cohen as the spokesperson and keep him in mind for president for 2012. my question about palestinians -- why can't they join the surrounding countries? you know, jordan, syria, egypt, instead of being their own country? guest: well, i am not sure any of the countries want the palestinians. they like them as an arguing point, but i am not really sure that jordanians really want the palestinians. i am not sure exactly what would be the position that they take when you ask that very simple question because the palestinians

. >> historian douglas brinkley on teddy roosevelt and his leading role on the conservation movement in the early days. >> he believed in hunting. he did not believe in hunting so that you make a species extinct. he cared about butterflies, what -- while flying hours -- wild flowers. >> this will be on sunday at 8:00 p.m. on c-span and title " q&a. " you can watch part one of our interview with douglas brinkley on c-span.org . .

including young franklin roosevelt who got interested in conservation and was trying to be like teddy roosevelt. so f.d.r. and eleanor roosevelt got very involved. so i'm doing another volume. i'm planning on going from -- this book begins in 1858, t.r.'s birth in new york, and i'm going to wednesday the era of global warming, the time we have right now. march us through in a multiple volume history. >> thank you, professor brinkley. >> brian, thank you. >> from a hustry standpoint, where did you find the different art facts that you have and the materials you had? did you bring them somewhere else? >> that's a really good question. most of the materials we have have come off refuges or fish hatcheries. actually, from the field. almost everything in our archive is donated by former employees or by field office. so these historic things that douglas brinkley has written about, they were at garages, basements, attics. they were suffering from all sorts of environmental deterioration. once we filled up an archive, we did it in about 10 years. researchers could use them so we could teach with them.

teddy roosevelt called for it, harry truman called for it, richard nixon called for it, jimmy carter called for it, bill clinton called for it. but while significant individual reforms have been made such as medicare, medicaid and the children's health insurance program, efforts at comprehensive reform that covers everyone and bring down costs, have largely failed. and part of the reason is because different groups involved, doctors, insurance companies, businesses, workers, and others, simply couldn't agree on the need for reform, or what shape it would take. if we are honest, another part of the reason has been fierce opposition field by some interest groups and lobbyists, opposition that has used fear tactics to paint any effort to achieve reform as an attempt to socialized medicine. despite this long history of failure, i am standing here because i think we're in a different time. once thing that different, the senate passed a bill that will protect children from the dangers of smoking, a reform the ama has long championed. [applause] disorganization went nowhere. when it was pro

teddy roosevelt has yet to win a race, but he's the first to have his own barbecue. more about it. >> see what teddy and i have been cooking up. fell off the bone. it's been cooking all day long. just this up and dig right in. >> debbi: if that doesn't make your mouth water, i don't know what will. >> bob: with what would we know about mouth watering up here? evidently, food is not allowed on the seventh floor. >> rob: depp debbi just teases those with -- us with those. nice story, debbi. >> bob: yeah, hard-hitting report. thank you. top of the fourth, adam lind. >> rob: way to get to the bottom of that story. >> bob: i thought journalists were all about free food. evidently not. >> rob: have you ever seen debbi? she's not eating the free food. that's for sure. back there eating an apple. >> bob: what's an apple? ground ball. anderson hernandez throws out adam lind. >> rob: that little round thing. >> bob: ok. alex rios will be next. then lyle overbay not to be lost in all of what's going on here the efficiency with which jordan zimmermann is getting some of his outs.

>> historian douglas bringing on teddy roosevelt and his leading role in the early days of the conservationovement. >> he believed in hunting. he did not believe in hunting so you would make a species extinct. he cared about butterflies. he cared about wild flowers. he wanted to make sure we had a place for that in modern society. >> tonight on "q&a" part two of this special. tonight at 8 on c-span. you can listen on the radio. you can go online and watch it as well. that -- that is on the internet at c-span.org. >> how is c-span funded? >> donations? i have no idea. >> public funding? maybe, i do not know. >> analyses been funded? 30 years ago america's cable companies created since then as a public service, a private business initiative. the government mandate or money. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are talking about the u.s. economy. peter morrissey \ ici is an ecos professor. how was the economy doing? guest: it is in serious conditions but the statements of the obama administration. it will take a long time to clean up the mess he inherited. not all the issues that got us

. >> next week on "q&a" the first in a two-part series on a new book on teddy roosevelt and his involvement in the early days of the conservative movement. archemorus accompany the book's author to shepherd's town, west virginia -- our cameras of company the book's author. >> you are watching c-span, a public service provided by the nation's cable industry. up next on prime minister's questions, british prime minister gordon brown on his proposal to reform british parliament. then remarks from benjamin netanyahu on establishing a palestinian state. later, former house speaker newt gingrich at the 2009 annual congressional gop fund-raising dinner. >> tomorrow on "washington journal," and look at the fiscal policy with bruce stokes. then a discussion on financial markets and institutions with bill mattingly. later, a look at the new program secured flight, which checks passengers names against the terrorist watch list. "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> let me be clear, mr. speaker, about what we think of electoral reform. we want to keep the existing system. we support

this historian on teddy roosevelt and his leading role in the early days of the conservation movement. >> he was not where you call a holistic. he believed in hunting. he did not believe in hunting so that you would make a species extinct. yes, he cared about butterflies, wild flowers. he wanted to make sure we have a place for that in modern society. >> tonight, part two would douglas brinkley. that will be at 8:00 p.m. on c- span. or you can listen on xm satellite radio. or listen on podcast. >> this week on prime minister's questions, the fate of british hostages in iraq and a house inquiry. he also in his questions about government spending and u.k. jobs. we will then show you the ceremony to welcome the new speaker, john, who presided over his first questions time since being elected. that is tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. on thursday, republican senators were appointed to new leadership positions. this follows the leadership resignation of nevada senator john ensign for allegations of an extramarital affair. thune will be policy chair and senator murkowski will replace him as sen

. >> historian douglas brinkley on teddy roosevelt and his role in the early days of the conservation movement. >> he is not what we would call by modern terms a holistic -- he believed in hunting. he did not believe in hunting to make a species extinct. he cared about butterflies and wild flowers. he wanted to make sure we had a place for that in modern society. sunday part to with the -- with the douglas brinkley on the wilderness warrior. sunday night at 8. download the c-span podcast and watch part one of our interview with the douglas brinkley. how c-span funded? >> it is publicly funded. but donations? >> government? >> c-span is its funding through taxes. >> i don't know. >> 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, and a private business initiatives with no government mandate and no government money. >> next, a discussion on summer learning and low-income students. this is about a half an hour. learning. tell us how much information do children lose over the summer by not being in school, not going to the library and not keeping up with their

. >> historian douglas brinkley on teddy roosevelt and his leading role in the conservation movement. >> he would not be called by modern alternative a holistic, he believed in hunting, but he wanted -- he did not believe in hunt sog you make a species extinct, so yes he cared about snail guards and butter flies and wildflowers. he wanted to make sure we had a place for that in modern society. >> sunday on q & a. part two with douglas brinkley on the wilderness warrior, sunday night at 8:00 on c-span or listen on xm satellite radio. download the c-span pod cast and watch part one of our interview with douglas bringly at c-span.org. >> now republican senators on supreme court nominee judge sonia sotomayor. they are members of the senate judiciary committee scheduled to hold ore confirmation hearing on july 13. from the u.s. capital, this is 20 minutes. >> good afternoon, it's good to be with you. we thought we'd share a few thoughts about the sotomayor nomination. i think judge sotomayor deserves fair treatment. and we're going to ensure that that happens. the nomination to the supreme

. >> historian douglas brinkley on teddy roosevelt and his leading role in the early days to have conservation movement. >> he was not by what you would call in modern terms holistic and he believed in hunting but not so you would make a species extinct so yes, we cared about butterflies and wild flowers. he wanted to make sure we had a place for that in modern society. >> sunday on "q & a" douglas brinkley. sunday night at 8:00 on c-span or listen on xm satellite radio. >> ahead of president obama's town hall meeting on health care today, americans for tax reform and the media reform center hosted this discussion on health care. critics of the president's plan, senator jim demint and congressman tom price took part. this is about an hour and a half. >> i want to welcome you today to a discussion of how to improve health care in the united states without raising tax, without reducing people's choices and leaving people free to make their own decisions and work directly with their doctors. we have a congressman and senator both who have ino vative legislation to this effect and to a panel of ex

. >> historian douglas brinkley on teddy roosevelt and his leading role in the early days of the conservation movement. >> he was not a holistic -- he believed in hunting. he did not believe in hunting so you would make a species extinct. he cared about butterflies, he cared about what fliers -- well flowers. >> tonight on "q&a" on douglas berkeley -- douglas brinkley. tonight at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. you can listen on ex-im's satellite radio. -- xm satellite radio. .

historian douglas brinkly on teddy roosevelt and his leading role in the early days of the conner is ation movement. >> he was op op not by modern terms a holistic, you know -- he was he believed in hunting, but he did not believe in hunting so you make a species extinct. yes, he cared about butterflies. he cared about wildflowers. he wanted to make sure we had a place for that in modern society. >> sunday on q&a, part two on the wilderness warrior, thee theodore roosevelt and the crusade for america. download the c-span podcast and watch part one of our interview with douglas brinkley at c-span.org. host: joining us from new york to talk about the future of american capitalism is joseph stiglitz, and he has an article in the july issue of "vanity fair" magazine called "wall street's toxic message." when the current crisis is over, the reputation of american-tile scap capitalism will have taken a beating, because of what washington practices and what it preaches. disillusioned developing nations may turn their backs on free markets warning nobel laureate joseph stiglitz. what is the

to use strong anti-trust laws but go further than existing anti-trust laws. 100 years ago when teddy roosevelt began dealing with the problem of anti-trust, what he was worried about was not just conventional senses of competition. he was worried about the political power of these large organizations. and what we've seen in this crisis is the political power of the big banks, they squeezed. they induced first the government to deregulate. then they made a mess of things. then they induced governments to give them hundreds of billions of dollars and now they are trying to persuade the government not to impose the kinds of structural change that is will protect our taxpayers from the from another occurrence of this kind of event. so i think very high on the agenda is limiting the size of these too big to fail banks to make them not too big to fail. the second point is gambling. and there, you're absolutely right. we shouldn't allow the gamblers to come under the protection of our depositting insurance. but we have. and again, it's something that is not adequately dealt with in the administration

teddy roosevelt called for it, truman called for it, nixon, carter, bill clinton all called for it. but while significant individual reforms have been made, such as medicare, medicaid, and the children's health insurance program, efforts at coomp rehencive reform that covers -- at comprehensive reform thats everyone and brings down cost has largely failed. partly because the different groups involved, doctors, insurance companies, businesses, workers, and others simply couldn't agree on the need for reform or what shape it would take. and if we're honest, another part of the reason has been the fierce opposition fueled by some interest groups and lobbyists, on sigs that has used fear tactics to paint any effort to achieve reform as an attempt to, yes, socialize medicine. despite this long history of failure, i'm standing here because i think we're in a different time. one sign that things are different is just this past week, the senate passed a bill that will protect children from the dangers of smoker a reform the a.m.a. has long championed. [applause] something this organization

some of our greatest presidents of the 20th century, teddy roosevelt, franklin roosevelt, and harry truman, or advocate for health insurance for all americans. president clinton fought hard for the administration proposal. those initiatives may have failed, but the hope that inspired them was never defeated. the time has finally come to redeem that and to deliver true health reform. in my conversations with colleagues, i am getting the sense there is now a willingness to tackle this issue and to resolve the problems and bring forward a much better health care system for all americans. with president obama and the white house, we now have the best opportunity ever to enact health reform. i'm determined that we not let this opportunity slip from our grasp. i look forward to this morning's testimony and continue with urgent, pragmatism, to send help reform legislation to the president for his signature this year. i want to recognize the ranking republican member of the committee. >> thank you. >> we both attended summit this year. in both those summits, i said that the republicans in the hous

. >> historian on teddy roosevelt and his leading role in the early days of the conservation movement. >> he was not a kind of holistic -- he believed in hunting, but he did not believe in hunting so you would make a species extinct. he cared about butterflies, wildflowers. he wanted to make sure we had a place for that in modern society. >> sunday, part 2 with douglas brinkley on "the wilderness warrior." sunday night on c-span, listen on xm satellite radio. >> how is c-span funded? >> through donations? >> i think you get a little bit from the federal government. >> grants and stuff like that. >> maybe from the sponsors? >> viewers? >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiative, no government mandate or government money. >> senators continued with remarks about supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor today. we will show you to of the speeches. this is a little more than half an hour. >> the nomination of a new justice to the supreme court has somewhat unexpectedly brought to our mind a core question

. >> these words of warning could have been given yesterday, but in fact, teddy roosevelt delivered them more than a century ago in 19 oh seven, the same year your club held its first meeting. roosevelt knew that money and power were too often flanked by dishonesty and self-dealing. it is perhaps no coincidence that he created the fbi just one year later. today i want to talk about the fbi's role in combating white-collar crime. we'll talk about the need for integrity in the marketplace, in the boardroom and in government. and we will touch on our distinct roles in this ethical calculus. in the wake of september 11, counterterrorism became the fbi's top priority. and yet at the same time, we were confronted with a rash of corporate wrongdoing, from enron to worldcom, to qwest. we have to prioritize, and we did. today we continue to balance the risk of terrorist attack, as evidenced by the plan to talk attacks against a growing risk to our economy and our communities from financial fraud and violent crime as well. unfortunately, we do not have the personnel to investigate every criminal t

. >> historian douglas brinkley on teddy roosevelt and his leading role in the early days of the conservation movement. >> he is not what we would call by modern terms a kind of a holistic -- you know, he believes in hunting, but he did not believe in hunting so you make a species extinct. so, yes, he cared about the snail darter, the butterfly. he cared about wild flowers. he wanted to make sure we had a place for that in our society. >> part 2 of douglas brinkley on the "wilderness warrior," sunday night at 8:00 on c-span, or listen on xm satellite radio. download the podcast. >> how is c-span funded? >> through donations? >> i think you get a little bit from the federal government. >> grants and stuff like that. >> maybe from sponsors? >> it might get some government funding. >> the worst? >> how is c-span funded by 30 years ago america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private initiative. no government mandate, no government money. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome david frost, also from his program, " al jazeera english." thank you for bein

. >> historian douglas brinkley on and teddy roosevelt and his leading role in the early days of the conservation movement. >> he was not what you would call by modern terms a kind of holistic -- he believed in hunting, but he wanted -- he did not believe in hunting so you make a species extinct. so, yes, he cared about snell daughters, -- snail darters, butterflies. at a sunday on -- >> sunday on q & a on c-span. or listen on c-span satellite radio. download the c-span podcast and what part one of our interview with douglas brinkley on c- span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to recommend -- we want to welcome representative rick boucher. the issue of captain trade is in the news, but briefly explain what that is about -- the issue of cat and trade is in the news, but be fully explain what that is about . guest: they would receive emission allowances, they could trade those on the market. they could purchase offsets for entities where the emissions could be reduced at perhaps a lower price, and it relies on the market to achieve maximum flexibility. host: will t

. >> next week on q & a the first in a two-part series on a new book on teddy roosevelt. our cameras accompany the book's author to west virginia. that's next sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. . .

>> historic douglas brinkley on teddy roosevelt and his leading role in the early days of the conservation movement. >> he was not what we call by modern terms a kind of holistic-- he believed in hunting, but he wanted, he did not believe in haunting so you would make a species extinct, so yes, he cared about snail darters, he cared about butterflies, he cared about wildflowers. he wanted to make sure we had a place for that in modern society. >> sunday on q&a prior two of douglas brinkley on the wilderness warrier, theodore roosevelt in a crusade for america. sunday night at 8:00 on c-span or listen on xm satellite radio, del mugged c-span podcasting watch part one of our interview with douglas brinkley at c-span.org. >> rath remarks now from the president of the washington nationals baseball team, stan kasten. we talked about the process of developing the team which came to washington in 2005. from the national press club, this lasts about an hour. >> my name is donna leinwand and i'm a reporter with "usa today," and the president of the national press club. we are the world's leading pr

i have visited the teddy roosevelt park. and i want to thank him for his great leadership on this bill over many years. i also want to thank senator ensign for his leadership. i believe this legislation will help our economy to do better to create jobs without any taxpayer expense. as the chair of the commerce subcommittee that is includes tourism, i recently held a hearing, a well-attended hearing with many senators and people there to examine the state of our tourism industry during these troubled economic times. i want to thank my ranking republican, senator martinez. we did it together. and i also held a field hearing in duluth, minnesota, to highlight the importance of tourism to mid-sized and smaller towns in the united states. during the hearings, we heard the importance of tourism and travel to our economy and the urgent need to increase international travel to the united states. as you know coming from colorado, the presiding officer, senator udall, america has so much to offer our travelers, whether it is the mount

teddy roosevelt is our hero. the bull moose party of 1912. i have a request into question, congressman. my question is that would you join our moose herder's and designate bill cohen as the spokesperson and keep him in mind for president for 2012. my question about palestinians -- why can't they join the surrounding countries? you know, jordan, syria, egypt, instead of being their own country? guest: well, i am not sure any of the countries want the palestinians. they like them as an arguing point, but i am not really sure that jordanians really want the palestinians. i am not sure exactly what would be the position that they take when you ask that very simple question because the palestinians are problematic, i think, for a number of the countries over there. i am not an expert on the details of that, but i do know the palestinians, while all the muslim nations say look how bad the palestinians are, they are not so quick to jump in and help them either. host: defense secretary gates has raised some concerns about the history of testing and t

. >> douglas brinkley on teddy roosevelt and his leading role in the early days of the conservation movement. he was not what we would call a holistic -- he believed in hunting, but he did not believe in hunting so you make every species extinct. so he cared about butterflies, he cared about wild flowers and wanted to make sure we had a place for that in modern society. >> that's tonight on "q&a" -- part to with douglas brinkley. theodore roosevelt and [unintelligible] you can download the podcast and watch part one of the interview with douglas brinkley on c- span.org. >> this week on "prime minister's questions" -- gordon brown discusses the fate of british officers in iraq. he answers questions about u.k. jobs in government spending. we will also show you the ceremony to show you the welcoming of their new speaker. he provided over the first question time since being elected monday. if that's tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> a look now at efforts to develop a effort to secure the nation's computer networks. they will discuss the obama is recent recommendations and other proposals as

. >> tonight on "q and a," part 2 on the wilderness warrior, teddy roosevelt and the crusade for america tonight at 8:00 on c-span or tonight at 8:00 on c-span or listen on xm satellite. >> following prime minister's questions we'll show you the ceremony to welcome the new speaker. the questions tonight at 9:00 eastern here on c-span. >> house g.o.p. conference chairman mike pence is our guest and we'll talk about the republican agenda and other issues that are being confronted in the house of represti

. >> teddy roosevelt and his leading role in the early days of the conservation movement. >> he was not what we would call by modern terms a kind of holistic -- he believed in hunting, but he did not believe in hunting so you would make a species extinct. so, yes, he cared about snail darter, butterflies, wild flowers. he wanted to make sure we had a place for that in modern society. >> sunday, part two with douglas brinkley on "the wilderness warrior." federer roosevelt and the crusade for america. sunday night at 8:00 p.m., or listen on satellite radio, down lied that c-span podcast and watch part one c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us is congressman jay ainsley, a democrat from washington and one of the strongest proponents of the legislation moving on the house floor. we want to go to a clip of president barack obama talking about the importance of congress coming together to pass this legislation. >> now i urge every member of congress -- democrat and republican -- to come together to support this legislation. i can't stress enough the importance of thi

but teddy roosevelt and the rough riders had the war won before the tax even took effect and guess what? americans are still paying that temporary phone tax for that war 111 years ago. phone taxes never die, they don't even fade away. americans are taxed enough already. government addiction to spending should be cured cold turkey style. citizens don't need more silly taxes to fund pet projects. mr. speaker, the people are weary of taxes. can you hear them now? no more taxes. no talking on the phone tax and that's just the way it is. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dicks: mr. speaker, today in seattle a memorial service is taking place for the university of washington's legendary football coach, jim owens, who passed away on june 6 leaving a legacy that extends far beyond husky stadium where he coached for 18 years. in fact, that legacy extends here to the nation's capital because i was one of the many individuals he recruite

at least to teddy roosevelt and not to mcginley in the spanish-american war and was of the modern presidency emerge in the u.s. emerged as a world power but i suspect the reason a lot of these a second branch civil servants think otherwise is because they see congress as a constant irritant and annoyance, a micromanaging that controls their purse strings. impulses all kinds of reporting requirements and restrictions on the departments and agencies and it eats up their budgets with the senseless earmarks. so i think that is one perspective to keep in mind and why the executive branch folks see congress as dominating the executive. congress, on the other hand, sees things quite differently, they see an executive bureaucracy that cannot begin to get its arms around and it comes to doing decent oversight of the executive, they see a president to is at the center of the news every day making pronouncements that congress must respond to, issuing budget proposals that congress merely tinkers with at the edges and certainly from landing in articulating u.s. demands and our policy is. and political s

roosevelt blizzard. i'm going out in a blizzard. it was hard for taft to have to succeed that popular president. here is an example. t.r. has famously the teddy bear. roosevelt had gone on a mississippi bear hunt as president. they didn't get a bear hunt bear. someone roped one and caught one. had it tied against a tree and roosevelt refused to kill it because that's unsportsmanlike. there was no fair chase. a cartoonist did a cartoon of t.r. showing him not killing the bear. it became the teddy bear. i saw the letter of a brooklyn toymaker, a mom and pop toy shop. dear mr. president, i would like to make a bear called a teddy bear. i won't do it if i don't have your approval. he wrote back i don't think there is much of a market, but you have my blessing to make it. suddenly, the teddy bear became the most popular toy in the world, still is. taft thought he could tap into that and created the possess so many and had companies make possess so many stuffed toys. the teddy bear stayed up, the billy possess so many went nowhere. people thought they could take the magic from t.r. somehow, there were no coattails. taft has become a very victimized

>> historian douglas brinkley on teddy roosevelt and the conservation movement. >> he was not what we would call by modern terms a holistic -- he believed in hunting. he did not believe that hunting so you could make the species extinct. yes, he cared about butterflies, wild flowers, he wanted to make sure we had a place for that in modern society. >> sunday, part 2 with douglas brinkley on "the wilderness warrior." sunday night at 8:00 on c-span. download the podcast, and watch part one c-span.org. >> house speaker nancy pelosi has been working to line up votes for a climate change bill to be considered tomorrow and the house. she was asked about that today on capitol hill. she also talks about health care legislation. her remarks are just under 15 minutes. >> good morning. since last we met, three chairman of the committees of jurisdiction are doing health care reform. they put forth a draft, and we're very proud of the work they have done. it takes us a step closer to providing what the president has called for. affordable, quality excess -- quality, accessible health care. i comme