but that's the next book, when i find that one out. c-span: how did the automobile change us initially? >> guest: change us initially? c-span: as a country. >> guest: well, i think in the opening stages, it was perceived as an element of reform. and it would get the farmer out of the mud; it would enable the farmer's children to get to the cities. it was going to be an agent of reform in the city, and it was a very positive element of the reform movement that started this century: that the turbulent, oppressed cities and--with the masses of immigrants were going to be relieved. and, of course, they were going to get rid of the horses and the horse manure and the difficulties of movement. so it was a very positive element in the minds of many reformers of the period. c-span: you had a figure in there, something like--what? -- 12 million, 14 million horses. >> guest: yeah, right. right. c-span: did people ride all those horses? is that--was that the only reason that they were kept? >> guest: no, they were pulling carriages and they were pulling

c-span: on the other side? oh, i see. >> guest: yes. c-span: yes. next to roald. >> guest: he's leaning back. that's right. and actually, they were personal friends. they had been at moscow state university at exactly the same time. they had known each other for quite some time. it's just that there's no doubt that even at that time, we knew that primakov was a rising star within the soviet establishment, and when he said that this thing had to stop, you know, i personally was not absolutely convinced he was speaking for himself. c-span: when did it become public that there was a relationship, other than just friends? >> guest: well, it really -- it really didn't all the way up until the time we announced our engagement because we'd had a number of tremendous hoops to jump through. first of all, roald was holding a very important position within the soviet union. two, as a matter of fact. he was a member of their parliament, the old supreme soviet. and he was also the head of the space research institute. and he told me early on that there would real

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i think that -- i thought you were going to go with, "should the c-span be there?" i wanted to put in a plug for c- span. i have treated -- tweeted on this subject at the whole thing should be in front of cameras. one of the things that is disappointing is that obama said all bill writing like health care was going to be in front of c-span cameras. i think we would have much better government and would not have passed obama's health care reform if it actually had to make that sausage in front of cameras. the same should be true about the deficit reduction package. >> we have to leave it there. thank you for being on "newsmakers." >> we are back with our reporters. susan, what did you hear up there from grover norquist? >> super committee and possibility of a deal. he is reiterating the importance of the pledge, and it really is playing a big role of whatever deal comes out of the super committee. i think it will make the deal smaller. the eight chemical plants to reduce the deficit and balding raising revenues through tax increases, and that was the only way they wer

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i want to think the whole c-span team. you viewers should know the crews who come out and do this stuff are super nice people. they are classy folks. they bring in a real good service. they always have. since when we did our first debate in new hampshire with c- span. it was a lot of fun. the dean of c-span, a really nice guy. maybe the next let us press secretary. i am kidding. bill gardner, secretary of state here in new hampshire. during the break you were saying something's from 2008. john mccain and hillary clinton ended up doing ok. 1.2 million people. two dozen 8, 529,000 people voted in new hampshire. that is 70% voter turnout. that is participation. that is political participation. what other states could touch that? that many voters taking the time. so many people say, i am too busy to vote. >> there was no state that came within 10 percentage point of new hampshire. what is even more remarkable, the absentee ballots were less than 5%. >> people actually voting. >> over half a million voted on that day, going into

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c-span. see if you are a dirt, the face of c-span is also really, really nice guy. e the next white house press secretary. though gartner can the secretary of state in new hampshire. new hampshire's going first again. during the break, mr. secretary, you were saying something since 2008 in primary. john mccain, hillary clinton ended up doing okay. we are a state of 2008, 1.2 million people, correct? >> 2008, 529,000 people voted in new hampshire. out of 750,000 registered voters, that is like 71st of voter turnout. that is participation. that is political participation. what other state could touch that in terms of batman engaged voters taken the time. people say i'm too busy to go. in the primary cycle four years ago there was no state that came within 10 percentage points in new hampshire. and with even more remarkable, the absentee ballot count was less than 5%. so what the 400 people that actually voted -- over half a million voted on that date going into the polling place and taken part. a little over 4% cast absentee ballots. that is typical from the primary. n

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follow the senate on c-span 2 and the house live at 4:00 on c-span. we'll go to the white house. alan krueger made a surprise visit at the briefing today. he talked about the importance of extending the payroll fax cuts. we'll show you as much as we can gfer the house session gets under way at 4:00. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. sorry. i didn't hear that. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for being here. i apologize for the delay this afternoon. i have with me the president's chairman of -- the chairman of the president's council of economic advisors, recently confirmed by the senate. he is here to discuss with you the economic importance of the payroll tax cut extending and expanding it into next year as well the importance it has had to our economy and to 160 million americans this year. so what i'd like to do is have him go at the top, for you to address whatever questions you have on the policy issues to him. you may have some political questions which are more appropriately directed towards me. i will remain here to take them from you, and then i wil

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we have the full coverage in the c-span video library. new york times" about the soldiers who are on trial for killing -- for sport killing. "later on, we learned the soldiers were members of the fifth striker brigade second infantry division, which deployed to afghanistan from the space in 2009." host: next is a call from memphis, tennessee. larry is a veteran. you are on the air. caller: good morning. i have been looking for a job. even though i am a military veteran, i cannot find a job anywhere. i do not even think people care about the military veterans, especially the republicans. every time a republican president gets in office, they cut the military benefits. republicans do not care about the military. then we have all these wars. i went in when i was 18. i did not know any better. i see why they want young people. i found out the vietnam war was all a lie. afghanistan, iraq, anywhere. thank you. host: raymond kelly will be our guest at 8:15. he is the service director of the vfw. "washington times" story about veterans is about t

the nation from cbs. list ton them all on c-span radio on 90.1 fm in the washington, d.c. area. our i phone or blackberry, nationwide on xm satellite radio channel 119 or listen on line. >> see more videos on the candidates on c-span's web site. host: welcome to welcome back jamal simmons and jennifer ruben of the "washington post" blogs right turn. good morning. let's begin with the "washington post." this headline one year to go, one frustrated u.s. electorate. guest: well, there's a good reason to be. the economy is poor. over 70% say we're on the wrong track. congress has approved rating of less than 10% in many polls. so people are dissatisfied clearly. and i think the president is going to have to make the case to the american people that he deserves to be rehired and that is possible but i think it's going to be a tough election year for him. host: we've seen a pivot from the president as he tries to shift blame to republicans and the house of representatives. how sit working? guest: it seems to be beginning to work right now. the poll numbers tick up a little bit. the con

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c-span. here are a few of the comments. st: you can also send us a twitter message, if you go to twitter.com. twitter.com/c-spanwj is the handle. . host: we want to give you some headlines on other topics this morning. this is the front page of "the wall street journal," talking about the financial crisis in europe. host: that is the front page of "the wall street journal," this morning. from "the washington times," this story is in many papers this morning. the front page of "the washington post," talks about libya. host: that is open "the washington post," this morning. a picture next to that untitled "higher ground, but barely." host: those are some of the headlines this morning. back to our topic. john, new jersey. what do you think? caller: the people are making judgments about whether or not we should retain the death penalty in selected states. looking for the kinds of changes that people ought to go for, caught in cages. that is what the prisoners call themselves. i have been a volunteer chaplain for 14 years and i h

then the next, the c-span series "the contenders" on key figures who have run for president and lost but changed political history. today, the life of hubert humphrey. then, a hearing on bonuses for executives at fannie mae and freddie mac. after that, defense secretary leon panetta on security in iraq. "newsmakers," tom coburn discusses how congress is tackling the u.s. deficit and how republicans and democrats might reach an agreement. today at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c- span. >> there is a story i was told from inside the administration that when obama was given the first budget and there were some 6000 or 7000 earmarks in it, this first instinct, he said, was to veto the budget. he was told by his audience for capitol hill that there was no way he could do that. he could not cut these ties with democrats. i just think that had he vetoed that, he would have been the tea party. had he signaled his fundamental desire to change the system and change the way that washington works, he could have continued to rally the reform movement that now breaks out all over literally the world becaus

the cape cod. caller: good morning, and thank you for c-span. what most people don't realize is that the united states is in great debt to china. we borrow, borrow, borrow. and they receive our money and what do they do with it? they buy, buy, buy. and some examples are vast land properties throughout africa, great stores of food. they own massive amounts of oil, gas, timber, raw materials throughout the world that they have brought the property rights to and therefore they will starve us out of mineral wealth and they will have a great advantage and industrial capacity that no other nation in the world has ever had and they will drive us into economic ruin. and it's something that the president should see, and the people should see that if somebody controls the cards, the dealer, the casino, no one has a chance to win in any manner. it's very, very difficult to see the united states fail because they lack the fortitude to manufacture again, to get things organized so that we can be a free running back. host: let's take a look at comments on twit

c-span. see if you are a dirt, the face of c-span is also really, really nice guy. maybe the next white house press secretary. though gartner can the secretary of state in new hampshire. new hampshire's going first again. during the break, mr. secretary, you were saying something since 2008 in primary. john mccain, hillary clinton ended up doing okay. we are a state of 2008, 1.2 million people, correct? >> 2008, 529,000 people voted in new hampshire. out of 750,000 registered voters, that is like 71st of voter turnout. that is participation. that is political participation. what other state could touch that in terms of batman engaged voters taken the time. people say i'm too busy to go. in the primary cycle four years ago there was no state that came within 10 percentage points in new hampshire. and with even more remarkable, the absentee ballot count was less than 5%. so what the 400 people that actually voted -- over half a million voted on that date going into the polling place and taken part. a little over 4% cast absentee ballots. that is typical from the primar

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the world." s c live coverage tomorrow morning on c-span 2. -- c. live coverage tomorrow morning on c-span 2. -- see live coverage tomorrow morning on c-span 2. >> let me remind you, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no burden. >> he lost from 1964 presidential election to lyndon johnson. the candor and ideas of barry goldwater galvanized the conservative movement. he is featured this week on the c-span series, "of the contenders." live, friday, 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> the that -- the jet -- the delaware attorney general was on this morning's edition of "washington journal." thought -- filed in the rear in the report in delaware, challenging the fact that mrrs -- i will pull this out of my year for a second -- mrs is the entity -- mrrs is the entity that provides for mortgage- backed securities. we have advised that it is a deceptive practice. that the system that they created back in 1995, the banks, fannie and freddie, we decided that they would create a system that essentially privatized the old recreation systems in the united states of ameri

host: next call on the independent line. caller: c-span is the best reality programming on television. what role does educating the american citizens out there playing in raising awareness and the ability to appreciate what is going on? if we took the case of the super committee and show that on television, would that not show the inaction -? do you reach out to people to teach them more about what is going on? guest: we try to do our best to get the message out. that is why i'm here on c-span, so we can tell a large number of problems that we're seeing in washington. we're not alone in now. there are other groups who are doing the same thing. it is important to educate the american public so that people know what is going on here. that is a big part of the problem. people do not know what is going on in washington. there would rather watch tim kerr-and then c-span. -- kim span.shian thtaan c- guest: yeah. that would be harder than you think. there are many, many doors in the house and senate. having the video feed, they don't have to sign

i mean, you know, can we say the c-span? >> we're cable, you can say it, but i'm not. >> there's interesting responses to the word "nigger," and the older generation, generally people older than me are generally against the way that my generation and younger uses it. it's very public, very sort of revolutionarily feeling, but i was surprised to find that they use it in private spaces very much. when i was interviewing reverend jackson, he said it in this clock yal way, not attacks or degrading. i was shocked. he said, no, i didn't say that. it came out easily, and he didn't realize he said it. dr. king using it colloquially. it's preacher callture for a lot of people. it's a word the older generation, especially black men, used in private spaces. it is a word that my generation and younger uses in public spaces, and that is the older generation's dispute with us. this is meant to be a barbershop word. you broadcast it on your albums or in the subway, you know, on a subway street corner. i mean, it's interesting. i mean, in th

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candidates and read the latest comments from the social work -- from social media sites and link to the c-span media partners in the early primary and caucus states. all at c-span.org. >> this past july 4th, and lee a ceremony held aboard the u.s.s. constitution in boston harbor, simon winchester became an american citizen. >> i decided i would take all the necessary steps in the exam -- there is a 10 question exam. i got one of the questions wrong. i had an australian friend who is also up for citizenship and i rang her and said i got one of the questions one -- i got one of the question is wrong. >> not the one about what color is the white house. i said i feel a fool confessing it, but it is what is the american national anthem? i blurted out "america the bird -- america the beautiful." he said in my view, it should be, but it's not. >> be author of 21 books, watch the rest of our interview with simon winchester tonight at 8:00. >> >> this week on "newsmakers," raul grijalva joins us from tucson, arizona. here in the studio in washington, two congressional correspondents. david has the firs

and then funding for the economy. >> let the c-span networks be your source for public affairs, nonfictionooks, and american history. c-span2 has book tv with the lettuce nonfiction books and authors. american history tv on c-span3 showcasing people and events that shaped our country. all of our programs are available any time at the c-span video library. the c-span networks -- is washington your way. -- 45 minutes. [applause] >> some of my equipment is falling off here. thank you, jim, for an overly- generous introduction. at the risk of this sounded like a mutual admiration society, let me thank you for the extraordinary transformation that has occurred here during your tenure. it is absolutely spectacular, is it not? [applause] and this center started before gary greg got here, but you can hardly recognize before and after. gary, you have an absolutely superb. thank you for your leadership. [applause] today, as gary indicated, we celebrated a first. this is the first time in the 20-year history of the center that we have had a sitting speaker of the u.s. house of representatives. as the

the great depression. this week and on c-span2 and 3. >> the new c-span website. easier for you to get our schedule with new features like a three-day work layout so you can scroll through all the programs. and receive an e-mail alert a year program is scheduled to air. you can access our most popular series and programs. a handy channel finder so you can find where to watch our three c-span networks on cable or satellite systems at the all new c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with steven emerson, the executive director of the investigator project on terrorism. tell us what this was all about. guest: he was a dominican convert to islam several years ago. he was conspicuously making threats on the internet. he had nine terrorist websites registered to him and he made his views known, which is not your typical profile for someone who is about to carry out an act of terrorism. he was a militant and starting to plan a terrorist attack using sources on the web including a magazine which was in english and had an article in the last issue

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go to the c-span video library at c-span.org. presidential candidates mitt romney today will make his second campaign stop in iowa this month. you can see that speech from the one tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. on c-span 2 at 8:00 tonight, a discussion about iraq, how of thousands of supporters of will beopposition group closed. we will hear from howard dean among others. that's on c-span 2 a data clark keefer. and the house hearing on u.s. development assistance to china on c-span 3 at 8:00. >> four days of "book tv" starts thursday morning. the winner of the nobel peace prize on her book. and henry kissinger looks back on china and president nixon. and caroline kennedy on her mother. and david mccullough on american expatriate in 19th century paris. and the grandson of harry truman and bess truman, looking at his grandparents' letters to each other and the role of former first lady played in shaping her husband's career. he is interviewed by the great granddaughter of president herbert hoover. four days of "book tv" program

then there will be discussion on birmingham during the great depression. this weekend on c-span 2 and 3. >> arizona has chalice the federal government on issues ranging from health care too birthright citizenship. up next, a panel discussion on these issues and why the state seems to be the source of new initiatives. this includes gabrielle giffords, the former speechwriter. -- this includes gabrielle giffords and former speechwriter. >> i don't know if you have noticed but arizona has been in the news a lot lately. it really has. that is one of the reasons why we are here. i work for the "new york times" and we decided to open a phoenix bureau and i am the first ever phoenix bureau chief. one of the reasons why they did that is that we were sending reporters into arizona all the time so we decided not -- why not have someone stay here. arizona is hot. we were meeting in arizona at the time. he was not talking about the temperature, he was talking about the fact that news was breaking here. sitting to my left is a professor at arizona state university and his work is on the elec

. >> with hundreds of hours of new public affairs programming available each week, the c-span video library is the online resource to find what you what when you want, index, searchable, shareable. it's washington your way. >> british prime minister david cameron takes questions from members on youth employment, the euro zone crisis and border security. opposition leader ed miliband accused of prime minister and home secretary of implementing a relaxed border security policy this summer and suggested millions of european passengers could have entered the country illegally. prime minister cameron defended his border security policy saying that it led to the seizure of firearms and forged documents. he conceded the u.k. border agency acted without ministerial approval in certain actions and the head of its border force, brody clark, had to be suspended. this is 32 minutes. >> questions to the prime minister. dr. julian help burn -- hepburn, number one, please, sir. >> thank you, plr. i'm sure the whole house would wish to join me paying tribute to private matthew hazeldon. despite only being

that is the beauty of c-span. i love it. in my career prior to retirement, i had the honor and pleasure of serving as a public educator. the last 15-18 years, i served as a school counselor. i sought time after time, particularly in the more rural counties, that as was alluded to poor people do not have vehicles. poor people do not have a driver's license. poor people only have to have a social security card or a birth certificate to get the needed support, and that is my perspective. this is another means to move the separation from the haves and have-nots. host: what do you think? guest: again, i disagree with that. indiana put in all kinds of special education effort and they put an effort to do -- for example, georgia had a mobile van drove to rural areas of the country to help people get id. they had a long education program. they spent a lot of money going out and finding individuals who did not have an id to give them ideas. the result was that they really did not have a problem. thell find when you compare number of i

the recordings come out well. there are two cameras here. those are from c-span. the program is being recorded for c-span and they will broadcast this some time in the next week or two. the associates here are recording also for our oral history program which now totals over 800 people. we have by no reason for guests will appear on the screens behind us also some photographs ones of the kennedys come from the national archives and white house photographers and the photographs you will see come from the sixth floor museum collections. let's see. we will also have a session many of you filled up the forms already. if you don't have a pencil or pen to write with hold up your hand and people will come around and give you a pencil to ride with. i have prepared questions but i know i can't cover everything and we will see what we can do. toward the end we will get into our q&a session. let's get acquainted. we like to do that with these programs. raise your hand if you remember the kennedy assassination weekend. >> freeze your hand if you were here in dallas at the time

this weekend on the contenders, george wallace of alabama. live at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c- span. >> of the project go pink women's project continues. next, we hear from anita perry, the wife of governor rick perry of texas. >> good afternoon. let me tell you a little bit about rebecca, the litton the governor from wisconsin. -- the lieutenant governor and from wisconsin. throughout the last couple of days, i have listened to our panel talked about what we need to look for in a candidate. we in wisconsin were fortunate enough to find a candidate who really reflected almost everything that they mentioned in their panel discussions. but the neat thing about rebecca is that she is one of us. she is one of us as republican women, she is a republican -- she is a conservative republican, and she has worked very hard to make certain that she has maintained those strong values through it very difficult times. many of you know what is going on in wisconsin brigid she will not tell you this, but i will. rebecca and scott walker are being faced with recalls. i am recalled at the way the --

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look for the complete weekend schedule at c-span. org/history or for our schedules in your inbox, click the c-span alert button. >> when i got into public, started selling my books, every person i worked with i had a rejection letter from. which was kind of cool. so you go to a meeting and they're like, we love your stuff. then it's like what about this? >> in his non-fiction, questioning the motivations, ethics, and morality of brilliant people. his account with mark zuckerberg and the creation of facebook was adapted for the screen as "the social network," "bringing down the house" followed a group of students who won millions in las vegas, and his latest, "sex on the moon" tracks the possible astronaut candidate as he steals a safe filled with moon rocks. now it's your chance to ask the questions. call, e-mail or tweet live on "in depth" sunday at noon eastern on "book tv" on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: and on your screen is the director of the census bureau who is our guest this morning our continuing series

look for a schedule in the in box of c-span alert. >> "washington journal" continues. : congressman bill pascrell sets of the budget and ways and means committee. hear it -- he is here to talk about the deficit reduction committee. i want to begin with the so- called super committee. here is the headline from "the new york times." "justices must not fail and are urged to compromise." -- "that is the panel is warned that it must not fail and is urged to compromise." here is what they said yesterday to the committee. >> i have worked closely with almost all of you on both sides of the aisle. i have great respect for each of you individually. but collectively, i am worried that you are going to fail. fail the country. >> we said that we would not get into that business of tax increase so that grover would not have a shock or a stroke. we said that we would go around him and let him rant. i will tell you one thing, if he and the aarp are in thrall to those groups, we have not got a prayer, and neither have you. host: not only talking about the tax side of it, but the social

you can see the house live right now on c-span. and, of course, the senate here on c-span2. they are expected to gaveled back in just a couple moments. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> while the wait for set lawmakers to appear on capitol hill, the hill is reporting that senate democrats are planning to move 1 trillion-dollar on the next month. an article by alexander bolton. offering that it is a strategy that will spark a backlash that tea party conservatives. majority leader harry reid and other democratic leaders would likely be forced to accept another long stop spending measure. the risk the government shut down when funding runs out december 17. during a conference call with reporters yesterday, senator reid said there's not enough time to pass the spending bill individually or in smaller packages known as many buses. tea party affiliate conservatives say they will do everything they can to blow up the bill, even the gop leaders agreed in august to funding levels for fiscal 2012 and 2013. [inaud

we have the full coverage in the c-span video library. "the new york times" about the soldiers who are on trial for killing -- for sport killing. "later on, we learned the soldiers were members of the fifth striker brigade second infantry division, which deployed to afghanistan from the space in 2009." host: next is a call from memphis, tennessee. larry is a veteran. you are on the air. caller: good morning. i have been looking for a job. even though i am a military veteran, i cannot find a job anywhere. i do not even think people care about the military veterans, especially the republicans. every time a republican president gets in office, they cut the military benefits. republicans do not care about the military. then we have all these wars. i went in when i was 18. i did not know any better. i see why they want young people. i found out the vietnam war was all a lie. afghanistan, iraq, anywhere. thank you. host: raymond kelly will be our wrecks we are live on this veterans day where president obama is observing this veterans day holiday

the contenders." and we've added a handy channel finder so you can quickly find where to watch our three c-span networksn cable or satellite systems across the country, at the all-new c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: every wednesday we feature a recent magazine piece. this week we're speaking with yuval levin to talk about a story on what is constitutional conservatism. this is a piece that appeared "national review." the best way to start maybe with the cover photo. "in their populist nor technocrat -- neither populist technocrat." guest: this is a piece that tries to think about the ideas that are inflicted, that underline a lot of our debates. the democrats today make technocratic and populist arguments. let me talk about those words. we see a technocratic attitude on display when someone argues an important governing decision should be handed over to a panel of experts that is shielded from public opinion. we see a lot of that in the legislative agenda of the first two years of the obama administration. in september, peter orszag made a case saying we need less democracy. if you

. >> road to the white house coverage coming up this weekend on the c-span networks. here on c-span2, five of the republican president rnl candidates speaking at the ronald reagan dinner in iowa. we'll hear from rick perry, rick santorum, and congressman ron paul. saturday night on c-span, two gop candidates, newt gingrich and herman cain square off in a debate hosted by the tea party patriots in houston. >> house high norty leader, nancy pelosi, called on the joint deficit reduction committee to produce, quote, "a big, bold, balanced plan." she briefed us on capitol hill this morning for about 20 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. >> morning. >> speaking of morning and time, the clock is ticking for the super committee to make its report to the congress. the opportunity that the super committee has is historic. it's urgent, and we are hoping that the committee will take advantage of that opportunity, that it makes the intrerp nearly spirit of america its centerpiece, the jobs and growth are where the focus should be, and then decisions about revenue a

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the complete schedule last c-span.org/history. or for the schedule in your in box, click the c-span alert button. this weekend on book tv on c- span2, on "after words" and author and columnist talk about the history of conservatism. "no higher honor" -- condoleezza rice recants her time as secretary of state. and president bill clinton's thoughts on the current state of the american economy and his plan for recovery. or the complete schedule at book tv.org, and sign up for alerts in your in box. >> extremism in the defense of liberty is no overt -- vice. let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. >> he lost the 1964 presidential election to lyndon johnson but barry goldwater's ideas and candor and galvanized the conservative movement. the five-time senator from arizona is featured this week on "the contenders." from the goldwater institute in phoenix, live friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. "washington journal" continues. now on your screen is debbie cenziper, investigator reporter with "the washington post clause -- "the washington post" recently did a series on the

dominici.te co watch what you want when you want on the c-span video library. w the head of the white house national economic council gene sperling was at the economic club of washington monday, talking about jobs, taxes, and the deficit. because of technical problems, we are only able to show you a little more of an hour of this event. >> after larry summers left. prior to that, he served as counselor to the secretary of the treasury in the first two years of the obama administration, and brings a wealth of experience that position. the director of the national economic council ordinates and helps develop economic policy for the administration and the president. the experience that he is brought as he had the same job in the clinton administration. at the beginning of that administration, he served as deputy head of the national economic council under bob rubin, and later he became the director of the national economic council. he has held this position before, and has not been involved in 11 straight years of democratic economic policy making, where more than

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