>>c-span: the number of the party? uest: not necessarily i am philosophy but but a republican with the capital or and libertarian with the small l. >>c-span: you were close to goldwater. >> guest: he was a libertarian. in philosophy. not party. >>c-span: bill clinton? >> guest: he is a socialist. as somebody who believes the way to achieve is to have government do it to. in to say earlier in the discussion in to take care of the bottom up. but the progress of society comes from the bottom. >>c-span: how do take care somebody in the lower third? >> guest: in my book i call the negative income tax to get rid of all the welfare programs but replace it by a minimum income. >>c-span: you also said that will not happen. >> guest: we're learning that. >>c-span: what will that do? >> guest: where we are wrong is with this special welfare programs and what i argue we should replace the whole ragbag of programs with a single negative tax. >> what about the theory that proves to be wrong? >> during world war ii i was the keynesian

>> guest: not to the women. c-span: huh? >> guest: not to the women. c-span: well, let me tell you what -- let me tell you what i'm talking about. you married a man by the name of stan levey. >> guest: that's correct. c-span: and it turns out that his son is bob levey? >> guest: yes. he writes bob levey's washington. c-span: here in washington. >> guest: that's correct. c-span: i mean, we hear -- i hear him on the radio, i read him in the post. >> guest: yes. c-span: that's what i mean by things you learn in this book. >> guest: yes. c-span: you married stan levey when? >> guest: in 1961. c-span: where did he work? >> guest: at the new york times in the city room. he was a labor reporter. that's where we fell in love. bob levey fell in love with his wife-to-be in the city room of the washington post. it's a family of tradition. c-span: what was the turner catledge rule? >> guest: the turner catledge rule was that no wife of a times man could be hired as long as that man was on the staff. and that was true for many year

the two of us. that's it. c-span: the--you also say that you had strong support from someplace in new york called hamilton college. >> guest: hamilton--i taught there for a year, and it was a wonderful place. that's actually where this all began. i--by--i'd left ucla as a post-doc and it was my first teaching job, and it's a wonderful liberal arts college in upstate new york. and i started presenting my ideas to students there about reagan and carrying big archival boxes around and starting some of the research. c-span: you mean they saw the boxes? >> guest: they saw--i couldn't bring the actual boxes but, you know, drafts of things or mainly typed scripts that, you know, were easy to take away and use for--in--in a more public setting. c-span: what's the reaction of the students when they see you working on this? >> guest: i now teach at carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh, and i've had great support from faculty and students. they've been supportive. they like it. they think it's entert--interesting. many don'

the way? >> guest: yes. yes. c-span: just before we opened the cameras up here and the microphones, you were talking about coming from a board meeting... >> guest: yes. c-span: ... and i believe--and i don't know that--but you are on quite a few boards, aren't you? >> guest: yes, i am. c-span: how many? >> guest: six. six for-profit boards and then hospitals, colleges, schools, foundations. c-span: would you mind naming the six? >> guest: i'm a director of merrill lynch, colgate-palmolive, arthur d. little consulting company, a small high-tech company called allen telecom, nike and an australian company called lend lease international, which is a global property and real estate company. c-span: how many days a year are you in meetings on boards like that, the commercial boards? >> guest: oh, goodness me. it's probably half my life. c-span: what do you think of it? >> guest: i enjoy it very much because, remember, i'm a historian. i've spent a lot of my life studying economic history, and it's fascinating for me to see h

[inaudible conversations] >> a quick reminder of others live coverage on the c-span networks, later today at 12:3 the congressional internet, this advisory committee will meet to discuss the fcc and the internet, yesterday the fcc voted in favor of a proposal allowing internet service providers to charge websites for faster video streaming. we have that live again starting at 12:30 eastern. the secretary of state hillary

live coverage of the white house correspondents dinner here on c-span. >> the red carpet arrivals continue. live coverage here on c-span. 100th anniversary. patrick stewart. the dinner will be filled with a lot of members of the administration and members from the cabinet. . e current o and b director chuck hagel the defense secretary. jack lew and earthquake holder. martin o'malley. chris christie. tom corbett of pennsylvania and former utah governor who head a think tank in the nation's capitol. we will see ted cruz. patrick lay hee. john mccain. and a number of members from the house in attendance as well including nancy pelosi. dingell.rs, john carolyn maloney. take you back now to the live carpet just outside the ballroom at the hilton hotel in washington. >> it is about 6:30 on the east coast. this is just outside on the north side of the white house. many celebrities and media people. still about an hour and 20 minutes or so until the beginning of the program when the president arrives and the program begins. so, thed 7:50 or initial speaking program at 8:00. president obama is set

>> yes. >> how was it to go through the c-span archives and find the information you needed to includeat was part of the criteria to include c-span footage, in addition to keeping it to under eight minutes. >> there's deftly not a lot about our topic. so, the clips that were available were easy to find. we went to c-span's youtube page and video library. >> do recommend kids in your class or younger than you do this type of project? >> definitely. it is an eye-opening experience. you get to learn a lot about what goes around --on around you. you become more aware. it is just incredible. there are some aspects of it that i would definitely do again. >> what was your reaction? >> we were dumbfounded. we had no idea that we even had a chance to win. and we weres over all bummed out about the audio. it was not up to the standards that we expected. we were done. we did not think we had any chance, but we did. >> and you won. were you going to do with the money? 0 each.ill split, $1,00 gabriel will buy new equipment. jay is putting it in the bank. opening up a-- branch of a local nonprofit.

the white house. live coverage here on c-span also on c-span radio getting underway at 11:40 eastern time. our next call is don from fairborn ohio on the republican line. caller: it has been avenged and president obama learned his lesson on writing on it. he is not bragging on at this time. the muslim brotherhood were in cairo. this is not hocus-pocus. revelation 19:11. they brought down the muslim brotherhood. they will be executed for killing our fellow americans. our fellow americans rest with jesus in heaven above. host: thanks for the call. this morning, tom coburn -- we sat down with them for c-span's q&a program. it is available on a website and the oklahoma republican calling it porky's 2 - the earmark ers strike back. next is mavis joining us from fort lauderdale, florida on the independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. i am doing well. at this point, i call it a which hunt. mr. issa has spent millions of our tax dollars on this. i mean, it is what it is now. why aren't we investigating mr. bush and cheney for thousands of americans who have died in iraq and iran. if yo

. >> read more and other featured interviews on the c-span, sundays at 8:00. >> next, a look at missiledefense during a daylong conference at the atlantic council. this portion includes remarks from james winifeld. he talks about ranges from threats posed by other countries. this discussion is 50 minutes. >> good morning everyone and thank you for that introduction. i worked very closely with ellen and developed a very high esteem for her work and passion for your work. it is a pleasure to see you here today. bea real privilege for me to able to kick off the annual global missile defense conference. it looks like you have a terrific company. a terrific range of speakers and topics, and a wonderfully diverse audience. partners from academia and industry, as well as experts from think tanks and congressional staffers, and a few friends from the diplomatic corps. i know from looking at the list but there are a few friends of mine,. knowledgeable friends mixed in. i appreciate the opportunity to talk about the missile defense and where i think we are headed and what we are up to. before tal

[applause] part of the c-span 2014 commencement coverage, we are , who has kerry nelson participated in that schools amendment selection process. he also served as the american universe in -- american university association of her fencers, professor, thank you for joining us. how does the university of illinois go about screening the person they choose for the commencement address? >> we focus on the commencement speakers who will receive an honorary degree, which is the case across the country. the faculty senate has about 200 faculty members who are elected, perhaps 150 show up at a given meeting. when commencement speakers are proposed, we each get a copy with a letter explaining why they consider them worthy of a commencement speech and then awarded degree. in a senate meeting, we discussed as possible people. just this year, we recommended against two people and they were not used. i will not give their names, but when applications are given out to 150 faculty members, that gives you a pretty good test of whether they will likely be a problem. that is a wide enough constituency t

for the private industry. c-span, created over 35 years ago. watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. beginshington journal" in a moment. then a discussion about the implications of russians growing influence. coverage from the brooking institution starts at 10:00 eastern. later in the day donald trump will address the national press coverage. tonight, a conversation about the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent regulations put in place by the bills authors. former house financial services chairman barney frank and former senate inking committee chair chris dodd at 8:00 eastern here on c-span. coming up, michael waldman on the brenner -- brennan center .or justice been talking about the conservative political agenda. rivera on some of the middle east foreign-policy challenges facing the obama administration. join the conversation on facebook and twitter. ♪ host: good morning, everyone. the house is in session this week with legislation blowing to ensure the v.a. controversy. live coverage of the house here on c-span. the fr

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as always, watch the house you're on c-span, the senate on c-span2. as you heard, today, german chancellor angela merkel visits the white house. she is there now. she and president obama will hold a joint news conference at 11:40 a.m. later, she will speak again at the u.s. chamber of commerce, addressing trade relations between the two countries. that is live at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >> the biggest challenge especially in the house, where redistricting, in the house, the biggest challenge that a republican will face is from, in a primary, somebody that is more conservative than he or she is. in almost every district that is the case. that is what they are worried about, being challenged from the right. so how is it in their political interest to reach across and make compromises? we have gotten the system that we designed. as a country. created -- in fact, i'm not even sure the people who created these districts fully realized how profound the implications of all this would be. extent, some democrats, particularly minority democrats, have been in on thi

the entire conversation available online at facebook.com/c-span. you also find it at c-span.org. e is talking about the issue some people have with a mixture of politicians and celebrities at this dinner. we spoke with new york times magazine correspondent mark leibovitz last year and asked him the very same question, what he thought of that whole issue. he raised the issue of media and celebrity. here's some of what he had to say. >> i think as we found out this all pretty is closely aligned. one of the things about washington that is unique, really since all the presidents men, journalists and d.c. have become more of a celebrity class than in other cities, which is an odd thing. as a level of self congratulation and self celebration, and so forth, that somewhat at odds with the mood of the rest of it country and how people view the media and so forth. it is all very, it is very unique to this culture in some ways. i do think some people think it is odd that we now have about two dozen parties to celebrate the efforts of the washington media over a single weekend at a time when

the dinner. that is sunday on c-span. -- that is saturday on c-span. >> c-span posner was to book, "sundays at 8:0," a collection of top storytellers. >> at the beginning of the war, you were pressed into it. you were afraid of holding the gun, but then you pushed back and fought. i shot somebody and killed somebody and it does something to you. it's very difficult in the beginning, but as time went on, it became easier. it became normalized. war,lly, in the context of you normalize the situation so you live through it. if you don't, you actually die. ah, one of 24 unique voices. "sundays at 8:00," now available from your fairford bookseller. >> next a look at a political article on how much money is expected to be spent on political ads in the 2014 elections. from "washington journal," this is 45 minutes. joining us from charlottesville, virginia, is the center for politics, professor larry sbato. thanks for being with us. guest: nice to be with you. host: help, i'm drowning in tv ads, the headline of politico.com. your essay on campaign ads. what did you learn? i've been guest: i have watched t

the economy. it will be on our companion network c-span 2. tle later and the day on c-span, discussion on state expansion of medicaid under the health care law. the alliance for health reform hosted the event. that is why the 12:15 eastern. 12:15 eastern. >> this issue should be handled differently, but i have a debt -- a different philosophy. it starts with the basic premise i approach everything, which is economic freedom. it is my guiding principle. --m that comes four factors does the commission have authority to act on an issue? two, is there harm to consumers and a solution where we can actually remedy any harm that has been brought forward? three, is the solution tailored to the particular problem that we are addressing and that we not regulate by analogy? forthcoming even with those three -- forthcoming even with those three, -- you do tend to take each issue as it comes before you. >> new fcc commissioner michael o'reilly monday on "the communicators" at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. over 35 years, c-span brings public affairs events

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we'll have the presidents statement this afternoon at 2:45 p.m. live on c-span. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> here on c-span2 we are waiting for the start of the discussion looking at the net neutrality rules as promulgated by the fcc earlier this month, a discussion hosted by the progressive policy institute. the fcc chairman chief of staff ruth milkman will be part of the panelists discussing the. should get underway in a minute or two. we've heard 12 '05 eastern. just a reminder about some of our other live coverage coming up on the c-span networks. developer donald trump will be speaking in washington. washington. is that the national press club speaking at 1 p.m. eastern. later on c-span3 officials from the george w. bush and obama administration will discuss the recent elections in iraq and influence of iran and syria. that is coming at 1:30 p.m. eastern. that will be on c-span3. a reminder, the president speaking this afternoon reportedly about u.s. troops

and a chance to see the discussion of the top breakthrough technologies of the year. c-span's new book sundays at eight includes christopher hitchens talking about his lifestyle. >> there's a risk in the bohemian lifestyle. i decided to take it. whether it is an illusion or not, i don't think it is, it helped my contribution. it stopped -- helped my concentration. it would keep me awake, all make me want to prolong the cover station and enhance the moments. if i asked what i do it again, the answer is yes. i would quit possibly earlier. easy for me to say of course. not very nice for my children to hear. it sounds irresponsible if i say i would do that to you. but it would be hypocritical of me to say no. i did know, everyone knows. i decided all of life is a wager. i'm going to wager on this bit. i can't make it come out the other way. >> read the interview with in c-span'shitchens sundays at eight. now way -- available at your favorite bookseller. the assistant is attorney general for national security. he defended the justice department's decision to indict five chinese off

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radio and brought to you as a public service by the networks and c-span. broadcasts of the shows begin at noon with "meet the press." you can listen to them all on c-span radio on 90.1 fm in the washington, d.c. area, xm app,lite radio, the free or online at www.c-span.org. >> do you find it curious nasa did not skip a line for you to say? >> in retrospect, they might have wished they would have. the late julian sher who handled nasa relations with the outside world was adamant headquarters never put words in the mouth of their people. not just astronauts but anybody. they let people speak for themselves. they made it known what the party line was and what the nasa position was. but beyond that, to my knowledge, they never controlled the public statements of others. and -- stresses his -- 2001 the historian discusses his 2001 interview with neil armstrong this weekend on c-span3. >> "washington journal" continues. cliff,oining us is roger the former assistant for strategy development at the office of the defense secretary. he served from 1999 until 2001. he

going back into the continuation of the work that c-span does and that's basically at the educational foundation. >> host: emmanuel touhey who is c-span's digital media web editor thank you very much. >> guest: thank you for having me. >> host: the book is "sundays at eight". the house oversight and government reform committee holds a hearing thursday on libya and the 2012 benghazi consulate attack. >> did the script a line for you? >> in retrospect i wish they had the late julianne share who led the nasa relations with the outside world in many ways was absolutely adamant that headquarters never put words in the mouths of their people, not just the astronauts but anybody and to let people speak for themselves. they made it known what the line was and the nasa position was but beyond that to my knowledge controlled the statements, public statements of others and certainly they insisted on it. senate republicans blocked efforts to advance a bill to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour over 30 months. senator bob corker from tennessee was the only republic

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you can watch the interview on sunday. it is on c-span. >> everyone is coming to the new york world prosperity. they are coming from five corners i know. they come down to remain. they are coming from tokyo. they come from frisco and detroit. from hamburg and illinois. trip to 95 from the bronx. and the traveling teachers from kansas. andy wilson's got here at last. it is a symbol of the fair. the great units year. they find a machine that playfully demonstrate the law of averages. by chance, the wilsons and the chunks join up for sightseeing. >> this weekend on railamerica, see the fair with a variety of people and experiences in the 1954 new york world/-- world-class there. >> coming up next, "the communicators." then a supreme court oral argument. later, marco rubio. he is speaking at a gop dinner in new hampshire. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you public service by your local cable or biter. o'rielly is the new director.

i looked at the c-span coverage and read all the accounts of it.there's ever an event that separates the press from the people that they're supposed to serve symbolically, it's that one. it is time to rethink it. >> is it time to rethink it? how does the mingling of journalists and celebrity, how does that effect credibility? >> well, i think there's one tiny piece of that i'd like to pull out. i think tom is talking about white house correspondents and people who are covering the white house. reporters writing, shooting, whatever it is. and you're mingling with other people. indeed, that was the entire purpose of the dinner if you read the history of white house correspondents' association. so we get to know them. but i think the piece tom is missing is no one is hurt when you're in a room with the president of the united states and the top 20 most powerful people in government and they're talking to the other people who cover, people who are interested. why is it bad to engage? what i think tom was talking about, a very thin line of coverage. but

monday at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span 2. >> this week on "q&a" our guest who discusses his career in political activism and , "unstoppable: the emerging left-right alliance to dismantle the corporate state". ost: ralph nader, in your new book you start off the book and introduction by saying when of king about the genesis this back i remember the days working in my family's restaurant. you start that way? guest: because we were opposite of these opec style factories and down

all of the proceeds go back into the continuation of the work that c-span does. that is basically the educational foundation. that was our c-span digital media and web editor. thank you. the book is "sundays at eight." on c-span, a hearing on exporting natural gas in europe. that is followed by hearing on nuclear arms in russia. ater, bill clinton speaks at georgetown university about public service. do find it curious that nasa did not script it? [laughter] the late chair who i met at nasa relations in the outside world in many ways was absolutely adamant that headquarters never put words in the mouth of the people. beyond that, not to my knowledge they ever controlled the statements, the public statements of others. >> historian douglas brinkley describes his 2001 interview with neil armstrong. sunday at 4:30 p.m. eastern, part of america i history tv this weekend on c-span three. over 35 years, c-span brings public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting in the room at hearings, briefings, and conferences, and offering complete gavel coverage of

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the u.s. house, all as a public service of private industry. c-span, created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. watch as in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> the white house correspondents association held its annual dinner last night. president obama and comedian joel mchale spoke to the gathering. first, we will hear from the reporter who has the white house correspondents association. [applause] >> thank you. now, i want to talk for just a minute about the video we are going to show. over the years we have had a lot of very funny videos at this dinner. they have all been a lot of fun. because it was our centennial, i made a different choice. abouted to have a video us, the white house correspondents. unfortunately, i had a grand vision to do a lot and i found out it would be more expensive than i had hoped, and it would take a lot of money out of our scholarship fund. we did not want to do that. woman from the a&e network, eager to talk to us ab

>> guest: was definitely hard. >> host: how was it to go through the c-span archives and find information that you need to include. that's part of the criteria that you have to use c-span footage in addition to keeping it under eight minutes. >> guest: there is definitely not a a lot about a topic which makes it so important that they clips that were available were easy to find on c-span's youtube page and c-span's video library. >> host: would you recommend kids in your class are younger than you to do this type of project? >> guest: definitely. it's an eye-opening experiencexperienc e. you get to learn a lot about what goes on around you that you may not have been interested in or aware of in the past. it's just incredible. there are so many aspects of it that i would definitely do it again. >> host: what was your reaction when you found out that you and your team one? >> guest: we were dumbfounded. we had no idea that we even had a chance of winning. we watched it over in class and we were all bummed out about the audio. it wasn't equal. it wasn't up to the standards that we had expect

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all the proceeds go back into the continuation of the work that c-span does and that's basically the educational foundation. >> host: emmanuel touhey was c-span's digital web editor, thank you very much. the book is "sundays at eight." >> on wednesday in the british house of commons in 19 mccammon offered condolences to the families of five british soldiers killed in afghanistan and discuss economic sanctions against russia. this is 40 minutes. >> host: >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i'm sure the whole house would like to join me in paying tribute to captain thomas clark in the army air corps, rockish rockish talent of joint helicopter command aria sodium maki or an officer class dispenser falconer of army air corps. corporal james walters of the army air corps and the intelligence corps, a reserves who worked as research assistant. these tragic deaths remind us of the continued commitment and sacrifice of our armed forces and i know that our deepest sympathies are with their families at this very, very difficult time. i am sure the whole house w

for 25 years the c-span founder conducted more than 1300 interviews as host of "q and a" and booknotest together a collection of some of the most memorable conversations, "sundays at eight." and he joins me now. brian, this book is so wonder any brought -- brings together 25 years of your amazing interviews and he had ited in a fashion these are your notes. tell us why you think they are so special. >> by and large they are so special because you do this every day, get an hour with one person. you're looking for a good story about either their lives or the subject that they are writing about it and it's a fantastic experience. there's nothing like it and we do the books so we can share with people who haven't had time to spend a whole hour with them. >> the fact you can take the time to really explore ideas with your guests in a much longer and deeper fashion than those of us who have to go from topic to topic, you have that hour, sunday night and it's what we treasure. i'm thinking about in the book some of the most memorable interviews. christopher, let me share with the viewers, whe

i just saw him on the c-span screen so i know he's on the floor and not here. i have permission from his staff to proceed. he will join us as soon as his schedule permits. i also want to recognize in the audience ed pagano who spent many a happy hour here when working for chairman leahy. good to have him back in a different capacity. we are having a hearing today that's entitled economic espionage and trade secret theft. are our laws adequate for today's threats? today the subcommittee is going to explore how we can better protect american businesses from those who try to steal their valuable intellectual property. american companies are renowned as being the most innovative in the world. companies of every size and in every industry from manufacturing to software to biotechnology to aerospace own large portfolios of legally protected trade secrets they have developed and innovated. in some cases the secret sauce may be a company's most valuable asset. the theft of the secrets can lead to devastating consequences. for small businesses it can be a matter of life

best-known lawyer for the plaintiffs in the sex discrimination suits in the media during the early '70s ... c-span: judge david ... >> guest: ... nbc, reader's digest, etc. i don't know whether those were her cases, but she had a lot of sex discrimination cases. c-span: you write that judge dave bazelon, if i remember correctly, a well-known liberal judge ... >> guest: yes. c-span: ... refused to hire her as a clerk. >> guest: he wanted to hire her as a clerk, but the other judges -- i think it was the court of appeals -- said that she was subversive. and one of them said that he would lock his door against her or something like that. and bazelon was forced to tell harriet with tears in his eyes that he could not hire her because he could not afford such dissention within the court. .. >> >> here are these men that are part of the boys' club, as the senate of the united states acting as if it is new. i think any downhill gave courage and encouragement to a lot of women to stand up for themselves and speak up. >>host: - - . >>cspan: this is what the girl looks like. the girl in the balcony. thank y

the communicators." then a supreme court oral argument. later, marco rubio. he is speaking at a gop dinner in new hampshire. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you public service by your local cable or biter. o'rielly is the new director. commissioner michael o'rielly, thank you for coming. with a general sense, how do you approach your job? how do you approach the different issues? do you have a philosophy? >> each issue should be handled differently. i have a general philosophy. we start with the basic premise of how i approach everything. economic fairness is my guiding principle. does the commission have authority to act on an issue? what authority has congress given us? is there harm to consumers? is there a solution that will isedy the harm that is done? the solution tailored to the particular problem that we are dressing. , do theh all of those benefits of regulation outweigh the cost? that is how i am approaching each issue. you take each issue as it comes forward. trackyou have an inside or a staffer in congress? >> i had the benefit of working on a number of provisio

c-span. thesian president, vladimir putin, says he has ordered to return tokraine home basis. the west has been criticizing russia for deploying about 40,000 troops and demanded they pulled back. president putin has previously claimed the troops have been withdrawn but the united states and nato say they had no sign of that. we -- "we cannot take what we achieve for granted. russia's is aggressive against ukraine has challenged the united states to choose their own path. " go back and look at coolidge, he was a conservative hero and his tax rate was a gold standard tax rate we saw in the video. rateas what he got the top down to. he fought like crazy. it started in the 70's. that is an epic battle. when you look at what the socialites said about coolidge in washington, you want to they were probably from families who endorsed different policies. his father had a different model of president. select get him active. he was cold and not giving out favorites. she said he looked as though he had been

the u.s. house. is a public service of private industry. we are c-spancreated by the cable tv industry 35 years ago. watch us in hd and like us on facebook. >> on friday, marco rubio was in newcastle, new hampshire. he addressed the republican committee's annual dinner. possibletemplating a presidential bid. senator rubio was introduced by former new hampshire governor johnson a new. this is over 45 minutes. >> thank you very much. i know you had to stand up to get these circulation going. but sit back and relax. if you look at your programs, the next thing on the program is the introduction of our keynote speaker, but for those of you who don't know, i am not kelly ayotte. [laughter] i actually feel like a utility infielder. every time there is a problem, i get a call, and tonight i have been asked to come in and do a little bit of substitution because kelly is on a plane that got rerouted or or what ever and she is going to be extremely late. and we wanted to get you guys home in time to see the rest of the football draft tonight. [laughter] one of the

host: john is on the republican line from florida. i was watching c-span the other day and louie gohmert came out with a chart saying haves of the cbs and nbc somebody in the white house or in the federal government and that is why you don't hear the less talked about. guest: it is an incestuous situation between government and too many in the mainstream media. , hisresident spokesperson wife is in a mainstream media outlet. is in bed with the mainstream media. we were only able to be successful advancing our cause because of the rise of the alternative media. politicst involved in back in the 1950's, nobody heard us. rise of direct , now we have radio much more a level lane field and our voices are being heard. there would be no concerted movement. have anstream media store cleat shut us out. they will continue to do so. gives people a voice. rate how would you conservatives use of social media? guest: not good. 1960's, irted in the can't a lot of criticism. i was attacked. doing direct mail. all of that criticism stopped in a few hours. that was in 1980.

again, the white house correspondents dinner on c-span tomorrow night. president obama speaking as well as a jolt mikell of "community." starting with the red carpet arrivals followed by the dinner on c-span.aking here coming up tonight on c-span, president obama and german chancellor angela merkel. they held a press conference. then the united nations security council held a meeting on russian intervention in the ukraine. afterwards, more from the german chancellor as she discussed the future of u.s. relations with her country. obamar today, president and german chancellor held a joint press conference. this discussed additional -- and they discuss a set -- they discuss additional sanctions. >> good morning, everybody. it is always a great pleasure to welcome my friend chancellor merkel to the white house. germany is one of our strongest allies and angela is one of my closest partners. with her indulgence, i want to start by making two brief comments. first, as president, my top priority is doing everything we can to create more jobs and opportunity for

the hashtag is c-span chat. an internal audit has shown appointments were manipulated at more than 60% of the health facilities. what are your thoughts on the resignation going forward? the resignation is somewhat of a relief to people who are concerned that the veterans administration is suffering from mismanagement. the american people do not want in theembroiled situation of how to correct that. that really has to come and be needs the president and to be done quickly. otherwise people are going to be disappointed and that this is going to be strung out ike the health-care computer system and so on. there seems to be not a quick enough response by the notnistration to handle policy issues but management issues. so it is a relief to the american people but i think if this was not handled by the right person appointed by the president, to handle this within tirednth, people will get of excuses. >> do you think the resignation and trying to find someone knew down the road will be a distraction? administrators kno

you can watch the house live on c-span, and the senate live right here on c-span2. >> the biggest challenge especially in the house where redistricting, that's where it occurs come in the house the biggest challenge that republican is going to face is from any primary somebody more conservative than he or she is. in almost every district that's the case. that's what they're worried about. the award about being challenged from the right. i think we've gotten the system that we designed. as a country. when we created -- i'm not suree that people who sure that people who fully created the districts realize exactly how profound the implications of all this would be. i would also add, some democrats, particularly minority democrats, have been in on this. there have been some states african-americans want to be sure that they have reliably african-americans, not just democrats but one that has a large percentage of african-american voters so that they have representation for congress. >> this weekend on c-span from the anti-defamation league, changing demographics, redistricting and the republica

house, all in the public service of private industry. we are c-spanreated by the cable tv industry 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us in hd, like us on twitter. >> former congressman james oberstar has died. he was 79. he was in congress from 19 75 to 2011. we spoke with him about his career just before he left congress. >> i want to start with partisanship. all, let's stay with the home state. >> is hard to put those two in the same arena. of awas a unique year national wave of reaction against a number of national issues, but they did converge in next door in the state of wisconsin. anger, lackence of of understanding, to a great that thisrception country was off course, off-track, just came together. -- we lostister otis minnesota state senate for the since- for the first time -- similarly in a minister minnesota's statehouse. district, sort of a fringe area around the portions thise district, there was swing. all the state legislators to the dfl state legislators lost in that are

i just saw him on the c-span screen, so i know he is on the floor, and not here. i have permission from his staff to proceed. he will join us as soon as your schedule permits. i will recognize in the audience pagano.ano -- ed we are having hearing today that entitled economic espionage and trade secret theft. are our laws adequate for today's threats? today, the subcommittee is going to explore how we can better better protect american businesses from those who try to steal their valuable intellectual property. american companies are renowned as being the most innovative in the world. companies of every size and every industry, from manufacturing to software to biotechnology to aerospace own large portfolios of legally theycted trade secrets have developed and innovated. in some cases, the secret sauce may be the company's most valuable asset. the theft of these secrets can lead to devastating consequences. for small businesses, it can be a matter of life and death. trade secret theft has been around as long as there have been secrets to protect. there is a reason

the statute or not, and that i leave in their capable hands. >> host: you're watching "the communicators" on c-span. michael o'rielly, one of the five commissioners, a republican. november 4, 2013, is the date he was sworn in. brendan sasso is with "the national journal." >> you brought up ntia and their role in managing spectrum. another issue they're involved in right now is giving up current u.s. oversight of icann, this nonprofit that manages the internet address system. what do you think of that? do you think that's a smart move? >> guest: i've been really critical of this decision, and it's not was the good people at ntia are doing this in a malicious way, it's just i'm worried where it's going to go in the long term. i've been, you know, i've talked about this extensively, and the problem is it's a component of the current relationship that we have, the oversight of icann and particularly the functions for the domain name system. from the domain name system you can control, you can regulate content, you can prevent people from accessing the internet. so there are ways to use that process in

the energy markets. live coverage starts at 10:00 eastern on c-span. mp will take questions from the audience. >> if you go back and look at calvin coolidge, he was a conservative hero. 25%.ax rate was that is what he brought the top rate down to. and startedke crazy in the 70's. you look at what the socialite said about calvin coolidge. you want to remember that they were from families that endorsed different policies. differenthad a president. teddy roosevelt was a bully pulpit president. and calvinld coolidge's silence was cultural. he was not talking a lot or waving his arms about. he was temperamental. he was a shy person. he knew that if you do not talk a lot, people would stop talking. a president or political leader is constantly bombarded with requests. his silence was a way of not giving in. >> an author and columnist will on depressionents era presidents and fiscal policy on sunday on c-span2. next, a conversation about the effects of war on civilians. we will hear from robert dreyfuss and a hiker who was imprisoned by the government of iran.

it is to share the stories c-span has covered over the years. and sunday evening program became it q and 15 years later. the stories that have been told are worth ringing from the screen to the printed page. what stories are you telling here? guest: there is a step in breath but have not been in previous books. we have five sections in the book beginning with stories. we have american history. have media and society, money and politics in post 9-11 america. the book formed its and shape itself. the books themselves and stories are kind of a reflection of the times and that in breath of book notes and to a day over the years. lex what is the format of the book and how did it come together? > guest: you have one guest for one hour and you go through an in-depth discussion and on whether it is up public policy issue or what have you. what we did is we took out the questions. they are there to facilitate answers. they fade away at a certain point. the answers are what matters. a minimal amount of editing we have allowed the guest in their own words

the conflict. that is coming up at 1:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span at 3 p.m., state department, treasury, and defense department officials will testify for the senate foreign relations committee on the russian intervention in ukraine live on c-span three at 3 p.m. eastern. bring our viewers up to date on what's happening this week on capitol hill. i am joined by christina marcos. .it mourned to you guest: good morning. host: start with the house expected to come in tomorrow. what is on tap this week? guest: it's a busy week on capitol hill. the house is expected to hold former irs official lois lerner in contempt of congress for her role in the alleged targeting of the irs of nonprofits applying for tax exempt status. the house will also go -- vote on a resolution to have eric holder appoint a special counsel to investigate the case. the house will also consider a standalone bill to extend the research and development tax credit has championed by the business community. they will also go on a charter school -- vote on a charter school reform bill. ho