c-span: what does al-qaeda mean? >> guest: 'the base.' c-span: and when did he start it? >> guest: 1989. you know, the basis of the base, as it were, is that after the soviets withdrew in february of '89 from afghanistan you know, bin laden recruited all these people from around the world for holy wars, and they all got some sort of military experience and rubbed shoulders and got to know each other. and this -- sort of this international cast of sort of holy warriors, as it were -- and all of them wanted to do other, you know -- change their governments in their native countries, like egypt, or, you know, foment you know, rebellion in various other places or eventually, in bin laden's case, attack the united states. so al-qaeda became the basis that al-qaeda sort of sprang out of those people who traveled to afghanistan. well... c-span: go back to the reason that he hates the united states. >> guest: yeah. c-span: when did you figure that it all actually started? >> guest: it starts on a date: august 7, 1990. i mean, not that it happened overnight. bin laden had been anti

c-span: ... the other thing you talk about in that chapter is participating in conferences. >> guest: right. c-span: and i know we carried a conference that you were, like, the--the moderator, well, along with e.j. dionne, when you talked about al gore and george bush and other candidates for the presidency. tell us about the conference world. >> guest: well, the conference world--you know, it's hard to imagine a hundred years ago that--like, andrew carnegie and john d. rockefeller sitting on a panel on the corporate responsibility of the corporation with mark twain as your celebrity moderator, but now i have a chapter on business life, how businessmen are all more like intellectuals, just as intellectuals are more like businessmen. and so now we all have to conference. we all sit on panel discussions, you know, where there's evenly bo--separated bottles of mineral water, and we're all sitting between them. we've got our five-minute prepared remarks. and the odd thing for academics especially--confer

c-span: what are you now? >> guest: i will tell the truth, i was 168 and when i came back from india i was 173. c-span: the fellow in the back, safavian? >> guest: david safavian who spent a prison a year. ralph reid jack abramoff myself and some guy that jack hired. c-span: you suggested that ralph rood was on the airplane with you and i was in a passenger jet. who flew you to scotland? >> guest: jack abramoff. c-span: what year was this? >> guest: 2002. c-span: with a picture of a whole group if you standing in front of the plane. has this been cleaned up in this town? and a member, remember this picture? i think it's jack abramoff son. >> guest: this part of it may have been cleaned up most likely. c-span: how available warplanes to you when you were chairman of the administration? >> guest: one pointed want to make about the trip. the trip was underreported. the trip did not turn out as we had listed it and didn't meet with people we were supposed to that should've written a check for the trip. tom heaney from florida got in troubl

what was the other question responsible. c-spanhat does it mean. >> guest: to bet against something to bet the price is falling, and this was the single greatest opportunity to bet on prices falling in the history of mankind. c-span: steve iseman and all these guys are hoping, wishing, betting, that the whole thing will collapse and they won big. >> guest: very mixed feelings. one goes to the sec and tries to get them to take action. all of them scream took high heaven, this instance sane. and iseman says, when it all works out and they're making their money, he says you feel like noah. c-span: how much does he have. >> guest: how much did he make? i don't know. 50 million, 100 million. for investos, 700 or 800 million. c-span: what about burry. >> guest: about the same. span anybody else in the group greg? >> guest: i was told he was paid a ben news of $50 million -- a bonus of $50 million at the end of '07. so they got rich. but iceman -- what is -- mississippi says you feel like mow ya, yaw -- noah, you built the ark and you're

it depends on how sick you are and what part of the country with them. c-spant of living? >> guest: the cost of living is significantly lower but again salaries are lower too. c-span: in the back of your book under knowledge months yet with the people that supported you and you asked how does this happen? the national endowment for humanities, the smith richardson foundation, the american enterprise institute now they -- how do you get support for something like this? >> guest: i write letters and asked. there's no secretive. c-span: what if they want out of a? >> guest: the national endowment for the humanities has a formal application process. you fill it out and you apply any get references and you ask for a grant. c-span: how much times that take you? >> guest: it depends. it sometimes takes a lot of time. i have described to my intense relationship with my two translators. i pay for them in their time for support from a range of institutions as he said. c-span: who would read this that would make you the happiest? >> guest: i mean i want people who are int

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i've been in the news imseveral >> times. writ c-span: what did you write ine "washi hereng? yar and how long has it been? >> the >> guest: for years. c-span: talk about that chapter.en >> guest: okay. c-span: you had been ratherd, straightforward and honest and they may disagree with you.eah. do we have talked about people b that you are working with today. why ise that? frm >> guest: i felt that if i wasneif i going to be candid about my life to b and where i've been and thee f things that i have done i'mi going tof be candid throughout the book and that was my t challenge.pul i decided that i wasn't going to pull any punches anywhere and idi wrote about what i did outside mai the mainstream and i have alsowas lik wrote about what it was like for me crossing over into the mainstream and how it looked to me and how i felt. i wrote about that at "the an washingtond post." and the section that i wrote about the chapter at the post i talked about the editor and i covered city hall when i first came there. and we had a team of reporters that was supposed to work only together. an

live coverage of the senate is on c-span 2. he house will work on a number of small bills, including those dealing with increasing federal penalties for identity theft. and a new national mall memorial for african americans served in the revolutionary war. gavels in today, michigan congressman john dingell will not be among them. he was admitted to henry ford hospital after suffering a domino pain -- abdominal pain. he is currently the longest-serving member of congress. he is 88 years old. a look now at u.s.-russian relations in light of the ongoing russia-ukraine conflict. scholars talked about the status of arms control and security policy as it applies to the state of affairs. george washington university hosted the discussion on friday. >> good afternoon, everyone. a welcome to the elliott school of international affairs. we at the institute are delighted to be hosting this event this afternoon on the u.s.-russian nuclear relationship, in partnership with our friends at harvard university. today's panel is the rollout of a

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and the obligation for c-span administration. i've been tracking you and i urge everyone out there to go the tape. by 8:01, you had taken 10 ndependent calls, nine democrats, one republican, one so-called republican. now if that's not positive proof you're an advocator and upporter of this president, you're supposed to be fair and balance? as re as fair and balanced msnbc and fox news. it's plain. review the tapes. there.e viewers out contact your cable company. get on social media. the campaign to get rid of obama and pedro. one sided, prove the facts. there and deny it. i'm tracking you. i'm concerned about you being balanced in your approach to this thing. have to say for yourself? is this true or not true? host: are you calling on the democrats line. yes, i am. i don't plan on being a democrat any longer. i plan on becoming an ndependent because of news media lying to this country. c-span is a great program. faithfully every day. host: we ask people to respect for ules and don't call in 30 days. call in on the line that repres

. >> host: public affairs is the publisher of the c-span book but we wanted to talk to you about some of the upcoming fall 2014 titles that public affairs has. >> guest: well, thank you. very happy to mention a couple of them. so, the first i want to mention was a book called "city of lies." the author is a wonderful british iranian journalist, pulitzer prize-winning filmmaker, and her journey has taken her into the southern part of tehran, very mixed neighborhood, and she is really got a wonderfully revealing portrait of all kinds of different tehranys and the title of the book refers to the fact that in order to survive in a police state, which is a very repressive environment you have to be very creative with the truth, and hence the title "city of lies." she is a star. her first book. we're thrilled to have it, readsable, the scenery is indelible. so we're looking forward to that. it comes in september. >> host: what else are you publishing this year. >> guest: we're going to jump from tehran to russia where we have a book called "nothing is true and everything is possible." and h

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i think the value of c-span is it covers everything. it covers the whole argument. i think that is important for the educative process. there is also now an experiment that was authorized by the judicial conference of 2010, and it began in 2011. i think the project will and in 2015. the pilot project of various civil proceedings and district courts across the country. i know there are many district courts that are participating and there's actually a website where you can go and watch the proceedings. >> the district court, does it always have a jury? >> it doesn't always have a jury. there are cases that are nonjury cases. but -- so, we will see how that experiment works out. >> has the circuit court ever had a jury? >> the circuit court never as a jury. >> does the supreme court ever have a jury? >> no, the supreme court never has a jury. we just sit, three judges or rarely the en banc, and the lawyers come before us. we do not have the excitement of the district court with the defendants and the witnesses, and you see the court of appeals does not have that. >> w

. >> the c-span cities tour takes books tv and american history tv on the road, traveling to u.s.ities to learn about their history and literary life. we partner with comcast for a visit to st. paul, minnesota. st. paul in the 1930's, i would not call at las vegas but it was a very lively city because the gangsters brought their gun molls. during prohibition, you had the biggest jazz artists of the decade here in st. paul. it was a very lively place partially because the gangsters were welcomed here. virtually every major gangster kidnapper, and bank robber in america lived and worked with in a three-block radius of where we are standing today. john dillinger, baby faced alivin creepy carpus. there are no statues of these gangsters, but this was the epicenter of 1930's crime in the area of john dillinger. the fbi had this building with their headquarters. this is also the building were bootleggers and bank robbers were tried and sent to alcatraz, leavenworth prison, and other prisons across america. it is where it began and where it ended. we're standing here at historic fort snel

join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> president obama led a moment of silence this morning on the white house south lawn to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the september 11 attacks. [bell tolls] [trumpet plays "taps"] ♪ >> following the moment of silence at the white house, president obama spoke at a ceremony at the pentagon to honor those who died in the september 11 attacks. other speakers included secretary chuck hagel and general dempsey. this is 30 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, please direct your attention on the flag on the pentagon building. the flag hangs from sunrise to sunset in honor of patriot day and in honor of the 184 lives lost at the pentagon. the national anthem of the united states performed by the united states navy brass quintet. ["star spangled banner" plays] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the united states army chief of chaplain's, major general, donald rutherford. >> let us pray together. lord of hope, we have endured over a decade of conflict. we ha

the congress. host: james from west virginia. our c-spanby the way, has been traveling across the country stopping at big 10 schools. not only to give those students and faculty an experience of what c-span about but from are for us us on "washington journal" gives us a chance to talk to college presidents. the tour has been going on. we continue on this week. tuesday, president mitch daniels will join us from perdue university. governor of the state and talk to us about issues of his state and university. president morton shapiro of northwestern will join us on wednesday and we will here from if luanna k simon. >> that's part of our c-span big time college bus tore. find out more on the website at c-span. marlin from pennsylvania, good morning. go ahead, please. caller: yes. i will be voting republican straight. host: what's your main issue for voting? caller: the democrats and the president don't respect nothing, the military especially. every time he gets off of the marine 1, the marine absolute him, he ignores them. hand out medals of h

potter the c-span bus college tour big ten schools. host: what are your thoughts? we have divided the lines by country. eastern central -- not the pacific. president obama issued a proclamation celebrating the passage of the vawa and the strides the country has made. they have provided hope and a new chance for life for women and children across the nation. our country has changed its culture. the proclamation acknowledges the problem of domestic problems is far from solved. there was a video leaked monday showing rice knocking his then fiancÉe unconscious. guest: do not tolerate it. do not excuse it. don't say, these things happen. stuff andis other that excuses the thing. don't hurt people. host: what about the role of the police? have: the notion of why we built up the society if we have these things in place and to stand up for us? slide or dohings whatever. you have to defend the people who need to be defended. usete to say it but to social >> one arm and one leg. i have virtually no use of one and a product the -- prostheses inside. i don't know why i let it h

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join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. supreme court chief justice earl warren handed a report on the president's commission on the of president kennedy. the commissioner is pictured here with president johnson and general counsel jay leno lee renken, concluded that lee harvey also walled acted alone -- a lee harvey oswald acted alone. we set up a camera in a fourth floor conference room to talk to investigative journalist philip examines, whose book the warren commission's work, using key phone calls, documents, and artifacts. he explains some of the lingering controversies regarding the warren report. we take a brief to her of the -- reef tour -- we take a brief tour of the or in commission's -- of the warren commission's office. >> it was in this room here on this floor that the warren commission saw for the very first time the entirety of the committee -- the investigations of hearing would take place down here at the time. we harvey oswald's brother was here. -- much oftographs the work was done on the fourth floor. ar

we'll have live coverage on the c-span networks and online at c-span.org. on via your phone calls and social media. again, that's tonight starting at 9:00 eastern. the u.s. house will return shortly to start legislative work. among the bills, this one allowing health insurers to continue offering group coverage to meet the minute yum requirements of the health care law. and tomorrow, work on a short-term government spending bill. spending is set to expire at the end of this month. the rules committee is meeting this afternoon to consider the rule for debate. live coverage of the house legislative session starts at noon eastern today. while we wait for the house, we talked about the issue of domestic violence in light of the nfl's reaction to former baltimore ravens running back ray rice's battering of his girlfriend in an elevator earlier this year. "washington j. moore andre with gwen she has been a lead voice in the house on domestic violence, sponsoring a reauthorization act of 2012. what is your initial reaction to the ray rice video and the nfl response

we are here live as part of the c-span road to the white house 2016 coverage. we will check in with jennifer jacobs of "the des moines register," but we want to go to the grilling area, the steak pit, where hillary clinton and bill clinton will be at the scene in a couple of minutes. worst, jennifer jacobs, thanks for being with us. first, jennifer jacobs, thanks for being with us. it was a sense of who is in attendance and what this event is like today. atmosphere,ig party like a big, feel-good nostalgia festival. a lot of and file democrats, elliptical operatives who have been running campaigns in iowa for many decades. everyone is gathering. there is a lot of talk about how the democrats are one big family. a lot of big and feelings, a club atmosphere. lots of music. it seems like a big festival. >> you tweeted a few hours ago, a two mile traffic jam on totbound highway heading indianola, iowa. what was it like getting there? >> not bad. indianola is used to a traffic jam this time of year for the last 30 years. the highway is always packed. it did take 20 m

the tv because i cannot see it. i am really upset about that. i really do like c-span>> continue to let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us or e-mail us -- or you can send us a tweet. the c-span conversation and like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. speaking at the u.n. yesterday, president obama called for an international coalition to fight isis and for governments to do more to prevent foreign fighters from joining terrorist groups in the middle east. his remarks were at the u.n. general assembly. [applause] >> on behalf of the united assembly, i have the honor to welcome to the united nations, his excellency, barack obama, president of the united states of america, and to invite him to address the assembly. >> mr. president, secretary general, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen, we come together at a crossroads between war and peace. between disorder and integration. between fear and hope. around the globe, there are signposts of progress. the shadow of world war that existed at the founding of this institution has been l

together, with her comcast cable tourers, the c-span city staff visited many sites exploring the city's rich history. learn more about saint hall all weekend here on american history tv. kids -- more fun than a circus -- the new mattel musical going. up pops the jack. way, somethingle kids can enjoy -- it's slinky, slinky, a fun and wonderful way. it's fun for a girl and a boy ♪ ♪ g.i. joe, g.i. joe, fighting from the land and the sea and the air ♪ today, we are at the minnesota history center in downtown st. paul. opened inw exhibit may of 2014 called toys of the 50's, 60's and 70's. toys are something everyone can relate to as a child, so we wanted to talk about the sheer joy of being a child, being a baby boomer, but get people thinking about how toys reflect the time in which there made. we chose toys that were popular for the time and some that are not so well-known. populart were nationally but have their origins here in minnesota. cootie was a well-known join the 1950's and had it start in minneapolis when it was marketed at eight men's apartment -- bateman's department store. we

and guest on end the c-span bus is michael mcrobby, the president of university. how did you end up the president? know i was aid you native of australia? recruited here for -- i was recruited 18 years ago. vice president of research and progress and appointed president. i never expected when i moved i would end up president of the university. but honored and delighted to be position. and i must say as much as i njoy visiting my home country, i'm an american citizen now, i never regretted the move for one nanosecond. this is home, indiana, blooming ton, wonderful place. fabulousniversity is a university. university. and i enjoy every minute of my life here. lawrence, pennsylvania an educator, hi, lawrence? hi.ler: to get to your general education program. know kind of a follow-up, what kind of human y english,s, philosophy, a student -- well, all students are likely to get in those important first two years of college. thank you very much. > yes, we have a general education program that with some variations applies across all of the campuses of the university, sev

as a look at some of ourprogramming is the c-span networks -- join the c-span conversation.he british prime minister david cameron announces new measures to seize the passports of u.k. citizens suspected of terrorism. that announcement came after the u.k. raised its terror threat level from substantial to severe in response to be crisis threat in iraq and syria. this portion is 50 minutes. >> the prime minister. >> thank you, easter speaker. i would like to make a statement on this weekend's european council and on the measures we're taking to defeat extremist and to keep our country safe. first, on the council we agreed that poland's prime minister should serve as the next council president and italian foreign minister should become the next high representative for foreign and security policy. it was made clear in the acceptance speech that he plays a high priority on addressing britain's concerns over the e.u. i look forward to working with him in his new role. mr. speaker, the council spent most of its time focuses on the big international issues that have concerned us al

etworks, on c-span at 5:30 eastern, an education department summit on bullying in schools. nye the science guy and creation museum founder evolution.ate on c-span 2's book tv. congressman james clyburn talks about his life in his youth from the jim crow and the leadership in the house of representatives. 8:30, sylvia dukes morris on of fame" on ice claire booth loose. t 10:00 p.m., the author of flash boys discusses the hidden world of high frequency stock trading. on c-span 3's american history 7:15 p.m. eastern time, d-64ican artifacts looks at gulf of tonkin incident that led to the escalation of the vietnam war. at 8:00 p.m., warren hardings's letters.eased love at 9:45, milton friedman. schedule at vision c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs watching.e call us at 202-626-3400. n twitter, use the #c123 or e-mail the comments at c-span.org. conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. week, american history tv's reel america brings you help tell the to story of the 20th century. >> this is the terror that once shadow over e erie the face of th

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you can hear the president live on c-span radio or watch the president on c-span. eaction on the serious situation from former president bill clinton. they say the west must proceed methodically, but firmly against the islamic state group, trying to deepen its footprint in the middle east. believeston says he islamic militants want to lower american troops into a ground confrontation. that the united states cannot let islamic militants make the fight about us. international convoy tony blair tells the situation is nothing like the cold war and it requires strategic adjustments from the west. he thinks the islamic state group wants to create a society that is not compatible with the modern world. those are the latest headlines on c-span radio. c-span campaign 2014 debate coverage continues thursday night at 9:00. terry andetween lee brad ashford. the iowa u.s. senate debate between bruce braley and joni ernst. more than 100 debates for the control of congress. >> "washington journal" continues. host: this week, we continue our series of interviews at the ofversity --

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the union lincoln's and abraham 1864 reelection. find out television schedule at c-span.org and let us do what you think about the programs you are watching. join the c-spannversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. week, american history tv's real america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. ♪ >> war in the middle east. spearheadrces drive forces across the sinai peninsula, south to the entrance of a golf breaking a blockade, and occupying the old city of jerusalem. the first crippling blow came early in the four day war when the air of air force was destroyed on the ground in air raids on 25 bases in three countries, egypt, jordan, and syria. israel's new defense minister, campaign,e 1956 sinai was instrumental in mapping the battle plan. the israelikness of army crossed forces with a one-two punch. -- assumptions that british and u.s. forces aided israel rv humanly denied. e denied. while the united states and russia disagree on the wording of the resolution over troop withdrawal, israel's foreign presidentharges uar plot the murder of the state. the vote is taken and the resolution new. that you manage sl

with command 2014 gearing up, watch the latest debates on c-span opinion sunday at noon, kay hagan andtillis. and from the california governor's race, jerry brown and republican nominee neil cache cary. 8:00 on c-span 2, author john yoo shares his opinion on international law. saturday on book tv, mike gonzalez and how he thinks republicans can make gains with the hispanic vote. our three-hour conversation and your phone calls with the former chair of the u.s. commission on civil rights. >>> tonight on c-span 3, authors and historians talk about the ever 1812. saturday on real america, the building of the hoover dam, and sunday night at 8:00, the anniversary of ford's pardon of nixon. find our schedule at c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us, tweet us or you can e-mail us at comments at xvx c-span.org. join the c-span conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> thursday on c-span, a senate agriculture committee on improving meals in schools. we heard from new york senator gillibrand on the subject.afufç here's a look. >>

eastern on c-span. >> this weekend on the c-span networks, american history tv is live from baltimore'sfort mchenry for the 200th anniversary of the star-spangled banner on c-span 3. later at 6:00 p.m., we will tour fort mchenry and here how the war came to baltimore in 1814, about the british garage and white francisco key was there to witness it. saturday night, former presidents your gw bush and bill clinton launches the presidential leadership scholars program. sunday afternoon, live coverage with comments from iowa democratic senator bob harkin and bill and hillary clinton. on c-span 2, on book tv, author ken silverstein on "the secret world of oil." from new yorkator kristin gillibrand on her life and politics and her call for women to rise up and make a difference in the world. find our television schedule on c-span.org and let us know about the programs you're watching. call us. the e-mail us. or send us a tweet at #csp ancomments. join the conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. amann said airstrikes alone cannot defeat the islamist militant group isis. his com

and senate on cspan 2 here on c-span 3 we complete that coverage by showing the most ressional hearings. on !ú(pr'ds c-span 3 is the the home american history tv with programs that tell your nation's story including six unique series, the civil war's 150th anniversary, visiting battlefields and key events. american artifacts touring museums and historic sites. history book shelf with the best known american history writers. the presidency, looking at the policies and legacies of our nation's commander-in-chiefs. lectures in history with top college professors delving into america's past. and real america featuring archivaal government and educational films. watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> here's a look at some of our programming this week on the c-span networks. on c-span tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern, oral argument in the case of aclu versus clapper. the second circuit court of appeals here's a challenge to national security agency's phone surveillance program. wednesday at 7:00 p.m., live coverage of a debate between north carolina de

on c-span 2, the tv with authors of recent festivals around the country. and on c-span 3, american history tv on the war of 1812 and 1814 burning of washington, d.c. the california governor's debate between incumbent jerry brown and republican neel kashkari sponsored by wqed tv. their first and only televised debate on c-span. >> here are some highlights for this coming weekend. saturday, let nebraska's spring court will hear arguments on the keystone xl pipeline. -- nebraska's supreme court. campaign 2014 gearing up, watch the latest debates on c-span. they've between incumbent democratic senator kay hagan and republican thom tillis. and from california, jerry brown and republican neel kashkari. opinion on international law and what little effect it has on the behavior of powerful nation saturday on book tv's " afterwords," gains for the hispanic vote. and on in-depth, our conversation and your phone calls with the former chair of the u.s. commission on civil rights. friday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3 the burning of washin

this weekend on the c-span networks, friday night in prime time on c-span. the value voters summit. featured speakers include texas andentered 10 -- ted cruz rand paul. a national town hall on the impact of voting. on sunday evening, sally quinn. friday night on c-span two just before 9:30 p.m., danielle green and william mullen, two operation iraqi freedom veterans talk about their experience in iraq and the use of american force sensor net -- and saturday night at 10, the distractions of technology and its impact on society. sunday at 1 p.m. eastern, the ninth annual oakland books festival. friday at eight on american history tv on c-span three, former chief of staff and advisors to recent presidents talk about the relationship with the commander-in-chief and how he makes important decisions. saturday night at 10:00 p.m. eastern, author jonathan white on the role of the union are sunday- union army and at 8 p.m. eastern, annette dunlap explores the evolution of ladies' fashion. what you think. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. held ahington jo