at the room, what you see mostly is the cabinets. that's the main visual, you know, that dominates it. i would be very mindful, to me they're very important and you want to do something that's going to be long lasting and to me it's probably the most important part of the kitchen. >> andre touched on something i have strong feelings about. i have strong feelings about everything. here you are spending $55,000 to do this renovation -- >> if you're lucky. >> if you're lucky. and the place you wealry -- really want the money to be best spent are the things that you can see. you don't want to take all that money and spend it in the plumbinging, the walls, the wires and then cheap it out at the end where you're running out of money and going to put up the cheapest cabinets you can find. that's exactly opposite. what you want to do is have the stuff you can see, that you have to live with every day, be the quality that you are looking for ultimately. and i see that where people say, i'll paint my house myself. i can save money thope paint.

the cabinet room. the president's office at camp david. and the lincoln sitting room upstairs in the white house, in the residence. now, there is a lot in this exhibit that is high tech. but this is decidedly low tech because it is fun and gives kids, i mean, we're not talking about high school students, college students, they can -- they will enjoy the touch screens and listening to voices from the past, but we do get kids that are younger and that is probably not that interesting, but this i would hope would be interesting. let me press a button for you. the oval office. you press the oval office button and you get to see where all the secreted microphones are. five drilled into the desk 2 1/2 inches below the surface and two in the sconces. when the president would meet with somebody in front of the fireplace the conversation could be recorded. that is that office. the president loved to go to the hideaway office in the executive office building. sadly for us, the taping system comprised only four microphones in the desk. i say this is

the cabinet office says coincident index showing the current state of the economy fell 1.2 points from april. the index is derived from economic activity such as corporate production and employment. looking ahead, the forecast for the economy, however, looks a bit brighter. the leading index was up by 0.3 points. the first rise in two months. this is due to more job openings created by reconstruction demand from last year's disaster. the cabinet office says it's cautiously watching trends in car sales as the government's ecocar subsidies may come to an end as early as august. >>> finance minister is seeking the cooperation of opposition parties on a bill that authorizes the issuance of deficit-covering bonds. about 40% of the funds for the fiscal 2012 budget are needed. so azumi is pushing for the bill to be passed quickly. the expected revenue is nearly $577 billion while the government's budget spending will reach about $492 billion at the end of september. that means unless the bonds are issued, the government's financial resources will almost be depleted in october. >> translator:

the cabinet office says the coincident index showing the current state of the economy fell 1.2 points from april. the index is derived from economic activity such as corporate production and employment. looking ahead, the forecast for the economy, however, looks a bit brighter. the leading index was up by 0.3 points. the first rise in two months. this is due to more job openings created by the construction demand from last year's disaster. the cabinet office says it's cautiously watching trends in car sales as the government's eco car subsidies may come to an end as early as august. >>> japan's financial services agency has criticized two auditing firms. it says their poor business management allowed leading optical equipmentmaker olympus to hide huge losses. the two firms are kpmg azsa and ernst & young shinnihon. they audited olympus' financial statements at a time when the company's former executives were covering up investment losses. the agency concluded that the auditing systems of both companies didn't function properly. it also said the auditors failed to share detailed inform

the president met with the cabinet 18 times during his term. today's message was simple. president obama keeps pushing to extend the bush tax cuts partly, only for middle income voters. that was the message coming out of the meeting. >> he had nothing else besides that. tax the rich. >> only extend the bush tax cuts halfway. beyond that it's platitudes from the president. he's sticking to the message because he thinks he can run against congress, not let mitt romney run against the economy. >> bob costa, let's throw out the script for a minute. uh i want to ask uh you about mitt romney in london, okay? it doesn't read well. sounds like he's criticizing the british government because the security of the olympic games isn't sufficient. romney rescued the salt lake olympics way back when. was this a gaffe? it's not reading well and he's backing off. what's going on? >> romney's comments to brian williams in the nbc interview could be interpreted as a gaffe. romney encourages a strong anglo-american relationship but he's gotten bogged down by commenting on the olympics saying

for of he was appointed during this post the election reshuffle of the cabinet he's also i think the youngest cabinet minister in the. history of the modern russia even in this drama how old is he he's twenty thirty he was appointed when he was twenty. two d. he's already thirty that's the that's a record breaker right so does this mean does this mean i mean the point of a young minister of yourself and a whole new whole new team came to the ministry a change of policy anything new of the sle. well first of all i want to say that unfortunately where i am not as young as i want to be. that's why i suppose that we don't have the revolutionary changes in the policy of our ministers. are well if they speak serious i can see that there will be the dramatic changes are in the policy or the ministry because the mystery of communications at that period when it was headed by eager to show that if you. did a lot of very useful and. important themes or a connecting with the comfort of the citizens and with the openness of the government or the state services because of the previous team made gre

then the president for pro tem of the senate, then through the cabinet. for a long period were the most recent changes which were done under the truman administration between 1945 to 1946, when the statute was reconsidered and revised in light essentially of modern warfare and in particular nuclear weapons. for the proceeding years the congressional officers had been taken out and the extension went almost entirely through the cabinet. which was a very good idea, both for policy reasons because it made it impossible to change the party controlled presidency by killing the president, which now can't be done again, if the congressional officers are in the line of succession. and better yet, and perhaps more importantly, it is at best highly doubtful whether it's permissible under the constitution for the congressional officers to be in the line of succession for the presidency. they are certainly not officer r officers. so imagine that something very, very bad happens to the president and vice president. the secretary of state being the president's party, th

the guns? >> in a cabinet. they were stored in a cabinet, a large, paul cabinet -- tall cabinet. >> did it have a lock on it? >> ended. -- it did. the door to the storage area was padlocked and bolt locked. >> where was your smith and wesson revolvers? >> also in the same location, different cabinet. >> within your storage unit but not with the other pistols? >> that is right. >> in this conversation with the inspectors, is it your testimony you told them you did not know where your smith and wesson gun was or whether you even still own it? >> i believe so. i was fostered because i wanted to beat -- i was clustered -- flustered because i wanted to be specific. at that moment, i wanted to be as precise as i possibly could. the storage room was a mess. >> the inspectors told you they would give you 24 hours to locate your weapons? >> are recall so. yes. >> the inspectors also asked you for proof of sale of the smith and wesson revolver? >> i believe so. >> you made an agreement with inspector becker and danielli

and he said, he walked into the cabinet, his exact words were, the 30 years war in germany was a joke compared to this. if we think we're going to sail over there and break them up, you know, we're nuts. and lincoln and his secretary of state, william seward were very keen to this. right at that time seward sent a letter to the ambassador in london. he said, you let them know they are looking at a war of the world he called it, not a world war, that hadn't been coined. one of the earliest uses of this phrase, a war of the world if they try to come over here and get in the middle of this. and so those were the three factors, i'd say. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. [ applause ] as these folks know, you don't, we have a little memento, you can tell, see. they lost all respect for this. anyway, a little memento of your being here. we hope you come back. >> thank you very much. awesome. >> thank you. >> this is c-span3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. ge

, it would be on. >> i like the liquor cabinet. you know what is funny, nobody has the liquor cabinets anymore. when i was growing up i had a liquor cabinet. nobody has space for a liquor cabinet. it says you are an alcoholic. here is a thing. they went after him saying if you want free stuff vote for obama. they said that was racist. but he said that in every boiler plate speech which suggests they want him to change his speech for this audience. >> you can't win. that's what the naacp is all about. it is about getting mad no matter what you do. if it is let's do this speech now, i ain't going to call it obama care. >> have i to say i am a little turned on. >> i am offended and turned on. >> they are mad because he talked to them the way he talks to everyone else. >> that's the thing. he went straight through and somehow it is like he is conrad bane walking into -- >> they gave him a standing ovation. >> they booed him. >> they booed him about the comment about obama care, but huey was uh prodded. >> they were good hosts. >> he tal

can congressional officers had been taken out and the line of discussion went entirely through the cabinet which was a very good idea both for policy reasons because it made it impossible to change the party control of the presidency by killing the president, which now can't be done again if the congressional officers are in the line of succession. it is at best highly doubtful to be in the line of succession for the presidency. they are most certainly not officers as they're referred to in the presidential succession provisions of the constitution. so imagine that something very, very bad happens to the president and vice president. and the speaker of the house and secretary of state are of opposite political parties. the secretary of state being of the president's party. the speaker being of the opposite party. and they are bitterly divided on some major policy question. it is harry truman's fault. the point i want to make sure is just first it's an important thing to know and it's a fascinating story. but president truman, this is something particular to him happened to believe very str

when so many people are struggling to get by to give a tax cut to millionaires including those in the cabinet. the leader of the opposition says it was hiding away. the chancellor -- this tax reduction. the house of commons doesn't report it but you won't actually hear and i have to say wrong footing the shadow chancellor. what we heard today from the leader's opposition is a whole series of arguments about process. process about the house of lords where he is ong on the substance and the economy where he is wrong on the substance and the deficit where he wants to put the bar wing up. absolutely hopeless. it is about an economic plan that is failing and the unfairness of this government. he talked about -- giving a tax cut to millionaires of 40,000 pounds a year across the country including in his own cabinet. when it comes to taxes obviously one rule for the comedians in the bank and another for the comedians in the capital. the prime minister, the prime minister in the last week blundering into the tax affairs, his budget unraveling and economic plan failing. from the country's point of vie

we are using what they call no added formaldehyde wood in the cabinets. the building is largely not air- conditioned, which in our climate, it is benign, so it allows that. that is a green point. >> what about water strategies? >> when you talk about lead certification, a lot of the factors taken into account are things we are able to achieve just by virtue of the outstanding location, walking distance to the best transit hub in the city. we have walking services for just about anything anybody could want. >> we have high efficiency boilers to heat the water. it is a water source domestic heating system. >> what is next to the tower crane? we have a big blue piece. what is that? >> that is a concrete placing boom. that is how i put the concrete up onto the deck. the concrete truck will back into here, go to the hopper. then i have a slight line that runs up the center of the boom. that completes all the dax, walls, and columns with that. >> it must take a lot of power to push that. how much concrete do you typically place? >> on an average day, the walls,

turned to syria so i just meant that i feel i do see and have the cabinet and sixty m.p.'s there for it is dialogue mainly on this issue about in a democratic reform and you know did they have a media at all because if the good too much to do would be to do that on some of the standing issues then you don't they'd be good to concerned about the role of islam back to you. what's happening in the us it is. right now i have this us grand jury which has been investigating me for eighteen months and it appears we have filed a secret indictment which we're used to trying to stop me tonight states at the same time. i have a case in the supreme court here in great britain which used to be the house of lords. and if you if i'm not successful then i'll be extradited to sweden imprisoned immediately without charge i have not been charged ever. in any country and then be go through with a sex trial or not maybe that would drop it but they refused to come over here to to interview me to ask questions we offered to do this by phone to go to swedish embassy here they refused to do this i

. >>> japanese finance minister made a comment about the yen advance after a cabinet meeting. he said he will closely watch foreign exchange movements with a greater sense of caution. >> translator: it is clear that the recent advance in the yen is speculative and does not reflect the true fundamentals of japan's economy. we will not rule out any measures against excessive gains in the yen. we will take decisive action if necessary. >>> china national offshore oil corporation says it will buy out canadian resource company nexen. the takeover will boost china's international presence in the energy business, ranging from oil to shale gas. according to a joint announcement, china's oil giant wail choir nexen for $15.1 billion. cnooc is the country's largest producer of offshore oil and gas. it develops oil and gas fields in the east china sea and the yellow sea's gulf. nexen developed shale gas in western canada. shale gas is natural gas trapped in rock formations that are deep underground. the canadian company is also developing oil fields in the north sea and the seas around mex

. >> the people feel extremely portrayed. there was a cabinetst year, i believe it was in november, which was seen as a turning point where these left- wing populist touch the people who were in the cabinet were given the sack. more conservative, pro-corporate elements took over. one of the people sacked was the environment minister who just days before the cabinet purge had said, "well, we should reexamine the impact statement for the konga project scrap it had been previously ok. they had entered into the free- trade agreements with washington and perceived as pro- business, open up vast areas of the country to the mining and oil industries, and, ironically, humala had run against for more nationalist and populist platform. >> tell us something about newmont, the company at the center of all of this. its holdings there as around the world. >> it is 51% stake holder in the yanacocha mine. 5% is owned by the world bank. they also have holdings all over the world. recently, in fact, they said if they are not going to be able to move ahead with th

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this is the cabinet -- and the past history with avalon bay has said that the verbal guarantee is not good enough. and a conditional use permit, there is the written guarantee between the community and labor. until there is the compliance plan, we are going to see a representative -- a repetition of what happened, at ocean avenue, leading to the board of supervisors having the labor practices, and with the board of supervisors -- these are important issues to work out. we would ask that this be continued until the good work force development can be insured on this project. >> good afternoon. i am danny campbell. we are here because we believe this kind of project is vitally important. and each project must be judged on the package of its benefits. we appreciate that they use the achievement workers on this project, and this is largely the result of the economic justice and community covenant -- with the prevailing wages, and there in the state approved a program that would give them real middle-class jobs. and a career in the trades. we share these concerns, that they have been put fo

he resigned as the cabinet secretary general last week. and he had previously claimed the allegations were part of a political set up. and the destruction of is, enshrined in timbuktu -- of islamic shrines in timbuktu have been described as hate crime spirited -- crimes. firefighters now say they're getting the upper hand in attacking a blazing hot water that has left two dead. >> it has been a long wait for the tens of thousands of residents forced to flee to evacuation centers more than a week ago. now for many, and the marginal return. -- an emotional return. >> it is wrenching, rather sickening. -- heart wrenching, rather sickening. i do not think we ever feared being harmed by the fire, but when you all of a sudden realize who lost to -- you have lost the thing you have been working for all of your life. >> almost 350 homes have been destroyed or damaged in the waldo kenyon -- the waldo canyon fire. firefighters say it is now 45% contained, but is still being tackled by some 1500 personnel. firebreaks have been built in an effort to st

it's the same thing when we talk about having women in the cabinet or in the legislature. i remember when we were appointed by decree in august. when we were sweating in the president, i know you women are looking at me. during this wedding and said ceremony. i am talking about the political will so we don't think all men don't have a heart. he said for you, deputy minster, there ten of you. that's more than 25%. i think that was very considerate. he said during this ceremony, i am happy that i managed to give to your right. you fought for it and it's your right. not the deputy, but the four minsters, five of them, i know you have a bone to pick with me. i think that was very considerate of him thinking of that. general i think with our government now development is key education. i think the most important that i want to bring it i come back with perspective for women and what the general said earlier for it is that we have that soft -- we call it soft -- soft skills. our antennas are always picking areas that are not seen by men sometimes. so we keep vigilant. we're trap

the report will be released to the public after being submitted to the cabinet by the end of this month. >>> chinese leaders are making another move in their campaign to assert control over disputed territory in the south china sea. a mayor is now in charge of the new city that consolidates the country's administration of three island chains. southeast asia nations also claim sovereignty over the islands. chinese authorities established samcha city which includes the separately and parasail islands. the news agency says the district's ledges laifshg congress appointed a deputy, deputy mayor, and directors. the director says the new government is fully aware of its historical importance. he restate china's claims over the islands and pledged to contribute to the management development and protection of the territory and the surrounding waters. analysts say the philippines, vietnam, and other countries that also claim the islands may intensify their protest against the chinese government. the south china sea is believed to be rich in natural resources. >>> it's been a year since a high-sp

it's remarkable. >> rose: so he reaches out to the different cabinet members, mcnamara. >> mcnamara but-- mcnamara and rush -- >> rose: secretary of defense and secretary of state. >> correct. but also to the people like larry o'brien, and even sorenson, and ken o'donnell and says -- >> rose: "i need you." >> "i need you more than you needed you." >> rose: you had him bringing his own people in. bill moyers comes in, walter jenkins, george reed. >> rose: all those people who had served him. some had gone on, like moyers, but others had been working for him as vice president. >> but a small staff. the reality and what he says in his memoirs is, "i knew i had to keep them with me." and, you know, they laughed among themselves. they said he says to everybody, "i need you more than he needed you." but what they didn't realize was that this was a genius. he tailored that to arthur schlesinger the greatest historian. he said, "john kennedy knew history like you do. i don't know history. i need you for history." for someone else he said something tailored and they all stayed. >> rose: when did

all his children are back in the cabinet, all of his associates, his cronies and friends have been i he elections, we first -- the islamic radicals, they were -- they contested the elections and we were able to beat them in the presidential elections. but now after the coup, they have three positions in the cabinet, they're calling the shots in the military and they're busy giving all the sermons to the military. >> what are the prospects of something changing and the democracy being restored in the maldives? >> we're working very hard. the people of the maldives are out on the streets, demonstrating every day. this has been going on for the last four months now. we hope that bigger democracies both in india and the united states would come around to the idea that democracy must be restored in the maldives. the people of the maldives must be governed by elected rulers, not a government formed through brutal force and the dictatorship. >> that was mohamed nasheed from the maldives. up next, a neat trick we tried on set. it taught me some important secrets about the human brain. don't m