the national tv networks were to broadcast his performance in the next day in fragments around the nation. nevertheless, the candidate always happiest as a man when confronting a crisis with action, felt better. as if miraculously his cracking voice began to clear. in a few weeks he can spend constant attendance with the voice coach who had companied him. the next day he barn stormed to growing crowds in texas. the following day to crowds in st. louis, and then he was off to new jersey and new york and even greater things in the industrial northeast where he meant to win. so kennedy had survived a near-death experience, he had turned adversity into triumph with the houston speech. his fault therring west coast trip was now forgotten, and e entered the general election campaign with renewed momentum. in so doing, he found his stride. polls indicated that the race with nixon was tight. the remainder of the campaign would prove to be tough. all right. i'm going to stop there. we have a few minutes, i think, for question and answers, and i'm happy to take any questions you might have that you

if you own the land you owned the nation. to ensure success for the land rush and perpetuate economic growth, monroe promoted construction rhodes, turnpikes, bridges and canals that linked every region of the nation without lights to the sea and shipping routes to the world. the massive building program is transformed the american wilderness into the most prosperous productive nation honor to. the economic recovery converted u.s. government deficits into such a large surpluses at monroe abolished all personal federal taxes in america. monroe's presidency made poor man rich. it encouraged the arts, literature, music and fine art. he turned political allies and friends and united a divided people as no president had done since washington and never would again perhaps until the second world war. political party is dissolved, disappeared. americans of all political persuasions rallied under a single star spangled banner and every elected him to the presidency without opposition. the only president other than washington to win the

we are hopeful that the recovery of the national oil will continue. in which case, we will be able to reduce an export more. we have, i'm sure you have heard about the recent problems in nigeria, which resulted in serious demolition of our capacity to produce and damage to our oil infrastructure. but with the recent fortune and occurrence of the amnesty we are hoping that we will be able to repair and put back some of the infrastructure was has been damaged by the insurgency. but this will take a little bit of time. but be that as it may, we are hoping that it will resume the growth of our oil and gas industry, to the greater benefit of our country. oil is very important aspect of our national economy. we are very dependent on oil for export earnings, with a 90% foreign-exchange comes from oil. substantial part of government revenue in that percentage more than 80%, 90% comes from oil. what is very important for our country. and we are trying various programs and devices to diversify the national economy so we will eventually be less dependent on oil a

the national tv networks were to broadcast his performance in the next day and fragments around the nation. nevertheless, the candidates always happiest as a man when confronting a crowd with action felt better. as a variety of slate is cracking voice began to clear. in a few weeks you could depend entirely on the continent tenants on the voice coach went hitherto accompanied him. the next day he barnstormed to crowds under lyndon b. johnson and sam rayburn texas. the following day the crowds were not to new jersey and new york an even greater in the industrial northeast where he met to win. so kennedy had survived a near-death experience. he had turned adversity into triumph with the houston speech. the west coast trip was not forgotten any into the general election campaign with renewed momentum. he had directly confronted the issue of his faith and in so doing sound is pride. he indicated it was tight. the remainder of the campaign would prove to be. i'm going to stop there. we have a few minutes for question-and-answer spirit and i'm happy to take any questions you might have too tosse

capital, we need to represent the entire nation. to tell the story of everybody in the building, and i think we are doing it. it just takes time. >> george washington, martin luther king, susan b. anthony. >> the ideas of freedom and liberty have spanned every generation. the look at some of the more recent art, there is a different approach to who should be in the capital. the most recent-should come into the capital, a wonderful statue of a native american who many of us are not familiar with. but the important thing about her addition issue is important to the state of nevada, and she stands there face-to-face with our founding fathers. i think that is wonderful. really tells me that all of us have the same right to responsibility to guide our nation as the founding fathers did. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> tonight, c-span2 includes three nights of original documentaries on the iconic homes of the three branches of american government. if you li

her book won the national foundations 5435. her short stories and essays have appeared in the new yorker, cabinets, esquire, the believer, blind spots, ten houses, new york magazine, and on the radio program, this american life. it gives me great pleasure to introduce samantha hunt. samantha? [applause] >> i was chosen to present the literary and award tonight because one mortal could not chronicle the achievements of dave eggers in the time allotted. as you can see, i'm not one mortal tonight. i knew there was something award-winning about dave early on because soon after we met, may have been hired a recovering alcoholic to read our tarot card and when i stepped into the study with her, she told me, and this is the truth people believe me. this is the truth. she told me there's a young man with brown, curly hair, a publisher, stay close to him. it was very good advice. dave, you're receiving the award tonight for everything you've done in service to the american literary community. and you've done all of everything publishing,

clearing hurdles throughout the nation nearly to get on the ballot exhaust the energies and resources of independent candidates and third-party is. over one pie eight -- 1.5 million signatures were needed if a third party candidate would appear on every ballot in every state of the union. coupled with the early filing deadlines the republicans and democrats from the ballot by definition but when you submit petitions they have to be presented weeks or months in advance of the time prior to the printing of the ballots. this imposes serious expense and difficulty is for people outside of the duopoly. third-party candidates are viewed as boilers out to deny the democrats and republicans their right -- rightful offices. witnesses and ralph nader who was an appropriately blamed for denying the inventor of the internet to the presidency. in truth, the ballot clutter has never occurred and after all, even crazy people who want to be on the ballot have some rights under the constitution. what has been sold to the american public as a good government measure is simply a way to eliminate politic

my father was awarded the national football league expansion team. from that point on, i have been intimately involved ago. the years i was at the university of florida, steve spurrier was the heisman trophy award winner. i am the grandmother of six children and i feel like these people's grandmothers here, because i had been involved in football for so long. the one thing that i would bring to your attention that i think that i have a unique perspective on his -- mr. goodell spoke to the medical aspects and letting the doctors make this decision. one of the things that you as a committee need to understand very clearly is that the team doctor is hired by the coach and paid by the front office. this team doctor is not a medical advocate for the players. this team doctors role is to get that player back on the field. even if that means injecting the player on the field. i have seen a wall of players surround a player and seen his knees injected. sees his hip injected, and him back on the field. this is inexcusable. i want you to understand the role tha

my father was awarded the national football league expansion team. from that point on, i have been intimately involved ago. the years i was at the university of florida, steve spurrier was the heisman trophy award winner. i am the grandmother of six children and i feel like these people's grandmothers here, because i had been involved in football for so long. the one thing that i would bring to your attention that i think that i have a unique perspective on his -- mr. goodell spoke to the medical aspects and letting the doctors make this decision. one of the things that you as a committee need to understand very clearly is that the team doctor is hired by the coach and paid by the front office. this team doctor is not a medical advocate for the players. this team doctors role is to get that player back on the field. even if that means injecting the player on the field. i have seen a wall of players surround a player and seen his knees injected. sees his hip injected, and him back on the field. this is inexcusable. i want you to understand the role tha

. >> the president plans to address the nation of the future of afghanistan at 8:00 p.m. eastern from west point. we will have live coverage on the c-span networks. >> coming up, sec commissioner, and on america and the courts, and look at recent changes in the supreme court. >> american icons, three nights of c-span original documentary on the iconic homes of the three branches of american government continues. tonight at 8:00 p.m., the capitol. american icons, tonight at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. get your own copy of american icons, a 3 disk dtv said. order online at c-span.org /store. >> this week, a discussion with fcc commissioner meredith atwell maker. she discusses net neutrality, media ownership rules, and federal rabin policy. >> meredith atwell maker is the best this week on "the communicators." also here is kim hart to join in the questioning. if we did start with the issue of network neutrality and debt management. reduce the price that chairman genachowski emphasize this as his priority -- were you surprised? >> certainly the president had outlined in his campaign

the election. but it's a demonstration of what is occurring in this nation. and you leave increasely more people behind if we don't address the disparities of education, in healthcare, in economic empowerment at the present time. and i think we have to begin to frame the debate in different ways. >> we have about 15 minutes remaining. and we'd like to get as many questions in as we could. in the remaining 15 minutes. >> quick, i'd like to encourageous to really celebrate and really make the most of being african-american. i think that this is a perfect moment not for us to stop talking about race but for us to really press to remove finally the last vest contingents of the stigma of infear yearity by being more race conscious, not less race conscious. i'd love to see us fully exploit the african-american cultural -- that reverend jackson and i started back in 1989 when we said let's consistently refer to ourselves as african-americans. not just to change our name but to institute a cultural renewal. this is the time for us to make the most of who we are, to be

where is the national emergency? the agenda of government control where there is the vaccine, health emergency, i have written in "america for sale" extensively in the eye of light on speed where i am a reporter let's see where this crisis develops. was this a, you will but the attempt to protect americans from legitimate health crisis or was this an excuse to get a power grab by the federal government to say health scare we need to grab more power and a suspect and people like rahm emanuel, and i quote in the book, and hillary clinton also, rahm emanuel, chief of staff in the white house, hillary clinton, secretary of state declared don't let any crisis go to waste in government and administration that things that we also think to create a crisis so that it couldn't go to waste? it is a legitimate question we are going to watch but thank you for asking. i read a section arguing we shouldn't have any presidential declarations of emergency without explicit act of congress to affirm this. next question, please. >> again

it is my great pleasure to help open the third national conference sponsored by the national archives and by our nation's 13 presidential libraries, from herbert hoover to george w. bush. it could not be more appropriate as of this conference is being held in boston and hosted at the john f. kennedy presidential library. president kennedy understood the power of history to an leighton our national leaders as they faced the unique -- to enlighten our national leaders. as they faced the unique challenges of our time. now his deep interest in history as carry forth by his daughter, the wonderful caroline kennedy, and i am so pleased to accept her invitation to share a few words to open this historic conference. i understand this event is helping to mark the kennedy library 30th anniversary, and i salute that remarkable institution as well as the other 12 presidential libraries for the important work they all do. i should note that the current director of the kennedy library, tom putnam, grew up in kennebunk maine, and worked with me on my 1980 campaign. i am pleased that that has led him

average. -- that of the national average. last week "the new york times" did an analysis of the data from the nfl's plan to reimburse retired players for dementia- related medical expenses, which found similar data. medical researchers also cite autopsies performed on numerous former nfl players, who, following their debt, were diagnosed to be suffering from brain disease -- following error death -- following their death. we remember mike webster, the pro bowl center from the pittsburg steelers who died regrettably a penniless reckless, sleeping on the floor of the pittsburg training station. . . former safety, for the philadelphia eagles, who suffered from chronic pain and depression and -- later shot himself in the mouth. and today, dr. mckee will testify that former droil lions offensive lineman lou creek mer was toreanted so much that in his final years he lost the ability to speak and frequently ability to speak and frequently turn violent. lou is a player who is not the victim of multiple concussions and he reportedly ne

president addressing the nation. you can see it on the c-span networks along with c-span dorgan c-span radio at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> regulating the internet, one of the topics tonight with meredith baker, the newest republican commissioner at the federal communications commission on "the communicators" on c-span 2. >> "american iconk," the three branches of american government, the supreme court through the eyes of the justices. go beyond the velvet ropes of public tours into the rarely seen spaces of the white house, america's most famous home and explore the history, art of the capitol, one of america's most symbolic structures. "american icons," it's $24.95 plus shipping and handling. order online. >> a look now at the upcoming environmental conference in copenhagen. the director previews negotiations. from today's "washington journal," this is about 25 minutes. host host thanks for joining us. thanks for joining us. the legislation looks like it is not going anywhere before the senate before copenhagen. how the

speaking at the democratic national convention in denver. this summer, president obama nominated mr. leach as the 9th chairman of the national endowment of the humanities. he was sworn in this august, and after a brief stint at the woodrow wilson's school. chairman leach comes to his position with an undergraduate degree, a masters degree, and an eight honorary degrees. but perhaps most useful in the rough and tumble of washington politics, he has membership in the national wrestling hall of fame in stillwater, oklahoma. please join me in welcoming neh chairman, jim leach. [applause] >> thank you very much. as chairman of the national endowment for humanities, i speak today to underscore the importance of the humanities at a time the world is in flux and the judgment of its leading democracy is in question. the united states is couragely engaged in military conflict in two countries more than 1/3 of the way around the world. each with the different set of problems. our engagement in the middle east was undertaken against a country that was in

capital, we need to represent the entire nation. ell the story of everybody in the building, and i think we are doing it. it just takes time. >> george washington, martin luther king, susan b. anthony. >> the ideas of freedom and liberty have spanned every generation. the look at some of the more recent art, there is a different approach to who should be in the capital. the most recent-should come into the capital, a wonderful statue of a native american who many of us are not familiar with. but the important thing about her addition issue is important to the state of nevada, and she stands there face-to-face with our founding fathers. i think that is wonderful. really tells me that all of us have the same right to responsibility to guide our nation as the founding fathers did. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> tonight, c-span2 includes three nights of original documentaries on the iconic homes of the three branches of american government. if you like a

this is the national lower. that if you try to be anyone and you are not the party favorite of one of the two major parties, what do you. it is nearly impossible to run and effective national campaign. outside of the two-party system. and that's because we have systemic barriers, even if you have a supremely qualified candidate, even if you have popular support. we have systemic barriers that have made it difficult to compete, and there is no level playing field. so when jim bennett writes in his book the system is rigged and nobody cares, i know what he speaks. let's start with the ballot access. actually, let's start back with a regulatory system. if you haven't had the pleasure of reading 11 cfr, the code of regulations for campaign finance that i suggest you do so. as one person i get it at the federal election commission, explained to me it is like asking a lawyer -- rather, i said i'm a lawyer. i will be able to figure this out. and he said, no, it's really like asking a general practitioner, a doctor, to p

agency and the national security agency. uch about cyber warfare and our dependency on the power grid and the computer networks that deliver our oil and gas, pump and purify our water, keep track of our money and operate our transportation systems. >> mcconnell: if i were an attacker and i wanted to do strategic damage to the united states, i would either take the cold of winter or the heat of summer. i probably would sack electric power on the u.s. east cost, maybe the west coast, and attempt to cause a cascading effect. all of those things are in the art of the possible from a sophisticated attacker. >> kroft: do you believe our adversaries have the capability of bringing down a power grid? >> mcconnell: i do. >> kroft: is the u.s. prepared for such an attack? >> mcconnell: no, the united states is not prepared for such an attack. >> president barack obama: it is now clear this cyber threat is one the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation. >> kroft: four months after taking office, presi

we'll go live to the national press club. nancy brinker will be talking, she is the founding chairman of the susan g. komen committed to fighting the disease. >> i'd like to thank mr. jackson, who was the chairman of the board. would you stand please, liz thompson, and the vice president of the our global health. and jennifer, president of the komen alliance. i'm proud to serve with everyone today. though all of us wish that we were here, to announce that susan g. komen has found the cure, and that we're out business. and i frankly look forward to the day when can make the announcement. i'm confident we will find it. we have to focus on what we know. and what works is what we know. early detection, awareness, research, and treatment. and yes, screening, mammography, and self-atheirness. if you just look at the facts today, the five-year survival great from breast cancer that hasn't spread from the breast is now 98% in the u.s. contrasted to 74% in 1982. 98%. there are more than 2.5 million breast cancer survivals, alive in the

this is the national lower. but if you try to beat anyone and you are not the party favorite of one of the two major parties, wrote to you. it is nearly impossible to run an effect did national presidential campaign out side of the two parties this time and that's because we have systemic barriers, and even if you have a supremely qualified candidates, even if you have popular support. we have systemic barriers that have made it difficult to compete. and there is no level playing field. so when jim bennett writes in his book, the system is rigged and nobody cares, i know what do he speaks. let's start with ballot access. well, actually let's start with the regulatory system. if you haven't had the pleasure of reading 11 cfr, the code of federal regulations for campaign finance, i suggest you do so. as one person i interviewed at the campaign election it was i said i am a lawyer, i'll be able to figure this out. and he said well know, it's really like asking a general practitioner or talk to her to perform brain s

improve the health of our people and of our nation. we believe that being ranked 37th in the world for health outcomes is unacceptable and that we as a nation can do much better than this. we believe that improving and expanding medicare to all people is the simplest and the quickest way to achieve our goal of universal and financially sustainable health care. as far as the health insurance legislation in congress goes, we do support senator sanders substitution amendment which would substitute public financing for the current complicated and wasteful patchwork of financing and we urge our senators to vote yes on the sanders substitution amendment. no matter what happens in congress this year, we will continue to build the medicare for all movement until we reach the day when all who live in the united states received the same health security as those who live in other industrialized nations. as those who see this as their and other board today that doctors have no interference by health administrators. we welcome all people who support

i'm chris, i work for the national league of cities. i'm here to talk to you about the city fiscal state, and talk about what's happening with city finances. so this is the sort of continuing analytic part of the program, that as much you you know the thing about economist and fiscal analyst, people are good with numbers but don't have the personality to be accountants. so our apologies for all of the charts. our apologies for the accountants in the room. i wanted to go off of what steve is presenting, and talk about the work we've done on city finances in the last 25 years, and focus on a report that we released in 2009 that came out in september, and it is our latest information about what's happening. we've done this work. as dawn said, i just indicated the last 25 years mike poganon and some of what i'll present is done with mark in brooking. the importance of local and regional economies to the national economy, and national economic performance. as the jobs and wages, as a source of stimulus and the sense of tinoff activity that ha

it is produced by the national research council. it is produced by the urban institute. it is evidentially clear discrimination continues. there should be a way, yes, forcibly, fully, turn those arguments and make them as flimsy, as it appears they are. racism should be a part of what we are responding to, the social worker's comments, should be a part of all of our learning. we should learn about the history of racism, we should learn about its prevalence but that begins with an acknowledgment. i mean, even dr. phil mcgraw said... [laughter]. >>... the things that are most dangerous to you are things that you very often don't want to acknowledge but they they're things that you must acknowledge, if you are to improve and be healthy. so we have to do the hard work, and i can say that the american anthropological association, recognized several years ago the danger of this vacuum and developed an exhibition with a web site, race, are we so different, is touring the country, with the funding of ford and it provides a forum for discussion and will be here in washington on t

the nation is about to honor its service members who put their lives on the line for the country. you're going to hear what celebrations are planned for veterans day today. an airline pilot had one too many before he showed up for work. was he trying to go bottle to throttle? hmm. >>> plus, a court has just decided whether michael jackson's father can have a piece of the singer's estate even after he was left out of the will. >>> all right. first, though, what matters the most is that today is veterans day. it's a day for honoring the members of our military who have risked or sacrificed even their lives fighting for the country. if you have a veteran in your life, here's your chance and your reminder to say thank you. at 11:00 a.m. eastern there will be a yearly tribute to the u.s. war dead at arlington national cemetery. there might also be events in your neighborhood. >>> a u.s. pilot, get a load of this, was pulled off an international flight just before takeoff after a co-worker thought he was drunk. irwin vermont washington was set to fly a united jet from london all the way

the day? of course not. did our nation's visionaries build this building, this capitol building and design this great chamber we stand in tonight only so it would remain dark and silent? quite to the contrary. imagine if instead of debating either historic g.i. bills, legislation that had given so many brave americans the chance to brave college, this body had stood silent? imagine if instead of debating the bills that created social security or medicare, the senate's voices had been stilled. imagine if instead of debating whether to abolish slavery, instead of debating whether to give women and minorities the right to vote, those who disagreed were muted. discussion was killed. there would be no vote. so i say to my republican senators, don't try to silence the great debate over a great crisis. don't let history show that when given the chance to debate and defend your position to work with us for the good of our country and constituents, you ran and hid? you cannot wish away a great emergency. by closing your eyes and pret

improve the health of our people and of our nation. we believe that being ranked 37th in the world for health outcomes is unacceptable and that we as a nation can do much better than this. we believe that improving and expanding medicare to all people is the simplest and the quickest way to achieve our goal of universal and financially sustainable health care. as far as the health insurance legislation in congress goes, we do support senator sanders substitution amendment which would substitute public financing for the current complicated and wasteful patchwork of financing and we urge our senators to vote yes on the sanders substitution amendment. no matter what happens in congress this year, we will continue to build the medicare for all movement until we reach the day when all who live in the united states received the same health security as those who live in other industrialized nations. as those who see this as their and other board today that doctors have no interference by health administrators. we welcome all people who support

and then biological incidents, the nation's opposite number on the right, national review, became embroiled in a similar controversy of its own that provided commensurately powerful evidence to the argument we had also been making since 1967, that anti-semitism was becoming more and more unwelcome among conservatives. this controversy involved a member of national review editorial staff named joseph sobrante, who had devoted a number of his syndicated columns to attacking not just the state of israel, but also the jewish people in general and judaism as a religion. accordingly, a letter of protest was sent to a long list of prominent conservative intellectuals, and in sharp contrast to the liberal intellectuals connected with the nation, all of the conservatives, every last one of them, join in expressing outrage at the sobrante anti-semitic writings. in spite of the fact that none of the clearly anti-semitic sobrante teachings had reviewed in national review itself, the letter was also sent to its editor, william f. buckley, jr. but whereas the editor of the nation had responded to a simil

also think you to the national press club library for its research. the video archive is provided by the broadcast operations center, and our events are available for free download of itunes as well as our website. non-members may purchase transcripts, audiotapes, and video tapes by calling 202 662 5798. for more affirmation, go to our website at www.press.org. i think you all, and we are adjourned. -- i thank you all, and we are adjourned. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> friday, for the first time in british history, parliament opens its chambers to non-mps as the parliament debates in the house of commons. also, jason blair on why he fabricated and plagiarized news stories. saturday, a look back at the cuban missile crisis with former kennedy advisers ted sorensen and karaokes and. more on how the political process has been affected by the internet. and the founder of facebook on how social networking is changing the political process. >> yeas 60, nays 39,

the day? of course not. did our nation's capitol building, and design this great chamber that we stand in tonight only so that it would remain dark and silent? quite to the contrary. imagine if instead of debating either of the historic g.i. bills, legislation that have given so many brave americans the chance to brave college, if this body had stood silent. imagine if instead of debating the bills that created social security or medicare, the senate's voices had been stil stilled. imagine if instead of debating whether to abolish slavery, instead of debating whether giving women and minorities a right to vote, those who disagreed were muted, discussion was killed, there would be no vote. so i say to my republican senators, don't try to silence a great debate over a great cris crisis. don't let history show that when given the chance to debate and defend your position, to work with us for the good of our country and constituents, you ran and hid. you cannot wish away a great emergency by closing your eyes and pretending it d

that picture of the swearing-in is projected to the rest of the nation. so it sends exactly the image lyndon johnson needed to send and as quickly as could possibly be done. johnson so you know wanted to choreograph the exit from the plane at andrews air force base when they write in washington, on that occasion the kennedy group refused to cooperate and you've probably all seen these images of the small cargo truck coming down with a casket and mrs. kennedy and robert kennedy walk through the back and the other kennedy aides. what i found in the house select committee on assassinations, their papers are in the national archives in washington, and i found an interview with one of the kennedy aides, which proves what happened is someone went through and hand-picked all the people who were going to leave with the body leaving behind some of the kennedy aides who were cooperating with johnson on the plane. as of that scene of confusion of the kennedy people getting off and leaving is against the carefully scripted damage that lyndon johnson wanted to present

the american national security. this is the letter that these men signed. these american patriots that have fought for this country. in u.s. policy towards cuba has not only failed in its principal objective of ending cuba's communist system but has harm our interest across the board. most important, it works against our national security interest. in our judgment the committee would advance the best interest of the united states by acting favorably on h.r. 874 the freedom to travel. do you concur with the conclusion that these gentlemen submitted for the record? >> i do. i think it is a very sensible view point. >> okay. to mr. sows the, i had never heard the argument before to mr. cason's testimony relative to lifting the travel ban would be of no avail because we don't speak spanish, and he was going to talk to us? and hugh are we going to talk to? and you made an observation, or i think you noted that how many hispanics-- >> according to the u.s. census bureau and a 2004 report 34.5 million speak spanish as a first language. >> as a first language. some

virginia was the nation in its own eyes and in the eyes of many others. but by 1815, 1820 that was no longer true. and virginia and the other southerners see themselves as a beleaguered minority, even though they are in control, still in control of the national government. now all of these demographic commercial changes could not help but affect every aspect of american life. and i want to just touch on some of them to give you some of the of what i think was happening in this period. politics first of all became democratized as more americans gain the right to vote. but it isn't just the right to vote. columnist had two thirds of white american males could vote, but now it's different. is not only the right to vote is extended, but the interest in voting has been expanded. is entering the aristocratic world of the founding fathers in which these stood for election, that's the term they use, was largely replaced by a very different democratic world, erected by the plea modern world. even my 1810, recognizably modern world of competing professional politic

our players in the national football league i believe should be the model. i think that commissioner goodell is right. we have an obligation to set the standard. that standard is the standard that will be followed in college, it will be followed in high school, and it will be a role model for youth football. both of us are vitally involved in the u.s. football movement. we use that vehicle to not only encourage youngsters to play football, but to do it safely. third, our players are also a number of the individuals who end up being coaches not only in the national football league, but coaches on the college level, coaches on the high school level, and as merrill indicated earlier, coaches on the youth football level. so having our players understand and embrace all of the information to make safe choices is yet another way in addition to p.s.a.'s that we can get the message out. lastly, we do a tremendous amount of work on the players association to get players appreciate -- to appreciate the best and the right helmets to wear. we believe that if we advise t

maybe that's why the national federation of independent businesses, the u.s. chamber of commerce, and a host of other business groups oppose this 2,054-page bill. the nonpartisan congressional budget office goes on to say that 14 million people who can't get coverage through an employer won't get any help either, but they will see a 10% to 13% increase in premiums. and, of course, an intrusive new insurance mandate will be enforced by the i.r.s. if you don't do what has never been done in a 225-year history of north america. never has the federal government said any american had to buy anything. now you have to buy insurance. if you don't buy it, pay the i.r.s. more money. now, some people are going to say well, you've got to buy car insurance, but under the tenth amendment, the federal government -- or the state governments have any powers that aren't prohibited by the federal constitution to them. so families that would have paid paid $1,100 under-- $13,100 under current law will actually pay $15,000 as a direct result of this 2,054-page bill. and people in

i discussed the national vote plan act. a discuss redistricting. at the local level the impact to this woman's question here, oftentimes we don't have two parties. we just have one party. there is nobody else even running in these elections. so your choice has become one individual. sometimes they just even cancel the election. they did that in florida because it was a foregone conclusion. do we really want a government where the elected are foregone conclusions because nobody else had a chance to run? i don't think so. >> one last question. the gentleman here, and then we will go to bonds. but for the microphone please. >> thank you. my name is arnold came, and i live in maryland, a one-party state. i would like to thank you all for having this discussion. it is a very interesting discussion. what can we do to get politicians to understand the election process? in other words, and the standard rules. another, how can we get the election process working in the 201st century to make seeing that they allow -- they have third parties dominate. thank yo

we adopt the national level. think that everyone in this room probably agrees with that. there are state renewable electricity standards and there is inconsistency in coverage and application. i believe that the most effective policy would be to have this at a national level. in this congress, we have the opportunity to go-ahead and establish a national were no electricity standard that will provide a more consistent savings to the market, this is also part of this bill that we have reported out of our sit here to committee. if enacted, it would accomplish two goals. first, it would enhance the diversity and second, it would position the united states to regain the world technology lead in these areas. these are both important goals for. -- both important goals. this makes sense to have the electricity sector that is diversified into important dimensions. diversified between centralized and distributed generation and diversified among the various sources of electricity generation. in my view, a renewable electrici

the united states. we are going to change that. national polls show that the majority of doctors and the majority of americans favor a single payer system. that is why six months ago, we went to capitol hill. when senator baucus opened that first day of hearing in may, i stood up and said, excuse me, sir, why have you taken single payer off the table? why have you not allowed one doctor testify for single payer? baucus ordered us arrested. one by one, margaret, kevin, carol, and four others stood up and confronted baucus. and one by one we were all arrested and charged with disruption of congress. in a plea deal earlier this year, we agreed not to disrupt congress throughout the end of this year. since that day in may, baucus and harry reid in the senate, and nancy pelosi and steny hoyer in the house have cobbled together incomprehensible legislation. it is convoluted and confusing. but one thing is clear -- president obama and the democrats have cut a dirty deal with the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries. obama took single pay

obama will try the president of the national park service for the annual -- joined president at the national park service to the annual business tree lighting -- for the annual christmas tree lighting. the president on friday will be at it allentown, pennsylvania, this thing communities across the country over the next -- visiting committees across the country over the next two months sharing ideas for economic recovery. i mentioned that the congressional readout and consultations will be 4: 45 tomorrow -- that is now changed to 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. before the president spoke this morning with president sarkozy of france, he spoke with the danish prime mr. rasmussen, and they canceled the upcoming copenhagen climate change, -- council on the upcoming copenhagen climate change conference. the president also updated the prime minister on his review of our strategy in afghanistan and pakistan and thanked him for his countries significant contribution to the effort in afghanistan. the united states and denmark are close allies and partners together around the world to promote freedom, security, p

i discussed the national voting plan act. i discuss redistricting them at the local level to get back to this woman's question here. oftentimes we don't have to parties. we just have one party. there's nobody else even running in these elections so torch places become one individual. sometimes they cancel the election. they did that in florida because it was a foregone conclusion. do we really want a government where the candidate -- the electorate or conclusions because nobody else has a chance to run? i don't think so. >> one last question, the gentleman here and then we will go to lunch. wait for the microphone, please. >> my name is arnold king and i live in a one-party state. i would like to thank you all for this discussion because it's a very interesting discussion. my question is what can we do to get politicians to understand the election process? and number words understand the rule procedure. also, how can we get the party in the 21st century because a lot of states have too many, the of a political party and in the

oil is for us very important aspect of the national economy. we are heavily dependent of our export earnings, 90% of the foreign exchange comes from oil. substantial part of the government revenue, very high percentage more than 80, 90% comes from oil. it is extremely important for the country. we are trying through various programs and devices to diversify the basic national economies of that we will eventually be less dependent on oil and gas. within the oil and gas industry we are diversifying variously through downstream and midstream activities of finding things like chemical and we are very much involved in as i said earlier the development of gas resources to apply a number of countries through the west african gas pipeline. we have major energy project already in production. we have to new energies and very importantly proposed a project that would deliver hopefully nigerian gas to the military and nigeria, and we are also course internationally speaking very active member of the association of petroleum producing countries in africa. th

she's at the national press club. we will have that live here on c-span 2 at noon eastern time. >> tonight, net neutrality, improving broadband service in the u.s. julius genachowski maps out the goals for the agency on the communicators. >> former iowa congressman jim leach, now chairman spoke friday about multiculturalism. from the national press club, this is an hour. >> i thank you very much. i appreciate it. and i've been waiting all day for the opportunity, come on up, to ask a few questions of myself to ask the guest. thank you very much for being here. it's a bloomberg-washington summit. a little history for you, he worked in the u.s. attorneys office from new york, handled some very high-profile terrorist case there is. went to work on wall street, as a general council came back in february to run the enforcement division of the fcc. a very important time in the fcc's history, and of course in the course of the financial crisis. first of all, welcome. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> th

and also for the other subsidiaries of the national oil companies that will be put in place. governance is one. they can also have structure in the outfits in such a way to enable us to attract the right type of financing so that we don't have to rely on government probation to run the operations or to incorporate joint ventures when he we eventually incorporate. there are many things they can do for us, training of people, developing capacity in their. >> is there a template that are other examples of oil companies? >> there's no shortage of templates. when we are doing the restructuring, as dr. bogart would tell you, to name just a few, we crafted the bill and the structures that we think would put in place in the place of experience of other countries. we cannot agree with 100% what malaysia did and what brazil did because our own situation is not the same as these countries. go within the limits of the ability to go from the experience we will make sense of it. and also to benchmark our fiscal so it is not too harsh or too generous. our timeframe, i don't know, we need to

the latest path we have from the national hurricane center shows it pretty interesting. storm actually veering to the north, gaining strength, becoming a category 2 hurricane, moving right off the coast of louisiana and then staying off the coast as you get into wednesday and back into thursday, just downgrading to a tropical storm and into a depression. not expect ed to make landfall for the time being. that is not a time to be comfortable if you happen to live along the gulf coast, louisiana, alabama and into florida. the hurricane season ends at the end of november. if you have that hurricane preemdness kit, get it ready. the season isn't over and this storm may come calling. around the rest of the nation, high pressure will be your biggest feature in the southeast. plenty of blue skies, sunshine, mild conditions through much of texas. western half of the great lakes, scattered showers possible for the upper midwest. back to the pacific northwest, of course. may see some heavy snowfall in the cascades. i'm reynold wolf for hln. >>> what do you think? can you get in tro

and obama administration officials said the prison would be even more secure than the nation's only supermax prison. >>> police in north carolina have charged the mother of a missing 5-year-old girl with human trafficking. antoinette davis faces prostitution and filing a false report. this man here is charged with kidnapping the girl. they were captured on hotel surveillance carrying the little girl into a room the day she was reported missing. authorities still don't know where she is. >>> last thursday they arrested davis's boyfriend but dropped kidnapping charges against clarence. >>> president obama is asking lawmakers to hold off on any investigations into the ft. hood shooting. he said they should wait until law enforcement and the military finish their investigations first. he also asked lawmakers not to turn this event to what he calls political theater. >> if there was a failure to take appropriate action before the shootings, there must be accountability. beyond that and most importantly, we must quickly and thoroughly evaluate and address any flaws in the system so we can prevent

the palace. -- the national anthem when the queen approaches the palace. as we enjoy the scene, but to reflect on one remarkable statistic, the 58 state opening of the queen's reign. the fourth of november, 1952, the first. as she prepares to open parliament for this final session of the 15th parliament of her reign. ["got said the queen" playing] -- "god save the queen was " playing] >> we have a bird's-eye view, a direct view of what is going on at the victoria tower. we have the scarlet tunics of the calorilvary. the union jack will be taken down on the victoria tower when the queen arrived. [trumpets playing] the lord great chamberlain has welcomed the queen and duke of edinburgh and the heralds are making their way into the royal gallery. in a very distant age, they were really royal messengers. today they're in charge of all the records and creation of new arms. the lord privy seal, the lord president, and jack straw, the lord chancellor. the earl marshal, the duke of norfolk, and the queen preparing for yet another state opening. they turned to go i

concord coalition talking about the national debt to. then the growth of islamic radicalism in the u.s. with a steven emerson. >> american icons, three nights of c-span original documentaries on the iconic homes of the three branches of american government continues saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. the capital, the history, art, architecture. -- the capitol. get your own copy of "american icons," online. >> free-lance journalist david axe was recently embedded with troops in afghanistan. in this interview, we talked to him about his experience. >> this time, i went to an agricultural district to see a different facet of the war effort. >> are there commercial flights? how do you make those arrangements? >> there are, you can make the arrangements. that is not as efficient as the u.s. air transportation system but just a typical commercial flight. >> how concerned are you? >> you ride in the same articles, you are required to wear the same gear. it is law enforcement yougear. you have the same protective measures that u.s. troops to. it is h

we'll end our look tonight with a building where the legislative branch meets to debate and pass the nation's laws, the u.s. capitol. the building lies directly west of the supreme court here in washington and it houses the house of representatives and the